![]() It's the way that we got it to you that's a lot more efficient." "It is a book, which to me is the most exciting thing in the world," said Mark Lefebvre, the store's book operations manager. It presses the two together, folds the cover sheet around the spine, trims off the excess and drops the finished paperback through a slot. Meanwhile, a second printer spits out a full-colour sheet with the front and back covers and slips it under the block of pages. It gathers the stack of pages, clamps them together and passes the spine side over a grinder to roughen the edges before dipping them in glue. The glass-sided machine - about the size of four photocopiers linked together - opens a formatted computer file of a manuscript and spits out pages almost instantly. Publishing books on demand could also reduce the industry's environmental impact, eliminating the shipping of orders and returns and reducing waste from unsold books. "It could change the face of book retailing," said Titles manager Donna Shapiro. The arrival of books on demand is a development that could signal profound changes in the industry, cutting out whole steps, while multiplying inventory without adding space. The new Espresso Book Machine at the Titles bookstore on campus - one of just nine now operating in bookstores and libraries around the world - puts a warm, affordable book into the reader's hand about five minutes after the operator clicks a mouse. The college community has 12 sororities and fraternities as well as 20 NCAA Division I athletics teams.A $174,000 machine has made it possible for McMaster's bookstore to print a custom-ordered book in less time than it takes the speediest pizza chain to make your dinner. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford is recognized consistently as a “best value” and for its commitment to student success and accessibility for low- and middle-income students. It offers 27 major fields of study to a student body of 1,800 undergraduates. Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Hipp is a former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. ![]() Hipp Jr., class of 1982, chairman of American Defense International Inc., a Washington D.C.-based consulting firm specializing in government affairs, business development and public relations. The center’s lecture series is made possible through the generous donations of Wofford alumnus Van D. The Hipp Center for National Security and Foreign Policy was founded in 2011 to create signature events at Wofford with the goal of capturing the attention of students and the public while drawing them into important conversations on applying American leadership and ideals to the challenges of international affairs past, present and future. ![]() The event will commemorate the 242nd anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens in Cherokee County. Banks specializes in the history of the American Revolution. Kenneth Banks, associate professor of history at Wofford, will moderate discussions during the event. Other speakers will include William Caldwell, park ranger for Cowpens National Battlefield and Overmountain Victory Trail Park, and representatives from the American Battlefield Trust and the SC 250th Commission.ĭr. McMaster will give the welcoming keynote address while discussing the role the state played in helping the United States win the Revolutionary War through the Battle of Cowpens and the Battle of Kings Mountain. ![]() McMaster, the National Park Service, the American Battlefield Trust and noted historians speak on the unique role South Carolina played in birthing our republic.” “The road to liberty for the American people began in South Carolina with the Battles of Cowpens and Kings Mountain,” said Van Hipp, founder of the college’s Hipp Center for National Security and Foreign Policy. ![]() on the front lawn of the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts. Living history presenters will perform from 5-6 p.m. The discussion will be held in the Jerome Johnson Richardson Theatre in the college’s Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts. Henry McMaster and representatives from the National Park Service, the American Battlefield Trust and the SC 250th Commission will participate. SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA- Wofford College’s Hipp Center for National Security and Foreign Policy will host an event titled “The American Revolutionary War was Won in South Carolina!” at 6 p.m. ![]()
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