2 DAYS Until The Garnet & Blue Extravaganza!

2 DAYS UNTIL THE GARNET AND BLUE EXTRAVAGANZA!

$1,251,206 Raised Toward Our $1.3 Million Goal
We're Only $48,794 Away!

Greetings!

We are just 2 days away from an unforgettable evening under the stadium lights—and the momentum continues to build. See our newest donors Highlighted below.

Bulldog pride is on full display as we have now raised $1,251,206, bringing us just $48,794 away from reaching our $1.3 million goal. Every gift is moving us closer to a truly historic moment for South Carolina State University.

We are also proud to highlight our newest sponsors and supporters below. Their generosity is fueling this effort in a powerful way and helping to transform the lives of our students.

The energy across our Greek community is undeniable as the Divine Nine Giving Challenge intensifies:

Omega Psi Phi — 12 donors | $14,640 🔥 (leading in dollars raised)
Delta Sigma Theta — 74 donors | $7,575 (leading in participation and gaining momentum)
Zeta Phi Beta — 3 donors | $1,069
Alpha Kappa Alpha — 10 donors | $1,065
Alpha Phi Alpha — 10 donors | $845
Sigma Gamma Rho — 0 donors | $500
Kappa Alpha Psi — 3 donors | $350
Phi Beta Sigma — 1 donor | $119
Iota Phi Theta — 0 donors | $0

The competition is tight, and there is still time for every organization to make a strong push.

While the event is sold out, your opportunity to make an impact is not.

Give Today and add your name to the growing list of donors demonstrating the Power of SC State.

Give Today! and be part of this historic moment.

We are proud to recognize Prisma Health as the Title Sponsor of this year’s Garnet & Blue Extravaganza. Their leadership and investment are helping drive momentum toward our $1.3 million goal while creating meaningful opportunities for SC State students.

Their partnership reflects a shared commitment to expanding opportunity and supporting student success.

Leading the Way: Sponsors & Supporters

Title Sponsor

Platinum Sponsors l $50,000

Larry & Tonja Knightner

Patrena Rice

Gold Sponsors l $25,000

A-Sharp Security

Global Services

Grice Consulting Group, LLC

Silver Sponsors l $10,000

HBCU Times Magazine

Henry "Hank" & Iva Allen

Hubert Daniely, Jr.

Dia & Andrea Nichols

Anthony Jarvis & Family (Valerie, Vaughn, Devon McMillian)

Raymond & Ranjlene Pressley

Martin & Kimberly Roache

James H. Salley

Orangeburg County

SCSU Advancement Foundation

SCSU National Alumni Association

SCSU Real Estate Foundation

Dr. ShaVon Johnson Summers /Dr. Yvonne Gooden Johnson

Blue Supporters l $5,000

Leola Adams

Trustee Jameel & Telicia Allen

Branchville, Inc.

President Alexander & First Lady Agatha Conyers

Curry Insurance Agency

Hope Doe

Follett

Dino James

Trustee Darrell Johnson

M.B. Kahn Construction, LLC

Paragon Builders

Louise Bonner Roseboro and Family

SCSU 1890 Research & Extension

SCSU Foundation

SCSU NAA-Charlotte Chapter

SCSU- The State Club

Teresa Starks-Legree

Thompson Turner/CDI/Gateway

Charlton Whipple

Garnet Supporters l $2,500

Barbara L. Adams

Anonymous

Marshall Bacote

Coach Chennis & Ramille Berry

Beta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Jesse & Nicole Brevard-Hines

Clarence & Gloria Caldwell

City of Orangeburg/Department of Public Utilities

Ace Conyers

Hubert Daniely, Jr.

Provost Frederick M. & Michelle Evans

Farlow-Moyd Law Firm, LLC

Faye Smith/Byrdyne Bell (SCSU NAA - Greater Augusta Chapter)

Delbert Foster

Charles & Barbara P. Gadsden

Chairman Douglas & Debra Gantt

Bobby Greene

Donald & Alicia Harrison/Karen Scott

DeVore Irick

Trustee Rodney C. & Patricia Jenkins

Bernard & Tammy Kelly

Thelma Cuttino Lawton

John Michael Lee, Jr.

