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Nov 14, 2019 | Sumter’s Bates Middle School earns national STEM certification
Four years ago, Bates Middle School offered the same handful of electives - physical education, band, art and keyboarding - that you could find in a school a generation ago.
As Principal Ayesha Hunter describes it, by now tapping into the skills and talents of its teachers and using community
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Oct 4, 2019 | Recover. Return. Grow.: NOVA Molecular Technologies Inc. marks 5 years in Sumter
NOVA Molecular Technologies Inc. gets the sticky out.
NOVA's high-value solvent recovery and return program is like lighter fluid to tape residue. The Sumter-based manufacturing company takes solvent, messy, hazardous, waste that companies have used to make their products, and sends it through fractional distillation columns that clean it.
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Aug 8, 2019 | Local Economic Development Professionals Earn Prestigious Certification
Brian Rauschenbach and Eliza Buxton of Sumter Economic Development and TheLINK Economic Development Alliance have both earned the prestigious title of SC Certified Economic Developer (SCCED). Brian and Eliza were two out of only 10 professionals throughout SC that were selected for the SC Economic Developers' Association's Advanced Symposium
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Jul 17, 2019 | Sumter building to attract new industry, officials say
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — State, county and city officials are among a group of people working to bring new industry to Sumter.
A new spec building is a part of their vision for growth. It will be 50,000 sq. ft. (expandable to 100,000 sq. ft.) and located in the Black River
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Jun 19, 2019 | SC Ports Graduates 25 Port Ambassadors
CHARLESTON, SC – JUNE 19, 2019 – South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) recognizes 25 delegates for completing the 2018-2019 Port Ambassador Program, which provides participants a deep understanding of the connection between the Port of Charleston and South Carolina’s thriving business community.
The 10-month Port Ambassador Program immerses participants in
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May 31, 2019 | Maj. Gen. Zobrist will retire in Sumter in June
The 9th Air Force commander, who leads eight wings and three direct reporting units through its Shaw Air Force Base headquarters, is set to retire next month, but he won't be going far.
Maj. Gen. Scott J. Zobrist said Monday after giving a keynote address at the Sumter County
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May 28, 2019 | Eaton’s Employee Nyaaisjah Samuel Shares Her Story
Nyaaisjah Samuel is a social butterfly, mom of an active 3-year old -- and a switchboard technician at Eaton.
“My job is to identify parts that are compatible with the switchboard structure,” she said. “I reference electrical drawings for amperage and the type of material being used.
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May 24, 2019 | Alice Drive Elementary School students display STEM inventions
BY DANNY KELLY danny@theitem.com
The Alice Drive Elementary School cafeteria didn't look much like a cafeteria on Monday night but more like a science lab.
That's because the school was holding its STEM-inspired Invention Convention, where students displayed projects they made with a science, technology, engineering
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May 24, 2019 | ‘Gummy expert’ buys Sumter’s Mount Franklin
By BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
The way a corporate executive described it Wednesday, “there’s a little more science to getting those vitamins in there than meets the eye.”
Jill Pergande, chief human resources officer with top-volume gummy producer Santa Cruz Nutritionals, was referencing her
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May 22, 2019 | Central Carolina Technical College celebrates more than 600 graduates
Central Carolina Technical College held two commencement ceremonies May 10 at the Sumter County Civic Center to accommodate more than 600 graduates.
The 10 a.m. ceremony was for students graduating from Business and Public Service programs and Industrial and Engineering Technology programs. The 3 p.m. ceremony was for students graduating from General
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