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Folk traditions go digital at McKissick
Museum.
Outdoor sculpture by Adam Walls, right, plays on childhood memories.
T imes
A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Wright Bodman will USC expects to award more than 1,000 degrees from
August 3, 2006 speak at the summer commencement exercises for all eight campuses at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 5 at the Colonial Center. Bodman also will receive an honorary doctoral degree in science.
Commencement for doctoral candidates will be held at 8:30 a.m. at the Koger Center. Chris Ebert, dean of the
Graduate School and associate provost for institutional outreach, will be the speaker.
the Columbia campus, including 592 bachelor’s degrees, 81 doctoral degrees, one law degree, three pharmacy degrees,
10 graduate certifi cates, 351 master’s degrees, and seven specialists.
Degree candidates from USC’s other campuses include
50 bachelor’s candidates and 11 master’s candidates from
Continued on page 6 Bodman
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel will discuss his memoir Night, based on his experiences during the Holocaust, Sept. 12 as the University’s annual Solomon-Tenenbaum lecturer.
Wiesel, the recipient of the 1986 Nobel
Peace Prize, has written more than 40 books and is internationally known for his humanitarian work.
USC’s Solomon-Tenenbaum
Lecture will be at
7:30 p.m. Sept.
12 in the Koger
Center, with a book signing to be held at approximately
9 p.m.
The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets
Wiesel will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis at the Carolina
Coliseum box offi ce beginning Aug. 7, with
1,000 tickets distributed to the public and
1,000 distributed to USC faculty, staff, and students. USC tickets will be distributed in pairs to faculty and staff members and as single tickets to USC students and the public.
Any University tickets not claimed by Sept. 6 will be made available to the public.
There will be general seating at the event.
People who can’t get to the Coliseum can request tickets by mail by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Ticket Offi ce,
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Paul Farmer, left, has dedicated his life to treating some of the world’s poorest populations, raising the standard of health care in undeveloped areas.
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What: Lecture by physician and medical anthropologist Paul
Farmer
When: 6 p.m. Aug. 21
Where: School of Law Auditorium
Admission: Free. To attend, send an e-mail with the number of persons in your party to mountains@gwm.sc.edu.
Information: Jennifer Latino, 7-8869 or latino@gwm.sc.edu
Volunteers are needed to assist with the
First-Year Reading Experience Aug. 21 at the
Carolina Coliseum. The event is for all fi rstyear students.
Nearly 4,000 students are expected to attend, and assistance is needed to greet, direct, and check them in at the Coliseum. Volunteers are needed from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 21 at the Blossom Street entrance.
At check-in, volunteers will give students their envelopes (containing nametags and seating assignments) and a program. A help desk on the concourse will be available for any problems that occur while students are checking in (name misspelled on nametags or no envelope at the table, for example).
Each check-in line will have 300–400 students passing through. Volunteers should move students through as quickly as possible while still being friendly and welcoming.
Volunteers will meet briefl y before students arrive.
To volunteer, e-mail Erin Campbell at campbele@gwm.sc.edu and include your name and T-shirt size.
At orientation, students received a copy of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure
the World, by Tracy Kidder. It’s the true story of Paul Farmer, a Harvard-trained physician and medical anthropologist whose ongoing public health efforts in the poorest region of
Haiti inspired the best-selling book. At the
Reading Experience, students will hear
Farmer speak and then break into small groups to discuss the book.

DOWNLOAD NEW ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE:
AntiVirus protection at USC is changing, and all faculty, staff, and students will need to download a new version of software. The
University will no longer use McAfee AntiVirus and has switched to TrendMicro AntiVirus protection. The change applies to everyone except Macintosh users, who will continue to use the current McAfee Virex protection, which will be supported by the University. For instructions to download the new software, go to http://uts.sc.edu/virus. TrendMicro should be downloaded no later than Aug. 31. After Aug. 31, the critical updates for
McAfee will no longer be available through the University. If you have any problems trying to download TrendMicro anti-virus protection, call the UTS Help Desk at 7-1800.
UPSTATE GERMAN SCHOOL CELEBRATES
10TH ANNIVERSARY : Die Deutsche Schule Spartanburg, which translates to the German School Spartanburg, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The school, which is housed at
USC Upstate, is for children and adults to learn the German language and the cultural heritage of German-speaking countries.
The German School is a Saturday school that offers German for native speakers as well as German as a foreign language.
Die Deutsche Schule Spartanburg is the only German School in
South Carolina approved and supported by the German government. “Our approach to language instruction is to blend language, culture, and traditions in our programs at each age level,” said Gislinde Schoenborn, the school’s principal. “One way we accomplish this goal is to give each grade the chance to select a class project at the beginning of the school year. It is always a great pleasure to see the passion, diligence, and creativity that the students, assisted by their teachers, bring to their work.”
NORTHEAST COLUMBIA STUDENT WINS
GREENER SCHOLARSHIP: Celena Brittany Peters of
Northeast Columbia has been awarded the Richard T. Greener
Scholarship to attend the University. The Black Alumni Council of the Carolina Alumni Association sponsors the Greener scholarship, which was established in 1983 to recognize academic achievement, leadership, and community service. The endowment is a tribute to the scholarly work and achievements of
Greener, who in 1873 became the fi rst black faculty member at
USC. Peters, a graduate of Richland Northeast High School, will join more than 300 students in 2006 who received scholarships through the Carolina Alumni Association. As a Greener
Scholar, Peters will receive $8,000 for four years of study at
USC Columbia.
USC MOVING CREW NEEDS VOLUNTEERS:
Nearly 3,700 freshmen are expected this fall at USC, and many of them will be moving into University residence halls Aug. 19.
For the 13th consecutive year, USC’s volunteer Moving Crew will be there to help them haul their belongings from car trunk to dorm room. Want to join fellow faculty and staff on the
Moving Crew and get a free T-shirt and lunch? Register at www.
sc.edu/moveincrew or contact Denise Wellman in the Visitor
Center, 7-0169, or e-mail, denisew@sc.edu, for more information. Volunteers can sign up for one or more two-hour shifts beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. Refreshment stands will be set up near the residence halls.
QUIT SMOKING FOR LIFE: State Health Plan subscribers and their dependents are eligible to participate at no charge in the Quit For Life Program, a tobacco cessation program. To join the program or fi nd out more information, call
866-784-8454 or go to www.freeclear.com. Employees who are not subscribers of the State Health Plan but would like to enroll in a smoking cessation program should call their insurance provider (the phone number is printed on the insurance card) to inquire about smoking cessation programs that are available through their health plan. For more information about effective strategies for tobacco cessation, go to www.nih.gov/news/pr/ jun2006/od-14.htm.
NEW TOBACCO POLICY IS NOW IN EFFECT:
The University’s new tobacco policy became effective Aug. 1.
As part of the Healthy Carolina initiative, use of tobacco products is prohibited in and around all University buildings and vehicles. The policy also restricts use of tobacco products within 25 feet of any University-owned or leased building.
The policy will apply to all faculty, staff, employees, students, contractors, volunteers, and guests. Updates and other information about the new tobacco policy will be available on the Healthy Carolina Web site (www.sc.edu/healthycarolina/).
PROFESSOR’S PORTRAIT TO BE UNVEILED
AUG. 23: A portrait of the late Elmer G. Schwartz, former associate dean and mechanical engineering professor in the College of Engineering and Information Technology, will be unveiled in the main entrance of Swearingen Engineering Center at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 23. A brief reception will follow. Schwartz, who died from a brain tumor in March 2005, taught at USC for 40 years. A need-based scholarship for mechanical engineering students has been established in his name. To contribute to the fund, contact the engineering college’s development offi ce at 7-4091.
SHARE YOUR VACATION PHOTOS WITH
TIMES : The 12th-annual summer vacation photo spread will appear in the Aug. 24 issue of Times . To share your favorite shots, e-mail digital images to larryw@gwm.sc.edu. Submit prints to Larry Wood, University Publications, 920 Sumter St.
The deadline is Aug. 14.
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Journalists from throughout the United States are gathering at the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications through
August for a series of training seminars on the AMBER Alert system, which notifi es the public when children are reported missing.
The training is part of a $200,000 grant to the school from the U.S. Department of Justice that began last fall.
The AMBER Alert system began in 1997 and has resulted in the recovery of 241 children. Hugh Munn, an instructor at the school and former spokesman with the S.C. Law Enforcement Division, consulted with the Justice Department on the AMBER
Alert program and helped develop the training sessions.
