Benedict College and South Carolina State University

Benedict College

By Natasha Malone

Day four, Tuesday, April 9, 2012, the Black College Tour started with an early wake up call at 5:00am. We left from Charlotte, NC to travel to Greensboro, NC at 7am. We arrived at Benedict College in Greensboro, NC at 9:00am.

Benedict College is a private HBCU, which was founded in 1870. They are a very small school with approximately 2,900 students. The cost to attend Benedict College is $23,900. The school offers a lot of scholarships to assist with the cost of tuition.

Some facts about Benedict are:

• The school colors are purple and gold and their mascot is a tiger
• The boy’s basketball team is number one in the Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).
• The student to teacher ratio is 19:1 and an
• The job placement rate is 80%

Benedict has special rules implemented for incoming freshmen. Freshmen must live on campus. They are allowed to drive, but are not allowed to park on the school campus. Freshmen have a 12:00am curfew and are not allowed co-ed visitation.

Overall, Benedict is a great college for individuals who want to go to college and did not do very well in high school.

South Carolina State University

By Crystal Johnson

Tuesday, April 9, 2012, we went to South Carolina State University (SCSU) in Orangeburg, SC. The beautiful campus is filled with colorful flowers, palm trees, and historical buildings. We ate lunch at the J. Irwin Washington Dining Hall. We came on a day where they were having a jamboree in the cafeteria. A DJ played really good music and we were able to see the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha stroll in the cafeteria.

Before we started the tour, brothers of Omega Psi Phi, also referred to as Ques, hopped for us as we were leaving the cafeteria. The achievers almost rushed the streets to see them. A Que who hopped for us was one of our tour guides. The seniors received a campus tour separated from the rest of the group. Although, the campus seemed to be live, they live by the motto “ABF: Academics Before Fun.”

SCSU is known for business, secondary education, and engineering. They have about 5,000 students from all over the world. The school provides many extra-curricular activities for their students to participate in. Students must maintain good grades in order to be eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities.

Everyone was excited to be on campus and wanted the time to last longer. SCSU is definitely a favorite school amongst the teens.