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The Kuyokon Owl,
right, an oil painting
on sculptural panel
by Daniel Liegey, is
one of the works
on display at the
USC Beaufort
Gallery’s juried
show. Page 5
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August 6,
6 2009
A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
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University meets fund-raising goal set by benefactor
The Darla Moore School of Business has exceeded a fund-raising challenge set by
benefactor and University trustee Darla Moore—the first step in a strategic renewal
process that will redefine business education.
Moore’s challenge required the school to raise $30 million in funds beyond the
University’s institutional commitment of $15 million by Aug. 3.
President Pastides said the Darla Moore School total includes $42.4 million in
gifts, pledges, and in-kind donations, much of which has come during one of the
most challenging fund-raising periods in decades.
Moore, who earned her bachelor’s degree from Carolina in 1975 and is the
leading female benefactor of any business school in the world, announced her $45
million challenge gift to the business school in April 2004. That announcement laid
the groundwork for the University and the school to raise additional monies for
student scholarships, faculty support, a new building, and initiatives to strengthen
its position in international-business education and spur economic development in
the Palmetto State.
“I am delighted that so many of our alumni and friends have taken this opportunity to invest in the business school of our state’s flagship institution, despite today’s difficult economic times,” Moore said. “By pledging their hard-earned dollars,
Moore
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DOJ lease allows
for construction
of new biz building
Opera singer Voigt
to address grads
Internationally known opera singer Deborah
Joy Voigt will speak at summer commencement exercises for baccalaureate, master’s,
and professional degree recipients for all
eight campuses at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 in the
Colonial Center. Voigt also will receive an
honorary doctor of music degree.
Commencement exercises for doctoral
candidates will be held at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 8 in
the Koger Center. The
speaker there will be
Katherine E. Chaddock, an associate
professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and
Policies in the College
of Education.
The University exVoigt
pects to award 1,000
degrees from the Columbia campus, including three associate’s degrees, 502 baccalaureate degrees, five law degrees, 10 graduate
certificates, 400 master’s degrees, 19 specialist’s degrees, and 61 doctoral degrees.
Graduates of the University’s regional and
four-year campuses also will receive degrees:
Aiken—66 baccalaureate and 11 master’s degrees; Beaufort—four associate’s degrees and
35 baccalaureate degrees; Lancaster—
10 associate’s degrees; Salkehatchie—10 associate’s degrees; Sumter—seven associate’s
degrees; and Upstate—230 baccalaureate and
two master’s degrees.
Voigt has participated in dozens of productions at major opera houses around the
world while assuming some of opera’s most
challenging roles. She has recorded extensively on several labels, has been a featured
performer in a variety of television productions, and has given acclaimed concerts
of Broadway tunes and popular American
songs. In 2000, she performed Strauss and
Wagner with the USC Symphony Orchestra at
the Koger Center.
A graduate of the California State University-Fullerton voice program, Voigt established the Deborah Voigt/Vero Beach Opera
Foundation’s Protégé Mentoring Program
for voice and acting training to help aspiring performers. She is a strong advocate for
music education, visiting elementary schools
to introduce music concepts to children and
taking part in master classes and other programs for music students. She also has given
numerous benefit performances, including
concerts for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights
AIDS and the New York Theater Workshop.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
announced July 20 that it has agreed to a 20year lease for the Close-Hipp Building, which
houses the Darla Moore School of Business,
allowing the University to construct a new
building for the business school in the heart
of Innovista.
President Pastides said the announcement
represents a tremendous gain for Carolina
and the community.
❝Having the interna-
tionally recognized Darla
Moore School in Innovista
will be transformative.
❞
—President Pastides
Lab space upfitting begins in Horizon I
“Having the internationally recognized
Darla Moore School in Innovista will be
transformative,” Pastides said. “We are
thrilled to announce our intent to construct a
new building.
“But, ultimately, Innovista is about the
people and what goes on inside the buildings.
The teaching, learning, and research, along
with the Darla Moore School’s vast array of
seminars and conferences, will help attract
knowledge-based enterprises to Innovista
and potentially to our state and build the
intellectual foundation of Innovista.”
Construction of a new business school
should begin early next year, with completion
set for May 2013, said Ted Moore, vice president for finance and planning and interim
provost.
The new business building, to be built at
a site bounded by Lincoln, Greene, Park, and
Devine streets near the Carolina Coliseum,
will have classroom and meeting space.
Moore said the $90 million structure will
be paid for with:
By Chris Horn
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Photo illustration by Michael Brown and Kimberley Massey
Rain, rain—don’t go away!
Geography professors Kirstin Dow, left, and Greg Carbone,
center, and biology professor Dan Tufford are studying the effects that climate change is bringing to a major
river basin in South Carolina.Their research, featured on page 3, is intended to provide better water flow
models and planning data for municipalities that rely on the Pee Dee River.
■ Innovista
Upfitting of laboratory and office space on two floors of the Horizon I building in
Innovista has begun for two of the University’s endowed chair scientists and their
research groups.
Columbia-based Monroe Construction is expected to complete the project in
December. Each floor contains 25,000 square feet, and the project budget is
$7.3 million. Funding for the project was budgeted in construction of the building.
“This building is important to us in terms of the science it will produce, and the
invention disclosures and technologies that will make their way to the marketplace,”
said John Parks, executive director of Innovista. “What we’re trying to do is create an
environment for the entire life cycle of a company, and that begins with the research of
our faculty, including our endowed chairs.”
Brian Benicewicz, endowed chair of the Center for Polymer Nanocomposites and a
professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will move his 13-member
research group into the second-floor laboratory and office space. Benicewicz’s research
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■ Share your summer
snapshots with us
The deadline to get pictures into Times
for the 15th-annual summer vacation
photo spread is Aug. 17. The photos will
appear in the Aug. 27 issue. Pictures of
vacations, staycations, trips to the beach,
travels to Europe, or excursions just
around the corner are welcome. Send
digital images to Larry Wood at
larryw@mailbox.sc.edu.
Briefly
HEALTH CENTER OFFERS FREE PARKING
FOR PHARMACY CUSTOMERS: Customers of the
Thomson Student Health Center pharmacy have access to free
parking in the adjacent Bull Street parking garage.The parking is
available through a partnership between the health center and
the Vehicle Management and Parking Services office. Signs mark
the five, 30-minute parking spaces, which are located near the
Bull Street garage visitor gate directly behind the health center.
When leaving the garage, pharmacy customers’ parking will be
validated with their pharmacy receipts.The Thomson Student
Health Center pharmacy, located on the third floor, is a fullservice pharmacy for the University community.The pharmacy
fills prescriptions and offers over-the-counter medications,
vitamins, and hygiene products.The pharmacy is open from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday and from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
For more information about the pharmacy, go to
www.sa.sc.edu/shs/tshc/pharmacy.shtml.
PARENTS CALENDAR AND HANDBOOK CAN
BENEFIT FACULTY, STAFF: The Parents Calendar and
Handbook 2009–10 is available online at www.sa.sc.edu/parents/
docs/ParentsCalendarandHandbook2009-10.pdf.
The calendar and handbook is designed for parents of Carolina
students, but it also is a valuable resource for faculty and staff.
The publication features all University dates, an A-to-Z resource
guide, and other information about the University. Earlier this
year, the 2008–09 edition received the Award of Excellence in
the institutional publications category from the Council for the
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III.
For questions or suggestions for items to be included in the
2010–11 calendar and handbook, contact Melissa Gentry, director of parents programs, at 7-5937 or mfgentry@sc.edu.
Grant educates Upstate students about misuse of alcohol
The Alcohol and Drug Education Programs at USC Upstate
received a $30,000 three-year grant from the National College
Athletic Association (NCAA) to educate students about the
risks involved with the misuse of alcohol.
“This grant will allow the USC Upstate Alcohol and Drug
Education Programs to partner with athletics to provide student leaders with the tools to educate and mentor other students about the consequences associated with high risk drinking,” said Frances Jarrett-Hortis, assistant vice chancellor for
student affairs. “The end result will be that we will be able to
help students bring their drinking attitudes and behaviors
closer to actual group norms as appropriate and equip legal
drinking age students with effective strategies for reducing the
risk of harm associated with high-risk drinking.”
