Allen University News

Allen University has the highest student loan default rate in the state, according to figures released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education.

A group that aims to empower black residents in South Carolina is hosting a discussion on racial profiling.

Rebecca Washington, a native of Lee County, has been an employee of the Lee County School District for 27 years.

About 36 families will now have Thanksgiving dinners and it's thanks to the generosity of students and staff at Allen University, volunteers say.

Career public servant Stephen Morris announced his run for the Capital City's top office Thursday, saying that the city is ready for change.

Allen University's homecoming parade today will kick off a series of events this weekend as the school welcomes back alumni.

Sixteen Jacksonville-area students were honored Friday with college scholarships at the "Achieving the Dream" event.

The United Negro College Fund will celebrate its 17th Annual Educational Excellence Gala, featuring Grammy Award-winner Jennifer Holliday, at 7 p.m. Dec.

Every week it's something different for sixth-grade students at Hawkins Elementary School.

Officials from Benedict College and the Columbia Fire Department met Monday to discuss the many Benedict fire code violations discovered by fire marshals over the past several months.

In the 1930s, a young Fannie Phelps determined she would finish college at an accelerated pace so she could get her mother "out of the washtub" and speed her start in the teaching profession.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving along with the help of Allen University held a memorial Tuesday to remember two students killed by a drunk driver.

Allen University's Chappelle Auditorium - which hosted the initial meetings that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education desegregation decision - will be renovated with $1 million in federal stimulus money.

The University of South Carolina in Columbia is showcasing its new $48 million dorm that was built to be environmentally friendly.

An Allen University student who survived a fatal car wreck outside Columbia's Five Points last month is out of intensive care, but is still recovering.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who committed $14.25 million for the preservation of 20 structures at Historically Black Colleges and Universities nationwide announced that Allen University will receive $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to restore Chappelle Auditorium .

Comments on the death of Myles Brand: "I had the pleasure of first meeting Myles when he was president of the University of Oregon.

State Rep. Jim Gulley won't run for an eighth term in the North Carolina House of Representatives next year.

MARGARET Alice Ball Thornton wasn't your ordinary church organist. After falling ill, she deserved at least a brief respite, having played the organ for the same congregation - Bethel AME Church in Columbia - for nearly 63 years.

Nine historically black colleges and universities in South Carolina and Georgia will share $9 million in federal stimulus money that will be used to train students for work in the nuclear industry.