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College of Ed addresses SC teacher shortage with ASPIRE

College of Ed addresses SC teacher shortage with ASPIRE

Bryn Eddy

Winthrop University’s College of Education is creating a center of excellence called Addressing Shortages through Partnership Internship Residences in Education, putting to use a one-year grant from the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education for $99,802. ASPIRE is coming at a time when the South…

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WU students encouraged to provide feedback on university experience through NSSE

WU students encouraged to provide feedback on university experience through NSSE

Bryn Eddy

Winthrop University is once again participating in the National Survey of Student Engagement during the month of March. The NSSE “gauges the quality of students’ educational experience and the level of their engagement in campus life.” The survey will be sent to…

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Peddling the petals; Christopher Johnson designing campus beauty

Peddling the petals; Christopher Johnson designing campus beauty

Chase Duncan

Every day, countless Winthrop students and faculty leisurely stroll past and through the Campus Green, taking in the natural beauty of the university’s neatly sheared green grass fields and seasonal…

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Winthrop departments and colleges battle hiring freeze

Winthrop departments and colleges battle hiring freeze

Chase Duncan

Faculty departments and divisions at Winthrop University continue to deal with the effects of the hiring freeze enacted last year due to COVID-19. The hiring freeze was introduced and approved…

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Reflecting on a Rock Hill landmark: Freedom Walkway

Reflecting on a Rock Hill landmark: Freedom Walkway

Bryn Eddy

Completed back in 2016, the Rock Hill landmark, Freedom Walkway, continues to empower and inspire racial justice in Rock Hill and surrounding areas. Freedom Walkway is located at 139 E.…

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Polar Bear Litter Pickup, an anti-littering initiative

Polar Bear Litter Pickup, an anti-littering initiative

Bryn Eddy

York County residents are invited to clean up their cities with organizations Rock Hill Clean & Green and Keep York County Beautiful for an anti-littering campaign called the Polar Bear…

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Trump’s second impeachment trial: An overview

Trump’s second impeachment trial: An overview

Chase Duncan

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial began in the Senate last week on Feb. 9, leaving elected U.S Senators in charge of determining whether the former president is…

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Top Democrats and progressives clamor for Biden to deliver on his promises for higher education

Top Democrats and progressives clamor for Biden to deliver on his promises for higher education

Sean Miller

During the 2020 presidential race, President Biden campaigned on a platform of progressive education policies that would provide for student debt relief and extensive changes to higher education. Now, Democratic…

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Police blotter 1/28

Police blotter 1/28

Sarah Hassler

On Jan 28. Communications received a call from an RHPD officer advising that while booking an inmate into the city jail, he discovered a small plastic bag that appeared to…

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Robinhood faces immense scrutiny from SEC and investors

Robinhood faces immense scrutiny from SEC and investors

Sean Miller

Every amateur investor dreams of hitting it big on the stock market. Like winning the lottery, many believe that if they make one good investment, they will never have to…

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