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The Greenwood County Community Foundation bestowed its prestigious Community Hero award to Lander University’s Tommy Tumblin on Friday in recognition of his service program Tommy Claus.

The week of Thanksgiving began with a feast of art. Lander University’s annual Ceramics Sale ushered in the holiday season with about 1,000 art pieces available for sale, kicking off the shopping season with a blast of color and design at the Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center.

After several weeks of collecting pumpkins, paints, stickers and decorations, Lander University students belonging to Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society, set up a pumpkin patch for students at the Greenwood campus of Project Hope, which provides services to the autistic community.

Lander University presents faculty with 2019/20 faculty awards.

Lander University continued its holiday tree lighting tradition on Tuesday, Nov. 17 with the lighting of a large tree in Moran Assembly Plaza.

For nearly 21 years, Lander University has been a leader in Montessori education, with highly-qualified faculty from across the southeast region whose unique backgrounds create classroom experiences that are second to none.

Freshman music major Dennis Perry, Jr., of Barnwell, was declared the winner of this year’s Mr. Lander competition, held on Friday evening, Nov. 13, at the Lander University Amphitheatre.

It’s no exaggeration to say that South Carolina’s Teacher Cadet program has been hugely successful. Since its trial run during the 1985-86 school year, the program has grown to include 188 high schools and 22 partnering colleges in South Carolina, and thirty-nine other states have followed South Carolina’s lead by establishing programs of their own. Nationally, more than 71,000 students have become teacher cadets.

Human Services Program Coordinator and Lecturer Michelle Scott recently joined Lander’s faculty to head up the Human Services program, bringing with her a wealth of academic and professional experience.

Lander University has received approval by the state to hold in-person commencement exercises for its Spring 2020 and Fall 2020 graduating classes.