Environmental science majors from the Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology have put their education into action.

A contingent from the University of South Carolina rolled into Georgetown County this week to explore past and present at Hobcaw Barony, a stop on the inaugural Carolina Nexus Tour.

Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her $120,000 in student debt, she is already working two restaurant jobs and will soon give up her apartment here to live with her parents. Her mother, who co-signed on the loans, is taking out a life insurance policy on her daughter.