■ Inside
Works by Sigmund
Abeles, including this
self-portrait, right, by
the USC alumnus, are
on display at McKissick
Museum. Page 4
High-school students
take an Adventure in
Medicine with Lance
Paulman. Page 8
T
imes
www.sc.edu/usctimes
A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
July 14, 2005
■ Faculty/Senate meeting
Enrollment,
SAT scores up
for freshmen
By Larry Wood
High-flying staffer helps faculty
and students stay safe in labs
By Kathy Henry Dowell
Whether she’s standing in a chemistry lab on campus or sitting in her own plane some
10,000 feet in the air, Patty Hamilton has safety on her mind.
As hazard communications manager in the Office of Environmental Health and
Safety, Hamilton trains professors and students in laboratory safety. She stresses the
need for personal protection equipment, explains what to do in case of an emergency,
and demonstrates how to properly store hazardous chemicals. She also inspects all
labs on campus to ensure safe practices.
“Here at the University, I deal mostly with chemical and biological safety in the
labs,” said Hamilton, who has worked at USC for 19 years. “We are one of the few
university health and safety departments in the world that is ISO 14001-certified.” ISO
14001 is a rigorous and well-recognized industry standard established by the International Organization for Standardization.
“Safety is also constantly on your mind when you’re flying,” said Hamilton, who
has a private pilot’s license. “Lots of safety checks are performed even before takeoff,
Summer is a busy time of year for Patty
Hamilton, who trains new professors as well
as all the children who will spend time in
USC’s laboratories while participating in
camps.When she has time to fly in the RV6
she built herself, one of her favorite destinations is Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia.
Continued on page 6
■ Moving-in Day
The Faculty/Staff Move-in
Crew has a long tradition of
helping new students move
into their residence halls
every fall. Faculty and staff
from across the campus will
volunteer a few hours Aug.
13 to welcome new students
to campus and help them
get settled.To volunteer or
for additional information,
contact Denise Wellman at
denisew@sc.edu or 7-0169.
NSF grant will help develop biological
engineering capabilities at USC
By Chris Horn
As part of its share of a $9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to South Carolina’s
EPSCoR program, USC plans to recruit several new faculty members with expertise in biological
engineering.
The award is received through a federal-state-university partnership
in South Carolina referred to as the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research, or EPSCoR.
USC’s $3 million share of the three-year grant will help cover salary
and laboratory start-up costs for the new faculty members, said Michael
Amiridis, chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and of a
campuswide committee on biomedical engineering.
“There has been a strong push from the National Academy of Engineering to incorporate biology into engineering,” Amiridis said. “Many of
our peer institutions have strong biological components in engineering,
and biology is joining chemistry and physics as core requirements in the
Amiridis
sciences for chemical and mechanical engineering majors.”
USC plans to recruit a senior faculty member in biological engineering who would join the
University by next summer. “After that, we hope to hire several junior faculty members with
expertise in similar areas,” Amiridis said.
In addition, a cluster of six faculty members could be recruited for the program through
the University’s Faculty Excellence Initiative. While the majority of them will be in the College
of Engineering and Information Technology, appointments are also expected in the School of
Continued on page 6
The University expects to enroll the largest
freshman class with the highest average SAT
score in its history this fall, President
Sorensen told the Faculty Senate at its
meeting June 22.
The incoming
class will number about 3,700,
which is 250 more
than last year. The
average SAT score is
expected to be 1165,
up 16 points from
last year’s average of
1149.
“I think this is
Sorensen
terrific news,” said
Sorensen, adding that more students will
create the need for more faculty. “I’ve talked
with the deans about the fact that we need to
continue hiring additional faculty.”
The University hired 108 new faculty
members this year, and 92 faculty members
either retired or resigned for a net increase
of 16 new faculty members starting next fall.
The University plans to replace up to 350
faculty members expected to retire in the
next year and also will recruit 25 additional
tenure-track faculty members every year for
six years.
The incoming freshman class also will
include more students from out of state, 35
percent, than ever before.
“It’s an indication that our academic reputation is thriving and is noted more widely,”
Sorensen said. “It’s a challenge. We’ve got
more and more students who are interested
in coming here. We have to make sure we’re
providing adequate quality.”
Recapping the 2005–06 budget, Sorensen
noted that the General Assembly provided
funds toward a 4 percent increase on average
for faculty and staff salaries. The University’s
budget from legislative appropriations was
cut by only $272,000. “That was a very modest decrement from our annual appropriations,” Sorensen said.
A 12.3 percent increase in tuition will
generate about $13.5 million. That money
will be used as follows:
■ $2 million for salaries to make up the portion of the 4 percent average salary increase
not covered by state appropriations
■ $3.5 million for hiring and adding new
faculty
■ $4 million for improving the quality of the
information technology system
■ $1 million for information technology
security
■ $1 million to add several police officers to
improve security on campus
■ $2 million to help pay increased utility
bills.
Other funding the University has received
includes $1 million for nanotechnology
research, $1 million for hydrogen research,
Continued on page 6
Briefly
IN MEMORIAM: Donald K. “Don” Woolley, 73, a retired
associate professor of photojournalism at the USC School of
Journalism and Mass Communications who served on the faculty from 1972 to 1995, died June 14 in Nashville,Tenn., after a
brief illness. Known for his devotion to photojournalism and for
his creativity,Woolley, a native of North Plainfield, N.J., worked
after his retirement from the University as a columnist, speaker,
judge of state and national contests,
and as an active Life Member of
the National Press Photographers
Association (NPPA), according to the
association’s Web site. He is survived
by his wife, Deborah, of Nashville.
Woolley started as a photographer
and editor for Octoraro Newspapers
in Quarryville, Pa., before becoming
chief photographer and manager of
Woolley
the photojournalism department at
the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., according to the NPPA. He taught at the University of
Iowa before joining USC, where he was head of the photojournalism sequence until his retirement. Memorials may be made to
the College of the Ozarks, Box 17, Point Lookout, Mo. 65726.
ENHANCE YOUR BUSINESS SKILLS ONLINE: Brush
up on your office and business skills or enhance your marketability in the workplace through USC’s online courses on
technology, business, and executive management. Prospective
students can choose from more than 1,200 courses, including
Six Sigma; desktop applications and advanced IT concepts; and
staff effectiveness using the writing and philosophy of Peter
Drucker, Edward Deming, and Tom Peters.The courses are part
of McGraw-Hill’s e-learning series. Individual courses must be
completed within 12 weeks, but students can take up to a year
to complete a bundle of courses. All you need is a computer and
an Internet connection. “Summer is a great time for enrichment
and self-improvement courses,” said David Hunter of USC’s
continuing education program. “These courses also can be very
valuable for new grads who may want to enhance their marketability with new skills, for employees who want to advance their
careers, and for managers looking for cost and time-effective
training opportunities for their employees.” For a full listing of
courses, go to www.rcce.sc.edu and click on online course, or
contact Hunter at 7-9459 or by e-mail at davidh@gwm.sc.edu.
AIKEN GOLFERS WIN SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP:
USC Aiken’s men’s golf team recently won the program’s
second-straight NCAA Division II national championship.The
top-ranked Pacers held off a determined Armstrong Atlantic
State team to win by five shots after posting a final round nineover-par 293. Junior Dane Burkhart won the individual national
title by one stroke at five-under-par, the Pacers first-ever NCAA
medalist.The Pacers are just the eighth school, and the first
team since Florida Southern (1999–2000), to repeat as Division
II men’s golf champions, and with no seniors on this year’s
“starting five,” USC Aiken will be a favorite for another win in
2006.The 72-hole event was contested at the 7,026-yard, par
71 Club at Savannah Harbor. In a record-setting year, USC Aiken
won 11 of 13 tournaments, including two Division I events, the
2005 Peach Belt Conference Championship (the program’s
sixth), the NCAA Southeast Regional (their fourth-straight), and
the 43rd NCAA Division II Championship.The Pacers will carry
a five-tournament winning streak into next season. Head coach
Michael Carlisle is in his 15th season at USC Aiken.
