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SummerStart dates for incoming new students
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012Please click on the link below to register to attend a SummerStart Session, which is held for incoming freshman students. For additional information, contact Reverend Yvonne Singleton, director of the Freshman Year Experience Program, at 803-780-1379 or at ysing@voorhees.edu.
Please click here to register for one of the dates below.
- SummerStart 1 – June 9
- SummerStart 2 – June 23
- SummerStart 3 – July 14
- SummerStart 4 – July 21
Upcoming Institutional Events
Friday, March 9th, 2012*Presidential Breakfast with Alumni
Saturday, March 24
9 a.m.
Voorhees College Campus
Cherry Blossom Room of Cafeteria
Please confirm your attendance by March 21, 2012 by contacting Mrs. Dorothy Patterson at dpattersn@voorhees.edu or call her at 803-780-1192. Please know that all contributions are tax deductible and those alumni who give $100 or more at the breakfast will receive a special token from Office of Institutional Advancement.
*Founder’s Day Luncheon
Thursday, April 12
Noon
Massachusetts Hall Auditorium
Tickets: $25
Following Founder’s Day Convocation, which will be held on Thursday, April 12 at 10 a.m., there will be a Founder’s Day Luncheon held to honor all commissioned Voorhees graduates. For more information, contact Tifanie Lewis, development associate, at 803-780-1191 or tlewis@voorhees.edu.
*Blue and White Ball
Saturday, April 14
7 p.m.
Embassy Suites (Columbia, SC)
Tickets: $65
The Voorhees College National Alumni Association will be hosting its First Blue and White Ball on Saturday, April 14 to culminate 2012 Founder’s Week activities. The ball will be held at the Embassy Suites in Columbia, S.C. beginning at 7 p.m. Individual tickets are $65.
To purchase a ticket online, click here.To RSVP online, click here. For sponsorship levels and additional information, please contact Zenna Farley-Williams at 678-225-6032 or at zennafarley-williams@officedepot.com.
For hotel reservations at the Embassy Suites, call the toll free number 1-800-Embassy. Use the group code VCN. The last day to book rooms will be Friday, March 23. The special room rate of $119 a night will be available until March 23 or until the group of blocked rooms are sold out.
Founder’s Day Luncheon saluting all commissioned Voorhees graduates
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012Following Founder’s Day Convocation, which will be held on Thursday, April 12 at 10 a.m., there will be a Founder’s Day Luncheon held to honor all commissioned Voorhees graduates. The luncheon will be held in Massachusetts Hall Auditorium beginning at noon. Tickets to the luncheon are $25. For more information, contact Tifanie Lewis, development associate, at 803-780-1191 or tlewis@voorhees.edu.
Save the Date: Annual Absalom Jones Feast Day
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012The Annual Absalom Jones Feast DayHoly Eucharist – Rite Two
St. Philip’s Chapel, Voorhees College
386 Porter Drive
Denmark, South Carolina 29042
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5 p.m.
Please plan to join us as we celebrate the African American Identity in the Episcopal Church!
The Rt. Rev. W. Andrew Waldo – Chief Celebrant
Bishop – Diocese of Upper South Carolina
The Rt. Rev. Mark J. Lawrence – Preacher
Bishop – Diocese of South Carolina
Clergy: Black cassock, white surplice & white stole
A reception will follow immediately after the service.
Voorhees College wishes everyone a joyous and safe Holiday Season
Monday, December 5th, 2011Voorhees College would like to wish its students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends a safe Holiday Season. Please view the 2012 calendar of events.
- Jan. 4-6: New Student Orientation
- Jan. 6-7: Registration
- Jan. 9: First Day of Classes
- Jan. 19: MLK Program
- Feb. 2: Black History Kick Off Program
- March 12-16: Spring Break
- March 29: Honors Day Convocation
- April 5-9: Easter Break
- April 12: Founder’s Day Convocation
- April 20: High School Visitation
- May 12: Commencement
Voorhees College holds its annual Christmas Concert
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Voorhees College will present its annual Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 1 at 7 p.m. in St. Philip’s Episcopal Chapel. The concert will feature the Allen University Concert Choir and director, Dr. Peter Felder. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Teesa Brunson, communications director, at 803-780-1194 or at tbrunson@voorhees.edu.
Voorhees College 2011 Homecoming Activities
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Please click the link below to view Voorhees College 2011 Homecoming Activities.
SACS Reaffirmation Web site
Friday, September 23rd, 2011What is Education by Anthony Hyland
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011View a snippet of Student Orientation Leader Anthony Hyland’s inspirational poem for the Class of 2015.
View a clip of SGA President Kemar Hunter speaking during the gala
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Voorhees College Student Government Association President Kemar Hunter speaks on the impact that Voorhees College has had on his life during the 2nd Annual President’s Scholarship Gala held April 9 at the Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, S.C. Click on the link below.
