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Princeton Review Best Value College
For the second
year in a row, the
Princeton Review
named Winthrop as one of the nation's
best value
undergraduate institutions. The
listing appears in the 2008 edition of "America's Best College
Values." In addition, the
Princeton Review
has kept Winthrop on its list of
"Best Southeastern Colleges"
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Barron's Best Buys
The college
guidebook, Barron's Best Buys
(ninth edition), includes Winthrop in its compilation. The guide
looks beyond the nation's best-known and most expensive
four-year colleges to discover schools where the education
dollar goes further.
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U.S.News Best College
Winthrop
University was named to
U.S.News & World Report's Top Ten Regional Public
Universities in the South in the magazine's
"America's Best Colleges"
2008 edition. It is the
16th time this publication has chosen Winthrop
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Accredited
Member, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Winthrop is
accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
to award bachelor’s, master’s and specialist degrees. The
institution's record of sustained high performance
is reflected its additional 100
percent national accreditation in all academic areas
for which such accreditation is available.
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listing of individual program accreditations. |
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President’s Higher Education Community Service
Honor Roll
The Corporation for National and Community Service placed
Winthrop on the President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll in each of the last two years. This
national honor recognizes and rewards exemplary community
service and civic engagement.
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Big South Powerhouse
Continuing a tradition of excellence in athletics, four
Winthrop sports
teams won Big South
Championships and went on to make
NCAA tournament
appearances in 2006-07, including
men’s basketball, men’s soccer, softball and volleyballl.
Winthrop also had its highest finish since 1991 in the Big
South’s overall athletics competition, the Sasser Cup.
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State of S.C. Honors/Awards
Winthrop is the state's top-rated university in
the S.C. Commission on Higher Education's
performance-rating accountability system. After
exceeding standards every year since the rating
system began, the university has reached a new
pinnacle by scoring
substantially
exceeds standards
every year
since its creation in 2003.
Winthrop is one of South Carolina's Teaching
Fellows institutions, indicating its
value to the
state in teacher preparation.
In addition, the S.C. Center for Educator
Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA)
is located on Winthrop's campus and benefits
from the close association with the institution.
Winthrop University is annually recognized as
one of the
most energy-efficient campuses
with residence halls in the state-- no small
feat, considering Winthrop's physical plant
includes more turn-of-the-century buildings than
any other S.C. campus.
Winthrop University is a recipient of the
'Best College
Recycling Program'
Award from the S.C. Department of Health and
Environmental Control. The university annually
recycles more than 75 tons of paper and other
recyclables--up from 3.9 tons in 1991.
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