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Minority students get down to business
at new Moore School summer camp
July 12, 2007
■ On top of the world
By Larry Wood
Lopez
Ekechukwu
A vitamin-enriched ice cream that makes older men feel as good as a young James Brown was one of six business proposals minority high school students developed at the first Business at Moore Summer Camp.
Funded for three years by a $1 million grant from the Wachovia Foundation, the purpose of the weeklong
camp is to increase diversity among the Moore School of Business’ undergraduate student body by encouraging
the state’s brightest minority students, who are heavily recruited by colleges nationally, to consider staying instate to study business at Carolina. All of the students are now eligible to compete for full scholarships sponsored by Wachovia to attend the Moore School of Business, and Tom Lopez, who coordinates the program with
administrative assistant Cindy Parker, expects as many as 10 of the camp’s participants to receive the scholarships.
“We don’t have the resources to compete for the [minority] students who qualify to come here,” said Lopez,
an associate professor of accounting who developed a similar program at Texas A&M before coming to Carolina
in 2004. “They’re going other places where the resources are available, in particular where the scholarships are
available. That’s what’s nice about the Wachovia grant. It allows us to get the students and their parents excited
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To read more about the challenges that Patrick Hickey faced
on Mount Everest, go to www.myeverest.com. For information
on the Summit Scholarship, go to www.sc.edu/nursing/.
First nurse to climb
Seven Summits is last
to leave Everest in ’07
By Karen Petit, Media Relations
Michael Brown
CSI: Carolina
A student in the Carolina Master Scholar’s Adventures in Forensic Science checks out a set of fingerprints.The camp brings together forensic
science experts from chemistry, biology, computer science, and physics to show participants how to obtain evidence, deduce facts, and solve criminal cases.
Nurses have a reputation: first to care for a
patient’s needs and last to leave a patient’s side.
Now, Carolina’s Patrick Hickey can chalk up
a much different first and last achievement. He is
the first registered nurse ever to climb the Seven
Summits of the world—a feat accomplished by
fewer than 150 people—and he was the last person
to reach the top of Mount Everest in 2007, the
season’s severe weather making more attempts
impossible until 2008.
Peggy Hewlett, dean of the College of Nursing,
said Hickey “turned out the lights at the top of the
world.”
Hickey set out in 2001 to climb the Seven Summits—the highest mountains on the world’s seven
continents—or the “holy grail of mountaineering.”
But after joining the College of Nursing faculty in
2005, Hickey turned his personal quest into an
opportunity to raise awareness about the nursing
shortage and the shortage of nursing faculty in the
state and nation.
When he was making his ascent May 24 in 40
mph winds at 40 degrees below zero, Hickey said
he had moments when he questioned his decision
about Everest.
“I’ve always been one to push the envelope,”
said Hickey, who has a fear of heights. “But this
time I found myself on the other side of the
envelope.”
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Goode chemistry: Professor and class team up to buy rare science book for library
By Chris Horn
Take one large class of chemistry students; stir in a
rare, 17th-century science book; add enthusiasm from a
chemistry professor. Results: the Thomas Cooper Library
acquires one of its oldest volumes on scientific discovery.
Scott Goode, a veteran chemistry professor, was
preparing notes for a classroom lecture when he stumbled
across an Internet listing by a rare books dealer selling a
book published in 1682 and written by the famous English
scientist Robert Boyle. The next day, Goode suggested half
in jest that if each student in the class of 190 kicked in a
few dollars, they could purchase the book for the library.
More than a few of the students were interested, and
Goode chipped in $500 toward the $1,900 purchase price.
When their combined gifts didn’t quite reach the goal,
Goode contacted the library, which graciously provided
the remaining funds needed.
“This is now one of our earliest books on modern
science,” said Patrick Scott, director of Rare Books and
Special Collections. “This volume explains Boyle’s Law of
Gases, which everyone has to learn in high school. It joins
a copy of Robert Hooke’s volume on micrographia about
the use of the microscope.”
The title of the Boyle book is long and complicated, but
the concept of what it covers is simple, Goode said.
“At some time, you’ve probably put a drinking straw
in a glass of water, put your fingertip over the top of the
straw, and lifted up a column of water in the straw. In the
process, you felt a slight tug on your fingertip covering the
straw,” he said. “Boyle wrote this book to show that his
ideas about pressure of gas and volume were the reason
for this. By extension, he also debunked an ancient theory
that an invisible string somehow attached itself from the
water surface to your fingertip.”
The 325-year-old book still has two engraved plates
that illustrate the apparatus Boyle built to conduct his
experiment. The book is on display in the rare books area
at the library.
Scott Goode holds Robert Boyle’s 17th-century book, which is one of Thomas Cooper
Library’s earliest on modern science.
Briefly
GRANT WILL SUPPORT UPSTATE BUSINESS
SCHOOL: AdvanceSC, funded with profits from Duke
Energy’s Bulk Power Marketing program and managed by an
independent board of directors, recently provided a $94,000
grant to USC Upstate’s School of Business Administration and
Economics.The grant resources will be targeted for the specific
need of export analysis, which includes developing an export
plan, performing market research, identifying and obtaining
government assistance, and satisfying regulatory guidelines.
Darrell Parker, dean of Upstate’s School of Business Administration and Economics, said, “As a metropolitan campus, we are
committed to serving the economic development needs of our
region.The support from AdvanceSC will help us expand that
role.” AdvanceSC supports education, economic growth, existing
manufacturing, and public assistance agencies in Duke Energy’s
South Carolina service area.
CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE SETS
FALL COLLOQUIUM: Patricia Senn Breivik, vice president of Nehemiah Communications and former chair of the
National Forum on Information Literacy, will be the speaker at
the Center for Teaching Excellence’s Fall Colloquium 2007.The
colloquium will be held from 8:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the
Capstone Campus Room. Participants will gain a greater understanding of what constitutes an information literate person and
how information literacy enhances student academic performance while equipping students for success after graduation.
The colloquium will offer an opportunity to talk with fellow
faculty members, explore possible curriculum initiatives within a
supportive environment, define barriers to increased integration
of information literacy into the curriculum, and devise strategies
for overcoming barriers. For more information, contact Doris
Stephens, program director, Center for Teaching Excellence, at
Stephens@gwm.sc.edu or 7-8TEACH.
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED FOR FUEL-CELL
OUTREACH: The National Hydrogen Association (NHA)
has recognized the University for its outstanding initiatives in
fuel-cell education and outreach, receiving the Robert M. Zweig
Public Education Award at the NHA meeting in San Antonio.
The award recognizes the University for its undergraduate and
graduate hydrogen program; its partnerships with industry and
cooperative agreements to advance the University’s efforts
in hydrogen and fuel-cell development in Europe, Asia, and
North America; its creation of a citizens’ school for fuel-cell
technology; its hydrogen and fuel-cell technology exhibit for a
regional children’s museum; and the University’s development
of hydrogen and fuel-cell educational materials for students in
grades K–12.The University houses the nation’s only National
Science Foundation–sponsored Industry/University Cooperative
Research Center for Fuel Cells.
UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATES NAMES OFFICERS:
W. Lee Bussell, chair and CEO of Chernoff Newman, has been
elected president of the University Associates for 2007–08.
Other new officers are president-elect M. Edward Sellers, chair
and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina; vice president John A. Boudreaux, chair of the Boudreaux Group Inc.; and
secretary-treasurer J. Cantey Heath Jr., assistant vice president
of advancement administration at the University. University
Associates is a town-and-gown organization of Midlands area
business, community, and professional leaders who are committed to supporting and promoting the University
BUSINESS STUDENT ORGANIZATION
RECOGNIZED:The Moore School of Business student
chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management has
earned the Superior Merit Chapter designation by the national
organization.The chapter was cited for its support of the
profession and professional-development opportunities offered
to its members, which included a speakers series and the launch
of a human-resources film series. Kristine Foreman, a first-year
student in the master of human resources program from
Ellensburg,Wash., is president of the Moore School’s chapter.
NEW IT BULLETIN IS ONLINE: The IT Bulletin is
available at uts.sc.edu/itbulletin.This month’s topics include
University Technology Services (UTS) rates approved, University
partners with Ruckus Network, distance education’s new
location, and new UTS public relations Web site.The IT Bulletin
includes updates and information about technology news at
Carolina.To subscribe to the bulletin notification list, send an
e-mail to listserv@listserv.sc.edu. In the body of the e-mail, type
SUBSCRIBE ITBULLET and your first name and last name.
