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Meet SC Biz News’ 2025 Palmetto Power Education Honorees
Palmetto Power // August 11, 2025//
In this feature you’ll meet leaders making a difference in South Carolina’s higher-education sector.
You’ll read about how they feel post-secondary institutions are preparing The Palmetto State’s future workforce, what they’re doing to navigate an expected “enrollment cliff,” solutions to counteract government funding cuts and reduction in federal research grants and what is their institution’s strategy in addressing the increased integration of artificial intelligence and automation and the expansion of online and hybrid learning models.
And for a bit of fun, you might even learn something unique about some of our honorees.
Happy reading!
J. Rex Tolliver
Vice President, Student Affairs and Academic Support
University of South Carolina
Jessica Sorrells
Dean of the School of Business and Data Science; Associate Professor of Mathematics
Converse University
L. Jeffrey Perez, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
Michael S. Wilder, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Charleston Southern University
Ray Thomas
Dean, Schools of Business and Advanced Manufacturing & Skilled Trades
Midlands Technical College
Stephanie J. Dauway, Ed.D
Associate Vice President of Academic and Workforce Development
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Tressa Gardner
Associate Vice President, SiMT and Gould Business Incubator
Florence-Darlington Technical College
