UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
A publication
for USC faculty,
staff, and friends
JULY 17, 2003
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Committee named
to study liberal arts,
science/math merger
BY LARRY WOOD
MICHAEL BROWN
Time to talk
President Sorensen chats with 27 high school students participating in the Summer Research Interns Program. The students,
many from the Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, will present posters of their six-week research experiences,
July 18 in the Campus Room of Capstone.
Full board OKs budget, tuition increase
BY CHRIS HORN
21 points higher than last year’s fall freshman class.
USC’s Board of Trustees approved at its June 26 meeting
USC Columbia has implemented a new tuition structure
tuition increases for all campuses, including a 15 percent
for full-time students that will include an $80 per credit
increase for USC Columbia,
hour surcharge for course loads
as part of an overall University
above 16 credit hours. The
budget of $709.3 million for
surcharge is aimed at discouragThe
University
has
sustained
2003–04 (See tuition chart and
ing students from signing up for
previous budget article in the
more courses than they intend to
appropriations cuts totaling
June 19 issue of TIMES for
take, then dropping “undesirable”
$60.7 million—nearly $41 milmore details).
courses after the semester begins.
lion
for
the
Columbia
campus
USC’s tuition increase will
While all freshmen will be
help offset a 9.88 percent approaccommodated in residence
alone—since last summer.
priations cut—about $14 million
halls this fall, some juniors
for the Columbia campus—that
and seniors will not be able to
began July 1. The University has
live on campus because of too
sustained appropriations cuts totaling $60.7 million—nearfew rooms. The board anticipates a proposal this fall for
ly $41 million for the Columbia campus alone—since last
another 500-bed residence hall; the 500-bed West Quad is
summer. USC Columbia anticipates a fall freshman class
of some 3,400 students with an average SAT score of 1145,
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Inside
Page 3
Literary project maps out South
Carolina authors.
Page 4
Genealogists search for family roots at
South Caroliniana Library.
Page 8
Allen Stokes books time for fishing
and the beach after a 30-plus year
association with the library.
www.sc.edu/usctimes
Provost Odom announced the members of a committee that will
consider the potential merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the
College of Science and Mathematics at the Faculty Senate meeting
June 25.
Madilyn Fletcher, director of the Baruch Institute, and Patrick
Maney, chair of the history department, will be co-chairs of the
committee. Members from the College of Liberal Arts include Susan
Cutter, geography; Karl Heider, anthropology;
Steven Lynn, English; and Ron Prinz, psychology. Members from the College of Science and
Mathematics include Chaden Djalali, physics and astronomy; John Spurrier, statistics;
Bob Thunell, geological sciences; and Sarah
Woodin, biological sciences.
President Sorensen has asked the provost
to hold at least two public meetings for faculty
and staff to address the committee about the
Fletcher
potential merger. An e-mail address also will
be set up for sending messages to committee
members.
The search committee for the vice president
for research and health sciences began reviewing applications July 1. The candidate who
accepts the new position will report directly to
the president.
“The vice president’s first responsibility
is dealing with research matters for the entire
campus, but at the same time, the second priority is to have the deans of the five health science units report to that individual, particularly Maney
for research purposes. That person and I will
work together with respect to academic matters,” Odom said.
Responding to a question, Odom said candidates do not have to
have an MD degree.
The search committee for dean of the law school has placed advertisements in national publications and is receiving applications.
Children currently enrolled in the Children’s Center will move into
the center’s new facility on Wheat Street during the first or second
week of September, Odom said. Children from S.C. ETV’s child-care
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Missing part of sculpture returns
to campus after 38-year absence
BY CHRIS HORN
Thirty-eight years after it was stolen from campus, one half of a twohorse sculpture that was created by artist Anna Hyatt Huntington has
been returned to USC.
An apparent prank in 1965 removed both aluminum-cast horses
from their display base beside McMaster College; only one was recovered. The sculpture, called “Fillies Playing,” won the 1958 Elizabeth
N. Watraus Gold Medal from the American Academy of Design.
Huntington donated the sculpture to USC in 1960.
“This is a big day for the Department of Art,” said department chair
Phillip Dunn. “It was always kind of bittersweet having half of the
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KIM TRUETT
Phillip Dunn, left, and Charles R. Mack, holding the long-lost filly, stand next to
a portion of the Fillies Playing sculpture that was restored last year.
■ PHI KAPPA PHI HONOR SOCIETY INSTALLED
AT USC SPARTANBURG: USC Spartanburg recently
installed a chapter of the Honor Society of Phi
Kappa Phi with the initiation of 22 faculty charter
members, 26 faculty members, and 79 students.
Phi Kappa Phi is dedicated to the recognition and
promotion of academic excellence in all fields of
higher education. The 22 charter members are
Chris Bender, Jim Brown, Dan Codespoti, Jay
Coffman, Jim Ferrell, Joshua Greben, Chip Green,
Jim Griffis, Janice Janiec, Jeanne Kowalczyk, Judy
Krueger, Choong Lee, Thomas McConnell, Patrick
McCord, Jennifer Parker, Judith Prince, Holle Schneider-Ricks, Anne Shelley, John Stockwell, Jack
Turner, and M.B. Ulmer, and Bill Word.
■ SIXTY TOP SCHOLARS WILL ENROLL AT USC THIS FALL: Sixty of the nation’s best and
brightest high school seniors have accepted offers for USC’s most prestigious scholarships, the Carolina Scholar and McNair Scholar awards. In South Carolina, 37 students
have been named Carolina Scholars and Carolina Scholar Finalists and will receive USC’s
most valuable and prestigious scholarship for S.C. students. Twenty-three students from
throughout the United States will attend the University as McNair Scholars and McNair
Scholar Finalists in USC’s most valuable scholarship program for out-of-state students.
Scholars and finalists from both programs are granted admission to the Honors College.
SAT scores average 1486 for the Carolina Scholars and 1478 for the McNair Scholars. “Because their academic accomplishments are coupled with a strong commitment to service
and leadership, these students have been sought by many of the nation’s most prestigious
universities, including those in the Ivy League, but they chose USC,” President Sorensen
said. “This shows that Carolina is highly desirable to students throughout the United States
and that the reputation of our Honors College is spreading among high school guidance
counselors and teachers in communities nationwide.”
■ JOURNALISM SCHOOL’S JACKSON NAMED TO IABC BOARD:
Pat Jackson, director of continuing education and special events in
the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, recently was
elected to the executive board of the International Association of
Business Communicators (IABC). Jackson will serve as director of
IABC’s District 2, which includes the Southeast. IABC is an organization of more than 13,000 business communicators around the world.
Jackson, a past president of the South Carolina IABC chapter, has
organized and conducted media training for thousands of mid-career
professionals during the past 15 years. As communications training
consultant and meeting planner, Jackson has conducted hundreds
of workshops for government and business clients from all over the
world. She was awarded the 2003 Southern Interscholastic Press
Association’s Distinguished Service award for her contributions to
state, regional, and national scholastic press associations.
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USC, Intel develop master’s
level engineering program
USC’s department of electrical engineering, joining with engineers
from Intel’s Columbia-based Design Center, will offer one of the
nation’s first master’s level programs in signal-integrity engineering
starting with the fall 2003 semester.
Intel proposed the new master’s specialty to USC engineering
faculty and co-developed the curriculum. Two engineers from Intel’s
Columbia center, both with extensive experience in signal-processing
engineering, will teach one of the initial two courses at the University
this academic year.
The master’s-level students will round out their program with eight
other electrical engineering courses. The program is already fully
subscribed, with 25 students.
Signal integrity refers to the challenge of ensuring that microprocessors and other high-speed computer and communications components intercommunicate dependably.
Paul Huray, a Carolina Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering, said the new program fits in well with the University’s drive
toward establishing more industrial partnerships.
