n Inside
Christine Curtis,
senior vice provost, is
the 2011 recipient of
the Martha Kime Piper Award, sponsored
by the S.C.Women
In Higher Education.
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Works by Danny
Crocco, right, will be
part of a solo show
Feb. 7–18 at the
McMaster Student
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A publication for faculty, staff, and friends of the University of South Carolina
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Pastides makes
‘Case for Carolina’
before legislators
Yikes! No TV or air-conditioning?
President Pastides told legislators Jan.
26 that USC accepts every academically
qualified student from South Carolina
and is educating more South Carolinians
than any institution in the state’s history.
Speaking before the House Ways and
Means Subcommittee on Higher Education, Pastides reaffirmed the University’s
commitment to
accessibility and
affordability and
asked legislators to refrain
from imposing
caps on tuition
and out-of-state
enrollment.
“As the
state’s
flagship
Pastides
institution, the
University of South Carolina heard the
legislature’s concerns about increasing
access to higher education,” Pastides
said. “We fully understand that education is the foundation for success and
meaningful lives, and we are committed
to remaining responsive and responsible
to the needs of our students and their
families and our state.”
The number of South Carolina
students enrolled at USC campuses has
increased by nearly 22 percent (about
6,000) in the past 10 years, making up
approximately 77 percent of system enrollment. USC confers approximately 40
percent of all baccalaureate and graduate
degrees in South Carolina.
In asking legislators not to impose
tuition caps, Pastides said University
officials are keenly aware of students’
limited capacity to continue paying
higher tuition rates and pledged that
the University would continue to make
decisions with careful analysis and
compassion.
“Tuition is the single-most-important
financial deliberation we make, and it is
discussed and voted upon in a completely transparent process with student
Imagine living without a TV, without
a car or access to public transportation, and without air-conditioning—in
South Carolina, no less!
That kind of extreme “no impact”
living is what this fall’s incoming
freshmen will consider when they read
No Impact Man, by Colin Beavan,
the book selected for USC Columbia’s
18th-annual First-Year Reading ExSewell
perience (FYRE). The book’s author—
“a guilty liberal [who] swears off plastic, goes
First-Year Reading Experience to explore no-impact living
By Chris Horn
organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns
off his power, and generally becomes a
tree-hugging lunatic”—chronicles his
family’s one-year experiment in living
off the grid in New York City.
“We saw this as a book that reaches
beyond the classroom and perhaps becomes a whole-life exercise,” said Helen
Doerpinghaus, vice provost and dean
of undergraduate studies. “The book’s
themes mirror what USC is doing as an
institution: from our efforts with LEED
Continued on page 6
Hanging out to dry
A group of Anhingas (snake birds) dry their wings in a perch near Mary’s Island in the Donnelly Wildlife Management Area in
South Carolina’s ACE River Basin. A documentary about the basin, produced by USC personnel, will premiere Feb. 18–20 at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
in Charleston and on Feb. 21 at USC’s West “Green” Quad. For more photos and information, see page 8.
Joe Woodard
Continued on page 6
n United Way 2011
Campaign hopes to score with
baseball theme and student help
n Donations help UW plan for future
By Larry Wood
The Gamecock’s national baseball championship last summer inspired this year’s Columbia
campus United Way campaign theme: “Hit a Home Run for the United Way.”
In keeping with the theme, head baseball coach Ray Tanner, along with President Pastides, volunteered his time for a training video for departmental United Way representatives,
and the campaign’s finale celebration will be at 7 p.m. March 18 at the USC-Georgia baseball
game. The department that raises the most money will be recognized at the game and throw
out the first pitch in Carolina Stadium.
The goal for this year’s campaign, which will run from Feb. 14 to 25, is $150,000.
“If each employee on the Columbia campus gives only $23, then we will meet our goal,”
said Patrick Hickey, nursing, who is co-chair of the campaign with Natalie Cruz, a graduate
student in the higher education and student affairs program.
A new campus organization, the Student United Way, will be helping with this year’s campaign. The Student United Way, one of only a few on college campuses around the country,
Continued on page 6
Hickey
The United Way of the Midlands helps improve the quality of life for
individuals and families through the close to 100 different certified
agencies that provide services to community members.
The United Way of the Midlands recently released its Community
Impact Plan for 2020, which maps out the next 10 years and provides
specific ways the United Way will focus on serving the community
where it is most needed. Donations will go directly to the pla, which
will help:
• reduce homelessness by 50 percent by 2020 in the central Midlands
• decrease the number of households that spend more than 40 percent
of their incomes on housing
• support high quality child care for low-income families
• provide links to dental and eye care services
• continue programs that provide wellness programs for mobile seniors
• enhance and improve the capacity of nonprofits that provide services
or programs that are aligned with United Way of the Midlands
priorities.
