■ Inside
Nov. 6 marks the
100-year anniversary
of Carolina’s first
visit by a sitting
president. Page 3
Tina Milhorn
Stallard, left, and
Denise Boylan play
a mother and daughter on vacation in
Italy in The Light in
the Piazza. Page 8
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■ Governor’s Professor of Year
Anderson garners
second big award
A dancer whose dedication and artistic
achievement have been instrumental in the
growth of the University’s dance program
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has been named a recipient of the Governor’s
rnor’s
Professor of the Year Award for 2009.
Susan E. Anderson was notified Oct. 23
by University President Harris Pastides of
the award, the second
honor she has earned
this year.
Pastides said
Anderson’s three
decades of service
to students have
enriched the artistic
community at the
University and
beyond.
“The University’s
Anderson
expression of cultural
creativity is as important as its commitment
to technology and economic development,
and Susan Anderson has played a leadership role in the University’s arts initiatives,”
Pastides said.
“She came to Carolina at a time when
the dance program was in its infancy. She
moved forward to give students her talent
and time and has built a flourishing program
that has shaped the lives of young people
throughout South Carolina and the nation
and has changed the artistic landscape in our
community.
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Forum on Nov. 16
aims to de-mystify
health care reform
“De-Mystifying Health Care Reform: What It
Means to You” will be held from 4 to
5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 in the School of Law
Auditorium.
The open forum will help faculty, staff,
and students understand proposed health
care changes. The panel discussion will
review the legislative process to date and will
include a clarification of proposed health care
reform legislation with an emphasis on topics
most relevant to the University community.
The forum will close with a discussion of
steps for effecting policy change through engagement and action, with time for questions
and answers.
Speakers will be Darcy Freedman, assistant professor, College of Social Work; Steve
Beckham, University Government Affairs Liaison; John Ruoff, research director, S.C. Fair
Share; and Alan Tauber, president, University Graduate Student Association. Charles
Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, will be
the moderator.
Sponsors are the College of Social Work,
Science and Communications Research
Group, Institute for Partnerships to Eliminate Health Disparities, and S.C. Access
Initiative.
The forum is free and open to the public,
and refreshments will be provided. For more
information, go to www.cosw.edu or contact
Freedman at darcy.freedman@sc.edu or
7-1326.
Eastern exposure
Wu Man, a pipa virtuoso, will perform at the next Southern Exposure New Music
Series concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the School of Music Recital Hall.The pipa is
an ancient lute-like instrument that originated in China.The concert is free. For
more about Wu Man and the Southern Exposure Series, see page 8.
Sumter
Union
Upstate
Genes associated with
colorectal cancer are
targets of new study
Colorectal cancer tumors often are the result of overactive genes
that promote inflammation and cell growth.
It’s those genes—which make up nearly 10 percent of the
human genome—that are the target of Dan Dixon’s new research
project, funded with a $1.5 million grant by the National Institutes of Health.
“We’re trying to understand why genes
involved with growth and inflammation
are overexpressed in colorectal cancer
tumors and cancer cells. If we can figure
out what mechanisms allow for this to
happen, we’ll have something to target
with new cancer drugs,” said Dixon, an
assistant professor in the Department of
Biological Sciences and a researcher in the
Center for Colorectal Cancer Research.
Genes that control inflammation and
Dixon
growth serve a vital purpose in normal
body function as they are rapidly turned on and off, Dixon said.
But in colon cancer cells, the process for turning the genes off
doesn’t function properly, giving the tumor cells a growth advantage.
“A gene of interest is COX-2, which is a pro-inflammatory
gene that’s often overexpressed in colon cancer,” he said. “We’re
trying to identify the defective process and then figure out how to
turn it off.”
Dixon likened that procedure to cutting wires in a light switch
that is stuck in the ‘on’ position. To do that, he plans to work with
compounds from a major pharmaceutical company that could
play a role in short-circuiting the defective gene mechanism.
“That’s an area that hasn’t been explored in therapeutics, in
terms of cancer targeting,” Dixon said. “We’re targeting a central
mechanism that controls a number of genes that affect various
aspects of cancer growth. By better understanding the cellular
mechanisms involved in controlling the expression of these genes,
we aim to identify and define new molecular targets that will
improve on current cancer treatment and prevention strategies.”
Colorectal cancers are a leading cause of cancer incidence and
death among adult Americans. Dixon’s research team includes
four graduate students, a technician, and several undergraduates.
New name, new directions for geology department
By Chris Horn
The geology department has a new name—the Department of
Earth and Ocean Sciences—and an up-and-coming reputation as a
research powerhouse in the College of Arts and Sciences.
With more than $1 million in research grants since July 1 and a
new trace metals laboratory about to open, the department is finding plenty of new opportunities.
“Historically, this department has generated some of the highest
per-faculty research funding in the college,” said department chair
Venkat Lakshmi. “We are in the top 25 departments in the country
for environmentally related research. I think we have been a wellkept secret.”
Geological sciences courses are no secret to Carolina’s undergraduates: every year, 1,500 to 2,000 sign up for classes in the
department, many of them doing so to fulfill science requirements.
The department has about 60 undergraduate majors and around 45
graduate students.
“We don’t produce a lot of master’s and doctoral students, but
the ones we turn out are very good,” Lakshmi said. “Our geophysics
students do especially well, going on to prestigious graduate programs or into industry. They are snapped up very quickly.
“In addition, in the past five years, some of our undergraduates
have garnered prestigious scholarships such as the Goldwater and
been named Magellan Scholars and have moved on to good graduates schools such as Cornell, Stanford, and Arizona.”
About 100 of the department’s roughly 900 alumni live in Houston, Texas, working in the energy industry. That’s a reflection of the
Gabrielle Munn, left, Michael Bizimis, and Carl Frisby in the Department of Earth
and Ocean Sciences’ new trace metals lab.
department’s former emphasis on petroleum exploration geology;
only a handful of such geologists remain on the faculty, although
they continue to have active research programs.
“We’re debating whether to move the department’s research
agenda toward alternative energy—geothermal, tidal energy, and
solar—but nothing has crystallized yet,” he said. “Some of these new
thrust areas will depend on the resources offered to us and partnerContinued on page 6
Briefly
2010 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED: The following dates have been approved as the official University holidays
in 2010.The University observes the same number of holidays
as other state agencies. Christmas Eve is now a permanent state
holiday.The holidays are:
• New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2010
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 18, 2010
• Independence Day, July 5, 2010 (observed)
• Labor Day, Sept. 6, 2010
• Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 2010
• Day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, 2010
• December holiday, Dec. 23, 2010
• Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2010
• Christmas Day, Dec. 27, 2010 (observed)
• December Holiday, Dec. 28, 2010
• December Holiday, Dec. 29, 2010
• December Holiday, Dec. 30, 2010
• December Holiday, Dec. 31, 2010
• New Year’s Day (first holiday of 2011), Jan. 3, 2011 (observed).
LAW GRAD WINS WRITING COMPETITION:
Shea B. Airey, a May graduate of the School of Law, won first
place in the 2009–10 Real Property/Trust & Estate Law Student
Writing Contest, sponsored by the American Bar Association.
Airey’s entry, “Conservation Easements in Private Practice:
A Detailed Overview of the Device and Why It Should Be
Embraced by the American Lawyer,” was judged best among 29
entries. Airey worked with Upstate Forever, a nonprofit landconservation group in Greenville, in summer 2007, and it was
from that experience that he acquired the background information for his winning paper. Airey will receive $2,500 cash, among
other awards, and his essay will be considered for publication in
a future issue of the Real Property,Trust & Estate Law Journal.
ALUMNUS’ FILM GETS LOCAL PREMIERE:
My Sweet Misery, a film directed by Carolina media arts graduate Matthew Jordan and released in October, is getting positive
national attention. Shot partially in Columbia and Charleston,
the movie is about a disconnected man who is haunted by a
past that is coming full circle in strange and surreal ways.The
lead actor is Zach Hanks, a 2004 graduate of the MFA in acting
program at Carolina. Richard Jennings, an acting professor at
Carolina, also appears in the film. Several other Carolina alumni
have roles in the film.The female lead is Anna Chlumsky, who
became famous as a child actor in the early 1990s for her role
in the popular film My Girl. My Sweet Misery’s Columbia
premiere takes place Nov. 6 at Carmike 14 Cinema in Harbison;
screenings also will take place Nov. 7, 10, and 12.The film’s official Web site is http://mysweetmiserymovie.com/index.html.
WEBINARS FOCUS ON CONSUMER ISSUES:
The S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs is offering a new
series of free, 30-minute Webinars on consumer issues.The
November schedule is:
• “Financial Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Protection Act” at
2 p.m. Nov. 10
• “Online Holiday Purchases” at 2 p.m. Nov. 19.
