An almost 80-year-old man was a part of South Carolina State University’s most recent graduating class on May 9, 2025. Sam Watson, who reported on the huge feat for the school’s Bulldog News newspaper ...

Linwood Riddick recently kept a promise he made to himself many years ago. Born in Summerville, he received his degree from South Carolina State University on Friday at age 79, three days before his ...

Linwood Riddick did it just shy of his 80th birthday. And while some may see ... “I heard some men talk about the Orangeburg Massacre,” Riddick told Sam Watson, SC State’s director of ...

Durango resident Robert Winslow rose to the occasion of his 80th birthday this week when he completed the SkySteps – a ...

On Tuesday, students and staff lined the hallways for a “Punzel Birthday Parade” while wearing funny shirts in honor of his 80th birthday. “Even at 80 years old – he is the first one in ...

Linwood Riddick didn’t come to South Carolina State University for a career. He came for clarity, for purpose and to honor a legacy that moved him.