Benedict College’s Health and Sport Management Department ended the fall 2024 semester by celebrating the last cohort of students to earn the certificate of completion for the South Carolina Public Health Preparedness Student Corps (SCPHPSC). The SCPHPSC is an initiative of the Clemson University Center for Research on Health Disparities, under the direction of Dr. Shirley Timmons, in partnership with Benedict College, Claflin University, Coastal Carolina University, Frances Marion University, and the Medical University of South Carolina.
The SCPHPSC aims to promote and expand a workforce prepared with a social mission of community resilience, public health, and health equity. Students were guided in the successful completion of select educational and workforce development immersion activities that augmented their baccalaureate academic curriculum and allowed them the opportunity to volunteer (along with other students, professionals, and laypersons) within the national network of volunteers known as the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), which in South Carolina is the regional Public Health Reserve Corps (PHRC). The PHRC is a program that provides an opportunity for medical, behavioral health, and non-medical volunteers to assist communities during disasters and non-emergency
