Scott Weiss, Music Director and Conductor of the Aiken Symphony Orchestra

Newberry Hall 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC, United States

Scott Weiss is the Music Director and Conductor of the Aiken Symphony Orchestra and the Director of Orchestras at the University of South Carolina School of Music. In demand internationally as a guest conductor, Scott has conducted recent performances with the orchestras of Shenzhen, Tianjin, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, and Nanchang and at major international […]

Brian Forrest, Federal Aviation Administration

Newberry Hall 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC, United States

Aviation industry leaders believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potential without federal action to improve and maintain safety standards. At their urging, the Air Commerce Act was passed in 1926. This landmark legislation charged the Secretary of Commerce with fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying aircraft, […]

Matthew Thornburg, Effects of South Carolina Moving Up to 1st in the Presidential Primaries

Newberry Hall 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC, United States

Matthew is an Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina Aiken. South Carolina hosting the Democratic primary would have big impacts, two-fold There’s one related to politics and another to economics The first primary is generally considered to be very important because whoever wins that primary will come out of it with some […]

Stuart Bedenbaugh & Joanna Dunn, Hitchcock Woods Gateway Project

Newberry Hall 117 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC, United States

The city of Aiken and the Hitchcock Woods Foundation worked together to address the impact of storm water runoff from the town on the Woods. The most notable effect is that over time, erosion had created a deep canyon at the source of the Sand River making that area unsafe for visitors due to unstable […]