Coker College and Florence-Darlington Technical College have formed a partnership to make it easier for Florence-Darlington Tech students to earn a bachelor’s degree by transferring to Coker.

Coker College’s Department of Social Work has named Sylvia Rogers of Marion, S.C., its 2009 Field Instructor of the Year.

Residents and visitors enjoyed face painting, hot dogs, ice cream, bluegrass music, wagon tours and more at the Coker Farms Festival on Saturday.

A second former Coker College baseball player has been charged in connection with a crash that killed a Hartsville woman four years ago.

Coker College’s evening program is hosting information sessions for prospective adult students in Lake City and Mullins. Questions about the admissions process, transfer credits, and financial aid will be answered.

Coker College is hosting a forum with Hartsville mayoral candidates Mel Pennington and Pam Sansbury at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the C.W. Coker Auditorium in Davidson Hall.

Coker College is hosting a Depression Screening Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the David R. and May R. Coker Student Center on campus. Screenings are free and open to the public.

HARTSVILLE — Liz Kinney had a hat trick and Kerstin Williams scored two as Wingate defeated Coker 8-0 in women’s soccer Thursday.

Dr. Barbara Jackowski has been named the Associate Dean for Coker College’s Evening and Extended Studies Program. She was formerly the Director of the Program for Accelerated College Education (PACE) at California State University East Bay in Hayward, Ca.

Francis Marion University has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report magazine as one of the South’s top 100 master’s level universities for the ninth year in a row.

Coker College biology professor Dr. Joe Flaherty has received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty members, the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant.

Coker College welcomed the largest freshmen class in it’s 100-year-history during Saturday’s orientation session. Students and parents filled the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker auditorium to overflowing as part of campus activities that surrounded the return of students for the fall semester.

HARTSVILLE — Dr. Robert L. Wyatt, Coker College’s 16th president, is about two months into his new position and has already started making moves to push the college forward.

Coker College is one of the best colleges in the Southeast according to The Princeton Review. The education services company recommends Coker as one of the top institutions in the Southeast in the 2010 Best Colleges feature at http://www.princetonreview.com

Coker’s athletic department will once again be hosting its annual Taste of Coker. The event is scheduled to take place today from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Coker’s soccer field.