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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
JULY 15, 2004
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Board
approves budget and six-year enrollment plan
Also OKs array of construction projects
BY CHRIS HORN
After approving the University budget for 2004–05, which
included an 11 percent tuition increase (see related story
page 3), USC’s Board of Trustees OK’d a six-year enrollment management plan that will allow a measured increase in
undergraduate enrollment on the Columbia campus.
The 2004–10 enrollment plan was offered by President
Sorensen as a compromise for the trustees, some of whom
wanted sharp limits on freshman enrollment and others who
advocated a more open enrollment policy. Under the plan,
undergraduate numbers will continue to increase but not as
quickly as they have in the past two years.
Columbia campus undergraduate enrollment stood at
15,266 in 2000 and was recorded at 17,133 in 2003. The
enrollment plan calls for about 18,600 undergraduates and a
freshman class of about 3,650 by 2010. The 2004–05 budget
includes $1.25 million to expand student enrollment management services.
Trustees also approved a name change for the Spartanburg
campus (see related story page 3). Established in 1967, the
campus is now called USC Upstate to reflect its increasing offering of courses at the University Center in Greenville and its
regional status as a metropolitan campus on the I-85 corridor.
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Second-annual Home
Movie Day is Aug. 14
Changing
of the guard
As USC awaits new provost
appointment, the provost’s
office undergoes transition
BY CHRIS HORN
The Office of the Provost is undergoing a
changing of the guard in mid August when
the provost and two associate provosts return
to teaching and research.
Provost Jerry
Odom and associate provosts John
Olsgaard and Gordon
Smith officially
step down Aug. 15
from their respective
positions; associate
provost Don Greiner
retired May 15 from
University service.
Odom
“It’s not at all unusual for this kind of turnover, especially after
quite a few years of the same people being in
that office,” Odom said. “One of the advantages is that this will give a new provost an
opportunity to structure the office differently.”
Perhaps more importantly, all of the years
of institutional memory aren’t going away,
Odom added.
MICHAEL BROWN
Class of 2026
A Music Play class at the USC Children’s Music Development Center turned into an alumni event
when these parents—all USC graduates—brought their babies July 1. Even the tiniest Gamecocks
can enjoy the classes, which are part of an innovative program designed to develop the music potential of children from birth through age 5. Under the direction of music faculty member Wendy
Valerio, Music Play classes are held each fall, spring, and summer in the School of Music.
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Inside
Administrators consider merger of faculty hiring plans
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BY CHRIS HORN
PBS program to feature work of USC
archaeologist at Topper Site in Allendale.
The Office of the Provost and the Office of Research and Health Sciences are crafting a joint
plan for hiring new faculty at USC Columbia using tuition revenue and research funds.
Each office separately has devised plans to hire new faculty during the next several years.
Provost Jerry Odom’s vision calls for 150 new faculty positions, using $2 million in tuition
revenues annually for five years. Vice president for research Harris Pastides’ plan calls for
providing funds for up to 100 new faculty, using recovered indirect costs from research grants to
subsidize half of each new faculty member’s salary and fringe benefits for three years.
Details of how the unified plan will work are not finalized, but the intent is to give college
deans a simplified picture of funding for new faculty hires. The additional faculty will help reduce
the student-to-faculty ratio from 16.4:1, projected for this fall, to 15:1. In 2000, the ratio was 14:1.
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Engineering professor nets NSF Career
Award.
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McMaster Gallery features works by six
emerging Georgia artists.
www.sc.edu/usctimes
The University invites people to raid their
attics for family films and screen them
Aug. 14 as part of Home Movie Day, the
second annual worldwide event to celebrate
the importance of home movies.
Dan Streible, film studies, and Laura
Kissel, media arts, want people not only to
enjoy screening the films but also to learn
about the inherent value of home movies
and the importance of preserving them.
The millions of feet of film shot by families
throughout the 20th century is the best record
of daily life as it was lived during the past
three generations, the USC film experts said.
Kissel, Streible, and USC research assistant Matthew Sefick will host two screenings
from noon to 2 p.m. in the Nickelodeon
Theater at 937 Main St. and from 8:30 to
10:30 p.m. in the Art Bar, 1211 Park St. Both
screenings are free and open to the public.
In addition to informal screenings and
professional advice about how to care for the
most common “small-gauge” formats—
8 millimeter, Super 8, and 16 millimeter—
each event will feature a discussion on the
long-term benefits of film over video. Because the focus of the event is on preserving
films, no videotapes will be screened.
People who have old films but aren’t sure
what to do with them can contact Streible at
7-9158 or Kissel at 7-6677. For more information on Home Movie Day, call Sefick at
7-1216 or go to www.homemovieday.com.
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`The impact of this
faculty hiring initiative
cannot be overstated. This
is the largest investment
of research funds for any
purpose in the
history of the University.a
—Harris Pastides
■ USC GRADUATE SELECTED AS
GOLDEN KEY SCHOLAR: Amanda Marshall, a recent USC graduate, has been
selected as one of 12 Golden Key scholars nationwide. A native of Plainview,
Texas, Marshall will attend medical school
at Duke University this fall. She graduated
with honors from USC in May, earning
a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the
Honors College. Marshall plans to pursue
a medical degree with either a master’s
Marshall
degree in public health or a law degree.
Golden Key scholars receive $10,000 to pursue full-time post-baccalaureate studies for the upcoming school term. The awards are
presented every year to Golden Key Honor Society members.
Student speak
■ Name: Richard M. Mersenski
■ Hometown: Summerville
■ Class: Freshman
Q: You’re attending both sessions of
summer school. What prompted you
to sign up for summer classes?
A: I’m attending USC after having taken college courses in the Navy, where I
served as an electrician aboard the John
F. Kennedy (an aircraft carrier) and the
destroyer Carney. I had to declare math
as a major last spring when I started
classes because I had taken courses in
the Navy. I really want to major in electrical engineering, but I need calculus to
transfer. That’s what I’m taking in both
sessions of summer school.
Q: So you’ll transfer to engineering
following summer school?
A: I hope so.
Q: How has summer school been?
A: It’s been OK. It’s more intense and
fast-paced than the spring semester,
when I started taking courses here. My
classes meet from 8 in the morning until
10 and then again in the afternoon from
1 to 2:15, and I have homework and
daily quizzes. It’s an all-day thing.
Q: How is the rest of campus life during the summer?
A: It’s also different than the fall and
spring semesters. There doesn’t seem to
be as many of the helpful benefits, like
the math lab, which I’d like to use. Last
semester I was in there almost all the
time. I don’t know if the writing lab is
open during the summer, either. And it
would be nice to have some of the other
things on campus open, too, like the top
of the Russell House food court.
Q: Would you recommend summer
school for your classmates?
A: Yes, if you need to get a class in before the fall, I would recommend it. But
I would advise only taking one course
during the summer because I know
some people who are trying to take two
courses and they’re having a hard time.
Q: How do you unwind when you’re
not in class or studying?
A: Mostly by sleeping, though I do have
a job at Wal-Mart on Harbison Boulevard doing whatever they need me to
help out with. I also like to tinker with
my car at my off-campus apartment.
Q: One last question. What’s your
best advice for keeping cool during
summer school in Columbia?
A: Stay inside.
