■ Inside
Staff advisor Harriett
Hurt knows first-hand the
challenges nontraditional
students face. Page 3
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How about I Love You, Beth
Cooper, right? Page 8
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A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
June 14, 2007
Executive Committee OKs $996 million budget
Improved campus safety,
faculty recruitment included
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees approved
a $996 million operating budget at its June 8 meeting for all
of the University’s campuses. The budget is contingent on
final approval of the state appropriations bill by the General
Assembly. The 2007–08 budget is expected to be approved by
the full board at its June 28 meeting and includes single-digit
tuition increases for all campuses.
Columbia campus tuition and fees for all undergraduates
will rise by 6.9 percent and are expected to generate approximately $12 million in new University revenue to be used for the
following:
■ campus safety enhancements, including installation of
video cameras, card access systems for buildings, and additional call boxes
■ expansion of the Student Success Center to improve student
retention and help students retain lottery-funded scholarships
■ support for student affairs initiatives, including improving
access for students with disabilities, enhancements for the
Continued on page 6
■ Faculty time savers
Interim deans
named for HRSM,
Graduate School
New services make library
research more convenient
By Chris Horn
In time for summer, Thomas Cooper Library
has introduced several new services aimed at
making faculty research a bit more convenient.
“Time is important to faculty, and the
new services will help them maximize their
time and research productivity,” said Tom
McNally, Thomas Cooper Library director.
A new paging service allows faculty to
contact the library to hold a book, which staff
will retrieve from the stacks and place at the
Circulation Desk. For requests placed before
noon, books will be available by 5 p.m.;
requests placed after noon will be ready by
noon the following business day. Books also
can be delivered to another University
library. More information on paging is at
www.sc.edu/library/pubserv/pagerequest.
html.
Columbia campus faculty also can get
books delivered from any of the Columbia
campus libraries. Library staff will retrieve
the items, check them out to a faculty
member’s library account, and deliver them
to a department office. Learn more at www.
sc.edu/library/pubserv/facbookfaq.html.
A scan and deliver service supplies articles
from Thomas Cooper Library stacks directly
Continued on page 6
■ By the numbers
The GOP debate May 15 at the Koger
Center brought Republican candidates,
hordes of news media, and miles of cable
and cords to connect all of them to the
world. University Technology Services
helped provide telecommunications and
Internet connectivity to the Koger Center
and debate headquarters with:
• 205 telephone connections
• 91 Internet connections
• wireless Internet support for more than
100 media users
• three ISDN lines for the news radio signal
• 33 cable television connections
• telephone help support and computer
assistance.
In addition, the amount of materials used
to make these connections possible
included:
• 11,000 feet of Internet cables
• 1,250 feet of telephone cable
• 1,000 feet of cable television cords
• 9,000 feet of fiber optic cables
• 592 phone and data jacks.
Michael Brown
Queue tips
Incoming freshmen and their families line up in the Koger Center lobby for information
they need to begin orientation for fall 2007.The daylong process gives new students opportunities to have
student IDs made, meet with campus representatives, and, most importantly, get to know their advisors
and register for fall classes.
Patricia Moody, dean of the College of
Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management
(HRSM), has announced her retirement
effective June 30.
Sheryl Kline, a Purdue University professor, will become interim dean of HRSM
on Aug. 1. Until her
arrival, associate provost William “Ted”
Moore will be acting
dean, effective July 1.
James Buggy will
become the interim
dean of the Graduate
Moody
School effective July
1, replacing Christine Ebert, who is returning
to the faculty of the College of Education.
Moody joined the College of Education as
a professor and later transferred to HRSM
when it was called the College of Applied Professional Sciences. She became dean in 1998
after serving briefly as interim dean.
Under her leadership, the college has
grown in size and stature, increasing student
enrollment, adding top-ranked faculty,
developing a robust research program, and
creating joint ventures with partners all over
the world.
President Sorensen said Moody’s leadership and advocacy have earned her respect
within the University and the hospitality
industry.
“Pat Moody has been a catalyst for lasting
change in the college,” Sorensen said. “Her
strong leadership and her devotion to moving
the college forward have created a legacy that
will be felt for years by students, faculty, and
leaders in the hospitality industry.”
Employee Assistance Program solves crises, ordinary problems
By Marshall Swanson
Even though, as George Santayana once said,
the whole of life might be “a predicament complex and prolonged,” most people can resolve
life’s issues on their own.
For those occasions when assistance is
needed, however, faculty, staff, and their
dependents on all eight campuses can turn to
the University’s Employee Assistance Program
(EAP) for a free helping hand offered confidentially.
The program, which has been a major
Cargile
Jameson
fringe benefit of University employment since
the early 1990s, is now offered by a new provider, Life Services EAP, to help faculty, staff,
and their families deal with a variety of issues.
“When people get into a crisis, we’re hoping
they’ll reach out and use this, and they will,”
said Jeff Cargile, Human Resources’ director of
programs and services. But Cargile also wants
University employees to be aware that the
EAP is there for them in dealing with everyday
problems, too.
Continued on page 6
Briefly
BUSINESS STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS: The Columbia Chapter of the Society for Human
Resource Management (SHRM) has awarded two Moore
School of Business students scholarships for Human Resource
Management. Kristine Foreman of Seattle and Kathleen McKee
of Florence are both graduate students in the master of human
resources program. Each will receive a $1,000 scholarship.Their
selection was based on community service, GMAT or GRE
scores, academic achievement, and work experience. Foreman,
a graduate of the University of Washington, is president of the
student chapter of SHRM. She was a student leader in SHRM as
an undergraduate and, in 2006, earned the Dr. Lisa Burke Award
from the SHRM Foundation and the Robert W. Denomy Award
from the Northwest Human Resources Management Association. McKee, who graduated from Francis Marion University
(FMU) with a degree in psychology, conducted a research study
with FMU professor Mike Jordan on employee motivation.
PARKING RENEWAL DEADLINE IS JUNE 30:
The deadline to renew University parking permits is June 30.To
renew, go online using the VIP Web site link at www.sc.edu/
vmps/to_vip.html. The VIP site requires a PIN number to access
the application. All fields of the application must be filled in.
Employees who want to retain their reserved or garage parking
space should not apply for a Faculty/Staff permit on this site.
Notices for reserved or garage parking will be mailed later. Employees with 25 or more years of service to the University will
automatically be assigned an H permit regardless of the choices
made on the application. Faculty and staff who do not see their
parking permit choice listed on the application should contact
Parking Services at parking@gwm.sc.edu. Faculty and staff who
do not have access to the Internet or a personal computer
can go to the Parking Services office and use the PCs in the
lobby. Parking Services is on the ground floor of the Pendleton
Street Garage. Office hours are 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday.
For more information or questions, contact Parking Services at
parking@gwm.sc.edu or 7-5160 or go to www.sc.edu/vmps.
POETRY WORKSHOP INSPIRED BY SALT ART:
“The Salt Beneath You: An Experience of Poetry, Healing, and Renewal,” a poetry workshop inspired by the work of visual artist
Motoi Yamamoto, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 16.
The workshop will be followed by a catered dinner. In Japanese
culture, salt is not only a necessary element to sustain human
life but also a symbol of purification.Yamamoto uses salt in loose
form to create intricate labyrinth patterns on a gallery floor or
in baked brick form to construct large interior structures.The
facilitators of “The Salt Beneath You” workshop will use poetry
as a form of exploration, not just of the visual but also of the
feelings that move us to response. Cost to attend the workshop,
poetry readings, and dinner is $65.The workshop will be held
at the Sumter Gallery of Art, 200 Hasel St., Sumter. For more
information, contact Charlene Spearen, S.C. Poetry Initiative, at
cmspeare@gwm.sc.edu or 7-5492.
SPACES AVAILABLE FOR STRING PROJECT
SUMMER CAMP: The School of Music is accepting
registrations for its String Project summer camp to be held July
16–19.The camp will run each day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the
University’s band hall at 516 South Main St. Children in grades
3–10 will be placed at one of three levels of instruction, depending on experience.The camp will conclude with a concert at
2 p.m. July 19.The cost of the camp is $100, and registrations
will be accepted until the camp is full.To register, call the String
Project office at 7-9568 or send an e-mail to uscsp@mozart.
sc.edu. For more information, go to www.music.sc.edu/Special_Programs/StringProject/Maymester_SummerCamp.
IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE: Sarah Barker, an associate professor in theatre and dance, is conducting a sponsored
research study for people with balance challenges.The study
will meet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday–Friday from July 6 to
July 21 in the Balance Laboratory in the Arnold School of Public
Health.Two physical therapy evaluations will be provided: one
hour scheduled before July 9 and one hour scheduled July 20 or
21. Participants should be 60 or older and able to walk 50 feet
with minimal assistance. Participants will engage in non-fatiguing, slow-paced, functional exercise and learn to sit, stand, and
walk safely and easily.The class will involve physical practice of
functional movements led by movement specialists.The class is
offered in conjunction with the Functional Health Behaviors Assessment Laboratory and the Stay In Balance Program, Harriet
G.Williams, director, exercise science.To register, call 7-4849 or
622-3035 or send an e-mail to sabarker@sc.edu.
