Three finalists have been named for president of South Carolina State University.
The departure of Dr. Kenneth Lewis this month may have extinguished a spark of hope for the troubled James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center
A former research scientist at South Carolina State University said he was fired last week after raising concerns about scientific grant money being d
ORANGEBURG — Some South Carolina State University students protested, blasted music and beat drums to make it kno
A deal to purchase a sprawling property in exchange for kickbacks to school officials was making its way to South Carolina State University’s b
A deal to purchase a sprawling property in exchange for kickbacks to school officials was making its way to South Carolina State University’s b
Florida developer Richard Zahn pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to conspiring to sell property he owns to South Carolina State University
Florida developer Richard Zahn is scheduled to enter a plea in federal court Friday in connection with an alleged scheme to sell property he owns to S
A sprawling spread in a remote rural corner of Orangeburg County. A star-studded homecoming concert paid for out of students’ pockets. A $110,00
Students at South Carolina State University were pressured into using a promoter for a homecoming concert, financed with student fees, who had ties to
Staff report
Wednesday, January 23
State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Denmark, filed a bill Wednesday to dissolve and replace South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees.
ORANGEBURG — Kenneth Lewis has a lot of solitude, and a lot of space, in the scaled-back James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center he moved in
Some members of the General Assembly say they will file legislation soon to change the make-up of the board at South Carolina State University in the
Students are worried about South Carolina State University’s accreditation and the value of their degrees after learning two former officials were ind
S.C. State University's roots run deep in the Lowcountry and beyond.
ORANGEBURG — Two former South Carolina State University officials and a business associate were indicted in an alleged kickback scheme Thursday
ORANGEBURG — A long-awaited public corruption case involving South Carolina State University will take its first steps forward today with at least one
Former S.C. State board chairman Jonathan Pinson and business colleague Eric Robinson, both 42, pleaded not guilty to all parts of a three-count feder
Jonathan Pinson has resigned from South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees, the fourth member to step down in less than a year.
After three rounds of voting, South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees has elected Walter Tobin as its chairman.
Associated Press
Saturday, November 17
ORANGEBURG — The James E. Clyburn University Center at South Carolina State University will house the university’s waste energy and biomass energy res
ORANGEBURG — Leadership at South Carolina State University is in such disarray that it remains unclear who is in charge.
ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University’s board was supposed to vote today on who would be chairman because two members now claim to hold the pos
South Carolina State University’s board has held two elections for the position of chairman in the past month, but neither was legal under the board’s
Associated Press
Saturday, September 29
ORANGEBURG — It will take years to clear up the finances at South Carolina State University, an auditor hired for the school said.
ORANGEBURG — South Carolina State University’s enrollment plunged nearly 500 students this year, marking the fifth consecutive year the number of stud
ORANGEBURG — Cash-strapped South Carolina State University continues to push forward with building the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Cent
by diane knich
dknich@postandcourier.com
Friday, June 29
South Carolina State University received nearly $1 million from the National Nuclear Security Administration to assist students in the nuclear enginee
by diane knich
dknich@postandcourier.com
Saturday, June 16
South Carolina State University is considering siphoning $1.6 million from tuition, state appropriations and the lottery for construction of the troub
South Carolina State University has hired Dr. Cynthia Warrick, senior fellow at Howard University’s School of Pharmacy, as interim president. She begi
BY STEPHEN LARGEN
slargen@postandcourier.com
Friday, May 18
COLUMBIA — If state lawmakers try to replace S.C. State University’s board with interim trustees, accreditation of the troubled school could be in jeo
BY STEPHEN LARGEN
slargen@postandcourier.com
Thursday, May 17
COLUMBIA — The agency that accredits South Carolina State University said that members of the university’s board of trustees must be dismissed for cau
By ANDREW SHAIN
ashain@thestate.com
Thursday, May 3
Columbia — State senators put a temporary halt Wednesday to efforts to oust the entire South Carolina State University Board of Trustees by July 1, ca
South Carolina State University has formed a committee to search for an interim president. The group met for the first time Friday and identified 22 p
By ANDREW SHAIN
ashain@thestate.com
Friday, April 27
ORANGEBURG — Embattled trustees at S.C. State said Thursday the state’s only public historically black college will survive efforts by state lawmakers
by diane knich
dknich@postandcourier.com
Wednesday, April 25
Two members have resigned from South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees, marking the latest upheaval on the beleaguered Orangeburg campus.
A key committee of S.C. State University's board met behind closed doors Thursday to discuss the process of naming an interim president.
South Carolina State University owes the state's former top cop around $25,000 as he helps conduct an internal investigation at the school.
James Hampton had the grades and SAT score that would have opened the enrollment door at almost any college. The 1999 honor graduate of S.C. State University in Orangeburg chose the school that generations of his family members had attended.
S.C. State University's board acknowledged alleged criminal, ethical and mismanagement problems on the campus in the wake of President George Cooper's announcement Friday that he would resign.
Faculty leaders at S.C. State University are calling for the board to remove President George Cooper. It remains unclear if the board will do so, or if Cooper will resign, as the board heads into its second day of a closed-door session today.
Jonathan Pinson stepped down as chairman of South Carolina State University's Board of Trustees on Friday.
South Carolina State University released the names of eight high-level employees who were terminated this month, but school officials have not said specifically why they were fired.
The president of S.C. State University and a legal adviser refused to provide any details on the firing of top administrators or an investigation being conducted at the university.
South Carolina State University's Board of Trustees meets today, but it remains unclear if the body will publicly address the recent firings of several top-level administrators.
South Carolina State University President George Cooper refused Friday to talk about his possible firing of high-ranking officials.
Despite failing in its most recent bid to bring in program money for its troubled transportation center, South Carolina State University is forging ahead with construction on the first phase of a research complex.
South Carolina State University board members were stunned Thursday to learn about a projected $4 million budget shortfall, a deficit so severe that one trustee said the school was on life support.
South Carolina State University's former top academic official, in a letter to the school's Board of Trustees, said she will take legal action if she is not reinstated.
South Carolina State University's top academic official said President George Cooper told her over the phone Thursday evening that he was removing her from her post, but refused to say why.