Augie Grant, an associate professor of journalism who serves as the seminars’ training coordinator and project manager, said the most gratifying part of the project is seeing how many broadcasters are willing to devote time for the training and take their new expertise home.
“Invariably, the question we get from them is, ‘How can I share this with other people at my station or in my community?’”
Grant said. “The other thing that has been critical is that most of the sessions integrate broadcasters and law enforcement personnel so that they can better communicate with each other and have a better understanding of each others’ problems.
“The goal is to improve communication during alerts. The differences in cultures we found in law enforcement and the broadcasting community can impede communication. Time is the most important element. The more quickly the public can be mobilized to help fi nd an abducted child, the more likely a child will be safely recovered.”
In addition to Grant and Munn, the USC AMBER Alert project team includes Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass
Communications and Information Studies, and journalism and mass communications faculty members.
USC is one of the nation’s few providers of AMBER alert simulation training for broadcasters and law enforcement offi cials.
USC Salkehatchie will add three intercollegiate women’s sports for the
2006–07 academic year. Women’s volleyball, soccer, and softball teams will compete in Region 10 of the National
Junior College Athletic Association beginning in the fall.
Volleyball head coach Jessica Lane and softball and soccer head coach
Mitch Smith have joined the Salkehatchie campus and are beginning to recruit players for the three teams.
Lane, a native of Tennessee, played junior olympic volleyball for the Smoky Mountains Junior Volleyball Club. After graduating from
Lane high school, she played for Piedmont
College in Demorest, Ga., and then transferred to USC Aiken where she played volleyball and completed a degree in exercise and sports science last December.
Smith
“My fi rst priority is to build classy, respectful, and intelligent young ladies in hopes of sending them on from Salk to fi nish at a senior level college as talented and gifted students and individuals,” Lane said.
Smith, a native of Batesburg-Leesville, also attended USC
Aiken where he was a student assistant softball coach from
2001 to 2004. After graduating, he stayed on as a volunteer coach for an additional season. He was also a fi eld representative for First Franklin Financial in North Augusta. In August
2005, Smith became a resident hall mentor, intramurals coordinator, and assistant softball coach at Louisburg College in North Carolina.
“My fi rm belief is to do the little things right and the big things will take care of themselves,” Smith said. “I took this job at USC Salkehatchie because it was an opportunity for me to build a program from the start. I’ve been an assistant coach with a couple of programs, and now the chance to build a program from the beginning is such a great opportunity. I am thrilled to be here and can’t wait for exciting upcoming seasons in soccer and softball. It’s going to be a great year.”
For more information, call Lane at 843-549-6314 or Smith at 803-584-3446.
Lynn W. McGee has been named vice chancellor of university advancement at USC Beaufort effective Aug. 1. Chancellor
Jane T. Upshaw announced the appointment.
McGee joins USC Beaufort from a regional campus setting, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, where she held a joint appointment as director of enrollment management and a visiting professor of business.
As a faculty member, McGee has taught undergraduate and MBA marketing courses. As a marketing professional, she held sales and marketing positions with Cummins Inc. and
International Trucks and managed her own consulting practice.
McGee
A native of Georgia, McGee is a graduate of Agnes Scott
College. She earned her MBA as a Morehead Fellow at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her
Ph.D. in business at Indiana University.
As vice chancellor of university advancement, McGee will assume responsibility for development, marketing, strategic communications, grants administration, and alumni relations.
“Community supporters have challenged USC Beaufort to grow and have supported its development,” McGee said. “It is exciting to join the expanding team of faculty and staff who are serving a growing student body with a portfolio of USC degree programs and community partnerships tailored to meet the needs of the region.”
For more information, call the USC Beaufort Offi ce of
Public Information at 50-3113.
The School of Music will offer private lessons in voice, piano, woodwind and brass instruments, percussion, strings, and classical guitar this fall and next spring.
The registration deadline for the Community Music Program’s fall semester is Sept. 1, with late applicants accepted on a space-available basis. Spring semester classes will begin in early January.
The fall program consists of 12 private lessons taught by advanced graduate and undergraduate students.
The minimum age for students is 14 for voice lessons, 6 for piano, and 10 for all other instruments.
Tuition is $200 for 12 half-hour lessons and $370 for
12 one-hour lessons. A tuition discount is available for two students from the same family to take half-hour lessons at a cost of $370.
Lessons are scheduled weekly after school and in the evenings. Classes are available during the day for home-schooled students and adults. For more information, call the School of
Music at 7-4281 or go to www.sc.edu for more information and an application.
USC Beaufort will sponsor a high tea with Nathalie
Dupree at the Inn at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton Sept.
14. The event, which will begin at 2:30 p.m., is sponsored by the USC Beaufort Offi ce of
Continuing Education. Dupree will talk about her latest
Dupree cookbook, Shrimp and Grits, following the tea.
Dupree is the author of 10 cookbooks, has been the hostess of more than 300 cooking shows on television, and is a recipient of the James Beard
Award.
A veteran of PBS, The Learning Channel, and The
Food Network, she is most famous for her approachability and understanding of Southern cooking. She started the New Southern Cooking movement, which is now found in many restaurants throughout the South.
Dupree has been chef of three restaurants—in
Georgia, Virginia, and Spain—and has been director of Rich’s Cooking School in Atlanta.
A variety of teapots set on the tables at the high tea event will be available for purchase. Proceeds will be donated to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for its expansion efforts into Jasper County.
The cost is $50. Reservations are necessary and can be made by calling 843-521-4147 or e-mailing kingsley@gwm.sc.edu.

By Chris Horn neuropsychiatry and behavioral science. scores of families with autistic children. Because the spectrum
The childhood diagnosis of autism often foretells a lifetime of dependence and dim prospects for normal development. More troubling is that its causes remain little understood even as diagnoses are on the rise.
Two researchers in the School of Medicine’s neuropsychiatry and behavioral science department are collaborating with the Center for Human Genetics at Duke University on a project aimed at learning more about the causes of the disorder that adversely affects communication and behavior.
“Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder have increased signifi cantly, which is partly explained by better diagnostic techniques and the fact that most of these kids would have been institutionalized in the old days—not mainstreamed in public schools,” said Harry Wright, a veteran USC clinician in
Actor Dustin Hoffman put a public face on autism in his portrayal of the autistic Raymond Babbit in the 1988 drama
Rain Man. The condition has been further thrust into public consciousness by celebrities with autistic children such as
Sylvester Stallone and NFL stars Doug Flutie and Dan Marino.
Since the late 1980s, Wright and department colleague
Ruth Abramson have conducted several autism studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.
“We know there’s a signifi cant genetic component to autism—as many as three to 10 genes are involved,” Abramson said. “But only 10 to 15 percent of autism diagnoses can be attributed to known causes such as maternal rubella. There’s so much about the cause of autism that we still don’t know.”
The Duke project involves studying genetic samples from of autistic symptoms is wide, the study is attempting to group children according to their symptoms (e.g., type of repetitive behavior). The upshot is that better measures for diagnosing autism have been developed, including the Autism Diagnostic
Interview, which includes more than 100 questions for parents and caregivers of autistic children.
“The long-term goal of our research is the same as for many genetic disorders,” Wright said. “We want to identify the gene defects responsible for autism, then develop appropriate therapy, neonatal diagnosis, and early intervention.
“In the short term, we want to work with parents to develop better behavior therapy outcomes and explore which medications work best with certain groups of children.”
By Marshall Swanson
As the voluminous collection of McKissick Museum’s Folklife
Resource Center grew over time, two things became evident: much of the material was in danger of deteriorating from the effects of age, which in turn threatened its access for researchers who wanted to use it.
Now thanks to a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services in Washington, which funded the center’s Digital Traditions Project, a large percentage of the center’s holdings is being converted to digital format and eventually will be available via a new Web site that is set to launch in August.
“Whether the material is image, audio, or video media, the grant allowed us to take all the random components and many different formats held in the collection and digitize them to create a more relevant archive that can easily be accessed and translated into a Web application,” Taylor said.
The four pilot areas that will initially appear on the Web site will provide “enough information to give people a good idea of what the project is about and then do substantial research online.”
The goal is to have at least a representation of every project in the collection available on the Web. “I don’t know if it will ever be a wholesale presentation where every single image and every minute of audio and video will be available via the site, but a very large percentage of it will be,” Taylor said.