Cruz
Briefly
SHOW SOME RESOLVE: Campus wellness offers these
tips to help faculty and staff stick to their New Year’s resolutions
involving health and well-being:
• make specific goals
• make realistic goals
• make small goals that lead to big outcomes
• find a support group
• post goals in high traffic areas such as the bathroom mirror,
car dashboard, or refrigerator
• plan ahead to stay on track • incorporate rewards for goals achieved.
LEARN TO USE INDESIGN: University faculty and
staff will receive a 10 percent discount for an “Introduction to
InDesign” course to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 10 and
17. Participants will learn to create simple documents, such
as brochures, catalogs, and other multi-page documents, and
prepare them for print or export as a PDF. Topics will include
learning the work area, working with text and graphics, creating
simple vector based graphics, and the basics of overall design.
To register, go to http://saeu.sc.edu/conted/catalog/schedule.
php?course=182 and enter the code “FACSTAFF.” For more
information, call 7-9444.
Dinner Dialogues serve up faculty/student interaction
The Dinner Dialogues program, sponsored by the Office of
Parents Programs, offers faculty members an opportunity to
increase their interaction with students outside the classroom
and build community among the members of a class.
The program provides funding for faculty members and
University 101 instructors who host their undergraduate classes for dinner in their homes. Funding for the Dinner Dialogues
program is provided by a grant from the Parents Annual Fund.
Since Dinner Dialogues began four years ago, faculty
members have hosted nearly 240 dinners, representing classes
in music, psychology, journalism, English, Chinese, Spanish,
exercise science, University 101, French, math, chemistry,
Confucius Institute to sponsor Chinese performance art
The Confucius Institute at USC will sponsor student artists
from Xiamen University who will perform an array of music,
dance, martial arts, and puppetry Feb. 13.
The performance is set from 5 to 7 p.m. at BrooklandCayce High School Auditorium. Free and open to the public,
the event is intended to introduce the greater Columbia community to a variety of Chinese performance art.
The Xiamen University Student Art Group comprises a
choir; a dance team; musicians who play traditional Chinese
instruments that include the bamboo flute, dulcimer, Chinese
lute, zither and urheen; and teams that specialize in hip-hop
and traditional Chinese comedy, called “crosstalk.”
The show will be held just after the start of the Chinese
New Year (Feb. 3) and highlights many ethnic songs and
dances from Yunnan, Tibet, and Xinjiang.
The event is sponsored by the Hanban, Confucius Institute
Headquarters in China. USC is the first research university in
South Carolina to establish a Confucius Institute in collaboration with the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
and the Office of Chinese Language Council International, a
division of the Chinese Ministry of Education.
For more information about the show, contact Wei Hu at
7-6511 or send a e-mail to huw@mailbox.sc.edu or to Pin Gao
at gaopin119@126.com. For more information about USC’s
Confucius Institute, go to http://www.cas.sc.edu/ci/.
MAGELLAN SCHOLAR DEADLINE IS FEB. 17:
Proposals for Magellan Scholar undergraduate research awards
are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 17 for projects that begin in the summer
or fall semester. All USC campuses are eligible. Information on
the program and submission guidelines can be found at http://
www.sc.edu/our/magellan.shtml. All students and faculty applying
for Magellan funding are required to attend one 30-minute application workshop; dates and times are on the Web site. Student
and mentor do not have to attend the same session. Students
and faculty members who previously attended a workshop do
not need to attend a second workshop. For more information,
call 7-1141 or send an e-mail to our@sc.edu.
HODGE, WILLIAMS PREVAIL IN MOCK-TRIAL
CONTEST: Third-year law students Maggie Hodge and Jesse
Williams recently won the second-annual USC School of Law
Mock Trial Competition.Working as a team, Hodge and Williams received the Reece Williams Trial Advocacy Team Award,
presented by the South Carolina chapter of the American Board
of Trial Advocates (SCABOTA).The award includes a check for
$750 from the SCABOTA. Hodge, of Spartanburg, is a graduate
of the University of Georgia.Williams is from Greenville and
attended Bob Jones University. U.S. District Judge Henry Floyd
presided at the finals. About 50 students competed.
NOMINATE AN OUTSTANDING WOMAN:
The deadline to apply for the 2010–11 USC Outstanding
Woman of the Year is Feb. 9.To be eligible, each candidate must
be an undergraduate student with 60 or more credit hours.
Applications are online at www.sa.sc.edu/wss/rsvp.shtm.To
nominate a woman for the award, send her name and e-mail
address to Stefanie DiDomenico at sdidomenico@sc.edu.
Women’s Student Services in the Department of Student Life
sponsors the award.
HEALTH CENTER OFFERS FLU VACCINE
SPECIAL: Flu vaccines are half off— $7.50 for students and
$12.50 for faculty and staff—from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday at the Thomson Student Health Center. Cash, check,Visa,
MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and Carolina Card
are accepted for payment. A valid University ID is required. For
more information, call 7-9511.
