Faculty & Staff News

08/07/2026 02:25:09 PM

SC State Summer Bridge prepares 17 new Bulldogs for academic success

Before taking on their first full semester at SC State, 17 new Bulldogs got a head start on college life through the university’s 2026 Summer Bridge Program. The Office of First-Year Experience (FYE), in partnership with Retention and Student Success, recently concluded the weeklong program, allowing incoming freshmen to experience the academic and social demands of college before the start of the fall semester.

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08/05/2026 10:11:35 AM

Honoring the legacy: SC State names engineering and computer science complex for loyal alumnus U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn

South Carolina State University dedicated its newly renamed James E. Clyburn Engineering and Computer Science Complex on Wednesday, honoring a loyal alumnus whose decades of leadership and advocacy have helped strengthen the institution that helped shape him.

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08/04/2026 02:16:20 PM

Success has no ZIP code: Legendary SC State head football coach celebrates expansion of charter school named for him

South Carolina State University Head Football Coach Emeritus Willie Jeffries has won about every award imaginable, but he considered witnessing the expansion of a school named in his honor among his greatest accomplishments. The Willie Jeffries School of Excellence at 3029 Five Chop Road in Orangeburg boasts over 400 students in grades K-8.

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07/31/2026 03:25:55 PM

SC State University names Halley chief of police

South Carolina State University has named Clyburn Halley chief of police, bringing more than three decades of law enforcement experience and a career focused on campus safety, crime reduction and community policing.

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07/29/2026 09:40:54 AM

Dr. Ursula O. Robinson receives $10,000 South Carolina Arts Commission fellowship; performances added to state's digital art collection

South Carolina State University's Dr. Ursula O. Robinson has earned one of South Carolina's highest artistic honors, receiving a 2027 South Carolina Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Media Arts: Performance.

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07/22/2026 02:09:22 PM

SC State names alumna Stephenson interim dean of Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College

South Carolina State University has appointed Dr. Windy Ann Mack Stephenson, an SC State alumna, educator and Orangeburg native, as interim dean of the Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College.

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