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Wednesday, May 01, 2013  A state panel has decided the new president of South Carolina State University in Orangeburg could be paid up to $326,000 a year.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The governor welcomed SCSU board members to the state house Friday; hoping to find a solution to help the school recover from many controversies over the last two years.

Monday, January 28, 2013  South Carolina State University has named a 14-member committee to search for a new president for the Orangeburg school.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  State lawmakers hope to make changes to the leadership at S.C. State.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  The search for a new president continues, as a South Carolina State University committee is scheduled to meet Thursday. The SCSU Board of Trustees Interim President Screening Committee will meet on campus to continue screening candidates, two months after former school president Dr. George Cooper resigned.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  State lawmakers schedule a public forum to discuss conditions at South Carolina State University.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  A state lawmaker is planning a public hearing to talk about issues at South Carolina State University.

Friday, March 23, 2012  SC State Board of Trustees discussed what they want from their next interim and permanent president.

Monday, March 05, 2012  Business as usual Monday, as a South Carolina State University Board of Trustees committee discussed budget matters.

Friday, March 02, 2012  SCSU will soon be looking for a new president after scandal led to George Coopers resignation.

Friday, March 02, 2012  The president of South Carolina State University resigned in a Friday morning press conference.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  Trustees at South Carolina State University met behind closed doors Thursday for nearly five hours after the school's Faculty Senate drafted a letter demanding the removal of the university's president.

Sunday, February 26, 2012  The chairman of South Carolina State University's trustees board is out of that post two weeks after the state's only historically black public university fired eight high-level employees amid an internal investigation.

Friday, February 24, 2012  South Carolina State University officials released hundreds of pages of documents Thursday related to a series of high-profile employee firings in early February.

Saturday, February 11, 2012  South Carolina State University has named an interim police chief, but still hasn't announced what happened to the man who used to hold the position.