| DHEC selects health care CEO as new director Dr. Edward Simmer has been selected from among 83 applicants to lead the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. The announcement comes as Gov. Henry McMaster, who must approve the selection, tested positive for COVID-19. Benedict College named top producer of STEM graduates The Columbia college was recognized as a Top 10 Smaller HBCU for STEM by The Hundred-Seven website. Benedict was one of four S.C. schools to make the list, compiled by evaluating data from news magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. | 