USC Upstate has several specific objectives planned during
the three year grant period, including:
■ increase the number of high-risk students—particularly
student-athletes, first-year students, and Greeks—receiving
exposure to alcohol prevention education, programs, and support services
■ use effective, research-driven environmental strategies to
improve awareness, knowledge, and enforcement of alcohol
and other drugs
■ develop and implement a peer education training for select
student-athletes and other student leaders to provide alcohol
and other drug education programs to the campus community
■ increase the number of substance-free events offered cam-
pus wide, including marketing of alcohol awareness messages
■ increase parent awareness and understanding of alcohol and
other drug statistics, programs, support services, and educational opportunities available for students with special attention to parents of student-athletes and first-year students.
The NCAA, through the support of the NCAA Foundation
and Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., developed CHOICES,
a grant program that provides funding annually for 15 NCAA
member institutions and conferences. The program integrates
athletics into campuswide efforts to reduce alcohol abuse by
partnering athletics with other campus partners in the development and implementation of effective alcohol education
projects on college campuses.
For more information, call Erin Morgan, coordinator of
alcohol and drug education programs, at 52-5195.
Dance Marathon wins
Ryan White award
The University’s Dance Marathon
student group recently received
the Ryan White Adversity Award
for raising a record $111,000 while
overcoming significant challenges
this year.The selection committee noted that Dance Marathon
faced a drop in funding and
commitments of local businesses.
In spite of those losses, the group
raised a record amount of money
for Palmetto Health Children’s
Hospital as well as set a record for
the number of student dancers at
more than 1,000. The Ryan White
Award is named in honor of a
young man who, through a blood
transfusion, was infected with the
HIV/AIDS virus in the 1980s. Ryan
became a national spokesperson
for HIV/AIDS awareness and
patient rights. He passed away at
18, just a few weeks away from
attending Indiana University. In his
memory, his friends created the
first Children’s Miracle Network
Dance Marathon.
ADULT STUDENT HONOR SOCIETY
INDUCTS 12: The Mu Gamma chapter of Alpha Sigma
Lambda adult student honor society inducted 12 new students.
They are Denise Bachmann-Krug, a geology major from Elgin;
Tenia Bostick, a liberal-studies major from Allendale; Daniel
Brasington, a liberal-studies major, and Avis Clyburn, a liberalstudies major, from Lancaster; James Holcombe, a history
major, and Carmen Smith, a Spanish major from Columbia;
Andrew Holland, a finance major from Lexington; Lynn Kea, an
interdisciplinary-studies major from Hampton; Elizabeth Lewis,
an accounting major from Rembert; and Sheila Pack, a psychology major, Sadia Reed, a biology major, and Toby Shuler, a nursing
major from Sumter. Founded in 1945, Alpha Sigma Lambda
recognizes the academic success of adult students. Carolina
chartered its chapter in 2000. For more information, call Harriet
Hurt, director of adult-student services, at 7-8155.
CAROLINA’S FIRST LADY TO TEACH
MEDITERRANEAN COOKING: Columbia’s Cooking
is offering a five-part Mediterranean Cooking Series with
Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides as the instructor.
The cost is $130 for the entire series or $30 per class.The class
will meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 17–21 in the Discovery I
Building, 915 Greene St., Room 101.The schedule is:
• Mezedakia Appetizers, Aug. 17
• The World of Filo, Aug.18
• Soups, Stews, and Casseroles, Aug. 19
• Vegetable Dishes: Mains and Sides, Aug. 20
• Desserts, Aug. 21.
MOORE SCHOOL RECEIVES EATON
CORPORATION GRANT: The Moore School of
Business received a “Powering Communities Grant” of $9,000
to benefit its Master of Human Resources (MHR) program.The
funds will provide fellowships to two incoming MHR students,
beginning in fall 2009. “The University of South Carolina is a
tremendous campus partner and has supplied Eaton with top
talent,” said Casey Watson, university relations campus manager
for Eaton. Since 2004, nine MHR graduates have entered Eaton’s
Human Resources Development Program, and two students
from the International MBA program have joined the company’s
Global Leadership Development Program. Eaton Corporation is
a diversified industrial manufacturer headquartered in Cleveland,
Ohio, with offices in Sumter and Greenwood.
CAROLINA STUDENTS TOP SEC HONOR
ROLL: Carolina topped the 2009 Southeastern Conference
(SEC) Spring Academic Honor Roll with 114 student-athletes.
The University of Georgia was next with 99 honorees.The
honor roll is based on grades from the 2008 spring, summer,
and fall terms. A student-athlete must have a 3.00 grade point
average during the preceding academic year (two semesters)
or a cumulative GPA at or above 3.00.The SEC named 883
student-athletes to the 2009 honor roll.
CAROLINA REPORTER WINS NATIONAL SPJ
AWARD: The Carolina Reporter was named a “National
Finalist” as best all-around nondaily newspaper in the Society
of Professional Journalists contest.The paper was judged the
best in Region 3 before advancing to the nationals. For a list
of all the winners, go to www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=891#891.
The Carolina Reporter, the print senior semester newspaper of
the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, also was
named the top collegiate paper in South Carolina by the S.C.
Press Association.
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Institute for African American Research awards grants
The Institute for African American Research (IAAR) awarded
its first research grants to two faculty members and two doctoral students.
The recipients are Tracey Weldon-Stewart, an associate
professor of English; Robert Weyeneth, a professor of history;
Carmen Sanchez, a fourth-year doctoral student in clinicalcommunity psychology; and Michelle Williams, a first-year
doctoral student in the Arnold School of Public Health.
“We received many strong applications, ranging widely in
scope,” said Daniel Littlefield, IAAR director and a professor
in the history department. “All of these were representative
of our mission to foster interdisciplinary work in the field of
African-American research, and they demonstrate just how
vibrant the breadth of this activity is across all of the University’s campuses. Each of our award recipients presented particularly exciting and innovative project proposals that promise to
make important contributions to their respective fields.”
This first round of grants will help fund:
DEA supports Thompson
memorial scholarship
Mike Smith, chair of the Department of Criminology
and Criminal Justice, received a check for $5,000
from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) to support the Meredith Thompson Memorial
Scholarship Fund.
The check is from the DEA Survivor’s Association, which supports the families of agents killed in
the line of duty. The department awards approximately $2,500 per year to students from the fund.
Thompson served with distinction as a special
agent with the DEA. She was in Columbia’s DEA
office from 1985 to 1994 when she was assigned to
the DEA’s Miami offices. She graduated from the
College of Criminal Justice in 1985. The scholarship
fund was established by her parents and the DEA.
On Aug. 27, 1994, Thompson was killed in
the line of duty in the Peruvian Andes.She had
volunteered for Operation Snowcap, a mission to
eliminate cocaine production in Peru. The scholarship was established to reward those students who
exemplify the same qualities Thompson was well
known for: personal integrity, professional dedication, and academic scholarship.
■ Weldon-Stewart’s research on African-American speech
patterns among the working class for her forthcoming book
Middle Class African American English
■ Weyeneth’s research on segregation and its influence on
construction projects
■ Sanchez’ research on cerebral abnormalities in children with
sickle-cell anemia
■ Williams’ research on utilizing African-American hairdress-
ers and barbers as advocates for colorectal cancer screenings.
The IAAR will award research grants twice per year. The
grant amounts are $1,500 for faculty and $1,000 for graduate
students.
The institute was established in 2008 to support research
that enhances the scholarly study and public understanding
of race and black life in South Carolina, the Southeast, and
beyond. For more information about the IAAR, call Francesca
Fair at 7-4472.
National Physical Activity
Plan is focus of conference
The University’s Prevention Research Center is taking the lead in
developing a national plan that will encourage Americans to be active
every day. The National Physical Activity Plan, to be released later
this year, was the focus of a July conference in Washington, D.C.
Those contributing input during the conference included policymakers, scientists, healthcare providers, and leaders in public
health, education, transportation, media, industry, and nonprofit
organizations. The University, with initial support from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, organized the groups that
developed and implemented the plan.
Russell Pate, a researcher in the Arnold School of Public Health
and a nationally recognized expert on the link between physical activity and health, said the plan will help communities and individuals make changes necessary for fitness.
“Over the past two decades, scientists and healthcare professionals have worked to understand the role that physical activity
has on our health,” Pate said. “Now, we must tackle—as a nation—
putting this knowledge into practice.”
Healthcare and personal costs for treating these diseases are rising dramatically, he said, exacerbating an emotional and financial
toll on families. “The time for a national physical activity plan is
now,” Pate said.
Continuing Medical Education is among best in class nationally
By Larry Wood
For the second time in a row, the USC School of MedicinePalmetto Health Richland Continuing Medical Education
Organization has accomplished two significant achievements.
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), a national agency based in Chicago, has accredited the program for the maximum six years instead of the
usual four and awarded accreditation “with commendation.”
