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Governor’s School celebrates $200,000 Gift from BB&T Charitable Foundation

January 8, 2010

In an effort to help launch its new Economics and Finance Institute, the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) today announced it has been awarded a $200,000 gift from the BB&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Winston-Salem-based BB&T Corporation.

This investment will be used as both seed money and endowment support for the Institute and is part of the GSSM Foundation’s ongoing Expect Great Things Endowment and Programming Campaign.

“As a leading financial institute, BB&T understands the purpose and impact of a program like the one planned at GSSM,” said Mike Brenan, president of BB&T South Carolina. “We are pleased to participate through our sizeable investment and look forward to the long-term educational and economic benefits the state of South Carolina surely will see.”

The BB&T investment works within the Expect Great Things campaign mission of advancing the school’s ongoing campus and curriculum expansion project by supporting the launch of an Economics and Finance Institute. Designed to enhance existing GSSM curriculum with the introduction of new learning opportunities in economics and entrepreneurship, the Institute will inspire a culture of innovation and high-tech enterprise, ultimately creating wealth for the citizens of South Carolina.

Students will be engaged through a number of unique opportunities including: college-level economics and finance courses; six-week summer internships in real-world business and finance environments; team competitions and presentations; and a speakers series enlisting the insight of experts from a variety of business arenas.

“As GSSM opens the chapter on economics, business and entrepreneurial education at our special school, we are pleased and honored to have an investor like BB&T,” said Kim Bowman, executive director of the GSSM Foundation. “New ventures require strong partners with bold visionary outlooks and BB&T certainly fits that bill.”

GSSM, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008-09, serves a high-achieving segment of the state’s high school juniors and seniors who are passionate about science, mathematics and technology and who are motivated to increase their knowledge in these subject areas.

With plans to grow the GSSM faculty and student population to more than double its size, the school is working toward implementation of new programs such as the Economics and Finance Institute, a global research initiative and an advanced computer engineering curriculum to prepare students for careers in networking and system administration.

The school is closing in on the final stages of new construction, thanks to funds allocated by the S.C. General Assembly. The Student Activity Center is slated to open in late February, giving students access to the school’s first gymnasium and much anticipated Engineering Projects Center. Not far behind, the Academic Center will open in phases through June 2010.

In an effort to help launch its new Economics and Finance Institute, the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) today announced it has been awarded a $200,000 gift from the BB&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Winston-Salem-based BB&T Corporation.

This investment will be used as both seed money and endowment support for the Institute and is part of the GSSM Foundation’s ongoing Expect Great Things Endowment and Programming Campaign.

“As a leading financial institute, BB&T understands the purpose and impact of a program like the one planned at GSSM,” said Mike Brenan, president of BB&T South Carolina. “We are pleased to participate through our sizeable investment and look forward to the long-term educational and economic benefits the state of South Carolina surely will see.”

The BB&T investment works within the Expect Great Things campaign mission of advancing the school’s ongoing campus and curriculum expansion project by supporting the launch of an Economics and Finance Institute. Designed to enhance existing GSSM curriculum with the introduction of new learning opportunities in economics and entrepreneurship, the Institute will inspire a culture of innovation and high-tech enterprise, ultimately creating wealth for the citizens of South Carolina.

Students will be engaged through a number of unique opportunities including: college-level economics and finance courses; six-week summer internships in real-world business and finance environments; team competitions and presentations; and a speakers series enlisting the insight of experts from a variety of business arenas.

“As GSSM opens the chapter on economics, business and entrepreneurial education at our special school, we are pleased and honored to have an investor like BB&T,” said Kim Bowman, executive director of the GSSM Foundation. “New ventures require strong partners with bold visionary outlooks and BB&T certainly fits that bill.”

GSSM, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008-09, serves a high-achieving segment of the state’s high school juniors and seniors who are passionate about science, mathematics and technology and who are motivated to increase their knowledge in these subject areas.

With plans to grow the GSSM faculty and student population to more than double its size, the school is working toward implementation of new programs such as the Economics and Finance Institute, a global research initiative and an advanced computer engineering curriculum to prepare students for careers in networking and system administration.

The school is closing in on the final stages of new construction, thanks to funds allocated by the S.C. General Assembly. The Student Activity Center is slated to open in late February, giving students access to the school’s first gymnasium and much anticipated Engineering Projects Center. Not far behind, the Academic Center will open in phases through June 2010.

In an effort to help launch its new Economics and Finance Institute, the S.C. Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) today announced it has been awarded a $200,000 gift from the BB&T Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Winston-Salem-based BB&T Corporation.

This investment will be used as both seed money and endowment support for the Institute and is part of the GSSM Foundation’s ongoing Expect Great Things Endowment and Programming Campaign.

“As a leading financial institute, BB&T understands the purpose and impact of a program like the one planned at GSSM,” said Mike Brenan, president of BB&T South Carolina. “We are pleased to participate through our sizeable investment and look forward to the long-term educational and economic benefits the state of South Carolina surely will see.”

The BB&T investment works within the Expect Great Things campaign mission of advancing the school’s ongoing campus and curriculum expansion project by supporting the launch of an Economics and Finance Institute. Designed to enhance existing GSSM curriculum with the introduction of new learning opportunities in economics and entrepreneurship, the Institute will inspire a culture of innovation and high-tech enterprise, ultimately creating wealth for the citizens of South Carolina.

Students will be engaged through a number of unique opportunities including: college-level economics and finance courses; six-week summer internships in real-world business and finance environments; team competitions and presentations; and a speakers series enlisting the insight of experts from a variety of business arenas.

“As GSSM opens the chapter on economics, business and entrepreneurial education at our special school, we are pleased and honored to have an investor like BB&T,” said Kim Bowman, executive director of the GSSM Foundation. “New ventures require strong partners with bold visionary outlooks and BB&T certainly fits that bill.”

GSSM, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008-09, serves a high-achieving segment of the state’s high school juniors and seniors who are passionate about science, mathematics and technology and who are motivated to increase their knowledge in these subject areas.

With plans to grow the GSSM faculty and student population to more than double its size, the school is working toward implementation of new programs such as the Economics and Finance Institute, a global research initiative and an advanced computer engineering curriculum to prepare students for careers in networking and system administration.

The school is closing in on the final stages of new construction, thanks to funds allocated by the S.C. General Assembly. The Student Activity Center is slated to open in late February, giving students access to the school’s first gymnasium and much anticipated Engineering Projects Center. Not far behind, the Academic Center will open in phases through June 2010.

Originally post by SCNow