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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College, Students
Benedict College today announced the withdrawal of three students implicated in the Sept. 23 physical attack on an individual in the Five Points area of Columbia, SC.
Stanley McBride, John Sumner and Michael Kendrix were all arrested last week in connection with the attack. From the statement:
Thursday
May 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College, Finance, Headlines, South Carolina
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Courtesy of Benedict College
Benedict College recently received two federal grants totaling $3.4 million over a five-year funding period from the United States Department of Education. The five-year grant comes under the Department of Education’s Upward Bound program which seeks to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education.
Upward Bound participants must be potential first-generation college students, low-income individuals, or individuals who have a high need for academic support in order to successfully pursue a program of education beyond high school.The first award is a renewal grant to serve 100 participants from five 5 high schools in Fairfield, Lexington, and Richland counties: Airport, Brookland-Cayce, C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy, Fairfield Central, and W.J. Keenan high schools. The second award is a new award to serve 60 students at Camden High School located in Kershaw County. According to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, Debra Saunders-White, new awards made up only 8 percent of the successful applicants.
The United States Department of Education funded a total of 780 programs in the first funding slate out of 1,562 applicants.
“This funding will help ensure that low-income students are well-prepared and well-equipped to excel in higher education, which is so important for success in todays world,” said Dr. David H. Swinton, President and CEO of Benedict College. “In addition, in an increasingly global marketplace, the math and science training will help make sure Americas students can compete with anyone in the world.”
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Monday
April 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College, Headlines, Leadership, North Carolina, North Carolina Central University, South Carolina, Sports
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Benedict College alum and track and field icon Dr. LeRoy Walker died today at the age of 93. Dr. Walker was among the greatest coaches in the history of amateur track and field, coaching Olympians from North Carolina Central University and serving as the first black head coach of the men’s Olympic team in 1976, and first black president of the U.S. Olympic Committee 20 years later.
During Walker’s coaching career at North Carolina Central, he coached athletes to 11 Olympic medals and sent track & field athletes to every Olympic Games from 1956 to 1980. His stellar reputation began when Lee Calhoun won back-to-back Gold Medals in the 110m hurdles in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Games. In all, Walker coached eight Olympians, 30 national champions, and 80 All Americans. He also served as a coach or consultant for several foreign Olympic Teams from 1960 through 1972, and in 1976, he was named the U.S. men’s head coach, the first African-American man to serve in that position.
Walker also served in a number of national leadership roles for the sport of track & field. He was chairman of the AAU men’s track & field committee from 1973-76 and the coordinator of coaching assignments for the AAU and TAC (forerunner to USATF) from 1973-80. He became TAC president from 1984-88 and later served as senior vice president for sport of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. He also served as President of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1992-96.
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Saturday
February 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College, Headlines, News
A campus lockdown of Benedict College has been lifted, hours after school officials received a call from a non-student threatening to “shoot up the school.”
(Benedict Spokesperson Kymm) Hunter said De’Amontez Anibario Valdez, who is not a student at the school, called the college switchboard just before noon and threatened to “shoot up the campus.”
“We are taking this very seriously,” Hunter said earlier. “We believe he is armed and is dangerous.”
Hunter said that while police are continuing to check cars and limit traffic from entering the campus, students and campus personnel are now able to move about freely. (The State)
Officials believe the threat was made as a result of a relationship dispute between Valdez and another non-student, who is believed to be dating a Benedict student.
Tuesday
January 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College
Benedict College last nighted hosted Civil Rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, who implored the crowd to be active participants in the voting process and in protests against economic inequality. Rev. Jackson, a North Carolina A&T alumnus, specifically addressed proposed legislation requiring voters to show identification at polling places in South Carolina.
“Your governor, a woman of color, could not vote before ’65,” Jackson said. “She got the right to vote with the rest of us. They’re now trying to undermine your easy access to voting.”
Thursday
January 2012
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Written by HBCU Digest, Posted in Benedict College
Benedict College today announced its place on G.I. Jobs Magazine’s annual list of the nation’s most military friendly colleges and universities. Benedict was ranked in the top 20 percent of schools making academic programs and job placement opportunities accessible for veterans, along with benefits for their spouses and children.
G.I. Jobs Magazine compiles its data from government and private entities providing support to military families, and through surveys of more than 300 military personnel currently enrolled in colleges and universities nationwide.
