■ Inside
Budget includes tuition and fee
increases to maintain quality
education, but administration’s aim
is to be conservative. Page 3
“What you don’t know can’t hurt
you,” right, by Diana Farfán, and
other works are on exhibit at
McMaster Gallery this summer.
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imes
www.sc.edu/usctimes
July 17, 2008
A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
Pastides is new University president
President Sorensen relaxes in his office.
President Sorensen
says his farewells
Exactly 10 years to the day since he came to Carolina as dean of the Arnold School of Public Health,
Harris Pastides will become the University’s 28th
president Aug. 1.
The University’s Board of Trustees unanimously elected Pastides to his new position July 11.
“Having been a faculty member, a dean, and
a vice president at Carolina, I know many of the
benefits of working at the University as well as the
challenges,” Pastides said. “I plan to work toward
making this the best environment for faculty, staff,
and students to thrive.”
The selection of Pastides, 54, who has served
as the University’s vice president for research and
health sciences and executive director of the S.C.
Research Foundation since 2003, followed a
national search that drew some of the nation’s
most talented and promising academic leaders,
Herbert Adams, chair of the Board of Trustees,
said.
“Throughout this lengthy process, I have been
very impressed by the work of the Presidential
Candidate Search Committee,” Adams said. “The
committee worked diligently and talked with some
of this nation’s most talented leaders in higher
education. Equally as gratifying was the response
Continued on page 6
Harris Pastides begins his presidency Aug. 1.
After six years as Carolina’s president,
Andrew Sorensen will retire from the post
July 31 and begin teaching at the School of
Medicine and Arnold School of Public Health
next year. He recently reflected with Times
on his tenure as president and his plans for
the future.
String fever
■ A lot has happened at Carolina in
the six years since you were named
president. Which accomplishments are
you most proud of?
I’m very proud of the University’s increased
academic reputation: achieving the Carnegie Institution’s highest designation as a
“very high research university”—the only
one in South Carolina. We have 13 academic
programs ranked among the nation’s Top 10
by U.S. News & World Report and by others.
And our rising SAT average—it was 1109 the
year before I arrived, and it’s projected to be
in the 1190s for this fall’s freshman class. So,
we’re not just saying that we’re better; it has
been confirmed externally in several ways.
I’m also pleased with the public/private
partnerships that have enabled us to begin
Innovista, to develop the Adesso condominium project, and to begin developing the intellectual property that has been created here
through start-up companies. We’re ranked
No. 19 among 155 public and private universities for the number of start-up companies
that were inspired by faculty research. That
ties us with Johns Hopkins and Cornell and
puts us ahead of Ohio State and the Texas
A&M System.
Continued on page 6
Carolina pilots
flexible work hours
The University is piloting a flexible work
schedule that will maintain regular hours of
operation on all campuses while providing
relief to employees from rising fuel costs. The
pilot program will run through Aug. 15.
To participate, employees must receive
written approval before beginning a flexible
work schedule. A Flexible Work Schedule
Request Form should be completed and submitted to the employee’s department head or
director, who must make a recommendation
to his or her dean or vice president for final
approval.
Each request to participate must be considered on the basis of whether the work to
be performed can be accomplished in a flexible work arrangement. The business needs
of the department or the job requirements of
some positions might limit or prohibit participation. A decision to deny participation
Continued on page 6
Michael Brown
Students in grades three
through 10 polish their
skills during the String
Project summer camp
offered through the
School of Music.The
annual camp gave three
levels of instruction to
students with at least one
year of prior experience.
The program was held
in the String Project’s
new home at 851 Park
St. Since the mid 1970s,
the String Project has
been a national leader in
children’s string-music
education and a model for
similar programs around
the country.
■ Carpooling program
The drive begins on Columbia campus
By Marshall Swanson
Vehicle Management and Parking Services has launched a new confidential carpooling program
using existing Internet technology to help faculty and staff deal with the high cost of gas as they
commute to and from the Columbia campus.
Preliminary registration was held July 9–11 in the Russell House Theater, at 1600 Hampton St., and in the lobby of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Carolina
Coliseum.
Applicants signed up for the program in person by completing a
release and registration form with their address and contact information.
To ensure privacy, the listings will be available only to faculty and staff
who request them through University channels.
“This will be an ongoing thing,” said Derrick Huggins, deputy director of vehicle management and parking services, noting that additional
registrations will be held later in the summer and throughout the coming
school year.
Faculty and staff also eventually will be able to register online, but for
now, Huggins is encouraging individuals to register in person while the
program is getting established. Over time, he hopes to be able to offer
Huggins
incentives such as gas card giveaways and free car washes for signing up.
“I would like for 10 percent of the University’s faculty and staff to be
in a car pool,” he said. “If we can get that many people involved, there should be at least a couple
of people most faculty and staff know that they could conceivably ride with.”
Likely ride share partners, he said, would be people who work in approximately the same
time frames, live in the same vicinity, and are willing to give up a little convenience in their
campus commuting.
Once the pool signs up a certain number of people, Huggins said high occupancy vehicle
(HOV) parking stickers will be issued to carpoolers of at least three people.
At least 75 people had signed up for the program by early July, and if gas prices inch higher,
Continued on page 6
■ Move-in Day is
Aug. 16: Join the crew!
Join in the fun and help roll out the
red carpet for new Carolina freshmen who will arrive on campus Aug.
16. Faculty and staff can volunteer
to serve on the famous Move-in
Crew by visiting
www.sc.edu/moveincrew.
Participants will receive an exclusive Move-in Crew T-shirt, a free
lunch, and an experience they won’t
forget. For more information or
questions, contact Denise Wellman,
director of the Visitor Center, at
denisew@sc.edu or 7-0169.
Briefly
HEALTH PROMOTION STUDY SEEKS
PARTICIPANTS: A study promoting long-term lifestyle
changes through physical activity and nutritional education
will begin soon.The study, offered through the Department of
Exercise Science’s LEAN Study, is free but a commitment of nine
months is required. Study researchers are looking for men and
women participants who are 18–65 years old, are overweight,
have access to a computer and the Internet, and currently are
not in an exercise program or in a formal weight loss program.
For more information or to participate in the study, call 7-2749.
SCHEDULE ON-SITE SCREENINGS FOR FALL:
Staff in the Faculty and Staff Wellness Promotion office will bring
on-site screenings to departments around campus.The screenings are scheduled at each department or office’s convenience
within a suggested time frame. Services include free percentage
body fat analysis and blood pressure screenings. Staff members
also can provide information about all the programs and services offered to faculty and staff and free promotional items. For
more information, send an e-mail to sawellns@mailbox.sc.edu
or call 7-6518.
University inducts 16 into adult-student honor society
The University inducted 13 members into the Mu chapter
of Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), a national honor society for
adult students, which was founded in 1945. South Carolina
chartered its chapter in 2000. ASL inductees are:
■ Ines Arias, a Spanish major from Columbia
■ Aiwen Burell, a finance major from Mount Pleasant
■ Michelle Conaty, a psychology major from Columbia
■ Sheila Conyers, a nursing major from Sumter
■ Bart Dominick, an interdisciplinary-studies major from
Newberry
■ Janet Haigler, an interdisciplinary-studies major from
Pageland
■ Melanie Irvin, a marine-science major from Columbia
■ John Lundvall, a nursing major from Lexington
■ Warren Manley, an art-studio major from Irmo
■ Pauline Patterson-Page, a liberal-studies major from
Clinton
■ Gayla Partin, an interdisciplinary-studies major from
Sumter
■Dmitri Raetki-Sointev, a biology major from Columbia
■ Stacy Spangler, a nursing major from Sumter.
Three faculty members also were inducted, selected for
their support of and contributions to the success of adult
students. Those inductees are Janet G. Hudson, continuing-education credit programs; Charles F. Mactutus, chair of
the psychology department; and William T. Moore, business
professor and vice provost for academic affairs.
For more information, contact Harriet Hurt, director of
adult-student services, at 7-8155.
FINAL ENERGY LECTURE IS JULY 23: The final
lecture in the Our Energy Future series will be held at 6:30 p.m.
July 23 in Ministers Hall at Claflin University in Orangeburg.The
topic will be “The Place of Energy Conservation in Our Energy
Future.” The series is aimed at helping citizens gain a better
understanding of different energy options and the ramifications
of each. For more information, contact Chris Toumey at 7-2221
or toumey@sc.edu or visit engr.sc.edu/energy/index.html.
STUDENTS IN TRANSITION CONFERENCE IS
NOV. 8–10: The 15th National Conference on Students in
Transition will be held Nov. 8–10 in Columbia.The purpose of
the conference is to share and learn about the latest concepts,
ideas, research results, assessment strategies, and institutional
initiatives that are focused on student success and learning for
all students in transition.To review the proposal submission
guidelines and for more information about the conference,
go to sc.edu/fye/events/sit/.
BEAUFORT SPONSORS COLLEGE FOR KIDS:
This summer, 131 fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-graders from Beaufort County schools got first-hand experience in what it is like
to be college students at USC Beaufort’s College for Kids.The
program is a collaboration between the county schools and the
campus’ Center of Excellence in Collaborative Learning (CECL),
which provides a wide range of creative courses for the area’s
future college students.The program was held at the Bluffton
campus. Parents and community members assisted teachers
throughout the two-week program.