For information in the collection that is not online, the Web site will provide a fi nding guide for additional research that can be done at the center, which is working with the state Department of Education to ensure the data is a resource that is relevant for educators and students at the K–12 level.
“There will be curriculum guides, and the
Jennifer Quier, a graduate student in the School of Library and Information Science, works at the
Folklife Resource Center at USC’s McKissick Museum to transfer the center’s holdings to digital format.
“To see this turn out how you envisioned it is pretty rewarding,” said Saddler Taylor, chief curator of folklife and research at McKissick who has spent the past two and a half years guiding the project.
The Folklife Resource Center houses a comprehensive collection of audio-visual materials that document the state’s folk culture through music, traditional pottery, foodways, site will address curriculum standards and be relevant for teachers who want to incorporate the material into lesson plans,” Taylor said.
“S.C. ETV has been an invaluable partner in addressing the K–12 education issues.”
The material also will be useful for University faculty and students, especially faculty and students involved with the humanities—anthropology, sociology, and Southern
Studies, for example—anyone with a research focus geared toward the South Carolina cultural landscape, Saddler said.
sweetgrass basket making, and other areas.
The trove of information includes manuscripts, photos, audio and video recordings, and other materials donated by individuals or generated by the center’s fi eldwork since the early 1980s. It allows researchers now and in the future to have a better understanding of the state’s cultural identity.
Through a collaborative effort with S.C. ETV, which helped with technical aspects of the Web site design and implementa-
“The term folklore was coined in the mid 19th century and was embraced by early anthropologists who focused their research on oral culture,” said Saddler
Taylor, chief curator of folk life and research with
McKissick Museum.
“Early folklore scholarship focused strictly on ballads, folktales, and legends—oral culture. Then in the tion, Digital Traditions will provide a portal into the center’s archives. And it will ensure that future material collected by the center also will be digitized and made available to users via the Web.
The grant enabled the purchase of equipment needed to transfer Resource Center holdings to digital format and creation of a training ground for USC students to get experience with video and audio editing and image digitization.
1950s and ’60s, it started to include the study of material culture and the built environment. Folklife studies soon focused on a wide range of community-based art forms such as pottery, basketry, and music.
“I emphasize that folklore is rooted in community identity, a ‘community’ being any number of things, including religious, social, or occupational groups,”
Taylor said. “Those traditions and aspects of a group
“That’s important because in everything we do we try to involve students,” Taylor said. “The equipment is a resource for students to get training in a real-world environment. These are skills that are very appealing to prospective employers.”
When the Web site is launched in late August, it will feature information on four pilot projects that have undergone digitization: the Rural Humanities Project and the Rural Arts
Initiative, two surveys of traditional art in counties of the provide the group with its identity. Most of the time those traditions and expressive forms are related or passed on orally and informally.
“To me the importance of folklore is the community connection,” Taylor said. “A good example is the sweetgrass basket tradition in Charleston, which is an expressive art form that is usually passed on within extended families. South Carolina is a great place to
Heritage Corridor along the southwestern side of the state;
Row Upon Row: Sweetgrass Basketmaking in the S.C. Lowcountry; and Southern Stews, a fi eldwork project documenting
Southern one-pot cooking traditions.
study folklore because it’s culturally and geographically diverse with both urban and rural environments interacting with each other.”
By Chris Horn
Major airplane manufacturers, aerospace materials suppliers, and NASA are collaborating with engineering faculty at USC and three partner universities in a cooperative research center focused on friction stir welding—an innovative technique to join metal components.
Friction stir welding (FSW) eliminates the need for riveted joints on airplane fuselage skins and permits the joining of alloys that are non-weldable with traditional techniques.
Replacement of rivets by FSW might result in stronger, safer airframes with lower weight.
Tony Reynolds, a USC mechanical engineering professor and a co-principal investigator for the NSF-sponsored research center, has been studying FSW for several years.
“The technology is defi nitely advancing. Boeing is using FSW to assemble a barrier beam in Reynolds holds a friction stir welded sample.
747 Freighters, and Airbus is working on qualifying the process for critical structure in several of its new aircraft,” Reynolds said. “What we’re trying to do is help the manufacturers gain a better understanding of the friction stir welding process. By doing research on the underlying physical processes and fi guring out the fundamentals, we can help them shortcut the trial-and-error method of process development.”
Airbus, Lockheed-Martin, Spirit Aerosystems, NASA, and Kaiser Aluminum are among the industrial partners working directly with USC. They and about 15 other industries are members of the cooperative research center, which includes Brigham Young University, the University of Missouri-Rolla, and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
During FSW, a rotating tool is plunged into and moved along a metal joint, softening and plasticizing the adjacent materials; the softened material is then joined via a solid state bonding process. The technology is environmentally cleaner and usually far stronger and more uniform than traditional fusion welding.
FSW can be used to modify and improve the microproperties and even the nano-structure of a metal surface such as an aluminum casting (e.g., elimination of casting defects like pores). FSW also is being tested as a way to join together armor plates for the defense industry.
“FSW has the potential to replace numerous joining processes, whether they rely on mechanical fasteners or on conventional welding,” Reynolds said.
To help USC’s new and returning students, approximately 7,600 of whom will move into residence halls Aug.
19–20, the University has launched a Web site to answer questions from students and parents about fall move-in and opening week.
The site—www.sc.edu/uscwelcome/—is designed to make moving in, getting settled, and the transition to campus and college life easy and enjoyable. “USC Welcome” will provide parents and students with detailed information about orientation, parking, and guidelines for moving into residence halls, directions, campus dining, and computer services, as well as information about the city of Columbia and its resources and services.
Students also will fi nd details about Welcome Week, a
University tradition in which students participate in fun and festive events before classes begin Aug. 24. Welcome gets under way with First Night Carolina Aug. 19.
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The work of fi ber
Through Aug. 5 McKissick Museum: “The Essence of
Nature: The Art of Harry Hansen,” highlights the distinguished career of the recently retired USC painting instrucartist Cindy Male is on display at USC
Beaufort through
Aug. 27. Her
“Fractual Wave,” right, was made using dyes and pigment on mummy cloth fused to black embellished silk noil.
tor. Mostly recognized for his watercolors of the Palmetto state’s diverse landscapes, Hansen captures on paper the essence of the natural environment of South Carolina and the North Carolina mountains. Hansen is the recipient of nearly 50 art awards and has been represented in nearly
150 group and one-man exhibitions. McKissick Museum is located on the Horseshoe and is free and open to the public. Museum 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 holidays. For more information, call 7-7251 or go to www.
cas.sc.edu/MCKS/.
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Through Aug. 26 McKissick Museum: Exhibit, works by previous Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award winners, including musicians, woodworkers, storytellers, silversmiths, basket makers, and arts advocates.
Through Aug. 6 S.C. State Museum: “Camera Man’s
Journey: Julian Dimock’s South,” exhibit of black-and-white photographs taken from 1904 to 1905 by Julian Dimock and his father, Anthony, as they traveled through South Carolina to photograph African-American men, women, and children participating in everyday activities. Museum is located at 301
Gervais St. Museum hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–
Saturday and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults ages 13–61, $4 for adults ages 62 and over; $3 children ages
3–12; and free for infants 2 and under. Military discount is
$1. For more information, call 898-4921.
Through Aug. 26 Columbia Museum of Art: “Material
Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place,” featuring both indoor and outdoor sculptures by 11 artists.
Organized by International Arts and Artists. Lipscomb
Family Galleries.
Through Aug. 10 Thomas Cooper Library: The Robert
E. McNair Collection, part of USC’s South Carolina Political
Collections, lobby exhibit area, Thomas Cooper Library, free and open to the public.
Through Aug. 15 McKissick Museum: “The Rembert
521 All Stars: Baseball and Community in the South,” photographs by Byron Baldwin that document a season with the
521 All-Stars of Rembert, S.C., a semi-professional baseball team. The nationally traveling exhibition is from Southern
Visions: The Folk Arts and Southern Culture Traveling Exhibits Program, a program of the Southern Arts Federation.
Free and open to the public.
Through Sept.
15 Thomas
Cooper Library: “William
Blake: Visionary &
Illustrator,” more than 40 books with original engravings by Blake, including a newly acquired leaf from
Blake’s Book of
Job . Mezzanine
Gallery. Free and open to the public. (See page 5.)
