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Philander Smith University Welcomes Earl Graham, Jr. as New Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion

Philander Smith College Wins the 2023 Thomas Howell Cup, Showcasing Unyielding Dedication and Team Spirit

PSC Student Ishmia Black is Named a 2023 White House HBCU Scholar

PSC Appoints Jeremy Carter as Associate Dean of Campus Culture and Religious Life

Philander Smith College Welcomes Dr. Vonnice Boone as New MBA Director, Leading the Program to New Heights

Philander Smith College Celebrates Record Enrollment in S.T.A.R.T. Summer Bridge Program, Marking Significant Recovery from COVID Impact

Philander Smith College Appoints Temporary Leadership Team

Philander Smith College Celebrates Historic Milestone: Inaugural Cohort of CNA Program Pinned

Comedian, Actor & PSC Alumnus Deon Cole to Keynote Philander Smith’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony

Nearly $3 Million Grant Awarded to Philander Smith College To Enhance Classroom Technology and Broadband Upgrades

Philander Smith College is approved to offer its first master’s degree program

Philander Smith Receives $2M Grant for Elders School of Allied and Public Health

Welcome to the 2022 Fall Semester!

PSC BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS 2022-2023 OFFICERS

Philander Smith to participate in Second Chance Pell Experiment

IN MEMORIAM: DR. ZOLLIE STEVENSON, JR. (1953-2022)

PSC student Jason Muka is named a 2022 White House HBCU Scholar

Philander Smith College Holds 134th Commencement Services

Dr. Rush Harding, former PSC Board of Trustee, Launches New Website

Philander Smith College hosts 2022 African American High School Honors Ceremony

PSC Hosts 15th Annual Living Legends Awards Banquet

Statement on Bomb Threat Incident

Philander Smith College Receives Single Largest Individual Donation in School History

Philander Smith College is among four beneficiaries of funds benefiting low- income undergraduate students

PSC Student J’Nya Thompson is selected as 2021 White House HBCU Scholar

Philander Smith College Clears Continuing Students’ Balances for Fall 2021

Dr. Shannon Clowney Johnson is named Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

PSC 2020 graduate, Maria Meneses-Ramos in inaugural Public Health program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Roderick Smothers Jr., Named President of Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

Social Justice Institute at Philander Smith College Receives $25K Grant from Building Black Communities Fund

Philander Smith College Student Joins 2021 Expanding Diversity in Economics Summer Institute at University of Chicago

Philander Smith College to Host City of Little Rock Meetings

Act 392 Makes Way for Philander Smith College to Receive $1 Million

Philander Smith College Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Establish Center of Excellence in Digital Education and Rural Workforce Development

Philander Smith Wipes Out Graduates’ Balances

Congressman French Hill Leads Forum at Philander Smith College

2021 Arkansas Regions 6 Educators Rising Virtual Conference and Competition

144th Founder’s Day Commemoration

Virtual Homecoming: SpringFest Edition (March 28 – April 1)

Social Justice Week Celebrates Civic Engagement

Gift Celebrates Iconic Philander Smith Alumnus

Philander Smith College Announces New Dates for Religious Emphasis Week

Philander Smith College to take part in 4th Annual HBCU STEAM Days, March 8-12, 2021

Philander Smith College Ranked Among HBCUs with the Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates in the Nation by U.S. News and World Report

Thriving in Ministry Certificate Program Now Accepting Applications

Philander Smith College Receives $65,000 HBCU Cultural Heritage Stewardship Initiative Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Philander Smith College Joins $130 Million Deep South Economic Mobility Collaborative

Methodist Foundation for Arkansas Makes $250,000 Grant to support the Dr. Joycelyn Elders School of Allied and Public Health

Microsoft Awards $300,000 to Philander Smith College for Community Skills Program

Spring 2021 Important Medical Resources

PSC Spring CHOICE

PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE STATEMENT ON U.S. CAPITOL RIOT AND PSC’S MISSION:

Lilly Endowment Invests $1M in Philander Smith College to Strengthen Ministries in Black and Small Churches

Windgate Foundation Awards $859,000 Visual and Performing Arts Grant to Philander Smith College

Second Round of CARES Act Relief Available to Students

PSC MCKINLEY NEWTON HONORS ACADEMY graduate, Dustin Ford is enrolled at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

Philander Smith College awarded $200,000 grant from the Windgate Foundation of Little Rock, Arkansas.

THREE PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGIATE CHOIR members participate in the HBCU National Concert Choir

Smothers to Lead Panthers as Interim AD

UAMS, Philander Smith Partner to Increase Minorities in Health Care and Address Health Disparities, Physician Shortages

CARES ACT REPORTING INFORMATION

SOCIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2020-2021 FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

UPDATE ON HOUSING REFUNDS & CREDITS

SPRING 2020 TEXTBOOK RETURN PROCEDURES

PSC STATEMENT ON CARES ACT STUDENT GRANTS

PROCESS FOR HOUSING AND MEAL PLAN REFUNDS/CREDITS

SPRING 2020 INTERIM GRADING POLICY

EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT (FFCRA)

2020 COMMENCEMENT - POSTPONED

UPDATED REMOTE WORK POLICY

Residential Student Personal Belongings Retrieval Schedule

PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE ANNOUNCES SEMESTER CLOSURE OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

PSC’S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS IS FOCUSED AROUND 3 P’S: PREVENTION, PRECAUTION AND PREPAREDNESS

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES WILL REMAIN OPERATIONAL FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY

PSC COURSE OF ACTION DUE TO CORONAVIRUS IMPACT

NAAPSC 2020 CONVENTION POSTPONEMENT

TRAVEL BAN - EFFECTIVE MARCH 10, 2020

PSC CLASSES REMAIN IN SESSION

A LEGENDARY EVENING: 2020 LIVING LEGENDS BANQUET

PSC CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY BY RECOGNIZING HIGH SCHOOL EXCELLENCE

PSC SCHOLARS TAKE HOME HONORS FOR MOBILE APP DESIGN

CRENCHAW AVIATION EXHIBIT LANDS PERMANENT HOME AT PSC LIBRARY

PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE TO ANNOUNCES 2020 LIVING LEGENDS HONOREES

COLLEGIATE 100 INDUCT FIRST CAMPUS CHAPTER IN ARKANSAS

Philander Smith College and UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law Create Pipeline for Minority Law Students

Inaugural Scholar in Residence is named for Social Justice Institute at Philander Smith College

Philander Smith Welcomes Dr. Phillip Pointer To College’s Faculty

Family of First Philander Smith Graduate, Rufus C. Childress, Visits Legacy Walkway

PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE STUDENT RECOGNIZED AS 2019-2020 WHITE HOUSE COMPETITIVENESS SCHOLAR

Charles King Named Vice President for Institutional Advancement

T.I. Awards $25,000 Scholarship to Philander Smith College Student

Dr. Jesse Hargrove honored as 2019 Exemplary Teacher of the Year

Philander Smith College Holds 2019 Commencement Services

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.® PRESENTS PHILANDER SMITH COLLEGE WITH FIRST INSTALLMENT OF $100,000 ENDOWMENT