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National Park Service awards $9.7 million for preservation projects at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

News Release Date: August 10, 2021 Contact: NewsMedia@nps.gov WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $9.7 million in grants to assist 20 preservation projects for historic structures on campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in 10 states. “HBCUs have been an important part of the American education system for more than 180 years, providing high-level academics, opportunities, and community for generations of students,” […]

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Benedict College, Let’s Meat Less, and Forward Food Join Forces to Expand Plant-Based Menu Offerings on the Midlands Campus

The partnership comes in the wake of the College’s launch of Meatless Monday COLUMBIA, SC, August 4, 2021, Benedict College joins several progressive colleges in the country that plan to increase their plant-based menu offerings by 5% through 2024. The decision secures the school’s role as a trailblazer in the plant-forward movement. Benedict College contracts

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Benedict Alumna, Felicia Clark of Blythewood, SC becomes first African American Mrs. South Carolina America

Benedict Alumna, Felicia Clark of Blythewood, SC has been crowned Mrs. South Carolina 2021. Clark competed as Mrs. Columbia America in the pageant and was crowned Ms. Palmetto Capital City Classic.  Clark is the first African American to win the title of Mrs. South Carolina. She is an Administrative Assistant for Fort Jackson’s Child and Youth Service Center

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Columbia Museum of Art’s board of trustees adds eight new members

Columbia, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art announces eight members elected to serve on its board of trustees for the 2021 – 2022 term: Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, Joseph Bruce, Suzanne Hulst Clawson, Hamilton R. Grant, Therese Griffin, Cathy Love, Darrin Thomas, and Julian R. Williams. Artis has served as president of Benedict College

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SIAC adopts vaccination policy

The Division II league requires all teams and subsequent staff must be vaccinated. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has adopted a policy that emphasizes an aggressive COVID-19 policy for the upcoming season. All SIAC student-athletes, athletic related staff, coaches, officials, and auxiliary groups (e.g., coaches, officials, marching bands, dance & cheer) participating in SIAC-sponsored sports

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The School of Education, Health, and Human Services, and the Department of Health and Physical Education and Recreation Proudly Announce the NEW ESports Major | Minor | Micro-Credentialing Program

COLUMBIA, SC, July 19, 2021, Students at Benedict College can earn a bachelor’s degree in Esports Administration this fall. The new major consists of required core classes in Esports and Sports Management. Esports will be a part of the Health and Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Department in the School of Education, Health, and Human

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Meet the Woman Behind the Benedict College Million Dollar Alumni Fundraising Streak

Ada Brown Belton has led the Tigers to Raise Over $1Million for the Seventh Consecutive Year Columbia, SC –July 2, 2021, Thanks to the world’s most generous alumni, the Benedict College Tigers proved there is financial strength in numbers.  Amid the recovery from a worldwide pandemic, the BC Alumni broke their own record.  Leading the

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‘They don’t make them like him.’ Benedict mourns football player killed in crash

Benedict College is mourning the loss of a student. Marlon Black, also a football player at the college in Columbia, was killed in a Sunday morning car crash. “My focus today is to focus on the life he lived, not the death. He lived an amazing life,” Benedict football coach Chennis Berry said Monday. “He was an

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