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Lexington Medical building new $20M training center to house USC nursing students
Lexington Medical Center and the University of South Carolina are teaming up to graduate more nurses in the Midlands.
The growing Lexington County hospital system will build a $20 million training center for USC’s nursing students on its West Columbia campus. The three-story, 52,000-square-foot building will have simulation nursing labs and study lounges for juniors, seniors and some master’s level students in the school’s nursing program, located south of U.S. Highway 378 across from the hospital.
With the much-needed extra space, the school expects to nearly double the number of new nurses it graduates each year, including 300 undergraduates and 100 graduate students, said Dean Jeanette Andrews.
[read more | source: Post and Courier Columbia]
Columbia startup raises millions to build software for trucking, aims to reshape industry
COLUMBIA (The Post and Courier Columbia) — Motor Supply Inc. is not your typical trucking company, co-founded on something of a dare by a Columbia computer scientist with no prior experience in the industry. The teams’ technical skill sets combined with on-the-job experience gained while directing 17 semis back and forth across the United States […]
OC Tech among two Orangeburg colleges awarded Department of Education grant to support underserved students
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OC Tech) is one of two colleges in the City of Orangeburg and three in the state to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support postsecondary students throughout the country. OC Tech is calling the grant “Race to the Finish.” The focus is to reach out […]