“President Sorensen has been talking about industry collaboration,
and here is a perfect example that fits that mold,” he said. “Intel is
joining us on research proposals to the National Science Foundation,
and, as a result, we will advance the field together. This could lead to
many other things on campus.”
MICHAEL BROWN
Print ’em
Lt. Donald Garbade, USC Police Department, demonstrates the fingerprinting process for law-abiding Liane Delacruz, 13, during Adventures in Law and Criminology, a Carolina Master Scholars camp.
The 19 middle school students who attended the camp learned how
to examine and dissect crime from deception to trial.
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JULY 17, 2003
The S.C. National Guard University Readiness Center features meeting rooms, hospitality rooms for the soccer stadium, a basketball
court, and dressing rooms for athletic teams.
Armory relocates to new facility at USC Spartanburg
The S.C. Army National Guard has moved into its new headquarters at the S.C. National Guard University Readiness
Center on the campus of USC Spartanburg. The 228th Signal Brigade has begun drilling at the new facility.
“Through this one-of-a-kind partnership, the S.C. National Guard gains a new facility for its high-end signal corps
unit, and USC Spartanburg is provided with additional classrooms, special events locations, and support facilities for the
soccer stadium and other outdoor athletics venues,” said John C. Stockwell, chancellor of USC Spartanburg.
USC Spartanburg provided the land for the armory facility, which was constructed largely with federal funds, and the
state of South Carolina provided some funding for the facility. In exchange for the land, the National Guard donated its
former headquarters property to USC Spartanburg. The property will be sold to help defray some of the construction costs
for the facility.
The new facility has more than 50,000 indoor square feet in three stories and is situated on a 12-acre site on the
northern side of the campus. In addition to office space for the National Guard, the building also features multi-purpose
meeting room space, hospitality rooms for the soccer stadium, full kitchen facilities, a basketball court, dressing rooms
for athletic teams, and other facilities. Parking facilities and a parade ground will also be part of the center.
Forestry grant awarded
to Landscaping and
Environmental Services
USC’s Landscaping and Environmental
Services Department has been awarded
an Urban and Community Forestry grant
of $6,600 for training and travel for the
department’s arboriculture and landscaping supervisors and managers. The S.C.
Forestry Commission administers the
grant program and has awarded grants
totaling $230,000 to 33 recipients in
South Carolina.
The grants were awarded to county
and local governments, educational
institutions, civic groups, and nonprofit
organizations to establish or improve
urban forestry programs.
Employees of USC’s landscaping services department will attend an
arborist training school, arboriculture and
urban forestry workshops, and grounds
management seminars. The training will
benefit the department’s staff by exposing
employees to new techniques, research,
and hands-on training in the management
of the Columbia campus landscape.
The Urban and Community Forestry
Grant Assistance program is designed
to encourage public and private planting
and maintenance of trees, to improve the
understanding of the benefits of trees, and
to provide technical assistance to people
involved in the planning, development,
and maintenance of community forests.
The grant program is administered
jointly by the S.C. Forestry Commission
and the USDA Forest Service.
For information about USC’s landscaping program, contact Tom Knowles,
assistant director for Facility Services,
at 7-4036 or Tknowles@fmc.sc.edu. For
information on the grant program, call
Liz Gilland at 896-8864.
Student speak
■ Name: Mary Helen Floyd ■ Major: Theatre
■ Year: Graduate student ■ Hometown: Smithfield, N.C.
Q. Looks like you’re taking a break: sitting in Drayton Hall
Theater, drinking bottled water, trying to stay cool. What are you
doing this summer?
A. I’m an instructor with the Drama Conservatory. I’m working with
the older kids—grades six to 12—and they just left for lunch.
Q. What do you do when they’re here?
A. My focus at the conservatory is on voice and movement. There are
two instructors working with each group, which can be as many as 15
kids. This week’s group has nine. It’s great for the instructors to work
in teams: we’re all
theatre students; plus,
we’re all friends. Every
day we do voice warmup exercises with our
group of kids, stressing
how important it is to
‘keep your instrument
healthy.’ And we do
lots of improvisational
games. It’s really all
about their talents, their Mary Helen Floyd, center.
ideas. We let them play
and be imaginative, and then we help guide them and shape their ideas.
This afternoon, the kids in my group will practice their own version of
Romeo and Juliet. They’ll present it during a showcase performance for
their family and friends at the end of the week.
Q. When did the acting bug bite you?
A. When I was 4. I sang for my family, sang at church. Any opportunity at school that came up, anything that involved being in front of a
group, that was me. As soon as I got into high school, there were more
opportunities to act. Then I went to UNC Greensboro for a BFA in acting, and now to USC for an MFA.
Q. Have you been in any Theatre South Carolina productions?
A. Last season I played Daisy in Rhinoceros and Mary in The Crucible. For the upcoming season, I’ll be Doreen in Tartuffe in October.
Moliére is hilarious. Anyone who likes to laugh should see Tartuffe.
Q. What have you learned at the conservatory this summer?
A. I’ve been fascinated by the kids, their world, their struggles, their
issues. The scenarios and stories they come up with really illustrate what
their lives are like. I’ve also learned how to motivate kids in this age
group. This job has challenged me, and the kids have taught me a lot.
■ LAW CENTER ON PROFESSIONALISM EARNS NATIONAL ACCOLADE: The
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism at the USC School
of Law is one of three winners of this year’s E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism
Awards. The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Standing Committee on Professionalism, which will formally present the award in conjunction with the ABA’s
annual meeting Aug. 8 in San Francisco, cited the center’s “depth and excellence”
and “obvious commitment to professionalism.” “The ABA’s Gambrell Award is
the most prestigious award for a professionalism program to receive,” said Roy
Stuckey, director of USC’s center. “It ratifies our belief that the many people who
participate in the center’s initiatives are contributing toward a better future for our
students, the legal profession, and our society.” The center was established in
1999 with a gift of $1 million from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, which has
offices in the Carolinas and Georgia. The center hosts local and national programs
on professionalism and shares information with many other organizations that
work to enhance the professionalism of lawyers in the United States and abroad.
■ GAMMA PHI BETA TO CREATE COLONY AT USC: Gamma Phi Beta
Sorority Inc. has been invited to join the campus as the 10th National
Pan-Hellenic Conference sorority. Colonization will occur in the fall of
2004. “Gamma Phi Beta is excited about the opportunity for growth
at the University of South Carolina,” said Jana Nobles, the sorority’s
director of collegiate extension. “This is a great University, and we
are eager to become a part of its community.” In addition to Gamma
Phi Beta international assistance, the new colony will have the local
support of the Columbia alumnae chapter. The sorority will have an
extension recruitment, headed by Nobles, creating an entirely new
chapter. The sorority’s international headquarters are in Centennial,
Colo. Founded in 1874 in Syracuse, N.Y., the sorority’s mission is to
foster a nurturing environment that provides women the opportunity
to achieve their potential through lifelong commitment to intellectual
growth, individual worth, and service to humanity.
■ YOUNG ALUMNI PLAN SPORTS PREVIEW PARTY: The Young
Alumni Council of the Carolina Alumni Association will hold its
annual Gamecock sports preview party from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug.
7 in the Moore Building at the State Fairgrounds. The event will
feature football coaches Lou and Skip Holtz, track and field coach
Curtis Frye, men’s soccer coach Mark Berson, associate women’s
soccer coach Jamie Smith, and volleyball coach Kim Christopher. Cocky and the cheerleaders also will attend. The event will
include dinner, door prizes, and bar. Carolina Alumni Association
members can purchase two tickets for $30 each by calling the
alumni association at 7-4111. The Young Alumni Council is made
up of alumni who finished USC in the past 10 years. Membership
in the alumni association is $40 for a single membership and $50
for a joint membership (two people living at the same address).
Life memberships also are available.
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‘Literary Tour’ puts S.C. authors on the map
Rosemarie
Booze,
right, with a
student on
her research
team.
