COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Benedict College is celebrating the upcoming Inauguration of the school’s new president. Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis will be sworn in as the Fourteenth and First Female President on Friday. The college kicked off a series of events Sunday with a service and family picnic and then held a luncheon Monday and a symposium Tuesday. On Wednesday a Sprit…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The City of Columbia’s 30th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration will feature remarks by Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, Benedict College’s first female president. Artis is Benedict’s 14th president and the first woman president in the college’s 147-year history. The annual celebration starts at 4 p.m. at the MLK, Jr. Park and Community Center, at…
The Benedict College women’s basketball team is ranked No. 25 in the WBCA NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 Coaches’ poll.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Outgoing Benedict College President Dr. David Swinton was honored at the schools’s Black History Month event. Dr. Swinton will leave his post June 30th. On Tuesday the school hosted a Chapel Assembly, honoring the school’s longest serving President. Swinton has served as the school’s president for 23 years. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Benedict College
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Students and staff at Benedict College held a candle light vigil for Rashee Hodges. Hodges was a college athlete whose life was cut short after being struck by a car on Sunday. Hodges basketball coach, Fred Watson, told WOLO that his life has been changed forever. “This has definitely been the toughest thing I’ve ever had…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Benedict College’s 5-3 victory over Livingstone in last week’s season-opening football game could be viewed as a defensive masterpiece or offensive futility by both sides. Whichever is the case, the Tigers could be set for another low-scoring, defensive battle when they host the Limestone College Saints on Saturday night. Limestone is coming off a 35-6 victory over…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – All Benedict College home football and basketball games will be live streamed and available to watch live, Benedict College Director of Athletics Willie Washington announced. “This is a great step forward for the Benedict College athletic department,” Washington said. “Of course we want our alumni and fans to come and watch the games in person, but we…