Line Sisters of the First Lady

William & Tomika Long

Patricia B. Lott

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

Ricardo & Yolanda Minott

Orangeburg Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Sandra Parker

Coach Oliver "Buddy" & Josie Pough

Demar Roberts

Judith Salley

SCSU Alumni Band Association/Foundation

SCSU Career Center

SCSU Class of 1983

SCSU Division of Enrollment Management

SCSU Division of Student Affairs

SCSU NAA-Atlanta Chapter

SCSU NAA-Columbia Chapter

SCSU NAA-Berkeley Chapter

SCSU NAA-Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter

SCSU NAA-Greater Augusta Chapter

SCSU NAA-Greater Columbia Chapter

SCSU NAA-Greater Orangeburg Chapter

SCSU NAA-Washington DC Chapter

Herbert & Sandra Sims

Gerald & Roshella Smalls

Heyward & Millicent Stackhouse

Robert & Sabrina Taylor

Douglas Twitty

The Honorable Mayor Carlos L. Williams

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Ann Winstead

Tenacity Supporters l $1,500

Benjamin & Shondra Abraham

Ajax Building Company

Benjamin & Shondra Abraham

Trina Brown-Linning

Leroy & Christine Davis

Carl and Trustee Louvetta Dicks
Evoke Studios

Lillie B. Glover

Nathaniel & Debra Howard

Zackary & Sandra Johnson

Johnson, Toal & Battiste PA Attorneys

Cedar Lawrence (SCSU NAA - Greater Augusta Chapter)

Adele Mathews (In memory of Frederick A. Matthews)

James Mikell

James & Cassaundra Mulligan

Aqkwele Polidore-Sanders

Howard T.W. Ragin

SCSU NAA-Central Virgina Chapter

SCSU NAA-Charleston Chapter

SCSU NAA-Raleigh/Durham Chapter

SCSU NAA-Spartanburg County Chapter

Johnny & Kendra Speed Sellers

Curtis & Desma Stevens

St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church

Tennie Agriculture Group, LLC

Sandra N. Whetstone

Ashley Wicks

Williamson Printing

Miriam Williams

William Wooten

White Coat Society Sponsor l $1,000

Gordan Pediatric Dentistry Association

Physicians Footcare, Orangeburg

Gregory Singleton

Bench & Bar Society Sponsor: $1,000

Roland & Nashiba Boyd

Jeffries Law Firm

Garnet & Blue Extravaganza Donations

Valerie Aiken

Amauri M. Allen

Hank Allen

Beverly H. Anderson

Elaine Armster

James & Gloria Arrington

Beverly Ashmore

Cedric W. Baker

David F. Bell

Cheryl P. Bentley

Amii S. Best

Trustee Louvetta Dicks in Honor of

Mr. Edward Boles

Fred Bostic Jr.

James Bowden

Stacey Bowdre

Kenneth Bowser

Stevo & Liljana Bozinovska

Joyce Bradley

Sharon A. Broomes

Brothers Detective Agency

Robbi Nikkole Brown

Antonio Brown

Eric Brown

Roxanne Y. Brown

Marion L. Brown

Sandi Brown

Ashaki Brown

Beulah Willis-Brown

Elaine Brown

Tonja Wilson Brown

Marion L. Brown

Joseph A. Brunson

Jamie R. Brunson

Shirley Bryant

Jennifer Buie

Howard & Loretta Bush

Karen Butler

Marjetta J. Butler

Kendria Byrd

Devon Caldwell

Willie & Micheline Campbell

Allison Campbell

Edith Canzater

Pinkey Carter

Rita Carter

Shakeima Chatman

Jacqueline Childs

Alison Cleveland

Deborah Coleman-Void

E. Dennis Copeland

Helen Corbett-Brandyburg

Eartha J. Corbitt

Tiffany K. Crockett

Delethia Crosby

Gillian Crosby

Denise C. Cunningham

Jannette Henry-Davenport

Shelley Davis

Bernard Dawson

Nicole Dewitt

Chernee' Dickey

Hope Doe

Wilma McDowell

Charita Drummond

Angela DuBois

Leroy Dunn

Victor J. Elmore

Equitas Group

Robert & Rosa Evans

Angela Fairwell

Terry O. Feaster

Stephanie Franklin

Jacquelyn R. Fulton

Kennedy Funny

Simone Furse

Comeylita K. Gadsden

James and Portia Gilliard

Carrtina Glover

Teresa Suber-Goodman

Josha Goodwin

Pamela Goodwine-Glover

Sidney Gourdine

Eartha M. Govan

Tamah Jenkins Grant

Cynthia Grant

Monique D. Grant

Leona Guyton

Westly Guyton

Brigitta Haggins

Patricia Gibson-Haigler

Varnessa Haley

Kristen Hall

Nikita M. Harrison

Sonya L. Hill

Almanda Holiday

Imogene Holiday-Connor

Jerlean Holmes

Harry Hoskins

Samuel Hutchison

Sheila Ingram

Rosa Ishmal

Trenee D Isreal

Leo Jackson, Sr.