BY LARRY WOOD
MICHAEL BROWN
HIV/cocaine research could
lead to treatment of dementia
BY CHRIS HORN
A USC psychology professor’s research on the braineroding effects of HIV infection and cocaine use is uncovering potential new treatment options for Parkinson’s,
Alzheimer’s, and related neurological diseases.
Rosemarie Booze, who holds the Bicentennial Chair
in Behavioral Neuroscience, is being funded by the
National Institutes of Health to map out the cellular
mechanisms by which HIV and cocaine team up to ravage brain tissue in women. Women who intravenously
abuse cocaine represent the fastest-growing population of
new HIV infections in the United States.
For reasons still unknown, women who contract HIV
and abuse cocaine usually suffer from a faster progression of HIV to AIDS, often experiencing mental dementia
during the end stages of the disease.
“We’ve found that cocaine and methamphetamine
increase the toxicity of HIV in the brain,” Booze said.
“Antiviral drugs have transformed HIV into a chronic
disease, but the virus can find sanctuary in the brain,
where medications have difficulty penetrating. And the
virus—particularly when it’s coupled with cocaine—can
cause a lot of damage in the brain.”
To study the specific cellular effects of HIV and
cocaine in brain tissue, Booze’s research lab is examining
normal and HIV-positive brain samples removed during
autopsies. The research team also is using animal models
and Petri dish specimens to determine the levels of
estrogen present in brain tissue and to examine individual
neurons to see how estrogen protects them from HIV.
“We’ve learned that estrogen can protect neurons
against viral toxins, but we also know that an HIV
infection decreases estrogen levels,” Booze said. “We’re
interested in exploring a new potential treatment with
hormone-like drugs that could have implications for all dementia diseases, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.”
Once developed and proven effective, these hormonelike medications could replace or complement current
antiviral drugs, which often have many unpleasant side
effects, Booze said.
Booze joined USC’s Department of Psychology last
summer from the University of Kentucky and brought
with her two research assistant professors and two
research associates.
She is planning collaborations with School of Medicine researchers and other neuroscientists interested in
clinical research.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Ever wonder about John Jakes, Mickey Spillane, or Sue Monk Kidd’s connection to South Carolina? A new literary map of the
state can point book lovers in the right direction.
“The South Carolina Literary Tour,” designed to look like a foldable road map, features about 200 authors from each of
the state’s 46 counties. The Palmetto Book Alliance, co-sponsored by USC’s School of Library and Information Science in the
College of Mass Communications and Information Studies
and the S.C. State Library, published the map last spring
for distribution at welcome centers, schools, and libraries.
Graduate students in the school also have created an electronic map online to complement the print version.
“A research committee worked for about two and a half
years to gather every single name we could and as much
information as possible,” said Pat Feehan, an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science and
one of the coordinators of the project. “Our criteria included
any writer who was born in South Carolina, wrote about
South Carolina, or had a connection to South Carolina.
“The idea was that academics could pick up the map and
say, ‘Wow, look at this. I didn’t know South Carolina had
all these historians and journalists and African-American
authors.’ And families could pick up the map and find an
extensive list of children’s authors. They might say, ‘Look,
here’s Betsy Byars. Hey, kids, we just read the Betsy Byars
books. She’s from the Upstate and has won awards for her
literature.’”
The front of the map, which can be hung as a wall poster,
features the names of some of the state’s most well-known
writers—Pat Conroy, Josephine Humphreys, Dori Sanders—and notes their genres or influences.
The back of the map lists authors county-by-county and
includes birth and death dates and a scattering of photographs and literary quotes. “Tom Johnson from the South
Caroliniana Library worked to make sure every county is
represented,” Feehan said. “It’s very thorough.”
The back also includes separate lists for writers of literaCopies of “The South Carolina Literary Tour” are available
at the S.C. State Library on Senate Street in Columbia.
ture for children and youth, African-American writers, and
dramatists writing for stage, screen, radio, and television.
“This had never been done before,” Feehan said. “It’s like ‘one-stop shopping’ for literary information.”
Liz Qunell, information resources consultant, and students in the School of Library and Information Science maintain the
online map, which features more detailed information about many of the authors with links to their homepages, biographies,
photographs, publishers, and lists of works. To visit the online map, go to www.scpalmettobookalliance.org.
“The online map is a work in progress,” Feehan said. “We can keep it up-to-date and inclusive as we add new names.”
The literary map committee included several USC faculty and staff members. Johnson and Dianne Johnson, English, volunteered as scholars-advisors, gathering biographical information about the authors. Bob Ellis, Institute for Southern Studies;
Camille McCutcheon, coordinator for library instruction, USC Spartanburg; and Laura Zaidman, a retired English professor from
USC Sumter, consulted on the project.
“I think we fulfilled our goal of making it every person’s map,” Feehan said. “It’s about cultural pride, too, gathering all of our
literary heritage together in one place in two formats. We’re saying, ‘Hey, world, you probably didn’t know that we have so many
great authors in our state.’”
Larry Wood can be reached at 7-3478 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
GINT is now Department of Political Science
The Department of Government and International Studies has changed its name to the Department of Political Science. The new name became effective July 1.
Department chair Harvey Starr said the name change came on the heels of the University’s Strategic Directions and Initiatives Committee report. Departmental faculty, under the
initiative of former College of Liberal Arts Dean Joan Stewart, discussed the department’s
size and composition and then suggested the new name, Starr said. It became effective after
approval by the dean, provost, president, and the USC Board of Trustees (See story page 1).
Starr
Starr said the department will continue to offer graduate and undergraduate degrees in
political science, international studies, and public administration, including American politics, comparative politics, international politics, methodology, political theory, and public policy and administration.
JULY 17, 2003
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USC Aiken Cultural
Series features music,
movies, and ballet
Staff spotlight
■ Name: Amy S. Lanier
■ Title: Administrative coordinator
■ Department: Dean’s Office, College of
Nursing
■ Years at USC: Three and a half
■ Background: BA journalism, USC, 1991
■ What did you do before coming to USC?
I was a closing coordinator for a law firm
here in Columbia. Then I had a baby and
stayed home for about nine months, then I
came to USC.
■ What are your current duties? I’m the
assistant to the dean, which means managing
the office, drafting speeches, and planning
alumni events and
any other special
events within the
college. I’m also the
interim director of
development. The
college runs three
health care centers
in Columbia, and I
assist in the manageLanier
ment and coordination of those centers:
Children and Family Health Care Center,
Primary Care Partners (located in Thomson
Student Health Center), and the Women’s
Health Care Center. I also assist in the
direction of the college’s Cockcroft Nursing
Leadership Program. This year we have one
of the largest groups we’ve ever had for that
program—15 participants, including two
USC doctoral students in nursing. I’m also
the editor of the College’s alumni publication, USC Nurse.
■ How is that publication distributed? By
mail, in the past, but that newsletter is going
online soon. We have 6,000 alumni, and it
would be great to send them electronic versions of USC Nurse. Also, if we get a listserv,
I can send out e-mail about big grant news
and other things happening in the college.
■ What lies in the near future for the
rest of the college? I see us continuing to improve our information technology resources
for our students. Our client lab here is state of
the art—we just renovated that—and we are
updating computer systems. We’re doing well
in terms of keeping up with the technological
times.
■ What are your personal interests? I have
fallen in love with yard work. We just bought
a new home, and the yard was landscaped
when we bought it. They did a great job, so,
we’re really just maintaining the yard, but
we’re really enjoying it. My husband, Robert,
is a lieutenant in the warrant division with
the Richland County Sheriff’s Department,
and we have a 4-year-old daughter, Kaylin.
We love going to the lake. I’d love to read
more, but I don’t have the chance. And I love
to dance—I was a junior shagger from sixth
grade until I graduated from high school. I
traveled to the beach almost every weekend
to compete. After my senior year in high
school, my partner and I were selected as featured dancers for the movie Shag. I was born
and grew up in Columbia. My family’s here,
and I enjoy spending time with them.