Of the 729 programs the ACCME accredits across the country,
only 6 or 7 percent receive accreditation with commendation.
The School of Medicine is the only such program in the state
to have its continuing medical education program accredited
for six years.
“It’s wonderful to have the recognition,” said Morris J.
Blachman, assistant dean for Continuing Medical Education
and Faculty Development. “This achievement recognizes that
the work we are doing is high-quality work.”
The difference between a four-year and a six-year accreditation and receiving or not receiving commendation involves
two different compliance levels. The USCSOM-PHR CME Organization not only met 15 “must have” criteria that everyone
must meet but also excelled at seven other “stretch goals.” The
additional criteria address the extent to which a CME organization is integrated in their sponsoring institutions to achieve
systemic change and improvements in quality of patient care.
“If you are just putting on programs on your own, that’s
a good thing, but if you’re able to engage the wide range of
stakeholders who have an interest in continuing medical
education, you enhance your program,” Blachman said. “In
our case, for example, on our steering committee, we have
a member from DHEC, someone from the Department of
Michael Brown
Richard Hoppmann, left, dean of the School of Medicine;
Morris J. Blachman, assistant dean, Continuing Medical Education and
Faculty Development, in the School of Medicine; and James Raymond, senior
vice president for quality medical education and research and chief academic
officer for Palmetto Health Richland celebrate continuing education’s six-year
accreditation with commendation.
Mental Health, representatives from Baptist and Richland
hospitals, people in quality, and the key leadership from
Palmetto Health. We’ve been able to demonstrate engagement
with our work environment, and that’s why we received commendation.”
The Continuing Medical Education Organization provides
strategic value to the USC School of Medicine and Palmetto
Health Richland.
“We help promote quality medical performance,” Blach-
man said. “We assist physicians in their quest for life-long
learning, and we assist physicians in their ability to better
serve their patients.”
Receiving accreditation for six years is not only an honor
but also saves the University money. “The accreditation process takes well over a year and requires a substantial amount
of time and work,” Blachman said. “But by being awarded
two extra years, we will only have to go through the accreditation process twice every 12 years, unlike most schools, with
four-year accreditations, who will go through the process three
times.”
Blachman credited the continuing medical education staff
for making such achievements possible. Current staff members are Elizabeth S. Hipp, administrative assistant; LouAnn
Morris, director of Training and Development; Donna D. Ray,
director of Faculty Development; Cheryl L. Sniegon, administrative assistant; Lauren Vincent, program coordinator; and
Nancy L. Williams, administrative coordinator.
“The entire office was involved in the accreditation process,” Blachman said. “It took teamwork.”
In a letter announcing the accreditation, the chief executive of ACCME wrote: “The ACCME congratulates you and
commends your organization for not only meeting ACCME’s
accreditation requirements, but for demonstrating that yours
is a learning organization and a change agent for the physicians you serve. You have demonstrated an engagement with
your environment in support of physician learning and change
that is a part of a system for quality improvement.”
“It’s nice to have someone outside—on a national level—
take a really long, hard look at us and say we’re doing a great
job,” Blachman said.
Going with the flow Scientists study
climate and sea level change effects on major river
By Chris Horn
Imagine turning on the faucet and pouring yourself a tall, cool glass … of saltwater.
That’s what happened in 2002 when drought conditions turned the Pee Dee
River’s normal flow of freshwater into a trickle. The reduced river flow allowed Atlantic Ocean seawater to move upstream and into municipal intake pipes.
Climate change, rising sea levels, and increasing demand for freshwater could
make that unwanted salty intrusion a more frequent scenario in the future. That’s why
a new study by Carolina scientists will be important for municipal water managers
who rely on rivers for water supply.
“There’s not much anyone can do about weather and climate change, but we can
think in terms of adaptation,” said Dan Tufford, a biology associate professor at
Carolina who is leading a team of researchers in a study of the Yadkin–Pee Dee River
basin, which feeds into Winyah Bay on the South Carolina coast. “We want to give
water planners the ability to make informed decisions based on scientific predictions.”
The research, funded by a two-year grant from the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, is
examining the multiple factors that affect the Pee Dee River’s flow, including seasonal
rainfall, summer heat and evaporation, agricultural irrigation wells that reduce
nearby stream flow, rising freshwater demand, and rising sea levels. The study is a
microcosm of what’s happening at similar coastal watersheds around the country in
an era of climate change.
“Even with normal precipitation patterns, there will be a net decrease in river flow
at the coast. That’s because water demand is rising—which removes freshwater from
the river—and sea levels are rising, which pushes saltwater further upstream,” said
Kirstin Dow, a geography associate professor and co-principal investigator on the
study.
What is a coastal water manager to do?
“They need to make informed decisions, but climate modeling isn’t quite up to the
task; neither is watershed modeling,” Dow said.
For coastal towns that depend on adequate river flow for freshwater, moving
intake pipes further upstream to avoid saltwater intrusion from the ocean is a possible
but very costly solution. With a refined climate and watershed model, water managers
could potentially leave water intakes in place and simply turn them off when conditions point to brackish or saltwater intrusion in the river.
“What we especially want from a climate model is a forecast of the persistence of
dry periods, and the models are not quite able to provide that,” said Greg Carbone,
a geography associate professor and co-principal investigator. “There is uncertainty
with each step, and the best we can do for now is to offer a range of plausible scenarios.”
Carbone, Dow, and Tufford hope to make incremental improvements in water flow
models for the Pee Dee River and pass along the information to municipal decision
makers.
“This is one small piece of a larger issue,” Tufford said. “There are implications for
population growth in coastal areas and the growing demand for freshwater in areas
that are hard pressed to supply it under certain conditions.”
USC grad student vies
for dream wedding
Want to help make a USC
graduate student’s wedding dream
come true? Alex Fleming, a master’s student in public health, and
her fiancé,Trey Delage, are one of
four couples who are finalists to
receive a holiday season wedding
at Mitchell House and Gardens
this December. The contest,
sponsored by WIS-TV and Mitchell
House, will be decided with online
voting, which ends at noon Aug. 10.
To see the story and cast a vote,
go to www.wistv.com/Global/category.asp?C=172216.
Michael Brown
Cocky, with a little help from President Pastides and Ted Moore, vice president for finance and planning and
interim provost, stirred up some excitement and entertained facilities employees at the quarterly call meeting July 22.
Reorganization puts campus infrastructure
under new VP, aligns finance and planning
By Larry Wood
President Harris Pastides has reorganized a
number of offices related to the campus’ physical infrastructure under a new vice president
position.
Tentatively titled the vice president for
facilities and campus management, the as-yet
unnamed person will be responsible for facilities; law enforcement and safety; health and
safety; transportation, including parking; and
sustainability. The University soon will launch
a national search to fill the position. Until
then, Ted Moore, vice president for finance
and planning and interim provost, will oversee
those areas. On July 22, President Pastides and
Moore, accompanied by Cocky, appeared at the
quarterly Facilities Call meeting to introduce the
facilities staff to the new organization.
“Each of these areas has clear responsibility
for an important aspect of the University infrastructure,” Moore said. “That’s why it’s important to put them all under one organization.”
Mike Koman has been named director of
sustainability. New associate vice presidents will
head the other four areas:
■ Ernie Ellis, law enforcement and safety
■ Derrick Huggins, transportation
■ Tom Quasney, facilities
■ Tom Syfert, health and safety.
Before the reorganization, those offices reported to the University’s chief financial officer
(CFO) Rick Kelly until his July 1 retirement.
“We’ve taken the physical infrastructure of
the campus and put it under a new vice president, and the CFO position has been combined
with the strategic planning function,” Moore
said. “We’ve always had a good linkage between
finance and planning, but this reorganization,
by aligning these two functions, makes that connection stronger.
“It’s particularly important now given
where we are financially, not just the world but
especially here in South Carolina. We have to be
more careful than ever with laying out very well
thought out strategic plans and making every
dollar go as far as it can.”
Moore became vice president for finance and
planning July 1. The finance and planning office
now includes Bill Hogue, vice president for information technology, and associate vice presidents Leslie Brunelli (finance and planning), Ed
Walton (resource planning), and Helen Zeigler
(business affairs). The University’s government
relations officers, Shirley Mills and Casey Martin, also join this group.
Moore will continue as interim provost until
Aug. 20 when Michael Amiridis, who had been
dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, assumes responsibilities as provost.
August 6, 2009
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August & September
Calendar
■ Miscellany
■ Exhibits
Aug. 17 School of the Environment: MEERM Graduate
Student Orientation, 3–5 p.m., West “Green” Quad, Learning Center, 1216 Wheat St., Building D, Room 101.
