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Carolina Shag, popular in the past and fun for the future
Sumter Shag Club celebrates 2020’s 35th anniversary after COVID-19 cancels meetings; members are ‘like a family’ Despite daylight still...
Bryn Eddy
Jul 1, 2021


Pilgrim's vaccination sweepstakes offers chance to win free meat for a year
JBS USA and Pilgrim's Promise announced the "Your Shot at Free Meat for a Year" program to encourage the vaccination of those living in...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 28, 2021


Large-scale art progressing in downtown Sumter
Creative Canvas project will promote tourism in city, beautify the area Progress is being made on the integration of murals into downtown...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 25, 2021


Sumter Girl Scout earns Gold Award for project helping military families
A Girl Scout from Sumter was awarded the Gold Award for her project that assists in teaching people how to sew buddy bags to gift to...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 24, 2021


Siemens, Prisma Health announce partnership
In an effort to provide high-quality medical care to patients in South Carolina, Siemens Healthineers, a medical technology company from...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 24, 2021


New disc golf course underway in Sumter
18 baskets at Live Oak Park expected to benefit community, promote tourism A new disc golf course is underway at Live Oak Park on U.S. 15...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 22, 2021


Sumter County Gallery of Art holds 1st summer art camp since pandemic canceled it
The Sumter County Gallery of Art is hosting summer camp for all ages this year with a variety of classes to choose from. The Sumter...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 18, 2021


Passion pays off
Sumter parent turns longtime school involvement into new career in journey to becoming a teacher As a young girl, with her father’s old...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 18, 2021


Sumter native fosters bright futures in youth with Columbia-based nonprofit
Faith Davis, founder of the Rose Leaf Foundation, spent 19 years in the foster care system and founded her nonprofit with her husband,...
Bryn Eddy
Jun 9, 2021


Vigil held for those killed in April 7 mass shooting
The Rock Hill community continues to mourn the loss of the six individuals killed as a result of the mass shooting on April 7. A vigil...
Bryn Eddy
Apr 20, 2021


Drive-by shooting near campus, three suspects in custody same day
A drive-by shooting, with no relation to Winthrop University, occurred near campus on Friday, April 16. No one was killed or injured in...
Bryn Eddy
Apr 20, 2021


Students stage sit-in in response to university’s mishandling of sexual assault investigations
In response to Winthrop University mishandling sexual assault investigations, as written about in a story published by The Johnsonian on...
Bryn Eddy
Apr 13, 2021


Shooting leaves five dead including former WU supervising physician and medical director
A shooting at a Rock Hill home Wednesday evening has left five dead. The victims included former Winthrop Supervising Physician and...
Bryn Eddy
Apr 7, 2021


Winthrop named a ‘voter-friendly campus’ by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project
Winthrop University was deemed a voter-friendly campus by national nonpartisan organizations Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project...
Bryn Eddy
Mar 30, 2021


Campus safety ambassadors: here’s what they’re all about
Winthrop University, in an effort to further enforce COVID-19 safety guidelines as well as general campus safety, has implemented a...
Bryn Eddy
Mar 30, 2021


IT struggles to fix campus internet connection issues
Internet connection across campus, particularly in Phelps Hall and The Courtyard, has been of poor quality for the past two semesters...
Bryn Eddy
Mar 23, 2021


Hynd announces in-person commencement and Fall semester
McMaster declares in-person faculty/staff return quickly Winthrop University will have an in-person commencement for graduates this...
Bryn Eddy
Mar 16, 2021


‘Voluntary Separation’ offered to qualifying tenured faculty
Qualifying university faculty have the option to participate in a voluntary separation and first heard about this option from Winthrop’s...
Bryn Eddy
Mar 16, 2021
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