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Two students in Lander University's College of Business and Public Affairs have received the Charles Park Scholarship. Established in 1992 in honor of Charles A. Park, a Lander business professor emeritus and faculty member from 1960-1991, the scholarship is awarded annually to business and accounting students.

For Gail Moore, Lander University assistant professor of business administration and former member of the University of South Carolina women's golf team, joining the faculty at Lander was a hole in one.

Lander University political science major Andrew Willis of Williston will spend the fall semester in an office in the Longworth Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., rather than in the classroom. Willis was selected for the prestigious Washington Semester Program and will be working as an intern for U.S. Rep. John Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

Lander University student Juan Manrique met with some of the nation's top economic experts when he and 11 other students representing schools from across the country competed in the Pearson National Economics Insider Symposium in Washington, D.C., in mid-June.

Eight students in Lander University's College of Business and Public Affairs have been selected to receive the Frances P. Harris Scholarship

Lander University student Kevin Blackmon of Chapin, a business administration major with accounting emphasis, has been selected to receive the Chan Sup Chang Business Scholarship.

Nearly 30 years elapsed between the time that Teresa Pack of Plum Branch received her high school diploma and earned a bachelor's degree from Lander University. But she had little trouble keeping pace with much younger students. In fact, she had the highest academic standing of all of her classmates when she graduated in May with a degree in business administration with an accounting emphasis.

Lander University sociology majors Brian Mattison of Greenville and Mallory Wasik of Melrose, Fla., have been awarded the Maybelle Coleman Scholarship, honoring Dr. Maybelle Coleman, professor emeritus and former professor and academic dean at Lander.

Lander University political science major Christopher Ty Grogan of Greenwood has been selected to receive the Bill and Emily Bradford Scholarship, honoring the late J. William and Emily Bradford.

Three Lander University business administration majors have been selected to receive the R. Thornwell Dunlap Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 1997 in honor of Dunlap, who once served as president of The Lander Foundation. A member of numerous civic, health care and church organizations, Dunlap also served as president and CEO of Countybank and as chairman of the bank board of directors.