Know of someone who would make a
good subject for the Staff spotlight?
Call Larry Wood at 7-3478 or e-mail
larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
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JUNE 19, 2003
MICHAEL BROWN
The library’s Allen Stokes and Robin Copp help people researching their own or others’ pasts.
South Caroliniana Library is
mainstay for S.C. genealogists
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
Brent Holcombe never expected to find what amounted to a genealogical gold nugget 20
years ago when the Columbia professional genealogist was going through 18th-century
issues of The Charleston Times newspaper in USC’s South Caroliniana Library.
He was merely gathering information for a book listing marriage and death notices that
had been published in the paper. Then he happened upon a letter to the editor that turned
out to be a key to the lineage of one of South Carolina’s largest families.
The letter, from a minister in Dutch Fork
concerning one of the older members of his congregation who had died, contained information
Resources include
about descendants of the parishioner’s family.
wealth of materials
In addition to noting the congregation member’s name, Margaret Shealy, the letter noted that
The South Caroliniana Library’s
she and her husband had come to America from
holdings include published and
Germany in 1752 and that he had died in 1775.
unpublished materials in the
books and manuscripts divisions,
“Margaret Shealy’s given name had not been
including Depression-era Works
previously known, and she was the ancestor of
Progress Administration cemetery
every Shealy in South Carolina,” Holcombe
and church records dating from the
said. “She had thousands of descendants, but
17th century; a number of profesnothing indicated what her first name was until
sional collections, including that
we found that letter, which was virtually an
of Leonardo Andrea, one of South
obituary notice.”
Carolina’s best known genealogists
The discovery of the letter was one of scores
in the 1950s; published family
of similar finds by genealogists who draw on the
histories; vital statistics compiled
collections of the University’s South Carolinfrom newspapers; compilations
iana Library, one of the state’s more valuable
of state genealogical societies;
published collections of courthouse
resources for people researching their own and
records; genealogical newsletters;
others’ pasts.
church histories; a large collection
The library’s holdings complement those at
of newspapers; indexes to census
the State Archives, the depository for the official
records; collections of family
records of the state, and researchers often work
papers; and plantation records and
in both places, said Allen Stokes, who recently
journals.
retired as University librarian for special collections (See story page 8).
Stokes thinks of the library as a research
mainstay often used in conjunction with other agencies such as the S.C. Historical Society
in Charleston and the Methodist Archives at Wofford College which hold collections about
particular areas.
“There has been a huge amount of material published in the last three decades to aid
people doing genealogical research, and we get as much of it as we can,” said Stokes, who
compared genealogical research to working on a crossword puzzle or looking for a bridge
that will link two sides of a valley.
Of the library’s total collections, about 25 percent of the holdings are of specific interest
to genealogists.
Robin Copp, head of the library’s books division, often assists individuals doing genealogical research. She usually advises people who are just beginning a quest of their family’s
heritage to start at the State Archives.
The archives’ records include immigration records; wills; deeds; vital statistics; records
of the courts of common pleas, equity, and general sessions; the council journals for the
18th century (the upper house of the General Assembly); and other legislative records for
that period.
“When doing genealogy, you start with yourself and work backwards through legal
records like wills and deeds,” she said. “Then you can come to the South Caroliniana
Library for our family histories and newspapers. If you know an approximate date of death,
for example, you can go through the newspapers and see if an obituary was written. Our
role is to help flesh out family histories.”
People usually want to research their families to leave a record for their children or
grandchildren, Copp said, although other reasons include wanting to get into a lineage
organization such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, confirming where distant
relatives lived, verifying a family story passed down through the generations, or wanting to
get a better sense of themselves and where they came from.
USC Aiken has announced the schedule for the
2003–04 Cultural Series at the Etherredge Center.
Performances include:
■ The Aspen Ensemble, 8 p.m. Oct. 17. The Aspen
Ensemble offers a wide repertoire using multiple
combinations of their instruments that range from
duos to quintets. The ensemble performs works by
Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Boulez, Brahms, Debussy,
Dvorak, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert, and Schumann,
among others. The ensemble’s members are Rita
Sloan, piano; Nadine Asin, flute; David Perry, violin;
Victoria Chiang, viola; and Michael Mermagen,
cello. Members have performed with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York
Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera.
■ Philharmonia of the Nations with Robert McDuffie, violinist, 8 p.m. Nov. 7. When
conductor/pianist Justus Frantz founded The Philharmonia of the Nations in 1995, he was motivated
by a vision to demonstrate the abilities of different
peoples to work together in peace and harmony.
With this goal, he brought together gifted artists
from more than 40 countries and five continents to
create a musical community committed to interpretive and artistic excellence. McDuffie is a Grammynominated artist who has been profiled on NBC’s
Today, CBS Sunday Morning, and A&E’s Breakfast
with the Arts.
■ Mancini at the Movies, starring Monica
Mancini, 8 p.m. Feb. 6, 2004. The performance is
a multimedia tribute to Academy Award–winning
composer Henry Mancini. Mancini’s daughter,
Monica, will perform many of her father’s songs,
including “Moon River,” “The Days of Wine and
Roses,” and “Charade.” The program also will include clips from Mancini’s movies and behind-thescenes video. The Henry Mancini Institute Alumni
Orchestra also will perform.
■ Moscow Festival Ballet in Don Quixote, 8 p.m.
Feb. 27, 2004. The Moscow Festival Ballet, under
the artistic direction of Sergei Radchenko, features
leading dancers from across Russia and stars from
the Bolshoi and Kirov ballets. The ensemble performed Swan Lake at USC Aiken in 2001.
■ Bowfire, 8 p.m. March 19, 2004. Bowfire is a
total violin experience, bringing together accomplished violinists and fiddlers whose styles include
classical, jazz, bluegrass, gypsy, and Celtic music.
Assembled by jazz violinist Lenny Solomon, the
ensemble includes 11 violinists, piano, bass, drums,
guitar, and cello.
Season tickets are available at several levels. For
more information, call the Etherredge Center box
office at 803-641-3305.
Music school to offer
lessons for the public
The School of Music will offer lessons in voice,
piano, and instruments to the public this fall through
its Community Music Program for children and
adults.
The registration deadline is Sept. 1, but late
registrations will be accepted based on space availability.
The program will feature private lessons in
voice, piano, woodwind instruments, brass instruments, percussion, classical guitar, and advanced
strings. Students must be 14 or older to take voice
lessons, 6 or older for piano, and 10 or older for
other instruments.
Tuition is $180 for 12 private, half-hour lessons
and $335 for 12 hour-long lessons.
Lessons are scheduled weekly after school and
in the evenings. Classes during the day also are
available for home-schooled students and adults.
The lessons are taught at the School of Music.
For more information and to register, call Sara
Beardsley, School of Music, at 7-5369.
calendar
concerts
mckissick museum
■ July 19 Sizzlin’ Summer Concert Series: Friends Band with Fred and
Bunny, variety, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, Downtown Columbia, free. Concerts in the series will be held Saturday nights through August 29 and
will feature a variety of music including
beach, big band, Latin, jazz, swing, and
rock and roll. Picnics are welcomed;
however, glass containers, pets, grills,
and radios are not permitted in the park
during the concerts.
■ Through Sept. 7 “Sharing the Chores: Works on Paper by Jonathan
Green,” an exhibition of 12 hand-drawn lithographs and one hand-pulled
serigraph given to the museum by S.C. artist Jonathan Green and Richard Weedman, manager of Jonathan Green Studios Inc.
exhibits
■ Through Spring 2004 “Considerable Grace: Fifteen Years of South
Carolina Folk Heritage Awards,” an exhibition celebrating the contributions of past recipients of the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award,
created by the S.C. Legislature in 1986 to recognize lifetime achievement
in the state for traditional folk art.
