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The National Trust for Historic Preservation is spotlighting the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and WeGOJ, a project, Black Carolinians Speak, on which Benedict students collaborated for their service-learning curriculum. The link to the article includes a short documentary, featuring Benedict’s Kenyon Gray and Carter Harris in a discussion titled ” Portraits of the

https://youtu.be/J3LsuCNi3-Q COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Secretary of Veterans Affairs came to Columbia today, making a stop at Benedict College. U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough met veterans, active-duty military and those receiving VA benefits at the HBCU. McDonough met with the small group to discuss his human infrastructure plan for VA employees and tells

https://youtu.be/rgGbXkxmrvA COLUMBIA, S.C. — Benedict College was selected as one of 15 Historically Black Colleges to receive funding through the Propel Center’s $3 million Impact Grants, which were made by Apple’s nationwide investment in racial equity and justice.  The grant money is an initiative by the Propel Center to advance fairness in education for HBCUs. 

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Football fans coming to watch their favorite high school football team play in the South Carolina High School League championships this weekend at Benedict College will also have the opportunity to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot. Benedict College and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will be offering

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Columbia Police Department and Richland County Sheriff’s Department will take part in scenario-based role playing to address racial indifference. It’s part of a new justice reform program announced Monday at Benedict College. ABC Columbia’s Miya Payton reports.

COLUMBIA — Following protests in South Carolina and nationwide against police brutality in the wake of the killing of Minnesota man George Floyd, Oveta Glover began to think social justice reform was not a job police departments should have to take on alone. “How can we help law enforcement?” the Capital City’s NAACP chapter president asked.

After finishing 2019 with a 1-9 record, Benedict College looked to make a change. The Tigers hired Southern offensive coordinator Chennis Berry in February 2020. “I’m in my 27th year of coaching college football,” Berry told the Orangeburg Touchdown Club Thursday. “I enjoy coaching the game of football because it is a ministry. It prepares