NOAA SEEKS MEMBERS FOR ADVISORY PANEL: The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
seeking to fill vacancies on its newly formed Ocean Exploration Program Advisory Working Group.The nine-member
group, which will be a standing subcommittee of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board, will provide guidance and oversight
on general priorities for ocean exploration, as well as advice
about emerging ocean exploration-relevant technologies. An
initial task will be to advise on priority ocean exploration topics and geographic areas of interest to help establish an initial
schedule of operations for Okeanos Explorer, NOAA’s new
ocean exploration vessel. Group members will be selected from
nominees who will have national and international reputations
in fields related to ocean exploration such as physical, chemical,
or biological oceanography, social sciences, or ocean engineering.
The members will be drawn from academia, government, industry, and other ocean-related institutions. Complete nomination
information can be found at http://www.sab.noaa.gov.
MATH STUDENT WINS STUDY ABROAD AWARD:
Patrick McCormick, a sophomore math major, has won a
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarship
for study abroad in Budapest, Hungary. McCormick, a Carolina
Scholar from Greenville, is pursuing a minor in linguistics. He is
a member of Phi Mu Epsilon and the Young Democrats and is
involved with Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity. He also conducts linguistics research in the USC Research Communications
Studio, a collaborative effort among the colleges of Engineering
and Information Technology, Arts and Sciences, and Education.
The NSEP David L. Boren Scholarships provide U.S. undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to
acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world
critical to the future security of the United States. This year
NSEP granted 147 scholarships for undergraduate students.
2
July 14, 2005
Graduates of the pilot GRANT
class were recognized during a
graduation ceremony June 15.
They are:
■ Back row, from left: Rachel
Peters, School of Medicine;
Sherry Morrison, arts and
sciences; and Stephanie Driver,
public health
■ Third row: Laverne Shuler,
public health; Shannon Lackey,
nursing; and Kay Dorrell,
engineering and information
technology
■ Second row: Beth Herron,
arts and sciences; Margaret
Bergin, arts and sciences; and
Georgia McDaniel, arts and
sciences.
■ Front row: Hope Johnson,
engineering and information
technology; Debbie Little, arts
and sciences; and Beverly Simmons, social work.
■ Not pictured: Jennifer Stein,
School of Medicine; and Mark
Stevens, NanoCenter.
Jason Ayer
Pilot GRANT class completes certification requirements
Fourteen Columbia campus staff members selected earlier this
year for a pilot training program in research administration
were recognized June 15 by Provost Mark Becker and Harris
Pastides, vice president for research and health sciences, for
completing certification requirements of the program.
“Our first Gamecock Research Administrators Network
and Training Program (GRANT) graduates are to be commended for the standards of excellence they have set for future
program participants,” Pastides said. “The energy they’ve
expended and the work they’ve accomplished while maintaining their daily work responsibilities clearly demonstrate their
commitment to advancing our University’s research profile.”
Becker illustrated the important role that research administrators play in faculty proposal development. “They are the
foundation supporting faculty efforts that are making USC a
more competitive, top-tier research institution,” he said.
GRANT provides University staff with an improved understanding of regulations, policies, and procedures associated
with externally supported research. The program includes
Dumpsters, trailer set up
for cardboard recycling
To improve recycling services and convenience for the campus
community, the environmental services department has
purchased and delivered blue dumpsters and trailers for cardboard recycling. The containers are for flattened corrugated
cardboard boxes only.
Cardboard will no longer be picked up from inside buildings that have dumpsters and trailers. For more information,
call 7-TREE or send an e-mail to wasteremoval@fmc.sc.edu.
The following buildings and locations now have a dumpster
for cardboard recycling:
■ 743 Greene St., loading dock near trash dumpster
■ 1600 Hampton St., next to trash dumpster at dock
■ Bates Café, loading dock
■ Blatt PE Center, loading dock
■ Byrnes, loading dock
■ Coker Life Sciences, loading dock near biology stockroom
■ Computer Services Annex, loading dock next to trash
dumpster
■ Consolidated Service, loading dock
■ Gambrell Hall, loading dock next to trash dumpsters
■ Graduate Science, loading dock closest to Main Street
■ Law Center, next to dumpster on Devine Street
■ Rutledge, next to trash compactor
■ Sumwalt/Coker, next to existing dumpsters off of Sumter
Street
■ Swearingen, next to trash dumpster
■ Wardlaw, parking lot on College Street.
The following buildings and locations now have a trailer for
cardboard recycling:
■ 300 Main St., next to trash dumpster
■ BA, basement in garage next to service vehicle spaces
■ Public Health, rear entrance of building
■ Sidewalk Café, next to café
■ Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center, next to trash
dumpster.
nine core courses and two electives that cover topics such as
proposal development, research budgets, pre- and post-award
administration, cost sharing, research compliance, and intellectual property.
More than 30 staff members served as instructors in the
pilot phase of GRANT; they represented business and finance,
human resources, proposal development, research compliance, intellectual property, contract and grant accounting, and
development.
The GRANT Program will begin training a new class this
fall; for more information, contact Wanda Hutto, Office of
Sponsored Awards Management, by phone at 6-6042 or
e-mail at huttowk@gwm.sc.edu.
In addition to the course-based certification, GRANT also
offers a series of monthly workshops developed specifically
for faculty and quarterly research administrator network
breakfasts for departmental business managers and research
directors.
MLK Committee gives event
proceeds to Newman Institute
The I. DeQuincey Newman Institute for Peace and
Social Justice received approximately $3,000 from
the USC Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative
Committee June 15.
Beginning in 2003, the
MLK Committee has given
the proceeds from its Martin
Luther King Jr. Gospel Fest
to the Newman Institute.
Bobby Gist, chair of the
MLK Committee and executive assistant to the president for equal opportunity
programs, made this year’s
gift presentation.
Gist
The Newman Institute
was conceived in 2001
in partnership with the
University, the College of
Social Work, and interested
community groups with the
goal of improving human
relations and services in the
public’s interest. The Newman Professorship and the
institute were established to
honor the memory and exLogan
traordinary contributions of
the late Rev. Isaiah DeQuincey Newman, the state’s
first black senator since Reconstruction.
“The institute is primarily funded by donations
and other forms of external funding,” said Sadye
Logan, the Newman Professor in the College of
Social Work and director of the Newman Institute.
“The institute is deeply appreciative of the ongoing
financial support provided by the MLK Committee.
These proceeds have assisted the institute in presenting programs such as the recent I. DeQuincey
Newman Lecture on Peace and Social Justice.”
■ Ada B. Thomas Award winner
Golden Rule guides
student advisor
By Marshall Swanson
What’s the secret to successfully advising students?
“Most of the time it’s the Golden Rule,” said Art Farlowe,
the undergraduate coordinator in the psychology department’s
Office of Student Services.
For the past five and a half years, Farlowe has helped
guide his department’s lower division majors to the courses
they need or has just been there for them when they wanted
to talk.
“It’s a matter of treating people the
way you’d want to be treated,” said
Farlowe, who in May became only the
third professional staff person at the
University to win the Ada B. Thomas
Outstanding Advisor Award.
The other two staff winners were
Micky Ward of the Department of History and Kathy Smiling in the
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Farlowe
“I don’t have any children,”
Farlowe said, “but if I did, I would hope that wherever I sent
them there would be someone there who would take an interest in them and care about them. It’s one of those things you
can feel good about when you go home at night because you
helped somebody during the day.”
Farlowe helps freshmen and sophomores among the
department’s approximately 950 majors decide which academic route they want to take. If that path requires specialized
guidance, the student is handed off to a faculty advisor.
But most of the time Farlowe works with the undergraduates to help them make good decisions, but not make the
decisions for them. “I try to give them good information and
sometimes to be a good person at reading between the lines,”
he said.