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JULY 15, 2004
■ SOCIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR PAPER: Pamela
Emanuelson, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, has won the American
Sociological Association section on Rationality and Society Student Award for her paper
“Flow Networks: An Extension of Network Exchange Theory.” The award will be announced
Aug. 16 at the American Sociological Association Rationality and Society business meeting
in San Francisco.
■ SUMMER II CHORUS TO PERF0RM CONCERT: Summer II Chorus will perform Gloria,
by Poulenc, and Chandos Anthem #4 (Psalm 96), by Handel, at 4 p.m. Aug. 1 and at 7:30
p.m. Aug. 3 in the School of Music Recital Hall. Larry Wyatt will conduct. Doctoral student
Shannon Jeffreys will assist. The chorus includes singers from the community and the
University. For more information, call the USC Choral Department at 7-5369.
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Changes made to Computer Services ticket system
BY KIMBERLY STEWART, SPECIAL TO TIMES
Computer Services (CS) recently made changes to its Help Desk ticket
system and billing procedures, replacing several systems with one
consolidated system called Computer Services Help System.
The new help system allows CS to use one system for ticket entry,
work-order processing, and long-distance call rating. It also includes
a Web-based online invoice for administrative departments that will
include charges for telephone and voice-mail monthly service, work
orders (for example, billable tickets), and long-distance calls. Students
still will be able to view their voice-mail and long-distance charges
through VIP. Administrative bills will be viewable through the same
Web site where tickets are submitted.
Here’s a list of what is changing:
■ The CS Help Desk hours will remain the same, along with the services that are offered, but the way a ticket is submitted will change.
Tickets can still be created through cshelpdesk.csd.sc.edu, but the look
will be different, along with some of the steps.
■ This system replaces the old system, known as IRIS, that produced
long-distance billing, telephone, and voice-mail charges. Bills will
now look different but will have the same charges shown previously.
■ The current ticket system will remain active as a “view only”
mode so that customers can still check the status of tickets entered in
that system. This system will be available through a link on the new
CS home page at cshelpdesk.csd.sc.edu. All new requests must be
submitted through the new help system. The outage calendar, OnDemand Web site, and eForms Web site will be available from the
cshelpdesk.csd.sc.edu home page.
■ Billing reports from the new system will not be available through
OnDemand. These reports can be viewed through VIP for students and
IT bulletin
Computer Services will offer several sessions for business managers (or departmental contacts) to attend training for the Computer
Services Help System. The sessions are for University employees
who need to view billing information for their departments such as
telephone bills, calling cards, PBNs, and charges for tickets created.
The sessions will be:
■ 9–11 a.m. July 19 and 22
■ 2–4 p.m. July 20 and 21.
All sessions will be in the Computer Services Auditorium, CS 309.
Pre-registration is not required. Classes will be canceled after 15
minutes if no one attends. For more information, call the CS Help
Desk at 7-1800.
through the same Web site where tickets are submitted for administrative bills.
■ To create a ticket, go to the existing site at cshelpdesk.csd.sc.edu,
where there will be a link to the help system.
CS has attempted to import all Columbia campus faculty, staff, and
students into the new system, allowing their preferred IDs (normally
a network ID) and passwords to log in through the Web as a customer.
Faculty, staff, and students who cannot log in should call the Help
Desk at 7-1800.
For more information about the new ticket system and billing
changes, go to the IT Bulletin at csd.sc.edu/itbulletin and view the
June edition’s article about long-distance and billing changes.
Topper Site work
included in July
PBS broadcast
An upcoming episode of Alan
Alda’s Scientific American
Frontiers will highlight the
work of the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology.
The program will air from 9 to
10 p.m. July 20 on S.C. ETV.
Coming Into America will
examine the question of who
the first people were to populate the Americas. The program
will include visits to archaeological sites where evidence
DARYL P. MILLER
Albert C. Goodyear works at the Topper Site in Allendale County.
exists that humans may have
arrived in the Americas much earlier than previously thought.
The Topper Site in Allendale County is one of several archaeological digs that supports the
theory. Archaeologist Albert C. Goodyear, director of the institute’s Allendale Paleo-Indian
Expedition, is supervising the excavation of the site.
Archaeologists have long believed that the first people to populate the Americas arrived about
12,000 years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge from Asia. But recent discoveries of new evidence, including the Topper Site, indicate the first humans may have arrived much earlier, as long
as 25,000 years ago, a theory that has thrown the archaeological world into an intense debate.
“If in fact these newly discovered sites date back to 25,000 years, which they could, we
won’t stop hearing about it for another 10 years,” Goodyear said.
The Topper site was the subject of an article by John Noble Wilford in the June 29 issue of
The New York Times and will be included in an upcoming Nova episode that is in production.
S.C. ETV also will rebroadcast They Were Here: Ice Age Humans in South Carolina, its
original documentary on the Topper Site, from 7 to 8 p.m. July 21. The documentary was first
aired in October 2002 and is being rebroadcast as a supplement to the July 20 broadcast of
Scientific American Frontiers.
Science and math dean
leaving USC Sept. 15
Gerard Crawley, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics since 1998, will resign
that post Sept. 15 to join Science Foundation
Ireland for a one-year appointment.
Crawley, who was dean of the graduate
school at Michigan State University before
coming to USC, will
be director of the
basic research grants
program for the Irish
foundation in Dublin.
He will oversee funding of research grants
in science, engineering, and mathematics.
“I have enjoyed
Crawley
my time here at the
University and will miss the many colleagues
and friends here in Columbia. However, this
was just too exciting an opportunity to miss,”
Crawley said. “I believe that I leave the
college in excellent shape in all areas of our
mission.”
At Science Foundation Ireland,
Crawley will join William Harris, former
vice president for research at USC. Harris is
director general of the foundation, which is
the equivalent of the United States’ National
Science Foundation.
An interim dean for the College of
Science and Mathematics likely will be
appointed.
■ VACATION PICTURES NEEDED BY
AUG. 16: TIMES will publish its 10thannual summer vacation photo spread
in its Aug. 26 print edition and on the
TIMES Online Web site. To be included,
send photos by Aug. 16 to Vacation
Photos, c/o TIMES, University Publications, 920 Sumter St., or e-mail digital
images to larryw@gwm.sc.edu. Be
creative and, if possible, remember to
include yourself in the picture.
■ LIBRARY PLANS BURNS COLLOQUIUM: USC will celebrate
15 years of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns,
Burnsiana, and Scottish Poetry, one of its major library
collections, in August. To mark the event, and also the 80th
birthday of the Burns scholar who built it, Professor G. Ross
Roy, Thomas Cooper Library will sponsor a colloquium about
Burns beginning at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 20 and continuing Aug.
21. The colloquium will coincide with a major Robert Burns
exhibition, the first at Thomas Cooper Library since the Burns
bicentenary in 1996, featuring recent acquisitions for the Roy
collection and additional Burns manuscripts from the personal
collection of Roy. For more information, go to www.sc.edu/
library/spcoll/events.html or contact Patrick Scott, Rare Books
and Special Collections, Thomas Cooper Library, at 7-1275 or
scottp@gwm.sc.edu.
■ SALKEHATCHIE SPONSORS CHARACTER ACADEMY: USC Salkehatchie recently sponsored,
for the fifth year, the Professional Teachers Character Education Academy, which promotes
integrating character lessons into every aspect of the school day. The program is a partnership
between Boston University’s Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character and the S.C.