CUSTOMER COUNTER OFFERS MAILING
SERVICES: Students, faculty, and staff can send mail, ship
parcels, and purchase stamps and mailing supplies from the
Customer Counter in Russell House.The counter is open from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday–Friday. Cash, checks (with valid ID), and
the Carolina Card are accepted as payment.
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.
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July 12, 2007
Alumni Scholarship recipients are best ever
This year’s Carolina Alumni Association Scholarship recipients
have an average SAT score of 1420, the highest score in the
history of the scholarship program.
The 17 incoming freshmen, including two
valedictorians, will receive $5,000 per year for
four years of study to apply toward tuition. All of
the students have been accepted into the Honors
College.
“The Alumni Association is thrilled to welcome
the most academically superior class of scholars
in the history of this program,” said Marsha Cole,
executive director of the Carolina Alumni Association. “We congratulate them and their families on
this honor and thank the members of the Alumni
Cole
Association for making these awards possible.”
The scholarship winners are 14 students from South
Carolina and one each from Wisconsin, Delaware, and North
Carolina. Out-of-state recipients receive resident tuition rates.
Recipients from South Carolina are Brantley Heron, Bel-
vedere; Jarrod Heath Lanier, Blythewood; Amy Betenbaugh
and Daniel Weinberg, Columbia; Sydney Pullen, Darlington;
Matthew Geddings, Florence; Tasneem Anjarwalla, Greenville;
Stephanie Bedard, Mount Pleasant; Caroline Clark,
Myrtle Beach; Evan White, North Augusta; Marley
Harmon, Rock Hill; Timothy Poole, Roebuck; Robert Harden, Surfside Beach; and Andrew Barber,
Woodruff.
Out-of-state recipients are Georgia Berbert,
Wilmington, Del.; Grey Register, Statesville, N.C.;
and Nicole Lee, New Berlin, Wis.
Alumni Scholarships are sponsored by the
Carolina Alumni Association and funded through
contributions by its members.
The 17 scholarship recipients will join more than
400 students in 2007–08 who receive scholarships through
the Carolina Alumni Association. Since 1980, the association
has awarded more than $8 million in direct scholarship
support.
Students awarded
Greener Scholarships
Music student wins
national flute contest
Kellie Hardee of Conway and
Byron Mathis of Johnston have
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 high-achieving students.
Hardee
As Greener scholars, Hardee
and Mathis will receive an award
totaling $8,000, or $2,000 per
year, for four years of study at the
University.
They will join more than 400
students in 2007–08 who receive
scholarships through the Carolina
Alumni Association. Since 1980,
the association has awarded more
than $8 million in direct scholarship support.
Mathis
The Richard T. Greener
Endowment Fund honors the
scholarly work and achievement of Richard Theodore
Greener, who, in 1873, became the first black faculty
member at the University. The scholarship is awarded
based on academic achievement, leadership, and community service.
Amy Tully, a doctoral music student, has won the National
Flute Association’s (NFA) 31st-annual competition for newly
published music.
Tully will perform a recital of new flute music before 6,000
professional flutists at the association’s convention Aug. 9–12
in Albuquerque, N.M.
“I am very excited to be selected
to perform at the NFA this summer,”
Tully said. “It is a tremendous honor.
Conventions always are educational,
but to be able also to perform new
music that has never been heard is
invigorating both academically and
musically.”
Tully is the second Carolina student to win the competition. Alumna
Wendy Cohen won the NFA’s Young
Tully
Artists Competition in 1999. Cohen
will join the School of Music’s faculty in the fall as a visiting
flute instructor.
A resident of Myrtle Beach, Tully has taught at Coastal
Carolina University since 2002. She earned her bachelor’s
degree in flute performance from the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington and her master’s in musicology from
Northwestern University. In August, she will earn a doctoral
music degree in flute performance from Carolina.
Tully is principal flutist with the Long Bay Symphony and
frequently performs with the Strand Strings and Tidelands
Trio throughout South Carolina. Most recently, she performed
with the University’s touring Chamber Orchestra as principal
flutist in Italy, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic.
Students win NSEP awards for study abroad
Sophomore Matthew Joseph Cox and senior Ashley Lauren Palm have won National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren
Scholarships for study abroad during the 2007–08 academic year.
Cox, from Little Mountain, is an international studies major and is pursuing minors in Russian and linguistics. He will spend
the 2007–08 academic year in Tbilisi, Georgia, for the Eurasian Language Program offered through the American Councils for
International Education. He is preparing for a career in the Foreign Service.
Palm, from Girad, Ohio, is a double major in French and international studies. She will undertake an intensive Arabic language
program at the American University in Cairo next year. Palm has previously studied abroad in Paris, France, for an academic year
and was able to travel to Morocco during that time. Ultimately, Palm would like to apply to the Peace Corps in an Arabic-speaking
country in northern Africa and then pursue a career in international development.
The NSEP David L. Boren Scholarships provide U.S. undergraduates with the resources and encouragement they need to acquire skills and experience in countries and areas of the world critical to the future security of our nation. This year NSEP granted
a total of 141 scholarships for undergraduate students.
Walker Institute
honored for innovation
Senior, alumna receive
engineering fellowship
The University’s Walker Institute for International and
Area Studies has been selected by the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) to receive the
2007 Nikolai Khaladjan International Award for Innovation in Higher Education.
The award, which recognizes the advancing of international study and research, was presented at the June
29 national convention of the AAUA in Charleston.
“It is an exciting and gratifying honor,” said Gordon Smith, director of the Walker Institute. “No one
nominated the institute for this award. The AAUA heard
we were doing lots of interesting things and explored our
Web sites and spoke with our colloquia guest speakers.”
Previous winners of the award include Ohio State
University and St. George’s College-University of London.
The Walker Institute for International and Area Studies was founded in 1961 by the late Richard L. Walker, a
former U.S. ambassador to Korea. For more information
about the institute, go to www.cas.sc.edu/Iis/index.htm.
A rising senior and a recent graduate of the College of
Engineering and Computing have been awarded Tau Beta Pi
fellowships.
Ashley C. Smith received one of 37 $10,000 fellowships
for graduate-school support. Clinton T. Canady was awarded
an undergraduate scholarship valued at $2,000 for his senior
year at Carolina.
Smith, a May 2007 summa cum laude graduate with a degree in civil and environmental engineering, plans to complete
an advanced degree in construction engineering and management at the University of Michigan. Canady, a mechanicalengineering major and a student in the Honors College, has
conducted undergraduate research with Anthony P. Reynolds
in the mechanical-engineering department.
All Tau Beta Pi fellowships are awarded on the competitive
criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership, and service
and the promise of contributions to the engineering profession. Tau Beta Pi, founded at Lehigh University in 1885, is the
world’s largest engineering society.
Francis Marion’s 1778
regimental muster roll
given to University
Francis Marion’s regimental muster roll from December
1778 has found a new home at Thomas Cooper Library,
thanks to the generosity of a University alumnus.
James P. Barrow, a 1962 business graduate of the
University, saw the historical document for sale and
bought it to give to the University. The muster roll, a
roster of men who served in the Second South Carolina
Regiment on the Continental
Establishment under Marion,
is considered an important
document because it conveys the
significance of South Carolina’s
role in the American Revolution.
A native of Bishopville and
collector of rare books and
papers, Barrow has given notable
items to the University’s libraries
Marion
through the years so that they
can remain in the state. He is
a founding partner of Barrow,
Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, a
Dallas based investment firm.
“He wanted this important
piece of our state’s history to
come back to South Carolina,
where it could be accessible to
South Carolinians, especially
students,” said Patrick Scott,
Barrow
director of special collections.
The muster roll will be on
public display on the main floor in Thomas Cooper
Library until early August. People also can view and learn
about the muster roll on line at www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/marion/fmarion.html.
“It is an impressive manuscript document showing
the strength of the revolutionary forces in South Carolina
between the time of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island and the
surrender of Charleston,” Scott said.
The document shows the regiment at less than half
strength, a fact that does not surprise University historian Walter Edgar. The muster roll shows the regiment
with 277 men on board and 337 men needed. He said at
that time, in 1778, the war was somewhat in a lull in the
Charleston area, and the army had a difficult time filling
the ranks with common soldiers.