Aug. 18–Oct. 22
Columbia Museum of Art:
“Perfect Likeness: European and American Portrait Miniatures from the Cincinnati Art
Museum,” an exhibit of approximately 180 European and
American portrait miniatures.
Lipscomb Family Galleries.
The Columbia Museum of
Art is located at the northwest corner of Main and Hampton streets, downtown Columbia. Museum hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday;
10 a.m.–9 p.m. Friday; 1–5 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday and
Tuesday. Admission is $5 adults, $2 students, $4 senior citizens, and free for museum members and children under
6. Every Saturday is free. For more information, go to www.
columbiamuseum.org or call 799-2810.
Through Jan. 1,
2007 S.C. State
Museum: “Napo-
William Blake, 1757–1827 leon: An Intimate
Portrait,” more than 250 period artifacts on display, including his hat and coat, portraits, busts, furniture, maps, and personal game box. 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Admission is regular museum admission plus an additional charge.
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The Times calendar welcomes sub mis sions of listings for campus events. Listings should include a name and phone number so we can follow up if nec es sary.
Items should be sent to Times calendar at University
Pub li ca tions, 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 in for ma tion is 11 business days prior to the pub li ca tion date of issue. The next publication date is Aug. 24.
Through Aug. 19 South Caroliniana Library: An exhibit on the life of retired Maj. Gen. T. Eston Marchant, who was elected to USC’s Board of
Trustees in 1965, was board chair from 1970 to 1978, and resigned from the board in 1978 to run for the offi ce of adjutant general of the
Marchant
S.C. National Guard, an offi ce he held for four terms until his retirement in 1994. Materials on display are drawn from the collections of the USC Archives and the T. Eston
Marchant Papers of the S.C. Political
Collections. The library is open
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday,
Friday; 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 9 a.m.–
1 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call Elizabeth West at 7-5158.
If you require special ac com mo da tions, please contact the program sponsor.
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USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
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August 25 Men’s Soccer: Clemson, 7 p.m.,
The Graveyard.
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Aug. 15 USC Aiken: Open House, an opportunity for the public to learn more about the variety of programs and events open to them, including USC Aiken’s Etherredge
Center events, the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center and DuPont Planetarium, Academy for Lifelong Learning,
SeniorNet, Wellness Center, library, USC Aiken bookstore,
Pacer Athletics, and the Offi ce of Continuing Education.
10 a.m.–2 p.m., Business and Education Building. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 56-3563.
Aug. 17 USC Aiken: Workshop, “How to Write a Business Plan,” 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Small Business Development Center, Business and Education Building, Room 140,
USC Aiken. Cost is $40, payable at the door by cash, check, or credit card. Registration is required. For more information or to register, e-mail SBDC@usca.edu, call 56-3646, or go to www.usca.edu/sbdc.
Aug. 21–22 USC Lancaster: Registration for fall classes,
9 a.m.–noon and 3–6 p.m., Starr Hall.
Through Aug. 27 USC Beaufort: “Altered Spaces,
Altered Places,” an exhibit of work by fi ber artist Cindy
Male, an adjunct art professor at USC Beaufort. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday–Saturday, ONGoing Moves, 2 Marshland Road, at the corner of Matthews Drive, Hilton Head Island. For more information, call the USC Beaufort Offi ce of Public
Information at 50-3113.
Through Sept. 12 USC Sumter: Workshop, “Dementia
Dialogues—A Basic Course for Caregivers Leading to a
Dementia Specialist Certifi cate,” seminar meets from 9:30 to 11 a.m. every other Tuesday; remaining meetings are Aug.
15 and 29, and Sept. 12. Anderson Library, Room 122, USC
Sumter campus. Co-sponsored by Hospice Care of Tri-
County and the USC Sumter Center for End of Life Care.
Free and open to the public. For more information, call Jean
Carrano at 55-3708.
Through Sept. 22 USC Upstate: Exhibit, paintings by
Enid Williams, FOCUS Educational Gallery. Artist lecture followed by reception, 4 p.m., Gallery, free and open to the public. For more information, call Jane Nodine at 52-5838 or e-mail jnodine@uscupstate.edu.
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Aug. 3 Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden: First
Thursdays in the Garden, local artists, live music, garden tour, 6–9 p.m. Cost is $2 for zoo members, $4 general admission. For more information, call 779-8717.
Aug. 5 Commencement: Doctoral commencement exercises, 8:30 a.m., Koger Center.
Aug. 5 Commencement: Baccalaureate, master’s, and professional commencement exercises, 10:30 a.m., Colonial
Center.
Aug. 12 Southeastern Toy Soldier Show:
See, buy, or trade toy solders and other military miniatures from various periods of history, and see military and living history presentations. 10 a.m.–
5 p.m., S.C. State Museum, 301 Gervais St., downtown Columbia. For more information, call
898-4902.
Aug. 18 Koger Center: Fifth-annual Art A Must, art sale and silent auction, a fund-raising event for
Prevent Child Abuse South Carolina, musical entertainment by The Return, a Beatles tribute band, 5–11 p.m., Koger Center. For more information or to reserve tickets, call Greta Thomas at 744-4042.
Aug. 24 Colloquium: Faculty presentations,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4 p.m., Jones
Physical Science Center, Room 409. Refreshments at
3:45 p.m.
The Return is a Beatles tribute band.
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USC Upstate has installed a special outdoor sculpture exhibition for the 2006–07 gallery season. Adam Walls, a sculptor and former student at USC Upstate, will display six monumental steel sculptures on the campus for exhibit from Aug. 15 to May 15,
2007. Four sculptures have been installed to date.
“USC Upstate is setting the pace in Spartanburg for contemporary sculpture, and I am pleased to be able to present this work in conjunction with the permanent works already on campus,” said Jane Nodine, a professor of art and director of the Art
Gallery. “There are numerous instructors and professors from across the region who bring their classes to our campus to view our monumental sculpture because of the style, design qual ity, and construction of the pieces. Our permanent works are all by artists living and working in the South.”
Walls’ works are constructed of steel, typically painted in bold opaque colors, almost always viewer interactive, and, in many ways, very fi gurative. The concept of the works is playful and humorous and refl ects his interest in games children play and the toys that interest them. Several of his works are “interactive” in the sense that the viewer is “invited” to touch and interact with the works, unlike most works in galleries and museums.
Walls is not surprised when children or adults climb and “play” on his works, which he said, reminds people of playground equipment or over-sized toys.
The four sculptures installed to date are “Christmas Surprise,” a bright red jack-in-the-box;
“Solution,” a light green and purple rocket plane; “Self Portrait,” a lavender and green construction equipment toy; and “Toy Defense,” a bright yellow toy with arms in a defensive posture.
Children often fi nd ways to deal with real world problems through fantasy play, Walls said.
They often imbue toys and other objects with their own thoughts and emotions. They are capable of simplifying sometimes very serious issues that are out of their control and, through this toy play, fi nd ways to empower themselves.
Walls compared his works to the fi eld of psychology called “play therapy,” which child psychologists use to understand children by watching how they play with toys.
“Toys become an extension of what is going on with the child,” Walls said, adding that his sculptures, on a large scale, allow him to “hide inside my toys.”
Through his work, Walls expresses themes such as memory of childhood, response to
An exhibition, “William Blake, Visionary and Illustrator,” will be on display at the Thomas
Cooper Library’s Mezzanine Gallery through Sept. 15. The exhibit will feature illuminated books and drawings of the English Romantic poet who lived from 1757 to 1827.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is an original engraving by Blake from his series Illustra-
tions of the Book of Job (1825). Also on display is the fi rst edition with Blake engravings of
William Hayley’s poem “The Triumphs of Temper” (1803).
The exhibition charts Blake’s development chronologically as both independent visionary and respected craftsman-engraver and illustrator. Included are items from his earliest known work as an apprentice engraver in the 1770s. Other works reveal the extraordinary originality of his political and prophetic poems in the 1790s and early 1800s and the deep emotion of the later illustrations he prepared for Edward
Young’s poem “Night Thoughts”
(1796–97) and Robert Blair’s “The
Grave” (1808). Blake’s political sensitivity and humanity are evidenced in his illustrations for
John Stedman’s Narrative (1796), about the suppression of slave revolts in colonial Surinam (now
Guyana).
The illuminated books and drawings form only part of Blake’s achievement, however. He also illustrated works by other writers, including Homer, Dante, Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Milton, and Gray, as well as several Biblical books.
