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Columbia College Changing With the Times

Carol Moore
Mike Switzer/SC Public Radio

Colleges and universities across the nation and in our state seem to be becoming much more focused on preparing students for the real world, such as offering new majors and programs geared toward today’s job market.  Our next guest says her institution is striving to stay at the forefront of these trends.

Mike Switzer interviews Carol Moore, interim president at Columbia College in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.