Department of Education. USC Salkehatchie sponsored the program because of its proximity to
school districts with schools judged “unsatisfactory” on the school report card.
■ DANCE CONSERVATORY HOLDS PRINCE AND PRINCESS PROGRAMS FOR AGES 4–10:
The USC Summer Dance Conservatory will hold Prince and Princess Programs for children
ages 4–10 from 9 a.m. to noon July 19-23. Instruction will be provided in classical ballet, jazz,
pantomime, acting, and makeup application. Tuition is $120. Parents can bring their children to
the first class to sign up. For more information, call Susan E. Anderson, artistic director of the
Summer Dance Conservatory, at 7-5636.
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Engineering professor nets NSF Career Award
BY KATHY HENRY DOWELL
Kirk Cameron smiles apologetically as he
explains that the award proposal he submitted
to the National Science Foundation (NSF)
was really “a simple plan.”
But “simple” is a relative term coming
from a man who has earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Louisiana State University and has worked at Intel Corporation in
Oregon and Los Alamos National Laboratory
in New Mexico.
“My idea came from a simple observation,
really, that supercomputers require enormous
amounts of power, and the amount of that
power increases exponentially,” said Cameron,
an assistant professor in computer science
and engineering who received a Career Award
from the NSF to help create a foundation for a
successful career.
“Today’s top supercomputer requires
about 18 megawatts of power—roughly
enough to power a high-speed electric train
in Japan—and projections for the near future
reveal requirements of 100 megawatts. And
that is the light requirement of a small city.
“I think it’s pretty clear that the industry
cannot continue on this path,” he said. “We
have to do something. And we cannot sacrifice performance.”
With that understanding, Cameron submitted to the NSF a solid plan that combined
research and education. His challenge is to
provide efficiency and power to supercomputers without affecting performance.
The five-year Career Award grant will
fund Cameron’s research with about $80,000
a year, for a total of about $403,000. He also
MICHAEL BROWN
Kirk Cameron, center, and his student researchers use a cluster of laptop computers to conduct powerperformance research. From left are engineering students Xizhou Feng, Rong Ge, Drew Varner, Chris Jones,
and Allen Michalski.
plans to fund two or three Ph.D. students and
two or three master’s students.
“The eventual goal is to create applications that use the computer more efficiently,”
Cameron said. “A supercomputer is always
on, using a lot of energy but only being about
10 percent efficient. But a laptop computer,
for example, turns off parts of itself that
aren’t in use, like a disk drive.
“If we can find ways to reduce the power
and energy consumption of these supercom-
puters, we can decrease costs. We must determine where we consume power and where
we can conserve power. We’ve built a laptop
cluster so we can try to build small models
that will prove our ideas will work.”
Kathy Henry Dowell can be reached at
7-3686 or kdowell@gwm.sc.edu.
USC Spartanburg changes name to USC Upstate
Plans expansion of degree offerings to Greenville
Following approval by the USC Board of Trustees June 30, USC
Spartanburg announced that it has changed its name to USC
Upstate to signify expanded vision, mission, and goals for the
campus. The new name became effective July 1.
“This name change positions the
campus to serve both as a catalyst
and support for efforts to think, plan,
and act regionally as other important
enterprises have done,” said John C.
Stockwell, chancellor of USC Upstate.
“It both signals and impels the continued expansion of partnerships and
services across the I-85 corridor. The
change in name also further cements
this campus’ relationship with the
USC system.”
For more than 10 years, USC
Upstate has been educating students not just on the Spartanburg
campus but also in Greenville at the University Center of Greenville (UCG), a nonprofit consortium of seven higher education
institutions dedicated to increasing access to educational op-
portunities for the citizens of the Greater Greenville Metropolitan
Area of South Carolina. USC Upstate has emerged as the largest
provider of academic programs at UCG, generating more than 70
percent of the center’s baccalaureate enrollment.
Judith Prince, formerly the associate chancellor for strategic
initiatives, has been named vice chancellor Greenville, effective immediately. Prince has served
in various positions at USC Upstate,
including interim executive vice
chancellor for academic affairs, associate vice chancellor for academic
affairs, and assistant vice chancellor
for graduate programs and extended
learning.
The name change is expected
to benefit the Upstate in terms of
economic development, public/private
partnerships, and overall regionalization.
“The USC Board of Trustees and I strongly endorse this
change,” said President Sorensen. “It will enhance the mission of
the state’s flagship University, which is to serve the entire state
through teaching, research, and outreach.”
Tuition increases to pay
for new programs
The University’s Board of Trustees approved
June 30 a $790 million budget, including an
11 percent tuition increase, for fiscal year
2004–05 for all eight University campuses.
The tuition increase will pay for new programs, all aimed at enhancing undergraduate
quality. Specifically, the funding will expand
the number of merit- and need-based scholarship opportunities and allow the University to
hire more faculty to teach, reducing class size.
“Even in these challenging budget times,
Carolina is making
impressive progress,”
President Sorensen
told the trustees.
“I commend you
for your actions to
responsibly deal with
the continuing state
budget reductions
while at the same time
reinforcing our comSorensen
mitment to quality.”
The tuition increase at USC Columbia
will generate approximately $14.4 million, which will be used primarily for new
programs to enhance undergraduate quality.
Some of the new funded items are:
■ an additional $2.5 million for merit- and
need-based scholarships for S.C. students
■ an additional $1.25 million to expand
student enrollment management services
■ $2 million a year for the next six years
($12 million) for hiring new faculty to reduce
class size (see story page 1)
■ $1.2 million for improvements in information technology
■ $1.4 million for the University’s share of
3 percent raises for all state employees approved by the Legislature
■ $1.2 million for additional raises to senior
professors whose salaries are not competitive
with those of their peers.
Funds from new tuition revenue also will
be used to offset a $3.1-million cut in USC
Columbia’s state-appropriated funding.
Tuition for undergraduate students at USC
Columbia will increase by 11 percent, or
$304 per semester, this fall. Under the plan,
an in-state undergraduate’s tuition and fees
will be $3,078 per semester, or $6,156 per
school year, up from $5,548.
Undergraduate tuition for nonresidents
also will increase by 11 percent, or $819, to
$8,262 per semester.
Tuition for in-state and out-of-state graduate students also will rise by 11 percent. A
10 percent increase also is planned for
students attending USC’s medical and law
schools.
Tuition increases for in-state students
attending USC’s other four-year campuses
in Aiken, Beaufort, and Spartanburg also
amount to 11 percent. The same 11 percent
increase was approved for the University’s
four regional campuses: USC Lancaster, USC
Salkehatchie, USC Sumter, and USC Union.
JULY 15, 2004
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Staff spotlight
■ Name: David C. McQuillan
■ Title: Map librarian, Thomas Cooper Library
■ Family: Married to Barbara Glatz McQuillan of
Buffalo, N.Y., a paralegal at the McNair Law firm
in Columbia, for 25 years
■ Tell us about your job: The Map Library on
the fifth floor of Thomas Cooper Library employs
two librarians, one full-time staff member, and
four students who assist patrons in their use of the
library’s collection of more than 400,000 maps and
photos covering all of South Carolina and the entire
world. Heavy users of the
collection are geographers
and historians, but anybody
can access the materials,
which include a large travel
collection consisting of
travel guides and city and
state maps. People going
to conferences can come
by the library and research
McQuillan
where they’re going.