The exhibition draws on the resources of Thomas Cooper
Library’s Department of Rare
Books & Special Collections. The
“The Ancient of Days” is an illustration by Blake.
original editions of many of the books for which Blake prepared engravings were acquired by the South Carolina College library soon after publication. The illuminated books of poetry for which he is now best known, including Songs of Innocence (1789), Songs of Experience (1794), Europe (also 1794), and Jerusalem
(from 1804), are shown in the Trianon Press color facsimiles sponsored by the Blake Trust, which were purchased for Thomas Cooper Library 30 years ago with support from the John
Shaw Billings Endowment.
The engraving from Illustrations of the Book of Job was acquired with support from the
Nancy Pope Rice and Nancy Rice Davis Library Treasures Endowment. Engravings for “The
Triumphs of Temper” were purchased with gifts in memory of Mrs. James Willard Oliver.
The exhibition is open during regular library hours. For hours, call 7-4866; for information on the exhibition, call 7-8154.
“Self Portrait,” a lavender and green sculpture of a construction toy by Adam Walls, is on display at USC Upstate.
violence, personal therapy, and fantasy play. Fantasy heroes and toys have served as a creative outlet for many of his painful experiences. In many cases, his work is as much a response to self as it is to the toy image.
Walls attended USC Upstate in the mid-1990s and later transferred to Limestone College where he earned a degree in art. He also earned a master’s of fi ne arts in sculpture from Winthrop University. Walls, an art teacher at Cowpens Junior High School, has a studio in Cowpens where he produces his work. He recently exhibited his sculpture in Chapel Hill and Charlotte.
For more information, contact Jane Nodine, professor of art and director of the Art Gallery, at 52-5838 or jnodine@uscupstate.edu.
The Center for Women’s Studies and Programs at USC Upstate will offer the “Women In …” series during the fall semester. Each session will feature an informal presentation followed by a discussion, and participants can bring a brown bag lunch. The schedule is:
■ “Women in Love: Feminism and the ‘Problem’ of Romance” will be presented from noon to
1 p.m. Sept. 5. Lisa Johnson, director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Programs at USC
Upstate, will discuss the efforts of feminist theorists to make sense of the emotional state of romance. The women’s movement has launched sustained critiques of marriage, romance, and the fantasy of “happily ever after,” so what place can love occupy in the life of a feminist?
■ “Women in Nonprofi t Leadership: How to Change the
World” will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 28.
Mary Thomas, vice president of programs at the Spartanburg County Foundation, will be the speaker. The world of nonprofi t organizations is heavily populated by women activists, leaders, and volunteers. Thomas will discuss the gender imbalance in the fi eld, as well as the opportunities it provides for the aspiring female activist.
■ “Women in Horror Films: Scream, Run, or Slash Back” will be presented from noon to p.m. Oct. 26. From Texas
Chainsaw Massacre to Scream 1, 2, and 3, the horror fi lm positions female characters both as victims and as surviGottlieb vors. The last person left alive in horror fi lms is typically female, what Carol Clover has called the “fi nal girl.” Daphne Gottlieb, author of Final Girl, will discuss the gender imagery of the horror fi lm as part of the Center for Women’s Studies and Programs’ celebration of Halloween.
■ “Women in Orchestra Leadership: A Maestro among Maestras” will be presented from 2:30 to
3:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Maestra Sarah Ioannides, music director of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and the Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra, will discuss her work as conductor of several nationally and internationally known orchestras, addressing the challenge of being a woman in this traditionally male-dominated fi eld.
The New York Times sees in her performances “unquestionable strength and authority.” Another newspaper notes her “beauty and competence.”
■ “Women in Chinese History: The Infamous Lady Yang” will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 27. Lady Yang was chief concubine to Emperor Ming Huang of the Han
Dynasty, China. She is still heralded as the most beautiful woman ever to have lived, and she was executed as a traitor. Kitty Rickert, adjunct instructor of history at USC
Upstate, will discuss gender, power, and a compelling mo-
Ioannides
G.B. Hodge Building, Room 155. For more information, contact Lisa Johnson, director of the Center for Women’s Studies and Programs, at 52-5724 or mjohnson@uscupstate.edu.
ment in the history of China.
All sessions, unless otherwise noted, will held in the
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USC AIKEN TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE: USC Aiken will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 15 in the
Business & Education Building, Room 122. The open house is an opportunity for interested residents of the Aiken community, including senior citizens, to learn more about the variety of programs and events open to them. Featured programs will be
Etherredge Center events, the Ruth Patrick Science Education
Center and DuPont Planetarium, Academy for Lifelong Learning,
SeniorNet, Wellness Center, library, USC Aiken Bookstore,
Pacer Athletics, and classes and trips offered by the Offi ce of
Continuing Education. For more information, call 56-3563.
UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES ANNOUNCES
NEW OFFICERS: Stan F. Gibson, Wachovia commercial banking executive for North Carolina and South Carolina, has been elected president of the USC University Associates for
2006–07. Other new offi cers are Lee Bussell, chair and CEO of
Chernoff Newman, president elect; M. Edward Sellers, chair and
CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, vice president; and J. Cantey Heath Jr., executive director of advancement administration at USC, secretary-treasurer. University Associates is a town-and-gown organization of Midlands-area business, community, and professional leaders committed to supporting and promoting USC.
MILLENNIUM CELL JOINS USC FUEL-CELL
RESEARCH CENTER: Millennium Cell Inc., a developer of hydrogen-battery technology, has joined the University’s
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Fuel Cells
(IUCRC). The nation’s only National Science Foundation–sponsored fuel-cell center, IUCRC was established in 2003 to foster the commercialization of fuel-cell technologies. Like the center’s other members, Millennium Cell will partner with USC faculty and students to advance research in hydrogen storage materials, fuel-cell development, boron chemistry, and hydrogen-battery systems “Millennium Cell’s decision to join our center is another important step in our efforts to create a future-fuels research hub in Columbia,” said John Van Zee, the director of
USC’s fuel-cell center and a professor of chemical engineering.
In addition to Millennium Cell, center members include Air Liquide, BASF AG, Boeing, DANA Corporation, ePower Technologies, General Motors Corporation, John Deere, LG Electronics, and Westinghouse Savannah River Co. USC’s fuel-cell center was established in 2003 with a grant from the National Science
Foundation. Millennium Cell develops hydrogen-battery technology to power portable devices for military, medical, industrial, and consumer electronics.
POST-TERI SEMINAR OFFERED: The benefi ts offi ce will again offer its Post-TERI Seminar for employees completing their TERI participation. The seminar will be offered during
August and September in the Division of Human Resources’
Professional Development Training Center at 1600 Hampton
St., Suite 101. The seminar will provide TERI participants with information about the necessary procedures and paperwork to end their participation. It also will address distribution of TERI funds, enrolling in retiree health insurance plans, and general information about Social Security and Medicare. Some forms will be completed during the seminar. Participants need to bring a voided check and their driver’s license. The voided check will be used to establish direct deposit of retirement checks, and the S.C. Retirement Systems requires that a copy of driver’s licenses be attached to the TERI payout form. To enroll in a seminar, complete the online registration form at https://hr.sc.
edu/online/post_teri.asp, indicating the desired seminar. Spouses are welcome but must be included on the registration form.
Attendance is limited. For more information, call the benefi ts offi ce at 7-6650.
PARENTS, CHILDREN NEEDED FOR STUDY
ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR: University researchers are seeking parents and their adolescents for a study of adolescent mood, behavior, and substance use. Participation requires one parent and their child, ages 11 to 17, to complete an interview and some questionnaires and to do some gamelike tasks, which take about three hours after work/school or on the weekend. Parents and adolescents each will be paid $15 in cash for participating, and all information collected will be kept confi dential. The study will run through February 2007. To participate in the USC Adolescent Mood and Behavior Study, call 7-6294. For more information, contact Kate Flory, assistant professor of psychology, at fl oryk@gwm.sc.edu.
USC AIKEN RECEIVES GIFT FOR ENDOWED
CHAIR: Washington Group International, a leading international engineering, construction, and management company, recently made a corporate contribution of $50,000 to USC Aiken to support an endowed faculty chair in science and math. USC
Aiken Chancellor Thomas L. Hallman said that the corporate partnership formed by Washington Group International with
USC Aiken ensures that the educational opportunities here will continue to lead the Southeast. “USC Aiken’s recognition as one of the best small institutions in the nation is strengthened by our partnership with Washington Group International,” Hallman said. “Their support will allow us to attract and retain the very best faculty in the fi eld of science and math to our campus. Having top quality faculty ensures that our students are receiving the best educational experience possible.”