■ July 26 Sizzlin’ Summer Concert
Series: Mystic Vibrations, reggae,
7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, free.
■ Aug. 2 Sizzlin’ Summer Concert
Series: Willie Crespo Y Salsarengue,
latin and salsa; Sabor! The Latin Jazz
Project, Latin jazz, salsa, and funk;
and Salsa Cabana Dancers, 7–10 p.m.,
Finlay Park, free.
Ross Holmes brings Big
Band and swing to Finlay
Park Aug. 9.
■ Aug. 9 Sizzlin’ Summer Concert Series: Ross Holmes Band, big
band and swing, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, free.
This lion’s head, carved from wood and covered with gold, was part of
King Tut’s bed. It can be seen at the State Museum through Aug 15.
Other campus event information
can be found on the USC Calendar
of Events at http://events.sc.edu.
■ Through Aug. 15 State Museum: “Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things
from the Pharaoh’s Tomb,” exhibit includes 126 replicas of dazzling
objects from the tomb of Egypt’s boy king, $3 plus regular museum
admission. The museum is located at 301 Gervais St. and is open
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. Museum
admission for adults ages 18–61 is $5; seniors 62 and over $4; college
and military ID $4; children 3–12 $3; and children 2 and under free.
Admission is $1 the first Sunday of every month. For more information,
call the museum at 898-4921.
Poised
to play
Band camp
percussionists
find it’s easier to
keep the beat in
the heat when
you’re standing
in the shadow of
the Koger Center.
More than 400
kids in grades
7 through 12
attended School
of Music camps
in June.
MICHAEL BROWN
Koger Center offers Broadway series
At right, by Clara (Kitty) Couch of Burnsville, N.C., “Earth Series LXII,” terracotta
vessel with surface color, 2002. Below, by Philip Morsberger of Augusta, Ga.,
“The Green Years,” oil on canvas, 1992–96.
Season tickets are on sale now for the new Broadway series at
the Koger Center. The series begins in October and will feature
such well-known productions as Cats and Les Miserables. The
price for a season subscription ranges from $102 to $202.
About 700 season subscriptions were sold the first day the
tickets became available. About 2,250 seats are available for
each show. Tickets to individual shows will be available later.
The season will feature:
■ Stomp, Oct. 3-5
■ Les Miserables, Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 2004
■ Grease, April 10, 2004
■ Cats, May 18-19, 2004
For tickets, call 799-5055.
Contemporary concepts
“The Felt Moment” is on view at the Columbia Museum of Art
through Sept. 14. The exhibit presents 82 pieces by 16 contemporary artists from the Highlands/Asheville area and the
cities of Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Rock Hill, Augusta, Charleston,
and Columbia. Co-curated by Tom Stanley, director of Winthrop
University Galleries, the exhibit brings new audiences to the work
of exceptional artists of the region. The Columbia Museum of Art
is located in downtown Columbia on the northwest corner of Main
and Hampton streets. Museum hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday–Saturday and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. The Museum is open Friday
nights until 9 p.m. Admission is $5 adults, $4 senior citizens, $2
students, and free to children five and under. Admission is free
every Saturday. For more information, call 799-2810.
■ LIST YOUR EVENTS: The TIMES calendar welcomes
submissions of listings for campus events. Listings should
include a name and phone number so we can follow up
if necessary. Items should be sent to TIMES Calendar
at University Publications, 920 Sumter St., e-mailed to
kdowell@gwm.sc.edu, or faxed to 7-8212. If you have questions, call Kathy Dowell at 7-3686. The deadline for receipt of
information is 11 days prior to the publication date of issue.
Remaining publication dates for 2003 are Aug. 7 and 28,
Sept. 11 and 25, Oct. 9 and 23, Nov. 6 and 20, and Dec. 11.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program
sponsor.
JUNE 19, 2003
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■ USC’S UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES NAMES OFFICERS: Charles T. Cole Jr.,
palmetto regional president of Wachovia Bank, has been elected president of
the University of South Carolina University Associates for 2003 and 2004. Other
new officers are president-elect J. Donald Dial Jr., attorney with Haynsworth
Sinkler Boyd; vice president C. Whitaker Moore, a realtor with Coldwell Banker
United Realtors; and secretary-treasurer J. Cantey Heath Jr., senior director of
development at USC. University Associates is an organization of Midlands business, community, and professional leaders who are committed to supporting
and promoting USC.
■ SUMMER CHORUS II TO PERFORM: The Summer Chorus II will perform
Robert Schumann’s Requiem and Dvôrak’s Te Deum Aug. 3 and 5 in the School
of Music Recital Hall. Larry Wyatt will conduct. Doctoral student Randy Imler
will assist. For more information, call the USC Choral Department at 7-5369.
■ DINING SCHEDULE SET FOR SUMMER: The following
on-campus dining units will operate on a regular schedule through the end of Summer II on Aug. 8:
• Sidewalk Cafe, 7:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday–Thursday
• Pandinis, 7:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday and
11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Friday
• Sub Connection, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Monday–Friday
• Zia Juice, 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.
■ TUFFORD NAMED TO AUDUBON ADVISORY BOARD:
Daniel L. Tufford, a researcher in USC’s Department of
Biological Sciences, has been named to the first advisory
board of Audubon South Carolina. The Audubon mission
is to enhance habitats for birds and other wildlife and to
provide education on conservation.
Vacation pictures needed by Aug. 18
TIMES will publish its ninth-annual vacation photo
spread Aug. 28. To be included, please send photos
by Aug. 18 to Vacation Photos, c/o TIMES, University
Publications, War Memorial. Be creative and, if possible,
include yourself in the picture. Happy shooting.
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Jean C. Titus Memorial Fund established
A memorial fund has been established to honor the late Jean Titus, a
manager in the USC Columbia human resources department for more
than 30 years.
Until her death in January, Titus was employment manager for the
campus, reviewing all employment applications and directing employee placement. Titus’ husband, Don, is working with the University’s
development office to determine how the Jean C. Titus Memorial Fund
will best reflect his wife’s commitment to the University.
Titus
Contributions to the fund can be mailed to the USC Development
Office, 608 Byrnes Building. To make a contribution online, click on the “Make your gift to
USC” button found on the USC home page, complete the form, and type Jean C. Titus Memorial Fund in the “gifts description” space.
For more information, contact Catherine Newman at 7-4092 or newmanca@gwm.sc.edu.
Sculpture
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original sculpture. This is the first time in nearly 40 years that they’ve been together.”
The sculpture featured two fillies, one rearing on her hind legs and the other bucking with
front hooves planted on the ground. The horse on its hind legs was the one missing since the
original theft in 1965.
Workers clearing residential property in Richland County found the horse and, through a
mutual friend, passed it along to Burt Ward, an associate engineer in USC’s technical fabrication
shop. He checked with the art department, which immediately confirmed that the mysterious
metal horse did, indeed, belong to USC.
“We had a rededication last year when we restored the other filly,” said Charles R. Mack, an
art history professor. “Now, once we get this one restored, we’ll have to have a re-rededication.”
Repairing the long-lost horse will take some expert assistance, Dunn said. The rear legs were
hacksawed from the original base so the lower portions of those legs must be re-created.
The already restored filly is on display in the McMaster College courtyard, and text panels
documenting the history of the sculpture can be viewed inside the building. The long-delayed
return of the second horse adds yet another chapter to the sculpture’s storied past.
Merger
Increase
economy by creating high-tech jobs. The University will have
to match the lottery funds dollar-for-dollar within 18 months.
The state allocated $30 million from the lottery this year
and for the next four years to be shared among USC, Clemson, and MUSC.
Sorensen said he has presented a proposal for a research
campus to Bob Faith, state secretary of commerce, and his staff.
“There was a great deal of excitement in the secretary’s
office, and Secretary Faith expressed interest in working with
us in approaching the Legislature,” he said. “If we could have
the governor’s office and governor’s cabinet and the University all working together as a team, we probably would be
more successful than we were this year.”