A
Aug.
14–Feb.
14 F b 14
14, 201
2010 S.C. State Museum: Deadly
Medicine: Creating the Master Race, exhibit organized by the
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, traces the
journey of eugenics,
or racial hygiene, from
its start as a scientific
concept in the late 19th
century to its deadly
use by Nazi Germany.
For more information, go to the State
Museum Web site at
www.museum.state.
sc.us or the Holocaust
Memorial Museum Web
site at www.ushmm.org/
museum/exhibit/online/
This poster from 1911, which promoted
deadlymedicine.
Elmo invites everyone
to help him find a new
home for his friend
Sunny the Sunflower
in Sesame Street Live
presents Elmo’s Green
Thumb at the
Colonial Life Arena
Sept. 11, 12, and 13.
Aug. 17 Health and wellness: “Mezedakia Appetizers,”
cooking class presented by Columbia’s Cooking,
5:30–8:30 p.m., Discover I Building, 915 Greene St., Room
101. Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides is the
instructor. Cost is $30 per person. For tickets, call 6-5618.
Aug. 17 Outdoor event: North Inlet Kayak Tours, a
naturalist-guided tour through the creeks of North Inlet,
includes instruction in basic kayaking, a natural history
overview, and educational highlights of the North Inlet ecosystem. Sponsored by the North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR
and the Baruch Institute, 8:30–12:30 p.m., Hobcaw Barony,
Georgetown. Cost is $50 per person, which includes kayak,
paddle, personal floatation device, and drinking water. For
more information or to get tickets, call 843-546-6219, ext. 0.
Aug. 18 Professional Development: “Applying for
Retirement,” workshop to help University faculty and staff
who plan to retire within seven months. 1–4 p.m.,
1600 Hampton St., Room 101. Free. For more information
and to register, go to http://hr.sc.edu/profdevp/classes/
retirement.html.
Aug. 18 Health and Wellness: “The World of Filo,”
cooking class presented by Columbia’s Cooking,
5:30–8:30 p.m., Discover I Building, 915 Greene St., Room
101. Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides is the
instructor. Cost is $30 per person. For tickets, call 6-5618.
Aug. 19 Career Services: Opportunity Knocks Part-time
Job Fair, will provide Carolina students with an opportunity to meet with employers about part-time jobs that are
located both on and off campus. Work-study positions also
will be advertised. Noon–3 p.m., Russell House Ballroom,
free. For more information, go to www.sc.edu/career.
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the human heredity exhibit at the
■ Miscellany
Aug. 26 Fellowships and Scholar Programs: Workshop, Mitchell and Gates Cambridge Scholarships, available
to individuals who are well informed on global issues and
have a record of superior academic achievement and outstanding service and leadership. Scholarships cover one to
three years of graduate study at various institutions in the
United Kingdom or Ireland. 4 p.m., Legare College, Room
322. For more information, contact Jennifer Collins at
jcollins@sc.edu or 7-0958.
Sept. 11, 12, and 13 Colonial Life Arena: Sesame Street
Live presents Elmo’s Green Thumb. Show times vary. Tickets
range from $15 to $29. For more information, call
576-9200 or go to www.coloniallifearena.com.
Aug. 19 Health and Wellness: “Soups, Stews, and Casseroles,” cooking class presented by Columbia’s Cooking,
5:30–8:30 p.m., Discovery I Building, 915 Greene St., Room
101. Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides is the
instructor. Cost is $30 per person. For tickets, call 6-5618.
Aug. 20 Outdoor event: “Carolina Crabbing,” participants will learn about the habits and biology of the blue
crab while catching them from the local estuary. Sponsored
by North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR and the Baruch Institute.
2–4 p.m., Hobcaw Barony, Georgetown. Free. For tickets,
call 843-546-6219, ext. 0.
■ Around the campuses
Through Aug. 14 USC Beaufort: Exhibit, Earth Inspired
2009, juried art show, USC Beaufort Gallery, Performing
Arts Center, 801 Carteret St. For more information, go to
earthinspired2009.ning.com. (See story on page 5.)
Aug. 21–22 USC Aiken: Professional Bull Riders, 8 p.m.,
USC Aiken Convocation Center. For more information, call
1-866-722-8877 or go to www.uscatix.com.
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Aug. 15–Jan. 16, 2010 McKissick Museum: Urban
Archaeology in Columbia, presents the fundamentals of urban
archaeology in South Carolina and how it has been applied
at Columbia’s historically significant properties under the
stewardship of the Historic Columbia Foundation; uses
the archaeological resources from the Foundation’s house
museums to illustrate the fundamentals of archaeological investigation; and emphasizes the importance of urban
archaeology in the preservation of historically significant
properties. Third floor, Lobby Gallery.
Through Sept. 14 Thomas Cooper Library: Memoir
and Biography: Interpreting Political Lives, a new exhibit by
S.C. Political Collections (SCPC) showcases books by and
about individuals whose papers are held by SCPC, including Speaker of the S.C. House Sol Blatt, U.S. Congressman
Bryan Dorn, S.C. House member Harriet Keyserling, Justice
Bruce Littlejohn’s four books, S.C. Governor Bob McNair,
and editorial cartoonist Kate Salley Palmer. Main Level,
outside the East Gallery.
Aug. 21 Health and Wellness: “Desserts,” cooking class
presented by Columbia’s Cooking, 5:30–8:30 p.m., Discovery I Building, 915 Greene St., Room 101. Carolina’s First
Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides is the instructor. Cost is $30
per person. For tickets, call 6-5618.
Aug. 26 Professional Development: “EPMS for Supervisors,” provides supervisors with instruction on the use of
the Employee Performance Management System (EPMS)
as a communication tool to set objectives and evaluate
employee performance. 8:45 a.m.–noon, 1600 Hampton St.,
Room 101. Free. For more information and to register, go
to http://hr.sc.edu/profdevp/classes/epms.html.
Through Aug. 15 South Caroliniana Library: Lintheads: Life in the South Carolina Mill Villages, examines the living and working conditions of South Carolina mill workers
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lumpkin Foyer.
Aug. 22–Jan. 9, 2010 McKissick Museum: The Biennial
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition, presents a sampling of
work created by art faculty over the past two years. Works
will include painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics,
printmaking, digital arts, computer graphics presentations,
textiles, drawing, and film presentations. Second floor, South
Gallery.
Aug. 20 Health and Wellness: “Vegetable Dishes: Mains
and Sides,” cooking class presented by Columbia’s Cooking,
5:30–8:30 p.m., Discovery I Building, 915 Greene St., Room
101. Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides is the
instructor. Cost is $30 per person. For tickets, call 6-5618.
Aug. 24 Fellowships and Scholar Programs: Workshop, Fulbright Grant, available to graduating seniors and
graduate students who articulate a well-defined program
involving study, research, or teaching English to be carried
out in a particular international academic setting for one
year. 4 p.m., Legare College, Room 322. For more information, contact Jennifer Collins at jcollins@sc.edu or 7-0958.
German Hygiene Museum in Dresden,
Through Aug. 15
is part of Deadly Medicine.
McKissick Museum:
Saving Face: Conserving University of South Carolina Portraits,
this collection is a result of an effort by several University departments to survey, catalog, and conserve many
University portraits after the University’s Board of Trustees
authorized the conservation of 15 presidential portraits
needing care.
This illustration by artist Jak Smyrl accompanied a story about
Gov. John C.West in The State newspaper in the 1970s.
Through September Thomas Cooper Library: Persepolis: An Exhibition for the First-Year Reading Experience 2009,
East Gallery, Main Level.
■ Exhibits
Aug. 8–Jan. 23, 2010 McKissick Museum: Southern
Satire:The Illustrated World of Jak Smyrl, features the work
of Camden native Smyrl, who served as the illustrator and
artist for The State newspaper from 1949 to 1986. During his 37-year career, he created hundreds of caricatures
of leading political and community figures, illustrations for
magazine covers, and portraits for The State newspaper and
The Columbia Record. Smyrl understood the region in which
he lived and connected with readers through personal reflections and an awareness of Southern culture and history.
Second floor, North Gallery.
Through Aug. 10 Thomas Cooper Library:
Radical Errors: Edgar Allan Poe at 200, exhibit is drawn from
the collections of Rare Books and Special Collections and
showcases the earliest of Poe’s works held at the University
and is especially strong in showing how many of his writings
first appeared in contemporary periodicals of all variations
and for different audiences. West Gallery.