FOCUS GROUPS NEEDED FOR LACTATION
SUPPORT SERVICES: Healthy Carolina has received
funding for lactation support services through the Eat Smart
Move More Coalition.To ensure optimal program implementation, the office will conduct focus groups with new (within two
years) and expecting mothers to get a better understanding of
the types of services that are needed for employees at Carolina.
Both breastfeeding mothers and non-breastfeeding mothers can
participate.The focus groups will last no longer than one hour
and will be held the last week in July. Participants will receive
a Target gift card for participating, and refreshments will be
provided.To participate or for questions, contact Holly Harring
at 7-0597 or HARRINHA@mailbox.sc.edu.
PIANO STUDENTS TAKE HONORS: Several piano
students took top honors in the 2008 Arthur Fraser Concerto
Competition, part of the Southeastern Piano Festival held in
June at the School of Music.This year’s winners were Gregory
Wang, first place, an 11th grader from Johnson City,Tenn.; Joshua
Brooks, second place, an 11th grader from Pittsboro, N.C.;
and Cwen Homa, third place, a 10th grader from Eagle, Mich.
Three students received honorable mention: Naomi Causby, an
eighth grader from Columbia; Jiwon Lim, an 11th grader from
Charlotte; and Hanbo Liu, a 12th grader from Charleston. Cash
prizes of $2,000, $1,000, and $500 accompany the top awards,
and the three winners are invited to perform in concert with
the S.C. Philharmonic during the 2008–09 season. For more
information about the Southeastern Piano Festival, go to http://
scmea.sc.edu/EventsWorkshops/sepf/index.html.
DANCERS PERFORM AT NATIONAL
FESTIVAL: Seven Carolina dancers performed Alan
Hineline’s ballet Twist at the National American College Dance
Festival in June in New York City. Stacey Calvert, an instructor
of ballet at Carolina, created the choreography. Participating students were Ryan Thomas, Bonnie Boiter-Jolley, Lindsay
Schatzer, Carolyn Bolton, Olivia Anderson, Ben Hankinson, and
McCree O’Kelley. Boiter-Jolley, a rising junior from Chapin, was
nominated for the American College Dance Festival Association
(ACDFA)/Dance Magazine Award for Outstanding Student Performer. “This would not have happened without Stacey Calvert,
from gaining access to this amazing piece to accomplishing such
a great honor through this competition,” said Susan Anderson,
director of dance. “We’ve reached an achievement that now
puts us in a position of national prominence after only three
years of having a dance major.” The ensemble was one of three
selected to perform from the ACDFA Southeast Regional
Conference.
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July 17, 2008
Michael Brown
Out with the old, in with the new
Demolition crews remove the Sumter Street wing of McBryde Quadrangle to make room for
the $18 million, 50,000-square-foot addition to the rear of Thomas Cooper Library.The new three-level complex, expected to be completed by early
2010, will house the library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and S.C. Political Collections. McBryde Quadrangle was built in 1955 and formerly
housed University fraternities.Two wings of the Quad remain.
Beaufort, Gulfstream partner
for Saturday Degree Program
USC Beaufort and Gulfstream Aerospace are partnering
in a program designed to enable Gulfstream employees to
complete their bachelor’s degrees on Saturdays.
Most of the tuition costs will be funded through
Gulfstream’s tuition reimbursement program. The
program also is open to non-Gulfstream employees. If
other companies offer tuition reimbursement programs,
USC Beaufort will work with them to get their employees
as much tuition assistance as possible. Non-Gulfstream
students will pay USC Beaufort’s standard per credit
tuition rate.
The program is open to anyone in the general public
with upwards of 60 credit hours (having or nearing the
equivalent of an associate’s degree). Working adults can
complete a bachelor’s degree by the summer of 2010.
Classes will be held at the Bluffton Campus. Students
will be able to earn a BS in business administration
degree with a management concentration. Employees
wanting to enroll in this program must begin classes at
the start of the first fall term on Aug. 23.
Post-TERI seminars scheduled
The Benefits Office will offer its Post-TERI Seminar 13
times through December. The seminar is designed for
employees completing their TERI participation and will
be held in the Division of Human Resources’ Professional
Development Training Center at 1600 Hampton St., Suite
101.
The seminar will provide TERI participants with information about the necessary procedures and paperwork
to end their participation. It also will address distribution of TERI funds, enrolling in retiree health insurance
plans, and general information about Social Security and
Medicare.
Some forms will be completed during the seminar.
Each participant should bring a voided check and his
or her driver’s license. The voided check will be used to
establish direct deposit of retirement checks, and the S.C.
Retirement Systems require a copy of each participant’s
driver’s license to be attached to the TERI payout form.
To enroll in a seminar, complete the online registration form at http://hr.sc.edu/online/post_teri.asp.
Participants should include the date they want to attend.
Spouses can attend but must be included on the registration form. Attendance is limited. For more information,
call 7-6650.
■ Student achievements
■ Two Carolina students, both from Virginia, have won
National Security Education Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarships for study abroad during the 2008–09 academic year.
Daniel Mathieu of Midlothian will spend his sophomore year
studying in China, and Amanda Jean Tatum of Richmond will
study in Tanzania her junior year.
Mathieu, an Honors College student, is pursuing a major in
interdisciplinary studies. He will study Chinese at the University of Nanjing in preparation for a career involving linguistics.
Tatum, also a member of the Honors College, is majoring
in international studies and will study Swahili at Knowledge
Exchange Institute. She is pursuing a career in public relations
for either the State Department or a nonprofit international
organization.
■ Andrew Epting, a history major, received honorable mention in the Environmental Sustainability category of the 2008
New Carolinas Business Idea Contest, part of the ninth-annual ThinkTEC Summit at Trident Technical College in North
Charleston.
Epting, a rising senior from Columbia, earned the award
for his start-up company, which designs and installs solar
arrays that convert sunlight directly into electricity and can be
used in manufacturing, government, education, warehousing,
and retail industries, as well as in small business and residential settings.
Epting’s company, Palmetto Solar, is based at the University’s Technology Incubator and will be working closely with
the Department of Electrical Engineering to develop new solar
technology.
■ The University’s student ad team won second place at the
American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student
Competition District Three finals in Charlotte.
The team, known as the Palmetto Group, was made up of
13 students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Karen Mallia was the advisor. The team, which
created an integrated communications plan for America Online Instant Messenger (AIM), competed against seven other
schools, with the University of Virginia taking top honors.
The participating students were Hunter Clawson Jr. of
Greenville; Katie Coughlin of Knoxville, Tenn.; Wetherly Collins of Aliceville, Ala.; Katelyn Crawley of Fitchburg, Mass.;
Ellie France of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Missiaen Jenkins of
Flanders, N.J.; Alyson LaVigne of Charleston; Kelly Mullinax
of Easley; Christina Penteado of Alpharetta, Ga.; Samantha
Rutkowski and Katherine Kuszmaul of Spartanburg; Jordan
Smith of Crozet, Va.; and Jason Talbot of Commack, N.Y.
Board approves tenure
and promotions for faculty
■ Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year
The University’s Board of Trustees has approved the
following Columbia campus faculty for tenure and
promotion. A second listing of faculty on the Aiken,
Beaufort, Upstate, and regional campuses follows.
By Larry Wood
Columbia campus
■ Promotion to professor
• Anne Bezuidenhout, philosophy; Cynthia Davis, English;
Ann Kingsolver, anthropology;
• John Kupfer, geography; Stephanie Mitchem, religious
studies; David Reisman, biological sciences, Michael Smith,
criminology and criminal justice; George Volgaris, geological
sciences; Nic Ularu, theatre and dance; Tatiana Kostova,
international business; Susi Long, instruction and teacher
education; Antonello Monti, electrical engineering; Marco
Valtorta, computer science and engineering; Ann Bartow,
law; and Martin McWilliams, law.
■ Promotion to associate professor with tenure
• Scott Ardoin, psychology; Jorge Camacho, languages,
literatures, and cultures; Holly Crocker, English; Mindy
Fenske, English; Benjamin Hankin, psychology; Lili Ju,
mathematics; John Lavingne, chemistry and biochemistry;
John Muckelbauer, English;
• Stephanie Nace, art; Deanna Smith, biological sciences;
Rebecca Stern, English; Joshua Tebbs, statistics; Qian
Wang, chemistry and biochemistry; David Crockett, marketing;
• Scott Jackson, accounting; Andrew Spicer, international
business; Sergey Tysplakov, finance; Scott Vandervelde,
accounting; Edward Cox, educational leadership and policies;
Stephen Thompson, instruction and teaching education;
Srihari Nelakuditi, computer science and engineering; Song
Wang, computer science and engineering;
• Paul Ziehl, civil and environmental engineering; Tina
Crews, technology support and training management; Marguerite Moore, retailing; Danielle Holley-Walker, law;
• James Fadel, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience;
Edie Goldsmith, cell and developmental biology; Lawrence
Reagan, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience;
• David Herring, music; Marina Lomazov, music; Matteo
Bottai, epidemiology and biostatistics; and Dimitar Deliyski,
communication sciences and disorders.
■ Tenure at Associate Professor
• Amit Almor, psychology; Anthony Jarrells, English;
Thomas Lopez, accounting; and Sarah Laditka, health
services policy and management.
■ Tenure at Professor
• Dawn Wilson, psychology; and Wilfried Karmaus, epidemiology and biostatistics.