Tokmeco James

Robert Lenard Jamison

Willie & Mary Jeffries

JennAffairs

Linda Prince Johnson

Ruby Stradford Johnson

Aliyah Johnson

Tal and Maxine Johnson

Tal Johnson

Linda D. Johnson

Belicia Jones

Eric Jones

Angela L Jones

Amanda J. Kaigler

Vashti Washington Kimbrough

Hiram S. Lagroon

Barbara Larke

Janice Larrymore

John Michael Lee, Jr

Dorothy Legette

In memory of Benzena Wilds Lewis

Trina Brown-Linning

Valerie E. Lott

Vondra N. Love

Chakeyda L Mack

Denise Cunningham-Major

Kara Mansel

Bonita Manson

Valencia Matthews

Robert & Dannie Mays

Elgin Mazone

Linda C. McCants

Wendy McClain

Sherry McCloud

Clarence H. McNeill

TaTreka Middleton

Deirdre Miles

Kittisha Mills

Ricardo A Minott

Ricardo A. Minott

Yolanda Minott

Matthew S. Mitchell

Colonel Morris H. Moses

Monica Murdaugh

Deirdre Murphy

Gerald T. Neely

Faith S. Oliver

Wendy Seay-Oliver

Michele Jones-Pace

Sharon Parker

Ronald D. Parrott

James Pigler

The Angel Experience

Kermit Preston

Donald Prioleau

Ricky B. Pulley

Regina Hollins Lewis, Lewis Law and Mediation, LLC

H. Bryan Riley

Barbara B. Riley

Renee M. Ritter

Janice Bess Robinson

Harriet A. Roland

Adrian Ross

Lenzene L. Rufus

Eugenia Ryans

Latoya Sahadeo

Katina Sales

Patricia S. Salley

Ian Schumpert

SCSU Foundation

SCSU Military Alumni Chapter

SCSU NAA- Beaufort/Jasper County Chapter

SCSU- NAA Dallas /Fort Worth Chapter

SCSU NAA- Fayetteville/Fort Bragg Chapter

Tracian E. Shaibu

Terri M. Sheppard

Eddie L. Shuler

Angela C. Simmons

Curtis C. Simmons

Rocky Simmons

Tanya Simmons

Yolanda Singletary

Joe Singleton

Tameshia Singleton

Adrienne Smith

Faye Smith

Sundra Proctor Smith

South Carolina State Credit Union (SCU)

Iris Soyebo

Heyward & Millicent Stackhouse

Angela Mitchell Stephens

Abigail Taylor

Tempest Thomas

Keith Tolen

Carol Dalesa Mack-Grisby Turner

Ethell Vereen

Moneka Void

John K. Waddell

Joyce Davis Waddell

Verna Squire Wade

Beverly Wade-Battle

Sabrina Walker

Carrie L. Walker

Gladys W. Wallace

Antoinette Noble -Webb

Abigail Busby-Webb

Brenda White

Dorothy Whitner

Belvin Williams

Tereka Williams

Flora Williams

Sonya S. Williams

Yolanda Y Williams

Jane M. Williams

Gregory Williams

Patricia A. Williams

Gwendolyn D. Wilson

Alfred Young

Jacqueline Young

Marlo Young

Garnet & Blue Extravaganza In-kind Supporters

Columbia Metropolitan Airport

EPEC Events

Events By W.B.