■ List your events
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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@mailbox.
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. 27.
■ Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
To add events here, contact Janie Kerzan at
mcdowj@mailbox.sc.edu or 7-0169.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
■ Caught in the Creative Act
Five writers to share
their craft during
popular series
Novelist Tom Perrotta, South Carolina writer Ron Rash, and Time
magazine book critic Lev Grossman are among the writers who will
participate in the fall installment of “Caught in the Creative Act,” the
popular series of readings and lectures given by well-known writers.
The series is one of the most popular community offerings by the
University, attracting people throughout the state to participate. Led
by Carolina Distinguished Professor Janette Turner Hospital, the
series features readings and lectures given by the writers. Sessions will
take place from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in Gambrell
Hall Auditorium from Oct. 19 through Nov. 18.
“Authors love ‘Caught in the Creative Act,’
which has led to its reputation
as one of the best authors
series around,” Hospital
said. “Both E.L. Doctorow
and Richard Ford, who are
both used to huge audiences,
said they had never experienced, as authors, anything
as thrilling as the ‘Caught in
the Creative Act’ audience,
where everyone had read and
thought about their books and
had prepared pleasingly fresh
and provocative questions for
them.”
The course is free and open
to the public, but registration is
required. Proof of registration is
required for entrance. Because of
the popularity of the authors, early
arrival is encouraged.
To register for upcoming sessions, send name and address to
Hospital by fax at 7-9064 or by e-mail at jthospital@sc.edu.
In addition to Perotta, Rash, and Grossman, this year’s lineup
will include novelist Ceridwen Dovey and writer and naturalist Terry
Tempest Williams. “Caught in the Creative Act” participants will
read Rash’s Serena, Dovey’s Blood Kin, Grossman’s The Magicians,
Perotta’s Little Children, and Williams’ Finding Beauty in a Broken
World. For more information on each of the authors, go to the “Caught
in the Creative Act” Web site at www.cas.
sc.edu/CICA/. The site includes biographical sketches on each author,
the class schedule, and video from
previous year’s readings, including
one by Salman Rushdie.
“Caught in the Creative Act”
has brought many award-winning
authors to campus, including
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott;
Pulitzer and/or National Book
Award winners Joyce Carol
Oates, Richard Ford, Robert
Pinksy, Richard Rhodes,
Robert Olen Butler, and
Geraldine Brooks; Commonwealth Prize winner Shauna
Singh Baldwin; and many
other distinguished writers,
from Salman Rushdie and
Stanley Crouch to E.L.
Doctorow, Susan Vreeland, and
Josephine Humphreys.
This is the eighth year of “Caught in the Creative Act,” an undergraduate honors course that is open to the larger community. The
format calls for students and community participants to read a variety
of novels, short-story and poetry collections, memoirs, and literary
nonfiction. They then meet the authors, who read from their works,
discuss the creative process, and answer questions.
Hospital, creator of “Caught in the Creative Act,” is also an
award-winning writer. Her latest novel, Orpheus Lost, was named to
Booklist’s Top 30 novels of the year and the American Library Association’s Best 25 Books of the Year. Her previous novel, Due Preparations
for the Plague, earned Hospital the Queensland Premier’s Literary
Award for Fiction in 2003 and the Davitt Award for Best Crime Novel
by an Australian Woman in 2003 by Sisters of Crime, one of Australia’s
largest literary societies.
Hospital is a distinguished writer in residence, a post previously
held by the late James Dickey, in the English department.
Juried art show benefits the environment
Earth Inspired 2009, a juried art show at the USC
Beaufort Gallery through Aug. 14, focuses on the
theme of the natural world in contemporary art.
The all-media exhibit features artists working in
the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia.
Works in the exhibit include Carolina Homegrown, above, an acrylic painting by Beaufort native
Bill Mead, and Electric Tree, right, a digital print by
Hilton Head Island’s Pete Bergeron.
The jury for Earth Inspired 2009 comprises three
professional artists: Jennifer Kassing-Bradley, a
landscape painter and professor of art at the Technical
College of the Lowcountry; Jonathon Goebel, a studio
printmaker and assistant professor of art at USC
Beaufort; and Nicole Blowers, a fine jewelry artist and
sculptor.
“As residents living in the Lowcountry, we all
benefit from the beauty and resources of its natural
environment,” Goebel said. “Local artists continue
to gain inspiration from this spectacular landscape.
Through Earth Inspired 2009, artists and the artwork
they create will have a chance to show their support
for an organization that is making great strides to
conserve this unique region.”
The exhibit benefits the Coastal Conservation
League. The league works to protect the natural
environment of the Lowcountry coastal plain and to
enhance the quality of life of Lowcountry communities.
The USC Beaufort Gallery is in the Performing Arts
Center, located at 801 Carteret St., Beaufort. For more
information, go to http://earthinspired2009.ning.com.
Music library adds
second database of
American music
The University music library has added the
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
to its lineup of streaming online audio. DRAM
provides on-demand streaming access to CDquality audio and complete liner notes and
essays from independent record labels and sound
archives.
The DRAM collection contains nearly 2,000
albums (15,000 compositions), and additions are
made on a regular basis. The collection covers a
diverse catalogue of American music, including
folk, opera, Native American, jazz, 19th-century
classical, and early rock, as well as musical theater and contemporary and electronic music.
“Between our extensive in-house CD collection and our two streaming online libraries, our
students will be hard-pressed to find a piece
unavailable to them for listening,” said music
librarian Ashlie Conway. “DRAM is a major
resource and will be a huge asset to our
students.”
DRAM was acquired with the Dorothy K.
Payne Library Music Endowment, which was created to support the music library in acquisition
and preservation of materials, general care of the
collections, and related programs.
Library’s lab renovations
enable student collaboration
By Brad Maxwell
Summer renovations to the Thomas Cooper Library
computer lab will promote greater student collaboration
and provide more workspace when the lab reopens in early
September.
Alma Creighton, head of Library Computing Services,
said the renovations in the fifth floor computer lab are
in response to the needs of students who study and work
together.
“We have found recently that the students who are coming into the lab are tending to work in groups, and the old
lines of computers just didn’t accommodate collaborative
work very easily,” Creighton said. She also said new furniture
and space availability should accommodate more room for
books and papers and screen privacy.
Students and faculty who want to use a computer while
the renovations continue should go to Level 3 to the Temporary Computing Lab or to the East Gallery on the main level.
Thirty Windows computers will be temporarily relocated
to the Level 3 Multimedia Classroom; 19 Mac computers
will be relocated to the East Gallery on the main level; nine
Windows computers are available on Level 4 in the Science
area; and 36 Windows computers are available on the main
level in the Reference area.
For more updates on the computer lab renovations, follow the Thomas Cooper Library on Twitter at http://twitter.
com/tclcomplab.
August 6, 2009
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Moore
Pigskin Poets
promote summer
reading fun
Gamecock football
players took some time
from early practices to
read and interact with
children at the Richland
County Public Library
(RCPL) as part of the
Pigskin Poets program.
Pigskin Poets uses the
popular football players
to help promote literacy
and RCPL’s Summer
Reading Club.This year’s
event, which allows the
players to emphasize that
reading is fun and important, attracted a standingroom-only audience of
children from throughout
the Midlands.The players
also played Simon Says
with the children and
signed autographs.
Kim Truett
Briefly
Business school
COACH FRYE RECEIVES STATE’S HIGHEST
HONOR: Carolina track and field coach Curtis Frye has been
awarded the state’s highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto. Frye, who has coached Gamecocks track 13 years, was
honored for a lifetime of achievement and service to his state.
Frye has coached or overseen more than 60 NCAA champions
during his time with the Gamecocks. He brought Carolina its
first-ever NCAA title in any sport when the women’s track
team took the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championship crown.
ALPERT HONORED WITH CAREER RESEARCH
AWARD: Geoffrey Alpert, a professor in the Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice, received the Bruce Smith Sr.
Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences during
the academy’s annual conference. The award recognizes involvement and contributions made to the field of criminal justice.
Alpert is nationally recognized as a leading authority on police
violence, use of force, pursuit driving, and training. He has written 15 books and more than 100 research articles during his
25-year career. Alpert joined the faculty in 1988, having taught at
universities in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Washington.
MARSHALL’S POETRY INCLUDED IN BOOK FOR
NEW FIRST LADY: Rose Marshall, an assistant professor
of library science at USC Aiken, had her poem “Audacious”
published in Go,Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to
the New First Lady.The 275-page book was created for First
Lady Michelle Obama. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold and Peggy
Brooks-Bertram, who solicited letters and poems from African
American women to Obama, edited the collection.The State
University of New York (SUNY) Press published the book. For
more information about the book, including a list of contributors and interviews with the editors, go to www.sunypress.edu/
index.asp?site=True.