“During this period, the General Assembly tried all
sorts of things to get people to enlist,” Edgar said. “They
offered bounties and bonuses. Eventually, they resorted
to dragooning people, almost like a draft.”
Marion didn’t always have trouble filling the ranks,
Edgar said. South Carolina men were ready to serve
whenever the British were present in the state.
The muster roll features an impressive list of officers,
a who’s who of late 18th-century Lowcountry elite.
“You have names like Harleston, Motte, LeSesne,
Moultrie, Masyck, and Proveau, all prominent Lowcountry names,” Edgar said.
Edgar said Francis Marion was considered not just a
South Carolina hero but an American hero through his
leadership and South Carolina’s role in the revolution.
These facts were well known among people in the late
18th and early 19th centuries.
“Then, things changed,” Edgar said. “A little something called the Civil War happened in between, so a lot
of folks didn’t want South Carolina to have anything to do
with the revolution. They wrote South Carolina out of the
history books, but people are now discovering its part.”
■ Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award
Showman takes personal approach to advising
By Larry Wood
For Richard Showman, losing one of his
biology students to another department
has become a perfect example of advising at its best.
Showman, the winner of this
year’s Ada B. Thomas Outstanding
Faculty Advisor Award, takes the time
to get to know and understand his
advisees—their likes and dislikes, their
personalities, even their boyfriends
and girlfriends and their exes—and
he knew that this student, who was
working toward medical school but who
had dropped chemistry twice, was not
happy. When he asked her why, the
tears started to flow.
“She said, ‘The truth is I don’t want
to be a doctor, but my mother and
father want me to be a doctor. I want to
be an English major,’” said Showman,
an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences who has
been advising students since his first
year at Carolina 25 years ago.
Showman didn’t sign her advisement form that day and sent her home
Advising is more than signing a list for courses for Richard Showman, biology. It’s also getting to know his
to talk to her parents about what they
students and getting them to trust and communicate with him.
really wanted her to do. The next day,
she returned with a big smile.
“They never did want her to be a doctor,” Showman said.
“They thought she wanted to be a doctor, and they were backing her up. They were thrilled when she said she wanted to
be an English major. That was the last I ever saw of her. She
was off to the English department. That was, to me, a perfect
advisement, a perfect mentoring relationship.”
Knowing your students’ personalities and learning
Mentoring is the tougher side of advising, and Showman
and understanding their strengths and weaknesses
sometimes has to be blunt with students about their choices.
Another of his advisees, a 4.0 student whose family was first
provide the foundation of a good advising/mentoring
generation American, also was committed to medical school,
relationship, but Richard Showman also thinks the
but knowing the student, Showman believed his skills and
following points can be helpful, too.
strengths pointed to a different career.
■ Advisement takes time. None of Showman’s advise“ ‘You’re going to get into medical school,’ I told him.
‘You’re doing everything right. But if you last your first year,
ment sessions last less than 30 minutes, and the first
I’ll be amazed because you’re going to hate it,’ ” Showman
advisement lasts an hour. “For the first 30 minutes,
said. “But I advised him the rest of the way through, and off he
we go through roughly what advisement is about,
went to medical school.”
what I’m about, why they’re here,” Showman said.
Two months into his first year, the student stopped by his
“But most of the time is spent getting them to talk and
office.
to relax a little bit.”
“He said, ‘You were right. I can do it, but I don’t enjoy the
subject matter. I’m going to go to work. I think I want to be a
■ Successful advising is based on trust. “Students
business major,’” Showman said. “I said, ‘That’s exactly where
need to find an advisor they can trust, someone
you belong. You’re a people person, but you’re a people person
to whom they can talk and say, ‘Hey, I’m having a
as in a negotiator who sits across the table and gets things
problem here, can we talk about it?’” Showman said.
done and makes people interact and work together.’”
Showman estimated that 80 percent of his advisees know
“And I say, ‘Sure, absolutely, have a seat, I’ve got 45
where they’re headed and don’t need much guidance. It’s the
minutes before my next meeting, it’s all yours.’”
other 20 percent who are having trouble that really need help,
■ Helping students find the right advisor might take
like the two students above, of whom he is most proud. He
more than random chance. “The first thing I tell my
might see them three or four times a semester, and his door is
always open.
students is that they’re free to move to any other
“It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” Showman said.
faculty advisor in the department,” Showman said. “I
“I give them my home phone number, and they can call me
want my students to feel comfortable with me. If they
whenever they need to.”
don’t feel comfortable, they’ll never relax and never
Seeing his students achieve success, whether in biology or
tell me what their real problems are. I’ll never be able
another field, is Showman’s goal. “If I can get one-third of my
students over 25 or 30 years to go out and be very successful
to mentor them, much less guide them.”
in their fields, that is what’s important,” he said. “Having that
kind of rapport with students keeps me alive.”
Time, trust contribute
to good advising
University’s Political Collections joins Clemson in papers project
By Marshall Swanson
The University’s South Carolina Political Collections will provide a major
boost to the study of former South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell’s life and
career following an upcoming yearlong cooperative project with the Strom
Thurmond Institute at Clemson University.
Campbell was a key figure in the development of the Republican Party in
South Carolina and the South and a major player on the national Republican
scene.
“He was a very pro-active leader who, as governor, is credited with starting
the modernization of state government and provided heroic leadership during
Hurricane Hugo and its aftermath,” said Herb Hartsook, director of South
Carolina Political Collections. “We’re proud to be associated with the Campbells and this project, which will help to fulfill our goal of promoting the study
of Gov. Campbell’s life, career, and contributions.”
USC will arrange Campbell’s Congressional Papers, which he gave to
Clemson in 1986 just before leaving Congress, and will produce a guide for
Kristi Castro will work with Herb Hartsook
researchers before returning the papers to Clemson.
at South Carolina Political Collections in
In addition to giving his Congressional papers to Clemson, Campbell gave
arranging and producing a guide for using
his personal papers to USC, and he turned over his official gubernatorial
former Gov. Carroll Campbell’s
Congressional papers.
papers that documented his two terms as South Carolina governor to the S.C.
Department of Archives and History.
Together, the records document the life of one of South Carolina’s most important political
leaders of the 20th century, Hartsook said.
The University’s work in processing Campbell’s legislative and other
personal papers and completing a series of oral history interviews with
Campbell’s family, friends, and associates is being made possible through
support from Mack Whittle, ’71, ’75 master’s, president and chief executive
officer of the Carolina First Corp. in Greenville. Whittle also represents the
13th Judicial Circuit on the USC Board of Trustees.
Kristi Castro, a recent library science graduate who interned at South
Carolina Political Collections, will do the bulk of the work on Campbell’s
Congressional papers. She has become a fulltime temporary employee whose
work will be dedicated solely to Campbell’s Congressional papers.
“Kristi did wonderful work as an intern, and we’re very excited to have
someone like her for this project,” Hartsook said. “She immediately grasped
what we do here and was very productive.”
South Carolina Political Collections holds the papers of more than 70
leaders in government and politics and political organizations documenting the state’s political history since World War II. It is a member of the
Association of Centers for the Study of Congress and is South Carolina’s key
repository for legislative collections.
“Our staff has developed an expertise that is fairly rare,” Hartsook said.
“We’re always willing and eager to help other repositories in the state deal
with these large and complex collections.”
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July & August
Calendar
■ Exhibits
Through Aug. 10 Thomas Cooper Library: The Scottish Novel and Blackwood’s Magazine, includes a selection
of first editions from Walter Scott, James Hogg, John Galt,
and other Scottish writers, from the G. Ross Roy Collection and other holdings, together with facsimiles of original
manuscripts by Scott and others. Main lobby exhibit area.
Through Sept. 9 Columbia Museum of Art: Don Barth:
Strolling Through the Virtual, an exhibit where art and technology unite, presented as a companion to the museum major
exhibit Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape
and Place. Barth is an assistant professor in the University’s
art department. The museum is located on Main at Hampton streets, downtown Columbia. For more information,
including hours and admission, 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 USC 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.