HBCU Times Magazine

Pepsi

Sodexo

Spectrum Reach

The Keg

Garnet & Blue Extravaganza Ticket Supporters

Premier VIP Ticket Supporters

Deborah Blackmon

Novice Sampson Briggs

Keshia Campbell

Antonio Coleman

Donald Cooper

Michael Davis

Augustus Dicks

Robert & Rosa Evans

Gregory & Frances Harley

Deidra Hill

Christopher & Gail Jenkins

Vashti Washington Kimbrough

Felicia Lawrence

James and Barbara Little

Rev. Constance Barnes-McLeod

Trustee Col (Ret) William L & Queen Olden

Lina Malinda Pearson

Trustee Robert S. & Mercedes Reese

Anthony & Lucinda Reynolds

Margaret Roberts

Coretta Saadu

Barney Mae Smalls

Marlon & Trustee Macie Smith

Curtis & Desma Stevens

Necole Brailey Stroman

Micheal & Vivian Summers

Walter & Bernice Tobin

Keith Tolen

Barbara Moye Waymer

Dietrich Williams

William Wooten

Sikinis Zinnn

Faculty & Staff Ticket Supporters

Quentin Benjamin

Rhea Bentley

Roosevelt & Cammie S. Berry

Deborah Blacknall

Betty Boatwright

Tanesha Jones-Boyd

Aubrai Brailey

Jacqueline Jones-Brown

Mary Brown

Ronald Brown

Idella Carson

Pinkey Carter

Demetrius Chapman

Tyron & Adrienne Clinton

Sharon Conelly

Donald Cooper

Glacia Davis

Doris Johnson Felder

Stephanie Felks

Suzanne Frazier

Iva Garnder

Patricia Gibson-Haigler

Linda Gilliard

Alberta Gilmore

Marsha Gunter

Eric Ham

William (Bill) Hamilton

Sharon Heatley

Samuel Hinton

Ruth A. Hodges

Breanna Hodges

Nicolette Houston

Stanley Ihekweazu

Maria James

Tamara Jeffries

Ebony Jones

Patricia Kearse

Cathi Mack

Stanley & Jacqueline Mack

Elbert Malone

Malika Marshall

Athena McFadden

Carla Mitchell

Eartha Mosley

Randall Pickering

Annette Prezzy

Gloria Pyles

Bryan Riley

Demier Richardson-Sanders

Aqkwele Polidore-Sanders

Sandra Scott

Lisa Sparks

Andre Thompson

Lakeisa Tucker

Stanley Wakefield

Larry Watson

Samuel Watson

William Whitaker

Juliet Stoute White

Leevaine Williams, Jr.

Ron York

General Admission Early Bird

Ticket Supporters

Charles & Marie Artis

Helen Bowers

Mary Bowman

Darryl Bradley

Jeremiah Bradley

Bernard & Helen Corbett-Brandyburg

Cindy Burton

Cristal Carroll

Dianne Copeland

Elizabeth Corley

County of Orangeburg

Jamila Dickey

Vandy Gaffney

Jacquelyn Gamble

Persephone Goodwin

Jennifer Grayson

Rosa Hall

Broadus & Brenda Jamerson

James Knox

Linda McCants

Wendy McClain

Leroy & Frances Morant

Kenneth Mosely

Tricia Motes

Don & Laketha Prioleau

Donna Roseboro

Doris Simpson

Mary L. Smalls

Chrissundra Proctor Smith

Lakeisha Butler-Swanson

Andre Thompson

Lathan Turner

Verna Wade

Belvin Williams

General Admission Ticket Supporters

Beta Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Hope Blackely

Kenneth Bowser

Theandrea Lewis Burgess

Jaworski & Regina Cherry

Sky Foster

Wesley Gilliard

Glover's Funeral Home

Edna Davis Hailey

Jesse & Nicole Brevard-Hines

Michelle Johnson

Chris Joines

Mary Levine

Jamesetta Lovett

Harley McCray

Jane McCray

Chantele McCray

Clarice Norman

Orangeburg Branch NAACP

Orangeburg Chapter of the Links, Inc.

Paragon Builders

John H. Rickenbacker

Jimmie Rogers

Stanley Robinson

Aliyu Saadu

Mikel Sawyer

SCSU NAA- Greenville Chapter

Simmons Funeral Home

Bryan Singleton

Joe Singleton

Adrienne Smith

Keisha Smith

Dennis Sumpter

Arthur "Art" Williams

Thomas Williams

Anelle Zimmerman

Parent Supporters

Anjeannette F. Barker

Joseph Barker

Shirley Bryant

Melanie Harp

Mary Levine

Kellie Yates

This list reflects sponsors and supporters confirmed as of April 14, 2026. We are grateful for every contribution and look forward to recognizing additional supporters as the Garnet & Blue Extravaganza continues to build momentum.

Garnet & Blue Extravaganza Divine 9 Challenge

The Divine Nine Challenge is adding energy, pride, and purpose to this year’s Garnet & Blue Extravaganza. Rooted in a legacy of service and leadership, this initiative brings together members of the Divine Nine to support student scholarships and create lasting impact.

This friendly competition highlights the collective strength of these organizations while reinforcing a shared commitment to uplifting future generations.

Greek Challenge Standings (as of today):

Omega Psi Phi —12 donors | $14,640 🔥
Delta Sigma Theta — 75 donors | $7,575
Zeta Phi Beta — 3 donors | $1,069
Alpha Kappa Alpha — 10 donors | $1,065
Alpha Phi Alpha — 10 donors | $845
Sigma Gamma Rho — 0 donors | $500
Kappa Alpha Psi — 3 donors | $350
Phi Beta Sigma — 1 donors | $119
Iota Phi Theta — 0 donors | $0

Make a gift or join the Divine Nine Giving Challenge.

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Frequently Asked Quesitons

Planning for the Garnet & Blue Extravaganza? We’ve gathered everything you need to know to help you prepare for an unforgettable evening. Explore the FAQ Page:

Greek Challenge Standings (as of today):﻿﻿

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