EXPAND YOUR PALATE, NOT YOUR
WAISTLINE: Register for single-session Campus Wellness
cooking classes and learn to make healthy, new cuisine. “Cooking 101” will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7, and “Middle
Eastern Meals” will be offered from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March
31. Both classes will be in the Public Health Research Building,
Room 107. Registration is required.To register, call 576-9393.
WALK YOUR WAY TO FITNESS: Campus Wellness’
Walking Works, to be held from Feb. 7 to March 21, is a fun,
free, six-week physical activity competition for faculty and staff.
Teams of two or four earn prizes for completing activities and
compete for grand prizes awarded at the end of the program.
Participants get access to free workouts. Register at www.sa.sc.
edu/shs by Feb. 4. For more information, call 7-6518.
JOIN THE AEC: The Administrative Employees Club has
several activities planned for the spring, including a fashion show,
Easter egg hunt for children, a golf tournament, and a cruise on
Lake Murray. For more information, go to www.sc.edu/aec/.
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PLAN FOR RETIREMENT WITH TIAA-CREF:
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be available from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Feb. 17 and 24 at the Columbia Campus Benefits Office, Suite
803, 1600 Hampton St., to discuss personal financial situations
confidentially.The consultant can discuss how to help meet
financial goals with products such as mutual funds and annuities. Other financial matters might include: simplifying finances
through consolidating assets, finding the right allocation mix,
developing an investment strategy that makes sense, understanding available investment choices, learning about TIAA-CREF
retirement income flexibility, and identifying preparations for
retirement.To schedule an appointment, call the Servicing and
Scheduling Group at 1-800-732-8353.
engineering, physics, geology, media arts, and education. The
dinners give faculty members the chance to make USC’s large
campus a little smaller while increasing interaction with their
students and helping build a sense of community in the class.
The Office of Parents Programs provides faculty members
with funding for the dinners up to $10 per student enrolled in
their undergraduate classes. All faculty members and University 101 instructors can host a Dinner Dialogue. To download
an application, go to www.sa.sc.edu/parents. For more information, contact Melissa Gentry, director of parents programs,
at 7-5937 or mfgentry@sc.edu.
Conversation partners
needed for internationals
The Conversation Partners Program at English Programs for International at USC (EPI/USC) provides
international students with an opportunity to practice
their English and meet American friends.
The program creates partnerships between internationals and Americans; partners meet weekly to
practice English and get to know each other. The commitment is only for one EPI term, about 7-8 weeks;
partners are needed for the winter term through
March.
EPI students are available during lunch from
12:10 to 1:30 p.m.; after class after 3:30 p.m.; and on
Fridays after 12:10 p.m. Partners also can meet on the
weekend. Partners coordinate their own times and
usually meet on the USC campus or surrounding area.
The program allows Americans to help internationals develop their English language and cultural
skills and broaden their own cultural horizons. The
American partners can take the opportunity to learn
some language and culture from the internationals.
To apply, go to www.epi.sc.edu/cp.html. For more
information, wend an e-mail to cpp@epi.sc.edu.
The performance will include a choir, a dance team, musicians who play
traditional Chinese instruments, and comedy skits.
RCCF to sponsor
statistical mediation
analysis colloquium
The Research Consortium on Children and Families will sponsor a joint colloquium by two leading experts in the area of
statistical mediation analysis.
The colloquium, “Integrated Cross-Discipline Perspectives on Mediation,” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 24 in
Wardlaw Auditorium, Room 126. The speakers will be David
Mackinnon, a professor of quantitative psychology at Arizona
State University, and Tyler VanderWeele, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Harvard University.
Mackinnon, a leading scholar in the field of mediation
analyses who recently published a comprehensive text on the
subject, will present an overview of mediation as it has developed in the social sciences, methods for assessing mediation,
and the problems raised in making causal inferences.
VanderWeele is an expert in the areas of causal effects in
moderation and mediation who has made important contributions in epidemiology and medicine to the understanding of
these models. He will discuss the contribution of the causal
modeling perspective to traditional approaches to mediation.
A joint discussion moderated by Amanda Fairchild, an
assistant professor of quantitative psychology at USC, will follow. For more information, contact June Headley, consortium
manager, at 7-5452 or june.headley@sc.edu.
USC Aiken announces homecoming celebration
USC Aiken will celebrate its Las Vegas-themed homecoming
Feb. 11 and 12.
“We’re excited about this year’s Vegas-themed homecoming celebration, ‘Welcome to Fabulous USC Aiken!’ ” said
Jamie Raynor, director of alumni relations and the annual
fund. “We’ll welcome back our special VIPs, our alumni,
for a weekend of family fun on the USC Aiken campus. The
weekend kicks off with a special party on Friday night just for
our Banksia alumni where USC Aiken started in the current
location of the Aiken County Museum. It concludes Saturday
evening with great Pacer basketball.”