Other users might want to learn more about a place
they’re reading about. Every subject area has a need
for maps if somebody wants to find a location. One
of the largest current groups of users are engineering companies using air photos for what are known
as phase-one studies that enable them to see the history of a land area as part of their decision making
about projects.
■ How far back do the maps go? The U.S.
Geologic Survey Topographic maps, which make
up about half of the library’s collection, date from
the late 1890s to the present. We also have U.S.
Army maps from World War II and modern maps.
We try to keep up to date on current road maps,
city plans, soil surveys, and other similar documents. We also offer scanning and digital maps.
■ Do you have any previous USC experience?
I arrived at USC in 1971 as a master’s candidate
in the Department of Geography after receiving a
bachelor’s degree in geography from the University of Southern Mississippi. I was offered an assistantship to work with the geography department’s
map collection but soon afterwards enrolled in
what is now the School of Library and Information Science, where I received a master’s degree in
1974. I also received a master’s in geography from
USC in 1975 for which I wrote my thesis on the
history of Columbia and its streetcars. I was hired
as the department’s full-time map curator after I
got my master’s in geography.
■ What is it about maps that first attracted you
to your work? When I was growing up, my family always had lots of road maps that were available at gas stations, and we always traveled. They
just became something I enjoyed working with
when I was young. I’ve always enjoyed travel and
geography and maps.
■ What are your outside interests? My wife and I
are both active in the community. I was chairman of
the board and am now treasurer of the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, on Pickens Street in Columbia,
where my wife is the current board chair. I’m also
on the board, and my wife is business manager, for
the Sterling Chamber Players, a Columbia chamber
music group that plays three concerts a year at the
Sterling Garden Center. We’re long-time supporters
of the S.C. Philharmonic, and in 1992 we restored a
1913 house in Gibbes Court across from Capstone
that we live in.
■ How do you unwind? My wife and I like to
travel, especially in conjunction with meetings of
the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the world library professional organization in which I’m serving my fourth
term as chair of the Geography and Map Section.
Since 1991, we’ve been to every continent except
Antarctica. This summer the meeting is in Buenos
Aires. In addition to attending the meeting there,
we’ll also travel to Peru and Rio de Janeiro. I’m
the unofficial photographer for the library and also
document our trips with pictures that I present in
talks to Columbia area groups.
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JULY 15, 2004
McMaster exhibit features
emerging Georgia artists
McMaster Gallery in USC’s Department of Art will feature the
exhibit “etc.” through Aug. 6. The show includes artworks in
clay, oil, and photography by six emerging Georgia artists: A.J.
Argentina, Elizabeth D’Angelo, Vanessa Grubbs, Joanna Stecker,
Maraiah Wenn, and Addison Will.
Argentina recently received his MFA in ceramic sculpture
from Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the director of
the Clay Center West, the arts facility for the Roswell, Ga., parks
systems.
D’Angelo, a painter working in Atlanta, is a graduate of the
University of Florida in Tallahassee, where she studied painting. Her work focuses on both the figure and still life and has an
impressionist flair.
A native of South Carolina, Grubbs is in her second year of
graduate studies at Georgia State University, where she is pursuing a MFA in ceramics.
A Florida native, Stecker is working on her MFA in ceramics
in Atlanta.
Mermaids, ceramic
figures, by Maraiah
Wenn.
Wenn is an MFA candidate at Georgia State University.
Will is working on an MFA in photography at Georgia State
University. He has been working in photography for 10 years, and
his work has been featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
McMaster Gallery is located in McMaster College at 1615
Senate St. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday
and 1–4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Mana
Hewitt, gallery director, at 7-7480 or e-mail mana@sc.edu.
Woman of the Crowd, left, oil on canvas, by
Elizabeth D’Angelo; American Flowers, above,
photograph, by Addison Will.
Southern Graphics Council
displays works at McKissick
An exhibition of selected works from the Southern Graphics
Council is on display at USC’s McKissick Museum through
July 25. The exhibition features 39 prints by 35 artists from the
United States and Canada.
Printmaking, with origins in ancient China, is the process of
making an impression on paper. The art form originated in the
ninth century and gained prominence in Europe by the late 15th
century. Today, printmaking has evolved into a fine-art medium
and a commercial format and is done with a variety of materials
and processes, including lithography, silkscreen, and relief.
The Southern Graphics Council is the largest organization of
printmakers in the United States. Lloyd Menard, a printmaking
professor at the University of South Dakota and the founder of
Frogman’s Print and Paper Workshops, judged the works in the
exhibition.
McKissick exhibits are free and open to the public. The
museum is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday and
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is closed Sunday
and all holidays. For information, contact Jason Shaiman at
7-7251 or shaimanj@gwm.sc.edu.
Peek-a-boo, 2002, by Mariana Depetris, monotype, intaglio, linocut,
paper lithography, and paper stitching.
cal e n d a r
mckissick museum
around the campuses
■ Through Aug. 1 “Whispering Pines: Photographs by Birney Imes,”
an exhibit of work by Imes, best known for his images of Mississippi
Delta juke joints, who spent years documenting Whispering Pines, an
old roadhouse outside Columbus, Miss. His color photographs form a
visual essay about the life and history of Blume Triplett, the café’s owner,
sometimes told in the form of still-life arrangements of personal artifacts.
McKissick Museum is free and open to the public. Hours are 8:30 a.m.–
5 p.m. Monday–Friday and 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is
closed Sunday and all holidays. For more information, call 7-7251.
exhibits
■ Through August 6 McMaster Gallery: “etc.,” an exhibit of clay, oil,
and photography artwork created by six emerging Georgia artists: A.J.
Argentina, Elizabeth D’Angelo, Vanessa Grubs, Joanna Stecker, Maraiah
Wenn, and Addison Will. Free. McMaster Gallery is located in McMaster
College, home of USC’s Department of Art, at 1615 Senate St. Gallery
hours are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday and 1–4 p.m. Sunday. For
more information, contact Mana Hewitt, gallery director, at 7-7480 or
mana@sc.edu. (See story page 4.)
■ Through Aug. 22 Southern Graphics Council Print Exhibition, 35 artists
are represented in this juried traveling exhibition of works by contemporary printmakers. The Southern Graphics Council is the largest print
organization in the United States, with members from across the country.
(See story page 4.)
miscellany
■ July 25–30 Summer Program: Pre-Medical Academic and Career
Exploration Series (PACES), an intensive weeklong program to assist
entering first-year students in exploring a career in medicine and in
gaining skills necessary for becoming a successful premedical student.
Sponsored by the Office of Pre-Professional Advising. Tuition is $395.
For information, call 7-5581.
■ Aug. 5 Sports Preview: Football and Moore Fall Sports Preview Party
2004, for USC alumni, with Head Football Coach Lou Holtz and coaches
from some of USC’s other athletic teams, 6–8 p.m., Moore Building, State
Fairgrounds. Event includes barbecue dinner and door prizes. Tickets are
$30 each and are available on a first-come, first-served basis to members
of the Carolina Alumni Association. To purchase, call 7-4111.
Cat, oil stick, by USC Sumter student Zack Hawkins.
theatre and dance
■ July 19–23 USC Upstate: Kendall Reyes Soccer Vision Academy for
boys and girls ages 8–18. For more information, call 864-494-6208 or
864-266-3609.
