Education

SC State receives $250,000 grant for journalism program

By Avery G. Wilks

awilks@thestate.com
FILE: S.C. State president James E. Clark, center, expresses appreciation to alumnus Armstrong Williams, ’81, second from right, for his contribution to S.C. State. The two are joined by, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement and executive director of the S.C. State Foundation A.L. Fleming; Attorney Benjamin Crump; alumni and foundation board of directors, Terrance Head and Ogunna Njoku.
FILE: S.C. State president James E. Clark, center, expresses appreciation to alumnus Armstrong Williams, ’81, second from right, for his contribution to S.C. State. The two are joined by, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement and executive director of the S.C. State Foundation A.L. Fleming; Attorney Benjamin Crump; alumni and foundation board of directors, Terrance Head and Ogunna Njoku. Provided
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S.C. State University will receive a $250,000 donation for its communications and journalism program, the Orangeburg school announced.

The gift from the Washington, D.C.,-based Howard Stirk Holdings Journalism Foundation will create a scholarship program named for the foundation’s chairman — Armstrong Williams, an S.C. State graduate.

S.C. State, the state’s only public historically black college, says the program will help increase the number of minorities in journalism and broadcast media.

Avery G. Wilks: 803-771-8362, @averygwilks

This story was originally published February 28, 2017 at 12:07 PM with the headline "SC State receives $250,000 grant for journalism program."

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