The Erskine College Association for Multicultural Students (AMS) presented “African American Heroes and Trailblazers—A Celebration of Black History” Feb. 25 in Memorial Hall. Participants included many students who took the stage to offer readings, poetry, music, and dance. Longtime staff…
College students listen to many lectures, and good lectures are given at Erskine every day. Convocation credit, which Erskine students are required to earn, is most often given for guest lecture programs in an auditorium setting. This semester, Erskine has…
A return engagement by North Carolina-based bluegrass band “Mipso” is scheduled for Erskine convocation Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 11 a.m. in Memorial Hall. The band last visited Erskine in April 2015. Calling themselves “renegade traditionalists,” the members of Mipso, all…
Erskine College will welcome SC Rep. James Smith Thursday, Sept. 17, as speaker for a Constitution Day convocation at 11 a.m. in Memorial Hall. Grady Patterson Professor of Politics Dr. Ashley Woodiwiss said Smith, a recipient of the Bronze Star…
Erskine College and Seminary President Dr. Paul Kooistra spoke to assembled students, faculty, staff, staff, and community members at the Formal Opening Convocation in the Due West ARP Church Sept. 3. Kooistra’s convocation address, “Dumb Like Sheep,” was based on…
Dr. Carl Ellis drew parallels between the failures of the ancient Israelites and some of the weaknesses in church and society today when he spoke at Erskine’s Black History Month convocation Tuesday. Taking as his scripture text Judges 2:6-19, Ellis…
Tom Ervin, an Erskine College alumnus and a candidate for governor of South Carolina, addressed the Erskine community Thursday. “I want to challenge you to get involved,” he told the assembled students. "You are the leaders of the future." Ervin, a…
Erskine College and Seminary President Dr. Paul Kooistra, who took office just a month ago, spoke about “A Call from God” to assembled students, faculty, staff, and community members at the Formal Opening Convocation in the Due West ARP Church…
“Instruments of Peace: The Arts, Reconciliation, and Sacred Space,” a symposium at Erskine College convened by Professor of Music Dr. J. Brooks Kuykendall and Grady Patterson Professor of Politics Dr. Ashley Woodiwiss, will begin Thursday, April 3 at 3 p.m.…
Prolific author Dr. Orville Vernon Burton, professor of history and computer science at Clemson University, delivered this year’s Stukes Lecture March 4, entitled “Lincoln: From the Emancipation Proclamation to the March on Washington.” He told his audience, “Lincoln’s flexible mind…