Through Dec. 20 South Caroliniana Library: The
Great Adventure:The University of South Carolina in World War
I, one of five exhibits comprising “Forward Together: South
Carolina in World War I,” a major project that commemorates the Palmetto State’s role in the Great War. Part of a
five-institution collaboration in Columbia that will present a
symposium, lectures, and gallery tours in fall 2007.
■ Sports
July 27 Colonial Center: Ball4Real, a self-described “Hip
Hop Basketball” event, makes its first appearance at the
Colonial Center. Featuring Streetball, the team from the
ESPN TV series. 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $11 to $71. To
purchase, go to the Colonial Center box office, www.thecolonialcenter.com, or charge by phone at 866-4SC-TIXX.
July 28 Football clinic: Coach Steve Spurrier Ladies
Football Clinic, third-annual event includes up-close interaction with Spurrier and the Carolina coaches and players,
photo opportunities, question-and-answer session, a tour
of the stadium, and a run through smoke and onto the field
while 2001 plays over the sound system. Participants will
receive a T-shirt and lunch. Door prizes also will be given
away. 8 a.m., Williams-Brice Stadium. Cost is $45. Checks
should be made payable to Steve Spurrier Ladies Clinic,
USC Football Office, 1125 George Rogers Blvd., Columbia,
29208. Registration also is available online at uscsports.com.
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Art professor Don Barth’s A Terrain’s Juncture is part of his multi-media exhibit now at the Columbia Museum of Art.
■ Miscellany
■ Concerts
July 16–19 Summer strings camp: The String Project is
accepting applications for its annual summer camp to be held
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 16–19. Tuition is $100. Students in grades
three–12 with at least one year of instruction can participate.
Applications will be accepted until the first day of camp on July
16. Campers will have daily group music instruction culminating in a concert at 2 p.m. July 19. Experienced teachers from the
community and music-education majors from the University will
teach the classes. To download an application, go to www.music.
sc.edu/special_programs/stringproject/Maymester_SummerCamp.
For more information, call 7-9568 or send an e-mail to
uscsp@mozart.sc.edu.
July 14 Series: Summer Concert Series, Elliott and the
Untouchables, blues, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia, free.
July 17, 19, 24, 26, and 27 Professional development:
Successful Supervision, six workshops designed to help
supervisors build effective work groups by empowering
them with knowledge, skills, and peer support. Developed
in-house by and for University supervisors. Workshops are:
• Leadership at the University, July 17, instructors Mina Antley Professional Development Office, and Carl Wells, Equal
Opportunity Programs
• Interviewing and Selection, July 19, Ella Marshall, Employment Office, and Larry Salters, University Career Center
• Training and Motivation, July 19, Tim Coley, Housing and
Residential Services
• Communication Skills for Supervisors, July 24, Tracy Powers, University Career Center
• Positive Discipline, July 26, Jeff Cargile, Division of Human
Resources, and Ida Fogle, Employee Relations Office
• The Confidence Course, July 27, Bill and Judy Ripley, Ripley’s
Retreat.
Cost is $195 for all six workshops. 8:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. For
more information, call the Office
of Professional Development at
7-6578. To register, go to hr.sc.
edu/profdevp/classes/
supervision.html.
Aug. 1 Professional development: Student Employment,
workshop offers instruction in
the University’s hiring procedures
for both graduate and undergraduate students. Participants
learn how to use the online hiring system, change ending dates,
and terminate students from the
payroll system. 1:15–4:15 p.m.,
1600 Hampton St., Room 101,
free. For more information or
to register, call 7-6578 or go to
hr.sc.edu/profdevp/classes/studentemp.html.
July 21 Series: Summer Concert Series, J Edwards Band,
beach/variety, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia, free.
July 28 Series: Summer Concert Series, Retro Vertigo,
blues/variety, 7 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia, free.
Aug. 5 and 7 University Chorus: Summer II Chorus,
Handel’s Solomon, conducted by Larry Wyatt, director
of choral studies in the School of Music and director of
University Chorus, and Bobby Helms, a doctoral conducting
student, 4 p.m. Aug. 5 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7, Rutledge Chapel,
Horseshoe, free.
■ Around the campuses
July 19–22 USC Aiken: “The Greatest Show on Earth,”
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, USC Aiken
Convocation Center, Highway 118 across from the USC
Aiken campus. For more information, including show times
and ticket prices, go to www.uscatix.com or call
1-866-722-8877.
Elliott and the Untouchables bring their brand of blues to Finlay Park July 14.
Images from Tom Feelings’
Middle Passage, right, are
at McKissick Museum
through July 28.
Rushdie, Oates
to be ‘Caught in
the Creative Act’
Salman Rushdie and National Book Award–winner Joyce
Carol Oates are among the writers who will participate in
Caught in the Creative Act, the popular series of free community readings
and lectures given by well-known
writers at the University.
Caught in the Creative Act: Writers Talk about their Writing will be
held from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Mondays
and Wednesdays in Gambrell Hall
Auditorium. This year’s course has
two sessions: Sept. 17–Oct. 3 and
March 17–April 9.
Rushdie
The course is free and open to the
public, but registration is required.
To register, send name and address
to Janette Turner Hospital by mail,
e-mail, or fax. Contact information
is: by mail, Caught in the Creative
Act, Department of English; by fax,
7-9064; and by e-mail, jthospital@
sc.edu.
This year’s course will open with
Pulitzer-winning novelist Robert
Olen Butler and will close with
Oates
Rushdie. In addition to Oates, the
lineup includes novelist and cultural
critic Edmund White; novelist and Commonwealth Writer’s
Prize–winner Shauna Singh Baldwin; poet Peter Balakian;
and novelist, biographer, and cultural critic Francine du
Plessix Gray.
Caught in the Creative Act is directed and taught by
Hospital, a Carolina Distinguished Professor of English and
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence.
For more information, go to www.cas.sc.edu/CICA/.
Middle Passage is theme of McKissick exhibit
Striking illustrations depicting the journey of Africans from their native land to the United States are on display at the McKissick
Museum in an exhibit called “The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo.” The exhibit is on display until July 28.
The illustrations were created for his book The Middle Passage by award-winning children’s author Tom Feelings, a former
University art professor who dedicated much of his life to telling the story of African-American heritage until his death in 2003.
The exhibit, which features 52 drawings from his children’s book of the same title, captures the horror of the importation of
Africans across the Atlantic Ocean from the old world of freedom to the new world of slavery. Each drawing is done in tempera, pen,
and tissue.
As in the book, the pictures tell the story completely without words. Some are accompanied by text panels that explain the
artist’s intent, history, and experience of documenting the images.
“They are painfully, yet beautifully, compelling images that tell the story of the uglier and, perhaps, the most silenced period of
American history,” chief curator Jason Shaiman said.
Considered Feelings’ most famous book, The Middle Passage was inspired by his travels and studies. He shared his story with
children through his illustrations in several books with African-American themes.
Among the many children’s books Feelings illustrated, To Be a Slave, written by Julius Lester in 1968, was awarded the Newberry Honor, the first time this honor was presented to a black author. Between 1971 and 1974, Feelings lived in Guyana, South
America, where he served as a consultant and teacher for the Ministry of Education. In 1972, while living in Guyana, his 1971 book
Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book won the Caldecott Honor Award. Feelings has the distinction of being the first black
artist to win this award.
From 1988 to 1996, Feelings taught drawing and illustration in the University’s Department of Art, where he had the opportunity
to teach many students the art of illustration and figure drawing. Today, his drawings and illustrations can be found in museums
throughout the United States. His works also are included in many private collections including those of Maya Angelou and Roberta
Flack. In 1996, Feelings received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the School of the Arts in New York.
McKissick Museum exhibits are free and open to the public. The museum is located on the Horseshoe and is open from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is closed on Sundays and University holidays.
For more information, call 7-7251 or visit the museum’s Web site at www.cla.sc.edu/MCKS/.
$3 million gift will support library’s collections
of Hemingway and other American writers
The University has received a gift from the estate
of alumnus Edward S. Hallman, a longtime Atlanta
resident, to enhance the libraries’ collections of Ernest
Hemingway and other 20th-century American writers.
The income from the bequest, valued at approximately $3 million, will be administered through the
Donald C. Easterling-Edward S. Hallman Foundation by
Mellon Private Wealth Management in Atlanta.