GARDEN GRILLE IS OPEN FOR LUNCH: The
Garden Grille at McCutchen House is open, weather permitting,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Tuesday–Friday through Aug. 3.This
summer’s menu includes Angus beef cheeseburgers, grilled marinated chicken sandwiches, Cuban pork sandwiches, hot dogs,
and hot grilled chicken house salads. Prices range from $5 to $6
for a complete meal that includes a drink and a side item. Only
cash and checks are accepted. For more information, call 7-4450.
PRESTON’S IS OPEN FOR SUMMER DINING:
Preston’s at Noon located in the Russell House will be open
all summer and will serve lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Monday–Friday.The cost is $7.25 for the all-you-can-eat buffet.
Go to www.sc.edu/dining to view daily menus.
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June 14, 2007
Grandson of Ernest Hemingway to share new
family memoir, Strange Tribe, at Beaufort
Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, author John Hemingway, will
share his new family memoir, Strange Tribe, at 6 p.m.
June 15 at the USC Beaufort Performing Arts Center, 801
Carteret St., in downtown Beaufort. The event is free and open
to the public.
The reading and Q&A session will
be followed by a wine and cheese
reception and a book signing at
which participants also can view rare
Hemingway artifacts from the Speiser
and Easterling-Hallman Collection at
Thomas Cooper Library.
Strange Tribe is a memoir of
growing up in one of America’s most
iconic literary families. John Hemingway, son of Gregory, the youngest of
Ernest’s three sons, recounts a family
Hemingway
seized by struggles with mental illness
and sexual identity—struggles that were particularly evident in
the relationship between Ernest and Gregory.
Gregory, the author’s father, tried to live up to Ernest’s
“macho” reputation throughout his life. But as a cross-dresser
and (eventually) a transsexual, Gregory was obsessed with
androgyny and his “female half.” He struggled with personal
demons up until his death in the Women’s Correctional Facility of the Miami Dade County Jail in 2001.
John reveals how Ernest and Gregory (who both suffered
from bipolar illness and were both fascinated by androgyny)
were “two sides of the same coin.” Featuring unpublished correspondences between Ernest and Gregory, Strange Tribe is
the story of these two men and their surprising similarities.
The book also is John’s story—about what it was like
growing up in Miami and Montana with his father and his
schizophrenic mother. The book explains how it took him
years to deal with the pain that their illnesses caused him. He
also shows how the persona of Ernest Hemingway continues
to loom over the often-troubled lives of his descendants.
“John’s book is a very serious and moving attempt to
understand and come to terms with his very complicated father, and it sheds important new light on his father’s relationship with Ernest,” said USC Beaufort English program director
Carl P. Eby, whose book Hemingway’s Fetishism: Psycho-
Applications open
for Honors College
associate dean
Applications and nominations are being accepted
for the position of associate dean in the Honors
College. Primary duties are:
■ assist and advise the dean in the administration of the college
■ assist in the recruitment of students to the
college
■ assist in advising and placement of third- and
fourth-year pre-medical students
■ assist in the development of the honors science
curriculum
■ teach one to two courses per year in the
Honors College
■ advise approximately 75–100 students
■ manage and expand the undergraduate
research activities of the college and the college’s
contributions to summer research internships
for high school students
■ serve as an ex officio member of the governing
committees of the Honors College.
The college seeks a faculty member who has:
■ a strong record of teaching and research
■ experience in the pursuit of external support
■ a commitment to the strategic mission of the
Honors College.
Normally, the position of associate dean is
a 12-month appointment. A candidate with an
active research/teaching agenda can negotiate a
division of responsibilities between the college
and his or her home unit. The appointment will
become effective this summer or as soon as
possible thereafter.
Each applicant should submit a letter of intent
that contains a brief statement of his or her philosophy with respect to the mission of the Honors
College along with a curriculum vitae. Applications and nominations will be accepted until July
16 or when the position is filled. Applications and
nominations should be submitted to: Davis Baird,
dean, Honors College, Columbia Campus.
Strange Tribe, by John Hemingway,The Lyons Press (2007)
analysis and the Mirror of Manhood, is cited in John’s memoir and who got to know John Hemingway while directing the
12th Biennial International Hemingway Conference last year
in Málaga and Ronda, Spain. “The previously unpublished
letters between Gregory and Ernest in John’s book are going
to have a major impact on interpretations of the last decade of
Ernest’s life. When they’ve been fully digested, I think they’re
going to rewrite much of the criticism of Hemingway’s posthumous novel, The Garden of Eden.”
S.C. law group funds
public interest jobs
The James L. Petigru Public Interest Law Society (PILS) recently
announced the distribution of $28,500 in support of School of Law
students who will be engaged in public interest work during summer 2007.
PILS is a South Carolina law student organization with a mission to support public interest law. The organization raised the
money through donations, pledge drives, study aid sales, and ticket
sales from the popular annual Law School “Talent / No Talent”
Show. PILS also received a grant from the S.C. Bar Foundation to
support this valuable opportunity.
This summer marks the 11th year that University law students
have been funded in traditionally low paying public interest jobs;
2007 has the largest number of grantees in PILS history.
University law students will clerk at the Bronx Defenders
Association in New York, the Environmental Protection Agency
in Georgia, the Southern Environmental Law Center in North
Carolina, and the Feldman Foundation in Florida. In South
Carolina, students will clerk with the S.S. Appleseed Legal Justice
Center, Digna Ocha Center for Immigration Legal Assistance, the
S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs, Upstate Forever, S.C. Legal
Services, Lowcountry Legal Aid, the Honorable Paul Garfinkel, the
Greenville County Attorney, the Richland County Public Defender’s
Office, and the Charleston County Public Defender’s Office.
At the conclusion of their summer employment the students are
required to write a report reflecting on their experience.
Dash of Faith honored by
health challenge group
Dash of Faith, a healthy eating program sponsored by the University’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program and the S.C. Cancer
Disparities Community Network, is the winner of a 2007 community award presented by the Healthy South Carolina Challenge.
Dash of Faith involves members of two Columbia-area AfricanAmerican Baptist churches, Central and Bethlehem. The Healthy
South Carolina Challenge is an initiative of Gov. Mark Sanford’s
wife, Jenny, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental
Control.
Central Baptist Church members collaborated with the Cancer
Disparities Community Network to plan menus and cooking classes
for church functions. With a focus on preparing traditional Southern fare using healthy recipes, participants also explored healthy
ethnic foods, such as traditional Mediterranean dishes, which focus
on high consumption of fruits and vegetables, bread, wheat and
other cereals, olive oil, and fish.
Advisor encourages nontraditional students with her own story
By Kathy Henry Dowell
■ Outstanding Staff
Advisor Award
“I also advise students in two baccalaureate programs: one is the Bachelor
Harriett Hurt’s finest characteristic as an advisor just might be that she knows
of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (BAIS) program and the other is the Adult
exactly what her nontraditional students are thinking and feeling.
Student Advancement Program (ASAP). The ASAP allows adults who might
“I’m the poster child for the adult student experience on this campus,”
not have a good academic record to go back, do well, and transfer to a degree
said Hurt, director of adult student services in Continuing Education Credit
program. It means a lot to me to be a part of something that offers adult stuPrograms. “I had plans to go to college just like many other students in my
dents a second chance.”
Greenville High School graduating class, but I got married instead. I have lived
Adult students face a different set of challenges than younger, traditional
a number of lives since then. For years, I worked as a professional entertainer
students.
and singer in nightclubs in the Atlanta area and on the West Coast. I also spent
“Most adults can’t take a full course load because they have families and
many years regretting that I hadn’t gone to college.
jobs,” she said. “The challenge in advising these students is to try to help them
“I came to the University as a brand-new freshman in the 1990s with fear
track toward graduation while finding classes that will fit their schedules—and
and doubt about my abilities,” she said. “I completed my work in English and
also counseling them, because life has a way of intervening.”
adult education. I landed in the Office of Continuing Education Programs as
Recently, Hurt said, an adult student found her graduation was in peril
a graduate assistant and started advising non-degree students. As luck would
because her elderly mother was admitted to the hospital.
have it, a staff advisor retired, and I was able to apply for the position just after
“She called me to say, ‘I don’t think I can finish. I’m going to have to drop
I finished my master’s degree. Advising students feels so natural and so normal;
out,’” Hurt said. “My job was to encourage her, to say ‘No, you can do it. You’re
it feels like what I was meant to do.”
so close.’” The student graduated on time.
There is no doubt that Hurt is a natural: in May, she received the Ada B.
“It is a joy to help other adults do the same thing I did,” Hurt said. “The fact
Thomas Outstanding Staff Advisor Award.
that I’m able to tell them what I did has an impact. It really does give me a tool
The nontraditional students Hurt advises are starting a degree program at a
that I would not have had if I had not come to school as an adult myself.”
Harriett Hurt, advisor extraordinaire
later age or are returning to complete a degree or must improve their GPAs to
qualify to get into a program at another institution.
COMING UP: Richard Showman, the Outstanding Faculty Advisor winner and an associate professor in the
“I still advise non-degree students, including senior citizens taking courses for their own
Department of Biological Sciences, will share his thoughts on advising in the July 12 issue of Times.
knowledge and a large number of transient students who live in the area but go to school elsewhere and want to attend classes at Carolina in the summer,” Hurt said.