Part of the job is getting to know the students, along with
developing a sense of whether an undergraduate might need
a pat on the back or a “let’s get on the ball” talk. Sometimes
students just want to hang out in the Student Services Office
and visit without talking academics.
Farlowe can relate to students because they’re following
in his footsteps. The native of Ramseur, N.C., received his
bachelor’s degree in history and his master’s degree in student
personnel services from the University. This summer he
started work on a master’s degree in history.
From his time on the University’s Retention Committee,
Farlowe knows that his work and the work of other advisors
can be key factors in whether students decide to leave or stay
at USC.
“It’s a good feeling to know we’re putting a good face on the
University and that we’re making students’ experience here
positive,” he said.
Lancaster’s ed foundation gets
Carole Ray Dowling funds
The Educational Foundation of USC Lancaster recently received approximately $370,000 from the Carole Ray Dowling
Scholarship fund.
The funds will be used for the renovation and maintenance
of the University Baptist Church property, which is now part
of USC Lancaster campus. The property will become the Carole Ray Dowling Health Services Center.
“This could not have happened at a
better time,” said John Catalano, dean
of USC Lancaster. “It is a wonderful
way to memorialize Mrs. Dowling.
Anytime you drive down Hubbard
Drive you will think of her and what
she meant to this community.”
The Carole Ray Dowling Scholarship fund was founded as a tribute
to Dowling, who was killed in an
automobile accident in December
Catalano
1983. Before her death, Dowling was
secretary and office manager for Leroy Springs and Company
Inc. for 16 years.
Initiated by Bill Biggerstaff, then director of the Lancaster
office of Leroy Springs, a golf tournament was organized to
provide funds for the scholarship and was held annually for
many years.
The intent of the scholarship was to aid young men and
women in attending the college or university of their choice.
More than 90 students have received more than $225,000 in
aid from the scholarship.
Because the Life Scholarships and the Hope Scholarships
presented by the state of South Carolina now make it possible
for many students to attend colleges and universities, the
Board of Directors of the Carole Ray Dowling Scholarship
voted to contribute the remaining funds to USC Lancaster’s
Educational Foundation.
Uniform look
USC Postal Services staff
show off their new look—garnet polo shirts and khaki
pants—at the 1600 Hampton St. contract station service counter. Mail carriers and staff who work in the
Student Mail Center in the Russell House basement
and at Hampton Street now wear the uniforms,
which Postal Services director Barry Meyers said are
intended to “present our staff in a more professional
manner and to make us distinguishable from outside
vendors. Our carriers go into every building on
campus, and for security reasons we want everyone
to know immediately who we are.”
Michael Brown
Students learn to create
exhibits using existing
and found items
By Kathy Henry Dowell
Learning takes place on both sides of the exhibits crafted
in Exhibition Design—by the graduate students putting
together the exhibit, and by the visitors who view the
finished exhibit.
“Reviving Nature: Healing in the Lowcountry” is one
of three student-designed exhibits created during this
past fall’s Exhibition Design. The course is a requirement
for the University’s museum management certificate
degree program, an 18-credit program that can supplement studies in anthropology, archaeology, art, business
administration, history, library and information science,
or public administration. Lynn Robertson, director of
McKissick Museum, and Kasey Grier, history, were the
instructors.
“The main purpose of the course is to design an exhibit around McKissick’s collections and to do something
that will be of interest to a wide spectrum of people,” said
Sarah Kautz, who was part of the team that worked on
the “Reviving Nature” exhibit. “We decided to do something on natural healing.”
Kautz, Lauren Davis, and Joe Samolis were students
in the fall 2004 Exhibition Design course. They graduated in May 2005 with museum management certificates
and master’s degrees in anthropology.
“The USC museum system has a pretty extensive
database listing of items in their collections,” Davis said.
“You can type in key words to their catalog system and
quickly find items. We found a collection of early 20thcentury medical tools at McKissick Museum, including a
medicine kit from the 1920s. I also knew that USC’s A.C.
Moore Herbarium had plant specimens we could use, and
the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at
USC (SCIAA) had a late 18th- to early 19th-century clay
bowl from Berkeley County, similar to one that a Gullah
healer may have used to crush herbs.”
“You can see that we really tried to branch out and
find items,” Kautz said. “We worked a lot with Vennie
Deas-Moore, a volunteer research associate at McKis-
Sweet gum
■ If you go
What: “Reviving Nature: Healing in the Lowcountry”
Where: McKissick Museum
When: Through Sept. 3
Hours: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday and
11 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday
Admission: Free
sick; John Nelson, the curator at the herbarium; Sharon
Pekrul at SCIAA; and Leland Ferguson, an emeritus
professor of anthropology. Jason Shaiman, chief curator
of exhibitions at McKissick, helped us put up the exhibit.”
The course was a good fit for Davis, who is from Baton
Rouge and came to USC for its historical archaeology
program. “The idea of looking at culture and working
with the actual object is something I’m interested in,”
she said. She now works in the applied research division
of SCIAA and hopes her career will include working as a
curator in a history-related museum.
Kautz now works for TRC, a cultural resource management consulting firm in Columbia. Her duties include
identifying significant historic and archaeological sites.
A second team in the Exhibition Design course constructed an exhibit on the history of the gamecock; that
exhibit will appear online. A third team put together an
exhibit on the history of student life at USC; that exhibit
will be on display in the Russell House.
Plans are under way to travel the panel version of “Reviving Nature: Healing in the Lowcountry” to libraries,
universities, and cultural centers throughout the state.
The entire exhibit is on display at McKissick Museum
through Sept. 3.
USC joins forces to develop alternative energy sources
Officials from the city of Columbia and USC
■ research, including public and private inon June 21 launched the S.C. Next Energy
vestment in companies and institutions that
❝Make no misInitiative, a cooperative effort among Aiken,
perform research and development
Columbia, and Greenville that will lead the
take about it—if
■ commercialization, including institutions
state’s research and economic development
and incentives that capture the commercial
we are successefforts on hydrogen, fuel cells, and other
value of research and development and
ful, tomorrow’s
alternative sources of energy.
produce many start-ups
South Carolina
“Make no mistake about it—if we are
■ entrepreneurship, including a culture and
successful, tomorrow’s South Carolina will
will be to hydrosupporting environment that allows new
be to hydrogen what Texas is to oil today,”
gen what Texas is
companies to grow and survive
said Harris Pastides, USC’s vice president for
to oil today.❞
■ global company formation, including reresearch and health sciences.
—Harris Pastides
gional resources that allow start-ups to grow
USC will spearhead efforts in Columbia
into global leaders.
and the Midlands, while the Savannah River
National Laboratory (SRNL) in Aiken and
“Without these factors, a region may
Clemson University’s International Center
attract high-tech investment but will not defor Automotive Research (ICAR) in Greenville will be lead
velop a cluster,” Pastides said. “By combining our efforts with
partners in those two cities.
that of ICAR and SRNL, we will avoid duplication of efforts
Pastides pointed out that successful technology clusters
and create a synergy to spur faster development.”
depend on four key factors:
July 14, 2005
3
July & August
Calendar
■ Campus camps
■ Miscellany
July 22–24 Soccer: Mark Berson’s Carolina Soccer Camp,
Senior Elite and Junior Elite camp for youth. For more
information, go online at markbersoncarolinasoccercamp.
com/index.cfm?content=Home.
Aug. 2 Alumni event: Fall Sports Preview Party with
head football coach Steve Spurrier, 6–8 p.m., the Moore
Building at the State Fairgrounds. Sponsored by the
Carolina Alumni Association. For more information, contact the Association by phone at 7-4111 or by e-mail at
events@carolinaalumni.org.
July 24–28 Basketball: Overnight camp and day camp for
individuals. For information, call 7-4197.
July 24–29 PACES: Pre-Medical Academic and Career
Exploration Series, a weeklong summer residential program
designed to assist entering first-year students in exploring a
career in medicine. For more information, call the Office of
Pre-Professional Advising at 7-5581.
