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Lyft, Social Change Fund and HBCU Heroes partner to get students to polls on Election Day

On Nov. 3, students can get discounted rides to go vote As the presidential election approaches on Nov. 3, the Social Change Fund has partnered with Lyft and HBCU Heroes to provide historically Black college and university (HBCU) students discounted rides to polling sites on Election Day. Some of the 25 schools included in this […]

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2020 Prisma Health Flu Shot Flyer

Prisma Health is helping protect you and your family with free flu shots throughout Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Kershaw and Sumter Counties

Download Consent Form Flu Shot Consent Form 2020 Flu Shot Facts • A flu vaccine cannot cause flu illness. The viruses in the flu shot are killed (inactivated), so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. While a flu vaccine cannot give you flu illness, there are different side effects that may be

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Fall football doesn’t look same for South Carolina’s HBCUs. Hope keeps teams going

BOB GILLESPIE SPECIAL TO THE STATE For Chennis Berry, this fall was to be his debut as a college head football coach. After two decades as an assistant at several historically black colleges, including the past seven seasons as Southern University’s offensive coordinator, he finally had his own program at Benedict College. Buddy Pough, who

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Benedict College is proud to be a part of the 2020 SHE GOT NOW Homecoming Celebration sponsored by PEPSI & ESSENCE!

Benedict College is proud to be a part of the 2020 SHE GOT NOW Homecoming Celebration sponsored by PEPSI & ESSENCE! Congratulations to alumna Naida Rutherford and student entrepreneur Aderonke Adelegan, Class of 2023 who will be honored during the event that will feature President Roslyn Clark Artis. Catch the star-studded event streaming live on ESSENCE

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Fall, as we know it, is canceled. So, Columbia is finding new ways to fill the season

You may have your pumpkin spice lattes, your flannel shirts, your Friday night lights and your corn mazes. But friends, let’s face it: Fall, as we know it, is canceled. Spring was a lost season. Anxious, isolated, paralyzed. Summer was uncertain at best, restless for certain. Fall, though. Fall was practically canceled well before it quietly,

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‘Twin pandemics’: Leading historically Black colleges through social unrest, COVID-19

With the onset of COVID-19, leaders of South Carolina HBCUs say their institutions are dealing with two issues disproportionately impacting their communities: social unrest and COVID-19. Not only do their students reflect a community more likely to die from COVID-19 — African Americans make up 27% of South Carolina’s population but account for 35% of

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SRNS partnership with Allen University, Benedict College backed by Rep. Clyburn

The Savannah River Site’s lead contractor and two historically black South Carolina institutions recently inked a workforce and education agreement that garnered the support of powerful U.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn. Terms of the deal struck between Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the Fluor-led management-and-operations team, and Allen University and Benedict College include tours of

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Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Benedict College and Allen University Strive to Increase Career Opportunities Through Beneficial Agreement

Photo Caption:  Pictured above, U.S. Congressman James Clyburn (SC-06)  applauded the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement between Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Allen University (AU), and Benedict College (BC) that will provide a wide variety of resources to each Historically Black College and University donated by SRNS for the benefit of the students. Standing

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NASA Grant to Help Transform Aerospace Manufacturing

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina (UofSC) College of Engineering and Computing will transform the manufacturing and simulation processes used in aircraft production through a $5.7 million NASA grant. The research team’s atom to airframe to spaceframe approach will make urban air mobility possible by dramatically increasing the production rate of aircraft. Ranging

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