■ Tenure at Librarian
• Kate Boyd, University libraries
Aiken, Spartanburg, Beaufort, and regional
campuses
■ Promotion to Professor
• Richard Heiens, business, Michael Ritchie, business,
Garriet Smith, biology, Mark Whitaker, sociology, and
Charmaine Wilson, speech, Aiken; Carl Eby, English,
Beaufort; and Lisa Hammond, English, and Fran Perry
Gardner, art, Lancaster.
■ Promotion to Associate Professor
• Maggie Dorsey, nursing, and Robert Leach, finance,
Aiken; and Alex Timonov, mathematics and computer science,
Upstate.
■ Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
• Tieling Chen, mathematics and computer science, Koffi
Fadimba, mathematics, Tim Lintner, education, Paul
Longley, visual performing arts, and Gary Senn, Ruth Patrick
Science Center, Aiken; Park Bucker, English, and Michele
Reese, English, Sumter; and Carmen Harris, history, political science, and philosophy, Rob McCormick, history, political
science, and philosophy, Richard Robinson, fine arts, Astrid
Rosario, natural science and engineering, and Chioma Ugochukwu, fine arts, Upstate.
■ Promotion to Professor with Tenure
• Judy Beck, education, Upstate.
■ Tenure at Associate Professor
• Manuel Sanders, mathematics, Beaufort.
■ Tenure at Assistant Professor
• Thomas Reid, mathematics, and Brian Parr, exercise science, Aiken.
Making connections makes for good teaching
said. “Sometimes, I think, I take advantage of their diligence—
Physicist Sanjib Mishra doesn’t have a philosophy of teaching.
I make them work very hard. Carolina undergraduates, they
But you might say this year’s Michael J. Mungo Distinguished
are special.”
Professor of the Year winner operates his classroom according
Mishra researches with a core group of faculty, post-docto a slightly modified rule of his discipline: for every action,
toral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates who are
there is a reaction.
research assistants (RAs) in his lab. One undergraduate went
Take, for example, one of his
on to become an Arabic scholar
more quiet students who, on her
and now is working on a Ph.D.
own in class, figured out another
in chemical engineering. Others
fundamental physics principle:
have won Goldwater and National
that there cannot not be a magnetScience Foundation scholarships.
ic monopole; just as a current loop
Four of his RA undergraduates
has a front and a back surface, so a
have won the Magellan Scholar
magnet must always have a north
Awards.
pole and a south pole.
“USC has done such a remarkMishra’s reaction: “I was
able job in encouraging underelated,” he said. “That was a good
graduate research. It is such a
one.”
positive program that connects
When his students make those
learning with researching and
kinds of connections on their own,
creating,” he said.
Mishra gets excited. “That’s what
“Apart from having a home
Kim Truett
Sanjib Mishra wishes his students had more leisure time.
you hope for as a teacher,” he said.
in a large university, the underTo help his students make those links as they learn, Mishra
graduate RAs are offered opportunities to publish papers in
insists that they engage in a debate in class. “This is science.
particle physics in international journals.”
This is physics,” he said. “They have to think loudly. They
Mishra’s only concern about his students is that too often
really need to learn in an active fashion. Sometimes I’m a little
they have to work too many hours outside the University.
strident about it.”
“I wish my students would live a little poorer. I wish they
Mishra also strives to get his students to make the connecwould cherish their leisure,” he said. “They’re always so busy.
tion between physics and other disciplines. “I endeavor to link
Sometimes, I ask them: when do you enjoy an idea or when
what my students learn in physics with mathematics, philosodo you own a thought until it fuses with other things they’ve
phy, biology, and chemistry,” he said. “And sometimes they do
learned?
make that link. When they do, that’s quite a feeling, actually.”
“I ask them how often do they go to a popular lecture or
Mishra, a particle physicist, received two master’s degrees
how often do they take a course that has nothing to do with
and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was an assistant
their majors. Physics majors should be taking courses in
and associate professor at Harvard University from 1991 to
women’s studies and cultural sociology, and sociology majors
1999 before coming to Carolina in 2000. Carolina students, he
should take a course in astronomy and quantum physics. If
said, are “inspirational.”
we can develop like the spokes of a wheel, that would be quite
“They are perhaps the most hard working, well-mannered
wonderful. But that development requires leisure that many of
students that I’ve met in my career. They are a pleasure,” he
our students miss.”
Trustees approve 2008-09 operating budget
The University’s Board of Trustees approved a 2008–09
operating budget June 27 aimed at holding the line on costs
while preserving the quality of the University’s teaching and
research mission.
President Sorensen said creating the budget, which was
for all eight campuses and included tuition and required fee
increases, was challenging in an economic climate marked by
cuts in state funding and significant inflationary costs.
“Although we are pleased this budget will enable the
University to maintain the quality that our students have come
to expect in recent years, we are clearly mindful that even
the smallest increases can work a hardship on students and
their families,” Sorensen said. “As a result, we have tried to be
conservative.”
The budget, which took effect July 1, includes a 5.9 percent
increase in tuition and fees for all undergraduates on the Columbia campus, which is expected to generate approximately
$11.5 million in new revenue.
The increase for Columbia campus undergraduates will
raise tuition and required fees to $4,419 per semester for
in-state students and $11,454 per semester for out-of-state
students.
Tuition for graduate students increased by 5.9 percent,
with in-state graduate students paying $274 more for a semester total of $4,918. Out-of-state graduate students will pay
$578 more for a semester total of $10,368.
In-state students at the School of Medicine will pay
$12,388 per semester; out of state students will pay $30,229
per semester. In-state tuition for law students will increase by
$542 for a semester total of $8,924; out of state law students
will pay $1,085 more for a semester total of $17,810.
Tuition and fee increases approved for in-state students at
the University’s senior campuses were: USC Aiken, $263 (7.5
percent) for a semester total of $3,766; USC Beaufort, $375
(12 percent) for a semester total of $3,500; and USC Upstate,
$291 (7.5 percent) for a semester total of $4,171.
Tuition for the regional campuses (Lancaster, Salkehatchie,
Sumter, and Union) increased by $198, or 8.1 percent, for a
semester total of $2,632 for in-state students with fewer than
75 credit hours. Tuition for in-state students with 75 or more
credit hours will be $3,826 per semester.
The tuition and fee increases are expected to generate $11.5
million in new University revenue, which will be used to offset
a portion of the state cut and to fund the following initiatives:
■ continuation of a six-year faculty hiring program to enhance
the quality of instruction and allow the University to recruit
additional faculty for disciplines and programs that support
the University’s strategic priorities
■ inflationary increases for the cost of fuel for law enforcement and safety and facilities
■ support for student affairs initiatives, including enrollment management, the Gamecock Guarantee operations, and
increased planning and compliance
■ the third year of funding for the Office of Facilities to support wages for maintenance and custodial staff and continued
enhancement of apprenticeship and training programs for
trades workers
■ an increase to the funding for debt service to support deferred maintenance
■ a new Global Competitiveness Initiative, which establishes
an office to provide oversight of all the University’s international activities; the office will be responsible for consolidating
and integrating global initiatives
■ a portion of the 1 percent state cost of living increase for
employees.
The University budget also includes a second year of nonrecurring state funding of $1.5 million for the S.C. LightRail, a
high-speed network planned among the University, Clemson
University, and the Medical University of South Carolina to
enhance research, distance learning, and educational programs, and to improve the health of individuals and communities across the state.
Becker: Freshman class could be strongest ever
By Larry Wood
This year’s freshman class “most likely will be stronger than
any class before it,” Provost Becker told the Faculty Senate at
its meeting June 25.
“This year again, we had very strong student interest, and
it is highly likely this fall we will have a robust and large class
of freshmen and an academically strong class,” said Becker,
who spoke in the absence of President Sorensen, who was out
of town. “USC is growing in stature and reputation regionally
and nationally. We hear that. We see that in terms of prospective faculty candidates and from prospective students.”
Becker also discussed the interplay between accreditation
and courses and curricula. Carolina will begin its reaccredida-
tion process through the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools in about two years.
“Accreditors are changing their emphasis and their expectations and are looking for a clearer articulation of learning
outcomes at the course and curricula level,” Becker said. “It is
their expectation that we not only specify learning outcomes,
but also that we will actually assess student performance and
use that evidence to drive curricula.
Beth Bilderback, libraries, chair of the Faculty Welfare
Committee, reported on a resolution approved at the April
Faculty Senate meeting instructing the committee to look at
the possibility of adding extra classes on Monday and
Wednesay, especially around lunchtime.
In May, committee members met with Bob Askins and
Elaine Beleskey in the Office of the Registrar. They discussed
altering the time between classes, looking at alternatives to
standard classroom space, planning more efficient classroom
space, and expanding the teaching day, perhaps starting earlier than 8 a.m., but could not find a way to expand classes on
Monday and Wednesday during the middle of the day.
“The peak time for classes is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday–Friday; so, the noontime hour is not really feasible at this
time. We’re still looking into it. We’re continuing discussions,”
Bilderback said.
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July & August
Calendar
■ Around the campuses
■ Miscellany
July 19 USC Salkehatchie: Salkehatchie Stew,
a storytelling workshop with master storyteller Donald
Davis. 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Barnwell County Museum. Presented
by the USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute. For more
information, call Frances Chavous at 58-3446, ext 242.