■ July 23 Koger Center: Columbia City Jazz Dance, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and
7:30 p.m., $5 per person, $3 for groups of 10 or more. For tickets, call
252-0252.
■ Through July 30 USC Sumter: Student Art Show, Upstairs Gallery,
Administration Building, 200 Miller Road, free. Gallery hours are
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday. For more information, call Cara-lin
Getty at 55-3727 or Laura Cardello at 55-3858.
■ July 23–Sept. 26 Columbia Museum of Art: “There is No Eye: Photographs by John Cohen,” a retrospective exhibit featuring more than 130
gelatin and silver print
photographs by John
Cohen, who captured the
Beat Generation and major figures of New York’s
avant-garde arts cultures
of the 1950s and 1960s.
Included in the exhibit
are photos of musician
Bob Dylan, writer Jack
Kerouac, musician
Woodie Guthrie, and
poet Allen Ginsberg. The
Columbia Museum of Art
is located at the northwest corner of Main
and Hampton streets in
downtown Columbia.
Harlem, New York City, photo by John
Museum hours are
Cohen, 1954.
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Friday; and 1–5 p.m.
Sunday. The museum is closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission is $5
adults, $2 students, and $4 senior citizens. Admission is free for museum
members and children under 6 and every Saturday. For more information,
call 799-2810 or go to www.columbiamuseum.org.
■ July 30 Koger Center: Summer Dance Institute, final performance,
7 p.m. For ticket information, call 252-0252.
Cohen’s Bob Dylan at my loft, Third Avenue, New York City, 1962.
concerts
■ July 17 Series: Sizzlin’ Summer
Concert, Elliott and the Untouchables,
a blues band, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park,
Downtown Columbia, free. Picnics are
welcome. Bringing alcoholic beverages, glass containers, pets, grills, or
radios into the park is prohibited. Food,
beverages, and alcohol will be available
for purchase.
Other campus event information can be found on the USC
Calendar of Events at http://events.sc.edu.
■ 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 business days prior to
the publication date of issue. The next publication date is Aug. 5.
■ July 24 Series: Sizzlin’ Summer
Concert, Gospel in the Park, local
choirs, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, Downtown Columbia, free.
Elliott and the Untouchables
■ July 31 Series: Sizzlin’ Summer
Concert, Tokyo Joe, rock-and-roll, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, Downtown
Columbia, free.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
■ Aug. 1 Summer Chorus II: Concert, 4 p.m., School of Music Recital
Hall, free.
■ Aug. 3 Summer Chorus II: Concert, 7:30 p.m., School of Music Recital
Hall, free.
Hard edge, acrylic, by USC Sumter student Jessica Petree.
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■ SALKEHATCHIE SPONSORS BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM: USC Salkehatchie recently held a business symposium to assist the Salkehatchie region in economic
development and in serving existing business and industry. The symposium of
business and industry and agency leaders was a round-table discussion on what
the campus could do to meet their needs. Thirty-eight business and agency
leaders attended, representing all five counties served by the USC Salkehatchie
campus. They participated in both an electronic survey of services available
and needed and follow-up round-table discussions on what training or other
services are needed in the Salkehatchie area. Discussions were held on both
two-year and four-year undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees needed
locally as well as noncredit training programs needed. “We’ve always striven to
provide whatever services are needed by our local business and industry and by
economic development leaders,” Dean Ann Carmichael said. “We’re particularly
excited about this symposium and how such efforts can help us even better
serve both existing and potential business and industry.”
■ WRITERS’ CONFERENCE SET FOR AUG. 6–7: The USC Creative Writing
Center, the USC Poetry Initiative, and the Columbia Writers’ Alliance will
sponsor a statewide writers’ conference Aug. 6–7 in Gambrell Hall. The
conference will include workshops, readings, and book signings. Participants will include Nikky Finney, a poet; Kalamu Ya Salaam, an editor, writer,
filmmaker, and teacher from New Orleans; Kwame Dawes, a professor of
English at USC, where he is Distinguished Poet in Residence and director
of the S.C. Poetry Initiative; Deaver Traywick, a visiting assistant professor
of English at USC and director of the USC Writing Center; Ray McManus,
a Ph.D. candidate in composition and rhetoric at USC; Charlene Spearen,
a composition teacher at USC and Central Carolina Technical College;
Leasharn Hopkins, a poet and playwright; Joyce Hansen, a novelist; Lee
Bauknight, associate director of the First-Year English Program at USC; and
Ray Heath, a graduate student in USC’s MFA program for creative writing.
For more information, call 7-4298 or 699-3297.
■ STUDENT RECEIVES MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP:
Patrick Kelly, a USC graduate student, has been named
a fellow by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship
Foundation. Kelly, who is in the MAT program in secondary social-studies education, was one of 54 students
nationally selected for the honor. He earned a bachelor’s
degree in history and political science from the Honors
College. He also received the Hampton-Rogers Award in
history and a Phi Alpha Theta Award from USC’s history
department and was a McNair Scholar, receiving USC’s
most prestigious scholarship for out-of-state students.
James Madison fellowships support the graduate study
of aspiring and experienced secondary-school teachers
of American history, American government, and social
studies.
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Sorensen discusses salary compression,
provost search at Faculty Senate
Dining
alfresco
President Sorensen proposed and the USC Board of Trustees approved
at its meeting June 30 $1.2 million in recurring money for salary compression to bring up the salaries of faculty members who were hired
when salaries were substantially lower than they are now.
“The provost and the department chairs will work on who is eligible for that [recurring money],” Sorensen said at the June 23 Faculty
Senate meeting. “We have not determined the amounts yet, but if, for
example, it was determined that 100 faculty members were substantially underpaid, that would be an average of $12,000 per faculty
member in perpetuity on top of this year’s 3 percent raise. So, there’s
an opportunity for redress for people who have been inappropriately
paid.”
President Sorensen said all four candidates selected by a search
committee for the position of provost have visited campus. Sorensen
said he hopes to announce a new provost by the end of July.
Six candidates are on the short list for the deanship of the new College of Arts and Sciences, but the interviewing process for the position
will not continue until a new provost is in place, Sorensen said.
Diners take
advantage of a
sunny summer
day to have lunch
outside at the
Garden Grille on
the patio at
McCutchen
House. The grill is
open from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday through
Friday.
PHOTO CREDIT
Board
Provost
continued from page 1
The board also approved an array of construction and renovation
projects, including:
■ new roofs for the Campus Room and cafeteria at Capstone
■ roof replacement for several of the Roost residence hall buildings
■ development of recreational fields near the Thurmond Wellness and
Fitness Center using land acquired by a long-term lease from Norfolk
Southern Railroad; in addition, fields beside the Blatt P.E. Center will
be improved
■ streetscaping and landscaping on Wheat Street near the new West
Quad residence hall and behind East Quad and South Quad; irrigation
and new plantings will be added on Pickens Street near the pedestrian
bridge
■ major renovations to the Moore School of Business, which will
include new entrances on the north and south sides of the buildings;
USC trustee Darla Moore’s recent $45 million gift to the school will
help fund the project
KIM TRUETT
■ GARDEN PLOTS: Surrounded by flowers and foliage in the
Riverbanks Zoo botanical garden, Ed Madden points out day lily
varieties during his “Writing in the Gardens” workshop July 8. “Look
at these great names: Fortune’s Dearest, Magic Lullaby, All Fired Up,
Shockwave,” said Madden, English. “Choose your favorite and make
up a story about how it got its name.” To learn how Madden became
the garden’s first poet-in-residence, read the full story online at
www.sc.edu/usctimes/articles/2004-07/garden_poetry.html.