July 25–29 Soccer: Mark Berson’s Carolina Soccer Camp,
full- and half-day camps for youth. For more information,
go online at markbersoncarolinasoccercamp.com/index.
cfm?content=Home.
July 28–31 Girls’ Soccer School: Elite Residential Camp for girls ages 15–18. For information, e-mail
smithsa7@gwm.sc.edu.
July 28–31 Girls’ Soccer School: Elite Goalkeeper
Academy for girls ages 15–18. For information, e-mail
smithsa7@gwm.sc.edu.
Through Aug. 5 McCutchen House: The Garden Grille,
serving lunch 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Tuesday–Friday.
Aug. 17 Pre-Med Orientation: For USC students interested in applying for medical, dental, veterinary, or optometry school. Breakfast provided 8:30–9 a.m., program runs
9–11 a.m. Russell House, Room 322, free. Sponsored by the
Office of Pre-Professional Advising. For more information,
call 7-5581.
Aug. 20 Columbia Museum of Art: “Gallery Talk
with Sigmund Abeles,” noon, free. Abeles is a New York
City–based artist and USC graduate who has had several
one-person exhibitions in New York. His work has been
included in exhibitions in the United States and Europe, and
he has received awards from the National Institute of Arts
and Letters and the National Council of Arts and Humanities. The museum is located at the northwest corner of
Main and Hampton streets. For more information, go to
www.columbiamuseum.org or call 799-2810.
Aug. 24 Student Organization Fair: Opportunity for
students to learn about a variety of student organizations,
11 a.m.–2 p.m., Russell House, free. For more information,
call 7-2654 or go to www.sg.sc.edu.
Kelsey DiMarco performs at Finlay Park July 30.
■ Concerts
July 16 Finlay Park: Summer concert, Mystic Vibrations,
rock, 7–10 p.m., free.
July 23 Finlay Park: Shrimp City Slim and Wanda Johnson,
blues, 7–10 p.m., free.
July 30 Finlay Park: Kelsey DiMarco, country, 7–10 p.m.,
free.
July 31 and Aug. 2 Summer Chorus: USC students
and members of the Columbia community will perform Mass,
by Robert Schumann, and Benedicite, by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Directed by Larry D. Wyatt, music. 4 p.m. July 31 and 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 2, School of Music Recital Hall. Free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Rhonda Gibson at 7-5369 or
rgibson@mozart.sc.edu.
■ Exhibits
Through July 16 McKissick Museum:
“More Than Words Can Say: A Celebration of
Book Arts,” exhibit featuring imaginative book
designs by faculty and students. The museum,
which is free and open to the public, is open
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 or go to the museum’s Web site at
www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/index.html.
July 16–Sept. 17 McKissick Museum: “An
Intimate Look: Works by Sigmund Abeles,”
prints, drawings, and paintings by Abeles, a
USC graduate.
Amherst Suite #2: Model in Studio, a dry point drawing, is part of “An Intimate Look:Works by Sigmund Abeles,” which opens at McKissick Museum
July 16. Abeles is a USC graduate.
■ Around the campuses
July 26 USC Salkehatchie: Leadership Institute Hampton County Advisory Board Meeting, 9 a.m., Palmetto State
Bank, Hampton.
Aug. 3–4 USC Salkehatchie: Opportunity Scholars PreCollege Workshop for new freshmen. For more information, call 58-3446.
Through Aug. 7 USC Sumter: Exhibit, oil paintings, and
lithographs by internationally renowned aerospace artist
William J. “Bill” Reynolds, William J. Reynolds Gallery, second floor, Administration Building, 200 Miller Road. Gallery
hours are 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday, closed Saturday
and Sunday. For more information, call Cara-lin Getty at
55-3727.
Aug. 9 and 10 USC Lancaster: Freshman Orientation.
Parent Orientation is Aug. 9 beginning at 5:45 p.m. To register, students must contact Tracey Taylor at 803-313-7066.
4
July 14, 2005
July 29–Oct. 2 Columbia Museum of
Art: “ A Body of Work: The Human Figure
from Degas to Diebenkorn,” 70 works that
showcase figural art created primarily in
the 20th century. Exhibit includes a variety
of artists—including Edgar Degas, Richard
Diebenkorn, Marc Chagall, Helen Gilbert, and
Sigmund Abeles—and a variety of media—including oil on canvas, watercolor, lithograph, and etching on
paper. The museum is located at the northwest corner of
Main and Hampton streets. Museum hours are 10 a.m.–5
p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 pm.
Friday; 1–5 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission is $5 adults, $2 students, $4 senior citizens, free for
museum members and children under 6. Every Saturday is
free. For more information, go to www.columbiamuseum.
org or call 799-2810.
July 30–Oct. 15 McKissick Museum: “Mimicry and
Magic: The Metaphors of David Voros,” autobiographical
artwork by Voros, art.
Through Sept. 3 McKissick Museum: “Reviving Nature:
Healing in the Lowcountry,” features the many cultures
that practice healing
with traditional herbal
remedies, including those
found within the S.C. Lowcountry, such as Native
Americans and the Gullah.
The exhibit was curated
by three graduate students
receiving their certificate
degree in museum studies.
(See story on page 3.)
■ 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. 4.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
■ Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
Art professor David Voros’ oil painting Allegory of Love, above, is part of
“Mimicry and Magic:The Metaphors
of David Voros,” opening at McKissick
Museum July 30.
Torso Floating in Space, left, a color
silkscreen by Alexander Archipenko, is
part of “A Body of Work,” opening at
the Columbia Museum of Art July 29.
The May cover of Ceramics Monthly featured ceramic
sculpture by USC art professor Virginia Scotchie.
Practice is key for students at the Southeastern Piano Festival, who follow an intense schedule of group and individual lessons in the afternoon.
The mornings are reserved for personal practice time.
■ A musical feast
The halls of the School of Music and the Koger
Center have been alive with the sound of music
this summer. The Southeastern Piano Festival
brings in talented high-school students from
around the state and country to study with
USC’s piano professors. The Conductors Institute attracts a national class of young conductors to polish their skills on the podium. The
School of Music also sponsors summer camps
for drum majors, percussionists, symphonic band,
and strings. The Children’s Music Development
Center helps develop the music potential of
infants, toddlers, and young children. The Summer Chorus program is open to University and
community members who love to sing.
Music is play for these toddlers who have fun while experiencing rhythm and song with their parents as partners.
National publications
feature works by two
USC art professors
Works by two University art professors have been featured
in two national publications.
Two ceramic sculptures by USC associate art professor
Virginia Scotchie were featured on the cover of the May issue
of Ceramics Monthly. The story, “Virginia Scotchie: The
Familiar Act and Object,” was written by contemporary critic
and art historian Glenn Brown.
Scotchie began teaching at USC in 1992. Last year, she
spent several weeks in Taiwan teaching graduate students at
the Tainan National School for the Arts. She also attended a
40th-anniversary event for the ART in Embassies Program
at the White House.
For two years, one of Scotchie’s ceramic sculptures was
on display at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. South Carolinian Robert Royall was ambassador during
those two years, and he wanted the embassy’s exhibition to
feature artists from his state.
Scotchie’s Web site is at http://people.cas.sc.edu/
scotchie/index.html.
The work of USC Lancaster art associate professor Fran
Gardner Perry is featured in an article titled “Layer upon
Layer” in the summer 2005 issue of Fiberarts. Perry’s work
also received an honorable mention at the Palmetto Hands
2005 exhibit at the Charleston Area Convention Center in
North Charleston. For the second year in a row, her work
will be a part of the Palmetto Hands traveling museum and
will be showcased throughout South Carolina.
Perry uses fabric, thread, paint, beads, various embellishments, found objects, and wood panels in her work. Her
techniques include machine stitching, original drawings,
photo transfers of found imagery, painting, and woodworking. Perry has taught at USC Lancaster since 1988.
Members of the brass section of the Symphonic Band Camp polish their technique and skill.
Aspiring maestros master their baton work at the Conductors Institute.