Retired Maj. Gen. T. Eston Marchant, a USC alumnus who served on the University’s Board of Trustees from 1965 to
1978, died July 19. He was 85.
“I had been a Gamecock since the day I was old enough to know what one was,” Marchant once said.
His commitment to the University spanned more than seven decades. Chair of USC’s Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1978, Marchant resigned from his post as chair to run for adjutant general of the S.C. National Guard, an offi ce that he held for four terms until his retirement in 1994.
USC President Andrew Sorensen said Marchant’s loyalty to his alma mater reached many areas of the University.
“General Marchant had a deep and abiding love for
Carolina,” Sorensen said. “His leadership on USC’s Board of
Trustees ushered in a period of tremendous growth at the
University.”
Memorials may be made to the T. Eston Marchant Endowed Scholarship Fund at USC (attention: Darla Smith, 1600
Hampton St., Columbia, 29208) or to the National Guard
Association Scholarship Foundation in Columbia.
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USC Aiken; 15 bachelor’s candidates and fi ve associate’s candidates from USC Beaufort; eight associate’s candidates from
USC Lancaster; six associate’s candidates from USC Salkehatchie; 197 bachelor’s candidates and fi ve master’s candidates from USC Upstate; seven associate’s candidates from USC
Sumter; and nine associate’s candidates from USC Union.
Bodman was sworn in as energy secretary on Feb. 1, 2005, after being unanimously confi rmed by the U.S. Senate. He oversees a budget of $23 billion and a workforce of more than
100,000 federal and contractor employees.
Before his current appointment, Bodman was deputy secretary in both the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce for the Bush administration. His professional experience includes more than three decades as a fi nancier and executive in the private sector, most recently chair and
CEO of Cabot Corp., a Boston-based Fortune 300 company specializing in chemicals and materials.
Bodman is a member of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and the MIT Commission on Education. He also is a trustee of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the New
England Aquarium.
A Chicago native, Bodman is a 1961 graduate of Cornell
University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He earned his doctoral degree at MIT, where he was an associate professor of chemical engineering for six years.
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Carolina Coliseum, USC, Columbia, 29208.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship also will feature a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 12 on Darfur, the Sudanese region torn by confl ict and genocide. Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information
Studies, will moderate a panel of USC faculty who will discuss genocide and social responsibility in a post-Holocaust world.
Wiesel, who was born in Romania in 1928, was deported along with his family by the Nazis to Auschwitz. He, along with two of his three sisters, survived the concentration camps. He went on to study in Paris and became a journalist.
He was the founding chair of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Council and has, along with his wife, Marion, founded and led other infl uential international humanitarian organizations. He is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities at Boston
University, where he has taught in the departments of religion and philosophy since 1976.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship is one of USC’s most prestigious lectureships. Recent speakers have included
Thomas Cahill, James Carroll, and Thomas Friedman. The lecture series is funded by Melvin and Judith Solomon of
Charleston and Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum of Columbia.
For more information on the 2006 Solomon-Tenenbaum
Lectureship in Jewish Studies, go to www.cas.sc.edu/relg/ or contact Mardi McAbe at 7-4409 or mardi@sc.edu.
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What: Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship
When: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12
Where: Koger Center
Admission: Free. Tickets for USC faculty, staff, and students will be distributed in pairs to faculty and staff members and as single tickets to USC students and the public. Any
University tickets not claimed by Sept. 6 will be made available to the public.
Information: Contact Mardi McAbe at 7-4409 or mardi@ sc.edu or go to www.cas.sc.edu/relg/.
■ Name: Chip Wade
■ Job title: Director of marketing and promotion, Carolina Coliseum and Koger Center
■ Background: Born and raised in Union; attended
USC Union and USC Upstate; BA degree in art with emphasis in graphic design, USC Columbia, 1996; former art director, Carolina Retail Packaging, Lexington; joined
Carolina Coliseum as assistant marketing director in July
2000; named marketing director in December 2000.
■ Describe your job. I act as a one-person advertising agency and media buyer for outside promoters who bring shows to the Coliseum and the Koger Center. When acts perform at either venue, I buy advertising space for them from Columbia area radio and TV stations and newspapers.
Sometimes I establish the marketing plan for the acts; at other times I’ll implement the plan provided to me
Wade by the promoter. During events at the
Coliseum, I also serve as a building manager. At the Koger Center, I work events that are sold out or if they need extra help on the fl oor, and fi ll in for the house manager when she’s out of town. The primary parts of my job are marketing for the Koger Center and event management for the Coliseum.
■ How do you describe the Coliseum and Koger
Center in terms of how they serve the commu-
nity? The Koger Center is the performing arts center for
Columbia that is home for the Columbia City Ballet, the
Columbia Classical Ballet, the S.C. Philharmonic, and the
Palmetto Master Singers, plus outside entertainment.
The Carolina Coliseum is home to the Columbia Inferno hockey team, which plays 36 home games a year there. It also is the site for all high school graduations in Richland and Lexington counties, Boys’ State, and at least one concert a year for the Black Expo Gala, plus whatever else might come up.
■ What’s been the most memorable time in your tenure with the Koger Center and the Coliseum?
When I fi rst took the job as marketing director, it was so busy. We had a lot going on in both buildings that had fallen into my lap, which included marketing the Ringling
Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus, the World Wrestling
Federation, the Boston Pops, Chicago, Betty Buckley, and other shows at the Koger Center. It was kind of crazy and exciting and fun to switch gears from the Boston Pops to the WWF (now the World Wrestling Entertainment).
■ What’s the best part of your job? The diversity, and being able to see so many different things. I have seen many shows that I might not have had the chance or desire to see otherwise, but now I would see them again because I know how great they are. I think I have the best job in town.
■ What kind of advice would you give to young people who aspire to a career in your line of
work? A good way to get started is to work at the Koger
Center as an usher, which is what I did. I was there working as an usher the night the Koger Center opened.
Ushering allows you to see so much while you get paid to do it. It also opened my mind to what was out there that I didn’t know about or hadn’t been exposed to.
■ What do you do to unwind when you’re not
working? The YMCA’s Boot Camp, a general conditioning program that meets for an hour and a half three times a week in the evening. When I’m stressed, a workout cleans out my mind and enables me to let go of whatever happened during the day.
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Funderburk, Lancaster; Jane Brewer, Salkehatchie; Tammy Whaley,
Upstate; Terry Young, Union.
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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.
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Mark Smith, history, “One Nation, Under Time? Standardizing Time in the
United States, 1752 and 1883,” (translated from English into Chinese) Jieri wenhua lunwen ji (A collection of essays on holiday culture), Zhongguo minsu xuehui and Beijing Minsu bowuguan, editors, Xueyuan chubanshe, Beijing.
Don Greiner, English, “Updike, Rabbit, and the Myth of American Exceptionalism,” Cambridge Companion to John Updike , Cambridge University Press,
New York.
Barbara Tobolowsky, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, “Beyond Demographics: Understanding the
College Experience Through Television,” New Directions for
Student Services: Understanding Students in Transition: Trends and
Issues , F. Santos Laanan, editor, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, Calif.
Mary Stuart Hunter, National Resource Center for The
First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, “Lessons
Learned: Achieving Institutional Change in Support of Students in Transition,” New Directions for Student Services: Understanding
Students in Transition: Trends and Issues , F. Santos Laanan, editor,
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, Calif.
Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures, “Understanding the Other: Intercultural Exchange and CMC,” Calling on CALL: From Theory and Research to New Directions in Foreign
Language Teaching , N. Arnold and Lara Ducate, languages, literatures, and cultures, editors, CALICO Monograph Series,
San Marcos, Texas.
Katherine E. Chaddock, education, and Carolyn B.
Matalene, English, College of Charleston Voices: Campus and
Community Through the Centuries , The History Press, London/
Charleston.
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Linda Shimizu, chemistry and biochemistry, J. Yang, and
M.B. Dewal, “Self-assembling bis-urea macrocycles used as an organic zeolite for a highly stereoselective photodimerization of 2-cyclohexenone,” Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Kevin J. Swick, education, “Families and educators together: raising caring and peaceable children,” Early Childhood Education
Journal .
Jason Carpenter and Marguerite Moore, retailing, “Consumer Demographics, Store Attributes, and Retail Format
Choice in the US Grocery Market,” International Journal of
Retail & Distribution Management.
