Four South Carolina State University scholars spent a week immersed in the history, culture and traditions of the Gullah Geechee community as participants in the 2026 Penn Scholars Research Residency at the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, joining students and faculty from colleges and universities across the Southeast.
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Two South Carolina State University student teachers have received the $10,000 Wilhemenia B. Smith Scholarship, an award established by alumnus George Smith in honor of his late wife, Wilhemenia B. Smith, a longtime social studies teacher who dedicated more than 37 years to education.
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South Carolina State University’s Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology recently honored its undergraduate students during the department’s White Coat Ceremony, celebrating their academic achievement, clinical preparation and commitment to serving future patients and communities.
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Graduate students in South Carolina State University’s Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology gathered May 7 in the Engineering Auditorium for a white coat and hooding ceremony recognizing the completion of their academic and clinical training.
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Ahead of May 8’s Spring Commencement, SC State conducted its spring hooding ceremony for doctoral candidates in the Fine Arts Building’s Barbara A. Vaughn Recital Hall. A joint effort of the College of Graduate & Professional Studies and the College of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences (CEHSS), the ceremony recognized educators who completed their curriculum through the SC State Department of Educational Leadership.
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17 senior cadets in SC State’s Army ROTC Bulldog Battalion commissioned as 2nd lieutenants during a ceremony held May 7 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium. The ceremony was held ahead of the university’s Spring Commencement ceremony on May 8, when the cadets went on to receive their academic degrees.
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