Several works by USC Lancaster art associate professor Fran
Gardner Perry, including Handle with Care, appear in the summer
2005 issue of Fiberarts.
July 14, 2005
5
Briefly
IT ORGANIZED INTO THREE DEPARTMENTS: The Division
of Information Technology (IT) has been organized into three departments under the continued direction of Bill Hogue, vice president for
information technology and chief information officer.The names of
the departments are as follows:
■ Computer Services will be known officially as University Technology Services (UTS). Lorie Edwards is the deputy chief information
officer for IT Operations.
■ Distance Education and Instructional Support (DEIS) will be known
officially as University Instructional Services (UIS). Susan Bridwell is
the deputy chief information officer for Instructional Services.
■ Rafael Alvarado has assumed leadership as academic program director for a new group named Faculty E-Learning Support.The group
merges resources from Academic Services and Instructional Development previously in Computer Services and DEIS.
UPSTATE NAMES ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR: Cindy
Jennings has been appointed associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at USC Upstate. Jennings will assist Reginald Avery, executive vice
chancellor, with the following initiatives: faculty and student development and retention; faculty research and scholarship advancement;
academic liaison to SACS; oversight of Summer Transition Programs;
curriculum planning and development; academic program reviews and
assessment; student advisement; oversight of design, equipping, and
renovation of computer labs and other teaching and learning facilities;
distance and online education initiatives; CHE productivity reviews;
planning and development of selected grant proposals; and academic
strategic planning.
Freshmen
WILLIAMS RECEIVES AWARD FROM EDVENTURE: Doug
Williams, associate dean of the Honors College, recently received the
Sue Oliver Award from EdVenture Children’s Museum.The award recognizes outstanding volunteers who excel in furthering EdVenture’s
mission to inspire children to experience the joy of learning. Named
for the museum’s co-founder, the Sue Oliver Award was given to
Williams for his leadership in establishing the Go Polar! program, a
collaboration between the Honors College and EdVenture.
CONDUCTORS INSTITUTE GOES TO ARGENTINA: For
the second year in a row, Donald Portnoy will sponsor a two-week
Conductors Institute in Mendoza, Argentina, to be held July 25–Aug.
6. Students will receive a tutorial from faculty who have experience in
the commercial, academic, and professional worlds of music. Faculty
will be Portnoy, professor of orchestral studies at USC and music
director/conductor of the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, and David
Handel, music director for Mendoza Symphony.
continued from page 1
and $3 million for deferred maintenance.
Reporting on the research center, Sorensen said the city of
Columbia and Richland County have provided $33.9 million to construct two new parking garages, one beside the
S.C. Department of Transportation near the Colonial Center
and another at the corner of Wheat and Assembly streets for
faculty and staff who will work in the new research campus
buildings.
With the construction of a 1,000-car garage at the corner
of Bull and Blossom streets, the University will gain 3,400 additional parking spaces during the next two years.
The Budget and Control Board unanimously approved
$58 million for the research campus from the Life Sciences
Act. The research campus’ developer Craig Davis Properties is
putting up $26 million for two buildings, one (part of the Horizon Center) at the corner of Blossom and Assembly streets
and another behind the new Arnold School of Public Health on
Assembly Street.
The University also received $6 million from the U.S. government in grants specifically dedicated to the construction
costs of faculty-operated laboratories and facilities. Another
Hamilton
NEW THURMOND CENTER RATE AVAILABLE: Campus
Recreation has introduced a new membership category for faculty
and staff that will allow them to use the Strom Thurmond Wellness &
Fitness Center during certain hours at a reduced rate.The Early Bird
Special is from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday–Friday and any time on weekends and holidays for a cost of $240 per year.The fee can be paid in
one installment or through payroll deduction of $10 per pay period
for 12-month employees or $13.33 per pay period for 10-month employees. For more information, contact Kim Dozier at kimm@gwm.
sc.edu or call 7-9566. Campus Recreation is at 1000 Blossom St. For
more information, go to http://campusrec.sc.edu.
$17 million in research campus funding comes from indirect
cost recovery from grants generated by the faculty.
Harris Pastides, vice president for research and health
science, reported that the search committee for the dean of the
College of Nursing has named a finalist, and the search committee for a director of the Carolina NanoCenter has chosen
three finalists. Pastides said he hopes to make appointments
for the positions in the next several weeks. He also reported
that Donna Richter, dean of the Arnold School of Public
Health, is the chair of the search committee for the dean of the
USC pharmacy program of the new S.C. College of Pharmacy.
Provost Becker announced that Tangali S. Sudarshan, a
professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will co-chair the search for a new dean for the College
of Engineering and Information Technology. Duncan A. Buell,
professor and chair of the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, has been named interim dean of the college
effective Aug. 1.
The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 7 in
the School of Law Auditorium.
continued from page 1
including a total walk-around inspection of the plane. Then
you check the engine right before takeoff. And while you’re
in the air, you regularly practice engine-outs and always look
for fields you can land in if there is an emergency. Pilots are
extremely safety-minded, and there are safety standards they
must meet.”
Hamilton credits an old boyfriend with introducing her to
flying.
“When I was in my 20s, a guy I was dating took me on a
tour of the southern Florida coast in his small-engine airplane.
From the moment I was up in the air I knew I wanted to fly in
small planes. You get a whole different perspective of what the
world looks like—it’s incredibly beautiful.”
In 1995, Hamilton began thinking about building her own
plane but dismissed it as too much of a dream. In 1999, the
dream took hold.
“I finished it in about five years,” she said. “It’s called an
RV6, and it’s a home-built, or experimental, plane. It holds
two passengers and can travel at 180 miles per hour.
“I fly all over the state; there are little airports just about
anywhere you want to go. One of my favorite trips is to Jekyll
Island. You can fly there, land at a small airport on the island,
and then walk to a number of restaurants. I have also flown in
air shows as part of a formation flight.
“I do try to fly a lot, and I used to fly every weekend, but the
high price of fuel has put a damper on my ability to fly every
weekend. Aviation fuel is about $3.50 a gallon right now, and
the airplane burns about eight gallons an hour, so that can get
to be very expensive.”
Hamilton is president of Palmetto Sport Aviation, a local
flying club that has more than 250 members. She also recently
participated in Science Splash, an event designed to interest
middle-school girls in science-related careers. She shared
photos of her plane and enthralled the girls with stories about
safety in the laboratory and safety in the sky.
Staff spotlight
■ Name: Rebecca “Becky” Mayo
■ Title: Student services program coordinator
■ Department: Office of Student Services, College
of Engineering and Information Technology
■ Background: Native of Greenwood who received
her bachelor’s degree in English and secondary
education from Lander University. Before joining
the College of Engineering and Information Technology in January 1988, she worked for Wal-Mart
in Arkansas in the firm’s data processing area. She
also attended USC as a non-degree seeking graduate
student.
■ Tell us about your job.
Our office handles student
advisement and registration.
We also counsel students
experiencing academic difficulties; do room scheduling
for classes, student organizations, and functions;
take part in the orientation
process; and handle undergraduate degree certificaMayo
tions. The office is responsible for administering the SCAMP Program (S.C.
Alliance for Minority Participation) and generally
does whatever it can for our students, even things
like calling the campus police to help them when
they get locked out of their cars. I maintain statistics
for the college in enrollment, graduation rates, and
also coordinate the college scholarship program.
■ How many students are we talking about?
Approximately 1,300 undergraduates in the fall
semester. We have a staff of four people in the office,
and we stay pretty busy, even during the summer.
■ What’s the best part of your job? Working with the students. Since I handle the college’s
scholarships, I get to work with a lot of really bright
and promising students, and that’s always a joy. The
students are why we’re here, and we enjoy helping
them as much as we can.
■ What’s the most unusual request you’ve
ever gotten from students? It might be the help
they ask for when they come in looking for their cars
after the vehicles have been towed from the Sonic
parking lot. But we also bandage skinned knees
from bike accidents and do other hand-holding
when necessary.
