Dear Tiger Family, These last several weeks have been filled with unanticipated challenges and unavoidable change. Thank you for your patience as we navigated the closure of the campus and the transition to online learning. On behalf of your professors, staff and the entire Benedict College family, we applaud your strength and resilience during this […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict sophomore third baseman Ahmad Ali has been selected to the 2020 Black College Nines’ Elite Team for the 2020 shortened season. Ali was named to the first team in the small school division. Through 11 games, Ali was batting .474, which led the SIAC and ranked 10th nationally in Division II. He also led
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When South Carolina’s governor ordered all public schools closed in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Benedict College administrators had already started to prepare for a potential closure. Benedict, a small historically black private liberal arts college in Columbia, has a student population of just over 2,000. When the school decided to close,
It is often said that how a person reacts in times of crisis reveals who they really are. That adage also applies to institutions. Benedict College’s response to the worldwide Coronavirus outbreak revealed that the phrase “Benedict Family” is more than just a saying. It is the core of what the institution is all about.
Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Doug Jones (D-AL) on Thursday pressed for $1.5 billion in emergency funding to help historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The senators join leaders of HBCUs, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), who
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Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis | Published to HBCU Digest HBCU campuses are typically as busy as most major airports. Classes are in full swing, food service is up and running, the bookstore is open, and the student center is thriving. Band, sports, chorales and Greek life add color to the teeming campus, while Student Government Association, debate,
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Column by LIZ WILLEN | The Hechinger Report NEW YORK – When news came that coronavirus concerns would close South Carolina’s Benedict College for the semester, Jayla Berry soon found herself heading home to Detroit with her ticket fully paid for and her transportation arranged. “They helped us load up and even arranged for someone
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Tigers, Due to the continued rapid spread of the coronavirus in South Carolina, and across the country, resulting in curfews and shelter-in-place orders in American cities, including Columbia, SC, I have made the difficult decision to extend online and virtual instruction through the remainder of the Spring 2020 semester. As you may be aware, our state
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Dr. Roslyn C. Artis also Discusses Future of HBCUs and the 150-year Legacy of Benedict College on The Breakfast Club Columbia, SC – March 19, 2020– During an interview recorded last week on the popular iHeart morning show The Breakfast Club, Benedict College President Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis fielded questions about the future of Historically
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