Student speak
■ Name: Alex Winters
■ Major: Chemistry, Honors College
■ Year: Senior
■ Hometown: Northeast Columbia
■ Why are you on campus
this summer? I’m conducting research in Dr. Caryn
Outten’s biochemistry lab. I
received a Magellan scholarship from the University and
a national Howard Hughes
Undergraduate Research
Program scholarship to help
support me while I’m conducting this research. It’s great to
have that funding. I usually
work full-time in the summers
to make money for school, but
this summer I can concentrate
on my work.
■ What is your project called? The effects of
Glutaredoxin 2 on the Disulfide in Human Superoxide
Dismutase-1.
■ What exactly are you doing? I’m studying a
protein that resides in cells in the human body. When
mutated, the protein is believed to cause Amyotrophic
Lateral Scleoris (ALS), which is commonly called Lou
Gehrig’s disease. I’m looking at a familial type of the disease, which means that the disease is caused by a genetic
defect passed down from parents to offspring. The defect
results in mutant forms of one of the body’s proteins, and
this eventually manifests itself in the form of ALS. It’s
complicated—there’s so much to it—but if we can develop
an understanding of the mechanism behind this disease,
then we can pass that knowledge on to scientists conducting pharmaceutical research so they can develop drugs to
combat the disease. These studies are very important to
ALS research.
■ Describe ALS. It’s characterized by weakening of
muscles and atrophy that gradually spreads throughout
the body, making it difficult to move or speak. Most
victims die of respiratory failure within three to five years
after diagnosis.
University moves toward
common e-mail system
During the next two years, colleagues throughout University Technology Services (UTS) and other IT departments
hope to shrink the number of e-mail systems on the University campus from about 30 to one—the new University
E-mail System.
“Having all of these different e-mail systems on
campus is not in the University’s best interest,” said Rita
Anderson, project manager for this initiative and director
of project management and engineering for UTS.
The University E-mail System supports Web-based
access via Outlook Web Access; the system works with a
variety of e-mail clients, but most users with Windows
workstations will choose to run the Outlook client.
“We’re looking forward to providing a feature-rich
e-mail environment in one system that fosters more interdisciplinary collaboration and stays up 24/7,” Anderson said. In addition to fostering better communication, a
common e-mail system will be more secure, she added.
The new system will have a number of features not
currently available for most University faculty and staff,
including support for roaming users and automated
e-mail groups. UTS also plans to introduce extended
storage for saved e-mail messages that will allow users to
exceed current storage limits.
Several departments, including facilities, student affairs, and UTS, are part of a pilot test of the new system.
These departments will migrate to the University E-mail
System by the end of this year. Beginning early in 2008
and ending in late 2009, all other departments will be
migrated to the new system with a priority on those using
GroupWise. The College of Engineering and Computing
will provide training.
The University E-mail System will run the SonicWall
anti-spam appliance to screen incoming e-mails. Any
message detected as likely spam is quarantined. Users
should periodically check quarantined messages to ensure that none were mistakenly tagged as spam.
For more information about the University E-mail
project, visit http://www.sc.edu/universityemail. If
interested in participating on the project advisory team,
contact Rita Anderson at ritaa@sc.edu.
■ Who are you working with? Graduate student
Sam Bessette, a second-year Ph.D. student. She helps
guide me through the complicated protocols. If I make
a mistake, she is right there to help me. This is my first
time being exposed to what I’m doing here. She’s been
doing it for years, and it’s great to be learning from her.
Dr. Outten’s office is next door to the lab, and she walks
through the lab several times a day. She likes a lot of updates on our work, and she gives a lot of feedback. That’s
very helpful for a novice like me.
■ What will you do after you graduate in
December? I’m applying to medical schools. I’ve
planned to do that for a while now, and this research
gives me a different insight into the medical world.
■ What specialty area will you choose? During this
summer, I am shadowing a pathologist, a cardiologist,
and an orthopedic surgeon who work in Columbia to
give me a feel for some of the different areas of medicine
I could go into. Surgical medicine has always interested
me, but I need some exposure to it before I will know if
it is right for me. As it stands, I want to work with people
on a personal level and will most likely attempt to go into
general practitioning or pediatrics.
Kim Truett
Study encourages creative
play to burn calories
By Chris Horn
It’s hardly news that many young Americans are losing a
battle of the bulge—half of all U.S. children are predicted to be
overweight or obese by 2010.
But a USC psychology professor thinks her research might
point to a new approach in motivating kids to develop more
physically active lifestyles. It’s called Project ACT—Active by
Choice Today—and Dawn Wilson is leading a team of USC
researchers in the five-year, $3 million
National Institutes of Health study at
24 middle schools in South Carolina.
“Childhood obesity—especially
among minority populations—has
become a major health risk for diabetes and hypertension,” Wilson said.
“We’re trying an innovative approach
that emphasizes motivational theory
and behavioral skills through creative
play. It’s grounded in the idea that
Wilson
physical activity should be fun.”
Project ACT was launched after
a smaller study involving two schools produced significant
results. In that four-week intervention, students chose the
physical activities they wanted to engage in and demonstrated
a surprising level of participation that resulted in increasing
their levels of physical activity.
The current student-centered program starts out with one
hour of non-competitive play, perhaps a made-up game that
could be replicated at home with junk items.
“We follow that up with a half-hour of discussion on how
they can take the games home and encourage other kids in
their neighborhoods to play,” Wilson said.
The study, which focuses on about 65 children in each of
the middle schools, also includes one-on-one interviews with
the students to help reinforce their commitment to being active people. To measure the real effectiveness of the creative
play approach, investigators have each participating student
wear accelerometers for seven-day periods three times per
year.
“There are pitfalls with self reporting—participants can
overestimate the amount of time spent in physical activity. The
accelerometer measures exactly how active they are throughout the day,” Wilson said.
Half of the schools in the study are randomly selected for
a comparison program that promotes general health. The
students in these programs receive instruction in nutrition, life
skills, stress management, and risk prevention. “The schools
love it because both programs offer a great curriculum for
improving health and lifestyle skills among underserved sixth
graders,” Wilson said.
Project ACT is in its third year, and Wilson is looking
ahead to follow-up studies to measure the long-term impact
of the program. Co-principal investigators include Russ Pate,
exercise science; Ruth Saunders, health promotion, education,
and behavior; Cheryl Addy, epidemiology and biostatistics;
Lee Van Horn, psychology; Brent Hutto, prevention research
center, Heather Kitzman, psychology; and Gary Mixon, Sumter County Parks and Recreation.
“What we’re hoping for, of course, are real lifestyle changes
that result in kids becoming more physically active for a
lifetime,” Wilson said. “The alternative is taking in too many
calories, not burning enough, and becoming overweight—it’s
really that simple.”
Robbin’ the fountain
A robin redbreast steals a cool drink
from the fountain in the garden beside Lieber College on the Horseshoe.
June 14, 2007
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June & July
Calendar
■ Exhibits
■ Concerts
Through June 30 Thomas Cooper Library: Charles
Darwin: An Exhibition Chiefly from the C.Warren Irvin Jr. Collection to Mark the First A.C. Moore Lecture in Evolutionary
Biology, includes an 1860 autographed letter from Darwin
about the reaction to his On the Origin of Species. Mezzanine
Exhibit area.
June 16 Series: Summer Concert Series, Endless Summer,
pop, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia, free and open
to the public.
Through July 15 Columbia Museum of Art: From Pissarro to Picasso: European Works on Paper, works on display
exemplify major artistic movements in Europe. For more
information, including museum hours, call 799-2810 or go
to www.columbiamuseum.org.
Through Sept. 16 S.C. State Museum: Edmund Yaghjian:
A Retrospective, approximately 100 paintings and sketches by
Yaghjian (1905–97), who was the first head of the art
department. Museum is located at 301 Gervais St. For
more information, go to www.museum.state.sc.us.
Through Dec. 8 McKissick Museum: A Call for All:
The Great War Summons the Palmetto State, the exhibit will
explore propaganda employed by the U.S. government to
encourage soldiers and their families to support the war
effort, how South Carolinians became involved in the war
effort, and how the war affected the Palmetto State. Part of
a five-institution collaboration in Columbia that will present
a symposium, lectures, and gallery tours in fall 2007.
Through Dec. 20
South Caroliniana
Library: The Great
Adventure:The University of South Carolina
in World War I, looks
at how the Great
War affected the
University, its faculty,
and its students. Part
of a five-institution
collaboration in
Columbia that will
present a symposium,
lectures, and gallery
tours in fall 2007.
Television series Dancing
with the Stars brings its
format and some of its
dancers to the Colonial
Center June 28.The winning
duo from season two, Drew
Lachey and Cheryl Burke,
above, and season three’s
Joey Lawrence and Edyta
Sliwinska, right, are
scheduled to perform.
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June 23 Series: Summer Concert Series, Thunder Rose,
country, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia, free and
open to the public.
June 30 Series: Summer Concert Series, Fat Back and the
Groove Band, jazz, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia,
free and open to the public.