Registration forms will be available two weeks before each
Webinar at www.scconsumer.gov. Consumers can submit a
registration form by e-mail three business days before the
scheduled Webinar. Only the registration form in Word has been
set up as a document that can be filled in.
McNAIR PROGRAM RECRUITING STUDENTS:
The TRIO Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program provides research opportunities, financial resources, and faculty mentoring
for economically disadvantaged and under-represented students
who have the desire and potential to enter a doctoral program.
The program consists of a six-week summer research residency
and monthly academic year activities. Applications from students
for the 2010–11 academic year are being taken now. Recommendations from faculty and staff also are welcome. Application
deadline is Dec. 15. For information, contact Michelle Cooper at
7-5198 or Rogersm8@mailbox.sc.edu. Learn more about TRIO
online at www.sc.edu/trio.
SKETCHCRAWL IS NOV. 21: Assistant art professor Sara Schneckloth is organizing a public drawing day on
campus Nov. 21 as part of an international network of drawing
marathons called SketchCrawl. “People in locations all over the
world draw together for a day, then post their drawings on a
single Web site—www.sketchcrawl.com,” Schneckloth said. “This
is the 25th event they’ve done, and people from about 150 cities
participate. Here at Carolina, we will start in the Horseshoe at
10 a.m. and move from there. “ For more information, e-mail
schneckloth@gmail.com.
MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY IS DEC. 2: Palmetto
Health Baptist will be providing digital mammograms to eligible
Carolina students, faculty, and staff Dec. 2 on Greene Street.To
register and schedule a mammography screening, go to www.
palmettohealth.org or call 296-8888 or 1-800-221-9724. Each
woman must provide an order from her physician and bring her
insurance card to the screening.Women should receive their
first mammogram between the ages of 35 and 39. For more
information about the screenings and other upcoming events,
call Campus Wellness at 7-6518.
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English Programs for Internationals celebrates 30 years
English Programs for Internationals (EPI) will celebrate its
30-year anniversary during November.
Nationally accredited by the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation, EPI is USC’s intensive English
program. For the past three decades, EPI has provided internationally renowned services and support to students and faculty.
With an international reputation for excellence in Englishas-a-second-language (ESL) instruction and services, EPI is
the intensive English program of choice for students sponsored by Fulbright, as well as Asian, African, Eurasian, and
Middle Eastern governments and corporations. EPI’s instruction and personalized student services enable international
students to feel comfortable in their new environment and to
succeed in American universities and in their careers.
A financially self-supporting University unit, EPI serves
USC in a number of ways. EPI’s Conversation Partners
Program provides Carolina students with the opportunity for
weekly language and cultural exchange with EPI students.
EPI supports USC graduate students through stipends, teacher
training, and research opportunities.
In the 2008 fall semester, former EPI students made up
36.5 percent of USC’s international undergraduates. According to the Institute of International Education’s 2008 Open
Doors edition, international students contributed a total of
$73.5 million to South Carolina’s economy that year.
In addition to providing international students with quality
ESL education, EPI serves the many international teaching
assistants and professors at USC by offering courses to
improve their English language skills through the English
for Foreign Students program or the Center for Teaching
Excellence.
The anniversary will culminate with a celebration at the
Convention Center in the middle of November. For more
information, contact Maria Sophocleous at ms@epi.sc.edu.
Upstate engineering
technology program
attains accreditation
The Engineering Technology Management Program at USC
Upstate recently attained accreditation from the Technology
Accreditation Commission (TAC) of the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
ABET is the recognized accrediting body for college and
university programs in applied science,
computing, engineering, and technology and is a federation of 30 professional and technical societies representing
these fields. Among the most respected
accreditation organizations in the U.S.,
ABET has provided leadership and
quality assurance in higher education
for more 75 years.
The Engineering Technology
LeBoeuf
Management Program at USC Upstate
is a unique collaboration among the
campus and the technical colleges in Greenville, Spartanburg,
Piedmont, Tri-County, and York, offering a +2 program in
Engineering Technology Management (ETM). The program
builds on the technical foundation of a number of different
ABET accredited engineering technology associate degrees
by allowing a seamless transfer of credits to USC Upstate to
complete a bachelor’s degree.
“The Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology Management program contains a comprehensive blend of ETM
courses, economics courses, and a large number of business
electives to build a layer of technical management knowledge
and skills on the technical foundation developed in an engineering technology associate degree program,” said Richard
LeBoeuf, ETM program coordinator at USC Upstate.
“The ETM program will enable graduates to manage technical projects and teams and be an effective interface between
technicians and upper managers. They will typically serve as
technical project managers, functional managers for technical personnel, supervisors, or entrepreneurs in their technical
field.”
University launches Web
site, BeatClemson.org
The rivalry between Carolina and
Clemson University has deepened this
year, with alumni and fans emboldened
by a new competition to show their collegiate support.
The challenge is simple: to amass
more donors to the school’s annual fund
than the other school before Dec. 31. The
goal is participation, not money raised, so
donations of any amount are accepted.
To participate, alumni and fans
should go to www.beatclemson.org.
The Web site also features a video
in the spirit of the competition.
“The rivalry doesn’t end when
our alumni leave campus, and the
challenge is a wonderful opportunity for
graduates to support today’s student experience,” said Lola Mauer, the University’s
director of annual giving.
Alumni and fans can visit
www.beatclemson.org to check
out the status of the competition.
By participating, donors are eligible
to win two tickets to the Carolina-Clemson football
game Nov. 28, as well as 50 prints of the challenge artwork.
Lactation room opens in BA
Kim Truett
Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides cuts the ribbon for
the new lactation room located in the BA Building, Room 786.
Sponsored by the Healthy Carolina Lactation Support Program,
the room is furnished with a desk, chair, microwave, and other
resource materials.The room does not have a refrigerator
because most breast pumps come with a lunchbox-size cooler for
breast milk.The microwaves are used to steam bags to clean the
breast pump parts. Another lactation room is to open in
Wardlaw College, and two additional rooms are planned for
Byrnes and the Arnold School of Public Health.
Upstate child
development center
receives grant
The Burroughs Child Development Center (CDC) at
USC Upstate recently received the CCAMPIS (Child
Care Access Means Parents in Schools) grant from
the U. S. Department of Education, covering a fouryear period with a total amount of $208,692.
The center was allowed to apply for funds
totaling 1 percent of its total Federal Pell Grant
funds awarded to students enrolled at the institution
for FY 2008. Its annual award is $52,173.
The grant will enable the Burroughs CDC to
provide 10 reduced-fee slots for Pell-eligible USC
Upstate students who place their children there.
The ultimate goals of the program are to increase
retention and graduation rates for those students as
well as to provide age-appropriate and accredited
child care for their children.
“We were allowed to apply for funds totaling
1 percent of our total Federal Pell Grant funds
awarded to students enrolled at the institution
for FY 2008, so our award is $52,173 per year or
$208,692 for the full four-year grant period,” said
Heidi From, director of the Child Development
Center.
Get flexible and stay flexible,
advises former Gamecock lineman
It is almost comforting to know that, like many people, Jerome Provence once fell off the
exercise wagon.
Now a senior safety administrator in Facility Services, Provence has lived the life
of a college athlete—he was a Gamecock offensive lineman from 1974 to 1977. He has a
bachelor’s degree from Carolina in physical education and 24 graduate credit hours in
exercise science. He was the Gamecocks’
strength and conditioning coach for
about five years. He developed institutional and commercial lines of fitness
equipment for Counts Fitness Equipment for seven years. He was a sales
representative for Nautilus Sports Medical. He worked with high school coaches
on formulating programs and setting up
facilities for conditioning athletes. And
then he returned to Carolina to become
director of the Blatt P.E. Center.
Clearly, this man knows exercise. He
also leads a busy life, and sometimes the
two add up to one big time management
challenge.
“For several years, I was so tied up in
my professional life that I let workouts
take a severe back seat to almost everything else,” said the four-year Gamecock
letterman who is president of the USC
Letterman Association this year. “When I
returned to Carolina to work in the early
1990s, I got back on track by beginning a
walking and strengthening program.”
For his aerobic health, Provence
walks three to four times a week for 45
minutes. His job duties, which include
making sure EPA and OSHA regulations
are adhered to in the University’s facilities, keep his muscles strong. And he is
fully committed to stretching for at least
15 minutes every day of the week.
As a senior safety
“Flexibility, in general, is an area
administrator, Jerome
that is neglected by virtually everyone,
Provence ensures that
even professional athletes,” Provence
EPA and OSHA
said. “Stretching is important because it
regulations are being
improves range of motion around the
adhered to in the
joints, and that is key to agility, freedom
University’s facilities.
of movement, and the ergonomics of any
movement you make. A lack of flexibility can limit you and cause overuse
syndrome and pulled muscles.
