WSAV.com March 4, 2012 SC State's Cooper Reigning at End of Month The embattled president of South Carolina State University, George Cooper, is resigning at the end of the month. Cooper made the announcement Friday after days of controversy on the Orangeburg school's campus. Faculty leaders had called for Cooper's resignation. A committee of the faculty senate released a statement Wednesday saying the historically black university was in "a state of crisis." Cooper fired eight administrators last month in what was called an ongoing, internal investigation. Two years ago, the university's Board of Trustees fired Cooper but a board with two new members quickly rehired him. Cooper will be paid a severance of $268,000, none of it taxpayer money. He said he's leaving voluntarily and wants to devote more time to his family. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.