Edward Cox, educational leadership and policies, and Timothy Pingle, “Leadership Practices of Elementary School Principals,” Academic
Leadership .
Roberto Refi netti, psychology, Salkehatchie, “Variability of diurnality in laboratory rodents,” Journal of Comparative Physiology .
Alexandra E. Evans, health promotion, education, and behavior, Russell
R. Pate, exercise science, Dawn W. Wilson, J. Williams, G. Mixon, and John R.
Sirard, “A Preliminary Test of a Student-Centered Intervention on Increasing
Physical Activity in Underserved Adolescents,” Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Kenneth D. Phillips, nursing, and Gregory A. Hand, exercise science,
R.L. Sowell, M. Boyd, and Wesley D. Dudgeon, “Sleep quality and healthrelated quality of life in HIV-infected African American women of childbearing age,” Quality of Life Research .
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Chrissy Coley and Julie Holliday , student retention and planning,
“Developing a Comprehensive Assessment Plan for Supplemental Instruction
Programs,” Summer Institute on First-Year Assessment, Asheville, N.C.
Terry K. Peterson, education, “Harnessing and Maximizing the Learning
Power of Afterschool,” Education Seminar for Education Leaders, Seattle,
Wash.
Laura Lawton and David Weaver, tourism management, “Attraction
Residuality as a Tourism Management Concept,” Travel and Tourism Research
Association Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, and, same conference, “New
Frontiers in Global Tourism—Trends and Competitive Challenges.”
Lara Ducate and Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures, and
Nike Arnold (University of Tennessee), “Peer and Expert Communities of
Practice in Teacher Education,” Computer Assisted Language Instruction
Consortium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Pat J. Gehrke, English, “The Promises and Perils of Dialogic Civility” and
“Communication Ethics in a Non-Moral Sense,” National Communication
Ethics Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ran Wei, journalism and mass communications, “The Infl uence of Mobile
Phone Advertising on Dependency: A Cross-cultural Study of Mobile Phone
Use between American and Chinese Youth,” Cross Boundaries: Global Communication in the New Media Age, Taipei, Taiwan.
Catherine Castner, languages, literatures, and cultures,“Meliora habet aetas nostra: Biondo Flavio’s Evaluation of Sources in ‘Italia illustrata,’” International Medieval Congress Conference, Leeds, England.
Robert G. Brookshire, technology support and training management,
“A Model for Analyzing WiFi Implementation in Hospitality,” Hospitality
Information Technology Association, Minneapolis, Minn.
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If I really wanted your feedback, I’d read your blog.
Wally Peters, mechanical engineering, Michelle Maher, educational leadership, Nadia Kellam, Veronica Addison, D. Radcliffe, and L. Mann (University of Queensland, Australia), “The faculty perspective on the state of complex systems in American and Australian mechanical engineering programs,”
American Society for Engineering Educators, Chicago, Ill.
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Janette Turner Hospital, English, keynote speaker at biennial international conference of Association of Medical Humanities, hosted by University of
Sydney and Southern Cross University, Australia, also, keynote speaker, Byron
Bay International Literary Festival, Australia.
Terry K. Peterson, education, reelected chair of the national board of directors of the Afterschool Alliance.
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For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu.
The employment offi ce is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Stanley South, an archaeologist with the S.C. Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at USC, will be the inaugural speaker Oct. 7 in the new
Joffre Lanning Coe Lecture Series sponsored by the Coe Foundation for
Archaeological Research in Raleigh, N.C.
The North Carolina nonprofi t corporation was inspired by Coe (1916–2000), known as the father of North Carolina archaeology. South, one of the nation’s most prominent historical archaeologists, studied under Coe early in his career at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
In recognition of South’s contributions and achievements to archaeology in North Carolina, the Board of Directors of the Coe Foundation also established the Stanley A. South Award for
Excellence in Historical Archaeology, and South will become the award’s fi rst recipient during the lecture series.
South grew up in Boone, N.C., and contrib-
South uted signifi cantly to North Carolina excavations at Town Creek Indian
Mound in Montgomery County, the Teal Site in Anson County, numerous excavations along the Roanoke River in Halifax County, and historic sites, including Bath, Brunswick Town, Halifax, and Bethabara.
The inaugural lecture of the series will present South’s personal refl ections and insights into his work in North Carolina and elsewhere.
Brian Kelly, a research fellow with the Institute for Southern Studies, has been awarded a grant by the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities
Council to study the aftermath of slavery in the
Carolinas.
The $385,000 grant will fund a multiyear research project titled “After Slavery: Race,
Labour, and Politics in the Post-Emancipation
Carolinas.” The project calls for the development of publications, microfi lm collections, a
Web site, and two conferences on the topic, one to be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the other in South Carolina.
Kelly, a senior lecturer in American history at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern
Ireland, will be in South Carolina in August to conduct research. The Institute for Southern
Studies and the W.E.B. DuBois’ Institute for
African American Studies at Harvard University are partners on the research project.
The Institute for Southern Studies research fellowship programs, through the generosity of the Watson-Brown Foundation, attract top scholars nationally and internationally who study the American South.
Roberto Refi netti, a professor of psychology at USC
Salkehatchie, has been awarded the 2006 Carolina
Trustee Professorship.
The award is given annually by the USC Board of Trustees to a tenured full professor who demonstrates a record of teaching excellence as well as a record of outstanding performance in research and in public service and outreach activities.
Alan Nairn, interim academic dean for USC Salkehatchie who nominated Refi netti for the award, said in his nomination,
“Dr. Refi netti is fi rst and foremost
Refi netti a teacher, and in every review conducted, whether by faculty or through students, he is always ranked as above average to outstanding. I fi nd it signifi cant that both his co-workers and students concur in this assessment. He teaches the four courses per semester, the normal teaching load of a faculty member at a regional campus, but yet has found time to develop a highly successful research program and to compete successfully for research funds.
“Nothing could be more telling than that his research has been funded through both the National Science
Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, the most highly sought after and competitive sources in the nation, with those funds awarded to a young professional on a small regional campus.”
Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie, said of
Refi netti’s award, “We at USC Salkehatchie could not be more proud of Dr. Refi netti and his accomplishments.
Not only is he an excellent teacher, but his research on circadian rhythms has resulted in almost $300,000 in grants from the National Institutes of Health and the
National Science Foundation. He is truly an asset to our institution.”
A USC student has garnered national recognition for a research project she completed as an undergraduate in the
School of Journalism and Mass Communications even before implementation of the University’s new Magellan
Scholars program, which funds undergraduate research.
Staci Jordan, a visual communications major from
Andrews who graduated this spring and is completing a
Dow Jones summer internship at The Tampa Tribune, examined graphics editing practices in six newsrooms in
North Carolina and South Carolina.
Her paper was invited for presentation at the 89thannual convention of the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communications Aug. 2–5 in San
Francisco.
“The thing this says to me is that we’re doing acceptable peer-reviewed research at all levels—graduate and undergraduate. That’s important for a school of journalism at a research university,” said Douglas J. Fisher,
Jordan’s faculty adviser who guided her through the independent study.
USC biology associate professor Joe Quattro, collaborating with Jim Grady at the University of New Orleans and
Trey Driggers with the National Marine Fisheries Service, has discovered a genetically distinct species of the hammerhead shark. Classifi ed under the genus, sphyrna, the species is the ninth recognized in the hammerhead family and will be called the “cryptic species” until a formal description is announced.
Because the species appears to be rare and localized to the South Carolina coast, it is at high risk for extinction and makes the state’s coastal waters crucial for conservation efforts. Many shark species in the northwestern
Atlantic have declined in recent years. Quattro discovered the species while studying coastal fi sh with biologists from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Although scientists don’t know why the cryptic sharks appear to prefer South Carolina waters, Quattro speculates that something as simple as salinity differences in the waters may be a factor.
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From a pool of 82 applications, the Offi ce of Undergraduate Research has selected 48 Magellan Scholars for 2006–07 with total funding of more than $132,000.
USC now has 66 Magellan Scholars funded with more than $180,000 for their respective research projects. The latest cohort of scholars, their research project titles, and their mentors are:
■ Aubrey Gray, music performance, “Advanced study of chamber music and performance skills.” Mentor: Robert Jesselson, music
■ Jessica Maples, psychology, “The Developmental Origins of Cognitive Vulnerability in Depressed Adolescents.” Mentor: Ben Hankin, psychology
■ Kendall Williamson, chemical engineering, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Transition Metal Catalysts Using Viral Nanoparticle.”
