Demonstrators are demanding university administrators cancel the lieutenant governor's address. Protestors are calling for South Carolina State University to replace Lt. Governor Pamela Evette as commencement speaker during next week's spring graduation ceremony.

SC State University President Alexander Conyers spoke with students who organized a sit-in protest at the Orangeburg campus.

South Carolina State University announced Wednesday evening that South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette will no longer speak at the school's spring commencement.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina State University has decided to go in a different direction for its Spring 2026 Commencement, amid protest from students. Lieutenant Governor and 2026 gubernatorial candidate Pamela Evette was planned to be the Spring 2026 semester’s Commencement speaker,

S.C. State University in December invited Evette to be the May 8 commencement speaker. The school’s lawyers on Wednesday told the governor’s office the invitation had been rescinded.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette will no longer speak at South Carolina State University’s commencement ceremony next week, following outcry from students and legislators, the university president

The search for South Carolina State University’s police chief may be coming to a close soon.