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Morehouse runs past Edward Waters David Carter ran for 208 yards with three touchdowns to lead Morehouse College past Edward Waters College 39-18. Carter became the Morehouse Maroon Tigers’ all-time leading rusher with 3,848 career-rushing yards as he past John David Washington (2002-05), who had 3,669. Edward Waters (1-2) tied the game at 7-7 on Ralph Shuler’s 14-yard touchdown run [...]

Discussions aplenty abound about the Felton Laboratory School at South Carolina State University. A past, a present, and a future existence fuels major discussions about it. While the discussions are mixed, they are favorable to Felton’s legacy. Felton’s stakeholders must see an article in The Harvard Business Review (September 2012): “Better Customer Service – in Real Time.”  Situations that influence [...]

- Columbia native and South Carolina State University graduate Col. Bruce Crawford will be promoted to Brigadier General September 4th in Germany. Crawford’s family will be watching a live stream of the promotion ceremony from Fort Jackson. Cadets from SC State will be watching the ceremony by live Internet stream as well. Col. Crawford received a BS in Electrical Engineering [...]

The board of trustees and South Carolina State University has selected a interim president to fill the spot left by former university president Dr. George Cooper. Dr. Cynthia Warrick will step into the interim role on July 1. “We as trustees are excited that Dr. Cynthia Warrick will become our interim president,” said Dr. John H. Corbitt, acting chairman of [...]

The South Carolina State University gets down and gets crunk at the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands.

George E. Cooper announced that he will step down as president of South Carolina State University at the end of the month. President Cooper stated that he was leaving his post voluntarily but the university has been embroiled in controversy over the past several weeks after Dr. Cooper fired eight administrators. This past Wednesday, a committee of the faculty Senate [...]

11 players and coaches were inducted into the Black College Hall of Fame this past Saturday. The list of inductess include 9 time Pro Bowler Harry Carson of South Carolina State University and former NFL MVP Steve McNair of Alcorn State University. The entire list of the 2012 class is listed below: Cleve Abbott, Head Coach, Tennessee State University Willie [...]

This February 24, HRC is partnering with the National Black Justice Coalitionand National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to host 100 HBCU students and leaders at the White House to celebrate Black History Month.  The White House Briefing for Black LGBT Emerging Leaders will gather students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation to openly share their experiences [...]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Lady Hawks and Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers earned the top seeds in the northern and southern divisions of the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Volleyball Championship tournament.The Lady Hawks finished the season with an unblemished 12-0 mark in conference play en route to their fifth consecutive MEAC northern divisional title. UMES recorded over [...]

The nation’s marching band fans have spoken, and have chosen the top eight marching bands at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the 2012 Honda Battle of the Bands. Now marking 10 years of celebrating the heritage, showmanship and scholarship of HBCU bands, the Honda Battle of the Bands will bring “The Homecoming” to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for [...]

The SC State University Class of 1955 has committed to supporting current SC State University education majors. This commitment was made during the life of the BRIDGE Project. The BRIDGE Project was a three-year program funded by the South Carolina Legislature to recruit minority high school students who live along the I-95 corridor into the teaching profession by offering them, [...]