According to Claflin University, the Vice President for Student Development and Services was injured after a shooting incident on Wednesday night.
The fourth and fifth graders took part in an “MLK Oratory Competition” — reciting a three to five minute long speech from memory.
Claflin University junior guard Lauren Scott received an honor on Monday.
According to Claflin University the school’s campus went on lockdown after a shooting incident at SC State University.
Claflin University was awarded a grant to help the school establish a Humanities Hub, said university officials.
The opening of a new substation at the corners of Goff Avenue and Buckley Street is a joint effort between Orangeburg’s Department of Public Safety, the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina State University, and Claflin University.
U.S. Congressman James Clyburn is getting ready to visit Claflin University with a check worth more than $17 million dollars from the U.S. Department of commerce, and (NIST)
Claflin University sent a campus alert of shots fired at South Carolina State and warned students to avoid the area.
On Monday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to around 200 students, staff, and other local officials at Benedict College’s David Swinton Campus Center.
It also allows Orangeburg to help out surrounding law enforcement operations.