In 2001, the foundation supported the purchase
of what was considered the last significant private
Hemingway collection. The acquisition, from the family of the late Maurice Speiser, a Philadelphia lawyer,
created the Speiser and Easterling-Hallman Foundation Collection of Ernest Hemingway at the University.
Speiser represented Hemingway and was an adviser to
many of the world’s leading arts and literary figures of
the first half of the 20th century.
President Sorensen said Hallman was a loyal friend
to the University whose philanthropy was exemplary
and would have lasting results.
“Just before his death Edward Hallman told me
that his gift in 2001 for the Hemingway collection was
the most personally satisfying gift he had ever made,”
Sorensen said. “His generosity to the library has, and
will continue to have, a lasting impact not only on the
quality of the library’s special collections but also generations of scholars and students of American literature.
As an alumnus, he made us all proud; as a donor, he
humbled us with his generosity and his understanding
of what his gift meant to the University.”
Paul Willis, former dean of the University Libraries,
said the Ernest Hemingway collection is remarkable for
its breadth of materials.
“In addition to Hemingway’s books, the collection’s
letters, periodicals, and research materials offer a fascinating glimpse into the writer’s life and that of other
artists and writers of his generation.
“Edward Hallman’s generosity, combined with his
appreciation for literature and love for his University,
will ensure that future generations of students and scholars have the opportunity to learn about the art of writing
from one of this nation’s greatest authors,” he said.
A native of Aiken County, Hallman, who died in
February, earned a degree in English from the University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. A
former U.S. Air Force officer, Hallman was an account
executive at Exxon Chemical Co. for 27 years until his
retirement in 1994.
A philanthropist, Hallman provided scholarship
funding for graduates of his alma mater, Monetta High
School (now Ridge Spring-Monetta High School) in
Monetta and was on the board of advisers of the University of Georgia Museum of Art. He also provided major
support for Emmaus House and AID Atlanta.
As well as funding additional purchases of Hemingway books and manuscripts from the same period,
the gift will support the purchase of works of other
American authors from the same period; the housing
and preservation of the Hemingway collection; grants
for research in the collection; and the production of
publications and special programs about the collection.
The University also will establish a named space, such as
a seminar or reference room, that will have a permanent
display of some portion of the collection.
Go to www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/amlit/hemingway/
hemingway.html for more information.
School of Music to offer community
music lessons starting this fall
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. 3, with late applicants accepted on a space-available
basis. Spring semester classes begin in early January.
The fall program will include 12 private lessons taught by advanced
graduate and undergraduate students under the supervision of School
of Music faculty. The minimum age for students is 14 for voice lessons,
6 for piano, and 10 for all other instruments.
Tuition is $230 for 12 half-hour lessons and $400 for 12 one-hour
lessons. A tuition discount is available for two students from the same
family to take half-hour lessons. The cost is $200 per person.
Lessons are scheduled weekly after school and in the evenings.
Classes are available during the day for home-schooled students and
adults. For information, call 7-4281 or go to www.music.sc.edu/
AlumCommVis/prep.html.
Dance Conservatory performance
showcasing young talent is July 27
Some of the nation’s finest young dancers of ballet and jazz will
perform a combination of original works and classical repertory
July 27 at the Koger Center.
Tickets for the 6 p.m. performance are $10 for adults and $5 for
children 12 years and under and are available by calling Marissa
Freeman at 7-7264.
The performance will be the 2007 finale for the 20th S.C. Summer
Dance Conservatory, which attracts dancers from around the world.
The 98 student dancers participating in the three-week conservatory practice dance techniques taught by some of the world’s most
highly respected choreographers and dance instructors. The intensive
workshop will close with all the dancers performing a recital choreographed by summer dance camp faculty.
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UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES APPROVE 2007–08
BUDGET: The Board of Trustees approved a $996 million
operating budget June 28 for the University’s eight campuses.
The budget, which includes single-digit tuition increases for all
campuses, will fund academic initiatives, including the University’s
ongoing program to hire some of the nation’s top teaching and
research faculty, and will support the University’s commitment
to ensuring that students have one of the nation’s best living
and learning environments. President Sorensen said the funding
support will make the University even more attractive to top
faculty and students and expand research initiatives that will
have a significant economic impact on the state. “This overall
budget will enable us to hire additional teaching faculty to
enhance students’ learning experiences and recruit researchers
who will increase our competitiveness in crucial areas such as
alternative fuels, ” he said.
SCCP ACHIEVES CRITICAL ACCREDITATION MILESTONE: The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
has awarded the S.C. College of Pharmacy (SCCP) candidate
status, which means that the college has passed a critical second
step in a three-step accreditation process. Achieving candidate
status provides graduates the same rights and privileges as
graduates from a program that has completed the accreditation
process.The final accreditation step will occur after the first
class of students graduates in 2010. “This is an important step
for the college,” said Joseph DiPiro, executive dean of the SCCP.
“It means that our graduates can become licensed pharmacists
when they graduate. It shows that the accreditation agency believes we can meet all the standards for the doctor of pharmacy
program. Our faculty, staff, and students have worked very hard
to achieve this.” SCCP, which combines the MUSC and University of South Carolina colleges of pharmacy, had to undergo
accreditation as a new program when the colleges merged.
UPSTATE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE LINKED
LOCAL WITH GLOBAL: USC Upstate’s Community
Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) held a Summer Youth
Leadership Institute with a focus on “Leadership: From Local to
Global.” Fifty high school students from the Spartanburg area
were selected through a competitive process, to participate in
the residential camp, which was held on the Upstate campus.
Two students and a teacher from the Pretoria High School for
Girls in South Africa also attended.The week was funded by a
grant awarded to COPC by the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development. During the past 18 months, the COPC
program has reached nearly 2,000 young people in Spartanburg.
More than 500 USC Upstate students have volunteered more
than 12,000 hours to these initiatives.
AD STUDENTS COMPETE IN CHARLOTTE:
Sixteen of the top advertising students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication competed in the American
Advertising Federation district competition in Charlotte. Megan
Wiedenheafer was the team’s account executive. Other team
members were Keelan Young,William Frierson, Alex Rogers, and
Jessica Stanley. Other team members of this year’s ad team were
Caitlin Noll, Mary Rachel Freeman, Erin Waldron, Joseph Murray, Jessica Gorski, Katie Fitzgerald, Paige Hopewell, Marianne
Brown, Anne Almers, Megan Lubniewski, and Megan Eunpu.The
students’ campaign, compiled in a 32-page plan book, was geared
toward making Coke classic more appealing to ages 13–24. Ad
teams from the University have finished in the top four nationally five times, including a first-place finish. South Carolina has
won the district competition 16 out of the last 34 years.
GOLF TOURNEY SCORES MONEY FOR
BEAUFORT ATHLETICS: USC Beaufort raised more
than $95,000 for its new athletics program at the inaugural
Athletics Charter Foundation Golf Tournament. Nineteen
foursomes helped raise funds for the athletics program’s
scholarship program and start-up costs at the May River Course
at Palmetto Bluff.The winning team, Mortgage Network, which
included Torrey Glass,Ty Preacher, David Crowell, and Brian
Neumann, earned the right to name a full athletic scholarship
for the new athletic program.The second-place team, John
Bench, Roberts Vaux, Bob Horning, and Leary Bell won the opportunity to name a half scholarship. After joining the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in March, USC
Beaufort will offer intercollegiate men’s and women’s golf and
men’s and women’s cross country this fall. Future plans include
hiring a baseball coach this summer followed by a softball coach
in 2008. Men’s and women’s tennis will be added by fall 2008.
CAROLINA TO COLLABORATE WITH
JAPANESE UNIVERSITY: The University and the University of Aizu in Japan have signed an agreement to promote
research and education in the field of computer science and
engineering.The agreement will enable student exchanges
between the two institutions at the undergraduate and graduate levels and foster collaborative research among the faculty.
The University of Aizu is the first research university in Japan
dedicated to computer science and engineering. Nearly half of
its faculty comes from overseas, and instruction is done in both
Japanese and English.
CAROLINA SHUTTLE RUNS SUMMER
ROUTES: The Carolina Shuttle will operate a limited service
during the summer months. For information on routes and
times, go to www.sc.edu/vmps/summer.html. For more information or questions, call the shuttle office at 7-1080.
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FERPA training begins July 16 for teaching faculty
Beginning July 16, teaching faculty at the University will be asked to complete a quiz about the privacy of educational records
while obtaining access to student information on the VIP class/grade roll.