The activities will begin with a campus tour from 4 to
5 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Quad Fountain on campus. A Banksia
Alumni Party will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 11 at Banksia
at 433 Newberry St. NW in Aiken. Museum tours will be given
at 6 p.m., and the event will include appetizers and music by
the Palmetto Groove Party Band. The cost is $25 per person,
with checks payable to “Alumni Relations.”
Also on Feb. 11, a Student Life and Young Alumni Party is
planned from 9 p.m. to midnight at Newberry Hall on Newberry Street in Aiken.
On Feb. 12, festivities will begin with athletics reunions
at USC Aiken’s Convocation Center. The cheer and dance
reunion will be from 9 a.m. to noon; the women’s alumni
basketball game will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.; and a men’s
alumni basketball game will take place from 11 a.m. to noon.
An athletics alumni cookout will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the
Convocation Center Lobby. Other activities are scheduled that day, including an
alumni family carnival on the Convocation Center front lawn
from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and the Student Life homecoming parade
at 4 p.m. at the Convocation Center. The day will end with a
women’s basketball game at 5:30 p.m. and a men’s basketball
game at 7:30 p.m.
For more information on all homecoming activities and to
RSVP, go to www.usca.edu/alumni/homecoming/index.html.
n Black History Month
Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds to headline events
Kevin Bush
Guest artist Nathan Trice of New York City’s nathantrice/RITUALS creates a new work,
“Gold Dusk,” with University dancers.
Contemporary dance takes
Center Stage at Drayton Hall
The USC Dance Company will present “Innovative Works Without
Boundaries,” a concert celebrating the work of contemporary choreographers, Feb. 9–12 at Drayton Hall Theater.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. for each performance. Tickets are $16 for
the general public; $14 for University faculty and staff, military, and
seniors 60 and older; and $10 for students with valid ID. Tickets are
available by calling the Carolina Coliseum box office at 7-5112. Ticket
buyers can also charge by phone at 251-2222.
The evening’s eclectic repertoire will include brand-new works by
guest artist Nathan Trice of New York City’s nathantrice/RITUALS
Dance Theatre and Tanya Wideman-Davis, current guest artist at USC.
Also scheduled are a contemporary pointe piece by USC dance instructor Thaddeus Davis and a medley of the work of contemporary choreographer David Parsons.
Under the direction of Davis and Wideman-Davis, co-artistic
directors of Wideman/Davis Dance and University dance instructors,
the concert is a chance to showcase the contemporary dance training
received by the students of the dance program, which also has a strong
emphasis in classical ballet.
“One of the things that sets the idea of ballet apart for viewers is its
beauty, delicacy, and formality,” Davis said. “Those are the same elements that make up contemporary dance as well.”
Davis, a recipient of the prestigious Choo San Gho Award for Choreography, has set his contemporary pointe piece, “Let the Fools Stand in
Line,” on the student dancers.
Davis said he very seldom sets his contemporary pointe pieces on
students. “To do contemporary dance in the way that I’m trained—from
a ballet background originally—means that you have to have extremely
solid technical understanding, and then movement comes from the
solidity of your technique,” Davis said. “Some of our students have really stepped up to the plate in their flat work, and now the challenge for
them is to do something contemporary on pointe.”
Guest artist Trice, who danced with Davis while both were part of
New York City’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet, has created an
original piece, “Gold Dusk,” for the University dance company. Trice
described the all-female work as “a bit of a physical and emotional sign
language, with lots of gestures in it, and it’s really a place where the
women can express, play, and reflect. I imagine they’re out in nature,
maybe the desert.”
Trice said that through the new work he is trying to give the dancers
“some new movement that will help them explore aspects of themselves, as well as other dynamics they probably haven’t played with
before.”
Another brand-new work, still untitled, is being developed by
Wideman-Davis in the rehearsal process leading up to the final concert.
“I start by giving the dancers various movement phrases,” she said,
“and then create from the different emotional dynamics that I see in the
room. The same phrase can represent many different things—loving,
angry, etc.—based on the way that phrase is syncopated.”
Wideman-Davis said she imagines the piece as a movement narrative showing the many levels of relationships in a women’s prison.
“When women get together, there’s always a hierarchical structure that
we put on each other,” she said. “This piece plays with the dynamics
of those positions. There’s initiation, dominance, possible relationship
pairing—all the different dynamics that could be.”
The University’s Dance Education major also will be in the spotlight
during the concert, as students in the education track perform “Parsons
Etude.” The work was created for the American Dance Legacy Institute (ADLI) as a teaching tool to capture the essence of David Parsons’
choreographic style. Parsons is one of many choreographers who have
created short “etudes” for the ALDI, whose Repertory Etudes(tm) series
showcases the varied work of significant American choreographers.
“‘Parsons Etude’ is a physically demanding work, but touched with
humor and lightness,” said Mila Parrish, dance education director.
“We chose this particular piece because it was best for reaching a broad
range of students. We are currently teaching it via video-conferencing
technology to high school students in the area and plan on taking it
further into the community.”
Davis said the concert highlights the innovative work being undertaken by the dance program.
