News & Updates
State of South Carolina Establishes South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance
The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (The Council), in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Commerce, and the Fraunhofer USA Center for Experimental Software Engineering CESE in Maryland announced today the establishment of the South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance (SCFUSA). The Alliance is a collaborative effort to advance applied […]
SC Aerospace Announces Don Myers as Advisory Board Chair
SC Aerospace, an industry cluster of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council) has named Don Myers, as Advisory Board Chair. Don is the Director of Aerospace Sales & Marketing at Toray Composite Materials America, Inc. where he is responsible for leading the management of their commercial aerospace unit. […]
TransformSC Announces Anderson Mill Elementary School and Sumter Career and Technology Center as Newest Network Schools, Explores the Benefits of Project-based Learning at 2019 Annual Conference
TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), has announced Anderson Mill Elementary School and the Sumter Career and Technology Center as the newest schools to join the TransformSC network. The announcement was made at the 2019 annual conference when Mike Brenan, co-chair of TransformSC and […]
From the Blog
Guest Blog: The Road to Becoming National Principal of the Year by Dr. Lucas Clamp
I was born and raised in the home of an educator. Teaching and educational leadership were on display daily, as my mother Lexie was my first-grade teacher, then elementary principal, middle school principal and retired as school superintendent. Her model of love and interaction with students, faculty and the community […]
Susie Shannon, President & CEO of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, Participates in Education Field Study in Finland
(Columbia) – Susie Shannon, President and CEO of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness is one of 23 South Carolina education stakeholders invited to visit Finland’s public schools to gain insight into critical challenges in public education in South Carolina. The group includes educators, policymakers, community and business leaders, journalists […]