Legislators in the state House of Representatives intro-
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slated for completion next summer.
In other business, the board approved a name change
for the Department of Government and International
Studies to the Department of Political Science and for the
Department of Health Administration to the Department
of Health Services, Policy, and Management.
Board members also were informed of plans to add
another women’s sport in fall 2006. Athletics director
Mike McGee said several sports, including lacrosse, rowing, and gymnastics, were being considered.
In his report to the board, President Sorensen said the
University expects to end the current fiscal year with more
JULY 17, 2003
Bobby Gist, left, executive assistant to the president for equal opportunity programs, recently
presented proceeds from USC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Gospel Fest to the I. DeQuincey Newman
Institute for Peace and Change. Pictured with Gist are Sadye Logan, the I. DeQuincey Newman
Chair Professor in social work, and Wallace Brown, chair of the institute’s board. The Newman
Institute was conceived in partnership with the University, the College of Social Work, and
interested community groups to improve human relations and services in the public’s interest.
The late Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman was South Carolina’s first black state senator since
Reconstruction.
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facility, which is closing, will move to the Children’s Center
the next week. After all those children are enrolled, the center
will open to the public.
As of late June, 120 of 200 spaces had been filled, and the
toddler and infant class had started a waiting list. The center’s
second floor, which will be used for research, is proceeding
on schedule.
In his remarks, Sorensen said the University is actively
recruiting a professor in nanotechnology for a new $4 million
endowed chair in nanotechnology. USC also received $5
million to create a joint chair with the Medical University of
South Carolina (MUSC) in brain imaging.
The chairs, funded with money from the lottery, will help
the University attract top researchers and boost the state’s
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MLK committee supports Newman Institute
duced a reform package in early April to change state laws
to allow USC, Clemson, and MUSC to focus on research
development. Sorensen proposed a five-million-square-foot
research campus adjacent to the University campus to stimulate economic development and attract world-class researchers to Columbia.
“We were enormously successfully in the House of Representatives,” Sorensen said. “We were singularly unsuccessful in
the Senate. We need to begin to work immediately to construct
strategies that might make us more effective in the Senate.”
The next Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3 p.m.
Sept. 3 in the School of Law Auditorium following the fall
General Faculty Meeting at 2 p.m. in the auditorium.
Vol. 14, No.11
than $130 million in research funding—a record amount
and substantial increase from last year’s $109 million.
Sponsored program and research funding at the other seven
campuses was up 35 percent from a year ago, he said.
Sorensen also said three proposals are being developed
for future consideration for a new baseball stadium. The
first option involves the University buying the Farmer’s
Market property on Bluff Road and building a stadium
there; a second option involves a joint City of Columbia/
Columbia Bombers/USC development of a new stadium
on the corner of Huger and Blossom streets; and a third
option centers on refurbishing the current Sarge Frye Field.
July 17, 2003
TIMES is published 20 times a year for the faculty and staff of the University of South Carolina by the Department of University Publications, Laurence W. Pearce, director.
Director of Periodicals: Chris Horn
Managing Editor: Larry Wood
Design Editor: Betty Lynn Compton
Senior Writers: Marshall Swanson, Kathy Henry Dowell
Photographers: Michael Brown, Kim Truett
To reach us: 7-8161 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Campus Correspondents: Office of Media Relations, USC Columbia; Deidre Martin, Aiken;
Marlys West, Beaufort; Sherry Greer, Lancaster; Jane Brewer, Salkehatchie; Tammy Whaley,
Spartanburg; Tom Prewett, Sumter; Terry Young, Union.
The University of South Carolina provides equal opportunity and affirmative action in education and employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, disability, or veteran status. The University of South Carolina has designated
as the ADA and Section 504 coordinator the Executive Assistant to the President for Equal
Opportunity Programs.
■ JOB VACANCIES: For up-to-date
information on USC Columbia vacancies, access the human resources Web
page, http://hr.sc.edu, or visit the employment office, 508 Assembly St. For
positions at other campuses, contact
the personnel office at that campus.
■ FIDLER REMEMBERED FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO USC: Paul P.
Fidler, professor emeritus of higher education at USC, died June 22 in Boston,
Mass., after a long illness. A memorial service was held July 1 at Trenholm Road
United Methodist Church in Columbia. Fidler retired from the University on June
30, 1999. “He will be remembered at USC and in the national higher education
community for his many accomplishments and the unassuming manner in which
he performed them, transcending his work on the Columbia campus,” said John
Gardner, senior fellow for the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC and executive director of the Policy Center
on the First Year of College at Brevard College in Brevard, N.C. Fidler, a native of
Elkins, W.Va., was raised in Beaufort and first came to USC in 1961 on active duty
Fidler
with the U.S. Navy, stationed with the Naval ROTC department. Fidler received
his undergraduate education at Duke University, his master’s degree from USC, and his doctorate from
Florida State University. Fidler held a variety of senior administrative posts during nearly four decades in the
University’s Division of Student Affairs.
Chemistry prof earns
Governor’s Award
Richard D. Adams, an internationally
known researcher and director of the
NanoCenter at USC, has been awarded
the 2003 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science.
The award, which recognizes an individual or team in South Carolina that
has made significant contributions to
science, is the latest in a string of honors
for Adams, who came to USC in 1984
from Yale University.
“Dr. Richard Adams has made
significant contributions to the field of
science and the University of South
Carolina and, thus, to the state of South
Carolina,” Gov. Mark Sanford said in
presenting the award to Adams.
Adams, who also is the Arthur S.
Williams Professor of Chemistry at USC,
is the recipient of a senior scientist award
from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany, a winner of the American Chemical Society’s national award for inorganic
chemistry in 1999, and the recipient of
the American Chemical Society’s Southern Chemist award in 2000.
“The University of South Carolina
has provided great opportunities for me
to do research in chemistry,” Adams
said. “I am most grateful for the support
and encouragement that I have received
over the years. Science and science
education are vitally important to the
economic development of the state.”
Adams earned his bachelor’s degree
in chemistry from Penn State University
and his doctorate in chemistry from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Charles Poole, physics and astronomy, and Frank J.
Owens (U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center),
Introduction to Nanotechnology, Wiley, Hoboken, N.J.
Vince Connors, biology, Spartanburg, “The schistosome-snail interaction: Factors
involved in host immunodefense activation and parasite killing in susceptible and
resistant Biomphalaria glabrata,” Taxonomy, ecology, and evolution of metazoanparasites, C. Combes and J. Jourdane, editors, PUP Perpignan, France.
Island, Fla., and, same conference, “Relationships among mental health, physical
health and regional body fat distribution in HIV-infected individuals.”
Juanita Villena-Alvarez, foreign languages, Beaufort, “Treasure Trove: Tapping Into
the Fourteen U.S. Department of Education Title VI Language Resource Centers,”
International Business, Language, and Technology: New Synergies, New Times
Conference, Miami, Fla.
Pamela Rogers Melton, law, “Let Me ‘Edutain’ You: Game Shows in the Classroom,”
Conference for Law School Computing, Durham, N.C., and, with Rebekah Maxwell,
■ ARTICLES: Barbara A. Ainsworth, exercise science, Kelly R. Evenson, Wayne D.
law, “Legal Research on the Free Web,” Effective Research Strategies for the Legal
Rosamond, Jianwen Cai, and Mark A. Pereira, “Occupational Physical Activity in the
Professional in South Carolina, Columbia.
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study,” Annals of Epidemiology.