July 18 Men’s health: “Prostate Health
Workshop,” for men only. Presented by the
Eau Claire Family Practice and Palmetto
Health Community Services. Noon–2 p.m.,
The Tillis Center, 2111 Simpkins Lane, near
Drew Wellness Center and Benedict College, Columbia. For more information or to
register, call 737-3823.
July 20 USC
Salkehatchie:
Salkehatchie Stew,
a performance by
master storyteller
Donald Davis,
3 p.m., Clemson
University, Edisto Research and
Education Center,
Blackville. Presented by the USC
Salkehatchie Leadership Institute. For
more information,
call Frances Chavous at 58-3446,
ext 242.
July 18 Koger Center: Two dance performances presented by the Columbia City
Jazz Dance Company. Reach for the Stars,
with special appearances by hip hop dancer
Tre Holloway and Vista Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.,
Koger Center. Evening tickets are $7.50.
For tickets, call 251-2222 or go to www.
capitoltickets.com. Projekt Dance, a one-hour
children’s matinee, 11 a.m. Matinee tickets
are $3. For tickets, call 252-0252.
Donald Davis shares a homespun story.
July 21–26 USC
Salkehatchie: Camp, Soccer Field, West Campus. For
more information, call Coach Glass at 58-3446, ext. 156.
July 21–26 USC Salkehatchie: Donnelley Summer
Scholars Camp, East Campus. For more information, call
Warren Chavous at 58-3446.
July 21–Aug. 7 USC Aiken: Kids in College 2008, summer camps for children ages 6–15, including “Life and Earth
Science,” “Electric Electricity,” “Battle Bots,” “Theater Experience: On Stage,” “Sports Jam,” and “Study Skills–Middle
School.” For more information, call 56-3563 or go to www.
usca.edu/kidsincollege.
July 30 USC Aiken: Parent Orientation, sponsored by the
Office of Student Involvement. For more information, call
56-3411.
July 30–31 USC Aiken: Freshman Orientation, sponsored
by the Office of Student Involvement. For more information, call 56-3411.
Aug. 1,2, 15, and 16 USC Aiken: Planetarium shows,
“Explorers of Mauna Kea,” 8 p.m., and “Digistar Virtual Journey,” 9 p.m. There will be two Early Bird shows
Aug. 2: “Explorers of Mauna Kea,” 4 p.m., and “Digistar Virtual Journey,” 5 p.m. DuPont Planetarium, Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. For more information, call 56-3769.
Aug. 6–7 USC Aiken: Student Leadership Retreat,
sponsored by the Office of Student Involvement. For more
information, call 56-3411.
July 23 Professional Development:
“EPMS for Supervisors,” a workshop on the
Employee Performance Management System
(EPMS). For supervisors and a prerequisite
for all other management development managers. 8:45 a.m.–noon. 1600 Hampton St.,
Room 101. Free. For more information or to
register, go to http://hr.sc.edu/profdevp/classes/epms.html, call 7-6578, or e-mail hrtrain@
gwm.sc.edu.
Aug. 5 Cooking class: “Avoid the Freshman 15: Eating Healthy at College,” make the
transition to college with good eating and
activity habits, recipes for healthy snacks, for
ages 15–22. The Columbia’s Cooking! class
is sponsored by the University’s Cancer
Prevention and Control Program. 6–7 p.m.,
Kahn Jewish Community Center, Columbia.
Cost is $15. To register, call Brook Harmon at 734-4432.
For more information, e-mail brookharmon@sc.edu or go
to http://cpcp.shp.sc.edu/cooking.
Aug. 12 and 26 Nature tour: “North Inlet Kayak Tours,”
a naturalist-guided tour through the creeks of North Inlet,
including instruction in basic kayaking, a natural history overview, and educational highlights of the North Inlet ecosystem.
8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown. Cost is
$50, and includes kayak, paddle, personal floatation device,
and drinking water. Sponsored by North Inlet–Winyah Bay
NERR and the Baruch Institute. To register, call 843-546-6219.
■ Concerts
July 19 Summer series: The Finesse Band, rhythm and
blues, 7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia. Free.
Sponsored by the city of Columbia, the Columbia Action
Council, and The State newspaper. For more information,
call 343-8750 or go to www.columbiaactioncouncil.net.
The Columbia City Jazz Dance Company presents its annual performance
July 18.
Nature tours
Participants in “Carolina Crabbing” will learn about
the habits and biology of the blue crab while catching
them from the local estuary. The tour features equipment and techniques for catching crabs, rules and
regulations for harvesting from local waters, and tips
for cleaning and preparing the tasty crustaceans.The
tours are 3–5 p.m. Aug. 1 and 15 at Hobcaw
Barony, Georgetown. Participants in “Beach Night
Life” will learn about the journey of loggerhead sea
turtles nesting along South Carolina’s coast and
discover the creatures most active at night.The tour
is 7–9 p.m. Aug. 22 at Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown.
Both tours are free and sponsored by the North Inlet–
Winyah Bay NERR and the Baruch Institute.
To register, call 843-546-6219.
July 26 Summer series: Toyzz, rock,
7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia.
Free. Sponsored by the city of Columbia,
the Columbia Action Council, and The State
newspaper. For more information, call
343-8750 or go to www.columbiaactioncouncil.net.
Aug. 2 Summer series: Sabor, Latin,
7–10 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia.
Free. Sponsored by the city of Columbia,
the Columbia Action Council, and The State
newspaper. For more information, call
343-8750 or go to www.columbiaactioncouncil.net.
The Columbia-based Finesse Band brings its smooth style of
Motown, soul, rhythm and blues, classic rock, and Carolina beach
to Finlay Park July 19 for a free concert.
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The blue crab’s scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, means
“savory beautiful swimmer.”
Aug. 3 and 5 School of Music: Summer
II Chorus. The chorus will perform Handel’s
Judas Maccabaeus, conducted by Larry
Wyatt, director of choral studies, assisted
by doctoral student Clay Price. 4 p.m. Aug. 3
and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5, Rutledge Chapel, USC
Horseshoe. Concerts are free and open to
the public.
Aug. 9 Summer series: The Dick Goodwin Band, jazz, 7–
10 p.m., Finlay Park, downtown Columbia. Free. Sponsored
by the city of Columbia, the Columbia Action Council, and
The State newspaper. For more information, call 343-8750
or go to www.columbiaactioncouncil.net.
Fully grown, loggerhead turtles weigh 200 to 350 pounds and
measure about three-feet long.
■ Exhibits
Through July 19 McKissick Museum: Barbecue Joints
and the Good Folks Who Own Them, drawn from the companion book BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the
Barbecue Belt, by author and photographer David Gelin,
who traveled thousands of miles from the Carolinas to
Texas studying the cultural and traditional significance of
barbecue. For more information, call Saddler Taylor or JaNae Epps at 7-7251.
Through July 31 Thomas Cooper Library: ‘Born to
Please’:The Art of Handwriting Instruction, many of the books
in this exhibit come from the William Savage Textbook Collection, maintained by the College of Education for many
years as a reference collection for state educators. The
collection, totaling more than 4,000 volumes of American
schoolbooks from the 1790s to the 1990s, was transferred
to Rare Books and Special Collections in 2005 and now is
fully cataloged and available for research. West Gallery.
Through Aug. 9 McKissick Museum: The Dresses of
Florestine Kinchen: A Tribute to Helen Hill, featuring handmade dresses created by deceased New Orleans resident
Kinchen, as found by Helen Hill, a native of Columbia,
experimental artist, animator, filmmaker, and activist who
was murdered in her New Orleans home in 2007. Exhibit
includes a series of clips from Hill’s films and a brief clip
from her film about Kinchen. Second floor, North Gallery.
For more information, call Jason Shaiman or Ja-Nae Epps at
7-7251 (See story at right).
Through Aug. 17 Columbia Museum of Art: Carolina
Collects, works from the private collections of South Carolinians, including work by such significant artists as Picasso,
Renoir, Degas, Wyeth, Matisse, Corot, and Warhol. The
museum is located at the northwest corner of Main and
Hampton streets, downtown Columbia. For more information, call 799-2810 or go to www.columbiamuseum.org.
Through Aug. 30 Thomas Cooper Library: Recent Gifts
and Acquisitions, 2007–2008, an exhibit from Rare Books
and Special Collections, includes Medieval and Islamic
manuscripts; autographed manuscripts of Robert Burns,
Francis Marion, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Doug Marlette;
first and early editions of Spenser, Milton, Phillis Wheatley,
and Susanna Rowson; typescripts of Hemingway and John
Jakes; and original etchings by Goya. Graniteville Room.
Through Sept. 7 Upcountry History Museum:
Naturalists in South Carolina: Audubon in Context, traces the
story of some of the pioneer naturalists in South Carolina
natural history from the early 18th century to the mid 19th
century. Materials in this exhibit are from the University’s
Rare Books and Special Collections, housed in the Thomas
Cooper Library. The Upcountry History Museum is located
at 540 Buncombe St., Greenville. For more information, go
to www.upcountryhistory.org.
Through Oct. 26 Columbia Museum of Art: A Greek
Portfolio, an exhibit of photography by Carolina graduate
Constantine Manos, who worked for Life, Esquire, and Look
magazines. The museum is located at the northwest corner
of Main and Hampton streets, downtown Columbia. For
more information, call 799-2810 or go to www.columbiamuseum.org.