JULY 15, 2004
more compatible with new pedestrian bridges leading to the Wellness
and Fitness Center
■ improvements to Longstreet Theater, changing the stage from its
current arena style to a thrust (three-sided) configuration; the project
will be funded by private donations
■ replacement of controls on five elevators at 1600 Hampton St.
■ an increase in the budget for the future parking garage on Blossom
Street to accommodate rising steel and concrete prices and the need for
additional foundation work
■ an increase in the budget for USC Aiken’s Convocation Center
because of rising steel and concrete prices
■ construction of a $24 million health and education complex at USC
Upstate (formerly USC Spartanburg).
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Hiring
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■ improvements to the Blossom Street pedestrian bridge to make it
continued from page 1
“The impact of this faculty hiring initiative cannot be overstated,”
Pastides said. “This is the largest investment of research funds for any
purpose in the history of the University. It’s like a business—you have
to invest in something to reap rewards.”
While the research and tuition revenue funds will enable USC Columbia to recruit up to 250 new faculty, the campus also must replace
as many as 350 more faculty who opted for the Teacher and Employee
Retention Incentive and will retire permanently in 2005 and 2006.
Because those positions already are funded, replacing them won’t
require new funds.
“Some of these faculty might decide to teach part time, but others
likely will retire completely, so there will be a lot of decisions for department chairs and deans to make in the next couple of years,” Odom
said. “A lot of people are leaving who we would rather not see leave,
but this retirement exodus offers the potential to transform USC into
an even better university with new faculty.”
The new faculty appointments mean an already full campus will
become more cramped and likely will curtail the practice of allowing
retired faculty to maintain office space, Odom said.
“Space will be a big issue. If we get the research campus up and
going, it will help a lot, but that will take time,” he said.
continued from page 1
“I told every provost candidate that I’m
willing to help in any way if they want it. I
feel sure each of the associate provosts feels
the same way,” he said.
Odom, who joined USC in 1969, announced last year his intention to step down
this summer as provost after serving in that
position for seven years. After a sabbatical this
fall, he will return to teaching and research in
the chemistry and biochemistry department.
Olsgaard, an associate provost for 15 years
in charge of academic budgets, will return to
the School of Library and Information Science.
Smith, Dean of the Graduate School, will
become director of the Richard L. Walker
Institute of International and Area Studies.
Anthropology professor Karl Heider
already has been appointed interim associate
provost and dean of undergraduate affairs.
Interim appointments are expected to replace
Smith and Olsgaard, Odom said.
President Sorensen has reported that a
new provost is expected to be named in July.
Vol. 15, No. 11
July 15, 2004
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, Upstate; Tom Prewett, Sumter;
Terry Young, Union.
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orientation, or veteran status. The University of South
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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.
■ USC SALKEHATCHIE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE CELEBRATES PARTNERSHIPS: The USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute held an open house in
June to honor the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, one
of the major funding sources and supporters of the institute, which works
for the betterment of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, and Hampton
counties. The institute began in 1998 as the Salkehatchie Leadership Center.
Since then, its programs and reach have grown, and in 2003 it was granted
institute status by USC’s Board of Trustees, reorganized, and named the
Leadership Institute. The institute now comprises three separate centers: the
Center for Community Development, the Center for Leadership Development, and the Center for Business Development. Rural Development has
Carmichael
provided more than $1 million to support the institute. “We couldn’t have
done it without your help,” USC Salkehatchie Dean Ann Carmichael told Rural Development representatives at the open house. “You’ve helped us breathe a little easier, and for that, we say thank you.” Anne
Rice is the institute’s executive director.
■ MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NEW HOURS: McKissick
Museum, which is free and open to the public, will be
open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday and from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The museum will be closed
on Sunday and all holidays. McKissick also houses
the University’s Visitor Center, which relocated there
in May. For more information about the museum, visit
www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/index.html or call 7-7251.
■ GRILLE OFFERS DINING ALFRESCO: The Garden Grille
on the patio at the McCutchen House on the Horseshoe is
open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday–Friday. The
menu includes freshly grilled burgers, chicken, salads, hot
dogs, and barbecue. All combos are served with a choice
of chips or a side dish and iced tea or lemonade.
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Faculty/Staff
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS: Marcia G. Synnott, history, “Crusaders and Clubwomen:
Alice Norwood Spearman Wright and Her Women’s Network,” Throwing Off the
Cloak of Privilege: White Southern Women Activists in the Civil Rights Era, Gail S.
Murray, editor, University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
Robert L. Felix, law, Luther L. McDougal (Tulane University), and Ralph U. Whitten
(Creighton University), American Conflicts Law: Cases and Materials, fourth edition,
Matthew Bender, Newark, N.J.
Veronica Wilkinson, computer services, “Requirements for a Security Incident Management System,” Educause Southeast Regional Conference: Investing Today for
Tomorrow, Atlanta, also, same conference, with Rita Anderson, computer services,
“Securing the Campus Network.”
John Skvoretz, sociology, “Pseudolikelihood Estimation for Biased Net Models,”
International Network for Social Network Analysis, Portoroz, Slovenia.
Laura L. Talbott, alcohol and
drug programs, S.L. Usdan,
■ ARTICLES: Gene Luna and
L. Wilkinson, and J. Flatt, “UtilizMichael Koman, housing, “It’s
ing Peer Education to Reduce
easy being green and saving
College Drinking Among First-year
green,” College Services Journal.
Students,” American College
Richard D. Adams, chemistry
Health Association Meeting, New
and biochemistry, B. Captain
Orleans, La., also, same confer(USC postdoctoral fellow), and
ence, with G. Conklin, N.S. Brown,
M.D. Smith (USC research), “High
and L. Wilkinson, “Students’
Nuclearity Bimetallic RhodiumPerspective on Planning ‘Late
Palladium Carbonyl Cluster ComNight Carolina’—A Substance-free
plexes. Synthesis and CharacterEvent at the University of South
ization of Rh6(CO)16[Pd(PBut3)]3
Carolina.”
and Rh6(CO)16[Pd(PBut3)]4,”
Walter W. Piegorsch, statistics,
Journal of Cluster Science.
“Benchmark-dose shopping with
Joshua Gold, educational psyproper confidence,” Summer
chology, and Lee Hartnett (doctorResearch Conference in Statistics,
al student in counselor education),
Blacksburg, Va.
“Confronting the hierarchy of a
L.P. Reagan, pharmacology,
child-focused family: Implications
physiology, and neuroscience,
for family counselors,” The Family
“Neurological Consequences of
Journal: Counseling and Therapy
Type 1 Diabetes: The Bad and the
for Couples & Families.
Good,” The Palmetto Chapter of
All those in favor of accepting the treasurer’s report
Roberto Refinetti, psychology,
the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Salkehatchie, “Non-stationary
signify by signing the plea agreement.
Foundation, Columbia.
time series and the robustness
Lara L. Lomicka, languages,
of circadian rhythms,” Journal of
literatures, and cultures, and
Theoretical Biology, and, “ParamGillian Lord, “Reflection of the self and others: Virtual practices in effective reflective
eters of photic resetting of the circadian system of a diurnal rodent, the Nile grass
teaching,” Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, Pittsburgh, Pa.
rat,” Acta Scientiae Veterinariae.
