Limestone College

Dr. Suzanne Lindley (left), Professor of Biology at Limestone, introduces WITS participants to CSI forensics through fingerprint processing.

On Friday (March 23), 60 female high school students took part in Limestone College's  inaugural Women in Technology and Science (WITS) Conference.

The students are sophomores and juniors from Cherokee County high schools, and were were identified by officials at their schools as having strong aptitudes in the areas of science, technology, and health. The goal of the conference was to ignite and nurture that talent not only for learning but for excelling in those fields.

Mary Badham at Limestone College

There was not an empty seat to be found Monday evening (March 19) when Mary Badham ("Scout" in the classic film verson of To Kill a Mockingbird).

Badham treated the audience with behind-the-scenes tidbits from the making of that classic film and her friendships with other actors in the film including Gregory Peck. She also expressed her thoughts on social issues of today.

Enjoy our photo slideshow from the event .

Tim Hanshaw, Assistant Professor of Social Work at Limestone College and Associate Director of the institution's Social Work Field Placement Program, has been invited to speak at the annual symposium for the South Carolina chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (SCNASW).

More than 1,500 attendees are expected to attend the four-day symposium, which will be held March 11-14 in Columbia.

Walter Edgar

Legendary South Carolina historian and broadcaster Walter Edgar will launch Limestone's College's Renewing a Dream, Revisiting the South Series when he visits the campus on Monday, Feb. 20.

Dr. Edgar‘s presentation, entitled "Limestone and South Carolina in the 1840s," will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Fullerton Auditorium and will be followed by a reception in Winnie Davis Hall of History. The presentation and reception are free and open to the public.