GET AN APPLE COMPUTER TAX FREE AUG. 7:
Take advantage of tax-free shopping at the Gamecock Apple
Hub from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 7. All computers will be
tax-free, and any items purchased with the computer also will
be tax-free. Custom orders are welcome and can be purchased
that day.They will be ordered to the store for later pickup.The
Apple Hub is located on the first floor of the Russell House
across from the University Bookstore. For more information, go
to www.sc.edu/applehub.
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■ $65 million the University will borrow using cash flow from
leasing the Close-Hipp building
■ $15 million that was raised to match a gift pledged by Darla
Moore, the former bank executive for whom the school is
named
■ $10 million in private funds raised by the business school.
Pastides said the business school would enter into a
partnership with the state’s Centers of Economic Excellence
program to help entrepreneurs and private firms leverage the
University’s research breakthroughs into thriving businesses.
“We have learned through many recruitment efforts that
when people are considering USC and Columbia for business,
they ask about ‘that school of business with the great reputation,’” Pastides said.
The University is developing an “industry partners program” that would create a portfolio of access and assistance
from both University researchers and business experts, he
said. Researchers would provide technology for new and improved products; business faculty and students would provide
expertise to help develop and market those products.
Before construction can begin, the University’s trustees,
the state Joint Bond Review Committee, and the S.C. Budget
and Control Board must approve the plan.
Moore said the plan could be presented to the Budget and
Control Board and to the Joint Bond Review Committee in
December. The Board of Trustees could take up the plan as
early as next month, said board chair Miles Loadholt.
Once the new business building is ready, business school
staffers will move there, and the Close-Hipp building will
undergo renovations in three stages. The renovated building
will have courtrooms, classrooms, and meeting space. The
proposed lease for the building, adjacent to the DOJ’s National
Advocacy Center (NAC), is expected to take effect in four
years, once it receives the necessary state approvals.
The DOJ has agreed to lease the building to house staff
from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in Washington,
D.C. Called the Palmetto Project, the initiative will involve
moving government and contractor jobs from the D.C. metropolitan area to the Columbia campus in the next few years.
The space also will expand the capabilities of the NAC
to train prosecutors from across the nation and consolidate
operations in Columbia. The proposed move will bring more
than 250 high-paying jobs to Columbia.
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focuses on improved membrane materials for hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen pumps, and polymer nanocomposites that will
have widespread practical applications.
A new chemistry professor, Chuanbing Tang, and his research group will join Benicewicz in Horizon I as part of the Center for
Polymer Nanocomposites.
“The new space will be invaluable for our research—we’ve been scattered in several locations—and it will allow us to add more
undergraduate students to our research group,” Benicewicz said.
Ken Reifsnider, director of the University’s Future Fuels initiative and endowed chair of the Center for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell
(SOFC) research, is looking forward to moving his research group to Horizon.
“The Horizon I laboratories will be the wellspring of our Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell research effort,” Reifsnider said, “and the new
labs will be a state-of-the-art facility that will move us to the forefront in our experimental capabilities. It will also provide a collective home for the SOFC faculty, staff, and students, a group which numbers about 25 at the moment, and will be larger by the end
of the coming year.
“With research funding approaching $15 million and a few scattered rooms to work in, our SOFC group has struggled to try
to meet obligations. The Horizon I space is critical to our existence as a research group and essential to our technical success as
individuals and as a team.”
Reifsnider expects the size of his research group to grow by as much as 50 percent in the coming year with several new projects
just beginning. He is the principal investigator for a $12.5 million grant from the Department of Energy that involves seven universities, and two national labs, and will study science-based nano-structure design and synthesis, much of it for fuel cell materials.
The University has submitted a grant request to the National Institutes for Health that, if approved, will provide funding to
upfit the remaining unfinished floors of Discovery I in Innovista.
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these generous supporters are showing that they value our
school’s unique strategy, mission, reputation, and leadership.”
The $45 million gift is Moore’s second to the school. In
1998, she announced a $25 million gift to the business school,
which named the school in her honor. Her generosity raised
the bar on higher-education philanthropy in South Carolina,
Pastides said.
“This is a testimony to Darla Moore’s vision to offer
students a world-class business education and the collective
commitment and spirit of the University community,” Pastides
said. “Everyone stepped up and came together at a critical
time—deans, faculty, staff, students, trustees, alumni, and
corporations.”
The financial support from Moore and donors to the business school will enable the University to redefine business
education in a new century, he said.
“And she did all this while reinforcing her commitment to a
better state for all South Carolinians,” Pastides said.
Hildy Teegen, dean of the Moore School, said the philanthropic support was broad and reflected a resounding commitment from corporations and individuals.
“As the world of business continues to change and evolve
as never before, we must work with our alumni, friends,
and corporate partners in new and different ways,” she said.
“What the University has been able to do to achieve this goal
through interdisciplinary gifts, corporate gifts-in-kind for new
technology, and curricular development, planned giving, and
individual support is nothing short of extraordinary.”
Teegen said the school teamed up with other schools and
colleges on campus to secure gifts for interdisciplinary initiatives, including education; engineering; hospitality, retail, and
sport management; and arts and sciences. One such gift came
in the form of geographic information system (GIS) software
from Avio Inc., whose donation included $2.5 million earmarked for the Moore School to develop programs on sustainability and economic development in business education.
“The complexity of business today requires that we look
past traditional boundaries,” Teegen said. “The Darla Moore
School is emerging as a leader in understanding the interplay
of business, government, and civil society and in working with
colleagues in other fields to develop solutions for the marketplace that address complex and compelling needs throughout
the world. We want to institutionalize that holistic philosophy
into our culture at the Darla Moore School and work with
donors to create new programs and joint initiatives with other
schools across the University.”
The school also worked closely with major corporations to
secure gifts of new technology that will significantly advance
distance learning, IT operations, and risk-management curricula. Other gifts include $6 million related to the school’s
participation in the Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management and $3 million from Sonoco.
Teegen said in approaching individual donors who could
make significant contributions that will have a lasting impact
on the school, fundraisers emphasized planned giving in light
of the economic climate. Among those gifts is an anonymous
$3.3 million bequest for scholarships and professorships.
The Moore School also communicated frequently with its
alumni through new print and electronic publications and created a buzz on the Internet via a viral marketing video about
Darla Moore and the school’s history. The video went from
YouTube to the alumni network and beyond.
“I applaud the creativity shown by the University’s leaders
in raising the matching funds,” Moore said. “When times
are tough, innovation is called for, and that’s exactly what
happened here with the interdisciplinary gifts, corporate giftsin-kind, planned giving, and Internet marketing. I couldn’t be
more pleased.”
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James Hébert, Cancer Prevention
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T. Temples, S. Bolick-Aldrich, C.
Mosley, and Y. Liu, “Soil zinc content,
groundwater usage, and prostate
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Cancer Causes Control, and, with
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Richard L. Frierson and Nioaka
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S.E. Arifeen, L.A. Persson, and K.M. Rasmussen, “Household food security is
associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh,”
Public Health Nutrition, and with K.K. Saha, D.S. Alam, S.E. Arifeen, L.A. Persson, and K.M. Rasmussen, “Use of the new WHO child growth standards
to describe longitudinal growth of breastfed rural Bangladeshi infants and
young children,” Food and Nutrition Bulletin, and, with A.L. Frith, R.T. Naved,
E.C. Ekstrom, and K.M. Rasmussen, “Micronutrient supplementation affects
maternal-infant feeding interactions and maternal distress in Bangladesh,”
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Lara Ducate and Lara Lomicka, languages, literatures, and cultures, Nike
Arnold (Portland State University), and Gillian Lord (University of Florida),
“Assessing online collaboration among language teachers: A cross-institutional case study,’” Journal of Interactive Online Learning.
Suzi Baxter, Julie Royer, Caroline Guinn, and Alyssa Mackelprang,
Institute for Families in Society, James Hardin, epidemiology and biostatistics, and Albert Smith (Cleveland State University), “Twenty-four hour dietary
recalls by fourth-grade children were not influenced by observations of
school meals,” Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Sara Wilcox, J. Sharkey, A.E. Matthews, J.N. Laditka, S.B. Laditka,
R.G. Logsdon, N. Sahyoun, J. Robare, and R. Liu, “Perceptions and beliefs
about the role of physical activity and nutrition on brain health in older
adults,” The Gerontologist.
