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USC Aiken Set For Fifth Annual Hoops For Heroes Blood Drive Challenge
The University of South Carolina Aiken will participate in the Hoops For Heroes Blood Drive Challenge on Monday, Feb. 19 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., in front of the Student Activities Center (SAC). The blood drive will take place just two days before...
Feb 15, 2018, 1:00pm EST

Students Named to USC Aiken Honors Lists
The University of South Carolina Aiken released the Fall 2017 President's List and the Fall 2017 Dean's List. These student achievements can be found at the following links. USC Aiken Fall 2017 President's List USC Aiken Fall 2017 Dean'...
Feb 15, 2018, 12:57pm EST

Bridgestone Plant Manager Appointed to Aiken County Commission for Higher Education
The University of South Carolina Aiken announced that Adam Barfoot, plant manager for Bridgestone Americas' Off Road Radial Tire Manufacturing Plant, has been appointed to the Aiken County Commission for Higher Education. "The Aiken County Comm...
Feb 14, 2018, 2:40pm EST

Foreign Films Featured During International Film Festival at USC Aiken
The University of South Carolina Aiken presents the 2018 International Film Festival Feb. 13 - March 1. "I think the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures has presented the International Film Festival for approximately 20 years, if ...
Feb 14, 2018, 9:00am EST

USC Aiken Student Government Pres Named Rotary Student of the Month
Aiken's Sunrise Rotary Club chose the president of the University of South Carolina Aiken Student Government Association as the Student of the Month for February. Jacob Yarbrough, a native Aikenite, plans to graduate May 2019 with a bachelor of...
Feb 12, 2018, 10:00am EST

Editorial: Priceless opportunity in Aiken
This editorial appeared in the Augusta Chronicle Feb. 8, 2018. It is posted here with permission. There aren't too many matches in sports where everybody wins. Here's one. Putting the University of South Carolina-Aiken and the F...
Feb 10, 2018, 8:00am EST

Biology Major's Creativity Earns Free Starbucks
The University of South Carolina Aiken Dining Services Team treated students to a friendly competition that resulted in a coveted Starbucks gift card going to the winner. Pacers were challenged to decorate a cupcake, using a variety of products...
Feb 9, 2018, 4:00pm EST

Author Returns to USC Aiken, Shares Insight on How to Reach Potential
The Chancellor's Signature Speaker Series at the University of South Carolina Aiken, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m., in the Etherredge Center, will feature Wes Moore, best-selling author, decorated Army veteran, and CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation....
Feb 9, 2018, 8:21am EST
Award-Winning Author Visits with University, Local Community
Jerry Craven, the award-winning author of more than two dozen books including poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, met with University of South Carolina Aiken students and community members during a special visit to the area. Currently, h...
Feb 8, 2018, 1:00pm EST

Von And Vicki Snelgrove Establish Endowed Basketball Scholarship Fund
Von and Vicki Snelgrove made a $50,000 contribution toward the University of South Carolina Aiken men's and women's basketball programs by establishing the Snelgrove Family Men's And Women's Endowed Basketball Scholarship Fund. "We are thankful...
Feb 8, 2018, 12:00pm EST