July 3 School of
Music: Composer
Ken Vandermark,
saxophone, and Tim
Daisy, percussion,
jazz. Doors open
at 7:30 p.m., event
begins at 8 p.m.,
School of Music
Recital Hall. Cost is
$5 at the door.
July 7 Series:
Summer Concert
Series, Billy Scott
and the Prophets,
beach, 7 p.m., Finlay
Park, downtown
Columbia, free and
open to the public.
July 14 Series:
Tim Daisy is one-half of a jazz duo performing
July 3 at Finlay Park.
Summer Concert
Series, Elliott and
the Untouchables, blues, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown
Columbia, free and open to the public.
Enjoy faculty, student concerts
during summer conservatory
Music lovers will have the chance to see promising high
school musicians perform during this year’s Carolina Summer Music Conservatory June 24–30.
All events are free and open to the public and will be
held in the School of Music Recital Hall or in the Choral Hall
(Room 006).
The week’s events will feature faculty and students of
voice, woodwind, brass, percussion, and jazz. The School of
Music faculty will perform at 8 p.m. June 25 in the recital
hall.
To wrap up the Carolina Summer Music Conservatory,
students of voice, woodwind, brass, percussion, and jazz
will perform at 7:30 p.m. June 27, 28, and 29 and at 10 a.m.
June 30 in the Choral Room.
For more information, go to the School of Music Web site
at www.music.sc.edu or call 7-4336.
Daisy’s collaborator is composer and saxophonist Ken Vandermark.
■ Miscellany
June 16 Koger Center:
Glenn Beck, syndicated talk
show host, 7:30 p.m., Koger
Center. Tickets range from
$21 to $91. Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office, by calling
251-2222 or by going online
to Capitoltickets.com.
June 23 Cooking class:
Master of the Grill, the art
of grilling and cooking foods,
including vegetables, meats,
and pizza, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.,
McCutchen House, $50
per person. To register, call
7-8225.
Beck
June 25–28 Camp: For the Love of Art: Movement,
Poetry, and Art, a summer camp for children ages 6–12 and
13–15, 10 a.m.–1 p.m., Columbia Museum of Art. $50 per
student. Sponsored by S.C. Arts Institute. For more information, contact Charlene Spearen at 7-5492 or
cmspeare@gwm.sc.edu.
June 28 Colonial Center: Dancing with the Stars—The
Tour, features an ensemble from the ABC television show,
including professional dancers, season two’s winning duo Drew
Lachey and Cheryl Burke, season three’s duo Joey Lawrence
and Edyta Sliwinska, and season four’s duo Joey Fatone and
Kym Johnson. 7:30 p.m., Colonial Center. Tickets range from
$49.50 to $152. Tickets are available at the Colonial Center
box office, at www.thecolonialcenter.com, at the charge line at
866-472-8499, or at area Piggly Wiggly stores.
■ Around the campuses
June 18 USC Sumter: Summer Film Series,
Spellbound, 2002, documentary by filmmaker Jeff
Blitz, follows eight young students as they make
their way from local spelling bees to the national
finals in 1999, 7 p.m., Anderson Library, Room 122.
Free and open to the public. For more information,
contact Andrew Kunka, English, Sumter, at 55-3718
or ajkunka@uscsumter.edu.
June 25 USC Sumter: Summer Film Series,
Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room, 2005, Academy Award–nominated documentary, explores
the causes and effects of the biggest corporate
bankruptcy in U.S. history, 7 p.m., Anderson Library,
Room 122. Free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Andrew Kunka, English, Sumter,
at 55-3718 or ajkunka@uscsumter.edu.
June 18–Aug. 3 USC Aiken: A variety of
summer camps for children, including Beginning
Tennis, LEGO Engineering, CSI: Aiken, Dinosaur
Dig, All-Sports Camp, and Basketball Camp for
Boys and Girls. For a full list of camps, including
dates and fees, go to www.usca.edu/conted/pdf/
2007CatalogPDF.pdf.
Billy Scott and the Prophets will blend beach music and soul at their concert July 7.
■ Heritage Awards
Belton and Hilton Head
artists named winners
McKissick Museum and the S.C. Arts Commission have announced the recipients of the 2007 Jean Laney Harris Folk
Heritage Awards, Louise Miller Cohen from Hilton Head
Island for Gullah traditions, and Alda Smith from Belton for
traditional country music advocacy.
“Louise Cohen and Alda Smith
were selected for their excellence in
their respective folk art traditions
and for maintaining a high level of
artistic commitment to their craft
and for having enriched the lives of
people across the state through their
talents and dedication,” said Saddler
Taylor, chief curator of folklife and
research for the College of Arts and
Sciences’ McKissick Museum.
Cohen
Cohen is a Hilton Head Island
native whose island roots date back
to the 1800s. Her family home still
stands on property purchased by her
great-grandfather after the Civil War.
Cohen, who grew up on Hilton Head
Island during a time she calls “before
the bridge,” said she loved to hear
relatives tell stories in the Gullah
dialect and its many variations.
Today, Cohen helps plan the annual Hilton Head Island Gullah CelSmith
ebration and perform at the annual
event. Her repertoire includes Gullah stories, shouts, and
dances. It is one example of how Cohen has helped promote
Gullah and its Hilton Head Island variation.
Smith has dedicated his life to preserving and performing
the country music traditions that are part of the mill town
culture of the South Carolina Piedmont. The youngest son
of the late Ralph Smith, Smith traces his regional musical
heritage back to the mid-1800s. Born and raised in Greenville County, Smith has deep roots in Piedmont culture and
has fostered a keen understanding of the musical genres that
form traditional country music.
As a fourth-generation musician, Smith works to promote
traditional Piedmont music, especially the old-time country
music associated with the lap steel and Dobro instruments,
through visits to schools, performances at festivals, and
presentations at conferences such as the Dobro and Lap
Steel Convention.
The state legislature created the Folk Heritage Award in
1987 to recognize lifetime achievement in traditional arts.
The artistic traditions represented by the Folk Heritage
Award are significant because they have endured, often for
hundreds of years. The award is named for the late Jean
Laney Harris, a supporter of the state’s cultural heritage and
a member of the House of Representatives, who co-chaired
the Joint Legislative Committee on Cultural Affairs.
Piano festival to honor
legacy of Horowitz
The University’s Southeastern Piano Festival will commemorate the life and work of classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz in
a series of events through June 16. All events will be held in the
School of Music Recital Hall.
As a special tribute to Horowitz, Russian pianist Valery
Kuleshov will perform some of Horowitz’s most complex, unpublished piano transcriptions at 8 p.m. June 14. Tickets are
$15 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and members of the Music
Teachers National Association, and $3 for University students.
Admission for students age 18 or younger is free. For tickets,
call Jesseca Smith at 6-5763 or e-mail
jesseca@mozart.sc.edu.
The Southeastern Piano Festival has become one of the
major cultural events in the Southeast and features 20 aspiring
pianists in grades 8–12. From Steinway & Sons’ private collection of legendary pianos, Horowitz’s personal Steinway concert
grand piano is on special loan for the festival.
Several friends of Horowitz’s also will be on hand at this
year’s festival to discuss this legendary pianist’s life. Franz
Mohr, Horowitz’s piano technician, and David Dubal, professor of piano literature at the Juilliard School and a close friend
of Horowitz’s, will share anecdotes about their friendships in a
presentation titled “Conversations with Horowitz” at 4:30 p.m.
June 14.
During the week, participants will take part in many profes-
Students at this year’s festival represent 12 states.
sional activities, including daily lessons with Carolina piano
faculty, master classes, and conversations with distinguished
guest artists and workshops on a variety of piano-related topics.
“Our festival provides a highly rigorous training platform
for aspiring young pianists, while exposing them to some
of the world’s finest artists,” said Marina Lomazov, artistic
director and an assistant professor of music. “The atmosphere
of the festival is supportive and creative, yet with demanding
professional standards. This allows us to attract some of the
best young talent in the country today.”
The Arthur Fraser Concerto Competition will wrap up the
festival. All participants will perform in this competition, with
the top three pianists winning the opportunity to perform with
the S.C. Philharmonic Orchestra next season. The competition
will be held from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. June 15 with breaks for
lunch and dinner.
The application pool for this year’s festival nearly doubled,
with applicants from all across the country seeking entry. The
selected participants represent 12 states.
Many of the events are free and open to the public. For a
schedule of events, go to sepf.music.sc.edu/index.html.
Aiken’s Convocation
Center lists new acts
Hub City Writers Project
archives go to Upstate
USC Aiken’s new Convocation Center has scheduled several
acts for this summer and in the fall and spring.
For the first time in its history, Ringling Bros. & Barnum
Bailey Circus will bring its high flying performance to Aiken
for eight performances July 19–22. Tickets are on sale now.
Radio station Kicks 99 will bring its Guitar Pull across the
Savannah River to the Convocation Center to perform
Nov. 13. An on-sale date will be announced later.
In spring 2008, the Lipizzaner Stallions will make the
Convocation Center their home for two shows. An on-sale
date will be announced later.
Disney Live!, Mickey’s Magic Show, will bring Mickey,
Minnie, and a host of Disney friends in the spring of 2008
to perform magic from Disney films. An on-sale date will be
announced later.