Teaching faculty will be provided with basic information about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and
will be asked to take a brief quiz to confirm that they understand privacy responsibilities before proceeding with access to class or
grade rolls. Those who complete the quiz this year will not be asked to do so again until 2009.
The four-minute process, which can be bypassed, takes less time than a formal training program and is a comprehensive way
to reach all instructors. FERPA training and certification for access is part of an ongoing effort to protect confidential student
information at the University; the initiative has received considerable input from faculty leaders.
For more information, contact the registrar’s office on any University campus, 7-5555 on the Columbia campus.
Download and purchase
software through VIP
USC faculty and staff can download and purchase Universityprovided software, including free and purchased software,
through VIP.
To select software, log into VIP at vip.sc.edu. Select the
technology link, and click on Show Me Software Distribution
to display available software that can be downloaded and
purchased for University use.
The software can be downloaded from VIP to a personal
computer, shipped to the requester’s department, or picked up
directly from Software Distribution at 1244 Blossom St.
To purchase software, use an online software request. The
form will be available on VIP. Charges will be applied directly
to the requester’s department and fund number with proper
management approval.
For questions or more information about software or
licensing, call the software consultants at the University Technology Services (UTS) Information Desk at 7-1800 and use option 2 or go to www.uts.sc.edu/itbulletin/more.php?id=1363_
0_1_0_M. The Information Desk is at 1244 Blossom St. at the
southwest corner of Blossom and Sumter streets.
Everest
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In the blog he kept at www.myeverest.com, Hickey said he
avoided looking to his left or right and kept his eyes focused
straight ahead on the trail and the safety line.
“There was no way that I wanted to see how high up I was
and how perilous it looked,” he said, “although I had more
than a sneaking suspicion that I was in way over my head!”
After 12 hours of climbing from Camp 4, the final campsite
on the trail to the top, Hickey and the others on his team,
including the sherpas who were there to urge the climbers
onward and upward, reached the summit. There, he took time
to pause for some photos. He also scattered the ashes of his
friend, Sean Egan, a fellow Canadian who died when climbing
Mount Everest in 2005.
“I had promised his family that I would do this,” Hickey
said. “I felt his weight on my shoulders as I was climbing.”
But Mount Everest climbers know that getting to the summit isn’t the problem—it’s the descent. Most people who die
on the mountain do so on their way down, and Hickey, too,
wondered if he would be a statistic.
As most people do when they get to the summit, Hickey
pulled off his goggles to have his sherpa Dhorjee take photographs. It proved to be a painful and bad decision. The flash of
light from the camera was acutely painful. He put his goggles
back on but removed them again only to experience a searing
pain in his eyes caused by the sun’s rays. He could not see out
of his right eye, and his left eye had become blurred.
Unable to make Dhorjee understand that he was partially
blind, Hickey felt that he was alone at the top of the world.
He started down, but his foot became tangled in the safety
line. He tripped and fell forward. This time, Dhorjee realized
Hickey was in trouble and stayed with him. The descent wasn’t
without additional trips and falls, but Hickey finally made it to
the camp, where he fell asleep sitting up.
Now Hickey is basking in the heat and humidity of South
Carolina and is enjoying American food again. He’s looking
forward to speaking to groups about the nursing shortage and
hoping to help the University’s College of Nursing raise funds
for the Summit Scholarship, which will provide funds for
deserving students.
“It’s nice to be home and to have the opportunity to bring
attention to something that I am so passionate about,” Hickey
said.
Hickey embodies the spirit of nursing, Hewlett said.
“Nurses accept challenges and give their all,” she said. “Not
only is Patrick Hickey a wonderful teacher, but he inspires all
of those around him.”
However, Hickey’s mountain-climbing days are over. He
gave most of his gear to the sherpas when he left Nepal, fulfilling a promise that he made to his wife, Carol, that he wouldn’t
climb any more mountains after Everest.
“I’ve been to the bottom of the world,” Hickey said, referring to his climb up Mount Vinson in Antarctica in December,
“and I’ve been to the top. I’ve been fortunate to return home
safely from each of my climbs. I think it would be bad karma
to continue.”
Camp
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about South Carolina and the Moore School and also allows us
to compete on the money side.”
In recruiting the camp’s first class, Lopez targeted excellence, looking particularly for African-American, Hispanic,
and Native American students with at least a 3.0 GPA and an
SAT score that would quality them for a Life Scholarship. With
help from the College Board, administrator of the SAT exam,
and high school guidance counselors around the state, he
developed a list of more than 600 students that met the minimum qualifications for the camp. “There’s a lot of talented
kids out there,” Lopez said.
The camp’s 30 rising seniors, chosen from an application
pool of 160, exceeded the minimum requirements in every
category. Their GPA’s averaged a little higher than 4.5. Their
PSAT scores, when translated into SAT scores, averaged about
1250. And, on average, they rank in the top 3 percent of their
classes.
The students excel outside their classrooms, too. Several
are student body leaders. Some are athletes or band members.
Others have jobs or perform charitable volunteer service in
their communities. “We wanted kids whom an employer is
going to hire like that,” Lopez said and snapped his fingers.
“What employers look for are not only kids who are smart but
also demonstrate leadership and give something back.”
Lopez also involved the students’ parents, who had the
opportunity to spend the night at the University Inn, tour the
campus, and attend a banquet at which they received information about the Moore School and the resources it has to offer
their children.
“The choice of college is not just a student’s choice. Often,
it’s a family’s choice, and we wanted the parents to feel good
about us,” Lopez said.
During the camp, six teams developed business plans for
new startup enterprises, often working late into the night. On
the final day, the teams presented their plans—including marketing strategies, projected profits, and clever video advertisements—in competition before a panel of judges, their parents
and friends, faculty and staff, and President Sorensen.
“We wanted to create an interest in business and give them
a little taste of what it’s like to be in college,” said Lopez, who
added that about two-thirds of the students are considering
business. “ We wanted them to have fun, but the project was
intense. It was as if they were in finals week they were working
so hard.”
Now that the students are back home, Lopez is sending
them packets with follow-up information and photos from
the camp and the scholarship application. “Every single one
of those students is going to go to college,” he said. “It’s just
a matter of where, but without the money that we have available, most of those students would not come here. I think
we’re going to get some really good students that we probably
would not have.”
Nneka Ekechukwu, a rising senior from Myrtle Beach who
worked on the enriched ice cream proposal, is one of those
students. “I had planned to go out of state for college,” she
said. “But after staying on campus and actually being in the
Moore School, I think I want to go to USC and major in
business, thanks to all I learned in this program.”
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■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Kevin Lewis, religious studies, “Rojack Revisited as Nightmare Avatar of
‘I John,Your Brother’ (Rev. 1:9),” American Dreams: Dialogues on U.S. Studies,
Ricardo Miquez, editor, Cambridge Scholars Press.
Terry K. Peterson, education, Jennifer May, education psychology, and
Scott Shanklin-Peterson (College of Charleston), Understanding the Market for
Arts Education in Afterschool Settings, Arts Education Network, Americans for
the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Betsy Bender, hotel, restaurant, and tourism management, and John
Gerdes, technology support and training management, “To Book or Not to
Book: Assessing the Role of Hotel Web Site Design Decisions,” Hospitality
Information Technology Association, Orlando, Fla.
Gail E. Wagner, anthropology, “Reaching Consensus on Vegetable and
Fruit,” Society for Economic Botany conference, Lake Forest, Ill.
Robert F. Valois, public health (health promotion, education, and behavior)
and Theresa Lewellen, “Healthy School Communities: Connecting Research,
Policy and Practice,” 19th International Union for Health Promotion and
Health Education World Conference,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Terry K. Peterson, education, Dan Princiotta (National Governors’ Association), and Bela Shaw (National League of Cities), “Developing Policies for
Successful Summer Learning,” Annual Convention of the Center for Summer
Learning, Atlanta, Ga.
■ Lighter times
■ ARTICLES
Roberto Refinetti, psychology,
Salkehatchie, G. Piccione, and G. Caola,
“Annual rhythmicity and maturation
of physiological parameters in goats,”
Research in Veterinary Science.