“Just like the scientists on campus who are busting atoms and
the like, we are doing conceptual movement research in the dance
program,” he said. “We are not just making pretty dances to entertain.
We are taking opportunities to explore movement ideas and human
relationships via the art form. That’s really the significance of what’s
been going on here.”
For more information on “Innovative Works Without Boundaries,”
contact Kevin Bush at 7-9353.
Singer-songwriter Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds will
be the featured performer at the 2011 Legends of …
concert as part of Black History Month 2011. Sponsored
by the Auntie Karen Foundation, the concert will be at
8 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Koger Center.
Edmonds, who has had hits on the R&B and pop
charts, also is a guitarist, keyboardist, record producer,
film producer, and entrepreneur.
The University has planned a full calendar of activities for Black History Month, including the annual
Student Leadership and Diversity Conference, forums,
a quiz bowl, films, and a poetry reading. All events
are open to the public, unless otherwise noted. The
schedule is:
n Feb. 5
• Student Leadership and Diversity
Conference, 9 a.m., Russell House.
This year’s speakers are Michael
Miller and Patricia (Pat) Harris,
global chief diversity officer, McDonald’s Corp. The cost is $20 for
USC students and $45 for non-USC
participants. For more information,
go to www.sa.sc.edu/leaders/sldc.
htm. Sponsors: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Leadership
Programs
n Feb. 7
• “Poverty and homeless … What
would you do?,” 5:30 p.m., Russell
House, Room 302. A debate-style
forum. Sponsors: EMPOWER and the
USC chapter of the NAACP
n Feb. 20
• Second-annual Black History Banquet, 4 p.m.,
Capstone Conference Room. Sponsor: B.O.N.D.—
Brothers of Nubian Descent
n Feb. 21
• “Who Am I?,” 7:22 p.m., Russell House Theater.
Individual histories of the historically black fraternities
and sororities. Sponsor: Zeta Theta Chapter of Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
n Feb. 22
• “Diversity Dialogue,” 6 p.m., Russell House Theater.
A discussion of the movie For Colored Girls. Sponsor:
EMPOWER, Theta Gamma Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.,
and the Association of African American Students
• “Unsung Hero,” 7 p.m., Gambrell
Auditorium. The brothers of Theta
Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. will pay tribute to unsung
African-American leaders in history.
Sponsor: Theta Nu Chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha
n Feb. 23
See Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds in
concert at the Koger Center.
• Battle of the Sexes, 7 p.m., Russell
House Theater. Sponsor: B.O.N.D.
(Brothers of Nubian Descent) and
SAVVY
• “Black in South Carolina: Color of
My Heart,” 7 p.m., SCE&G Auditorium in the Public Health Research
Building. A discussion of aspects of
the African-American experience and
the effect it has on African-American
overall health. Sponsor: the USC
chapter of the Association for Minority Pre-Health Students
n Feb. 8
• “Prospective on Integration at USC,”
featuring Harold White, 7:30 p.m.,
Russell House Theater. Sponsor:
Carolina Service Council
n Feb. 10
Thirsty Thursdays, 11 a.m., Russell
House Patio. Learn about the Office of
Multicultural Student Affairs. Sponsor: Office of Multicultural Student
Affairs
• Hip Hop Wednesday, noon, Greene
Street. Sponsor: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
Janet Jackson plays the role of Jo in the
movie For Colored Girls.
n Feb. 15
• Black History Month Quiz Bowl, 6 p.m., Russell
House Theater. Sponsor: Association of African American Students
n Feb. 16
• “Spoken Word,” featuring poet Shanelle Gabriel,
8 p.m., Russell House Theater. USC students, faculty,
and staff perform new poetry works. For USC students,
staff, and faculty only. Sponsor: Carolina Productions
n Feb. 17
• For Colored Girls, 6 p.m., Russell House Theater. The
film will show through Feb. 20. For USC students, staff,
and faculty only. Sponsor: Carolina Productions
n Feb. 24
• Charles R. Owen Blood Drive,
11 a.m., Greene Street. Sponsor: Zeta Zeta Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
• Unstoppable, 9 p.m., Russell House Theater. The film
will show through Feb. 27. For USC students, staff, and
faculty only. Sponsor: Carolina Productions
n Feb. 25
• 2011 Legends of … concert, featuring Kenneth
“Babyface” Edmonds, 8 p.m., Koger Center. For ticket
information, go to www.auntiekaren.com. Sponsor: The
Auntie Karen Foundation
n Feb. 27
• The 2011 Gospel Extravaganza, 6 p.m., Russell House
Ballroom. Sponsor: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
n Feb. 28
n Feb. 19
• Healthy Soul Food Cooking, 5:30 p.m., Public Health
Research Building, Room 107. Register with the Office
of Multicultural Student Affairs by e-mailing Jesse Ford
at Ford4@mailbox.sc.edu. Sponsors: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Campus Wellness
• “Elite Male: Oratorical Showcase,” 7 p.m., Russell House Theater. For African-American males to
showcase their public speaking skills. The winner will
receive a $1,000 scholarship toward his education.
