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The City Council may have been conducting their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Feb. 25, but the venue was quite different from their usual meeting spot at city hall.

A pipeline of sorts for internships and career advancement has grown over recent years between Lander University and Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Nine Lander University computer information systems majors competed in Mercer University’s Spring Programming Contest in Macon, Ga. on Feb. 16.

With a unique menu of chef-inspired entrees, sides and desserts, there was no way to come away hungry during Lander University’s Celebration of African-American Chefs lunch on Feb. 19.

Lots of people talk about wanting to see the country. Lander graduate and former Discovery Communications executive Porter Palmer and her husband, Bill Trinkle, have been doing just that.

In some ways, reporting the news is the same as it has always been. In other ways, it’s quite different. Both sides of the news industry were in evidence during a panel discussion last week at Lander University.

Alumni came from as far away as Texas to participate in Lander University’s Alumni Reunion Weekend.

Lander University alumnus Steve Bolton, ’69, recently returned for the 2019 Homecoming Week to honor his class’s 50th  reunion, and to meet the current Bearcat tennis team.

The city council will hold its regular meeting for the month of February on the campus of Lander University.

In August 2018, Lander upperclassmen Brooke Trotter and Sarah Grigg began a paid work-study internship in Washington, D.C., through the Washington Semester Program.