Availability of LGC Funds and How to Access Them

The grant process reflects the LGC’s commitment to growing workforce talent for economic development in the Lowcountry. According to the Talent 2020 and Beyond report produced by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, the talent gap is most acute in the areas listed above and is hampering growth in these industries.

Enjoying the Benefits of Technology at Trident Tech

As you might imagine, moving an entire graduate center across town for geographic centralization is a mammoth undertaking under any circumstances. In the midst of a pandemic that is revolutionizing the way educational services are delivered, it was a prescription for chaos.

The Effort to Address Health Disparities in the Lowcountry

Healthy Tri-county has conducted several community health audits and found that disparities tear at the fabric of health within the Lowcountry.

SC Census Count Lagging, Putting Billions of Dollars at Risk

With the sixth-worst response rate in the nation, South Carolina is endangering some of the billions of dollars it receives in federal payouts dependent on once-in-a-decade Census counts.

Expanding Access to Lower Maternal Morbidity

The Tri-County Health Improvement Plan emerged. Maternal, infant and child health is one of five areas of priority.

LGC News: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

Lowering Maternal Mortality

Reducing Racial Disparities in Maternal Health South Carolina has the eighth highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, fueled by the death rate among African-American women. In South Carolina, black women with Ph.D.s have worse health outcomes in pregnancy than white high school dropouts. Overall, black women are three times as likely to die in…

Keep Your K-12 Children Engaged While Quarantined

If there’s one thing we’ve learned during this extraordinary and unprecedented time of virus-hiding it is that children don’t learn as well electronically, or for as long, as they do at school.

A Coordinated Plan to Reignite the Lowcountry Economy

Like all regional economies around the nation, the Charleston metro’s robust economy has skidded nearly to a halt. As one example, pending home sales dropped 11% in April, and listings fell 26% compared to the year before, following a torrid start to the year.

Assist Scholarships for Teachers

$500 AAUW Scholarships Available for K-8 STEAM Teachers Attention K-8 STEAM teachers: what would you do with $500? Would you pay for supplies, take a course, purchase a piece of equipment for the classroom or treat your class to a pizza party? The American Association for University Women (AAUW) is offering a pair of grants…

Keep Your Toddlers Engaged While Quarantined

And so, we are cooped up in our homes, many of us with young children who must be kept engaged in activities lest their brains shrivel and our nerves fray. The good news is, we have never been better positioned to conduct our lives from our living rooms. We are connected to the entire world via electronic devices, and that world is intent on providing us with all the information and entertainment we could possibly want.

Get Teacher Certified Quickly! There’s A Shortage to Fill!!!

There’s never been a better time to become a teacher. If you have a bachelor’s degree, even in some subjects unrelated to pedagogy, you can create a career for yourself in education faster and easier than ever before.

Census 2020: Billions of Dollars At-Risk for Lowcountry

Funding for everything that flows from the federal government down to states and local communities is based on census numbers. If the federal government only counts half of all South Carolinians, it will apportion funding based on half our actual population.

The Challenges Facing HBCUs

What do you do when competitors break into your space and deliver even better service to your most valuable customers? If your company wants to survive, you improve the service to customers and make it available on every platform on which they might consume it. You track your results and double down on those strategies…

COVID-19 May Spark Uptick in Child Abuse

Domestic violence and child abuse are expected to spike during the COVID-19 crisis as families are confined together under the stress of diminished income and complex new routines. Adding to the problem is the difficulty facing women and children who want to escape the abuse but are sequestered in their homes. Research has demonstrated a…

LGC Services Remain in Full Gear Despite Closure

Like almost everything else in the Charleston area, the physical offices of the Lowcountry Graduate Center are closed through May 15 to protect students, faculty, staff, and guests from Covid-19.

Lowcountry Social Work Connections Spring Conference

The University of South Carolina College of Social Work is organizing the Lowcountry Social Work Connections Spring Conference, which is “to provide networking opportunities, offer an affordable way to earn high-quality social work CEUs, and spotlight alumni of the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina,”…

Jobs Await New Coding Course Grads

We hear all the time about the need for tech talent all over the country and here in Charleston as the local tech sector blossoms. Right now, website developers with coding skills and no experience can walk into $60,000 entry-level positions with dozens of area tech companies.

SCTechEd

The technology industry in the Lowcountry has created a resource in Charleston Open Source to attract skilled workers in the field.

Top 10 Steps to Mastering the Job Interview

Job interviewing is not always fun and can be nerve-racking for many. The feeling of whether you are good enough for the position you applied for, the coldness of just a simple conversation, or the fear of saying something completely wrong. We have all been there, but there are ways to combat those nerves and actually master the art of job interviewing.

