The National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a national network of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs involved in scientific research,education,training,and extension projects geared toward the conservation and practical use of the coasts,Great Lakes,and other marine areas. The program is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the national office located in Silver Spring,Maryland. There are Sea Grant programs located in every coastal and Great Lakes state as well as in Puerto Rico and Guam.
The University of South Carolina Beaufort is a public college with three campuses in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. It is part of the University of South Carolina System,enrolls about 2,000 students,and offers over 20 programs of study. The main campus is in Bluffton,South Carolina. The institution's campus in Beaufort houses the school's honor programs and the Department of Visual Arts &Design. The campus location on Hilton Head Island is home to the institution's program for hospitality management.
Robert Woodward Barnwell was an American slave owner,planter,lawyer,and educator from South Carolina who served as a Senator in both the United States Senate and that of the Confederate States of America. Barnwell was a public defender of slavery and secession;he personally owned at least 128 enslaved persons.
The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a public university in Florence,Alabama. It is the state's oldest public university. Occupying a 130-acre (0.5 km2) campus in a residential section of Florence,UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia,Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The four cities compose a metropolitan area with a combined population of 140,000 people.
South Carolina State University is a public,historically black,land-grant university in Orangeburg,South Carolina. It is the only public,historically black land-grant institution in South Carolina,is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund,and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University is a public historically black land-grant university in Normal,Huntsville,Alabama. Founded in 1875,it took its present name in 1969. AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District,also known as Normal Hill College Historic District,has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places.
The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) is an athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The 10 member institutions are located in the South Atlantic states of South Carolina,Georgia,and Florida. In addition,seven affiliate members participate in one sport each;namely sports not sponsored by their home conferences.
Randolph–Macon College is a private liberal arts college in Ashland,Virginia. Founded in 1830,the college has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students. It is the second-oldest Methodist-run college in the country,and the oldest in continuous operation. The college primarily offers bachelor's degrees.
William Hooper Councill was a former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School,which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal,Alabama.
Gertrude Mary Cox was an American statistician and founder of the department of Experimental Statistics at North Carolina State University. She was later appointed director of both the Institute of Statistics of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and the Statistics Research Division of North Carolina State University. Her most important and influential research dealt with experimental design;In 1950 she published the book Experimental Designs, on the subject with W. G. Cochran,which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards. In 1949 Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute and in 1956 was President of the American Statistical Association.
This history of the University of South Carolina began in the 18th century when intersectional differences arose between the Lowcountry and the Upstate. It was conceived that a state supported college located in the center of the state at Columbia,South Carolina,would foster friendships between those of both regions thus allowing the state to present a united front to the nation when threatened with issues jeopardizing the South Carolina way of life. The University of South Carolina's history can be described in four distinct phases:a firebrand college (1801–1862),constant reorganization (1865–1891),college to university (1891–1944) and the state's university (1944–present).
A comprehensive regional university today,the University of North Alabama traces its beginnings to the first half of the 19th century,when the Methodist Episcopal Church sought to bring learning and culture to an obscure mountain in Alabama.
James Marion Farr was an American university professor and academic administrator. Farr was a native of South Carolina,and earned bachelor's,master's and doctorate degrees before beginning his career as a professor of English language and literature. He was the interim president of the University of Florida from 1927 until 1928,and also served as the university's first vice president from 1905 to 1934.
Robert R. Jennings is an American former academic administrator who served as president of Alabama A&M University from January 2006 to March 2008 and president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2014.
Charles Bowles Glenn was an American educator who served as superintendent of the Birmingham,Alabama school district from 1921 to 1942,and was president of the National Education Association from 1937 through 1938. Glenn was one of the earliest proponents and implementors of character education in schools,and he is the namesake of Charles B. Glenn Middle School—formerly Charles B. Glenn Vocational High School—in Birmingham.
The 2008 South Carolina Senate elections were held on Tuesday,November 4,2008. The primary elections were held on June 10 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 24. The current composition of the state delegation is 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Senators are elected for four-year terms,all in the same year.
The Laguna State Polytechnic University is a state university in the Province of Laguna,Philippines,with four regular campuses and several auxiliary sites. It is currently classified as SUC Level III.
Denise M. Trauth is the ninth president of Texas State University. On June 11,2002,Texas State Board of Regents voted unanimously in favor of Trauth beginning her term as President.
The Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) is a public community college in Beaufort,South Carolina,that serves the Lowcountry region of South Carolina.
Stanley Fred Battle is an American educator,author,civic activist and former leader of Coppin State University and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Currently,Battle serves as the director of the Master of Social Work program and as a professor of social work at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford,Connecticut.
