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Address:
481 Porter Road
Denmark, South Carolina 29042
Main Phone: (803) 780-1234
Main Contact: Joseph Montgomery
Website:http://www.voorhees.edu/

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Taking on top seed: Voorhees heads for NAIA Championship in South Dakota
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Voorhees College

     Founded in 1897 by Elizabeth Evelyn Wright-Menafee, who was barely older than some of today's students, Voorhees College has a rich history and a bright future. We're a fully accredited historically black liberal arts college that offers degrees in 12 disciplines – a number that's growing as we grow. Through our long-standing affiliation with the Episcopal Church, Voorhees focuses on developing students spiritually as well as intellectually.

Quick Facts

Undergrad Population: 876
Graduate Population: 0
Student Body: Coed
In State Tuition: $10780
Out of State Tuition: $10780
Room & Board: $7246
Applications Due: Rolling Admissions ($25)
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Mascot: Tigers
Accreditations:
Online Classes: no
Percent Men: 47%
Percent Women: 53%
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Majors Offered

School of Business and Entrepreneurship
-BS in Accounting
-BS in Business Administration with a concentration in General Business
-BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance
-BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurship
-BS in Organizational Management
-BS in Sports Management (Sports Management is not accredited by ACBSP)

School of Science, Technology, Health & Human Services
-BS in Biology
-BS in Computer Science
-BS in Emergency Management
-BS in Health and Recreation
-BS in Public Health

School of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences
-BS in Child Development
-BA in Criminal Justice
-BA in English
-BA in Interdisciplinary Studies
-BS in Mass Communications
-BA in Psychology
-BA in Sociology

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College History
     Inspiration, determination, imagination, faith. All four have been pillar principles in Voorhees College's century-long history of changing minds and changing lives.
      That history started with Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, who at 23 was only a little older than today's Voorhees students when she came to Bamberg County. A native of Georgia, Wright had found her inspiration while studying at Booker T. Washington's famed Tuskegee Institute. She said time at Tuskegee gave her a mission in life: being “the same type of woman as Mr. Washington was of a man." Knowing the importance of education, she moved to Denmark and started the first of several schools in the rural area She survived threats, attacks and arson.
      Wright went back to Tuskegee to finish her degree before returning to South Carolina to try again. Undeterred and envisioning a better future for blacks through education, she founded Denmark Industrial School in 1897, modeling it after Tuskegee. New Jersey philanthropist Ralph Voorhees and his wife donated $5,000 to buy the land and build the first building, allowing the school to open in 1902 with Wright as principal. It was the only high school for blacks in the area.
      In 1924 the American Church Institutes for Negroes, which was part of the Episcopal Church, agreed to support the school. It was the beginning of a long relationship between the school and the church, an affiliation that continues today.
      In 1947, the school became Voorhees School and Junior College. In 1962, it was accredited as four-year Voorhees College.
      The original partnership between the church and Voorhees was based on the fact that the church alone cannot nourish and strengthen people without the help of Christian institutions of learning. At the same time, the college cannot effectively guide, educate and shape young minds without the spiritual influence of the church.
      Those long-held values set the standard by which the college judges its teaching, scholarship and service programs today. For the church, Voorhees is both a ministry and investment, as well as a huge benefit to society.
      The college strives to balance practical career training with a well-rounded background in the liberal arts. Dating back to Wright's era, there has been debate between those who follow the philosophy of Dr. Booker T. Washington and advocated education aimed at teaching jobs skills and those who believe, as Dr. W.E.B. Dubois did, that a liberal education would help young adults develop as leaders. The Voorhees curriculum today is a mix of the two views.
      In accordance with its mission statement, Voorhees students today combine intellect and faith as they prepared for professional careers. They learn to thrive in a diverse global society while pursuing life-long learning, healthy living and an abiding faith in God. They aim to improve their communities, society and themselves.
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Voorhees celebrates student successes; scholarship donors honored at UNCF luncheon
Camron McClain said he would not have become the man he is without the help of Voorhees College and the support and education he received at the his ...
VOORHEES COLLEGE CELEBRATES HOMECOMING 2005
Denmark, SC – Voorhees College will celebrate its 2005 Homecoming the week of November 6th through 12th. Miss Angoneckia Dashun Booker is t ...
Voorhees College Homecoming 2016
YOUNG ALUMNI TAKEOVER Voorhees College Homecoming 2016 Friday, November 11 - 9 until $10 Gen. Admission/$5 with Greek Paraphernalia https://www.vo ...
RBC Liberty Corp awards $2 million to the UNCF
DENMARK, SC – RBC Liberty Insurance Corporation today announced a $2 million donation to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Under the ...
Gilmore Featured Speaker at 109th Convocation
Denmark, SC –Voorhees College held its 109th Fall Convocation on Thursday September 15 at 10:00 a.m. in the Leonard E. Dawson Health and Human ...
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