2018-2019 CATALOG 2018-2019 CATALOG MORRIS COLLEGE MORRIS COLLEGE Morris College 2018-2019 CATALOG 2018-2019 CATALOG 2BDD<>G=B@@F1FGDF>FD%F>GA:FGD<1:AGABG6:C?1FGDB1DC9>7G6B8D>F>7GC?5G8,@<>:F5 6C@F?5CD>GC?5GABG<?>A<A8AFG?F.GDF 8<DF9F?A>G<?6@85<?1G0FF>G.:F?G6:C?1F>GC?5 C55<A<B?>G,F6B9FG?F6F>>CD4EG%FD4GF00BDAG.<@@G,FG9C5FGABG9<?<9< FGA:FG<?6B?%FG ?<F?6FG>86:G6:C?1F>G9<1:AG6DFCAFG0BDG>A85F?A>E &8,@<>:F5G,4G2BDD<>G=B@@F1F #--G*F>AG=B@@F1FG;ADFFA7G ;89AFD7G;B8A:G=CDB@<?CG #- "F@F:B?FG-'G'' -- CG-'G'' ...E9BDD<>EF58 2017 - 2018 Board of Trustees Dr. Mack T. Hines, Chairman ................................................Florence, SC Dr. Leo Richardson, Vice Chairman .................................... Columbia, SC Dr. James B. Blassingame, Secretary ........................................Sumter, SC Dr. Ronald D. Barton ............................................................. Mauldin, SC Dr. Jacqueline W. Canty .........................................................Florence, SC Dr. James L. Carter............................................................. Baltimore, MD Ms. Janet S. Clayton, Faculty/Staff Representative ..................Sumter, SC Dr. James H. Cokley................................................................Conway, SC Deacon Jerry M. Earl ................................................................ Pelzer, SC Rev. Ricky Ezell ...................................................................Columbia, SC Rev. Norman Gamble .............................................................Florence, SC Rev. Tommy Gibson ...............................................................Eastover, SC Mr. Troy Glover .....................................................................Hilliard, OH Rev. Jamey O. Graham .........................................................Columbia, SC Dr. Donald E. Greene ........................................................Orangeburg, SC Dr. Isaac Holt, Jr. .................................................................Charleston, SC Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr. ......................................................Columbia, SC Atty. Thomas B. Levy .......................................................... Columbia, SC Dr. Waymon Mumford ...........................................................Florence, SC Ms. Crystal Myers .............................................................Orangeburg, SC Dr. Audrey Potts Neal .......................................................... Columbia, SC Dr. Marion H. Newton ..............................................................Sumter, SC Dr. Emma M. Owens ..............................................................Mauldin, SC Dr. Toney C. Parks .............................................................. Greenville, SC Mrs. Ruth M. Pendergrass, Alumni Representative .................Atlanta, GA Dr. Henry B. Peoples ..............................................................Florence, SC Rev. McKinley Ravenell .....................................................Eutawville, SC * Dr. Luns C. Richardson ..........................................................Sumter, SC Mrs. Patricia Threatt ..............................................................Pageland, SC Mrs. Mary Jo Walker ..........................................................Greenville, SC Rep. J. David Weeks ................................................................Sumter, SC 0V-DĨPLQH:LOOLDPV6WXGHQW5HSUHVHQWDWLYH .....................Manning, SC Rev. George P. Windley, Jr. .......................................................Sumter, SC Rev. George P. Windley, Sr. ...................................................Manning, SC ** Dr. W. E. 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