Mentor: Christopher Williams, chemical engineering
■ Christina Baraty, biology, “Self-Repairing Polymeric Materials
Based on Boronic Acids/Esters,” Mentor: John Lavigne, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Thomas Behling, mechanical engineering, “Advanced Control and
Semi-Automation of a Microcontroller-Based Articulated Robotic Arm.”
Mentor: Philip Voglewede, mechanical engineering
■ Anna Handley, anthropology, “Linguistic and Social Barriers in
Medical Interpretation for Exclusively Spanish-speaking Latina Patients in South Carolina.” Mentor: Ann Kingsolver, anthropology/languages, literatures, and cultures
■ Mary Allison Joseph, Spanish, “Linguistic and Social Barriers in
Medical Interpretation for Exclusively Spanish-speaking Latina Patients in South Carolina.” Mentor: Ann Kingsolver, anthropology/languages, literatures, and cultures
■ Kevin Ludwick, engineering/physics, “Measurement of Lambda/Ko
Production Ratio in the MIPP Experiment.” Mentor: Sanjib Mishra, physics
■ Stephanie Maddox, psychology, “Effects of Post-training lesions to the prefrontal cortex on learning and memory.” Mentor: Barbara Oswald,
Continuing Education Credit Programs
■ Catherine Meekins, biology/fi nance, “Effects of IL-1beta and IL-2 in the brain on mood behaviors in a rat model of mammary adenocarcinoma.” Mentor: Marlene Wilson, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience
■ Matthew Seaton, physics, “A sensitive search for a heavy neutrino in neutrino interactions.” Mentor: Sanjib Mishra, physics
■ Justin Uzl, biology, “Nature-Nurture: Hurricane Katrina and Genetic
Factors of Emotion.” Mentor: Ben Hankin, psychology
■ Justin Vaughn, music performance, “Exploring the cello: Bonnie
Hampton—Juilliard,” Mentor: Robert Jesselson, music
■ Kevin Yehl, chemistry, “Conformationally Programmable Molecular
Receptors/Molecular Playdough.” Mentor: Ken Shimizu, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Xiaoyi (Tina) Zhang, biology, “Effects of Hypoglycemia on the Cardiac Fibroblast Response to Mechanical Stretch.” Mentor: Wayne Carver, cell and developmental biology and anatomy
■ Chris Butch, chemical engineering, “A signal strength analysis to identify the toxin most responsible for senility in Alzheimer’s.” Mentor:
Melissa Moss, chemical engineering
■ Katrina Byerly, geophysics, “Lithospheric evolution and deep structure of the Sierra Nevada mountains.” Mentor: Thomas Owens, geological sciences
■ Catherine Carlstedt, exercise science, “Effects of the Flavanoid,
Quercetin, on Endurance Exercise Performance.” Mentor: Mark Davis, exercise science
■ Travis Deason, chemistry, “A Method for Sensing Biogenic Amines.”
Mentor: John Lavigne, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Michael Dole, biology, “Behavioral fever and the maintenance of a male-killing bacterial infection in a natural beetle population.” Mentor:
Timothy Mousseau, biological sciences
■ Lindsey Gainey, biology, “Preventative versus interventive treatment of diabetes induced arterial stiffness.” Mentor: David Murray, cell and developmental biology and anatomy
■ Jesse Grainger, international studies, “The application of microfi nance in Mbale, Uganda.” Mentor: Melanie Feakins, geography.
■ Nicole Haghshenas, biology, “Horizontal Gene Transfer of Virulence
Factors and nifH in Vibro parahaemolyticus.” Mentor: Charles Lovell, biological sciences
■ Samantha Hayford, theatre/media arts, “Expeditionary Scenic Design: Exploring ‘Baby with the Bathwater’ in Costanta, Romania.” Mentor:
Nic Ularu, theatre and dance
■ Malvina Hryniewicz, political science, “Sea port security since 9/11.”
Mentor: Katherine Barbieri, political science
■ Kathryn Johnson, chemical engineering, “Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanistic studies of amyloid-B surface assembly.” Mentor:
Melissa Moss, chemical engineering
■ Zeeshan Khaliq, chemistry, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel
Coordination Polymers.” Mentor: Hans-Conrad zur Loye, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Melinda Lynch, biology, “The development and testing of a novel gene therapy–based method to target HuR in colon cancer using RNA interference.” Mentor: Dan Dixon, biological sciences
Catherine Meekins is one of 42 new Magellan Scholars.
■ Teresa Mark, biology, “The relationship between sickle cell crises history and acute procedural pain in pediatric sickle cell patients.” Mentor:
Sarah Sweitzer, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience
■ Amber Martin, psychology, “Self-esteem levels and cigarette smoking among youth with ADHD.” Mentor: Kate Flory, psychology
■ Brandon Mogan, civil engineering, “Time synchronization of data collected by wireless sensors for the modal identifi cation of slow moving structures.” Mentor: Juan Caicedo, civil engineering
■ Suchita Pancholi, biology, “Analysis of MAP Kinase Activity in Direct and Indirect Defense Responses in Tomato Plants.” Mentor: Johannes
Stratmann, biological sciences
■ Ashley Shull, geology, “3-D maps of salinity and groundwater composition beneath South Carolina’s coastal plain.” Mentor: Alicia Wilson, geological sciences
■ Laura Sima, chemistry, “Measuring the ability of biofi lms to protect intercellular signaling molecules: Critical micelle concentration of Acyl-
HSLs.” Mentor: John Ferry, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Oksana Slobozhan, international studies, “The impact of economic interdependence on Russia’s foreign relations.” Mentor: Katherine Barbieri, political science
■ David Smith, chemistry/biology, “Specifi c PRMT inhibitor design and synthesis.” Mentor: Paul Thompson, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Heather Taylor, chemistry, “Validation of IR spectroscopy for forensic detection of blood and semen at crime scenes.” Mentor: Stephen
Morgan, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Meredith Tershansy, chemistry, “The Synthesis, Structural Determination, and Optical Characterization of New Mixed- Metal bismuth halide systems.” Mentor: Hans-Conrad zur Loye, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Karen Wigal, chemical engineering, “Development of a novel synthetic approach for the preparation of uniform Pt and Ru clusters in aqueous solutions.” Mentor: Michael Amiridis, chemical engineering
■ Alan Clamp, history, “Pure and Practical Science in Nineteenth Century America.” Mentor: Ann Johnson, history
■ Erin Curtis, media arts, “Excavating Clovis: Topper and the Peopling of the Americas.” Mentors: Laura Kissel, art, and Albert Goodyear, S.C.
Institute of Archeology and Anthropology
■ Aaron Flaaen, economics/international business, “Analyzing the textile cluster in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.” Mentor: Robert Rolfe, international business
■ Jacob Hunter, chemical engineering, “Synthesis and Characterization of Levan-Clay Nanocomposites.” Mentor: Harry Ploehn, chemical engineering
■ Wayne Miller, biology, “The role of MKK2 in the systemin signaling pathway in tomato plants.” Mentor: Johannes Stratmann, biological sciences
■ Claire Precil, international business/marketing, “The impact of war on military families.” Mentor: Katherine Barbieri, political science
■ James Stewart, anthropology, “Rediscovering ‘Congeree Town,’ A contact period site.” Mentor: Gail Wagner, anthropology
■ Vivek Thakur, chemistry/biology, “Role of succinylation of proteins in protection against endogenous stress during exercise.” Mentor: John
Baynes, chemistry and biochemistry
■ Nicholas Younginer, anthropology, “Lebanese Identity in South
Carolina before and after 9/11.” Mentor: Karl Heider, anthropology.
More information about the Magellan Scholar program can be found at www.sc.edu/our/magellan.shtml.
The Athletics Department will sponsor Fan Appreciation
Day Aug. 13 in the Colonial Center. Doors open at 12:30 p.m., and the event, which is free and open to the public, runs from 1 to 3 p.m. Head coach Steve Spurrier and the
Gamecock football team, coach Nancy Somera’s volleyball squad, coach Mark Bersons’s men’s soccer team, and head coach Shelley Smith’s women’s soccer team will be available to sign autographs. The cheerleaders and Cocky will also be at the event. Offi cial team posters will be provided and are the only items that student-athletes and coaches will sign.