South Carolina State University will conduct its annual Veterans Appreciation Program beginning at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 7, 2024, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium on campus.
The public is invited. SC State honors veterans each year on or around Veterans Day, which is commemorated each year on November 11.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Rhonda L. McRae, an SC State alumna, will deliver the keynote address.
The program also will include remarks by SC State President Alexander Conyers, who is a retired Army colonel, and Dr. Lakeisa Tucker, acting dean of the SC State College of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Lt. Col. Antonio Pittman, professor of military science, and Bulldog Battalion ROTC
cadets will conduct a candle lighting and wreath ceremony. The SC State Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Johnnie Felder will perform the National Anthem and other musical selections.
