Video Slideshow: Welcome back to SC State for the Spring 2025 Semester

Author: Keith Gilliard, Photographer/Videographer|Published: January 17, 2025|All News, Photo Galleries

Bulldogs are ready for another successful year in 2025.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- South Carolina State University welcomed back students and employees for the Spring 2025 Semester this week. As students returned to residence halls, the administration welcomed faculty and staff with a series of events on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Faculty members participated in the annual Spring Faculty Development Institute, during which they received an update about campus projects and initiatives from SC State President Alexander Conyers. The institute also featured Dr. Ashlye Wilkerson, a leadership expert from the Winthrop University Board of Trustees, and an update on the future of the university's core curriculum from Faculty Senate President Alexander Thierry and Dr. Thomas Cassidy, a professor in the Department of English and Communications.

After the institute, President Conyers treated faculty and staff members to a New Year's drop-in at the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium.

Students and faculty returned to SC State's classrooms on Thursday, Jan. 16.