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Lander University and Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) have formed a partnership to enhance the transfer of students from FDTC to Lander. Articulation agreements will allow FDTC students to easily transfer their credits to Lander, entering as juniors. Students who meet the requirements of the program will be guaranteed admission to Lander University and will receive priority acceptance into the major they have selected.

The pomp and circumstance delayed for Lander University’s May 2020 graduates became a much-deserved reality on Saturday, Dec. 12, at Finis Horne Arena.

A study on Intentional Communities (ICs), led by a Lander University scholar Dr. Zach Rubin, has received the 2020 Outstanding Publication-Article award from the Communal Studies Association.

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year, many of our state’s scientists, government officials and businesses came together to search for answers to how day-to-day life should best move forward given the health risks posed by the novel coronavirus. This included a partnership between professors at Lander University and the College of Charleston, who since early spring have studied the perspectives of independent restaurant operators in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The next quarterly meeting of the Lander University Board of Trustees is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2020.

Lander University has announced two new winners of the Mary Frances Poole Alston Award: administrative specialist Jody Chapman and computer repair coordinator Tanner Stone.

Five Lander University employees were honored for their work during the annual Staff Excellence Awards breakfast held on Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Lander University will present a Race and Identity Dialogue series of virtual presentations and discussions beginning in January.

When Lander University student Maddie Hudlow receives her diploma on Tuesday, December 15, she will become the first Lander graduate with a minor in European Studies.

Throughout history, artists have found ways to continue their work during  plagues and pandemics. Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch, famous for "The Scream" painting, survived the Spanish flu. The illness led him to paint "Self-Portrait After The Spanish Flu" in 1919, which depicted the artist, wrapped in a dressing gown, near a bed.