Community Involvement

Young artists reveal creativity and competitive spirit. Columbia Conference Center gave $10,500 to 20 School District Five Art Students in May 2008. Columbia Conference Center’s purpose is to serve, in part by giving back to the community.

Irmo High School principal Eddie Walker, students, and Mike DuBose are pictured introducing the new Irmo High School sign.

Columbia Conference Center
Donates Pitching machine to High School

Irmo High School principal Gerald Witt (left) and baseball coach Ray Canady (center) accept the donation of a professional-grade pitching machine from Mike DuBose, president of Columbia Conference Center (right).

See Artwork by Local Students at
Columbia Conference Center

Ten high school students from Richland Lexington School District Five won $500 scholarship awards for artwork submitted to a competition sponsored by Columbia Conference Center. Their work will be displayed at the center during the coming year. Pictured here with Mike DuBose, Columbia Conference Center President (center), and Kim Inman, Vice President (far right), are winners and their parents. Students include Ryan Baskin, Josh Kehl, Miran Labrooy, Kasey McKay, and Kelli Vause of Dutch Fork High School; Lynn Gable, Clay Marra, and Stephanie Redmond of Chapin High School; and Jackie Flannery and Kyle Gilseth of Irmo High School.


Students whose work received honorable mention and a $50 award are pictured with their parents in this photograph. They include Andrew Barton, Skye Como, Jamie Rumbough, and Sarah Tholstrup of Chapin High School; Melanie Clemenz, Autumn Eckenbrecht, and Jessie Thompson of Dutch Fork High School; and Jennifer Foard, Ellen Walborn, and Aidan Zanders of Irmo High School.