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Wins for the Winthrop Plan

Anna Sharpe

Two more targets of President Dan Mahony’s Winthrop Plan were recently met. The 2025 target goal for unrestricted giving was set at $700,000. As of December 2018, unrestricted gifts were…

Ask an officer

Dean of Students Office/Publications

One in six women and one in 19 men have experienced stalking at some point during their lifetime, said Sgt. Julia Taggart at the Ask an Officer campus safety event…

Town Hall Tuesday

Anna Sharpe

On Tuesday, Jan. 29, students, faculty and staff attended a town hall sponsored by the Council of Student Leaders. Students were encouraged to ask questions and air grievances regarding dining…

The latest from the Winthrop Poll: $3.4 million in state contracts

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Winthrop University’s Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, formerly known as the Social and Behavioral Research lab, will conduct three new surveys this year as part of two new…

The latest from the Winthrop Poll: Southern survey

Dean of Students Office/Publications

Southerners were asked whether or not they had experienced discrimination within the last year because of their race or ethnicity. 52 percent of black southerners said “yes” and 18 percent…

Faculty diversity is higher than ever

Anna Sharpe

In the month of January, a target of goal 3 of President Daniel Mahony’s Winthrop Plan was reached six years ahead of schedule. Goal 3 focuses on hiring and retaining…

Elizabeth Warren comes to S.C.

Anna Sharpe

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren visited Columbia College on Wednesday, Jan. 23 for an organizing event. She was one of many politicians to visit the Palmetto state recently. Sen. Bernie Sanders,…

MLK day of service

Dean of Students Office/Publications

About 300 volunteers joined forces on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to participate in the annual MLK Day of Service project. President Dan Mahony opened the day of service…

WU gets real about abortion

Anna Sharpe

On Tues. Jan. 22, Winthrop’s Planned Parenthood Club invited Calla Hales, an administrator for A Preferred Women’s Health Center, and Ashley Skidmore, a member of the advocacy group Charlotte for…

Post-grad 101

Beneshia Wadlington

Graduating can be scary. Once you move the tassel over to the left side of your cap, you’ve officially entered the real world. Now, you have a sudden obligation to…