Bruce E. Konkle, journalism and
mass communications, “For History’s
Sake: Putting Scholastic Journalism
Textbooks in the Spotlight,” Quill &
Scroll.
Steven N. Blair, exercise science,
K.P. McMillan, J.L. Kuk, T.S. Church, and
R. Ross, “Independent associations
between liver fat, visceral adipose tissue, and metabolic risk factors in men,”
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, and, with Allen W. Jackson, James
R. Morrow Jr., Heather R. Bowles, and
Shannon FitzGerald, “Construct Validity
Evidence for Single-Response Items
Can we call it “proceeds from your endowment” instead of
to Estimate Physical Activity Levels
“peeling off something from the slush fund?”
in Large Sample Studies,” Research
Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.
Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures,
Juanita Villena-Alvarez, foreign languages, “New Course Content for
and cultures, and Gillian Lord (University of Florida), “Social presence in
‘Working with Hispanic Clients,’” The Key to U.S. Competitive Edge: Bridging
virtual communities of foreign language teachers,” System.
Language and Business, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Kevin J. Swick, education, “Empower foster parents toward caring relations
John Lavigne, chemistry and biochemistry, “Dynamic, Covalent Polymer
with children,” Early Childhood Education Journal.
Assemblies: Self-Assembling Poly(Boronate) Materials,” Gordon Research
Suzanne D. Baxter, Julie Royer, James Hardin, and Caroline Guinn,
Conference, Polymers East, South Hadley, Mass.
Institute for Families in Society, and Alfred Smith (Cleveland State University),
Hal French, religious studies, “A Just Peace Theory Applied to Iraq,” Iraq
“Fourth-grade Children are Less Accurate in Reporting School Breakfast
for All Iraqis Conference, World Conference on Religions for Peace, New
than School Lunch during 24-Hour Dietary Recalls,” Journal of Nutrition
York, N.Y., also, “The Art of Awareness—and Poetry,” Ammerdown ConferEducation and Behavior.
ence Center, Bath, England.
F. Wayne Outten, chemistry and biochemistry, “Iron-sulfur clusters as
Daniel F. Norris and Robert G. Brookshire, technology support and
oxygen-responsive molecular switches,” Nature Chemical Biology, and with
training management, and Basak Denizci, hotel, restaurant, and tourG. Layer, S.A. Gaddam, C.N. Ayala-Castro, S. Ollagnier-de Choudens,
ism management, “Modeling Function-Oriented Drivers of Hotel Wireless
D. Lascoux, and M. Fontecave, “SufE transfers sulfur from SufS to SufB for
Infrastructure Adoption,” Hospitality Information Technology Association,
iron-sulfur cluster assembly,” Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Orlando, Fla.
Ran Wei, journalism and mass communications, “The Effects of Laying
Violent Video Games on Chinese Adolescents,” Cyberpsychology & Behavior.
■ OTHER
Terry A. Wolfer and Karen A. Gray, social work, “Using the decision case
Lizette Mujica Laughlin, languages, literatures, and cultures, conducted
method to teach legislative policy advocacy,” Journal of Teaching in Social Work.
a language proficiency workshop for Peace Corps teachers in the Kyrgyz
Stacy L. Fritz, exercise science, A.L. Pittman, A.C. Robinson, S.C. Canniff,
Republic.
and E.D. Rivers, “An Intense Mobility Intervention for Improving Gait, BalDavid A. Rotholz, pediatrics, Center for Disability Resources, elected
ance, and Mobility for Individuals with Chronic Stroke,” Journal of Neurologic
president of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental
Physical Therapy.
Disabilities (formerly the American Association on Mental Retardation).
John J. Lavigne, chemistry and biochemistry, and W. Niu, “Self-Assembling
John G. McNutt, social work, named a member of Review Committee,
Poly(Dioxaborole)s as Blue-Emissive Materials,” Journal of the American
Marie Weil Award for the Journal of Community Practice.
Chemical Society.
Terry K. Peterson, education, reelected to the executive committee of the
Patrick Hubbard, law, “The Nature and Impact of the ‘Tort Reform’ MoveNational Center for Summer Learning, Johns Hopkins University.
ment,” Hofstra Law Review.
■ PRESENTATIONS
David Greenhouse, family and preventive medicine, “My what a lot of
shots there are,” New Drug Update, Charleston.
John G. McNutt, social work, and I. Quiero-Tajalli, “Organizing the digital
natives,” Community Development Society/National Rural Development
Society Conference symposium, Appleton, Wis.
Association names Carnes
outstanding educator
Nathan Carnes, an associate professor of instruction and
teacher education, has received the 2007 Outstanding
Science Teacher Educator of the
Year Award from the Association
of Science Teacher Educators.
Carnes’ research focuses on
science teaching and learning
issues in urban elementary and
middle schools. Over the past decade, he has provided leadership
to the master of arts in teaching
interns and doctoral students
at the University. Several of his
former students have won awards Carnes
within their first five years of
public school teaching.
Carnes received the Excellence in Teaching Award
from the Alpha Chapter of Mortar Board in 2000 and the
2002 Black Faculty and Staff Association Teaching and
Scholarship Award.
The award, presented to a teacher educator in his first
10 years of service, recognizes competency in teaching,
development of programs in science-teacher education,
research activities, science-curricula development,
leadership in science education, and leadership.
■ Job vacancies
For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies
and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu.The
employment office is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Dowell attends Harvard
management institute
Marsha Dowell, dean of the Mary Black School of Nursing at
USC Upstate, recently attended the Institute for Management
and Leadership in Education (MLE)
at Harvard University. She joined 100
other deans, provosts, and vice chancellors from all over the United States
as well as Egypt, Barbados, Australia,
and Canada.
MLE is designed for senior administrators—provosts, vice presidents,
and deans—to help them transform
the design and delivery of education
through new approaches to teaching
Dowell
and learning, through reallocation of
resources, the introduction of innovative delivery formats, and
through new alliances. Participants explore new approaches to
strategy and leadership, management challenges, and how to
make new alliances work.
“I will collaborate with faculty and other participants
testing new ideas and developing new strategies to help our
individual institutions become more flexible and responsive,”
Dowell said. “The program will help me assess the effectiveness of my own leadership and clarify how well our institution
is positioned to meet future challenges.”
Stuckey wins outstanding
teacher advocate award
Roy Stuckey, a professor in the School of Law, recently
received the 2007 Award for Outstanding Advocate for
Clinical Teachers, given by the
Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA), at the annual Association of American Law Schools
(AALS) Clinical Conference in
New Orleans.
The award recognizes an
outstanding clinical teacher in
three areas: commitment to the
field, advancement of the profession, and enhancement of the
community’s spirit.
Stuckey
The awards committee recognized Stuckey’s work as fulfilling all three categories,
including his efforts as primary author of Best Practices
for Legal Education (2007), his many articles on clinical
legal education, his numerous national and international
presentations on clinical legal education, his active
service to the AALS clinical section, and CLEA activities
for decades.
Glad receives Distinguished
Alumnae Award from Utah
Betty Glad, the Olin D. Johnston Professor of Political
Science at the University, was awarded the Distinguished
Alumnae Award by the University of Utah’s College of
Social and Behavioral Sciences May 4.
Glad is a national authority on political leadership
and teaches courses on the U.S. presidency and foreign
policymaking. She is a former president of the International Society for Political Psychology and won its top
honor, the Harold Lasswell Award for Distinguished
Scientific Contribution to the Field of Political Psychology, in 1997.
Her current projects include writing a book-length
study on Jimmy Carter’s inner circle and co-authoring a
biography on Mikhail Gorbachev and an edited collection
on the Russian transformation.
History professor awarded
Gilder Lehrman Fellowship
Thomas Brown, an associate professor of history at the
University, has been awarded a research fellowship by the
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The fellowship supports research work in New York
City’s five archives. Brown will conduct research at the
Library of the New York Historical Society for his project
“The Reconstruction of American Memory: Civic Monuments of the Civil War.”
Brown, associate director of the University’s Institute
for Southern Studies, studies the Civil War and Reconstruction. He earned his undergraduate, master’s, and
doctoral degrees from Harvard University and a juris
doctorate from Harvard Law School.
Aiken chancellor chosen
for college commission
Tom Hallman, chancellor of USC
Aiken, recently was selected to be
a commissioner by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools’ Commission on Colleges.