Stephen L. Morgan, chemistry and biochemistry, A.R. Stefan, C.R. Dockery,
A.A. Nieuwland, S.N. Roberson, B. M. Baguley, and J.E. Hendrix, “Forensic
analysis of anthraquinone, azo, and metal complex acid dyes from nylon
fibers by micro-extraction and capillary electrophoresis,” Analytical and
Bioanalytical Chemistry, and, same co-authors and same journal, “Automated
extraction for the removal of direct, reactive, and vat dyes from cellulosic
fibers for forensic analysis by capillary electrophoresis,” and, with same
co-authors and B.C.Vann, “Microextraction, capillary electrophoresis, and
mass spectrometry for forensic analysis of azo and methine basic dyes from
acrylic fibers.”
Linda Shimizu, chemistry and biochemistry, “Control of the intramolecular
[2+2] photocycloaddition of a bis-stilbene macrocycle,” Journal of Organic
Chemistry.
Lisa Lindley, David Simmons, and Donna Richter, health promotion,
education, and behavior, R.L. Braithwaite, A.D. Essuon, T.T. Stephens, and
D. Richter, “Transient Populations: Linking HIV, Migrant Workers, and South
African Male Inmates,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.
Xuemei Sui, Steven P. Hooker, Gregory A. Hand, and Steven N.
Blair, exercise science, J.R. Jaggers, Michael J. LaMonte, and C.E. Matthews,
“Metabolic syndrome and risk of cancer mortality in men,” European Journal
of Cancer.
■ PRESENTATIONS
Pat Willer, international programs, “The Financial Crisis and Its Impact on
International Education,” NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Los
Angeles, Calif.
Sophya Garashchuk, chemistry and biochemistry, “Nonadiabatic dynamics
and tunneling in large reactive systems using mixed wavefunction representation,” South East Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Duke University,
Durham, N.C.
■ Lighter
times
down. Forty-five miles an hour, but sitting.
Yasemin Kor, management, and Andrea Mesko (USC Ph.D. student),
“Rebuilding of Dynamic Managerial Capabilities: Reconfiguration of the Top
Management Team and the Firm’s Dominant Logic,” European Group for
Organizational Studies Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain.
Caryn Outten, chemistry and biochemistry, “A novel [2Fe-2S] cluster
complex that regulates iron homeostasis in yeast,” invited lecture, Hokkaido
University, Sapporo, Japan.
Natalia Taylor Poppeliers, librarian, Aiken, and Trinie Thai-Parker (Harvard
University), “Access to Information as a Human Right: Changing Practice and
Policy in Central Africa,” American Library Association Annual Conference,
Chicago, Ill.
Rita Jing-Ann Chou, social work, “Health and well-being of older workers
in China,” International Conference on Productive Aging, Shandong, China.
■ OTHER
William O. “Bill” Bearden, marketing, and Kelly Hewett (USC Ph.D.
graduate, MIT Media Lab Center for Future Banking), are authors of “Dependence, Trust and Relational Behavior on the Part of Foreign Subsidiary Marketing Operations: Implications for Managing Global Marketing Operations,”
which was published in 2001 in the Journal of Marketing and has now received
the American Marketing Association Global Marketing SIG’s 2009 Excellence
in Global Marketing Research Award for significantly influencing the direction of global marketing.
John R. Jensen, geography, was awarded the Association of American Geographers Lifetime Achievement Honors in recognition of his productivity and
leadership in academic, applied, and governmental teaching and research.
Jayanth Jayaram, management science, appointed associate editor of Decision Sciences Journal. He also is associate editor of the Journal of Operations
Management.
Marius Valdes, studio art, was commissioned to illustrate the cover for the
Washington Post July 10 weekend section.
Hans-Conrad zur Loye, chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2009
Henry J. Albert Award from the International Precious Metals Institute.
Qian Wang, chemistry and biochemistry, received the American Competitiveness Fellow Award from the National Science Foundation Division of
Materials Research.
■ 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.
Schulz awarded NEH grant to create documentary edition
Constance Schulz, a professor emeritus of history, received
a $200,000 grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities to digitize the papers of two prominent
South Carolina women, Eliza Lucas Pinckney and
her daughter, Harriett Pinckney Horry.
When completed, the project will give scholars,
students, and history enthusiasts a colorful and
insightful look into South Carolina and American
history, from 1739 to 1840, through the eyes of two
influential women.
Pinckney and Horry were known for their
management of multiple, large coastal plantations
and for developing crops that led to the establishSchultz
ment of America’s early textile industry. Pinckney,
born in 1722, is credited with having developed techniques to
cultivate and manufacture indigo, which became a lucrative
chief crop in South Carolina and early America. She and Horry
also cultivated mulberry trees, which yielded silk.
“The correspondence and journals of Eliza
Lucas Pinckney and Harriett Pinckney Horry
illuminate colonial and early national plantation
management and crop development to support the
burgeoning textile industry, political struggles, and
the lives of patriots,” said Schulz who is working
from letters, diaries, journals, government records,
and maps.
“This is the first time a digital edition has been
created for an important South Carolina figure
of any time period. Digital projects bring history
to life in marvelous ways because they can be expanded with newfound documents, scholarly annotation, and
index searches.”
Parsons chosen for
new leadership group
Michael D. Parsons, executive vice chancellor for
academic affairs at USC Beaufort, will be part of the
inaugural class of the Academic
Leadership for the 21st Century
Program, a joint initiative of
the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities
(AASCU), the American Academic
Leadership Institute, and the
Council of Independent Colleges.
Parsons, who came to USC
Beaufort in 2008, will be one
Parsons
of 24 AASCU chief academic
officers in the new yearlong program, which has been
designed to enhance the skill sets of provosts and chief
academic officers to prepare them to become successful
presidents and chancellors. The program includes two
two-day seminars in Washington, D.C. Parsons also will
read about presidential leadership in areas not typically
part of the chief academic officer’s role, work on related
initiatives, and work with an assigned mentor president
through the year.
AASCU’s membership includes 430 public colleges
and universities throughout the United States and in
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Book looks at minorities
in American justice system
Reid C. Toth, an assistant professor of criminal justice at
USC Upstate, wrote several chapters for and co-edited In
the Margins: Special Populations and American Justice,
published by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall. Toth
gathered the co-editors and writers together because she felt there
was a lack of research literature
dealing with special populations
in the justice system.
In the Margins examines how
African Americans, Hispanics
and Latinos, Native Americans,
Asian Americans, Arab Americans, women, gays and lesbians,
the disabled, the elderly, and
religious groups are treated by
Toth
the justice system in various roles
such as offenders, victims, employees within the criminal
justice system, or as members of the prison population.
“One of the consequences of the terrorist attacks of
September 11 is that Americans are more aware of cultural differences and the discriminatory acts and attitudes
towards minority groups,” Toth said. “The purpose of this
book is to provide a comprehensive examination of how
minority groups, including the traditional racial minorities and the other special groups that are often ignored,
such as the physically impaired, are treated within the
American justice system.”
Aiken athletic trainers
named staff of the year
USC Aiken’s athletic training staff
was named the Athletic Training
Staff of the Year by the Peach Belt
Conference. Brandon Aiken is
head athletic trainer, and Jennifer
Cloud is assistant athletic trainer.
Aiken and Cloud are responsible for treating injuries, injury
prevention, and rehabilitation for
members of all 11 of USC Aiken’s
athletics teams. They also work
Aiken
with physicians to provide longterm care for student-athletes,
supervise the student-athletes’
weight room, and create specialized strength and conditioning
routines for student-athletes.
Aiken, a certified athletic
trainer and certified strength and
conditioning specialist, became
head athletic trainer at USC Aiken
in 2000. Cloud, a certified athletic
trainer, joined the Pacers in 2007. Cloud
Aiken and Cloud also received
the inaugural award in 2007–08, giving them back-toback accolades and making USC Aiken the only school to
receive the honor.
August 6, 2009
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Staff spotlight
■ Name: Nikki Mellen
■ Title: Pre-pharmacy advisor
■ Area: College
of Pharmacy,
Dean’s Office
■ What are your
duties? I advise
students and prospective students who
want to get into the
pharmacy program.
I assist Dr. Bryan
Zeigler, assistant
dean for student affairs. I explain how
to apply to the professional school, help
keep them on track academically, and
make sure they are taking the necessary
tests, like the PCAT (Pharmacy College
Admission Test). I tell them how to apply to the professional school and advise
them if they don’t get in. They can apply
as many times as they want to, though,
and we help them identify areas they can
improve so that they can improve their
chances for the next year.
