CONWAY, South Carolina, April 11 -- Coastal Carolina University issued the following news: Coastal Carolina University's Department of English presents a reading and book signing by guest author Gabriel Bump on Thursday, April 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the Johnson Auditorium (Wall Building, room 116). The event is free and open to the public. Bump is author of the novels The New Naturals (2023) and Everywhere You Don't Belong (2020), which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2020, more PR

HARTSVILLE, South Carolina, April 11 -- Coker University issued the following news: Dr. Margaret J. Godbey, Associate Professor of English, is the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities' (SCICU) 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award recipient for Coker University. Dr. Godbey holds a Master of Arts in English from DePaul University, Chicago, IL, and a Ph.D. in English from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Since joining Coker, her research areas expanded from nineteenth-century Brit more PR

DENMARK, South Carolina, April 11 -- Denmark Technical College issued the following news release: Denmark Technical College has announced the Honorable James E. Clyburn, as the 2024 commencement speaker. The annual ceremony takes place on the Denmark Technical College campus at 10:00 a.m. on April 27, in the William L. McDuffie Student Life Center. "It is a great honor to have such a phenomenal civil rights icon to impart wisdom to our graduates as they embark upon their careers or further the more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, April 11 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: ESPN's storied coverage of the 2023-24 women's college basketball season concluded Sunday, following the championship tilt between top seeds South Carolina and Iowa which capped a campaign for the record books. Sunday's clash scored an impressive 18.9 million viewers, becoming the most-watched women's college basketball game ever. The heavyweight bout was also ESPN platforms' most-viewed college b more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- George Washington University issued the following news: For the first time, more people tuned in to watch the women's NCAA Division 1 finals than the men's championship game, with 18.9 million viewers tuning in for the South Carolina-Iowa game compared to 14.8 million viewers for the men's final. According to CBS News, the South Carolina-Iowa game on Sunday was the second most-watched non-Olympic women's sporting event ever on U.S. television behind the 2015 Women's Worl more PR

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 11 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson today recognized April as Financial Literacy Month, a month dedicated to promoting the importance of financial literacy and financial education. The Attorney General is committed to providing resources to empower South Carolinians to make important decisions on saving and investing, as well as protecting citizens from financial fraud. more PR

RIDGEVILLE, South Carolina, April 11 (TNSres) -- Santee Cooper, South Carolina's largest power provider and source of electricity, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Santee Cooper today released a comprehensive impact study on Camp Hall Commerce Park, detailing the environmentally focused industrial park's significant economic influence and additional potential for growth. The study puts Camp Hall's current annual economic impact at $3.8 billion across South Carolina and $3.4 more PR