Ronald P. Wilder, economics, and Philip Jacobs, “Diabetes and Retirement: Is Early
Alan Warren, Environmental Health Science Program, Beaufort, “Dose-Response
Retirement an Indirect Cost of Diabetes?” Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes
for Retinoic Acid-Induced Forelimb Malformations and Cleft Palate: A Comparison
Research in Diabetes, Banff, Alberta.
of Computerized Image Analysis and Visual Inspection,” Birth Defects Research Part
B, also, “Development of an Oral Cancer Slope Factor for Aroclor 1268,” Regulatory
Hoyt N. Wheeler, management, “The Future of the American Labor Movement,” 10th
Toxicology and Pharmacology.
District Progress Meeting, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Myrtle
Beach.
William R. Stanley, geography, “Background to the Liberia and Sierra Leone Implosions,” GeoJournal.
Chioma Ugochukwu, journalism and mass communications, Spartanburg, “A Uses
and Gratifications Approach to the Study of Soap Viewers’ Adoption of Online
Ronald P. Wilder, economics, and Louis Amato, “Global Competition and Global
Forums,” Consoling Passions, International Conference on TV, Audio, Video, New
Markets: Some Empirical Results,” International Business Review.
Media, and Feminism, New Orleans, La.
John Skvoretz, sociology, T.J. Fararo (University of Pittsburgh), and F. Agneessens
Lawrence Glickman, history, “The Abolitionist Origins of Anglo-American Consumer
(Ghent University), “Advances in Biased Net Theory: Definitions, Derivations, and
Activism,” Au Nom du Consommateur [In the Name of the Consumer], Paris, France.
Estimations,” Social Networks.
Roberto Refinetti, psychology, Salkehatchie, “Daily activity patterns of a nocturnal
Terence A. Shimp, marketing, and Elnora Stuart, “The Role of Disgust as an
and a diurnal rodent in a semi-natural environment,” Society for Research on BiologiEmotional Mediator of Advertising Content,” Journal of Advertising, and, with Tracy
cal Rhythms, Whistler, Canada.
H. Dunn and Jill G. Klein, “Remnants of the U.S. Civil War and Modern Consumer
Behavior,” Psychology and Marketing.
Lukasz Lebioda and James Sodetz, chemistry and biochemistry, and Brian Chiswell
and Charity Brannen (USC graduate chemistry students), “Structural Analysis of HuLawrence Glickman, history, “Consummer Pour Reformer Le Capitalisme Americain:
man Complement Protein C8g: A Member of the Lipocalin Family,” American Society
Le Citoyen et le consummateur au debut du XXe siecle” [Consumption as a Means to
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston, Mass.
Reform American Capitalism: The Citizen and the Consumer at the Beginning of the
Twentieth Century], Science de la Societe.
Nicholas Cooper-Lewter, social work, “Aggression and Athletics, Prevention and
Healing, Multiple Perspectives—Diverse Voices Needing to Be Heard,” Teen Dating
Paul R. Housley, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience, Mario D. Galigniana,
Violence Prevention Initiative, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer M. Harrell, Cam Patterson, Stephen K. Fisher, and William Pratt, “Retrograde
Transport of the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Neurites Requires Dynamic Assembly of
Lara Ducate, languages, literatures, and cultures, and Nike Arnold (University
Complexes with the Protein Chaperone hsp90 and Is Linked to the CHIP Component
of Tennessee), “Connecting Universities, Constructing Meaning: An Analysis of
of the Machinery for Proteasomal Degradation,” Molecular Brain Research.
Beginning and Future FL Teachers ‘Meeting’ Online,” Computer Assisted Language
Instruction Consortium Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Robert F. Valois (health promotion, education, and behavior) and J. Wanzer Drane
(epidemiology and biostatistics), public health, and Raheem J. Paxton, “Correlates of
■ OTHER: Terry Peterson, education, elected to the executive committee of the
Body Mass Index, Weight Goals and Weight-Management Practices Among AdolesCenter for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University and elected chair of the
cents,” Journal of School Health.
Afterschool Alliance, a national nonprofit organization and partnership.
Janice Boucher Breuer, economics, “An Exegesis on Currency and Banking Crises,”
William F. Hogue, information technology, chaired the Southeastern Educause
Journal of Economic Surveys.
Regional Conference in Atlanta, Ga., June 7–9.
Michael Wyatt and Sondra Berger, pharmacy, and Li Li (USC pharmacy graduate
Janet L. Fisher and L. Britt Wilson, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience,
student), “Involvement of Base Excision Repair in Response to Therapy Targeted at
are participating in the nationwide Frontiers in Physiology and Explorations in BioThymidylate Synthase,” Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.
medicine Professional Development Fellowship program, which pairs them with two
Sarah Keeling, advisement services, Aiken, “Advising the Millennial Generation,”
Columbia high-school science teachers for research and instruction.
The Journal of the National Academic Advising Association: 21st Century Advising:
Harris Pastides, research and health sciences, awarded the University at Albany,
Facets of Advising Special Populations.
State University of New York, Alumni Association’s Excellence in Education Award for
extraordinary distinction in the field of education.
■ PRESENTATIONS: Brigitte Neary, sociology, Spartanburg, “Recognition Stigma:
On the Displacement of German Women from East Central Europe, 1944–1950,”
Faculty/staff items include presentations of papers and projects for national and interAmerican Sociological Association, San Francisco, Calif.
national organizations, appointments to professional organizations and boards, special
Lorie Edwards, computer services, and William F. Hogue, chief information officer,
honors, and publication of papers, articles, and books. Submissions should be typed,
“Rosy Cheeks in Icy Weather: Keeping Upbeat in Budget Downtimes,” Educause
contain full information (see listings for style), and be sent only once to Editor, TIMES,
Southeast Regional Conference: Investing Today for Tomorrow, Atlanta.
920 Sumter St., Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to: chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Lighter Times
Salkehatchie prof
wins NSF grant
Roberto Refinetti, a psychology professor at USC Salkehatchie, recently
received a second major grant for the
continuation of his research into the
study of light and dark on the work and
sleep patterns in rodents.
Previously the recipient of a grant
from the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), Refinetti
also has won
a $183,000
grant from the
National Science
Foundation
(NSF), making
him the only researcher among
the regional
Refinetti
campuses other
than USC Aiken to have been awarded
grants by both prestigious foundations.
“Dr. Refinetti is a true asset to Salkehatchie in that he is both a teacher and
a scholar,” said Ann Carmichael, dean
of USC Salkehatchie. “He provides an
example to us all of how research can be
done with limited resources and space.”
Refinetti’s projects investigate the
sensory mechanism (dark adaptation) by
which circadian rhythms are synchronized by the daily cycle of light and
darkness (entrainment).
Aiken names director
of continuing education
Rossie Corwon has been named director
of continuing education at USC Aiken.
“We are thrilled to welcome Rossie
to the USC Aiken family,” said Deidre
Martin, assistant chancellor for external
affairs. “She brings a great attitude and a
strong interest in
education. Her
previous work
experiences
give her a broad
background
that will serve
the Office of
Continuing Education and USC
Aiken well.”
Corwon
Corwon, a
S.C. native, has a master of business
administration degree from Texas A&M
University at Texarkana. She received
her bachelor of science in agricultural
engineering from Clemson University.
