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Recent News About Winthrop University
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Winthrop University: Three Winthrop Alumni Announce Candidacy for Board of Trustees Alumni Seat
All three will participate in a Facebook Live session via the Winthrop Alumni Association page on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m., where they plan to answer live and submitted questions and share some insights into why they are running.
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Winthrop University: Burkhalter to Participate in National Webinar with Sister to Share Their Leadership Experiences in Higher Ed
Shelia Higgs Burkhalter, vice president for student affairs at Winthrop University, will participate in a Nov. 3 webinar, alongside her sister, for the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity (NCORE).
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Winthrop University: Trustees Vote to Make Winthrop a Laptop Campus and Take Other Action at Quarterly Meeting
Board of Trustees’ members voted unanimously during their Oct. 29 quarterly meeting to make the transition from campus-wide desktop computers to laptops across the academic landscape.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Will Host Homecoming and Reunion Events Nov. 8-13
Winthrop University will kick off a week-long schedule of Homecoming activities Nov. 8-13, which will include a mix of virtual and in-person offerings.
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Winthrop University: Beth Costner Named Interim Dean of Winthrop’s College of Education Beginning in January
Since her arrival at Winthrop in 2001, Beth Costner has contributed greatly in the College of Arts and Sciences and now in the College of Education.
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Winthrop University: Music Professor’s Compositions Considered Among Best in Inaugural North Star Music Collection
Lewis, a professor of music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will have two compositions included in the collections: “Warm Summer Sun” and “It’s All I Have to Bring Today.”
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Plays Host for Physical Education Teacher Conference
Winthrop University hosted more than 200 physical education professionals on Oct. 18 in the Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center and on the Campus Green for the OEC’s annual professional development conference.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Community Mourns Loss of Employee Marilyn Whitlock
Marilyn Whitlock had worked at Winthrop for 21 years.
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Winthrop University: ABC Project Awarded $2.58 Million Grant for Allendale County Case Study
The Community Access to the Arts in Rural Education (CARE) Project, its study and resulting guidebook will be accomplished with a $2.58 million Assistance in Arts Education grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Winthrop University: Annual York County CROP Hunger Walk to Start at Winthrop’s Dinkins Hall
The 2021 walk is planned as an in-person event to continue the fight against hunger and poverty in the community as well as globally.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop to Participate in SC Innovates 2021 Student Pitch Competition
Any student enrolled in at least a one-credit course this fall at a South Carolina-based college or university is eligible to enter the competition, which opens this week and closes Sunday, Oct. 24.
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Winthrop University: Federal Grant for $2.8 Million Will Help Winthrop Prepare Educators for New English Speakers
Over the next five years, Winthrop will use this grant to collaborate with Charleston County, Fort Mill, Greenville County and Rock Hill school districts.
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Winthrop University: $10,000 Grant Will Benefit Eagle STEM Scholars Program
The second-year grant comes from Rock Hill Buick GMC auto dealership, which sells cars in the Charlotte region.
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Winthrop University: Oct. 4 Hornsby M.L.A. Lecture to Feature Author Heather Lanier
Lanier's memoir is the story of raising a child with a rare syndrome, defying the tyranny of normal, and embracing parenthood as a spiritual practice that breaks people open in the best of ways.
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Winthrop University: Music Lover Alumna Gives to Help Next Generation of Students
Lou Ardrey ’54 of Rock Hill, South Carolina, valued her college education so much that she decided to help the next generation of music students by endowing a scholarship.
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Winthrop University: Washington Monthly Again Recognizes Winthrop on Its Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll
Winthrop, with its increased emphasis on civic engagement, was praised for a fourth year in a row by Washington Monthly for its success in getting students to vote and was included on its 2021 Best Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Retains Its Highest-Ever U.S. News Ranking
Winthrop is 17th among regional universities in the South, according to the rankings released on Sept. 13.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Alumni Homecoming Expands Over Three Weekends
Homecoming for alumni will take place over three different weekends between October and November.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Alumna Jeuel Bannister Esmacher Awarded the Order of the Palmetto
Jeuel Esmacher was among many young women recruited during World War II to decode enemy messages.
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Winthrop University: Winthrop Hosting Sept. 9 and Oct. 6 Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
A free mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held Sept. 9