SC State Campus Quiet as School Shuts Down

You can almost here a pin drop at SC State these days as the school along with much of the nation shuts down amid the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.

As of March 30, only essential personnel can be on campus. Faculty and staff were told Sunday was the last day they could get things from their offices. The dorms have been emptied except for some international students unable to leave.

Students have not had classes on campus since midterm exams in early March. Spring Break followed for a week, was extended, then soon followed by school President James Clark’s announcement that classes would be taught remotely through the end of the semester.

May commencement has been canceled. It may be held in a June or July.

I took these photographs Sunday. No telling when the school will reopen. The rest of the spring semester will be taught via distant learning, as previously stated. Advising and registration for Fall 2020 is underway (see previous post).

Hopefully we will all be back on campus by late August when classes are scheduled to begin. Stay safe Bulldog Nation! 

Fall 2020 Advising Underway

Communications Program Director Dr. Joshua Mims has this creative "heads up" that Fall 2020 advising is getting underway.  Students- your advisors will soon be contacting you about this. 

Take it away Dr. Mims! 

Harold W. Crawford: The Dapper Dean of Industrial Education

Photo from a late 1960s yearbook

For decades Harold Wakeling Crawford (1903-1980) walked the halls of what today is still commonly called the "Old Crawford Engineering Building" on SC State's campus.

Just who was Harold Crawford for whom the old building is named? Keep reading and you will know!

This report is the result of weeks of research conducted as part of two of my journalism courses and valuable information provided by a guest speaker who knew the man himself.

From receiving a B.S. degree in mechanic arts in 1927 to retiring as industrial education dean in 1969, Crawford was a strong, distinguished presence at SC State.  And he was a heck of a football player too for the Bulldogs!

Today's Crawford "Engineering" Building

Communications Senior Gains Newspaper Experience

Senior Arabia Raye Green of Adams Run, S.C. and Baptist Hill High School has a neat new position with the Charleston Post and Courier. Arabia is writing and producing stories for the paper's Wednesday food section "Daily Digest" feature. 

Her first piece and byline appear in today's P&C. Well done Arabia!

"Daily Digest" is a fun feature about what one person ate and drank during a single day. Arabia finds the people, conducts the interviews, takes the photos, types the story, then sends it to her editor Hannah Raskin.

Dr. Joshua Mims Starred in a Movie!

Yes Bulldogs, that is the head of our Communications Program in this promotional piece for a holiday-themed movie, "Ex-Mas Eve."

Dr. Joshua Mims is pictured second from the right. The film was released in 2006. This month it was added to Amazon Prime and it can also be viewed via this link.

Mims is not just in the movie, he received top billing!

Below are some stills from the movie that was shot in Washington, D.C.

"Ex-Mas Eve" is family-friendly, so check it out during the holidays!

Mims is still active in theatre and can carry a tune, from what we here. And he also an author of several books.

We are fortunate to have such a multi-talented professor, faculty member and leader!

 

"Where I Want To Be" Projects

Students in Mr. Harwood's digital media class just completed a project involving the use of chromakey or green screen technology to create a visual of "Where I Want To Be" in their lives someday.  The students came up with a diverse mix of interesting and fun ideas and executed the green screen blending using Adobe Premiere Pro.

View the Prezi below to see what the students produced.  You will also see the photos of the students against the green backgrounds in the TV studio and another room on our floor.

Hornets Buzz: Making It To The NBA!

HBCU graduate Wesley Robinson (Benedict College, 2013) burned up the highway between Columbia to Charlotte during his last few semesters in college.

Today, the road warrior can look back fondly and proudly on those efforts because they helped bring him to the promised land: a big job with the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.