McKissick Museum
exhibit honors memory
of filmmaker Helen Hill
McKissick Museum is honoring the life and work of the late
Helen Hill, a Columbia native who was an experimental artist, animator, filmmaker, and activist, in an exhibit through
Aug. 9.
Hill was murdered in January 2007 by an unknown
intruder in her New Orleans home; her murder remains
unsolved.
The exhibit, titled “The Dresses of Florestine Kinchen:
A Tribute to Helen Hill,” explores Hill’s last film, which is
about Florestine Kinchen, a self-taught, African-American
seamstress, and the dresses she created.
The project was proposed to McKissick by Hill’s mother,
Becky Lewis, who said the exhibit promotes the museum’s
study of Southern traditional arts and African-American
culture and identity while also preserving Helen’s lifework.
“These dresses were very important to our daughter,
and she really wanted to honor Florestine Kinchen,” said
Lewis, an assistant professor of women’s studies. “She loved
the story, and she loved the dresses. She would even wear
them on special occasions. She really wanted to promote
Kinchen’s work and African-American art in general.”
Hill discovered the hand-sewn dresses, more than 100
in all, in a trash pile, where they had been tossed after
Kinchen’s death. She salvaged as many of the dresses as
possible, and began to develop a concept for a film. Hill’s
husband, Paul Gailiunas, is finishing the film, and it is expected to premier in Columbia this fall.
“What is remarkable about this project is the union of
these two artistic figures, Hill and Kinchen,” said curator
Jason Shaiman. “Although they never met, their lives were
united, and their artistic explorations meshed through the
preservation of cultural identity and the personal touch that
they applied to their respective art forms.”
Hill’s passion for film began during her years at Brennan
Elementary School in Columbia, where she made her first
award-winning film in sixth grade. She later turned her attention to writing and photography but rediscovered film in
1988 when she enrolled at Harvard University.
The exhibit, in the museum’s North Gallery on the
second floor, combines works by Hill and Kinchen, including about 30 of Kinchen’s dresses, which feature a variety of
patterns, colors, and materials. Film clips from Hill’s earlier
films and a brief clip from the upcoming film about Kinchen
also will be featured.
After graduation and marriage to Gailiunas, Hill released
Mouseholes, the film that put her on the map, while the
couple was living in Nova Scotia. In 2000, the couple moved
to New Orleans.
Florestine Kinchen’s hand-sewn dresses feature different patterns,
colors, and materials.The exhibit also honors filmmaker Helen Hill.
Kim Truett
Hill is survived by her husband; her son, Francis Pop
Gailiunas; her mother; and her stepfather, Kevin Lewis, an
associate professor of religious studies at Carolina.
For more information about the exhibit, call Shaiman or
Ja-Nae Epps at 7-7251. For more information about McKissick
Museum, visit www.cas.sc.edu/mcks.
Aiken publications win state, national awards
Staff members in the Office of Marketing and Community Relations at USC Aiken
have won a number of state and national awards for 2007–08.
The staff members are Jennifer Conner, director of marketing and community
relations; Jeff Mastromonico, director of visual communications and Web development; and Kendall Tubbs, coordinator of public information. The awards are:
■ Media Women of South Carolina
—USCA Magazine (2007), best magazine category, first place (Jennifer Conner)
■ National Federation of Press Women
USCA Magazine (2007), best magazine category, third place (Jennifer Conner)
■ List your events
The Times calendar welcomes submissions of listings
for campus events. Listings should include a name
and phone number so we can follow up if necessary.
Items should be sent to Times calendar at University
Publications, 920 Sumter St.; e-mailed to kdowell@
gwm.sc.edu; or faxed to 7-8212. If you have questions,
call Kathy Dowell at 7-3686. The deadline for receipt of
information is 11 business days prior to the publication
date of issue. The next publication date is Aug. 7.
■ Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
To add events here, contact Denise Wellman at
denisew@gwm.sc.edu or 7-0169.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
■ Admissions Marketing Report
—“I Chose USC Aiken” athletics video, best video category, Gold Award
(Jeff Mastromonico)
—USCA Magazine, best external publication category, Merit Award
(Jennifer Conner)
—Academic Planning Guide, best internal publication category, Merit Award
(Kendall Tubbs)
—USCA Values Calendar, best special publication category, Merit Award
(Jeff Mastromonico)
■ Service Industry Advertising Awards
—USCA Values Calendar, best calendar category, Silver Award (Jeff Mastromonico)
—“I Chose USC Aiken” athletics video, best special video production category, Bronze Award (Jeff Mastromonico)
—Academic Planning Guide, best internal publication category, Bronze Award (Kendall Tubbs)
—Pacersports.com Web site, best Web site category, Merit Award (Jeff Mastromonico)
■ CASE – District III
—Pacersports.com Web site, best overall Web site design and implementation category, Special Merit Award (Jeff Mastromonico).
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Pastides
■ In memoriam: John E. King Jr.
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with Clemson University and the Medical University of South
of many of the candidates, who said that the momentum at the
Carolina and collaborated with some of the state’s historically
University of South Carolina made this position a very desirblack colleges and universities, including Claflin and South
able one.”
Carolina State universities.
Adams said he was confident that the board chose the right
Pastides has played a key role in the
person for the job.
establishment of, and the University’s in“Harris Pastides has built a solid
volvement in, Health Sciences South Carocareer as a scholar, a researcher, and a top
lina, a consortium of the state’s research
administrator who has earned the respect
universities and leading hospital systems
of his colleagues in higher education and in
created to transform the health status and
the larger community. He understands the
the economy of South Carolina. He also has
challenges we face, the opportunities before
been intimately involved in the developus, and the University’s commitment to
ment of Innovista, the University’s innovabecoming a world-class university.”
tive research district designed to integrate
Pastides, who will succeed Andrew
high-tech research with recreational, retail,
Sorensen, said he was honored to have been
and residential space through public and
named to lead the state’s flagship university
private partnerships.
and was eager to begin forging ties with
Pastides came to Carolina from the
faculty, staff, and students, as well as key
University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
external audiences such as alumni, donors,
where he served for 13 years in a variety of
legislators, and the citizens of the state, to
capacities, including chair of the departmake the University one of the greatest in
ment of biostatistics and epidemiology,
the United States.
Pastides with his wife, Patricia, and their
associate professor, and assistant professor
“This is not a time for gradualism,” Paschildren Katharine and Andrew.
in the School of Public Health.
tides said. “I promise we will accelerate our
A nationally respected and widely published scholar in
momentum as a world-class university, yet remain a faithful
the fields of health promotion, disease prevention, health
index to the best hopes and dreams of all South Carolinians.”
disparities, and public health preparedness, Pastides is active
Pastides also said he understands and appreciates the
in numerous professional organizations.
value of public higher education and will work to keep a UniHe is a member of the Planning Group of the Institutes of
versity of South Carolina education accessible.
Medicine, the Board of Directors of the National Hydrogen
“One thing I will never compromise is the value of a UniAssociation, the Board of Directors of the Yale Alumni in
versity of South Carolina education,” he said. “The cornerstone
Public Health, and the Board of Trustees of the S.C. College of
of this University must continue to be an accessible and highPharmacy. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiquality learning experience.”
ology, a member of the American Public Health Association,
Pastides joined the University in 1998 as dean of the
the International Epidemiology Association, and the Society
Arnold School of Public Health and professor of epidemiolfor Epidemiologic Research.
ogy. He was instrumental in securing one of the University’s
Pastides earned his bachelor’s in biology and chemistry
biggest private gifts, $10 million from Columbia businessman
from the University at Albany, State University of New York,
Norman Arnold for the School of Public Health, for whom the
and his master’s in public health, his master of philosophy in
school was named, and his wife, Gerry Sue.
epidemiology, and his doctorate in epidemiology from Yale
As vice president for research, Pastides supervised the
University.
University’s research initiatives and priorities. He was the
A native of New York City, Pastides is married to the
University’s chief liaison with business and industry and has
former Patricia Moore, a native of Middletown, Conn., and
been pivotal in some of the University’s most visible partneran alumna of Holy Cross College and Yale University with a
ships and outreach and economic development initiatives.
master’s degree in public health. The couple has two children.
Under his leadership, the University’s funding for research
Katharine is an education specialist for gallery teaching proand sponsored programs has increased 69.2 percent since
grams at the Getty Villa in Malibu, Calif. Andrew is an actor in
2002, reaching a record $185.2 million in fiscal year 2007,
New York City.
and the University has broadened its research partnerships
Sorensen
continued from page 1
And, I think, we have enhanced our sensitivity as a university
to the needs of the people of South Carolina. We’ve increased
access through the Gamecock Guarantee, which covers tuition
and technology fee costs for students whose families are
below the poverty level. We’ve signed a bridge agreement that
guarantees a seamless admission to the Columbia campus for
anyone who completes an associate’s degree at one of the 16
technical colleges with at least a 2.5 GPA. And we have more
than 2,000 in-state students enrolled now than we had when I
first came to Carolina.
Finally, I can say that we now have a University system that is
unified, and every campus is proud of its University of South
Carolina affiliation.
■ What has been your biggest challenge as the
University’s president?
Convincing legislators that investing in students—from prekindergarten to Ph.D.—is an investment in the state’s future.