Sponsor: Association of African American Students
• “B.E.G.I.N. (Blacks Excelling in Graduate Institutions
and Networking): Grad School Forum,” 7 p.m., Russell
House Private Dinning Hall. Sponsor: Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Black Graduate Student
Association.
• Mock Step Show, 8:13 p.m., Russell House Ballroom.
Sponsor: The Iota Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Inc.
Curtis to receive Martha Kime Piper Award
Christine Curtis, senior vice provost, is the 2011 recipient of the Martha Kime Piper Award,
sponsored by the S.C. Women In Higher Education (SCWHE). She will receive the award
Feb. 25 at the SCWHE conference in Myrtle Beach.
The award, named for the first woman president of a public higher education institution
in the state, is given annually to recognize a woman with a record of advancing and supporting women in higher education and the education of women in South Carolina.
“It is a true honor to be selected as the recipient of the Martha Kime Piper Award given by
the S.C. Women in Higher Education,” Curtis said. “Martha Kime Piper’s legacy of chamCurtis
pioning the ideal of equality and dignity for all human beings and the accomplishments of
all the previous awardees in advancing women in higher education and education in South
Carolina set a high standard. I am humbled to be among the group and renew my commitment to advance and serve
faculty, staff, and students in higher education and women in higher education and education in South Carolina.” Curtis manages faculty development programs for the Office of the Provost. She coordinates the tenure and
promotion process; administers the faculty hiring program, called Faculty Excellence Initiative, or FEI; manages the
sabbatical program, the mentoring program, and the faculty awards for teaching, research, and service; and oversees
the named and endowed chairs program. She also assists the provost and leads programs of faculty retention;
diversity and equity; leadership development for chairs, administrators and faculty leaders; and interdisciplinary
opportunities for faculty.
Curtis, who came to USC from Auburn University, received her BS in chemistry from Mercer University and her
MS and Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at Florida State University.
Piper was president of Winthrop University from 1986 until her death from cancer in 1988. She was the first college president in the United States to sign a Public Fair Share Agreement with the NAACP.
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Calendar
 Lectures
Feb. 3 Geography and Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute, “Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters: Calamities from the Past or Portent of the Future?,”
Ian Burton, University of Toronto, 3–5 p.m., Russell House
Theater. His topic will be “Adapting to Extreme Events and
Climate Change—Entering the Period of Consequences.”
Part of the University-wide Speakers Series.
 Exhibits
Feb. 7–18 Department of Art: Danny Crocco Solo
Show, featuring works by artist Danny Crocco, McMaster
Student Gallery, McMaster College, First Floor, Senate
Street. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Sunday.
For more information, send an e-mail to mcmasterstudentgallery@gmail.com.
Feb. 3 Physics and Astronomy, Colloquium, “Life
after Physics Department: How to Move to Industry and
Survive,” 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Rogers
Room. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m. For more
information, contact Mary Papp at 7-8105 or papp@physics.sc.edu or go to www.physics.sc.edu.
 Concerts
Feb. 4 Faculty and guest artists concert: Black History
Month performance with guests Denise Myers and Beverly Soll,
“The Black Woman’s Experience in America.” 7:30 p.m., School
of Music, Recital Hall. Free. For more information, call 7-4280.
Feb. 6 Faculty and guest artists concert: USC faculty
brass quintet recital. 3 p.m., School of Music, Recital Hall.
Free. For more information, call 74280.
Feb. 7 Southern Exposure New Music Series and
Chamber Innovista: The concert will be a joint collaboration between USC’s Chamber Innovista and Southern
Exposure, featuring School of Music faculty in a program of
music by Igor Stravinsky, including A Soldier’s Tale. 7:30 p.m.,
School of Music, Recital Hall. Free. For more information,
call 576-5763.
Feb. 4 Philosophy, “Enacted
Cognition, Mental Institutions,
and Socio-Functionally Extended
Minds,” with Michele Merritt, USC,
3:30–5 p.m., Wardlaw, Room 126.
A philosophy talk on whether our
minds are entirely inside of us. For
more information, send an e-mail to
jweinberg@sc.edu.
Feb. 4 Chemistry and biochemistry, Daniel R. Gamelin, University
Merritt
of Washington, 4 p.m., Jones Physical
Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Feb. 10 Women’s & Gender Studies Research, Carlisle Panel Lecture: “Troubled Bachelors: Queer Histories of
Irish Culture in the Archives,” Ed Madden, USC, English and
Women’s & Gender Studies, 3:30 p.m., Nursing, Room 125.
Violinist Katherine Ten Hagen
Works by Danny Crocco will be on display in the McMaster
Student Gallery.
