Benedict College

About the College

Founded in 1870 by a woman, Bathsheba A. Benedict, Benedict College is a private co-educational liberal arts institution with over 1,700 students enrolled in its 26 baccalaureate degree programs. Benedict College, originally Benedict Institute, was founded 152 years ago under the auspices of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.

As Benedict's first philanthropist, Mrs. Benedict of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, provided $13,000 towards the purchase of an 80-acre plantation near Columbia, South Carolina as the site for a new school for the recently freed people of African descent. Benedict Institute, operating in a former slave master's mansion, was established, in the words of its founder to prepare men and women to be a "power for good in society."

About the Faculty Coach

Dr. Larry Lenard Lowe is Department Chair of Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Health Science at Benedict College, Columbia, SC. He is a consummate science educator. He was honored as Benedict College’s, Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year (1999-2000). He teaches introductory, intermediate, and upper-level courses in biology and chemistry.

Read more about Dr. Lowe here.