The bill cuts the number of voting members from 20 to 13 and kicks all trustees off the board at the end of June 2023. It also redraws the districts for the trustees using U.S. House districts instead of judicial districts.
Those in attendance called for a $15 per hour minimum wage for university employees.
A small group of powerful lawmakers is refusing to approve reelection bids for five University of South Carolina trustees. They are upset over $10 million loaned to the athletic department buy out a football coach’s contract and a secret plane trip to meet with a presidential candidate.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Thursday, the University of South Carolina announced Lamont Paris as the basketball program’s 33rd head coach in program history. The former Chattanooga head coach replaces Frank Martin, who led the Gamecocks to a first Final Four appearance. “I thought we had a solid year. There were a few games I think we should have won. I…
“If Putin comes out of this standing and the Ukraine is destroyed, the world order as we know collapses,” Graham warns.
Tonight, UofSC’s Symphony Orchestra will perform “The Great Gate of Kiev” as a final selection in Thursday’s Rising Stars Symphony Series.
Effective today, university officials say masks will be required only in instructional and research spaces, in medical facilities and on campus public transportation.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – It’s President’s Day, a day that honors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays. University of South Carolina History Professor Woody Holton says today is not a day of mindless celebration or an extra day off work or school. He encourages people to celebrate the day by reading and learning about past presidents. “To read about them…
The University of South Carolina plans three statues to commemorate the black students who permanently desegregated the school in 1963.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The University of South Carolina received a gift of $1.5 million to expand its civil rights education. UofSC’s Center for Civil Rights History and Research Director and History Professor Bobby Donaldson says the $1.5 million from Williams Companies, an energy infrastructure company, will help fund travel and permanent exhibits and student learning throughout South Carolina classrooms. …