She also is a registered professional
engineer in South Carolina.
She has 20 years experience in
people and project management, team
training, marketing, public speaking,
and lifelong learning.
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■ USC SALKEHATCHIE, RESEARCH FOUNDATION RECEIVE FEDERAL
GRANTS: Allendale County ALIVE and the USC Research Foundation will receive
federal grants for more than $383,000 to assist business and economic development efforts in Allendale and the surrounding communities. Allendale County
ALIVE will receive a $250,000 grant to establish a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF).
The RLF will be used to assist entrepreneurial activities and business expansions in Allendale County and the towns of Allendale, Fairfax, Sycamore, and
Ulmer. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USC Research Foundation will receive a $133,841 grant to provide support
for the USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute (SLI) in Allendale. The institute
provides training in leadership development and support services to agencies
and nonprofit organizations and runs a small business development center.
The SLI serves Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, and Hampton Counties.
The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
■ USC AIKEN ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP: Steve Sucher, left, human
resources team leader for Bridgestone/Firestone South Carolina (BFSC),
presents USC Aiken Chancellor Thomas L. Hallman and Rick Osbon, president
of the Aiken Partnership of the USC Educational Foundation, a check for
$45,000 to continue the funding of the BFSC Endowed Professorship at USC
Aiken. Annual income from the endowed professorship, created in 2002, is used
to attract and retain productive faculty scholars. The Aiken Partnership of the
USC Educational Foundation administers the endowment fund. Since locating in
Aiken County, BFSC has enjoyed a strong partnership with USC Aiken.
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Joint MPA is collaborative
effort of three S.C. schools
BY MARSHALL SWANSON
Students in a unique master’s program offered through collaboration
by USC, the College of Charleston, and Clemson are on the fast track
to careers in local government management.
Graduates of the joint master of public administration program can
expect plentiful employment opportunities and rapid advancement.
More than 50 percent of professionals in city and county management
are in the last half or quarter of their careers.
Eric Budds, a 1983 MPA graduate and the
manager of the city of Newberry, is one of the
degree program’s advocates.
“For me, the joint MPA was an outstanding
educational opportunity,” said Budds, who now
supervises 145 employees and a $23 million
annual budget. “It provided an excellent foundation to pursue my career and allowed me to
hit the floor running.”
The joint program began about 25 years ago Tyer
when the College of Charleston wanted to offer an MPA for Lowcountry students. But Fred Sheheen, then the state’s commissioner of higher
education, expressed concern that a second program in addition to the
one at USC would duplicate effort and cost.
As a result, the College of Charleston joined with the program at
USC. When Clemson wanted to provide an MPA for Upstate residents
about seven years ago, it also joined the successful collaborative effort.
“This program is unique,” said Charlie Tyer, an associate professor of political science at USC who serves as the joint MPA director.
“I don’t know that there are any other joint degree programs like this
between higher education institutions in the state or even the country.”
Both Clemson’s and the College of Charleston’s programs work in
unison with USC. A joint admissions committee made up of faculty
from USC and the College of Charleston or Clemson reviews applications of candidates. USC professors drive to Greenville for the
Clemson program or to Charleston to teach two and three courses a
year, respectively.
Faculty at Clemson and the College of Charleston teach the
remaining courses, meaning the majority of the courses are taught by
faculty at their own schools. Both students and taxpayers benefit: the
joint program expands accessibility of a needed degree while reducing
duplicative costs.
USC faculty also play a role in evaluating students for graduation from Clemson and Charleston and help grade Clemson students’
comprehensive exams. USC and Charleston students complete a capstone experience instead of written comprehensive exams, integrating
content from six core courses into a research effort.
The USC MPA program also partners with the USC law school in
Columbia for a joint MPA-JD degree and with the USC College of
Social Work for a joint MPA-MSW.
Last March, USC, Clemson, and the College of Charleston cosponsored a one-day joint colloquium of all three schools’ MPA faculty
and students to allow them to network.
Faculty from the three schools spoke on such topics as revenue
forecasting, political parties, and election trends. During luncheon
presentations, Budds and other alumni encouraged students to consider
local government as a career option.
“We let them know that in the future there will be some wonderful
opportunities in local government for graduates, which was particularly well received because of the cutbacks in government at the state
level,” Tyer said, adding that most joint MPA graduates lean toward
state or local government jobs, although some work at the federal level
and others are opting for jobs with nonprofit agencies.
“Our graduates make a lot of difference in the quality of life in
South Carolina, in city and county government, regional organizations,
nonprofits, and in the nation,” Tyer said. “We wouldn’t have that if
these students didn’t get further training and education and weren’t
stimulated to learn more.”
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JULY 15, 2004
ADHD study examines how learning
disability affects quality of life, health
BY CHRIS HORN
Are too many—or too few—children being diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD)?
A multidisciplinary team of investigators at USC
is attempting to answer that question as well as assess
the impact of ADHD on students’ health
risk behavior and quality of life. The team
is focusing on students in Richland School
District Two, while other university teams
are surveying students in Virginia and in
Oklahoma, making it the largest community-based epidemiological study of ADHD
to date.
“There is a lot of debate about ADHD in
the public press and at any school gatherMcKeown
ing,” said Robert McKeown, an associate
professor in epidemiology and biostatistics in the
Arnold School of Public Health and principal investigator of the three-year study funded by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
“There are a fair number of children who are
misdiagnosed, but there also are others who are not
diagnosed who should be, as well as concerns about
whether children are receiving appropriate treatment.”
The project, called S.C. PLAY (Project to Learn
about ADHD in Youth), asks teachers to complete surveys on all of their students. The questions screen for
evidence of ADHD and other emotional and behavioral
problems. While the surveys don’t provide a definite
diagnosis, they do guide the USC investigators in selecting students and parents for further interviews. The
project recruits both students with possible problems
and students with no indications of problems. Inter-
views with those students and/or their parents provide
more information about factors that relate to ADHD
and how it is affecting students’ lives.
McKeown’s co-principal investigator for the
project is Steve Cuffe, neuropsychiatry and behavioral
science. Other investigators are Sandra Evans, health
promotion, education, and behavior; Charity
Moore, epidemiology and biostatistics; and
Robin Welsh, pediatrics.
“First, we want to establish the rate of
ADHD based on a community study, not
just on the number of kids being treated,”
McKeown said. “Then we want to see how
the impulsive nature of those with ADHD
might be leading to health risk behavior and
how the condition is affecting their overall
quality of life.
“Finally, we want to develop interventions to help
teachers deal more effectively with behavioral and
learning problems in the classroom.”
The USC team already is publishing a monthly
newsletter for Richland Two teachers that provides
details on ADHD and reports progress on the study.
Next year, the team plans to provide in-service training
for teachers on classroom techniques for working with
children with ADHD and other behavior problems.
“We think this study is going to give us a better
understanding of ADHD and its impact on children and
their families and suggest effective ways for teachers
to address the challenges of working with all the children in their classrooms, including those with ADHD,”
McKeown said.
Chris Horn can be reached at 7-3687 or
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
Delicate
technique
Volunteer Abby Horn
shows camper Abby
Rausch the proper way
to use a paintbrush—
upside down to coax
the paint off the palette. Little Abby was
one of nine children
attending “All About
Me: Art About Me,” a
McKissick Mornings
summer camp.
MICHAEL BROWN