“Being flexible is just as important
as having a fit respiratory system, in my
opinion,” he said. “There are several
modes of flexibility training out there,
and people can do a little research and
learn what type they would like to practice. Static stretching is popular, and I follow that
mode now.
“When I was involved in strength training, we used what is commonly called PNF
(Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation), which involves an assistive stretch from
a partner. When done properly, it is an extremely effective and efficient way to increase
flexibility without injury. My advice would be to do a little research and learn what type
you would like to practice.”
A standing-room-only crowd greeted President William Howard Taft when he spoke at the President’s House on the Horseshoe on Nov. 6, 1909.
Who was the first president to visit
Carolina? Hint: It was 100 years ago
Carolina’s history includes numerous visits by famous people, but the first appearance on campus
by a sitting president of the United States occurred 100 years ago.
That’s when William Howard Taft spoke on the Horseshoe during a whirlwind visit to Columbia
on Nov. 6, 1909, the first visit to South Carolina’s capital by a president since George Washington
came in 1791.
Taft’s visit was part of a larger national goodwill tour of cities, including New Orleans, Dallas,
and St. Louis. When he arrived by train at Union Station on South Main Street, plans called for a
motorcade through Columbia and the Horseshoe, which was then open to automobile traffic.
The campus was heavily decorated with bunting and American flags and crowded with enthusiastic spectators. When Taft’s procession neared what was then the University President’s House
(now the site of McKissick), the crowd gave a collective cheer for Yale, Taft’s alma mater.
The motorcade was not scheduled to stop, but Taft asked his driver to pause long enough for
him to address assembled school children and students from the University and two of Columbia’s
women’s colleges.
In addition to thanking the students for their warm reception, he expressed happiness for the
women in the crowd who were preparing themselves for “something higher in life,” adding that it
was a “mannish and mistaken idea that they only prepare themselves to make some man a wife,”
according to an account of the visit published in The State newspaper.
Taft’s comments were progressive at the time, said Carolina archivist Elizabeth Cassidy West,
noting that they were made when women were still a minority in the student body just 14 years after
being admitted to the University in 1895.
The next visit by a president to the University wouldn’t occur until 67 years later, in 1976, when
Gerald Ford attended a Carolina–Notre Dame football game. Ford was followed by President Ronald Reagan, who visited Carolina in 1983 and 1984; by President George H.W. Bush in May 1990;
and by President George W. Bush in May 2003. John F. Kennedy spoke at spring commencement in
1957 while he was a U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
■ If you go
Showtimes for Radium Girls are 8 p.m.
Nov. 13, 18, 19, 20; 7 and 11 p.m. Nov.
14; 7 p.m. Nov. 21; and 3 p.m. Nov. 22 at
Longstreet Theater.
Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 faculty,
staff, and military; $10 students; half-price
Late Night Performance at 11 p.m. Nov.
14. Call the box office at 7-2551.
The cast includes MFA acting students, from left, Katie Krueger, LaToya Codner,
and Lin Ying.
Kevin Bush
Radium Girls is powerful drama mixed with warmth
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie was an
international celebrity, and luminous watches were the latest
rage—until the women who painted them began to fall ill with
a mysterious disease. Five of the women challenged their
employer in a court case that established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their
employers.
Their story is told in Radium Girls, presented by Theatre
South Carolina Nov. 13–22. The drama, written by American
playwright Dorothy W. Gregory, will be directed by guest artist
Shanga Parker, a professional television and film actor and
associate professor of acting at the University of Washington
School of Drama, where he heads the BA program. Parker
received an MFA in acting from the University of California
San Diego, where he studied under Robyn Hunt and Steven
Pearson, both of whom are now faculty members in the theatre department at Carolina.
In 2002, as one of the first directors to stage Radium Girls,
Parker met the playwright Gregory, and the two formed a
continuing friendship. Theatre South Carolina’s production
of Radium Girls will use a newly revised script sent by the
author.
The 10 actors in the Theatre South Carolina production
will portray 37 different named characters; only the actors
playing the story’s two main characters have single roles.
The all-student cast members are MFA acting students Katie
Kreuger, Lin Ying, LaToya Codner, Daniel Hill, Brian Clowdus, and Ryan Krause; junior theatre majors Adrienne Lee,
Lauren Koch, and Jeffrey Earl; and senior theatre major Lee
Gottschalk.
West to autograph books
University Archivist Elizabeth Cassidy West will sign
copies of her two recent books, The University of South
Carolina Football Vault and The University of South Carolina
Campus Series, from 1 to 2 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Literary
Café of the University Bookstore in the Russell House.
The Friday event is part of the kick off for the Florida
football game weekend during which fans can purchase
autographed copies of the books that provide a pictorial
overview of the University’s history and look at Carolina’s
storied gridiron past.
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November & December
Calendar
■ Lectures
■ Lectures
■ Exhibits
Nov 5 Center for Digital Humanities,
Nov.
Humanities Future Knowledge Lecture Series, “Modeling Turn-Taking Behavior in
Spoken Dialogue Systems,” Julia Hirschberg, Columbia
University. Co-sponsored by the linguistics program, and
Computer Science and Engineering Department. 3:30 p.m.,
BA Building, Room 584.
Nov 11 English
Nov.
English, Caught in the Creative Act
Act, Tom Perrotta
reads and talks about his work, 5:45 p.m., Gambrell Hall
Auditorium.
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Nov. 19 M
McMaster Gallery: Ceramics: Southeast, an invitational exhibition. McMaster Gallery, 1615 Senate St. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m., closed weekends
and all University holidays. For more information, contact
Mana Hewitt, gallery director, at 7-7480 or mana@sc.edu.
Nov. 5 Jewish Studies, “Deadly Medicine: The German
Medical Profession and Nazi Medical Crimes,” Patricia
Heberer, historian, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Co-sponsored by Health Sciences South Carolina, Center
for Bioethics, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy,
Arnold School of Public Health, Jewish Studies Initiatives,
and the S.C. State Museum. 3:30 p.m., S.C. State Museum.
Nov. 5 Physics and astronomy, “The Mystery of the
Proton Spin,” Joseph E. Johnson, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Carolina, 3:30 p.m., Jones
Physical Science Center, Room 409.
Nov. 6 Center for Teaching Excellence, “Writing SoTL
Papers,” facilitator is Jed Lyons, faculty director of the
center. 10:10–11 a.m., Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511.
Nov. 6 Social work, “Building Parent-Provider Shared
Leadership to Improve Systems Serving Vulnerable
Families,” Arlene Andrews, Carolina Distinguished Professor,
College of Social Work, noon–1 p.m., Old Alumni House,
1731 College St., Conference Room.
Nov. 6 Geography, “Fighting Communism through
Urban Planning: the AFL-CIO’s housing programs in Latin
American and the Caribbean during the 1960s,” Andrew
Herod, Department of Geography, University of Georgia,
3 p.m., Calcott College, Room 201.
Nov. 6 Marine science, “An ‘Enviro-Informatic’
Assessment of a Great Lakes Coastal System: Data-Driven
Characterization and Modeling of Phytoplanton,” David
Millie, University of South Florida, 3 p.m., Jones Physical
Science Center, Room 104.
Nov. 12 Center for Teaching Excellence, “Online
Rubrics and Rubrics for Online Teaching,” facilitator will be
Tena B. Crews, associate director of technology pedagogy
for the center. 1–1:50 p.m., Thomas Cooper Library, Room
511.
Nov. 12 European Studies, Tournées Film Festival presents Un Secret (A Secret), directed by Claude Miller, 2007.
Discussion of the film will be led by Saskia Coenen Snyder,
a faculty member in Jewish Studies and history at Carolina.
Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies and French Cultural Services. 7 p.m., BA Building, Belk Auditorium, Room 005.
Nov. 13 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Design, Development, and Applications of a New Class of Enantioselective Acyl Transfer Catalysts,” Vladimir Birman, Washington
University, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 006.
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Through Jan. 23, 2010 McKissick Museum: Southern Satire:
The Illustrated World of Jak Smyrl. Second floor, North Gallery.
Nov. 13 Marine science, “Caught between a Condo and
the Rising Tide: Surface Elevation Changes in Natural and
Stabilized Fringing Salt Marshes in North Carolina,” Carolyn
Currin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
3 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 104.
Perrotta
Nov. 10 Center for Teaching Excellence, “Tips for Using
Technology to Save Time,” facilitator will be Lara Ducate,
an associate professor of German and director of Teacher
Education in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures. 2–3 p.m., Thomas Cooper Library, Room 511.