Sesame Street Live, SUPER GROVER! Ready For Action,
will bring its super hero action in May 2008. An on-sale date
will be announced later.
A new customer service program also has been unveiled,
with the staff of the Convocation Center wanting to know
“How You Doin’?” Tickets for the Convocation Center are
available at the USC Aiken Convocation Center box, online at
uscatix.com, or charge by phone at 1-866-722-8877.
With 26 books, dozens of readings and workshops, installations of public art, concerts, and even a river festival to its
credit, the Hub City Writers Project in Spartanburg needed a
place to house its archives.
After careful consideration of
where the archives could be easily
accessed by local historians, writers,
researchers, and other interested
parties, USC Upstate was selected to
be the recipient of the archives.
“I have long shared great respect
for the Hub City Writers Project,”
said John Stockwell, chancellor of
USC Upstate. “I also share enthusiasm for collecting regional archives
Stockwell
in the library holding of USC
Upstate. This is a win/win opportunity and an ideal archival
collection for our new library.”
Founded nearly 11 years ago, the Hub City Writers Project celebrates place and community through the creation and
presentation of literary, cultural, and artistic works. From
its beginning, Hub City’s emphasis has been place-based
literature that encourages readers to form a deeper connection with their home territory.
Betsy Teter, executive director and founding member of
the Hub City Writers Project, has kept meticulous records
of the organization and each of its projects over the years.
The archives include everything from the original correspondence from May 1995 when the group of local writers
decided to found the organization to research notes and
interviews for the various books that have been published,
including Textile Town, South of Main, and Literary South
Carolina.
“The most exciting thing for me is knowing that 50 to 100
years from now, all the documents and data that we have
collected will be readily available for people interested in
local history,” Teter said.
In addition to serving as an invaluable resource to
people interested in local history, the archives will provide
a detailed path for others who are interested in founding a
similar organization to follow. Groups from Florida, North
Carolina, Arizona, and Washington have used the Hub City
Writers Project as a model to create a place-based literary
movement in their own towns.
“USC Upstate will develop an archival inventory, which
will be available in the USC system and worldwide database,” said Frieda Davison, dean of the USC Upstate library.
“This will be most helpful to people who are trying to model
the project or doing in-depth research on topics already
published by the Hub City Writers Project.”
For more information, call Ryan Boggs at 52-5218.
Local tours are free, fun, and not far
A number of educational tours that are free and fun can be found within about five
miles of campus. For some in-town fun this summer, try:
■ Statehouse tours, 1100 Gervais St., downtown Columbia. Guided tours and
documentary discussing history, operations, and architecture. By appointment; call
734-2430.
■ Tour of S.C. Educational Television, 1101 George Rogers Blvd. SCETV is nationally
recognized as a leader in educational telecommunications. Groups touring SCETV walk
through the process of creating a television program, which includes scripting, graphic
and computer animation, studio production, and distribution. By appointment; call
737-3200.
■ Tour of The State newspaper, 1401 Shop Road. See state-of-the-art technology that produces the newspaper, and during most tours, the presses are running. Learn about the history
of the newspaper and go through the newsroom and see reporters working on stories. By
appointment; call 771-8370.
■ Factory tour of the Allen Brothers Milling Company, Home of Adluh Flour, Adluh Flour
Company, 804 ½ Gervais St., in the Vista. Tour shows the entire process from the time
the wheat comes off the trucks, to how the wheat is cracked, milled, sifted into flour and
cornmeal, and mixed and packaged. Visitors take a tour of the museum where they see
equipment from the ’teens and ’20s. By appointment; call 781-5940.
Learn the fine art of doughnut making
this summer.
■ Factory tour of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, 1200 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce. See the process of doughnut making from beginning
to end. See how dough is mixed and shaped, cooked, glazed, filled, decorated, and packed. A tasty treat is provided at the end of the
tour. By appointment; call 926-9943.
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Grad School establishes
Edwards fellowship fund
Briefly
IN MEMORIAM: Barbara Susan “Susie” Pierce McConnell,
57, former assistant director of donor relations in Advancement Administration, died May 18 in Columbia after a long
illness. A New Jersey native, she had been a Columbia resident
since 1987. In her job at the University, she helped development officers steward major donors to ensure their continued
engagement with the institution. During an earlier career in
public broadcasting, she was a live TV director, and with S.C.
ETV, led on-air fund raising. She was an avid gardener.There will
be a memorial gathering for her at 3 p.m., July 29 at Millcreek
Greenhouses, 2324 Leesburg Road, Columbia, with music and
recollections. Attendees are asked to visit www.surveymonkey.
com/s.aspx?sm=rfQ%2fpZ50jF4yv3zF%2fsRm8A%3d%3d and
click on a button to RSVP to assist with planning. Memorials can
be made to Central S.C. Habitat for Humanity, 209 S. Sumter St.,
Columbia, 29201.
ADULT STUDENTS HONORED: The University
inducted eight members into the Mu chapter of Alpha Sigma
Lambda (ASL), a national honor society for adult students.
ASL inductees are Teresa Alsing, an art education major from
Ridgeway; Amira Davis, a public relations major from Columbia;
Rachel Long and Sandylynn Kammer, psychology majors from
Lexington;Volker Matthusen, a political science major from Columbia; Nelson Rivera, a religious studies major from Lexington;
Deborah Rutland, a sociology major from West Columbia; and
Sherry Weeks, a Spanish major from Elgin. Founded in 1945,
Alpha Sigma Lambda recognizes the academic success of adult
students. For more information, call Harriet Hurt, director of
adult-student services, at 7-8155.
SHARE YOUR VACATION PHOTOS:
Times will publish its 13th-annual summer vacation
photo spread in the Aug. 23 issue.To share your favorite
photos, e-mail digital images to larryw@gwm.sc.edu.
Submit prints to Larry Wood, University Publications,
920 Sumter St.The deadline is Aug. 13.
BOOKSTORE TO CELEBRATE POTTER
RELEASE: The University Bookstore will celebrate the
release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at midnight July
21.The release party will include activities for all ages and
refreshments. Faculty and staff members who pre-order the
book will save 40 percent off the list price and will save an additional 10 percent with their USC faculty/staff ID cards or B&N
Membership cards.To pre-order, send an e-mail to Blaire Wicker
at wickerb@gwm.sc.edu and include your name, the number of
books to reserve, and phone number.To place a pre-order by
phone, call 7-7430. Payment is not required until the books are
picked up on or after July 21.
UPSTATE HONORS ATCHISON AT LEGACY
DINNER: USC Upstate honored Charles Atchison with
its inaugural Legacy Award, which was established to honor
individuals who have distinguished themselves by extraordinary
career success, exceptional service, and responsible citizenship
in the larger community. Atchison is the founder and owner of
Atchison Transportation Services, a Spartanburg-based business
that provides executive sedan service, luxury limousine service,
airport shuttle service, and charter bus service. “Charles Atchison is an exceptional example of someone who has achieved
enormous success because of his outstanding work ethic and
commitment to service excellence,” said Leon Wiles, vice
chancellor for student and diversity affairs at USC Upstate. “He
is a tremendous role model for students who are from families
of modest means and a clear example of American ingenuity and
achievement.”
BEAUFORT HONORS TEACHER CADETS: USC
Beaufort honored four top area high school students with Sullivan-Graham Dynamic Teacher Cadet Scholarships to recognize
outstanding achievement.The scholarship recipients are Ebony
Sumpter, Beaufort High School; Ashley Probst, Hilton Head
High School; Kathleen Kersey, Bluffton High School; and Shanea
Rivers, Battery Creek High School.The scholarship recipients,
who intend to enter the teaching profession after college, were
honored at USC Beaufort’s annual Teacher Cadet Luncheon.The
Teacher Cadet Program encourages students with exemplary
interpersonal and leadership skills to consider teaching as a
career. USC Beaufort has been a college partner with Beaufort
County Public Schools for seven years.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDENT WINS AWARD:
Bates Rambow, a graduate student in the School of the
Environment Master of Earth and Environmental Resources
Management program, recently won third place in an essay
contest sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies. Bates’
essay on reforming the Endangered Species Act can be read at
aBetterEarth.org. Bates also has been offered the chance to do
freelance writing for the Web site.
DISTANCE EDUCATION IS MOVING: The Distance
Education office has moved to its new location on the second
floor of 1244 Blossom St.The move should be complete by
June 14. A map of our new location, at the southwest corner
of Blossom and Sumter Streets, and updates on the move are
available at www.sc.edu/uis/de/moeinfo.html.The new location
will provide more visitor parking, increased space for testing
services, and a more central location on campus.
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The Graduate School’s fellowship fund for Anthony Edwards is
up and running. The fund is called the “Anthony Edwards
Fellowship Fund—Fund #A31400.” Gifts can be small, onetime contributions or larger amounts spread over several
months. Following are ways to give:
■ by credit card, go to https://giftsonline.sc.edu/contribute.
asp and include “A31400—Anthony Edwards fund” into the
designation box
On top of the world Patrick Hickey, wearing a
Gamecock visor signed by Steve Spurrier, summited Mount
Everest May 24 to complete his quest to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each of the seven continents,
in seven years. Along the way, the clinical assistant professor
in the College of Nursing turned his quest into a campaign
to raise awareness of the nation’s nursing shortage and raise
money for Carolina nursing students. Read his story in the July
12 issue of Times.
