South Carolina State University News

An accreditation committee spent part of last week at South Carolina State University assessing how the school dealt with warnings from the regional body.

Mildred Johnson gives out hugs and calls every child by name as they walk past her usual post at the corner where two main hallways intersect at the South Fant Early Childhood Education Center.

South Carolina State University has diverted $6.5 million meant for agriculture research to cover debts since 2007, contributing to its cash flow crisis, the state inspector general said in a report released this week.

A report from the state inspector general's office did not identify any sort of fraud that led to the fiscal crisis currently gripping South Carolina State University.

Family, friends and church members joined together on March 16 in the Day Dawn Baptist Church Hall to celebrate the life and contributions of Deacon Jackie Pinckney.

"You can find her here every morning," said the school's principal, Anthony Ware.

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More than 30 colleges and universities were in attendance recently at a College Transfer Fair sponsored by Piedmont Technical College.