Joseph Montezinos
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Through May 2010 Coleman Karesh Law Library:
An Eighteenth Century Law Library:The Colcock-Hutson Collection, School of Law, S.C. Legal History Room, Main Level.
Through Aug. 2010 Coleman Karesh Law Library:
Memory Hold the Door, a new exhibit highlighting four past
honorees of Memory Hold the Door, a program of the USC
School of Law and the S.C. Bar Association. School of Law,
Main Level.
Nov. 16 English, Caught in the
Creative Act, lecture on Australian
writer Jane Alison’s memoir, The
Sisters Antipodes. 5:45 p.m., Gambrell
Hall Auditorium. For information, go
to www.cas.sc.edu/cica.
Nov. 18 Women’s and Gender
Studies, “Embodying Food Studies:
Unpacking the Ways We Become
What We Eat,” Darcy Freedman, an
assistant professor in social work at
Carolina, 3:30 p.m., Currell College,
Room 107.
Nov. 18 English, Caught in the
Creative Act, Jane Alison reads from
and talks about her work, 5:45 p.m.,
Gambrell Hall Auditorium.
Nov. 20 Chemistry and
biochemistry, “Properties and
Structures of Metal Complexes
Synthesized from ‘Designer’
Ligands,” Daniel Reger, Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry at
Freedman
Carolina, 4 p.m., Jones Physical
Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Nov. 20 Center for Teaching Excellence, Power Lunch
for Columbia Faculty, “Teaching and Research in Tenure and
Promotion,” presented by Christine Curtis, vice provost for
faculty development at Carolina, and Matthew Boylan, an associate professor of mathematics. 12:15–1:45 p.m., Thomas
Cooper Library, Room 511. Registration is required; to
register, go to www.sc.edu/cte/power/columbia.
Nov. 20 Mathematics, “Domain
Walls and Their Junctions,” Fang-Hua
Lin, Silver Professor, Department of
Mathematics, Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences. Sponsored
by the Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute at Carolina. 3:30 p.m.,
LeConte College. Refreshments at
3 p.m.
Nov. 11 Center for Teaching Excellence, Power Lunch
for Clinical Faculty, “Time Management: Myth or Real
Possibility?,” presented by Elizabeth G. (Libby) Baxley, chair of
the Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, USC
School of Medicine, 12:15–1:45 p.m., Thomas Cooper Library,
Room 511. Registration is required; to register, go to
www.sc.edu/cte/power/clinical.
Nov. 11 Institute for African American Research,
“An Evaluation of the Shop Talk Movement: CommunityDriven Colorectal Cancer Awareness and Education in
Barbershops and Beauty Shops,” Michelle Williams, doctoral
student in the Arnold School of Public Health at Carolina.
3:30 p.m., Thomas Cooper Library, Room 218.
Through Jan. 16, 2010 McKissick Museum: Urban
Archaeology in Columbia, Third floor, Lobby Gallery.
Nov. 16 Biology, “Pollen Tube Guidance in Solanum Species: Identification of Glycoproteins as the Ovule-derived
Chemoattractant Signal,” Daniel Matton, University of Montreal, 4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences Building, Room 005.
Nov. 9 Biology, “Genes, Water Fleas, and Climate
Changes,” Lawrence J. Weider, University of Oklahoma,
4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences Building, Room 005.
Nov. 9 English, Caught in the
Creative Act: Writers Talk About
Their Writing, lecture on New
Jersey-born writer Tom Perrotta’s
novel Little Children, which was made
into a Golden Globe-nominated
movie starring Kate Winslet.
Perrotta teaches creative writing at
Yale and Harvard universities.
5:45 p.m., Gambrell Hall Auditorium.
For more information, go to www.
cas.sc.edu/cica.
Through Nov. 30 Thomas Cooper Library: Voices For
Civil Rights: Modjeska Simkins, I. DeQuincey Newman and the
NAACP, from the S.C. Political Collections, East Gallery.
Through Jan. 9, 2010 McKissick Museum: The Biennial
Department of Art Faculty Exhibition. Second floor, South Gallery.
Nov. 6 Philosophy, “Violations of the Principle of
Sufficient Reason,” Michael Della Rocca,Yale University,
3:30 p.m., Wardlaw College, Room 126.
Roxanna Perdue
Through Nov. 25 South Caroliniana Library: Winter in
Midsummer: Oscar Montgomery Lieber and the Eclipse Expedition of 1860. Lumpkin Foyer.
Nov. 12 Southern Studies, 2009 Hodges Prize in
Southern Studies Lecture, “Wade Hampton: Confederate
Warrior to Southern Redeemer,” Rod Andrew, Department
of History, Clemson University, 7 p.m., Carolina Room, Inn
at USC.
Nov. 6 Linguistics, “Detecting Deception from Speech:
Humans vs. Machines,” Julia Hirschberg, Columbia
University, 3:30 p.m., Sloan College, Room 112.
Nov. 6 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Cholesteroldependent Cytolysins: Structural Requirements for
Membrane Recognition and Pore Formation,” Rod Tweten,
University of Oklahoma, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science
Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Through Nov. 25 South Caroliniana Library: Highlights of Gamecock Football History. Lumpkin Foyer.
Nov. 20 Marine science,
“Acquired Phototrophy in Aquatic
Protists,” Diane Stoecker, Horn
Point Laboratory, Maryland, 3 p.m., Jones Physical Science
Center, Room 104.
Lin
Jason Ayer
Dancing with heart The USC Dance Company will present
American at Heart Nov. 6–7 at the Koger Center starring Distinguished
Artist-in-Residence Kyra Strasberg, a former principal ballerina with the
Boston Ballet; sophomore dance performance major Ryan Thomas, bottom
left; and freshman engineering major William Smith, bottom right.
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Kathy Dowell at 7-3686. The deadline for receipt of
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date of issue. The next publication date is Nov. 19.
■ Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
To add events here, contact Cassandra Pope at
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If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
■ Concerts
■ Theatre/opera/dance
Nov. 9 School of Music: Faculty trumpet recital, James
Ackley, 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Recital Hall, Room 206.
Nov. 6–7 USC Dance Company: American at Heart,
performed with the USC Symphony, featuring the George
Balanchine classic Divertimento. Sponsored by the University’s Arts Institute. 7:30 p.m., Koger Center. For ticket
information, call 251-2222.
Nov. 11 Trinity Cathedral: Midday series, featuring Carolina music professors Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers,
12:30 p.m. Satterlee Hall, Cathedral’s parish house, Sumter
at Senate streets, on the Senate Street side of the cathedral.
Half-hour concert is free; lunch is available for purchase.
Nov. 13 School of Music: Southern Exposure New Music
Series, Wu Man, solo pipa, 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Recital
Hall. (See story page 8.)
Nov. 13 Koger Center:
Frankie Beverly and Maze,
presented by the S.C.
HIV/AIDS Council, 8 p.m.
Tickets range from $41 to
$58. For tickets, go to the
Carolina Coliseum ticket
office, call the charge line
at 251-2222, or go to
capitoltickets.com.
Upstate art professor Jane Nodine is one of 14 artists invited to display
work in 225˚ F Encaustic Encounters.Twenty of her encaustic paintings,
including the one above, are in the exhibit.
■ Around the campuses
Nov. 5 USC Aiken: University Band Fall Concert, 8 p.m.,
Etherredge Center.
Nov. 5–7 USC Beaufort: “Art, Artifice, and Acquisition,”
a three-day event to kick off a yearlong celebration of USC
Beaufort’s Golden Jubilee.
Nov. 5–7 USC Lancaster: Conference, Third-annual
State of the African American Male, “Closing the Achievement Gap: Student Achievement and Success,” James
Bradley Arts and Sciences Building. For information and
registration, call Adopt-A-Leader at 803-313-2367 or TRIO
Programs at 803-313-7125.
Nov. 6–Dec. 4 USC Upstate: Exhibit, Of Reliquaries and
Watertowers, Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery.
Nov. 6–Feb. 6, 2010 USC Upstate: Exhibit, 225˚ F
Encaustic Encounters. Jane Allen Nodine, an art professor at
USC Upstate, will have 20 works from her body of work
called trace series included in this national exhibition at the
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State
University, Boone, N.C. For information, e-mail Nodine
at jnodine@uscupstate.edu, call 52-5838, or go to www.
turchincenter.org.
Nov. 8–15 USC Lancaster: National Recycling Week.
Nov. 12–14 and 15 USC Upstate: Comedy, Leading
Ladies, by two-time Tony-nominated playwright Ken Ludwig.
8 p.m. Nov. 12–14 and 3 p.m. Nov. 15, Humanities and Performing Arts Center Theatre. Tickets are $7 general public,
$5 for faculty, staff, and students. For information, contact
Jimm Cox, director of theatre at USC Upstate, at 52-5697
or jcox@uscupstate.edu.