Budget
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Office of Multicultural Affairs, and establishment of the Office
of Academic Integrity.
Additional state funding is expected to provide support for
the following:
■ OneCarolina, a program to expand and improve student and
administrative technology resources
■ a portion of the 3-percent state pay increase and additional
costs for health insurance and retirement increases
■ planning for the S.C. LightRail, a developing high-speed
network linking the University, Clemson, MUSC, and other
health systems.
“As a result of prior state funding, our initiative to bring
top teaching and research faculty is yielding results,” said
President Sorensen. “This overall budget will enable us to
maintain that momentum and hire additional teaching faculty
to enhance students’ learning experiences and recruit researchers who will increase our competitiveness in alternative
fuels, the environment, biomedicine, and nanotechnology.
The tuition increase for Columbia campus undergraduates
will raise tuition and required fees to $4,173 per semester for
in-state and $10,816 per semester for out-of-state.
Tuition for graduate students will rise by 6.9 percent, with
in-state graduate tuition increasing by $300 for a semester
total of $4,644. Out-of-state graduate student tuition will
increase by $632 for a semester total of $9,790.
USC Aiken’s tuition will rise by $168 (5 percent) or $3,503
per semester; USC Beaufort will be $263 (9.2 percent) higher
or $3,125 per semester; and USC Upstate’s tuition will increase $271 (7.5 percent) for a semester total of $3,880.
Tuition for the regional campuses (Lancaster, Salkehatchie,
Sumter, and Union) will increase by $108, or 4.6 percent, for a
semester total of $2,434 for in-state students with fewer than
75 credit hours. Tuition for in-state students with 75 or more
credit hours will be $3,533 per semester.
In-state students at the School of Medicine will pay $11,272
per semester; out-of state students will pay$29,930. In-state
law student tuition will increase by $390 for a semester total
of $8,182; out-of-state law student tuition will increase by
$787 for a semester total of $16,525.
Library
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to faculty members’ desktops on any of the University’s eight
campuses.
“You can search multiple databases simultaneously with
the Gamecock Power Search engine, but not every article is
available in full-length text electronically,” said reference
librarian Beki Gettys. “If the article is available in printed form
in Thomas Cooper Library, we will scan it and send it to you
via scan and deliver.”
The service also is available to students registered with the
Columbia campus distance education office who live outside of
Richland and Lexington counties and students registered with
the Office of Student Disability Services. To learn more about
the Scan and Deliver service, go to ill2.tcl.sc.edu/docdel/default.html.
Faculty also can take advantage of the new “My Account”
features of the library catalog that allow multiple ongoing
searches and e-mail alerts.
“You can maintain up to 25 searches for new library resources on different topics. Whenever we acquire new materials on one of those topics, the system will automatically notify
you by e-mail,” Gettys said.
While changes already have been made in Thomas
Cooper’s physical space, many more changes will be made
over the next several years.
“Faculty are most concerned with the quality of our collections and our services, and we’ve continued to make improvements in each; students care most about our space, and that’s
the next big area for us to address,” McNally said.
■ by check, made payable to “USC Foundations” and include
“A31400—Anthony Edwards fund” in the memo of the check;
mail to USC Gift Processing, 1600 Hampton St., 736, Columbia, 29208
■ by electronic funds transfer (electronic bank transfer), call
7-7243 for a processing form/info.
Faculty and staff also can sign up to have a gift deducted
from their paychecks through the Family Fund. Contributions
can be one-time deductions or larger amounts (spread over
several paychecks). Family Fund pledge sheets are located at
www.sc.edu/familyfund, and the designation can be towards
Anthony’s Fellowship Fund.
For more information or questions, contact Lola Mauer at
7-4092 or lmauer@gwm.sc.edu.
EAP
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“The thing I keep hearing is that people are using it for
emotional situations but also for assistance in finding elder
care, child care, a will, power of attorney, or other things they
just need to get done and they don’t know where to turn for
help. The EAP also can be used to help resolve on-the-job
issues with co-workers, supervisors, or subordinates.”
The EAP has a robust online legal assistance program on
its Web site, and it offers a free 30-minute consultation with
lawyers in the employee’s local area with continuing discounted hourly rates.
Faculty, staff, and their dependents can get help 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year anywhere in the United States by calling
800-822-4847. They’ll be connected with a person at a call
center who can immediately transfer them to an on-call counselor or refer them to other service providers for assistance
during business hours.
The service is available via a national network so that if
employees or their dependents are traveling or for any reason
are in another state, they still will be able to get assistance.
If counseling is needed, the first four sessions for each
issue the person is seeking help for are free. Beyond that,
sessions might be covered under the employee’s insurance
provider. Most issues can be resolved within four sessions,
Cargile said.
The majority of calls to the EAP are self-referrals, said
Jane Jameson, vice president for human resources, and all of
them are strictly confidential. Human Resources also can refer
employees to the EAP and can make participation in counseling a condition of employment in those cases where there is
extraordinary behavior or an emergency, or there are other
extenuating circumstances, she said.
“This program has been a great help to supervisors and
employees,” Jameson said.
The Human Resources Web page contains information on
the Employee Assistance Program at hr.sc.edu/relations/eap.
html. LifeServices EAP’s Web site is at www.lifeserviceseap.
com.
Cargile believes that most problems people deal with on a
daily basis are solvable if they get professional assistance for
the problems early on.
“The thing we urge to supervisors and employees is don’t
wait until it’s really bad before you seek help for a problem,”
he said.
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■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Gary Snyder, marketing and communications, Faina Linkov, and Ron
Laporte, “Global Health Communications, Social Marketing, and Emerging
Communication Technologies,” Global Health and Medicine, William H. Markle,
Melanie Fisher, and Raymond A. Smego, editors, McGraw-Hill, New York.
Suzanne McDermott, family and preventive medicine, M.S. Durkin,
N. Schupf, and Z. Stein, “Epidemiology and Etiology of Mental Retardation,”
Handbook of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, J.W. Jacobson,
J.A. Mulick, and J. Rojahn, editors, Springer Press, New York.
Lara Ducate and Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures, and
Nike Arnold (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), “Virtual Communities of
Practice in Teacher Education,” Preparing and Developing Technology-proficient
L2 Teachers, M.A. Kassen, R.Z. Lavine, K.Murphy-Judy, and M. Peters, editors,
CALICO, San Marcos, Texas.
Robert W. Weinbach, social work, The Social Worker as
Manager, fifth edition. Allyn & Bacon, Boston, Mass.
■ ARTICLES
Statewide Quality Assurance System Using the CMS Quality Framework,”
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Atlanta,
Ga., and, same conference, “The 2nd Edition of the AAIDD Positive Behavior
Support Training Curriculum.”
Terry K. Peterson, education, Dan Owens (California Elementary School
Principals Association), and Terri Ferrinde-Dunham (Collaborative Communications), “Leading After-School Learning Communities,” National Association
of Elementary School Principals, Seattle, Wash.
Lara Ducate and Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures,
Gillian Lord (University of Florida), and Nike Arnold (University of Tennessee-Knoxville), “Teaching, Learning and Collaborating: A Foreign Language
Teacher Wiki Community,” The Computer Assisted Language Instruction
Consortium, San Marcos, Texas.
Ran Wei, journalism and mass communications, and Jing Jiang (California
Lutheran University), “Emerging Equality but Enduring Stereotypes:
A Comparison of Gender Role Portrayals in American and Chinese Cell
Phone Ads,” American Academy of Advertising Asia-Pacific Conference, Seoul,
South Korea, and, with Ven-hwei Lo (National Chengchi University) and
Hungyi Lu (National Chungcheng University), “Third-Person Effects of Health
News: Exploring the Relationships among Media Exposure, Presumed Media
Influence, and Behavioral Intentions,” International Communication Association, San Francisco, Calif.
Martin S. Roth, international business, “Global Language
Partnerships: Preparing Mobile, Multilingual, International
Business Managers,” IIE Network.org.
John M. Shafer, Earth Sciences and Resources Institute,
J.M. Rine, E. Covington, and R.C. Berg, “Geologic Sensitivity
and Groundwater Travel Time Map of the Marine Corps Air
Station, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA,” Journal of Maps.
Suzanne McDermott and Tan Platt, family and preventive
medicine, Robert Moran, H. Wood, T. Isaac, and S. Dasari, “Risk
for Onset of Health Conditions among Community-living
Adults of Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries,” Primary
Health Care Research and Development, and, “Prevalence of
Diabetes in Persons with Disabilities,” Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities.
Steven N. Blair, exercise science, “Physical Activity, Clinical
Medicine, and Public Health,” Current Sports Medicine Reports,
and with Paul D. Thompson, Barry A. Franklin, G.J. Balady, D.
Corrado, N.A.M. Estes III, J.E. Fulton, N.F. Gordon,
W.L. Haskell, M.S. Link, B.J. Maron, M.A. Mittleman, A. Pelliccia,
N.K. Wenger, S.N. Willich, and F. Costa, “Exercise and Acute
Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A
When Robert’s Rules of Order isn't clear, I consult Miss Manners.
Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and
the Council on Clinical Cardiology,” Circulation.
Zach Kelehear, educational leadership and policies, and Karen Heid, art,
Karen A. Gray and Terry A. Wolfer, social work, and Carl Maas, “The
“Arts Based Leadership for K-12 Schools,” Spoleto Arts Festival Administradecision case method: Teaching and training for grassroots community
tor Conference, Charleston.
organizing,” Journal of Community Practice.
Ran Wei, journalism and mass communications, and Ven-Hwei Lo (National
■ OTHER
Chengchi University), “Third-Person Effects of Political Attack Ads in the
Lynn Keane, technology support and training management, received the
2004 Presidential Election,” Media Psychology.
Paul S. Lomax Award for Doctoral Scholarship and Service for her doctoral
dissertation from the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Tech■ PRESENTATIONS
nology at New York University. Entitled “A Technology-Supported Academic
Barbara Tobolowsky, National Resource Center for The First-Year ExperiCommunity of Practice: A Case Study,” the dissertation examines how
ence and Students in Transition, “Researching the First-Year Experience,”
academics use Web technologies to build communities of practice.
International First-Year Experience Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ron Prinz, psychology, was named treasurer and appointed to the board of
Martin S. Roth, international business, “North American Perspective on
directors for the international Society for Prevention Research.
Globalization and Graduate Business Education: Program Structure, Content,
Patrick D. Nolan, sociology, was interviewed for an article in the
and Experiential Learning,” AACSB International Conference and Annual
Charleston Post and Courier entitled “Guns in schools topic of debate: House
Meeting, Tampa, Fla., and, with Elizabeth Bender, hotel, restaurant, and
committee hears pro, cons of proposed bill.”
tourism management, and Charles Partlow, National Restaurant Institute,
“Corporate Strategies of U.S. Multinational Lodging Firms,” Sloan Industry
Terry K. Peterson, education, was re-elected chair of the board of the
Studies Annual Conference, Cambridge, Mass.
directors of the national Afterschool Alliance, Greentree Retreat Center,
N.Y.
Meera Narasimhan, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, Damiel
Buysee, Ruth Beneca, and Karl Doghramji, “Making Every Sheep Count:
J. Mark Davis, exercise science, was inducted into the Cal Poly Athletic Hall
Evidence-Based Approaches to Treating Insomnia,” American Psychiatric
of Fame, one of only five individuals selected for the Class of 2007.
Association, San Diego, Calif., and, same conference, with Travis Bruce,
Tom Madden, EIMBA/PMBA programs and marketing, received the Sheth
neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, and Larry Reagan and Marlene
Foundation Award for Best Paper published in the Journal of the Academy of
Wilson, physiology, pharmacology, and neuroscience, “From Lab to Clinical
Marketing Science in 2006 for “Brands Matter: An Empirical Demonstration of
Practice: Neurobiology and Treatment Implications in Post Traumatic Stress
the Creation of Shareholder Value through Branding,” coauthored with Frank
Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depression (MDD),” and, with Richard HardFehle (Barclays Global Investors) and Susan Fournier (Boston University).
ing and Nikki Campbell, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, and Eric
Chris Kendall, geological sciences, will receive the 2007 Best Poster PreWilliams, “Cultural Competence and Ethnopharmacology,” and, with Peter
sentation award for “Holocene Cyanobacterial Mats and Lime Muds: Links to
Buckley, John Newcomer, and Charles Hennekens, “When Endocrinology
Middle East Carbonate Source Rock Potential” presented at the Society for
and Psychiatry Collide,” and, with Nikki Campbell, neuropsychiatry and
Sedimentary Petrology, Long Beach, Calif.
behavioral science, Jennifer E Heath, Jamae C. Campbell, Brian S. Dundas,
Laura G. Hancock, Ralph C. Pollock, and Jesse A. Raley, “Out For Mental
Health: Collaboration Between Future Psychiatrists and Journalists,” and,
with Richard Harding, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, Ronald
Prier, Shilpa Srinivasan, Butterfly Rudd, and John Magill, “High Users of Acute
■ Job vacancies
Psychiatric Services in South Carolina: Analysis by Cost and Diagnosis.”
For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies
David A. Rotholz, Center for Disability Resources, D.H. Reid, D. Boyd, and
and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu.The
R. Salley, “Positive Behavioral Approaches: South Carolina’s Enhancement
employment office is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Effort,” Reinventing Quality Conference, Charleston, and, with
C. Moseley, K.K. Lacy, and M. Trowbridge, “Evaluating the Validity of a
Seventeen students of the School of Law completed the Richland County Court Appointed
Special Advocate (CASA) training. They were sworn in by Family Court Judge Leslie Riddle,
and many already have been assigned cases. The S.C. Guardian ad Litem Program recruits,
trains, and supervises volunteers who are court-appointed to represent and advocate for the
best interests of children in family court proceedings involving allegations of abuse or neglect.
“This is the largest class of Guardians ad Litem we have ever had,” said Pamela Robinson,
director of the Pro Bono Program for the School of Law. “They join the 25 other law students
already serving as Guardians ad Litem.”
The advocate students are Angela Atanasov, James Burnes, Katie Booth, Jennifer Clary,
Joseph Dickey, John Edwards, Kathryn Flowers, Margaret Fox, Lambert Guinn, Kathryn
Harper, Scott Harper, Deidre Hill, Thomas Jeter, Joom Kim, Stephanie Lamb, Kristin
Pawlowski, Blaine Plemming, Ben Powell, Collen Quilan, Hugh Rice, Jonathan Slager, Jenna
Stephens, Sibaria Taylor, Carmen Thomas, and Jessica Wells.
For more information about the CASA program, go to www.rccasa.org.
The College of Engineering and Computing recently honored faculty and staff with the following awards:
■ Charles W. Brice, associate professor of electrical
engineering, Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor
Award
■ Edward P. Gatzke, assistant professor of chemical
engineering, Young Investigator Research Award
■ Liv Haselbach, assistant professor of civil and
environmental engineering, Environmental Stewardship
Award for Faculty. The award, presented on Earth Day
by the School of the Environment, recognizes a student
and/or student group, staff member, and faculty member
who has demonstrated a high standard of stewardship of
the University environment.
■ Ruth E. Heacock, College of Engineering and Computing staff member, Staff Distinguished Service Award
■ Lighter times
Law students advocate for children
Faculty, staff honored by
Engineering, Computing
■ Antonello Monti, associate professor of electrical
engineering, Research Progress Award. Monti also won
the 2007 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching
Award.
■ Jeffrey Morehouse, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Joseph M. Biedenback Distinguished
Service Award, the highest award presented by the
Continuing Professional Development Division of the
American Society for Engineering Education, given to a
member who has rendered noteworthy leadership and
service within the division. The award recognizes outstanding service to the continuing professional development of engineer.
■ Branko N. Popov, a professor and director of
the Center for Electrochemical Engineering, Research
Achievement Award
■ NSC CAREER Award Winners: Jon Bender and
Melissa Moss, chemical engineering, and Homayoun
Valafar, computer science and engineering. The NSF
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is
a foundation-wide activity that offers the National
Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support
of the early career-development activities.
Allen Stokes receives
honorary degree
Allen Stokes, director of the South Caroliniana Library,
received an honorary degree from Wofford College during its May 20 commencement ceremonies.
Stokes is a 1964 graduate of
the college as a member of Phi
Beta Kappa. He holds master’s
and doctoral degrees from the
University.
In addition to the honorary
degree, Stokes also received the
S.C. State Historical Records Advisory Board Governor’s Archives
Award for Lifelong Dedication
and Contributions to the AppreStokes
ciation of South Carolina’s History at the annual meeting of the
University South Caroliniana Society’s annual luncheon
on April 21.
Stokes has overseen computerization of the South
Caroliniana Library’s collections; the move of University
Archives to the library; creation of its Modern Political
Collections; growth of the University South Caroliniana
Society, the patron organization of the library; extensive
physical renovations; and the addition of new facilities.
Two minority advertising majors
among nation’s most promising
The American Advertising Federation named two advertising majors, William Frierson
and Tim Frisby, Most Promising Minority Students during the spring semester. They were
selected from a national pool of candidates based on their academic standing, demonstrated
interest in the advertising industry, leadership potential, and community and organizational
service.
They were honored in New York where they met one-on-one with advertising industry
leaders. They also were featured in Advertising Age, the industry’s leading trade journal, and
USA Today.
Frierson is an officer of the Student Advertising Federation and was on the 2007 AAF National Student Competition team. Frisby, dubbed “Pops,” became a Gamecock football player
as a walk-on and earned the distinction of being one of the oldest—if not the oldest—student
to play on a Division I football team. Frisby was a public relations major.
USC is one of three universities in the nation to have a student honored every year since
the AAF’s award began in 1997.
June 14, 2007
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Booked
for the summer
■ “As a part of the African American Association/Women On A Mission
Buddy Reading program, I will be reading You Can Find A Way, by
Patrick Mahony. Each member in the program chooses a book, and I
buddy up with each one to read it. The book is the second in the program;
The Four Agreements, by Don Miquel Ruiz, was the first. Outside of
a few other books in the program, I will be reading a lot of baby and
parenting books as my wife is expecting in November.”
