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Biden to Deliver Commencement Speech at South Carolina State University on Friday

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Dec 14, 2021
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James Clyburn Endorses Joe Biden Before S.C. Primary : NPR

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President Joe Biden will visit South Carolina this coming week, his first trip back to the Palmetto State since he was elected president in November 2020.

The White House confirmed Biden will travel to Orangeburg County Friday to give the December commencement speech at South Carolina State University, the state’s only public four-year historically Black college. The university said Biden will speak at 10 a.m., at the Smith Hammond Middleton Memorial Center.

“The South Carolina State University family is honored and grateful to host President Biden when he addresses our graduates as they set a course for their futures,” interim university President Alexander Conyers said in a statement Saturday. “Our students will no doubt remember his words for the rest of their lives. This is indeed a privilege for all here at SC State.”

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Joseph R. Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States, will address December graduates in the South Carolina State University Class of 2021 at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, at Smith Hammond Middleton Memorial Center.
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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-Columbia, was originally scheduled to give the graduation address, but invited the president to speak, the university said. Clyburn, a 1961 graduate of S.C. State, will instead march with the graduating class and receive his own degree, because the university did not hold December commencement ceremonies when Clyburn graduated and he received his degree by mail.

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When I earned my diploma from S.C. State in 1961, I did not have the opportunity to walk the stage. Next week, 60 years later, I'll have that chance — an occasion made all the more special as I have the honor of welcoming @POTUS back to my alma mater.
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Joseph R. Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States, will address December graduates in the South Carolina State University Class of 2021 at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 17, at Smith Hammond Middleton Memorial Center. https://t.co/qI3d4to7IP
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