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The newly established Parents and Family Association aims to build a bridge between the students’ families and the University. Engaging parents ensure student success by opening the lines of communications between the institution and homelife and involves parents in campus life. The association is the conduit through which parents support their student's educational endeavors and contribute to the building of a holistic and productive university experience.
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As South Carolina’s only public, historically black college and university (HBCU),there are several programs unique to SCSU. We are among the national leaders in producing African-American graduates.
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SC State University campuses include State of the art and historic facilities integrated by amazing passionate Staff that help create a center of excellence that transforms lives and inspire greatness.
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The SC State Bulldog Athletic program offers six men’s sports and six women’s sports as a member of the Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The Bulldog football team has won five MEAC titles.
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SC State hopes new summer efforts will reduce lines as students start Fall 2023 Semester
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – With the start of the 2023-24 academic year just a month away, South Carolina State University has taken several steps this summer to mitigate the fall arrival...
SC State’s Conyers to join HBCU leaders in trip to Israel
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – South Carolina State University President Alexander Conyers is set to join the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and other leaders from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)...
USDA awards SC State $8.7M ‘NextGen’ grant to develop students in food, agriculture and human sciences
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – South Carolina State University has received an $8.7 million “NextGen” grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to recruit, train and graduate students for careers in...
SC State adds fire protection option to civil engineering degree to meet industry needs
ORANGEBURG, S.C. – The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (CHE) recently approved South Carolina State University’s addition of a fire protection engineering ( FPE ) concentration under the existing...
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SC State University, an 1890 land grant, senior comprehensive institution of approximately 2,900 students, is committed to providing affordable and accessible quality baccalaureate, master’s educational specialist and doctoral degree programs. SC State, through instruction, research, technology and service, contributes to economic development, enhances the quality of life of citizens, and prepares highly skilled, competent and socially aware graduates (30,000) to meet life’s challenges and demands and enables them to work and live productively in a dynamic, global society.
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