Feb. 15 USC Symphony Orchestra:Violinist Katherine
Ten Hagen, winner of the 2009 Donald Portnoy International Violin Competition, will perform Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112, and the symphony will perform Enesco’s
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 11 and Stravinsky’s Firebird
Suite (1919 version). 7:30 p.m., Koger Center. A pre-concert
lecture will begin at 6:45 p.m. Ticket are adults, $25; seniors
and USC faculty, and staff, $20; and students, $8. Tickets are
available at the Carolina Coliseum box office or by calling
251-2222.Valet parking is available. For more information,
call the symphony office at 7-7500.
Through Feb. 8 Hollings Library: “James R. Mann
Memorial Exhibit,” S.C. Political Collections Gallery. Mann
represented South Carolina’s Fourth District in the U.S.
House of Representatives from 1969 until his retirement in
1979. S.C. Political Collections holds his papers. Mann died
Dec. 20, 2010.
Feb. 15 Faculty and guest artists concert: Scott Price
faculty piano recital. 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Recital Hall.
Free. For more information, call 74280.
Feb. 11 College of Nursing, Mary Ann Parsons Lectureship, “Improving Patient Safety through Nursing Research,”
8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Columbia Conference Center, 169 Laurelhurst Ave. Columbia. Rita Snyder, a professor and associate
dean for research in the College of Nursing at USC, will
speak. For more information, call 7-3468 or e-mail www.
sc.edu/nursing/.
Through Feb. 19 McMaster Gallery: Alumni Exhibition,
featuring works by 12 artists ranging from recent graduates
to veteran professional artists whose academic experiences
at USC span three decades. McMaster Gallery is in the Department of Art building, 1615 Senate St. Gallery hours are
9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday, closed weekends and all
University holidays. For more information, contact gallery
director Mana Hewitt at 7-7480 or mana@sc.edu.
Feb. 11 Chemistry and biochemistry, H. Willard Davis
Lecture in Chemistry, “Life at the
Single Molecule Level,” Xiaoliang S.
Xie, Harvard University, 4 p.m., Jones
Physical Science Center, Room 006.
Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Through Feb. 28 Hollings Library: “Harriet Keyserling
Memorial Exhibit,” S.C. Political Collections Gallery. An advocate of the arts, education, and environmental concerns,
Keyserling represented Beaufort County in the S.C. House
from 1977 to 1993. Keyserling died Dec. 10, 2010, after a
brief illness.
Feb. 9–12 USC Dance Company: “Innovative Works
Without Boundaries,” 7:30 p.m., Drayton Hall. The USC
Dance Company will premiere three new contemporary
works by Helen Pickett, a professional choreographer and
former principal dancer with Ballet Frankfurt, and USC
award-winning choreographers Thaddeus Davis and Tanya
Wideman-Davis. The program also will include David Parson’s
“Parson’s Etude.” Ticket prices are $10 for students; $14 for
USC faculty, staff, and military; and $16 for the general public.
Tickets are available at the Carolina Coliseum box office or
by calling 251-2222. For more information, call 7-1001 or go
to http://www.cas.sc.edu/dance/. (See story page 3.)
Feb. 10 Physics and Astronomy, Colloquium, 3:30 p.m.,
Jones Physical Science Center, Rogers Room 409. Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. For more information, contact
Mary Papp at 7-8105 or papp@physics.sc.edu or go to
www.physics.sc.edu.
Feb. 15 Walker Institute, Anniversary Lecture Series, “Nuclear
Non-Proliferation and the Future
of Global Security,” 7 p.m., Moore
Xie
School of Business, Lumpkin Auditorium, 8th Floor. Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. is the senior
Military Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and NonProliferation. His work focuses on nuclear nonproliferation,
missile defense, Iraq, Iran, military policy, nuclear terrorism,
and other national security issues.
Feb.16 Institute for African America Research, “Lack
of Companionship and Gestational Levels of Estradiol, Progesterone, and Cortisol and Their Association with Gestational Length and Birth Weight,” 3:30 p.m., Thomas Cooper
Library, Room 218. The presenters will be Alycia Albergottie
and Wilfred Karmaus of USC’s epidemiology and biostatistics department in the Arnold School of Public Health. Feb. 17 Physics and Astronomy, Colloquium, “Development of Superconductivity from Scientific Curriosity
to Fleet Utility Abstract,” 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical Science
Center, Rogers Room 409. Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. For more
information, contact Mary Papp at
7-8105 or papp@physics.sc.edu or
go to www.physics.sc.edu.
Feb. 18 Chemistry and biochemistry, Guy F. Lipscomb
Lecture in Chemistry, Poster
Competition, “Thymidylate Synthase:
Structure and Inhibition,” Lukasz
Lebioda, USC, 4 p.m., Jones Physical
Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments served at 3:45.
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Through Feb. 28 South Caroliniana Library: “The
Horseshoe: Heart of the Campus,” Lumpkin Foyer. Curated
by Katharine Thompson, University Archives. An exhibit
examining the development of the original campus and
the massive renovation project in the 1970s that gave the
historic buildings new life.