Politicians will acknowledge that the only way to increase the
investment is to increase taxes and that would be political
suicide; so, nothing happens. But the amount of money we’re
getting from the Legislature is less than when I first came
here. If you discount for inflation, it’s an even greater gap. So,
we don’t get even what we were getting before, but then legislators complain about rising tuition. We can’t cap tuition when
utility bills and other costs we incur are rising every year.
■ You’ve been a president or provost for the past 18
years—what are your plans now as you prepare to reenter the teaching ranks?
I taught epidemiology and community medicine to medical students for 12 years after I earned my Ph.D., and I’ll
be teaching at our medical school and our Arnold School of
Public Health. The Board of Trustees wants me to be avail-
Carpooling
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■ Your time commitments should slow down a bit
when you return to teaching, right?
■ In memoriam: Perry J. Ashley
Perry J. Ashley, a distinguished professor emeritus of journalism and mass communications who also was an associate dean
of the college and interim dean, died July 7 in Columbia from
lung cancer. A memorial service was held July 11 in the Chapel
of the Holy Spirit at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in West Columbia. Ashley was a dedicated teacher and
scholar of the history of journalism who edited five volumes
of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, which detailed the
history of print journalism in the United States. He was a
member of many professional and honorary societies; was
listed in numerous honorary reference volumes, including
Who’s Who in the World; and was active in the East Richland
Public Service District and the Richland County School District 2 Board of Trustees, both of which he had served as chair.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Europe from
1950 to 1952. He is survived by his wife, Lita C. Ashley of West
Columbia, two sons, grandchildren, a great grandson, sisters,
and a brother. Memorials can be made to the Still Hopes Residents’ Assistance Fund, 1 Still Hopes Drive, West Columbia,
S.C. 29169, or to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark
Lane, Columbia, S.C. 29210.
Flexible
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cannot be appealed, and approval of a flexible work schedule
can be rescinded or altered if necessary. Options for a flexible
work schedule include:
My calendar will be less dense, mainly because we won’t be
doing all the entertaining that comes with the presidency. But
I do expect to continue a number of speaking engagements. I
don’t think Donna is expecting me to be hanging around the
house more now that I’m stepping down as president.
■ working a four-day week; employees approved for a fourday week must work the same number of hours in a four-day
week that they would work in a five-day week
■ Speaking of which, where do you and Donna plan
to live?
■ working a flexible schedule during a five-day workweek,
such as working from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
The Flexible Work Schedule Request Form and guidelines
are available on the Human Resources’ Web site at hr.sc.
edu/flexschedule.html.
We’ll live in an apartment for a while, but our ideal would be
to live in downtown Columbia. Living in the Innovista district
would be our strong preference.
■ Wherever you live, it’s unlikely you’ll have students
living on either side as you do now on the Horseshoe.
■ working from home or from an alternate work site if the
requirements of the job can be met
That’s something we’ll miss. I love students, and I’ll still have
some student contact but not as much with undergraduates.
■ Any advice to your successor?
Times • Vol. 19, No. 11 • July 17 2008
The University must sustain the momentum on Innovista,
continue to attract South Carolina students to Carolina,
and continue to build the University’s academic reputation.
This is a competitive business—you can never rest on your
laurels, and you have to keep pace with peer institutions. We
have some outstanding faculty members and an outstanding
administrative team. All of the changes that have come about
would not have happened without these people.
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Huggins predicted more employees will come on board.
A chart prepared by Vehicle Management and Parking
Services can help employees compute their weekly commuting
costs in gas and show potential savings if they elect to car-pool
or use mass transit for their commute.
For employees of the two- and four-year campuses who
want to carpool, Huggins said his office can work with them to
set up programs if they will let him know of their interest. He
can be reached at 7-5160 or DHUGGINS@gwm.sc.edu.
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able to consult with my successor for several months, and I’ll
be on sabbatical in the spring to prepare for my return to the
classroom. I also plan to engage in research; in fact, I just got
an article accepted for the September issue of the Journal of
Academic Medicine.
John E. King Jr., former interim dean of the College of Education from 1987 to 1989, died June 28 in a Columbia hospital.
He was 94.
In addition to his service with the College of Education,
King also was president of Emporia State University; president
of the University of Wyoming in Laramie; provost and president of the University of Minnesota in Duluth; and professor
and chair of the Department of Higher Education at Southern
Illinois University in Carbondale.
Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., King received his bachelor’s
degree from North Texas State University, a master’s degree
from the University of Arkansas, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Cornell University. He was a PT boat commander in
the Pacific during World War II and retired as a commander
with the U.S. Naval Reserve.
King was a former superintendent of Presbyterian mission
schools for Paiute, Papago, and Navajo youth in Arizona;
taught high school Latin and coached baseball in Frisco,
Texas; and was an advisor to the Civilian Conservation Corps
in Ozone, Ark. He received an honorary doctorate from the
University of North Texas in Denton for his lifelong commitment to access to college for students from rural backgrounds,
minorities, and the physically challenged.
He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Glennie Beanland
King of West Columbia, two daughters and their families;
grandchildren; and great grandchildren. A memorial service
was held at Providence Presbyterian Church in West Columbia
July 1.
Huggins also is working on a purchase plan for mass transit passes on a pre-tax basis that will be available for faculty
and staff through payroll deduction. The mass transit pass
program will help reduce costs and will be good for any public
bus. The passes will be available in the near future. Details will
be announced.
For additional information, contact Rick Evans at Vehicle
Management and Parking Services at 518-8699 or evansrg@
gwm.sc.edu.
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■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Nancy Freeman, instructional and teacher education, and Stephanie
Feeney (Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii), “Professionalism and ethics
in early care and education,” Continuing Issues in Early Childhood Education, 3rd
edition, S. Feeney, A. Galper, and C. Seefeldt, editors, Merrill/Pearson, Upper
Saddle River, N.J.
Robert E. McKeown, epidemiology and biostatistics, and Douglas L. Weed,
“Epidemiology: Observational studies on human populations,” The Oxford
Textbook of Clinical Research Ethics, Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Christine Grady, Robert A. Crouch, Reidar Lie, Franklin
Miller, and David Wendler, editors, Oxford University
Press, New York.
William J. Quirk, law, Courts and Congress: America’s
Unwritten Constitution, Transaction Publishers, Edison,
N.J.
David K. Linnan, law, Enemy Combatants,Terrorism, and
Armed Conflict Law: A Guide to the Issues, Greenwood
Publishing Group–Praeger Security International,
Westport, Conn.
Bill Sudduth, University Libraries, “Federal Government Information Policy and the Electronic Federal
Depository Library,” Managing Electronic Government
Information in Libraries: Issues and Practices, Andrea Morrision, editor, American Library Association, Chicago, Ill.
Ed Madden, English, Women’s Studies, “The grounds
on which we meet: friendship and the possible,” On the
Meaning of Friendship Between Gay Men, Andrew Gottlieb, editor, Routledge, New York and London.
children play? The influence of playground equipment on physical activity
of children during free play,” Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and, with
Jeffrey Lee, medicine, Augusta LaFleur (Louisiana State University), and
Pamela Wiseman (Tulane University), “Physical activity counseling,” American
Family Physician, and with Russell Pate, exercise science, and Felipe Lobelo,
“Clinical interventions to promote physical activity in children and youth,”
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
Joshua Mann and Suzanne McDermott, family and preventive medicine,
Lesley Wilson, Center for Disability Resources, and Sarah Crawford (S.C.
Office of Research and Statistics), “Are there racial disparities in the age
when children, insured by Medicaid, with hearing loss are being identified?”
Disability and Health Journal.
Qian Wang, chemistry and biochemistry, A. Miermont, H. Barnhill, E. Strable,
X. Lu, K.A. Wall, M. Finn, and X. Huang, “Cowpea Mosaic Virus Capsid, a
Promising Carrier towards the Development of Carbohydrate Based Antitumor Vaccines,” Chem. Eur. J.
■ Lighter times
■ ARTICLES
Cathy Murphy, chemistry and biochemistry, “Using
gold nanorods to probe cell-induced collagen deformation,” Nano Letters, and “Anisotrophic metal nanoparticles: synthesis, assembly, and optical applications,”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, and “Fine-tuning the
shape of gold nanorods,” Chemistry Materials.
Marjorie Aelion and Harley Davis, environmental
health sciences, Suzanne McDermott, family and
preventive medicine, and Andrew Larson, epidemiolIf you added up all of the times I was .2 FTE in a grant budget,
ogy and biostatistics, “Metal concentrations in rural
there’d be four of me.
topsoil in South Carolina: Potential for human health
impact,” Science of the Total Environment.
Elizabeth Baxley, family and preventive medicine,
Peter Cardon, technology support and training management, “Frontline
and Thomas Campbell (University of Rochester), “Electronic health records
employee communication,” Business Communication Quarterly, “Horizontal
in academic family medicine practices: A tale of progress and opportunity,”
and vertical individualist and collectivist tendencies among Chinese and
Annals of Family Medicine.
American management students,” Journal for Global Business Education, and,
Patrick Nolan, sociology, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough,
with J.C. Scott, “Loss of face among Chinese businesspeople in intracultural
and Emily Guerrero-Arnold, “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of a
and intercultural business interactions,” The Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, and, with
Convergence Hypothesis,” Sociation Today.
