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VOORHEES UNIVERSITY: THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE BY PRINCESS GADSON
M ajor plans are in motion for Voorhees University to expand its ties within the Denmark, SC community through its Becoming Beloved Community Initiative. Voorhees University, formally known as Voorhees College, is a small HBCU affiliated with the Episcopal church and located in Denmark, a city in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
“[We] are part of the community, and we intend to share and to make certain that their needs become our needs, their pains become our pains, and certainly their joys become our joys,” Dr. Ronnie Hopkins, President of Voorhees University said. Dr. Ronnie Hopkins became the 10th president of Voorhees University in 2021. Before his presidency, he was hired at Voorhees as the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and a tenured English professor.
Hopkins obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from North Carolina Central University, a master’s and doctoral degree from Michigan State University and completed postdoctoral studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Bath, North Carolina native’s career in public and higher education spans nearly three decades.
It is ranked number 26 by US News and World Report’s 2022-23 List of HBCUs.
In 2021, Voorhees University acquired the property of Denmark-Olar
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