Terry K. Peterson, education, “Maximizing the Impact and Connections of
Andrew Graciano, art, “Shedding New Botanical Light on Joseph Wright’s Portrait
Afterschool Programs,” Iowa/Minnesota Annual Meeting on Community Educaof Brooke Boothby: Rousseauian Pleasure versus Medicinal Utility,” Zeitschrift für
tion, Mason City, Iowa, and, with Ken Robinson (Getty Trust), “Designing Schools
Kunstgeschichte.
as Community Resources,” Better Schools/Better Neighborhood Symposium, Los
Walter Piegorsch and R. Webster West, statistics, and Wei Pan (U.S. NOAA), “Exact
Angeles, Calif.
one-sided simultaneous confidence bands via Uusipaikka’s method,” Annals of the
Catherine Murphy, chemistry and
Institute of Statistical Mathematics.
biochemistry, “Seed-Mediated Growth
Suzanne McDermott, family and
Approach to Metallic Nanorods and
preventive medicine, R. Moran, and
Nanowires in Aqueous Solution,” MaS. Butkus, “Getting, Sustaining, and
terials Research Society International
Losing a Job for Individuals with Mental
Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., also,
Retardation,” Journal of Vocational
“Thin Film & Crystal Growth MechaRehabilitation.
nisms,” Gordon Research Conference,
Cheryl L. Addy, epidemiology and
South Hadley, Mass.
biostatistics, Barbara E. Ainsworth and
George Geckle, English, “Staging
J. Larry Durstine, exercise science, KaShakespeare’s Contemporaries: A Tamtrina D. DuBose (exercise science docburlaine for the 1990s,” Shakespeare
toral student), and Michael J. LaMonte,
Association of America 2003 Meeting,
“Lifestyle Versus Structured Physical
Victoria, British Columbia.
Activity and the Metabolic Syndrome,”
Jennifer S. Parker and Todd Morton,
Medical Science Sport Exercise.
psychology, Spartanburg, “Race, IntelLou Edward Matthews, education,
ligence, Family Income and Social/
“Babies Overboard! The Complexities
Emotional Problems in Distinguishing
of Incorporating Culturally Relevant
Between Early Onset and Late Onset
Teaching into Mathematics Instruction,”
Male Delinquency,” S.C. Psychological
Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Association, Myrtle Beach.
George Geckle, English, “Review of
Arthur Mitchell, history, Salkehatchie,
the Young Vic & Natural Nylon Theatre
“Hugh O’Brien and the Rise of the
Company Doctor Faustus, London,”
Boston Irish,” American Conference for
Shakespeare Bulletin.
Irish Studies, St. Paul, Minn.
Harvey Starr, political science, “The
Nancy K. Freeman, education, StephaPower of Place and the Future of Spatial
nie Feeney (University of Hawaii), and
Analysis in the Study of Conflict,” ConEva Moravcik (Honolulu Community
flict Management and Peace Science.
College), “Ethics and the Early ChildMichael Witkoski, journalism, “Media
hood Teacher Educator: A draft addenUnlimited,” Magill’s Literary Annual,
dum for your consideration,” National
2003, and, same publication, “The
Association for the Education of Young
Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the
Children Professional Development
I just met with public relations, but I don’t think I got any of it on me.
Senate.”
Institute, Portland, Ore., and, same
conference, with Mac H. Brown, educaEllen Roberts, G. Paul Eleazer, and
tion,
“Keeping assessment authentic in
Sara J. Corwin, geriatrics, “Impact of a
a standards-driven, high stakes political climate.”
Grant to Enhance Physician Education: Mobilizing the Medical School for Academic
Geriatrics,” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, and, same journal, “Use of
Vitaly Rassolov, chemistry and biochemistry, “A Geminal Model Chemistry,” Great
Older Adults as Teachers for Medical Students: An Overview of Programs Funded
Lakes Regional American Chemical Society, Chicago, Ill.
Through the Hartford-AAMC Project,” also, with R. Boland, “Changes in Medical
Gary J. Senn, Ruth Patrick Science Center, Aiken, and Thomas J.C. Smyth,
Students’ Attitudes Toward Caring for Older Patients.”
education, Aiken, “Preservice Teachers Pre-teaching with Technology,” International
Barbara E. Ainsworth and J. Larry Durstine, exercise science, Katrina D. DuBose
Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Fla.
(exercise science doctoral candidate), P.W. Grandjean, J.K. Taylor, Michael J.
Nena Powell Rice, S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, “Working
LaMonte, Paul G. Davis, and Jared P. Reis, “Triglyceride Concentrations, HDL Particle
Together: Archaeology in Global Perspective,” World Archaeological Conference,
Size & HDL Profile Scores in Women: The Cross-Cultural Activity Participation
Washington, D.C.
Survey,” Medical Science Sport Exercise, and, same journal, “Cardiorespiratory
Fitness and Hemostatic Factors: The Cross-Cultural Activity Participation Study”
■ OTHER: David A. Rotholz, Center for Disability Resources, elected to board of
and “Triglyceride Concentrations, LDL Particle Size & Profile Scores in Women: The
directors, Executive Committee, for American Association on Mental Retardation.
Cross-Cultural Activity Participation Survey.”
Thomas McConnell, English, Spartanburg, chosen as a Belle W. Baruch Visiting
Ward Briggs, languages, literatures, and cultures, “Frederic Melvin Wheelock
Scholar for 2003 by the Board of Trustees of Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown County.
(1902–1987),” Classical Outlook.
William J. Padgett, statistics, received the 2003 Paul Minton Service Award by
the Southern Regional Council on Statistics at the Summer Research Conference in
■ PRESENTATIONS: John Mark Dean, Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal
Statistics at Jekyll Island, Ga.
Sciences, “Sustainable Fishing in the Mediterranean Sea for Bluefin Tuna: a Case
Study of Ancestral Fishing Technologies and Contemporary Practices,” Workshop on
Farming, Management, and Conservation of Bluefin Tuna, Istanbul, Turkey.
Faculty/Staff items include presentations of papers and projects for national
David A. Rotholz, Center for Disability Resources, James Thompson, Brian Bryant,
and international organizations, appointments to professional organizations and
Edward Campbell, Pat Craig, Robert Schalock, Marc Tassé, Wayne Silverman,
boards, special honors, and publication of papers, articles, and books. SubmisMichael Wehmeyer, and Carolyn Hughes, “Introducing the Supports Intensity Scale
sions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be sent
(SIS): Standardization and Users Manual,” American Association on Mental Retardaonly once to Editor, TIMES, 920 Sumter St., Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to:
tion, Chicago, Ill.
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Kenneth D. Phillips, nursing, Gary B. Ewing, family and preventive medicine, J.
Larry Durstine and Gregory A. Hand, exercise science, Wesley D. Dudgeon, and
Laura J. Fulk and Christopher M. Bopp (USC exercise science doctoral students),
“The effects of six weeks of exercise training on mental and physical health in
HIV-infected men and women,” Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, Amelia
Lighter Times
Lomicka wins technology
award from ACE, AT&T
Lara Lomicka, an assistant professor of
French in the Department of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures, recently
received an Award for Technology as a
Tool for Internationalization from the
American Council on Education (ACE)
and AT&T.
The award honored the Raison
d’Etre program (www.ac-grenoble.fr/
heroult/rde/), a joint project between
USC and Penn State University, in
which beginning French students
communicate
with students at
the Lycée Paul
Héroult in St.
Jean de Maurienne, France,
by e-mail, chat,
Web video
camera, and a
collaborative
Lomicka
Web site.
The award
recognizes the innovative use of
technology to promote international
learning at U.S. colleges and universities. Each of the six award-winning
institutions received $7,500 and the
opportunity to showcase the program in
an upcoming ACE publication and on
the ACE Web site.
“We are very honored to receive recognition for the project and look forward
to using the monetary award to further
the collaborative work between students
in the United States and France,” said
Lomicka, who traveled to Washington,
D.C., in May to accept the award.
Founded in 1918, ACE is the nation’s
largest higher education association.