E. Ko, “Marketing research in Korea: Special joint issue of Journal of Business
Research and Journal of the Korean Academy of Marketing Science,” Journal of
Nancy Freeman and Mac Brown, instruction and teacher education, “An
Business Research.
Authentic Approach to Assessing Pre-Kindergarten Programs: Redefining
Readiness,” Childhood Education.
Patrick Scott, University Libraries, “Robert Burns and James Hogg: the
Ploughman-Poet and the Etrrick Shepherd,” electricscotland [Robert Burns
Susan P. Antaramian, E. Scott Huebner, psychology, and Robert F.
Lives!].
Valois, health promotion, education, and behavior, “Adolescent Life Satisfaction,” Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
Mark Nagel, sport and entertainment management, and R.M. Southall,
“Boycott might open economic discussion for NCAA athletes,” Sports
Sarah Griffin, Dawn K. Wilson, psychology, Sara Wilcox, exercise
Business Journal, and, with B.D. Ridpath and R.M. Southall, “New rules for a
science, Jacqueline Buck, and Barbara E. Ainsworth, “Physical activity influnew ballgame: Legislative and judicial rationales for revamping the NCAA’s
ences in a disadvantaged African American community and the communities’
enforcement process,” Entertainment and Sport Law Journal.
proposed solutions,” Health Promotion Practice.
Karen Patten, technology support and training management, J. Fjermestad,
Steven N. Blair, exercise science, A.M. Thompson, P.T. Katzmarzyk, Timothy
K. Passerinin, and M.R. Bartolacci, “Wireless Connectivity and Its RelationS. Church, C.P. Ernest, and I. Janssen, “Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predicship to Emerging Economies: the Example of China,” International Journal of
tor of Cancer Mortality Among Men with Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes,”
Mobile Communications.
Diabetes Care.
Joshua Mann, family and preventive medicine, Robert McKeown,
E. Angela Murphy, J. Mark Davis and Martin D. Carmichael, exercise
epidemiology and biostatistics, Janice Bacon, obstetrics and gynecology,
science, Abdul Ghaffar, pathology, microbiology, and immunology (mediRouman Vesselinov, statistics, Freda Bush, and M.S. Jackson, “Do antenatal
cine), Elizabeth J. Mayer, epidemiology & biostatistics, and J.D. Gangemi,
religious and spiritual factors impact the risk of postpartum depressive
“Exercise stress increases susceptibility to influenza infection,” Brain, Behavior,
symptoms?” Journal of Women’s Health.
and Immunity.
Suzanne McDermott and Joshua Mann, family and preventive medicine,
Patrick Nolan, sociology, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough,
and Li Zhou (USC biostatistics graduate student), “Injury treatment among
and Emily Guerrero-Arnold, “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of a
children with autism or pervasive developmental disorder,” Journal of Autism
Convergence Hypothesis,” Sociation Today.
and Developmental Disorders.
J. Mark Davis, E. Angela Murphy, and Martin D. Carmichael, and
Kevin Bennett, family and preventive medicine, L.E. Peterson (Case WestJ.L. McClellan, exercise science, and J.D. Gangemi, “Quercetin reduces
ern Reserve), M. DoDoo, A. Bazemore, and R.L. Phillips (Robert Graham
susceptibility to influenza infection following stressful exercise,” American
Center), “Nonemergency medicine-trained physician coverage in rural
Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
emergency departments,” Journal of Rural Health.
Ed Madden, English, Women’s Studies, “The language of flowers” [poem],
Rebecca Meriwether, family and preventive medicine, Steven Blair and
The Louisville Review.
Timothy Church, exercise science, Sara Shuger, and Xuemei Sui, “Body
Roy Wuthier, chemistry and biochemistry, “Analysis and Molecular
mass index as a predictor of hypertension incidence among initially healthy
Modeling of the Formation, Structure, and Activity of the Phosphatidylserinenormotensive women,” American Journal of Hypertension.
Calcium-Phosphate Complex Associated with Biomineralization,” Journal of
Andrew Lawson, epidemiology and biostatistics, Suzanne McDermott,
Biological Chemistry.
family and preventive medicine, Marjorie Aelion, environmental health
Qian Wang, chemistry and biochemistry, “Surface Modification of Tobacco
sciences, and H. Zhen (USC biostatistics Ph.D. student), “Spatial analysis of
Virus with ‘Click’ Chemistry,” ChemBioChem.
mental retardation and residence during pregnancy,” Geospatial Health.
Paul Thompson, chemistry and biochemistry, T.C. Osborne, R. Weller, and
S.R. Rajski, “In Situ Generation of a Bisubstrate Analog for Protein Arginine
Methyltransferase 1,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, and, with
T.C. Osborne, O. Obianyo, X. Zhang, and X. Cheng, “Protein Arginine
Methylatransferase 1: Positively charged residues in substrate peptides distal
to the site or methylation are important for substrate binding and catalysis,”
Biochemistry, and with Y. Hwang, L. Wang, L. Jiang, N.L. Kelleher, and P.A. Cole,
“A Selective Chemical Probe for Coenzyme-A requiring Enzymes,” Angew
Chem Int Engl.
Rebecca Meriwether, family and preventive medicine, T.A. Farley,
E.T. Baker, J.C. Rice, and L.S. Webber (Tulane University), “Where do the
Timothy Church, exercise science, Rebecca Meriwether, family and
preventive medicine, Steven Blair, exercise science, Xuemei Sui, and Felipe
Lobelo (exercise science graduate student), “Uric acid and the development of metabolic syndrome in women and men,” Metabolism: Clinical and
Experimental.
Paul F. Beattie, exercise science, and R.M. Nelson, “Preserving the quality
of the patient-therapist relationship: An important consideration for valuecentered physical therapy care,” Editorial Journal of Orthopedic and Sports
Physical Therapy.
Steven P. Hooker,Timothy S. Church, and Steven N. Blair, exercise
science, Natalie Colabianchi, epidemiology and biostatistics, Xuemei Sui,
I-Min Lee, and Chong-Do Lee, “A Prospective Study of Cardiorespiratory
Fitnesss and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women,” Diabetes Care.
Sara Wilcox, exercise science, and Abby C. King, “Exploring physical activity
preferences,” Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
Timothy Church and Steven N. Blair, exercise science, Rebecca A.
Meriwether, family and preventive medicine, Sara L. Shuger, and Xuemei Sui,
“Body Mass Index as a Predictor of Hypertension Incidence Among Initially
Healthy Normotensive Women,” American Journal of Hypertension.
■ PRESENTATIONS
Nancy Freeman, instructional and teacher education, Beverly Hunter,
and Noelle Patrick (S.C. Department of Social Services), “Developing your
roots: Supporting technical assistance providers through higher education,”
National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Development Institute, New Orleans.
Stacy L. Fritz, exercise science, A.R. Merlo, and E.D. Rivers, “Intensive
Mobility Training for an Individual with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case
Study,” Scientific Conference of the S.C. Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund,
Charleston, and, with A.R. Merlo, E.D. Rivers, and E. Watson, “Intensive Mobility Training as an Intervention for Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord
Injury: A Pilot Study,” at Physical Therapy 2008, American Physical Therapy
Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Rachel Hall, family and preventive medicine, “Update on HPV and management of abnormal pap smears,” Preferred Blue Physician Conference, Isle of
Palms.
David A. Rotholz, Center for Disability Resources, “Creating the Future:
Beyond Our Inheritance of the Past,” American Association on Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities, Washington, D.C.
Paul Thompson, chemistry and biochemistry, “Design and synthesis of
PRMT1 selective inhibitors” FASEB Biological methylation: From DNA to
histones,” Carefree, Ariz., and, with B. Knuckley and B. Luo, “Profiling protein
Arginine Deiminase 4 (PAD4): A Novel Screen to Identify PAD4 Inhibitors,”
Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Andover, N.H., and,
same conference, with X. Liu, L. Wang, K. Zhao,Y. Hwang, R. Marmorstein,
and P.A. Corl, “The Structural Basis of protein Acetylation by the p300/CBP
Transcriptional Coactivator.”
Warren J. Carson, languages, literature, and composition, Upstate, “Beyond
the Obvious—Teaching Students to Write With Success About Poetry,” AP
English Literature Teachers’ Conference, Dallas, Texas.
Elizabeth Baxley, family and preventive medicine, “New model implementation in academic family medicine practices: A tale of progress and opportunity,” Association of Departments of Family Medicine Annual Meeting, San
Diego, Calif.
Qian Wang, chemistry and biochemistry, “Fluorogenic click reaction and its
application in bioimaging,” Sino-Chem Symposium, Bejing, China, and “Hierarchical assembly of bionanoparticles and polymers,” East Asian Polymer
Conference, Shanghai, China.
Patricia Willer, International Programs, “Asian Study Opportunities: What
Taiwan Can Share With Us” and “Writing An Effective Proposal,” NAFSA:
Association of International Educators, Washington, D.C.
Jim Charles, education, Upstate, “American Indian Literatures: An Overview,” Native American Studies Week, USC Lancaster.
Juanita Villena-Alvarez, foreign languages, Beaufort, “Using Effective
FL Outcomes Assessment and Program Evaluations for Grant Getting
Purposes,” 2008 CIBER Business Language Conference: Preparing Global
Business Leaders, St. Petersburg, Fla., and same conference, “Energizing the
Discipline Nationally: Bridging Differences between Language for Specific
Purposes and Language for Literature,” and “Students and Money: Methods
and Techniques for Expanding Business Language Programs.”
