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What Is SCICU?
South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc., (SCICU) was established in 1953 to promote the cause of independent higher education in South Carolina. Today, SCICU comprises 20 private institutions located throughout the state in pastoral communities, small towns, and urban settings. These colleges and universities serve the needs of more than 32,500 students.
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2009 SCICU Student Faculty Research Program
SCICU announces the Call for Student Grant Proposals for the 2009 Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program. The deadline for submission of proprosal to the Office of Undergraduate Research and Internships in Johns Hall 204 is February 20, 2009. If you have questions, contact us at 294.3110 or email Marianne Pierce.

Nitrogen in Upstate South Carolina Streams
Ellen McGuiness, a senior Earth and Environmental Sciences major at Furman received an SCICU grant for the summer of 2007. She worked with Brannon Anderson on Biochemical Cycling of Nitrogen in Urban Headwater Streams in Greenville.

"To list the all the numerous things that I learned this summer would take far too long, but there are three that stand out. My abilities as a scientist have increased; I have expanded my tool belt to include laboratory protocol, field methodology and most importantly how to implement a methodology for stable isotope geochemistry that had not previously been used at Furman.

I have gained confidence in my abilities to reason, learn and express my ideas in a scientific community, a confidence that will help me as a move forth from Furman and research in the broader scientific community.

The most important thing that I learned this summer was how to propose a research project, find funding to complete the study, and follow it through to completion, realizing that one often finds more questions then answers. "