■ Sounds like your summers are
very busy. They are. We have orientation during the month of June. We also
help the Visitors Center with prospective students and parents from out of
town. This month, we’re in the midst of
the application process for prospective
pharmacy students for fall 2010.
■ And the rest of the year? For five
to six weeks in October, we’ll be having
advisement and will meet with all prepharmacy students. We’ll make sure
they are on target to take all their tests
and let them know if they are on course
to be a pharmacy candidate. When
we return from Christmas break, we’ll
interview about 300 students, along
with MUSC. Each of those students will
come in for two interviews. The Admissions Committee will start reviewing
applications. Then we’ll send letters to
the accepted students, help them finish
up courses they need, and apply for their
intern licenses. In the spring, we’ll be
getting students ready to graduate.
■ How long have you worked at
Carolina? I started out in a temporary
position in the Department of Psychology for a few months. Then, I moved
to Salary and Administration, where I
did data entry for about one year. Since
2007, I have been in pre-pharmacy.
■ Your parents work on campus,
too, don’t they? My dad, David Shinn,
is an immigration information coordinator in International Support for Faculty
and Staff in the Division of Human
Resources. He is retired from the U.S.
Air Force. My mother, Cheri Shinn, is
executive assistant to Dean Mary Ann
Fitzpatrick in the College of Arts and
Sciences.
■ What is your educational back-
ground? I started coursework in business administration at South University
taking online courses. That is not easy:
there aren’t many tests, but there are a
lot of papers and reports. I have three
small children at home—ages 4, 6, and
7—and once they went to bed at night,
I had about two hours to do class work.
I’m planning to attend Carolina, in either women’s studies or psychology. The
ultimate goal is to get a master’s degree
from the College of Education. I want
to continue to advise students, and the
degrees will help me do that better.
■ Coming up
Corp. Kenneth Adams made 133
crime prevention presentations
on campus last year. He speaks to
student and employee groups and
offices across campus. Read more
about Carolina’s crime prevention
and community relations officer, and
learn ways to protect yourself and
your belongings, in the Aug. 27 Times.
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August 6, 2009
■ Carolina Master Scholars
Students exercise healthy
choices in the kitchen
By Larry Wood
Carolina Master Scholars who participated in this year’s
Adventures in Exercise Science learned that the recipe to
improve health and prevent disease includes both physical
activity and a nutritious diet.
For the first time, the popular program added a cooking and nutrition component this summer. Carolina’s First
Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides volunteered to teach the young
scholars to prepare healthy Mediterranean dishes, including Chicken Kebobs in Pita with Tzatziki, a yogurt and garlic
sauce; Lemon and Oregano Roast Potatoes (see recipe); and
Feta Saganaki.
“It’s a good addition to the program because, obviously,
physical activity is only half the battle. Nutrition is another
large portion of being healthy,” said Patrick Crowley, who has
taught the class for the past three summers and is an instructor of exercise science in the Arnold School of Public Health.
“The students have been looking forward to it all week, and it
seems like they’re really enjoying it.”
Wearing garnet aprons and wielding wooden spoons like
Julia Child, the students prepared their special meal in the
new demonstration kitchen that is part of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program in the Discovery Building. As part
of the hands-on class, they learned not only the benefits of a
Mediterranean diet but also how to crush garlic, remove the
seeds from a cucumber easily, and check to make sure the
chicken is done. For dessert, they prepared a cool yogurt
dessert with blueberries.
Carolina Master Scholars programs often help students
jumpstart future careers. One of this year’s Master Scholars
plans to study nutrition. “So, this class is perfect,” Crowley
said.
Other scholars, talented ninth through 12th graders mostly from South Carolina, in the class are considering physical
therapy. Some of the students play sports in junior high and
high school and learned how exercise science can help them
on the athletic field.
In addition to nutrition, the scholars learned the importance of physical activity and exercise and how it affects
health and other aspects of life such as sports performance.
They also learned to measure health by taking blood pressure and heart rates, doing EKGs, performing stress tests on
treadmills, and measuring strength and how it affects flexibility and body composition, for example.
“At the end of the week, the students put all the numbers
they’ve gathered together, and we show them how to create
exercise programs based on those numbers,” said Crowley,
who received his master’s degree from the Arnold School in
2006. “Then, they try the programs out in our public health
research center, which has treadmills, weight machines, and
free weights and is designed to teach people the proper way
to exercise.”
For more information on Carolina Master Scholars
Adventure Series and more pre-University programs, contact
Academic Enrichment and Conferences at http://saeu.
sc.edu/adventures/index.html or pups@maibox.sc.edu.
These Carolina Master Scholars in Adventures in Exercise Science cooked up not only a
morning of fun in the kitchen but also a complete meal of nutritious Mediterranean dishes.
Kim Truett
A recipe for good health
Students in the Carolina Master Scholars Adventures in Exercise Science prepared an entire meal with a Mediterranean theme. Here’s the recipe for one of
Patricia Moore-Pastides’ healthy side dishes:
Lemon and Oregano Roast Potatoes
12 red bliss potatoes, washed and quartered
¼ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons dried oregano
Juice of two lemons
Salt
■ Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place potatoes in baking pan. Pour olive oil over
potatoes and sprinkle evenly with oregano.Toss to thoroughly coat.
■ Sprinkle juice of one lemon over vegetables.
■ Bake for 30 minutes; turn potatoes and sprinkle with juice of one-half lemon.
Bake for another 30 minutes until potatoes are golden brown. Remove from
heat and sprinkle with juice of last one-half lemon. Salt to taste and spoon into
serving dish. Serves six.
■ Note: This recipe is best served right from the oven. Never salt the potatoes
until they are completely cooked because the salt will draw water from the
potatoes, making them soggy.
Project gears up to digitize 60 years of S.C. newspapers
A rich but dusty archive of South Carolina history—newspapers
published throughout the state from 1860 to 1922—will become Web
accessible through the S.C. Digital Newspaper Project, an initiative of
University Libraries.
The project, funded with a two-year
$350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will scan,
enhance, and deliver to the Library of Congress
an estimated 100,000 pages of selected S.C.
newspaper titles. The resulting online archive
will reflect major artistic, literary, religious,
ethnic, cultural, economic, and political events
in South Carolina and surrounding states.
“The 150th anniversary of the start of the
Civil War in 2011 offers our nation an opportunity to reexamine the war’s origins and
impact,” said Craig Keeney, cataloger for the
Published Materials Division of South Caroliniana Library. “As South Carolinians played
significant roles during and after the Civil War,
it is crucially important that South Carolina
newspapers spanning the years 1860 to 1922
be made available to researchers through the
‘Chronicling America’ online database.”
Kate Boyd and Craig Keeney
Employees from University Library’s Digital Activities Center and the South Caroliniana Library, which holds
roughly 1,000 newspaper titles representing every county in South
Carolina, will staff the project.
“I hope that this next step towards even more accessibility to South
Carolina newspapers will capture people’s interest from around the
world in South Carolina and American history. We are excited to bring
these invaluable primary resources to the people through free access
on the Web,” said Kate Boyd, digital collections librarian.
University Libraries have previously partnered with the NEH to
provide access to South Carolina newspapers. In the 1980s, the University received a planning grant to inventory the newspapers, which
culminated in the publication of South Carolina Newspapers, an exhaustive county-bycounty reference book. In the 1990s, University
Libraries cataloged 1,249 newspaper titles and
filmed 990,332 pages with financial support
from the NEH U.S. Newspaper Program.
Newspaper publishing in South Carolina
during Reconstruction (1865–77) saw the
emergence of papers published by former ruling elites (Democrats), recently freed African
Americans, and Northern reformers. By the
early 20th century, four major daily newspapers—The State (Columbia), the News and
Courier (Charleston; now Post and Courier),
the Greenville Daily News (now Greenville
News) and the Daily Herald (Spartanburg;
now Spartanburg Herald-Journal)—covered
local, regional, and national news.
The papers reflected such national events
as the Spanish-American War and economic
trends such as industrialization. S.C. news
stories included the disenfranchisement of African Americans, the passage of discriminatory Jim Crow laws, and the
shooting of The State newspaper’s editor by the lieutenant governor
and his subsequent trial and acquittal.
By 1920, approximately 100 newspapers were being published concurrently in South Carolina, including 18 dailies and 73 weeklies. Their
contents reflected reform efforts to address child labor laws, the state’s
poorly funded and operated educational system, and the working and
living conditions in textile mills and mill villages.