Lisa Johnson, Women’s Studies, Upstate, “The Crippling Effects of
Romance: Disability Studies, Critical Heterosexuality, and the Memoirs of
Nancy Mairs,” Women’s Studies Conference, USC Columbia.
■ OTHER
Gregory MacDougall, Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, Aiken,
elected director for the National Science Teachers Association, District VI
(South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee).
Ed Madden, English, Women’s Studies, his short story “Room 208” was
selected as one of 12 winning stories for the 2008 S.C. Fiction Project, sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission and the Charleston Post and Courier.
Patricia Willer, International Programs, appointed chair of conference
content, NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Herb Hartsook, S.C. Political Collections, named chair of the new Archives
Committee of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress.
Tom McConnell, English, Upstate, won the 2007 H.E. Francis Prize for the
Short Story, awarded by the Ruth Hindman Foundation and the University
of Alabama Huntsville. He also has been named a John Woods Scholar by
Western Michigan University.
Warren J. Carson, languages, literature, and composition, Upstate, named
chair of the Test Development Committee for AP English Literature and
Composition and elected chair of the Board of Trustees of Isothermal Community College, Spindale, N.C.
Patrick D. Nolan, sociology, elected to the council of the Evolution and
Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.
Lisa Johnson, Women’s Studies, Upstate, named president-elect of the
Southeastern Women’s Studies Association.
Gregg Akkerman, music, Upstate, named chapter director of the Greenville Songwriters.
Bea Walters Smith, alumni affairs, Upstate, named 2008–09 president of
the Leadership Spartanburg Alumni Association.
Judy Prince, Greenville campus, Upstate, named a Ford Foundation Regionalism and Sustainable Development Fellow.
■ 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.
Share your vacation pictures with us. Send digital images
to larryw@gwm.sc.edu. The deadline is Aug. 18.
July 17, 2008
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Staff spotlight
Social Work
reaccredited
for eight years
■ Name: Lisa Hudgins
■ Title: Archaeological research
assistant
■ Department: S.C. Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology at
Carolina
■ Background: Native
of Charlotte,
N.C., raised
in Charlotte;
Washington,
D.C.; Bangkok,
Thailand; and
Asheville, N.C.;
BA in psychology, 1981, Duke
University; First Class Petty Officer
(aerospace physiology/water survival
instructor), U.S. Navy, 1982–94; MA in
art history, 2000, Carolina; master of
library and information science degree,
2002, Carolina; librarian at U.S. Coast
Guard Academy, New London, Conn.,
and U.S. Air Force Base, Bitburg, Germany; librarian/instructor, VTLS Inc.,
Blacksburg, Va.; postings in Uganda, Japan, and Spain; joined S.C. Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology in 1994
to work on the Santa Elena Project, capital of 16th century Spanish Florida and
site of Charlesfort, a French settlement
that predated the Spanish settlement.
Hanging around McMaster
A number of works adorn the halls
of McMaster College this summer.
“What you don’t see can’t hurt
you,” left, by MFA student Diana
Farfán, is a marionette made out of
stoneware, found objects, and steel.
■ Tell us about your job. I am a
“jack-of-all-trades” for our team of
archaeologists. I provide computer support, including graphics and publications; GIS work; spreadsheet/database
management; lab analysis; researcher
and genealogist—basically anything
that’s needed. The Santa Elena Project is
my main focus, but over the years I have
assisted with others.
The base of the piece is made from
■ How did you land in this position? I came to the University prior to
attending graduate school and volunteered at the Santa Elena archaeological
site. A week after I returned from the
field, I got a call from institute archaeologist Stan South to work full-time at the
institute. The job fit, and I’ve been here
as often as possible ever since, whenever
funding and schedules coincide.
is beauty everywhere,” Farfán said. “I
■ What has motivated you to pursue such a wide variety of work?
It’s part of my nature to be inquisitive.
I identify with my father, whose Civil
Service job allowed him to pursue a
variety of interesting posts. Near the
end of his career, he elected to stay close
to home for the sake of his family. I detected a hint of “what if” when he talked
about his decision and decided to make
choices that would allow me to explore
life full bore. My parents always said,
“You can be whatever you want,” and I
took them at their word.
■ What job skills are most valuable to you in your work? The ability
to learn on my own and to adapt to
new technology. I like to keep up with
the times, but I don’t always have the
time or the resources to stop and take
a course; so, I learned to pick up new
concepts quickly.
■ How do you unwind when you’re
not working? I enjoy reading, working
in historic ceramics, genealogy, writing,
photography, and singing. It can be
very solitary working at a computer for
eight hours at a time; so, I also like to do
volunteer work that gets me out among
people.
■ What advice would you have for
people just starting out in their
careers? A mentor once told me that
if you have the opportunity to travel
down different paths and explore them
without consequences to anyone but
yourself, then you’re fortunate. Take the
chance while you can, because you won’t
always have those opportunities. Run
with it, and see what fits you best. I’ve
tried a lot, and this job fits best for me.
I look forward to coming to work every
day, and I think of my work as a passion
rather than an imposition.
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July 17, 2008
an old plowshare; the eyepiece is an
old camera lens; and other parts are
assorted found strings, screws, and
hinges. Another marionette Farfán
created was awarded Best in Show
during the art department’s Student
Art Exhibit in March. “I believe there
like to work with the little things we
usually don’t see, like things found in
a trashcan.They are beautiful to me.”
MFA student Belle Blanpied created
the above print on hand-made paper.
Several companion pieces—contemporary sculptures made of hand-made
paper placed on welded steel—also are
on display.
At its June meeting, the Commission on
Accreditation of the Council on Social
Work Education voted to reaffirm reaccreditation of the MSW program in the
College of Social Work for eight years,
the maximum number possible. The
program now is accredited through June
2015.
Dennis L.
Poole, dean
of the college,
attributed the
success of the
reaccreditation
to all faculty,
students, staff,
administrators,
and community social work
Poole
practitioners
who contributed to the self-study process and especially to Miriam Johnson,
associate dean, and the team members
who served on the self-study committee.
The self-study document the committee
produced was high in quality and among
the best reviewed by the Commission on
Accreditation, Poole said.
“The College of Social Work has the
only fully accredited Master of Social
Work program in South Carolina. For
the Commission on Accreditation to vote
to reaffirm the program’s accreditation
for eight years speaks volumes about
the quality of our graduate program,” he
said. “It’s why students throughout the
nation and world come to the University
to get their MSW degree.
“I have been a faculty member at five
universities. The self-study document
prepared by our faculty is the best I’ve
ever read. This is a testimony to how
seriously the faculty take teaching and
their responsibility to prepare students
for professional social work practice.
“Next year will be the 40th anniversary for the College of Social Work.
It would be a great anniversary gift if a
generous donor came along to ‘name’
the College of Social Work or, better yet,
help to finance a building that would put
all our faculty, research centers, and
student classrooms under one roof.”
Lessons go swimmingly for children of faculty and staff
By Larry Wood
In its first year, swimming classes for children of faculty and staff have already made a
big splash.
By the end of July, more than 600 children from ages 3 to 14 will have learned to
swim or to perfect their strokes. The classes,
offered twice in the morning and twice in
the evening at the outdoor pool at the Strom
Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center, have
been free.
“I noticed a need and, with most Carolina
students gone for the summer, saw an opportunity,” said Rachel Carr, who is in her first
year as aquatics coordinator at the Thurmond
center. “This year’s classes have been a pilot
program, but almost all have been at capacity. It’s very exciting!”
Classes start at level one, designed for
children ages 3 to 5, and progress through
Kim Truett
level six, for children ages 11 or 12. The lower- Instructors Shannon Livingston, left, and Rebecca Woodford get a kick out of working with young swimmers
at the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center pool. Lessons have been at or near capacity all summer.
level classes help acclimate children to the
children. “We had so many calls from parents with children ages 9 to
water and to learn basic swimming strokes. By the time children reach
12 months old who wanted to enroll, but we couldn’t accommodate
level 6, they know all of the strokes and have the opportunity to hone
them this summer,” Carr said. “Next summer, we know that there is a
their skills and even learn skills such as flip turns.
big interest with that age group.”
Angela Martin, the center’s part-time swim lessons coordinator,
A class for adults in the fall and spring is another possibility.
helped Carr get the program off the ground and into the pool. She
Adding another evening session is also a possibility for next sumcoordinated all of the registration, answered parents’ questions, and
mer. “The evening options have been our most popular,” Martin said.
along with the assistance of veteran instructor Amanda Hilton, helped
Carr also would like to open the program to the Columbia comtrain the program’s 13 instructors.
munity in the near future. “Because of the overwhelming response
“We didn’t know what to expect, but the response has been outthat we’ve had this summer by USC faculty and staff, I believe we’ll
standing. We’re full through the end of the summer,” said Martin, a
probably be able to offer the classes to the community next summer,”
former head lifeguard and a lifeguard at the center for three years. “We
Carr said. “My goal is to cultivate a better relationship with Campus
thought it would be a great opportunity to be able to bring kids into the
Recreation at USC and our community by providing lessons at a reafacility. The kids have been so excited.”
sonable cost at our facility.”
Next year, Carr plans to add a parent/child class for even younger