Claflin News

U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland’s Seventh District will be the keynote speaker for Claflin University’s 2013 Spring Convocation on Thursday, Jan. 24.

Clergy and laity from churches across South Carolina and beyond will gather at Claflin University to discuss the church's role in leadership. The annual Granville Hicks Leadership Academy for Laity and Clergy will be held on the Claflin campus from Thursday, Jan. 31 to Friday, Feb. 1.

A prestigious honor has come to a member of the Claflin University Board of Trustees. Calvin H. Elam was promoted to Brigadier General, becoming the first African-American to achieve this rank in the S.C. Air National Guard. Elam has been a member of the University’s Board of Trustees since 2009 and currently serves as chair of the Board’s Budget and Finance Committee. He was promoted during a special ceremony Sunday.

Claflin University will remember the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special observance ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 17.

The United Negro College Fund announced that Dr. Angela Peters, chair of the Department of Chemistry, has been selected to participate in the UNCF-360 Leadership and Coaching Project supported by the American Express Corporation.