■ What’s your take on the importance of
private support for financial assistance to
University students? It’s very important. With
the rising cost of tuition, fees, and other expenses,
financial aid can make a big difference in whether
we’re able to recruit good quality students who are
going to be successful in our college.
■ How would you describe the psychological
income from your job? It’s in the importance
of what we do for our student population. If we’re
supportive of them, they’ll be supportive of us in the
future. Our graduates give the college good word-ofmouth advertising. We do a lot of repeat business,
and I think it’s because a lot of our students feel they
get a good education here.
Times • Vol. 16, No. 11 • July 14, 2005
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. lpearce@gwm.sc.edu
Director of periodicals: Chris Horn chorn@gwm.sc.edu
Grant
Managing editor: Larry Wood larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Medicine and in the College of Arts and Sciences.
In a related initiative, the College of Engineering and Information Technology plans to offer undergraduate and graduate
degree programs in biomedical engineering; the new degrees
would be jointly administered by the chemical engineering
and mechanical engineering departments.
USC will submit its final application this fall to the state
Commission on Higher Education (CHE) for approval of the
degree programs, which would include a 128-credit bachelor’s
degree. The School of Medicine and the College of Arts and
Sciences will also participate in course instruction. If formal
approval is received from the CHE, it is anticipated that the
first students could be enrolled for fall 2006.
As part of the NSF/EPSCoR grant, USC will focus on measuring, modeling, and controlling biochemical, biomechanical, and cellular phenomena to develop specialized cells and
6
Design editor: Betty Lynn Compton blc@gwm.sc.edu
continued from page 1
July 14, 2005
tissues, with special emphasis on cardiovascular tissue.
The project will complement other ongoing initiatives
at USC, including establishment of a state-funded Center of
Excellence in regenerative medicine and creation of a strong
interdisciplinary research component between the College of
Engineering and Information Technology and the School of
Medicine. Biomedical sciences and engineering represent key
priority areas for USC’s research enterprise and are among the
cornerstones of the future research campus.
The full NSF/EPSCoR grant also will fund programs at
Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina,
Claflin University, and S.C. State University. The award will be
matched with $4.5 million in nonfederal funding, for a total of
$13.5 million. The state Legislature plans to provide some of
the matching funds.
Senior writers: Marshall Swanson mswanson@gwm.sc.edu
Kathy Henry Dowell kdowell@gwm.sc.edu
Photographers: Michael Brown mfbrown@gwm.sc.edu
Kim Truett ktruett@gwm.sc.edu
Copyeditor: Thom Harman tharman0@gwm.sc.edu
To reach us: 7-8161 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Campus correspondents: Office of Media Relations, USC
Columbia; Jennifer Lake, Aiken; Jill Bratland, Beaufort; Shana Funderburk, Lancaster; Jane Brewer, Salkehatchie; Tammy Whaley, Upstate;
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, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The University of
South Carolina has designated as the ADA Title II, section 504, and
Title IX coordinator the Executive Assistant to the President for
Equal Opportunity Programs. The Office of the Executive Assistant
to the President for Equal Opportunity Programs is located at 1600
Hampton St., Columbia, S.C.; telephone 803-777-3854.
Faculty/staff news
Faculty/staff items include presentations of papers and projects for national
and international organizations, appointments to professional organizations and
boards, special honors, and publication of papers, articles, and books. Submissions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be sent
only once to Editor, Times, 920 Sumter St., Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to:
chorn@gwm.sc.edu.
■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
David Weaver and Laura Lawton, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management, “Using Cluster Analysis to Segment a Sample of Australian
Ecotourists,” Tourism Research Methods: Integrating Theory with Practice, B.W.
Ritchie, P. Burns, and C. Palmer, editors, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, U.K.
and Cambridge, Mass.
Kevin Morgan, libraries, God Of Our
Single Years,AuthorHouse Publishers,
Bloomington, Ind.
Patrick Nolan, sociology, and
Gerhard Lenski (University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill), “Trajectories
of Development Among Third World
Societies,” Gerhard Lenski, editor,
Evolutionary Theory: Principles and
Applications, Paradigm Publishers,
Boulder, Colo.
■ Lighter times
Jerry Hackett, philosophy, “Roger Bacon: his collaborators and scientia
experimentalis; Between Art and Science,” Colloque International “Lumiere
et Vision Dans Les Sciences Et Dans Les Arts De L’Antiquite Au XVIIe
Siecle,” Etudes pratique des hautes Etudes/Institut national d’histoire de l’art,
University of Paris-Sorbonne, and “Intuition, Evidence, and Demonstration,”
European Science Foundation Conference: From Natural Philosophy to Science: 1200–1700 Intuitive Knowledge, Induction, and the Role of Experiment,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth and Dublin.
Steve Millies, political science, Aiken, “Beyond ‘Basket Weaving’: Christian
Humanism and the Foundation of Freedom,” Teaching, Faith, and Service: The
Foundation of Freedom Conference, Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life and American Culture, Portland, Ore.
Stephen L.Thompson, education, and Jed Lyons, engineering, “A Study
Examining Change in Underrepresented Student Views of Engineering as a
Result of Working with Engineers
in the Elementary Classroom,”
American Society for Engineering
Education Annual Conference and
Exposition, Portland, Ore.
Lisa Hammond Rashley, English,
Lancaster, “‘Essays at the truth’:
Language, Politics, and Connection
in Le Guin’s The Dispossessed and
The Telling,” Science Fiction Research
Association, Las Vegas, Nev.
■ ARTICLES
■ OTHER
Sonya Forte Duhé, School of
Lisa Anderson, graphic design,
Journalism and Mass CommunicaMary Lou Hightower and Jane
tions, “The Sources Behind the First
Nodine, art, Upstate, had their
Days of the Anthrax Attacks: What
art work selected for the Juried
Can Practitioners Learn?” Public RelaExhibition for the Artists’ Guild of
tions Quarterly.
Spartanburg. Their works are on
exhibit at the Spartanburg County
James A. Carson, exercise science,
Museum of Art through July 3.
Joseph K. McClung, Kristen Mehl, and
Raymond W. Thompson (USC exerTerry K. Peterson, education,
cise science doctoral students), and
panelist on “Accountability and
Bad sign when the office’s outlook calendar
L.L. Lowe, “Nandrolone Decanoate
Afterschool,” Eastern Regional
rates your day one star.
modulates initial overload induced
Afterschool Conference,
changes in muscle morphology
Baltimore, Md.
and gene expression in rat soleus
Ray Merlock, journalism and mass
muscle,” American Journal of Physiolcommunication, Upstate, attended the 2005 Western Heritage Awards at the
ogy, Integrative & Comparative Physiology.
National Cowboy Museum of Western Heritage (formerly the Cowboy Hall
Vince Connors, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship,
of Fame), Oklahoma City, Okla.
Upstate, C. Golléty, A. Adams, and W.A. Roumillat, “Population dynamics of
Warren J. Carson, chair, languages, literature, and composition, Upstate,
the philometrid nematode Margolisianum bulbosum in the southern flounder
elected chair of the Board of Trustees of Isothermal Community College,
Paralichthys lethostigma (Pisces: Paralichthyidae) in South Carolina,” Diseases of
Spindale, N.C.
Aquatic Organisms.
Jody Lenrow, counseling center, Aiken, recently obtained her Psy.D. in cliniJ. Mark Davis and James A. Carson, exercise science, Franklin G.
cal psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology.
Berger and Maria M. Pena, biological sciences, and Julie M. Clements
Eugene Spiess, math/computer science, Upstate, inducted as president of
and Kristen A. Mehl (USC exercise science doctoral students), “Decreased
the Spartanburg Day Lion’s Club for 2005–06.
intestinal polyp multiplicity with exercise is dependent on intensity, gender,
and inflammatory state in ApcMIN/+ mice,” Journal of Applied Physiology.
