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H Celebrating MECOMING the Legacy of Garnet and Blue: Doing it B.I.G. Believe. Invest. Grow. HOMECOMING 2016 Celebrating the Legacy of Garnet and Blue: Doing it B.I.G. – Believe. Invest. Grow. Sunday, October 16, 2016 9pm-12am 3pm All Black Soiree Alumni Tent Party 6pm I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium Featuring Classes in Reunion Gospel Explosion DJ Expensive Life Kennel Club (Oliver C. Dawson Stadium) MLK Auditorium Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 Cost: $5.00 Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 Kemberly Greene (803) 813-1374 Thursday, October 20, 2016 www.alumnireunionparty.com 9pm Homecoming Kickoff Meltdown 7pm 4:30pm Homecoming Concert Student Center--The Plaza Stellar Alumni Calendar Unveiling DJ Richie--*Give Away Prizes* SHM Memorial Center Fine Arts Center Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 Artist: Boosie & 21 Savage Dr. Barbara A. Vaughan Recital Hall DJ B Lord Iva Gardner (803) 516-4616 Monday, October 17, 2016 Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 $5.00 SC State students 7pm $20.00 General Admission 6pm Ice Skating | Casino Night Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Fall ‘86 SHM Memorial Center Friday, October 21, 2016 30th Line Reunion DJ Tone Student Center Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 8:30am Bulldog Lounge SC State University Former Athletes Iva Gardner (803) 516-4616 Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Golf Tournament Orangeburg Country Club 7pm 2pm Kenita Pitts (803) 516-4576 STATE Club Oyster Roast Homecoming “Meltdown” www.scsuathletics.com and Fish Fry Student Center--The Plaza I.P. Stanback Museum DJ Sly Planet 12pm and Planetarium Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 Academic Colleges and Schools Alumni Receptions Cost: $30.00 Rodney Jenkins (803) 920-0921 The Dorm Hall Step Show Visit www.scsu.edu for details 7pm MLK Auditorium 12pm 7pm DJ Sly Planet SGA Pre-Game SC State University vs Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 (Student Appreciation Cookout) Florida A&M University Volleyball 11am-2pm Dukes Gym Wednesday, October 19, 2016 ROTC Alumni Mentor Session 6pm Soldiers Hall Unleashing the Outrage: Bulldog LTC Anthony Watson Fashion Show (803) 533-3604 MLK Auditorium Franklin Pressley (803) 516-4826 HOMECOMING 2016 Celebrating the Legacy of Garnet and Blue: Doing it B.I.G. – Believe. Invest. Grow. 7pm Sunday, October 23, 2016 8am Homecoming Step Show SC State University Military SHM Memorial Center 4am Alumni Meeting Cost: $15.00 SC State Students Unity Breakfast Soldier’s Hall $20.00 General Admission Washington Dining Hall LTC Anthony Watson Juan L. Maultsby (803) 516-4610 Cost: $10.00 (803) 533-3604 www.unitypartybreakfast.com Saturday, October 22, 2016 2pm 8am SC State University vs 9am Alumni Farewell Breakfast Bethune Cookman Homecoming Parade Washington Dining Hall Volleyball Edisto Garden to SC State Campus Iva Gardner 803-516-4616 Dukes Gym 12pm 8am *Some Events Are Subject To Alumni Tailgate/Reunion Classes SC State University Alumni Band Change* Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Reunion Breakfast (Alumni Relations Tent) Robert S. Evans Walnut Room Football Practice Field www.scsu.edu Iva Gardner 803-516-4616 Iva Gardner (803) 516-4616
1:30pm SC State University vs Delaware State University Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
8pm SCSUNAA Throw Back Jam 4 Broughton Event Venue 1039 Broughton Street Orangeburg, SC Cost $20.00 (includes one beverage) Iva Gardner 803-516-4616
9pm-4am Unity Party SHM Memorial Center DJ Shakim and DJ Turknice A.L. Fleming (803) 536-8542 www.scstateunityparty.com Meet the Parade Marshal
Patricia Brown Lott is a 1963 and 1979 graduate of South Carolina State College (now University), serving 37 years as an educator. Her educational career began in Charleston, SC and spanned to Newburgh, NY; Niagara Falls, NY; Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5; and Orangeburg Consolidated School District 3. She served these areas as a classroom teacher of mathematics, 1st mathematics specialist for the teachers in Bamberg-Calhoun and Orangeburg Counties; high school assistant principal and principal.
Ms. Lott is a Life Member of the South Carolina State University National Alumni Association, where she has held the positions of Alumni House chairperson, 1st Vice President and National President; Orangeburg County Chapter of South Carolina State University National Alumni Association, where she has held the positions of Secretary, Vice President and President. She is a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she serves as a member of the Board of Trustees; the Orangeburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., where she has held the positions of Financial Secretary and Treasurer; a former member of the SC State University Foundation, where she served as Vice chairperson and foundation gala chairperson for over five (5) years. In April 2010 she was the first past national alumni president to be elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to serve as a member of the SC State University Board of Trustees. In 2015 she was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament Distinguished Alumnus for South Carolina State University.
Ms. Lott, a member of The STATE Club, has been an avid football fan and season ticket holder for over 30 years. She was instrumental in convincing “the powers to be” to promote season tickets on the visitor’s side of Oliver C. Dawson stadium. She is also a basketball season ticket holder. Ms. Lott believes it is her responsibility and obligation to give back to her alma mater, which gave so much to her.
Ms. Lott is the proud mother of two beautiful children, Wayne ’90 (former Columbia Chapter president – 1995-1999), and Valerie ‘92 (present Second Vice President of SCSUNAA). Wayne is married to the former Tanya Simmons and they have two children, Halee and Blayne.