Community & Society
Have We Learned the Lessons of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State?
Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University.â€
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.
Pandemic Graduates 2024: Starting College in 2020 Took Grit and Resiliency
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.
IN A FLASH: The Spirit of May 4
This year's May 4 Commemoration remembered the fallen and recognized the spirit of activism that is part of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's history and the university's foundational values.
Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Commemorates May 4, 1970
Against the backdrop of a new generation of student activism, the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State community gathered to reflect and remember the student protesters killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.
Why Geography and Landscape Matter
Commemorative landscapes and how they help produce a sense of empathy and place and foster a connection to help us learn from our past was a theme explored Friday, May 3, by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Professor Chris Post, Ph.D., speaker for the annual Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon.
IN A FLASH: The Ways We Remember
Tonight, the annual candlelight walk and vigil continues a 53-year tradition as part of this week's May 4 Commemoration.
He Believed He Could, So He Did: Ivory Kendrick is Elected USG Senator for College of Public Health
In the Fall 2023 sophomore Ivory Kendrick said he wanted to be a senator in University Student Government (USG). He made it happen.