Thirty-eight county officials graduated on Aug. 2 from Levels I and II of the Institute of Government for County Officials at the 49th  Annual Conference of the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC), held July 31 to Aug. 3. Among them was Randy Goings of the Dillon County Council who graduated from Level I.
The SCAC — in cooperation with the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Center for Livable Communities, College of Charleston, and the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Clemson University — holds the Institute of Government for County Officials three times per year. The Institute of Government provides county officials the opportunity to enhance their skills and abilities to function more effectively.
County officials must complete 27 hours of instruction, including 18 hours of required topics and 9 hours of elective topics, to graduate from Level I. They must complete 18 hours of instruction to graduate from Level II.