Betty Guzzo, Career Center, Upstate, attended the Society for Human
Resource Management National Conference, San Diego, Calif.
William T. “Ted” Moore, finance,Yoon Shin (USC Ph.D. graduate, Loyola
University) and Joanne Li (Loyola University), “Reactions of Japanese Markets
Doris Páezhas, Upstate, appointed director of the new Metropolitan Studto Changes in Credit Ratings by Global and Local Agencies,” Journal of Bankies Institute, effective Aug. 16.
ing and Finance.
■ PRESENTATIONS
Terry K. Peterson, education, “Afterschool Programs and Service Learning:
Allies in Civic Participation and Expanded Learning,” UK-USA Seminar on
Civic Participation and Engagement, Charleston.
Warren J. Carson, chair, languages, literature, and composition, Upstate,
“Sex and The Spirit: The Black Female as Sexual and Spiritual Being in African
American and Caribbean Literature,” The Gathering: A Symposium on
African American Literature and Literary Scholarship, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill.
■ Job vacancies
For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies and
vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu. The employment
office is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Political beliefs influence consumers’ behavior
African Americans who have limited access to retail goods and services in their own inner-city communities make buying decisions that are largely influenced by their political beliefs, according to a USC study.
“It’s an aspect of consumer research that has been given little attention,” said David Crockett, an assistant professor
of marketing in the Moore School of Business, whose research was featured in the Journal of Consumer Research.
“Inner-city businesses struggle to compete with the suburban mega-stores that offer low prices.
“As a result, African Americans living in inner-city communities have limited access to goods and services, an
inequity that causes them to make consumer decisions largely shaped by political beliefs.”
According to Crockett’s study, most African-American consumers, to varying degrees, fall within two dominant
camps: black liberalism and black nationalism. The more common labels, “liberal” and “conservative,” can be applied
to the two. To see how these liberal and conservative beliefs are expressed through shopping, Crockett interviewed a
cross section of black consumers and African-American business owners living in and around Wisconsin’s increasingly
impoverished Black Milwaukee community.
Traditional black liberals believe that full integration in both public and private life for African Americans into
American society is possible. Black nationalists view African Americans as a distinct people, a nation within a nation,
whose social and economic unity will preserve and strengthen black communities and black culture.
Icard chosen for Seagle Music Colony in New York
Brandi N. Icard, a musical artist-in-residence at USC Upstate,
is one of 30 singers selected to participate in the Seagle Music
Colony in upstate New York this summer.
The Seagle Music Colony provides opportunities to gifted
and talented singers from throughout the United States to
develop and enhance their abilities through an eight-week
summer training program and to present performing arts to
the public. Professional musicians and musicians who aspire
to careers as performers, teachers, and choral or choir directors find opportunities for experience and training.
Only 30 singers were selected from a pool of 500 appli-
cants to participate in an intensive training program. Besides
music and vocal training, Icard will appear in operas and
concerts that will help her to improve her singing ability and
learn new techniques in teaching applied courses and music
appreciation.
“Brandi is an extraordinary vocalist and a very special
person,” said Rachelle Prioleau, chair of the Department of
Fine Arts and Communication Studies at USC Upstate. “She
deserves this professional development opportunity, and USC
Upstate is privileged to be able to assist her in achieving her
goals.”
Geriatrics Society
honors Collins
Jan Collins, a writer and editor in the Moore School of
Business, recently received the annual Aging Awareness
Media Award from the American Geriatrics Society for a
story on a program designed to improve the care of older
adults by matching medical students with older adult
mentors.
In “Where Seniors Make Better Doctors,” published
in Parade magazine, Collins described an innovative program in USC’s School of Medicine. Introduced in 2000,
the program pairs each incoming USC medical student
with an older volunteer mentor for his or her four-year
medical school career.
The program gives the students in-depth experience
with older patients—an experience, Ms. Collins wrote,
“that will become increasingly critical: Seniors will
constitute 20 percent of the U.S. population by 2030.” To
read the article, go to www.jan-collins.com/articles.htm.
Applications sought for
Capstone Program principal
The Office of the Provost, in collaboration with University Housing, is seeking applications from current USC
faculty members to lead the educational programs for the
Capstone Scholars scheduled to commence in August.
The position does not require residence in Capstone. The principal position is intended as a half-time
academic appointment, and the successful candidate will
retain a half-time teaching and/or research appointment
in his or her primary academic department.
The principal will be responsible for developing
educationally purposeful initiatives for residents in the
Capstone Scholars Program. The position will entail
scheduling, arranging, and organizing traditional and
nontraditional events to help strengthen students’
connection between the curriculum and co-curriculum.
Undergraduate research, assertive career development,
student-faculty engagement, international awareness,
and a commitment to serve others are essential elements
of the educational program.
The principal will be expected to attract USC faculty
and students to develop research and other educational
initiatives that support the mission and goals of the
Capstone Scholars Program. The principal will encourage faculty, students, campus, and community groups to
engage in purposeful inquiry about issues of local, state,
and national importance. The principal also will serve as
a member of the associate provost’s Undergraduate Studies Group. Administrative support will be provided by a
full-time administrative assistant hired and supervised by
the principal.
For this role and responsibilities, the principal will
report to the associate provost and dean of undergraduate studies with collaborative responsibilities to the
director of residence life in University Housing. The
search committee will begin reviewing applications Aug.
1 and continue until the position is filled. The Capstone
Scholars principal will assume official duties in the fall,
but no later than October 1. Questions can be directed to
heiderk@gwm.sc.edu or 7-2808.
To apply, send a letter of intent outlining interest and
expertise as well as an updated curriculum vitae to: Karl
Heider, associate provost and dean of undergraduate
studies, Osborne Administration Bldg., Suite 102.
Women’s Studies announces
three faculty research awards
The USC’s Women’s Studies Program recently presented three research awards to faculty members for the
2005–06 academic year.
Susan Courtney, an associate professor of English;
Elaine Lacy, director of the Consortium for Latino
Immigration Studies; and Suzanne Swan, an assistant
professor of psychology, received Josephine Abney Faculty Fellowship awards.
Courtney’s research will focus on the Tennessee
Williams films of the 1950s and 1960s, while Lacy and
Swan will conduct research on the settlement process by
Latino women in South Carolina.
Ann Bartow, an assistant professor of law, received
the Carol Jones Carlisle Faculty Award to conduct
research on the accessibility of legal information important to women in the age of electronic databases and the
Internet.
The Abney and Carlisle awards are intended to
encourage research associated with women’s studies.
July 14, 2005
7
Student speak
■ Names: Jo Holly Funchess and Marie Tennyson
■ Class: Seniors
■ Majors: Art education
■ Hometowns: Funchess is from Clemson; Tennyson is from
Charleston
■ Jo Holly, you and your students have been working
with birds’ nests this morning at the first summer Youth
Art Workshop sponsored by the art department. Can you
tell me a little about what they were doing? Basically, what
I’ve been doing is an observational drawing class, using sources
from nature. The first day we spent time outside. They’re studying
contour-line drawing and action drawing and gesture drawing. I’ve
been using the nests to hold their interest and give them something
cool to look at.
■ Has that worked? It actually seems to have worked pretty well.
At first, I was a little concerned they might start to get bored, but it
held their interest very well. I’m excited.
■ What other things will you be teaching in next week’s
classes? I’ll do some of what I’ve done this week, but I’m going to
use more color. I’ve been working with graphite this week as a starting point, but I’ll have some of the same kids next week, so I can
build on what I’ve done.
■ When will you
do your student
teaching? I’ll do
middle school and
high school for half
the semester in the
fall. Then I’ll do
elementary school,
also. We do half and
half for our student
teaching. Everybody
does that in art ed.
I’ll be certified in
K–12 when I finish.
■ When will you
actually get into
the classroom?
We do a week of
Jo Holly Funchess and Marie Tennyson
seminars. Then they
send us out into the schools about a week or a week and a half after
we start.
■ Are you looking forward to student teaching? I really am.
