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Assistant Dean Accepts Position as Associate Dean for Engagement, Diversity, and Inclusive Excellence for Winthrop University

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Kinyata Adams Brown of the Office of Diversity and Student Engagement has accepted a new position as the Associate Dean for Engagement Diversity Inclusive Excellence. Vice President of Student Affairs…

Eagle Of The Week: Aisha Weixlmann

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Aisha Weixlmann is a sophomore this year at Winthrop University. She’s a Sociology major and a pitcher on Winthrop’s softball team. Weixlmann has been playing softball since the age of…

Former Winthrop University professor wrote a memoir about his time at the college

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*Editor's Note: This story was updated on April 7.* Larry Timbs, a former mass communication professor at Winthrop University, wrote a memoir titled "From the Beak of an Eagle: Memoirs…

Hollywood’s Effects on the Teenage Image

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It is no secret that teen shows have an unrealistic portrayal of the teenage experience and what it’s like for a high school student. In shows such as Pretty Little…

The senior graduation experience during Covid

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At the start of Covid-19 last year, everything was shut down. The circumstances were filled with questions without answers, and hard sacrifices that had to be made. Everyone went into…

Artist Spotlight: Danielle Banks

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Starting college under normal circumstances can be scary, much more so when a global pandemic factors into the equation. How- ever, freshman musical theater major Danielle Banks has been making…

Eagle Of The Week: Olivia Paxton

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Born and raised in Rock Hill, Olivia Paxton is now a 22-year-old graduate student at Winthrop University. As the daughter of cross country and track and field coach Ben Paxton,…

What This Year’s Common Book Teaches Us

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Every year Winthrop appoints a book for students to read that teaches us about something new about a different culture to explore a topic that we might not know about.…