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From the official announcement:

College of Engineerng and Computing and state of South Carolina officials announced a scholarship program on Wednesday, February 6 that will cover the difference between tuition costs and LIFE scholarships for in-state freshmen majoring in engineering and computing.

The new Engineering and Computing Expanded Life Scholarship (ECELS) program will mean that a minimum of 100 freshmen who also have LIFE scholarships can attend the university tuition-free beginning in fall 2008, said Dr. Michael Amiridis, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing.

An initial $500,000 in support for ECELS has been given through gifts from individual donors, businesses, industries and the College of Engineering and Computing, Amiridis said.

“At a time when our state and nation face an alarming shortage of engineers and computing professionals, this program will enable us to recruit the state’s best and brightest students into a career field that offers lucrative job opportunities,” he said.

“Business and industry look to universities to educate the engineers and computer scientists who are needed for today’s workforce and the workforce of the future. Clearly, we have an obligation to meet their needs and to meet the concerns of students who don’t want to leave college in debt,” Amiridis said. “It is our goal to make education accessible and affordable to more students, and this program is a major step in that direction.”