—Michael Moton, TRIO Programs,
Opportunity Scholars Program, Union
■ “Summer at Tiffany, by Marjorie Hart, is a charming story of two
Midwestern college girls making the journey to New York City to find
summer jobs in 1945. When they find themselves employed as pages at
Tiffany’s for the summer, they realize their jobs will have more to offer
than just the sparkle of diamonds. They learn life lessons, fall in love,
cope with tragedy, have frequent celebrity sightings, and experience life
in a big city. This summer at Tiffany’s will change their lives forever.
I recommend Summer at Tiffany because it allows you to escape to
a bygone era where elegance and charm were commonplace. It’s an
endearing story of two young women coming into their own while
experiencing one of the greatest cities in the world and one of the greatest stores in the world. It’s a fun, easy read that will keep you intrigued
until the last page.”
–Jennifer Gessner, Carolina Alumni Association
■ “Having just finished my thesis, I’m inclined to now only read what
can fit on the back of a cereal box. But, inspired by my wife, Lisa, a
spirited reader who I’m convinced was born with a bookmark in her
hand, I press on. I’m reading Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, by Edward Abbey. It’s about his time as a seasonal park ranger in
Arches National Monument in Utah. Abbey’s been called the “Thoreau
of the American West,” and his descriptions and opinions on the stark,
natural beauty of the environment put the reader right there. Will be
reading next The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. His vivid story
of the voiceless during the Great Depression illustrates timeless issues
of equality and social justice. Hope to then get through The Inheritance
of Loss, by Kiran Desai, a story about cultures pushed together by a
shrinking world. On the lighter side, I can’t wait to read J.R.R. Tolkein’s
new book, The Children of Hurin, which takes place before the Hobbit
and the Trilogy series. Professionally, related to advertising, I’m reading What Sticks, by Rex Briggs and Greg Stuart. And I would not be
true to my marketing pedigree if I didn’t mention one last book coming
out this summer, Global Health and Medicine (McGraw-Hill), since I
wrote a chapter in it. It may be great beach reading, except for the part
about parasites and vector-borne diseases!”
—Gary Snyder, marketing and communications
■ “My recommendation is actually three books rather than one, but
they are quick, pleasant, and rewarding reads. They are the books by
Ruth Reichl charting her growth from an awkward New York child to
food critic of The New York Times. Each is filled with a joy for food
and cooking, as well as insights into the process of growing up, discovering your passions, and moving through life. I just finished reading
them in backward order and it seemed to make no difference in my
enjoyment. The books are: Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the
Table; Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table; and
Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic.”
—Lynn Robertson, McKissick Museum
■ “Pam Durban, a native of Aiken, is the author of So Far Back, which
won the Lillian Smith Book Award in 2001. The novel explores the
implications of a modern-day Charleston woman’s discovery of an
old diary that reveals expected truths about her family’s history in the
early 19th century. With a love affair, a hurricane, a ghost, and all the
sights and flavors of Charleston, this beautifully written novel offers all
the human drama, intrigue, and local color that one might want from
a beach read. The descriptions of the city and depiction of Louisa’s
relationship with her aging mother are especially fine. But Durban is
also a craftswoman with a feel for all the moral complexities of living
in and loving the contemporary South. You’ll want to read this finely
tuned book again and again. Durban’s other books include The Laughing Place and All Set About with Fever Trees. Her short story, “Soon,”
was selected by John Updike as one of the best American short stories
of the 20th century.”
—Tara Powell, English and Institute for Southern Studies
■ “I am usually reading three or four books and alternate. Or, if I really
have time, then I usually read the ‘beach fare.’ Like last week, when I
was on vacation, I read Dorothy Benton Frank’s Full of Grace in a day
and a half. Otherwise, here’s what is on my list for the remainder of the
summer: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon; Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling; Wicked, by Gregory
Maguire; A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink; The Assault on Reason,
by Al Gore; and Confessions of a Slacker Mom, by Muffy Mead Ferris.”
—Rachel Barnett, director of marketing and public relations,
hospitality, retail, and sport management
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June 14, 2007
Read any good books lately? These faculty and
staff members have, and their suggestions—
from escapism to comedy to more serious and
scholarly pursuits—will keep you turning pages
from now until Labor Day.
■ “Here are my picks for early summer. My Latest Grievance, by Elinor Lipman,
is written in first-person from the point of view of the teenage character, a young
woman who is the daughter of two liberal professors who teach at a third-rate
women’s college in the Northeast. The professors are house parents who live with
their daughter in a dorm on the campus of fictional Dewing College. I am enjoying
the perspective of a young person in deconstructing the politics and traditions in a
higher education setting. The daughter of these professors is both wise and funny.
She thinks out loud in this novel. Then I’m on to Henning Mankell and his Kurt
Wallander mystery series. I love this series. Mankell’s books are translated from
Swedish. They are slow reads, filled with suspense. I love the settings of this series;
the landscape is so unlike my own world. I read more than 20 mysteries a year.
These I savor. They are slow moving and filled with meticulous detail. If you read
one, you will be hooked. I look forward to beginning my newest, One Step Behind.”
—Cynthia Colbert, art
■ “I hope to get to the following books this summer: Forever, by Pete Hamill, just
a great story, and Somebody’s Got to Say It, by Neal Boortz, a man who hammers
everybody who has an agenda!”
—Charles (Bubba) Dorman, head baseball coach,
Salkehatchie
■ “I’m reading Killing Mister Watson, by Peter Matthiessen. It’s part of a threebook series set in the 10,000 Islands area of southern Florida around 1900. The
novel is based on a real character who just couldn’t shake his somewhat exaggerated reputation as a ruthless killer. I like reading books set in areas that I visit.
I am planning to do some sea kayaking in that area in the next year or so, and
it’s fun to know some of the history, geography, and natural history of the area
before I go. Last summer I went kayaking on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. I had
read Bering, a biography of Vitus Bering, who had explored the Aleutian Islands
and the southern coast of Alaska. It helps me make a connection to the area I’m
traveling to.”
—Todd Scarlett, biology, Lancaster
■ “I’m reading Capitalism and Freedom, by Milton Friedman. I teach economics.
What can I say?”
—Jeff Wicker, athletic recruiter/fund raiser and adjunct professor,
economics, Salkehatchie
■ “I plan to read Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation,
and the Market, by Mark J. Cherry. He contends that the market is indeed a
legitimate—and humane—way to procure and distribute human organs. My list
also includes Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts, by Michele
Goodwin. It’s ‘an interesting and provocative look at the brave new world of human organ and tissue donation and transplantation.’ I also plan to read several
novels by Dennis Lehane, the author of Mystic River.”
—Charles Reback, economics and finance, Upstate
■ “Since I’ll be spending the summer with Shakespeare, my summer reading
is really research, but I’ve saved Stephen Greenblatt’s Will in the World and
Marjorie Garber’s Shakespeare After All for fun. Garber will keep me grounded
in theme, plot, and character, while Greenblatt’s speculation on the life of Shakespeare himself should be either illuminating or completely infuriating.”
—Mary L. Hjelm, English, Salkehatchie
■ “In one afternoon, I read I Love You, Beth Cooper (2007), by Larry Doyle, and
I laughed out loud the entire time. Doyle is a former writer for The Simpsons, and
he’s written a hilarious novel that takes every teen comedy from Gidget through
Sixteen Candles to the present and blends them together into a story that will
appeal to anyone who felt any kind of anxiety in high school. On a more serious
note, I am halfway through Don DeLillo’s Falling Man (2007), a novel about a
man who survives the 9/11/2001 World Trade Center attacks. DeLillo’s descriptions of that day are amazingly vivid and effective, and the novel accurately
captures the various moods, emotions, and opinions from the days and weeks
that followed. Later in the summer, I plan to read Michael Chabon’s new novel,
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007), which combines speculative history and
mystery in a story about a murder investigation in a fictional Jewish homeland
located in Alaska.”
—Andrew Kunka, English, Sumter
■ “One book that should be on everyone’s list for at least a skim through is
Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder. Dr. Paul Farmer is a fascinating
physician and anthropologist who applies his skills to solving, and I mean solving, the health problems of the Haitians. Haiti’s people are among the poorest and
sickest on earth. The book does not dwell on their suffering but on the life of this
remarkable man who has been greatly aided by benefactors from South Carolina.”
—Susan U. Holland, Carolina Piedmont Foundation, Upstate
■ “I read a lot of books, but here are some that I have enjoyed recently. My Life
in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme, is Julia’s autobiography and
is filled with a rich texture of history and people who changed the world of food.
Life with Picasso, by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake, offers fascinating insights
into the most influential painter of the 20th century. The Judgment of Paris, by
Ross King, is the newest in a series of historical nonfiction dealing with the advent
of the impressionists and the politics of art. Others of interest in this group are
Brunelleschi’s Dome and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling. For fun and
fantasy, a must read is the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. The first of a multipart
series is Storm Front, and the most recent is the ninth book, White Knight.”
—Loren Knapp, biological sciences