JULY 17, 2003
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■ STUDENTS HELP RAISE MORE THAN $1 MILLION: Since
July 1, 2002, student fund raisers have garnered $1.1 million
for USC, a significant sum considering their pledges typically
range from $10 to $500. Through their efforts, 10,516 individuals have pledged to support scholarships, academic programs,
faculty chairs, and fellowships. Annual Giving Programs director Virginia Mullins said the students, who call alumni, former
donors, friends of the University, and parents of USC students,
are a hard-working group who represent USC well and believe
in what they do. “This is an outstanding group of students who
are committed to what they do and work hard,” she said. “The
enthusiasm that they have is easily perceived by the person
they’re calling, which, in turn, makes a donor feel confident
about giving to Carolina.” Part-time positions for students are
available. For more information, call 7-2985.
■ TEENS ATTEND INSTITUTE ON VIOLENCE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION: Teens and
community and church leaders in South Carolina have joined approximately 200 middle- and
high-school students from the Southeast in the fight against substance abuse and violence at a
summer institute that will run through July 20. USC’s Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention
Center (VSAC), in cooperation with nine universities in the Southeast, is sponsoring the 10th
annual conference at Emory University with the theme “We Need a Resolution.” Teens attend
a series of workshops and rallies that provide training in the areas of leadership, positive peer
pressure, conflict resolution, and peer mediation. USC established VSAC in 1991 to help school
districts and individual schools meet the challenges of middle- and high-school students’ involvement in at-risk behaviors. VSAC provides student training in leadership, conflict resolution,
peer mediation, and citizenship/character development and teacher in-service training on at-risk
youth topics. It also conducts research on substance abuse among youth, school safety issues,
and family values. VSAC is an outreach program through USC’s Institute for Public Service and
Policy Research and the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. For information on
VSAC, call Pinkie Whitfield at 7-4565.
■ MOORE SCHOOL PROGRAM HONORED: The
nationally ranked International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) program in the Moore
School of Business has been named the 2003 International Ambassador of the Year by the Committee
of 100, a group of Midlands business leaders. “We
are honored to receive this award,” said Joel A.
Smith, dean of the Moore school. “It is our goal
at Moore School to educate students so they are
prepared for every aspect of living and working in a
global economy.” The Committee of 100 is a group
of business leaders associated with the Central
Economic Development Alliance, which promotes
business development in Columbia and Sumter and
the surrounding counties.
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Allen Stokes begins next phase
of 39-year association with library
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
He plans on getting in some more golf, spending a bit more time at a
beach house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and continuing to
work parttime, hoping the work doesn’t somehow extend into a 40hour week. But if it does, that will be OK.
After all, Allen Stokes, who stepped down as director of the South
Caroliniana Library June 30 after 20 years,
always enjoyed at its core the nature of the
library’s work.
He especially liked acquiring and processing the library’s collections, which he’ll
continue to be involved in after relinquishing
the library’s reins to Herbert Hartsook, former
director of the library’s Modern Political
Collections.
The beach house is a retreat in Frisco,
between Buxton and Hatteras Village, which
Stokes
Stokes, a bachelor, bought in 1985 for fishing
trips with the late George Terry, the University’s former vice provost
and dean of libraries.
It’s a good place to get away, Stokes said, and he may just spend
a month up there in the fall, which along with May and Thanksgiving
week, are his favorite times to visit.
“When I first started going up there and the weather was bad, we
thought it was terrible that we couldn’t fish,” he said. “Now I think
it’s wonderful. I bring several good books, and there have been times
up there when I’ve walked on the beach for five miles and never seen
anyone.”
The house is set back from the beach by a few hundred yards,
Stokes said, but you can still hear the surf at night. If there’s a storm,
you can hear it during the day, too.
And then there was the baseball trip.
Just after the Fourth of July, Stokes and two friends set out on a oneweek car trip to see a minor league game in Nashville, then continued on
to games of the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs,
Detroit Tigers, and the Cleveland Indians before heading home.
But when the trip was over, Stokes circled back toward the library
to spend more time with his first love, processing the collections,
something he had not been able to devote as much time to as he
wanted while he was managing the rest of the library’s business.
That work will cap his 39-year association with the library, which
began in 1964 when he arrived at USC as a graduate assistant with a
bachelor’s degree from Wofford to work on his master’s degree in history. He also received a doctoral degree in history from USC.
The library’s programs have grown steadily since Stokes’ subsequent
appointment as manuscripts librarian in 1972 and then director in
1983. Those changes include computerization; the move of University
Archives to the library in 1991; the creation of Modern Political Collections; numerous grants from outside sources to process and preserve
collections; the growth of the Caroliniana Society, the library’s patron
organization, which recently held its 67th-annual meeting; extensive
physical renovations; and the addition of new facilities.
Some of Stokes’ most satisfying moments have come from seeing
people use the library’s materials in their research that later resulted in
newly published works of their own, working with the library’s staff to
acquire important new collections, and following the success of former
graduate assistants.
“Knowing that we’re getting important material that’s going to be
crucial to research by graduate students, scholars, and individuals doing family research (See story page 4), which is a major portion of our
collections, has also been meaningful,” Stokes said. “A lot of people
who come here to conduct family research are from out-of-state, and
the library is their only reason for coming to the University.
“I think it’s important for us to represent the University well in that
regard.”
Marshall Swanson can be reached at 7-0138 or mswanson@gwm.sc.edu.
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JULY 17, 2003
ESRI-USC director John Shafer
ESRI-USC making new name for
itself in natural resources conservation
BY CHRIS HORN
protect waterways from damage such as algae blooms
Drawing on its core strength in natural resource manand fish kills.
agement systems, USC’s Earth Sciences and Resources
“AFOWizard was our first invention disclosure,”
Institute (ESRI-USC) has garnered more than $2 milsaid Robin “Buz” Kloot, a research assistant professor
lion in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculat ESRI-USC, “and we have since developed a more
ture (USDA) to create several desktop and Web-based
robust program, AFOPro, which is now being used in
farm and land management software applications.
13 states.”
ESRI-USC’s applications are allowing the USDA’s
Kloot and others on the ESRI-USC team also have
Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)
developed a Web-based system that allows users to
and its partners to streamaccess soil data for every
line delivery of important
county in South Caroinformation and services to
lina. Typical users include
farmers and other land-use
foresters and land manage❝We’re becoming a catalyst
clients. The innovations
ment consultants who need
for innovation. Our expertise
also are propelling ESRInontechnical descriptions of
lies in applying technology
USC into a field that once
soils for potential projects.
was the exclusive domain
The USDA is interested
to problems.❞
of land-grant colleges. In
in using the system as a
—John Shafer
fact, ESRI-USC’s success
prototype for a national soil
in the past five years has
survey database.
led to consideration for its
Another ESRI-USC–
designation as a USDA Center of Excellence.
built product for the USDA’s NRCS is called EQIP“We’re becoming a catalyst for innovation,” said
for-the-Web. This software, which replaces an arcane
ESRI-USC director John Shafer. “Our expertise lies in
system, allows NRCS field service agents to rank
applying technology to problems. In these agricultural
natural resource improvement measures that qualify
management projects, we’re obviously not agronofor matching federal funds through the environmental
mists or soil scientists, but we’re working with those
quality incentives program (EQIP) undertaken by their
guys to create systems that are helping them do their
farmer clients.
jobs better.”
“Our goal is to use our expertise in database manESRI-USC’s first project for the agriculture
agement and research to make the USDA conservation
department’s NRCS involved development of a
service’s duties faster, cheaper, and better,” Shafer said.
software system for confined livestock Animal Feeding
By the end of 2002, ESRI-USC had filed five
Operation (AFO) management. The program, called
invention disclosures for programs developed for the
AFOWizard, uses geographic information system techUSDA. With assistance from U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Holnology to allow livestock farmers to create a digital
lings and Walter Douglas, state conservationist for the
map and management plan that plots out manure proUSDA, the institute anticipates additional projects and
duction, depending on herd size and type, and where
continued funding.
the resulting manure will be stored and spread. Such
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
plans are mandated by the Environmental Protection
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Agency and used by the USDA as voluntary tools to