Rochelle Johnson, director of Multicultural Student Programs and Services at the College of Charleston, will receive the MLK Humanitarian Award from the Black History Intercollegiate Consortium during an event on Jan. 18, 2022.
Ex-College of Charleston president Edward Collins dies at 90
April 15, 2021 GMT
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Family members plan to say farewell Saturday to former College of Charleston President Edward McDaniel Collins, who died last week.
Collins served as president of the school from 1978 to 1985. A cause of death was not provided by the university in a release about his death. He was 90.
A private family funeral will take place at Hartman-Jones Funeral Home in McComb, Mississippi his hometown.
Throughout his term, Collins continued the work of his predecessor, Ted Stern, to desegregate the college’s campus. He facilitated plans to hire more Black faculty and staff while recruiting more Black students, according to a news release. He also created the Speedy Consolidation and Transition Program, known as SPECTRA, a residential summer program to help first-generation and minority students transition from high school to college. The program continues to operate today, the school