Nov. 17 USC Lancaster: Study Abroad International
Food Festival, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Bradley Multipurpose Room.
Nov. 14 School of
Music: Guest artist flute
recital, Brooks de WetterSmith, professor, Department of Music, UNC,
7:30 p.m., School of Music,
Recital Hall.
Nov. 6 and 8 Opera at USC: The Light in the Piazza,
winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical. Directed
by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 3 p.m. Nov. 8,
Drayton Hall. Tickets are $18 general admission; $15 faculty,
staff, senior citizens, and military; $5 students. For tickets,
call 7-0052. (See story page 8.)
Nov. 13–22 Theatre South Carolina: Radium Girls, a play
by Pulitzer Prize–nominated writer Dorothy W. Gregory.
Directed by special guest artist Shanga Parker, an associate
professor of acting at the University of Washington and a
professional television and film actor. For show times and
ticket information, go to www.cas.sc.edu/thea/season09-10.
html. (See story page 8.)
Nov. 18–22 Theater: Flight, conceived and directed
by Carolina theatre department faculty member Steven
Pearson, text by theatre department faculty member Robyn
Hunt. Presented by the Center for Performance Experimentation at Carolina, 8 p.m., Hamilton College Gymnasium, southwest corner of Pendleton and Pickens streets.
Tickets are $10 at the door. (See story page 8.)
Singer, songwriter, and producer
Frankie Beverly will perform with
soul and funk group Maze Nov. 13.
Nov. 15 School of Music:
Carolina Alive Vocal Jazz Ensemble,
directed by Carolina’s new assistant
choral director Joseph Modica,
3 p.m., School of Music, Recital hall.
Nov. 20 School of Music: University Chorus, directed by Carolina’s
new assistant choral director
Joseph Modica, will present works
by Palestrina, Faure, Childs, Bach,
Ticheli, Brahms,Vaughn Williams,
Modica
Mechem, and Lauridsen. 7:30 p.m.,
St. Andrews Baptist Church, 230
Bush River Road, Columbia, free.
Nov. 17 USC Symphony: Hiam Avitsur, shofar and
trombone, joins the orchestra, directed by Donald Portnoy.
Performance will include pieces by Berlioz, Warshauer,
Schubert, and Tchaikovsky. Tickets are $25 general public;
$20 faculty, staff, and senior citizens; and $8 students on day
of performances, $5 in advance. Tickets are available at the
Carolina Coliseum Ticket Office, the Charge Line at 2512222, or Capitoltickets.com.
Nov. 18 School of Music: Campus Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music, Recital Hall.
Nov. 20 School of Music: University Chorus, 7:30 p.m.,
St. Andrews Baptist Church, 230 Bush River Road,
Columbia.
Nov. 22 School of Music: Palmetto Concert Band, 4 p.m.,
Koger Center, free.
■ Miscellany
Nov. 5–8 Carolina Productions: Movies, I Love You, Beth
Cooper, starring Hayden Panettiere and Paul Rust, 6 p.m.,
and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, starring Shia LaBeouf
and Megan Fox, 9 p.m., Russell House Theater, free with
valid USC ID.
Nov. 10 Healthy Carolina: Farmers Market, will feature
fresh produce, breads, cheeses, and the opportunity to
order an organic local turkey for Thanksgiving from Doko
Farms. 10 a.m.–2 p.m., Greene Street, in front of Russell
House. For more information, contact Holly Harring at
7-0597 or harrinha@mailbox.sc.edu.
Nov. 10 Fellowships and Scholar Programs: Workshop, Rotary Scholarship, 4 p.m., Harper/Elliott Colleges,
Gressette Room, third floor.
Nov. 12 Healthy Carolina: Prenatal-Postnatal Yoga, with
certified yoga instructor Marguerite O’Brien, for new and
expecting moms. Mats will be provided; participants are
asked to bring a pillow. Sponsored by the Lactation Support
Program. Noon–1 p.m., Green Quad Learning Center.
Nov. 17 Culinary and Wine Institute: “Martinis,”
6:30 p.m., McCutchen House. Cost is $50 per person. To
register online, go to www.mccutchenhouse.sc.edu.
Nov. 21 Culinary and Wine Institute: Chef d’Jour Class,
“Chocolate!,” 9 a.m.–1 p.m., McCutchen House. Cost is $50
per person. To register, go online at 222.mccutchenhouse.
sc.edu.
■ Sports
Nov. 6 Women’s volleyball: Auburn, 7 p.m.,Volleyball
Competition Facility, 1051 Blossom St., adjacent to Carolina
Coliseum.
Hayden Panettiere, near
Nov. 8 Women’s volleyball: Georgia, 1:30 p.m.,Volleyball
Competition Facility, 1051 Blossom St., adjacent to Carolina
Coliseum.
Nov. 11 Women’s basketball: Exhibition, Augusta State
University, 7 p.m., Colonial Life Arena.
Nov. 13 Men’s basketball: Alabama A&M, 7 p.m., Colonial
Life Arena.
Nov. 14 Football: Florida, TBA, Williams-Brice Stadium.
Nov. 15 Women’s volleyball: LSU, 1:30 p.m.,Volleyball
Competition Facility, 1051 Blossom St., adjacent to Carolina
Coliseum.
right, and Lauren London,
far right, play popular
high school seniors who
can’t believe their ears
when they hear the
nerdy class valedictorian
proclaim his love for one
of them during his
graduation speech in
I Love You, Beth Cooper.
The 2009 movie plays at
Russell House Nov. 5–8.
Nov. 16 Men’s basketball: Georgia Southern, 7 p.m.,
Colonial Life Arena.
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Carolina/Clemson Blood Drive is Nov. 16–20
The Carolina-Clemson 25th-annual Blood Drive will be
held Nov. 16–20 on both campuses. All students, faculty,
staff, alumni, and other football fans are eligible and encouraged to participate.
Blood donations can be made in the Russell House
Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day of the week.
The Greene Street blood mobile will be open every day
from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The blood mobile outside of the Moore School of Business will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and
Thursday. The blood mobile outside the Colonial Life Arena
will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
All participants will receive a commemorative longsleeved T-shirt and a variety of free food. The blood drive
trophy will be awarded to the winning team at the game on
Nov. 28 at Williams-Brice Stadium.
No appointments are needed. Blood donors must be at
least 17 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more, be in generally good health, and provide proof of identification.
Prize-winning writer to discuss legacy of Wade Hampton
Prize-winning writer and scholar Ron Andrew will discuss
the legacy of South Carolina Confederate son Wade Hampton III Nov. 12.
The talk, centered on Andrew’s 2008 biography of
Hampton, titled Wade Hampton: Confederate Warrior to
Southern Redeemer, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Inn at
USC. It is free and open to the public.
Andrew, a historian at Clemson University, won the
2009 Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies for
the biography because of its groundbreaking analysis of
Hampton’s role during Reconstruction as a conservative
white leader.
“Dr. Andrew’s book is a realistic view of a man whose
story has often been clouded by myths,” said Walter Edgar,
a Carolina history professor and author of numerous books
on South Carolina history. “The Institute for Southern
Studies is grateful to the Hodges family for their generous
support of this prize and this important lecture.”
The Mary Lawton Hodges Prize in Southern Studies was
established by the University’s Institute for Southern Studies in 2006 to recognize a scholar with the most original
work that furthers understanding of the American South.
Previous winners have included James C. Cobb, Away
Down South, and William Freehling, The Road to Disunion, Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854–1861.
An expert in Southern history, Andrew has taught at
Clemson since 2000 and also written about the tradition of
Southern military schools.
For more information, call Bob Ellis at 7-2340 or go to
www.cas.sc.edu/ISS/.
Economic Outlook Conference is Dec. 2
“Recovery or relapse” will be the focus of the Darla Moore
School of Business’ 29th-annual Economic Outlook Conference set for Dec. 2 at the school.
The conference, which attracts business leaders from
around the state, will run from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
Lumpkin Auditorium on the eighth floor of the B.A. Building. Registration is $55 and includes a networking hour
from noon to 1 p.m. with heavy hors d’oeuvres. The conference will begin at 1 p.m.
Darla Moore School research economists Doug Woodward and Paulo Guimaraes will give the economic forecasts
for the state and nation. A panel of economists from
around the state will discuss this year’s theme, “Outlook for
the Economy, 2010: Recovery or Relapse?,” from 2:15 to
Anderson
3:15 p.m. Moderated by Woodward, the panel will feature
Frank Hefner, economics professor, College of Charleston;
Donald L. Schunk, research economist, Coastal Carolina
University; and Bruce Yandle, distinguished professor of
economics emeritus, Clemson University.
Sonoco Products chair, president, and CEO Harris
DeLoach Jr. will deliver the keynote address, “Lean, Fit and
Ready to Grow,” from 3:15 to 4 p.m.
