As SC State students returned to campus on August 10 to begin the new school year, it is clear that the new Turner Hall academic building has made great progress since May.
This photo is from one year ago, August 2025. The construction was just getting underway.
In an update this week, the university says crews have completed the steel structure or framework and are now pouring concrete for each floor.
The $54.7 million 94,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open next year, hopefully in time for the start of the 2027-2028 school year.
Looking to brighten up your home or office with a pretty new plant? Or maybe give one as a gift to a friend or family member? The holiday season is upon us right?
Well, you don't have to leave campus to buy a beautiful potted peace lily (as I did!), succulent, begonia... or how about black stem elephant ears or rex vines? There are two dozen types of plants to choose from!
Since August, the BECT Greenhouse has been open behind the planetarium, near the ROTC building. BECT stands for Business, Environment, Communication and Transportation. Since 2022 the institute has been doing good things around campus such as the new greenhouse that among things offers learning opportunities for botany students and local school children.
The plant sale happens the second Monday of each month so the next one will be on December 8. But if you stop by when graduate assistant Penelope Fennell is watering the plants, you probably can buy one or more then.
So bring some green to the Greenhouse. You won't leave empty-handed!
The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro. Here is a screen shot of the production.
This video PSA was produced as a demonstration project to share with my TV Production class at SC State in the Fall 2025 semester. I also produced an audio version of the plant sale for use in my Radio Production class, also this semester.
An assignment I enjoy in my television production class is called "Five Questions." Students work in three- member teams as producers-videographers, interview hosts and guests.
The student behind the camera directs the show and records specific shots needed to piece the completed interview so it looks like there were two cameras in use, not just one.
The students learn about two shots, reverse questions, and listening or cutaway shots.
And they are instructed on different techniques and tools when editing their interviews on Adobe Premiere Pro.
Below you can see the interview that I produced using Carroll Kelley's video.
Carroll will still produce the piece himself. I wanted to do it for demonstration purposes.
The interview runs about three minutes. Last class, I showed the students my Premiere Pro process (below) and how to tweak things such as audio levels, color quality, as well as adding supers, titles and music, then exporting the finished project before posting it on my YouTube channel.
In my Television Production class, I call the first assignment "Me in 30 Seconds." It gives the students early exposure and experience in front of and behind the camera.
During previous classes, we went over camera, microphone, tripod and lighting operations. And I gave the students tips on speaking on camera. In this photo, Summer Gray is speaking with Dallas Barnes recording her. RJ Steadman is the timekeeper.
Like many things in television production, this project must be carefully timed: as close to 30 seconds as possible. A cue is given when there are 10 seconds left. Reshoots are OK.
The project also involves putting the video on YouTube, so I did that on my channel. Below is the unedited version.
The new school year just began here at SC State and it may soon get pretty noisy on campus.
A sparkling new academic building is going to be constructed between the current Turner Hall and Dukes Gym.
The university secured $54.7 million from the state legislature to erect its first new classroom building since 2013 when the Engineering and Computer Science Complex was opened.
The new Turner Hall will have 94,000 square feet of classroom, collaborative learning, and office space, according to the university.
The outline of the new Turner Hall can be seen clearly and completely from the third floor of the current Turner Hall.
The construction is slated to last two years and should be open by fall 2027, according to the current timeline.
Some student and faculty parking spots have been lost to the large footprint of the work site.
Bryant's image was selected last fall to be on SC State's homepage. Decked out in his colorful Marching 101 uniform...he is the first thing people see when going to S-C-S-U-dot-e-d-u.
Bryant says he was back home in Georgetown, S.C. in December when friends began alerting him that he was on the school's front page...
SOT: Trent Bryant :29 In: When I first saw it... Out: ...face of the school right now
The director of S.C. State University Relations...Sam Watson...took the photograph when the Marching 101 performed at halftime of the home game versus Fort Valley State on October 19. (YouTube has the show here!)
When Watson looked at the images he captured that day he saw something special in one of them.
