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School Name: Claflin University

Location: Orangeburg, South Carolina

Year Founded: 1869

Number of Students: 1,902 undergraduate/graduate students

Specialty Programs: Sound Recording and Digital Design

Greek Life:

• Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Inc.

• Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Omega Psi Phi Inc., Phi Beta Sigma Inc., Gamma Phi Delta Christian Fraternity

Alumni: Gloria Blackwell (African-American civil rights activist and educator)

What You May Not Know About Claflin: Oldest HBCU in the state of South Carolina.