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Dr. Murray Brockman | Kim Brattain Media

18 Feb 2015 · 3 min

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In this talk, Dr. Murray Brockman describes the South Carolina Governor's School as a "school with no limits," founded by the General Assembly in 1988 to cultivate technology leaders in a state with modest resources. He highlights the school's impressive outcomes: 100% of graduates attend college, 80% pursue graduate degrees, and 70% enter science or math careers. Alumni secure positions at top companies like Google and attend elite universities—Stanford (ranked #1) and MIT (ranked #2) among them, making the school #3 in graduate placement. All faculty hold advanced degrees, with 80% possessing PhDs or terminal degrees, underscoring academic rigor. Despite a small enrollment of about 280 students in Hartsville, the school maintains extensive global partnerships that enable students to excel and meet the talent needs of companies statewide and nationally, supporting competitiveness in the global economy.

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I like to say this is the school with no limits. This is the school where if you can dream it, you can do it. South Carolina was and is a small state. It's not the richest state in the nation, and it doesn't have the greatest reputation for academic accomplishment in the nation. That's really one of the main reasons That's the reason that the General Assembly saw fit to establish the Governor's School back in 1988. We recognized a need for people who can lead in technology. 100% go to college, 80% pursue graduate degrees, 70% of them make careers in science and math. It is a remarkable group of young people. You should come to one of our alumni get-togethers. It's just an astounding bunch of people. They work for companies like you'd expect. We have Google. In fact, in terms of percentage of graduates, number 1 is Stanford, number 2 is MIT, we're number 3. So we know that our x's are variable, but what if I had several variables going All of our faculty members have an advanced degree in their field— science, math, English, history, whatever it might be. And 80% of them hold PhDs or terminal degrees in their field. We got more degrees than a thermometer. The Governor's School is a really small, you know, 280 students here in Hartsville, South Carolina. Yes, the outreach is huge, but how do we make that work? We have partnerships literally all over the world. Those partnerships make it possible for our students to excel in whatever they can imagine. It's what keeps us with no limits.
Where and how, all in 3 sentences, no problem.
We have companies all over this state and nation who have a crying need for top talent. They need our graduates. to keep our, our state and our nation competitive in this global economy.
Congratulations, Dr. Murray Brockman, 2015 Counselors of Real Estate Creative Thinker.