This experience has really helped me, too, because we don’t do as
many practicums as students in other education departments do.
We did our very first one at the end of our senior year. Everyone
else does them throughout the program. It will be a good experience
for me, and I’m looking forward to it. We do very little work with
older students, too, so that’s why I’ve been excited about having
middle-school students in the workshop. Most everything we do is
with elementary-age kids.
■ What kinds of classes do you take as an art education
major? We do everything pretty much. We have to take at least
the beginning level in every studio area. We cover photography, art
history, ceramics, sculpture, painting. We have to pick a cognate in
a certain area. Marie’s is printmaking. Mine is painting.
■ How has the workshop experience been? I did it in the
spring, which was more formal. This summer, I’ve had more control. I feel like this is more my classroom and I have more freedom.
It’s been a great experience.
■ Marie, what are you teaching in your classes during the
first summer Youth Art Workshop? I’m focusing on printmaking and book art. I’m introducing the students to book making
and experimental forms of printmaking. Monday, we did printing
from gelatin. I made gelatin molds, and we used those as a matrix
to make prints.
■ What age children are you working with? Middle school.
They’re in grades 6, 7, and 8. Some of them are about to start high
school, and some are about to start 6th grade.
■ How are the students responding? They are definitely
enjoying it, especially since we’re doing some nontraditional things
like printing with gelatin. They like to experiment and get messy.
■ Did you create the lesson plans for your classes? Definitely, weeks before the workshop started, I began getting ideas. I
attended the Southeastern Association of Book Arts workshop here
at USC in May. That’s where I got my ideas for book arts and doing
book making with the students. Then I came up with the ideas for
all the lessons and wrote them a week or two ago, and I’ve been
adapting them.
■ Will you be able to use those lesson plans when you
become an art teacher? I’ll be student teaching in the fall, so I
hope to able to use some of the lessons, trying them out here first. If
they’re successful, I can use them in my student teaching and adapt
them to however I need to.
■ Are you looking forward to student teaching? Oh, definitely, it’s what you anticipate all four years. After that, I’ll graduate
in December. It will be exciting working in the classroom one-onone with students every day. You don’t really get that while you’re
taking classes. I’m really looking forward to it.
■ Why did you choose art education as your major? I’ve
always loved art. My mom is a teacher, and I’ve always enjoyed
teaching. I played school when I was younger. I really enjoy being in
the classroom. Art education was the obvious thing for me to do.
8
July 14, 2005
Lance Paulman helps high-school students bone up on anatomy during Adventures in Medicine.
Michael Brown
High schoolers take crash course in anatomy
By Geoff LoCicero
When Lance Paulman teaches the Carolina Master Scholars’ Adventures in Medicine each summer, he’s condensing 16 weeks of gross anatomy for medical students into a
one-week summary for high-school students.
At the end of the week, he requires an even briefer
recap from each student, a five-minute presentation on
what he or she learned. Despite crunching the information tighter than a trash compacter, Paulman is continually impressed with what students absorb.
“I am constantly amazed at how some chance snippet
of conversation will draw a student’s interest and drive him
or her to research some part of medicine or education and
present it in such a fashion that even I learn something
new,” said Paulman, an associate professor who manages
the School of Medicine’s Gift of Body Program, which provides cadavers for the gross anatomy course he teaches.
Adventures in Medicine is one of approximately 10 in
the summer series that the Office of Academic Enrichment and Conferences administers. Paulman has overseen the medical program since it began in 2003 with a
single session. This summer it was so popular there were
two sessions, the last June 26-July 1.
“I think the fact that we have many more applicants
than we have space in the program is also a good indicator that we are doing something right,” Paulman said.
Students get an introduction to the medical school and
to dissection on the first full day, then move into anatomy
sessions on regions such as the thorax and the abdomen.
They get at least three afternoons dissecting cadavers.
“Some are eager, some are nervous, some find themselves unable to do actual dissection and merely watch,”
Paulman said. “Without fail, by the end of the week, all the
students have gained a great respect for the complexity of
the human body, its parts, and workings, and also gained
a new insight into just how hard the task of training and
becoming a physician is.”
Judging by students’ reactions, dissection is exciting—
but gross. “I didn’t know we’d be dissecting human cadavers,” said Kaileen Yeh of Dreher High School in Columbia.
“But it’s been an interesting experience, and it’s been fun,
especially with all the goo and—whoooo—the fluids.”
Andrew Boggs, a homeschooled student from Lexington, also was surprised to find he’d be working with
cadavers. “So I get here, and they say we’re going to cut
up a dead person, and I’m like, whooooa. It’s not the frog
that I’ve dissected. But I want to be an ER doctor, so it’s
awesome.”
Paulman’s teaching style mixes in a healthy dose of
humor and a running back-and-forth dialog with the
students as questions fly in both directions.
He displays a thoracic X-ray and asks the students if
they, or any doctor, can tell a patient’s gender from what
they see. The trick, though, is that this patient is a woman
who has been X-rayed with her clothes on, so the plastic
sliders on her bra straps are visible to those who know to
look for them.
“I love this one because people always feel like real
heels after I show it to them,” he said. “There is nothing
physically wrong with this patient.”
Later, there is another test to see if the students will
realize two round “masses” are buttons, not tumors.
The point, Paulman said, is for students to learn—and
to discover how much more they have to learn.
“What three words are the foundation of all human
knowledge?” he asks.
“I don’t know,” a student responds correctly, though
it’s not entirely clear if the answer is an epiphany or a
surrender.
Regardless, Paulman says, “Thank you. ‘I don’t know.’
When you start with ‘I don’t know,’ there’s nowhere to
go but up. And until you can say, ‘I don’t know,’ there’s
no way you can learn. You have to admit your ignorance
before you can learn.”
Young Artists Workshop takes up summer residence
By Larry Wood
Summer is traditionally the season to take some time off,
but the Department of Art expanded its popular Young
Artists Workshop this year, offering classes for the first
time during school vacation.
Rising first through third graders and sixth through
eighth graders created Cranimals, based on the fantasy
world of Dr. Seuss; studied birds’ nests to learn observational drawing; and used gelatin molds for experimental
printmaking. Undergraduate (see Student Speak, left)
and graduate art education students taught the classes in
the inaugural summer program.
“Parents have been interested in summer classes for
a long time,” said Minuette Floyd, an associate professor
of art and director of the Young Artist Workshop. “We
thought this would be a good time to start a summer
program in the art department.”
Until this summer, the Young Artists Workshop has
been offered for many years in the fall and spring as
part of the School Art Program, a class required for all
art education majors. The students meet on Mondays
and Wednesdays to learn about working with children
and constructing lesson plans. Then for seven Fridays,
the students teach their lessons to children from the
Columbia community and from as far away as Aiken and
Orangeburg.
The number of students in the class determines the
number of classes offered, and students often teach with
a partner. This summer, the students taught individually
and prepared every aspect of the class themselves.
“One of the things that distinguishes the Young Artists
Workshop is that our teachers develop their own themes.
They design the lessons and have an opportunity to carry
those themes and lessons all the way through,” Floyd
said. “I really emphasize their learning how to construct
lessons before introducing them to the art curricular
guides.
“We talk about some of the appropriate ways to
introduce lessons and how to develop a quality art lesson.
We want the children to have quality experiences, which
include personal relevance and adherence to national and
state visual arts standards.”
Choosing a strong theme helps the teachers create strong lesson plans. “With a strong theme, lessons
naturally connect to one another,” Floyd said. “It makes
the learning easier for students when they understand
the big theme. Then the teachers can refer their students
back to what they learned earlier. We try to get them to
start thinking in class about some of the issues that affect
students, such as pollution, the environment, or homelessness.”
Floyd expects the summer Young Artists Workshop
to grow next summer and will advertise for the 2006
summer workshop next spring. “This summer’s classes
have been small, about nine to 12 students,” Floyd said.
“But smaller classes gave the children a lot of individual,
one-on-one attention.”