Advance registration is required and can be completed
online at mooreschool.sc.edu by clicking on “events.”
Deadline for registration is Nov. 25, and questions should
be directed to Nancy Beym at 800-393-2362 or e-mail:
nbeym@moore.sc.edu.
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“She is highly regarded among educators for her ability
to create performance opportunities for students by bringing guest choreographers and stars of the most prestigious
dance companies in the world to Carolina.”
Anderson joined the faculty in 1975 and has devoted
more than three decades to developing dance at Carolina.
Under her leadership, the dance program has grown threefold. She spearheaded efforts to begin a bachelor’s degree
program in dance performance/choreography and dance
education and initiated plans that led to the construction
of the 32,000-square-foot Band and Dance Building that
opened earlier this year.
Anderson is the artistic director of the USC Dance
Company, the USC Dance Program, and the USC Dance
Conservatory and is artistic director of the organizations.
The governor’s award is administered through the S.C.
Commission on Higher Education. Since its inception in
1988, the award has gone to 35 faculty members from both
public and private colleges and universities in the state.
“We cannot overstate the positive impact an engaged,
passionate professor has on the lives of his or her students,” said Ken Wingate, chair of the S.C. Commission
on Higher Education. “Professor Anderson is one of those
once-in-a-lifetime instructors. Her success in the classroom
and in the professional dance community is remarkable.”
The award will be announced officially Nov. 5 when the
CHE recognizes the two Governor’s Professor of the Year
award winners, along with eight Distinguished Professors
of the Year.
Anderson is director of the S.C. Summer Dance
Conservatory and a member of the USC Dance Board. A
co-founder of the S.C. Summer Dance Institute, Anderson
has performed and trained with dance companies in New
York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as Russia and
Italy. Among her numerous honors is the Michael J. Mungo
Distinguished Professor Award, the University’s highest
award for teaching, which she received earlier this year.
Under Anderson’s direction, the dance program has
been supported by the S.C. Arts Commission, the Knight
Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington counties.
For information about the dance program and performances, go to www.cas.sc.edu/dance.
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LOCATION: The USC Postal Service sorts and delivers mail
each day to all campus departments. Mail is sorted to the department name and building location listed on the mail piece. In absence
of this information, the location is looked up using a USC directory
link, which feeds off of current faculty and staff Human Resources/
VIP data.The majority of departments have centralized mail delivery
locations; however, many departments have splintered and have staff
located throughout the campus.To better serve and ensure timely
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individual VIP information should reflect the correct campus location.
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more information, call 7-2158.
SEMINAR TO LOOK AT VULNERABLE FAMILIES:
Arlene Andrews, a Carolina Distinguished Professor in the College
of Social Work, will deliver a lecture titled “Building Parent-Provider
Shared Leadership to Improve Systems Serving Vulnerable Families”
from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at 1731 College St., the former Alumni
House, in the first floor conference room.The Friday “Community of
Scholars” Colloquia Series, sponsored by the College of Social Work,
will be offered the first and third Friday of each month to stimulate
interest and discussion among faculty, staff, and students on a range
of scholarly topics.The seminar is free, and bag lunches are welcome.
The format includes a 15–20 minute presentation followed by open
discussion and question and answers. For directions and more information, contact Pam Weiss at pweiss@mailbox.sc.edu or 576-6074.
McNAIR PROGRAM RECRUITING STUDENTS: The
TRIO Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program provides research opportunities, financial resources, and faculty mentoring for economically disadvantaged and under-represented students who have the desire
and potential to enter a doctoral program.The program consists of
a six-week summer research residency and monthly academic year
activities. Applications from students for the 2010–11 academic year
are being taken now. Recommendations from faculty and staff also
are welcome. Application deadline is Dec. 15. For information, contact
Michelle Cooper at 7-5198 or Rogersm8@mailbox.sc.edu. Learn
more about TRIO online at www.sc.edu/trio.
RENEW RESERVED PARKING SPACES NOW: The
deadline to renew reserved parking spaces for the spring semester
is Nov. 6. Failure to renew by this date will result in the loss of the
space. Requests for change of space assignment should be made at
this time on a first come, first served basis. Faculty and staff using
payroll deduction do not need to respond unless requesting a change
of space assignment. Make checks payable to USC. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and Carolina Card (in office) are
accepted.The charges for the semester are: Blossom garage, $280;
Senate garage, $260; Pendleton garage, $260; Horizon garage, $320;
Discovery garage, $320; and Bull Street garage, $320.
WUSC-FM PLAYS FAVORITES FOR SUPPORT: The
University’s student-run radio station will begin its fall fund raiser by
playing its favorite artists Nov. 7–13. The “Playing Favorites” fund
raiser will highlight WUSC’s student deejays’ favorite musicians
while raising money to purchase much-needed station equipment
and balance the station’s operating budget. “Each year WUSC must
raise $13,000 to run the station,” said WUSC station manager
Marcy Bozek. “While University funding helps to cover most of our
operating budget, we rely on our listeners to help keep us on the air.”
Donors can call in to the station at 576-9872 or donate via a new
secure online system at www.wusc.sc.edu. The funding will help the
station purchase in-studio microphones, stands, a security monitor,
and upgrade the Web streaming computer to accommodate more
online listeners. Donors of $20 or more receive premium items such
as hats,T-shirts, or gift cards to various local stores. “We hope to raise
$6,000 during Playing Favorites week,” Bozek said. “If we’re successful,
we’ll be able to begin building a unified playlist system to provide our
listeners with immediate access to song and artist information.”
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ships with other units on campus.
“We have a healthy residence time among our faculty.
In the past 10 years, several people have retired or left for
other jobs, and a similar number have been hired. We don’t
want a revolving door in our department.”
As a discipline, geological sciences programs across
the country have progressed from an emphasis on making maps of stratigraphic layers to seismic modeling and
complex global climate change modeling. Supporting the
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences’ research on
climate change modeling is a new trace metals lab, located
in Sumwalt College.
New faculty members Michael Bizimis and Howie Scher
have been instrumental in setting up the lab, which will
be acquiring two plasma mass spectrometers on Nov. 10.
The new instruments are capable of analyzing the atomic
composition of a single grain of sample, a technique that
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allows scientists to determine sample age by measuring the
ratio of elements present in the sample.
Bizimis, a geochemist, will use the lab to analyze rock
samples from the Hawaiian Islands. He has found that
while the earth’s core is the common source of materials
for volcanic islands around the globe, the islands’ geologic
composition can be quite different. Those differences
provide clues to changes in oceanic circulation and point to
changes in ancient climate patterns.
“In paleoclimate ocean chemistry, every element tells
a different story,” Bizimis said. “What we hope to do,
ultimately, is use that data to figure out how long it took for
past ocean circulation and climate patterns to change. We
can predict what might happen in the future by looking at
what’s happened in the past.”
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■ BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Pat J. Gehrke, English and speech communication, The Ethics and Politics of
Speech: Communication and Rhetoric in the Twentieth Century, Southern Illinois
University Press, Evanston, Ill.
■ Lighter times
I’m really not much of a proof reader,
but I did catch most of your B.S.
■ ARTICLES
Suzanne McDermott, family and preventive medicine, Marge Aelion,
H.T. Davis,Y. Liu, and A.B. Lawson, “Validation of Bayesian kriging of arsenic,
chromium, lead, and mercury in surface soils based on internode sampling,”
Environmental Science and Technology, and, same co-authors, “Soil metal
concentrations and toxicity: Associations with distances to industrial facilities
and implications for human health,” Science of the Total Environment, and “Identifying natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in urban and rural soils
using GIS-based data and PCA, and spatial interpolation,” Environmental Pollution, and, with Jason Hawn, medicine, C. Rice, and H. Nichols, “Overweight
and obesity among children with Down syndrome: A review of the literature
and a descriptive study of children attending a Down syndrome clinic in
South Carolina,” The Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association.
Wayne F. Outten, chemistry and biochemistry, H.K. Chahal,Y. Dai Y, A. Saini,
and C. Ayala-Castro, “The SufBCD Fe-S Scaffold Complex Interacts with
SufA for Fe-S Cluster Transfer,” Biochemistry.
Jeanette M. Jerrell, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, “Neuroendocrine-related adverse events associated with antidepressant treatment in
children and adolescents,” CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, and, same journal,
“Neurological and cardiovascular adverse events associated with antimanic
treatment in children and adolescents.”
Steven P. Hooker, exercise science, and Jan Warren-Findlow, “Disentangling
the Risks Associated With Weight Status, Diet, and Physical Activity,” Preventing Chronic Disease.