Healthcare Management MBA

Are you considering the career boost that an MBA can provide? Thursday, February 20, Lowcountry residents will have the opportunity to learn about an acclaimed evening MBA program that allows students to continue working while attending class online or through teleconference at the conveniently situated Lowcountry Graduate Center.

Math Talks

Research has found that 60% of university students have math anxiety, even accounting for the math and physics departments. But math is practical to daily life and fun to think and talk about. You just have to know how to pose the question.

Ingevity Earns Chamber Pillar Award for 20 Years of Extraordinary Community Service

When the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce considered whom to bestow its Pillar Award upon in 2019, it was seeking a local company with 20+ years of dedicated community service with a commitment to philanthropy.

Dedicated Bike-Ped Bridge Across Ashley Is an Economic Development Boon

The BUILD grant (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) from the U.S. Department of Transportation will cover most of the estimated $22 million costs of the span, which will run parallel to the Route 17 bridges and connect with the West Ashley Greenway.

Is Grad School Your New Year’s Resolution?

New Year’s is a time when we resolve to do things put off. Is this the time to get that advanced degree you’ve been thinking about?

Social Workers Are Helping Those with Holiday Depression

There are more stressors during the holidays, both familial and financial. Being thrown together with noisome family members at holiday gatherings and struggling with gift-buying obligations can exacerbate ambient sadness and depression, particularly in the cold and dark of winter.

Survey Says… Lowcountry Employers Need the Right Skills

While many jobs in advanced manufacturing, IT, healthcare and other high-demand positions offer premium pay and benefits, many other jobs in high demand, like construction trades and hospitality, offer low pay.

Recruiting Tech Talent to the Charleston Area

Did you know that Charleston’s burgeoning tech sector now comprises 600 companies, with jobs paying more than twice the regional average? In a community known for tourism and manufacturing, the area is increasingly becoming a tech hub.

USC Social Work Grad School Trains Students on Domestic Violence

Today, South Carolina is no longer worst in the nation for domestic violence (on last accounting, we’re fifth worst) but it is still a major issue. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence says our state still needs to toughen its laws…

For Manufacturers: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt at the LGC

It’s going to be quite a week for the manufacturing sector in South Carolina at the end of October. The SC Manufacturing Conference and Expo comes to the coast for the first time in years, this time at the North Charleston Coliseum.

We Now Have Adults Who Don’t Understand September 11

If you’re between about 30 and 80 years of age, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania are the seminal world history moment in your life.

Agenda – September 18, 2019 Supervisory Council Meeting

Supervisory Council Meeting agenda for September 18th, 2019 taken place at the LGC.

The Initiative to Reboot the Commute in the Charleston Area

In the Charleston area, 40% of commuters now spend more than an hour of their day on the roads traveling to and from work. The Reboot the Commute initiative implements strategies that boost alternatives.

Saving Money on Textbooks

In 38 years, textbook prices skyrocketed three times the rate of inflation. For years, students were a captive audience for booksellers. The College Board estimates that the average student will spend more than $1,200 on textbooks this years.

The Tech Boom in Charleston Requires Educational Response

At the turn of the 21st century, 17 tech firms dotted the Charleston business community. Now, there are two tech centers and hundreds of startups within the Charleston Digital Corridor.

LGC is Site of New Lowcountry Cohort for Educational Specialist Degree Through The Citadel

In Fall 2019, The Citadel will establish a Tri-County cohort of the Specialist in Educational Leadership program. The course can be completed in two years, and it will be offered the Lowcountry Graduate Center in North Charleston.

The Rise of Community Baby Showers

The U.S. is the most expensive country in which to deliver and raise a baby. A 2013 study estimated that it cost a minimum of $30,000 to give birth in a hospital and $10,000 for a family with modest means to raise a child in their first year. Moreover, an infant mortality rate in South…

Citadel Hosts Principal Service Program at Lowcountry Graduate Center

Being a school principal is like being the president of a small nation, except it’s more important because the futures of children are at stake.

LGC Library Streamlines Student Research Efforts

Have you ever found yourself falling down a rabbit hole of research, searching in vain for the information you desperately need for a paper or homework assignment? Are your search terms unspooling your efforts, taking you far afield from the information you need? There’s an app for that! Well, not an app, exactly, an actual…

How LGC’s Fulltime IT Expert Makes Learning Better

Generally speaking, today’s college classrooms are pretty tricked-out with technology. The days of blackboards and overhead projectors are gone, replaced by “smart” boards and screens, and computers to play videos and surf the Internet. It makes teaching and learning easier, but as with any new technology, if anything goes wrong, it can really hamstring the…