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Rolling Study Halls comes to Pelion Middle School
The Google initiative is outfitting buses in 16 school districts across the country with Wi-Fi access, computers and onboard educators to allow students to continue learning during long commutes to school.
Richland County Library offering online diploma program
The Career Online High School program has accepted 7 students since its November 2018 launch. The library is accepting 65 students into the program, which includes an online self-assessment and prerequisite course.
Columbia jeweler is new library artist-in-residence
Allison Cicero Moore will have office hours and participate in programs at the Richland County Library's main branch. The artist-in-residence program aims to connect the community with local working artists.
Empathy lab to focus on refugee crisis
The Richland County Library's My Life Experience Empathy Lab, which tackled homelessness last November, will provide users an immersive look at the refugee experience through virtual reality technology.
USC exhibit brings Green Book to life
The University of South Carolina is displaying its copy of the 1956 edition of the Green Book, a guide for black travelers published from 1936-1966, in an exhibit that also includes items from the collections of prominent S.C. residents.
MTC holding event for former Virginia College students
Former students of Virginia College, which closed earlier this month, are invited to an informational event tonight at Midlands Technical College's Beltline campus.
New Richland County Library branch opens in Edgewood
The 7,500-square-foot building, located at 2101 Oak St, features an oral recording room, makerspace, a courtyard and a public art piece depicting community members.
State schools offering help to former Virginia College students
Parent company Education Corp. of America closed its for-profit campuses after the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools suspended its accreditation on Dec. 4.
11 junior faculty members receive NSF awards
The faculty members, from Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development program awards in recognition of research potential.
Partnership to expand mechatronics training
The Heritage Classic Foundation is partnering with the S.C. Technical College System to invest $100,000 in a worker training program at the state's 16 technical colleges.
Library book sale set for Sunday
The Richland Library Friends and Foundation will hold a book sale from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Richland Library Operations Center. More than 30,000 gently used books, along with music and movie items, will be available for purchase.
Sybrina Fulton to deliver Benedict commencement
Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, will speak at Benedict's winter graduation, to be held Dec. 15. Fulton founded the Trayvon Martin Foundation and the Circle of Mothers, a retreat for women who have lost children to gun violence.