Frank G. Berger and Maria M. Pena, biological sciences, J. Mark Davis
and James A. Carson, exercise science, J.P White, and K.A. Baltgalvis,
“Muscle wasting and Interleukin-6-induced atrogin-I expression I in the
cachectic APC Min/+ mouse,” Pflugers Arch European Journal of Physiology.
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry, J.D. Elgin, M.D. Smith, F.
Grandjean, and G.J. Long, “Structural, Magnetic, and Mössbauer Spectral
Study of the Electronic Spin-State Transition in {Fe[HC(3-Mepz)2(5-Mepz)]2}
(BF4)2,” Inorganic Chemistry, and, same journal, with Vitaly Rassolov, chemistry and biochemistry, A. Debreczeni, and B. Reinecke, “Highly organized
structures and unusual magnetic properties of copper(II) paddlewheel dimers containing the π -π stacking, 1,8-naphthalimide synthon.”
Edward A. Frongillo, health promotion, education, and behavior,
L.M. Neufeld,Y. Wagatsuma, R. Hussain, and M. Begum, “Measurement error
for ultrasound fetal biometry measured by paramedics in rural Bangladesh,”
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and, with Sonya J. Jones, health
promotion, education, and behavior,Y. Chu, and G.L. Kaye, “Nutrition labels at
point-of-selection in a food-service operation improves patrons’ meal selection,” American Journal of Public Health.
Daniela B. Friedman, health promotion, education, and behavior, Tena
B. Crews, retailing, Juan M. Caicedo, civil engineering, John C. Besley,
journalism and mass communications, Justin Weinberg, philosophy, and
Marissa L. Freeman, theatre and dance, “An exploration into inquirybased learning by a multidisciplinary group of higher education faculty,”
Higher Education.
■ PRESENTATIONS
Benjamin J. Nelson, Spanish, Beaufort, and Kerry Wilks (Wichita
State University), “Shepherds & Gods as Tools of Power: Juan del
Encina as Precursor to Calderón’s Mythological Plays,” Mountain
Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Greenville.
Darcy A. Freedman, social work, “Expanding the healthcare
debate: the need for public health literacy,” keynote address,
Health Policy Summit, Columbia, Mo.
Ed Madden, English and Women’s and Gender Studies, “One
of the Flower Men: Reading Marc Andre Raffalovich,” Victorians
Institute Conference, Spartanburg.
Allison Marsh, history, “The Pipeline and the People: Traveling the Dalton Highway,” Society for the History of Technology,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Qian Wang, chemistry and biochemistry, “Alignment of BioNanorods and the Application in Tissue Engineering,” Southeastern
Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Ernest L. Wiggins, journalism and mass communications, “Dads
in Ads: The ‘Evolution’ of Fatherhood in Television Commercials,”
Popular and American Culture Associations in the South, Wilmington, N.C.
Linda Shimizu, chemistry and biochemistry, “Porous materials
from self-assembling cyclic ureas,” US-China Workshop for Early
Career Chemical Scientists in Supramolecular Chemistry, Beijing
China.
F. Wayne Outten, chemistry and biochemistry, “Fe-S cluster metabolism
regulates biofilm formation through the IscR metalloregulatory protein in
E. coli,” invited lecture, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
William E. Brewer, chemistry and biochemistry, “Completely Automated
LC/MS/MS Analyses of Drugs and Metabolites Using Disposable Pipette
Extraction,” Society of Forensic Toxicologists, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Lauren Hastings, Campus Wellness, and Karen Pettus, Office of Student
Disability Services, “Photovoice: Changing the Image of Disabilities,”
S.C. University & College Council of Educators Empowering Disabled
Students, Columbia.
Michael Gibbs Hill, languages, literatures, and cultures, “Double Exposure:
Translating Poverty and the Idea of the Social,” Encounters and Transformations: Cultural Transmission and Knowledge Production, University of Cambridge, and, “Jin Tianhe and The Women’s Bell,” Translated Feminisms: China
and Elsewhere, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia
University, New York City.
■ OTHER
Patricia Sharpe, exercise science, awarded a two-year Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research entitled “Behavioral/
support intervention for diet and exercise among underserved women”
from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Sara Wilcox, exercise science, is a research mentor on the project.
Gloria Fowler, nursing, named Outstanding School Student Nursing Association Advisor, at S.C. SNA conference, Hilton Head.
■ 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.
Upstate professor is art education administrator of the year
Jimm Cox, chair of the Department of Fine Arts and Communications Studies at USC Upstate, received the S.C. Art Education Administrator of the Year Award at the annual
conference of the S.C. Art Education Association
(SCAEA). Cox, who has been with USC Upstate for
34 years, also is director of theatre and director of
the London foreign study program.
The award is presented to an individual who
demonstrates outstanding teaching and program
development, promotes strong advocacy, and has a
history of active participation in SCAEA at the local
and state levels.
Mary Lou Hightower, an associate professor of
art education and director of FOCUS Gallery at USC Cox
Upstate, nominated Cox for the award.
“His passion for the arts is evident in everything he does
whether it is administrative or teaching. Professor Cox lives
and breathes the arts. He is the administrator that
every art educator wishes for and more,”
Hightower said.
Hightower said that during Cox’s three years as
chair of the Department of Fine Arts and Communications Studies, he has advocated for the new
art education major, lobbied for additional space
and funding for the program, secured the National
Association of Schools of Art and Design accreditation necessary for the art education and graphic
design majors, and attended all of the FOCUS
Gallery openings where he spoke about how the
arts impact children’s lives.
Researcher receives
$1.2 million grant
A University researcher will use a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences to help residents address environmental,
public health, and revitalization issues in seven disadvantaged North Charleston neighborhoods.
Sacoby Wilson, a research assistant professor in the
Institute for Families in Society and the Arnold School
of Public Health, is principal
investigator of the project that
will identify air, water, and soil
pollutants and their impact on the
neighborhoods.
Once the environmental
concerns are identified and
mapped, the grant will support
efforts by the communities to
improve residents’ health and
Wilson
quality of life. Those improvements could include shifting
traffic patterns, changing zoning, and improving pollution controls on large vehicles, Wilson said.
Sacoby is working with the Lowcountry Alliance for
Model Communities, created in 2006 to combat
aesthetic, social, economic, and environmental issues in
the neighborhoods in the city’s northern perimeter, most
of which are along the Cooper River.
Other Arnold School researchers on the project are
state epidemiologist Erik Svendsen, Hongemei Zhang
from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
and Edith Williams with the Institute for Partnerships to
Eliminate Health Disparities.
USC receives award in
advancing technology
Carolina recently received a special award in recognition
of its significant achievement in advancing technology.
The University received the “Elite Achievers” award from
the S.C. Government Management Information Systems
(SC GMIS) with the Medical University of South Carolina
and Clemson University for the South Carolina LightRail,
a joint initiative.
The South Carolina LightRail project is a collaborative effort by the three research institutions that created a
high-speed, high-bandwidth network that serves
education, research, and health care entities across the
state. South Carolina is now one of 38 states with the
technology.
Most state networks integrate with regional networks
that then integrate with national networks. This integration provides a high-speed network for education and
research activities that enables researchers of participating institutions to engage in cutting edge collaborative
experiments with their colleagues across the nation.
Examples of the benefits of implementing SC LightRail
include:
■ allowing universities to deliver distance education
courses with full multi-media capability in near real-time
without the expense of leasing point-to-point communication lines
■ allowing a doctor in one location to view an MRI of a
patient in another location and provide consultation in
real-time
■ enabling a single statewide medical records database
that each hospital can reference.
As the network is expanded to more rural areas of
the state, K–12 students in disadvantaged areas in South
Carolina will have access to courses and learning opportunities that are currently available only to students in
well-funded school districts.
Mitchell named editor of Journal of Geography
Jerry T. Mitchell, a research associate professor in geography and director of the
Center of Excellence for Geographic Education at the University, has been named
editor of the Journal of Geography.
The journal is the premier scholarly publication for research on geography and
education. Mitchell will take the position in July 2010 and serve a three-year term.
He is the first faculty member of the University to be the journal’s editor.
Mitchell, who joined the faculty in 2004, conducts research through the University’s Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. An expert in environmen-
tal hazards, tourism, and geographic education, Mitchell focuses his research on
the cultural responses to disaster and the use of geospatial technologies to assess
vulnerability. He is conducting Hurricane Katrina fieldwork along the Mississippi
Coast. His teaching focuses on geography education, specifically the geography of
South Carolina.
A graduate of Towson State University, Mitchell earned a bachelor’s degree in
history in 1991 and a master’s degree in geography and environmental planning in
1993. He earned his doctorate in geography from the University in 1998.
Mitchell
November 5, 2009
7
Early female pilots soar during Flight
By Brad Maxwell
The newly formed Center for
Performance Experimentation is preparing to spread
its wings Nov. 18—22 with an
original production, Flight,
featuring an in-house constructed replica of a 100-yearold plane.
