ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination, will hold a town hall on Monday, Oct. 9, on the Winthrop University campus.
The event will take place from 2:30 to 4:15 p.m. in the Richardson Ballroom in the DiGiorgio Campus Center.
Ramaswamy is an American business leader and New York Times bestselling author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” among other books. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated summa cum laude in biology from Harvard and received his J.D. from Yale Law School, while working at a hedge fund. He then started a biotech company, Roivant Sciences, where he oversaw the development of five drugs that went on to become FDA approved. In 2022, he founded Strive, an Ohio-based asset management firm.
Ramaswamy is the second presidential candidate to visit Winthrop during the 2024 election cycle. To attend the Oct. 9 town hall, please RSVP by e-mailing https://events.vivek2024.com/events/winthrop-university-town-hall
Winthrop University Police Department officers and event signage will direct visitors to campus parking lots behind Margaret Nance and Johnson Halls as well as the Founders Lot on Alumni Drive.
Winthrop is a public institution dedicated to serving the state of South Carolina and to promoting the free exchange of ideas and informed citizenship. Thus, the university welcomes political candidates, elected officials, and guest speakers from all partisan and ideological perspectives to visit campus and to present their ideas to the Winthrop and Rock Hill communities. These appearances do not constitute an endorsement of any party, candidate, or ideological perspective.
