U.S. secretary of defense to address SCSU graduates

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will deliver the commencement address at South Carolina State University’s Spring Commencement exercises.

Commencement will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, May 10 in Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.

“We are excited that Secretary Austin has agreed to share his wisdom with our graduating students,” S.C. State President Alexander Conyers said. “He knows what it means to succeed in the face of tremendous adversity, and our graduates must have the same determination as they set forth on the next phases of their journeys.”

Conyers and S.C. State Board of Trustees Chair Douglass Gantt also will deliver welcoming remarks at Friday’s ceremony.

The event will be livestreamed on SC State’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/scstate1896.