Nearly 20 feet long from
propeller to tail and nearly 22
feet wide from wing to wing,
the plane is built from wood
and wire using designs from
1911. It will help tell the early
20th-century story of the first
women in flight.
Michael Brown
Lee Fitzpatrick, left, and Jen Burry attach a wing to the Flight airplane.
“It’s going to say a lot
about the commitment these
women had in making their desire to fly a reality,” said Eric
Bultman, a cast member and recent MFA graduate.
The cast has been constructing the plane, a three-quarWhat: Flight
ter-scale model of a Bleriot XI, since last fall. By building it
themselves, cast members have been able to further develop
Where: Hamilton College Gymnasium, southwest corner
their characters, said Steven Pearson, head of the MFA actof Pendleton and Pickens streets
ing program.
When: 8 p.m., Nov. 18–22
“This is what actually would have happened in that
Admission: Tickets are $10 at the door.
environment, the women are putting it together,” Pearson
said. “We’re trying to hook up actual experience with this
fictional world.”
Pearson said the plane will fill the stage as the main set
“The character I play is named Sophie, and she is based
piece and likely will have one of the women who plays an
on Matilde Moisant, an American pioneer aviatrix and the
aviator inside of it.
second woman to get a pilot’s license in the U.S.,” said Bur“It will look comparable to the real thing. In fact, it would
ry, now a professional actress living in New York City. “Lee
probably fly if we put an engine in it,” he said. “All of it is to
Fitzpatrick, a professional actress from New York, is playing
scale and built as [the original] was; it’s the exact shape.”
Madeleine, who is based on Harriet Quimby.” Quimby was
But recreating the century-old design wasn’t easy.
the first U.S. woman to get a pilot’s license.
Lots of time, effort, and attention from the cast and crew
“At a time when it was considered scandalous for women
were necessary to make it work. One of the challenges was
to wear pants, imagine how a woman who wanted to fly a
creating a plane that could be taken apart, moved out of
plane would be perceived,” Pearson said.
the scene shop, and taken to the theatre venue. The women
The play is the third part of a trilogy—Balance, Gravity,
aviators will “construct” the plane onstage during the course
and Flight—loosely based on works by Russian playwright
of the play.
Anton Chekhov. Flight, conceived by Pearson and writJen Burry, a recent MFA in acting graduate, is one of the
ten by theatre faculty member Robyn Hunt, is inspired by
women who helped build the plane and who also will put it
Chekhov’s The Seagull.
together on stage.
■ If you go
Michael Brown
Through the magic of Photoshop, voice professor Tina Milhorn
Stallard, left, and senior music major Denise Boylan tour the sites of Italy.
Faculty, students shine
in Light in the Piazza
By Larry Wood
Tina Milhorn Stallard will switch roles from professor to
co-performer when she takes the stage with some of her voice
students for Opera at USC’s production of The Light in the
Piazza. For tickets, call 7-0058.
The 2005 Tony Award–winning musical is set for
7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 3 p.m. Nov. 8 in Drayton Hall. Tickets
are $18 for adults; $15 for seniors, faculty, staff, and military;
and $5 for students.
“It’s been fun,” said Stallard, an assistant professor of
voice. “It’s really a treat for me to be on the stage with them.”
For students, working with Stallard and other faculty members who perform with Opera USC is a learning experience.
“It’s great for our opera students to have a mentor there,”
said Ellen Douglas Schlaefer, director of opera studies, who is
directing the production. “They learn discipline seeing Tina
come in incredibly prepared. It’s fantastic for the kids, and it’s
a labor of love from our faculty.”
Set in Italy in the summer of 1953, The Light in the Piazza
tells the story of Margaret Johnson, the wife of an American
businessman, who is touring the Tuscan countryside with
her daughter, the beautiful but surprisingly childish Clara.
While sightseeing, Clara loses her hat in a sudden gust, which
magically carries the hat to the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a
handsome Florentine who returns it to Clara.
The brief encounter sparks an immediate and intense
romance.
Stallard will play the role of Margaret Johnson. Senior
music majors Denise Boylan and John Callison will play Clara
and Fabrizio, respectively. Graduate students Peter Barton
and 2009 music graduate Rebecca Krynski will play Fabrizio’s
parents; Michael LaRoche will play the womanizing brother,
Guiseppe; and Stephanie Beinlich will play Franca, Guiseppe’s
wife. The ensemble also includes Columbia theatre veterans
Stann Gwynn and Rusty Sox, who recently appeared in The
Producers at Workshop Theatre.
Neil Casey will conduct the USC Opera Orchestra, with
musical preparation by Lynn Kompass, assistant professor of
voice.
Anna Dragoni, a native of Italy and an adjunct faculty
member of dance, is the movement and language consultant.
“For the actors who are playing Italian characters, Anna
has helped with their gestures and their pronunciation of Italian,” Stallard said. “Her help has been invaluable.”
Producing The Light in the Piazza is part of Schlaefer’s
goal to have her students perform a musical every two or three
years in addition to classic opera. The work contains dialogue
but is very operatic in scope, Schlaefer said.
“The story unfolds in both Italian and English,” she said.
“There are no subtitles, as per design of the composer, Adam
Guettel, a grandson of Richard Rodgers of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
“His music is lyrical, theatrical, and is fast becoming a
favorite of music schools throughout the country. I believe
Opera at USC is only the third or fourth university program to
present The Light In The Piazza, and I am delighted that this
is one of the first productions in South Carolina.”
The book is by Craig Lucas.
8
November 5, 2009
■ Southern Exposure New Music Series
Concert to feature ancient Chinese instrument
collaborations with visual artists including calligraphers and
Wu Man, a pipa virtuoso and the guest artist for the next
painters.
Southern Exposure New Music Series concert, is giving the
Wu Man is the first artist from China to have performed
ancient lute-like instrument a new role in contemporary
at the White House. She is a principal member of Yo-Yo
music.
Ma’s Silk Road Project, an artistic and educational organizaA 2009 Grammy winner, Wu Man will perform at
tion founded by Ma to study the ebb and flow of ideas along
7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the School of Music Recital Hall. The
the ancient trade route.
concert is free and open
She performs regularly
to the public. Her perforthroughout the United
mance will feature works
States, Europe, and Asia
for solo pipa, from tradiwith Ma as part of the
tional repertoire to new
project’s ensemble.
works by composers from
Wu Man has collaboChina and Kyrgyzstan, as
rated and performed with
well as works by Wu Man
the New York Philharherself.
monic, Chicago SymphoThe artist also will
ny, Boston Symphony,
speak as part of the CaroLos Angeles Philharmonlina Institute for Leaderic, and New Music Group,
ship and Engagement in
and the Kronos Quartet,
Music at 1:25 p.m.
as well as conductors DaNov. 11 in the School of
vid Zinman, Esa-Pekka
Music Recital Hall.
Liu Junqi
Wu Man has introduced the music of the pipa, a lute-like instrument
Salonen, and David
“Wu Man is a world
from
Robertson. This season,
renowned artist and an
she performed two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York
incredible advocate for contemporary music,” said John Fitz
City as part of the “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” festival
Rogers, an associate professor of composition and artistic
celebrating Chinese culture.
director and founder of the Southern Exposure New Music
Wu Man will also perform as soloist in Tan Dun’s
Series. “It’s a great honor to host her at the School of Music
“Pipa Concerto” with the S.C. Philharmonic at 7:30 p.m.
and to have her talking to our students as part of the CaroNov. 12 at the Koger Center. The program will feature
lina Institute for Leadership and Engagement in Music and
Verge, composed by Rogers, who wrote the work specifically
presenting her in a solo concert.”
to pair with Mussorgsky’s classic piece Pictures at an ExhiThe pipa dates back more than 2,000 years in China. As
bition, which is also on the program. For more information
early as 221 B.C., musicians played instruments with long,
about the concert, go to www.scphilharmonic.com.
straight-necks and round resonators with a forward and
backward plucking motion that sounded like “pi” and “pa.”
Taking their names from those sounds, all plucked instruments in ancient times were called “pipa.”
Since moving to the United States from China in 1990,
What: Southern Exposure New Music Series, featuring
Wu Man has introduced the pipa and its repertoire to WestWu Man on solo pipa
ern audiences.
She is determined that the pipa not become marginalWhen: 7:30 p.m. November 13
ized as only appropriate for Chinese music and has worked
Where: School of Music Recital Hall, Second Floor
to develop a place for the pipa in all art forms: in solo and
Admission: Free and open to the public
quartet works, concertos, opera, chamber, electronic, and
jazz music as well as in theater productions, film, dance, and
■ If you go