He will serve on a 77-member body elected to represent
approximately 790 colleges and
universities that are members of
the Commission on Colleges. As
Hallman
a commissioner, Hallman will
determine policy and review and
make decisions regarding the accreditation of institutions.
His term is in effect and will conclude December 2009.
■ Look what’s cooking
A professional chef will teach 14 teenagers basic
kitchen and serving skills—and how to prepare soups,
sauces, and sushi—during the Culinary Camp at
Carolina July 24–28. Read about the camp, which is
sponsored by the College of Hospitality, Retail, and
Sport Management, in the Aug. 2 Times.
July 12, 2007
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Student speak
English professor catalogues ancient holdings
■ Name: Amaury Hayat, a student in
the Carolina Adventure Series in Medicine and Exercise Science
By Kathy Henry Dowell
■ Hometown: Paris, France
■ Age: 14
■ How did you find out about the
program? When I was looking for a
summer program to attend, my mother’s
friend in Columbia, said, “Don’t search
anymore. There is an excellent program
at the University of South Carolina.” I
looked at the Web site, and it seemed
like a good program, so I came here. My
sister is also attending another camp in
the United States.
■ What subjects are you interested
in? At home, I’m still taking general
education classes, but I’d like to specialize in sciences.
■ What are you learning about
in the program? I’ve learned about
exercise science medicine and the human body. It was incredible. We had
the chance to dissect a human body. We
found out what doctors do every day.
This was a good experience because it
gave us a very good idea about what we
could be doing after high school. At the
camp we are doing things we couldn’t
do anywhere else. I don’t think I would
have had the opportunity to dissect a
cadaver anywhere else.
■ How do you like Columbia and
the University? I love the campus.
The camp is great because it’s small,
about 28 children, so we can get to know
everyone well. When I came here, I met
a lot of very nice people. All of the teachers have been entertaining and funny.
■ What is your favorite thing about
the camp? The camp is great because
we are always doing something exciting.
There is never a boring moment.
■ What will you do after camp?
After I finish here, I’m going to another
camp in Greenville before returning to
France. Next year this time, I will be taking exams, so I probably won’t be able
to attend this camp. I’m going to keep
in contact with the people I’ve met here.
If I get the chance, I would love to come
back to Columbia.
—Sharnequa Steed
This summer, English professor Scott Gwara is traveling the entire
state in pursuit of one thing: information about all the medieval
manuscripts in South Carolina public archives.
For “Pages from the Past: A Legacy of Medieval Books in South
Carolina Collections,” Gwara will collect, analyze, exhibit, and
digitally publish the medieval manuscripts and fragments in state
collections. He is the main investigator, although he is working
with scholars and institutions across the state.
“I’m creating an encyclopedic census of all medieval texts
statewide, including individual manuscript leaves and illuminations, everything from private prayer books and Bible fragments to
scraps in the bindings of early printed books,” he said. “There are
about 120 items in total, though the University owns the bulk of
them. But until research like this is done, we can’t really know what
we’ve got.”
Gwara has already identified some unknown treasures, including a cutting from a massive choir book illustrated by the Florentine “Master of the Dominican Effigies,” ca. 1340; a portrait of
St. Matthew by the Italian bishop Pietro Ursuelo, ca. 1460; and a
15th-century page from a lovely French prayer book once owned by
the Marquis of Courtanvaux.
“This is the kind of research only an expert can carry through,
and it has lasting value,” said Patrick Scott, director of special collections at Thomas Cooper Library. “Dr. Gwara is interpreting these
materials for scholars worldwide.”
Funded by the Humanities Council of South Carolina, the
project includes centuries-old materials currently at Bob Jones
University, Charleston Library Society, Columbia College, and FurMichael Brown
man University, among others.
Scott Gwara began his quest at Thomas Cooper Library.
Gwara will select about 60 medieval manuscripts and leaves for
a campus exhibit that will open Jan. 17, 2008. The opening celebration also will feature a medieval vocal ensemble performing an original 14thcentury Latin mass by Guillaume de Machaut. The exhibit and concert will be free and open to the public.
Faculty Senate receives overview of new policies
By Marshall Swanson
would be relief at some level to respond to an anticipated or unanticiThe University hopes to have in place by this fall a series of new “fampated personal or family situation. Similar policies are being promulily friendly” policies for faculty that will aid in recruiting and provide a
gated for staff, Curtis said.
more flexible and supportive work environment.
In other business, President Sorensen said he would present a
An overview of the new
$996 million budget to
policies, which are in developthe Board of Trustees at
ment by the provost’s office,
its June 28 meeting, a 56
Academia is becoming
was presented to the Columbia
percent increase over the
Faculty Senate June 27 for
$640 million budget of his
more diverse, and we need
comments or questions before
first year in office in 2002.
their implementation.
He also announced a tuition
to deal with the issues that
“Academia is becoming
hike of 6.9 percent for the
people are facing.
more diverse, and we need to
Columbia campus, a 47
—Christine Curtis
deal with the issues that peopercent increase in cash gifts
ple are facing,” said Christine
to the University over the
Curtis, vice provost for faculty
past year, and a 70 percent
development, who presented a draft of the policies to the senate.
increase in external research grant and proposal funding over his first
The extension of the tenure probationary period policy is an
year in office. (See story page 6.)
existing policy that is being modified, Curtis said. The dual career
Provost Becker briefed the senate on the work of an academic
accommodation policy and the modified duties policy represent new
consortium of provosts of Southeastern Conference schools who meet
initiatives. The dual career accommodation policy will help spouses or
to discuss items of mutual interest. He also discussed an initiative with
partners of new faculty members find jobs. The modified duties policy
the University of Georgia that draws on study abroad coordinators
will help faculty cope with unforeseen circumstances or the changing
looking at ways member institutions can partner to share resources.
nature of families and care giving.
Senate chair-elect Robert Best of the School of Medicine presided at
The extension of the tenure probationary period would provide
the meeting for Gene Reeder who was out of the country. Best reported
more time in the probationary period to allow for the birth or adoption
on a coalition of intercollegiate athletics made up of Faculty Senate
of a child, or the death of a spouse, partner, or child. Extensions also
chairs interested in making academics a central part of intercollegiate
could be requested in the case of serious illness of a family member,
competition. The group’s recommendations are on the Columbia
child, partner, spouse or parent, the death of a parent, particularly
Faculty Senate’s Web site.
for a primary care giver, placement of a foster child, or other circumThe next meeting of the senate will be at 3:10 p.m. Sept. 5 in the
stances relating to a relative or family member.
Law School Auditorium. The meeting will follow the fall general faculty
The modified duties policy would provide for a continuation of
meeting, which will begin at 2 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium.
professional activities or duties of a faculty member, except that there
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Upstate to offer engineering technology
management degree to tech school grads
Exercising body and mind
Michael Brown
High school students in this year’s Adventures in Exercise
Science course discovered aspects of physical therapy, exercise, sports performance, sports nutrition, and
motor control working with the University’s No. 1 ranked Department of Exercise Science.The course is
part of the annual Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series.
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July 12, 2007
Students who have graduated from area technical schools with a two-year degree in engineering
technology now have the option of earning a four-year degree in a unique Engineering Technology Management (ETM) bachelor’s degree program at USC Upstate.
The program is part of a partnership that USC Upstate entered into with Greenville Technical
College, Piedmont Technical College, Spartanburg Community College, Tri-County Community
College, and York Technical College. The 2 + 2 Agreement allows for a seamless transfer from
the technical schools into the ETM degree program at USC Upstate.
“The USC Upstate program was developed in concert with an advisory group consisting of
industry and technical college representatives,” said David Ferris, chair of the Department of
Natural Sciences and Engineering at USC Upstate. “It provides technical college graduates who
earned an associate degree in engineering technology an opportunity to earn a BS degree with
only two additional years of college.”
Faculty members from USC Upstate and the technical colleges work closely together to
optimize student transfer credits. Students bound for the ETM program have access to both a
technical college and USC Upstate advisor.
“Offering 2 + 2 programs in engineering technology is common for four-year institutions. But
this program is unique because USC Upstate relies solely upon graduates from technical colleges
for its ETM degree program,” said Richard LeBoeuf, coordinator of the ETM program at USC
Upstate.
For more information, contact LeBoeuf at 52-5894 or rbeloeuf@uscupstate.edu.