Through March 26 McKissick Museum: “From
Snapshot to Civic Action: Creating Healthy Environments
through Community Engagement,” a display of photos
about life in some of Columbia’s oldest public housing
communities, North Gallery. The museum is located on the
Horseshoe and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–
Friday and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is
closed on Sundays and holidays. For more information, call
7-7251 or go to www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/.
Through May 7 McKissick Museum: “Walter Anderson: Everything I See is New and Strange,” South Gallery,
Second Floor. Anderson’s distinctive and timeless works of
the plants, animals, and people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
have placed him among the finest American painters of the
20th century. McKissick Museum exhibitions are free and
open to the public. For more information, call 7-7251, or go
to www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/.
McKissick Museum: Bernard Baruch Silver Collection, a
collection of the Baruch family silver, First Floor. Part of the
museum’s permanent collection.
McKissick Museum: “Natural Curiosity: USC and the
Evolution of Scientific Inquiry into the Natural World.” The
permanent exhibit, which opened in fall 2007, explores
man’s relationship with the natural world and features
more than 1,000 specimens gathered during the University’s history.
 Theatre/opera/dance
Feb. 18–26 Theatre South Carolina: The Suicide, by
Nikolai Erdman, directed by Steven Pearson. Longstreet
Theatre. What could possibly be subversive about an
unemployed tuba player? Find out in the 1928 play that so
provoked the ire of Joseph Stalin that it was banned from
public performance for most of the 20th century. Curtain
times are 8 p.m. Wednesdays–Fridays; 7 p.m. Saturdays and
11 p.m. for a half-price performance on the final Saturday;
and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 for
University faculty and staff, seniors (age 60 and above), and
the military; and $10 for students. Season-ticket holders can
use their tickets in any combination for any show. Group
tickets are available for parties of 10 or more. For more
information, call 7-2551 or go to www.cas.sc.edu/THEA.
 List your events
The Times calendar welcomes submissions of listings
and photographs for upcoming campus events. Information should include the title of the event, starting time,
location, speaker or presenter and their affiliation, cost
to attend, and the host department or program. Send
information or direct questions to Jane Jeffcoat at
jwj@mailbox.sc.edu or 7-3683. The deadline for
receipt of information is 11 business days prior to the
publication date of issue. The next publication date is
Feb. 17.
 Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
To add events here, contact Cassandra Pope at
popecl@mailbox.sc.edu or 7-0019.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
His Majesty, right, by Zachary
Baldwin, is part of the exhibit
Lavan in the Upstairs Gallery at
USC Sumter. Baldwin studied
art, but had given up drawing and
painting for a career in manufacturing for several years before
beginning again in 2010.
 Miscellany
Feb. 3 Healthy Carolina: Lactation Support Lunch N’
Learn, “Immunizations,” noon–1p.m., Russell House, Room
348. Helen L. Huber, MSN, CPNP, nurse consultant/nurse
practitioner in the Immunization Division at the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, will share
her expertise on immunizations for children. For more
information, send an e-mail to lindstrv@mailbox.sc.edu or
call 7-1650.
Feb. 4 Center for Teaching Excellence, Moore
School of Business, and Department of Sport and
Entertainment Management: Teaching Excellence
Workshop, “Case Teaching Tips: ‘Little Things Can Make a
Big Difference,’” Idalene Kesner, Kelley School of Business,
Indiana University. The workshop will be held from 10 to
11:30 a.m. in the Moore School of Business, Daniel Mickel
Center, Close Hipp Building, Floor 8, Room A, or from 1:30
to 3:30 p.m. in the School of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport
Management, Carolina Coliseum, Blossom Street Level,
Room 1015. Register for either the morning or afternoon
session online at www.sc.edu/cte/kesner, by e-mail at cte@
sc.edu, or by phone at 7-9552.
Feb. 7–March 21 Student Health Services: Campus
Wellness Walking Works, a fun, free, six-week physical activity competition for faculty and staff. Teams of two or four
earn prizes for completing activities and compete for grand
prizes awarded at the end of the program. Participants get
access to free workouts. Register at www.sa.sc.edu/shs by
5 p.m. Feb. 4. For more information, call 7-6518.
Feb. 7 Student Health Services: Campus Wellness
Cooking 101, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Public Health Research Building, Room 107. Register for a single-session Campus Wellness cooking class and learn to make easy cuisine that will
expand your palate, not your waistline. For more information and to register, call 576-9393.
Feb. 8, 15, and 22 McCutchen House: Wine 101,
6:30–8:30 p.m. The cost is $179 per person. For reservations, go to www.mccutchenhouse.sc.edu.
Feb. 14–16 Office of Information Technology and
the Center for Teaching Excellence: Teaching Excellence Conference, “Educating in the Open: Philosophies,
Innovations, and Stories,” Center for Teaching Excellence,
Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511. The full online program agenda is available at http://net.educause.edu/eli112/
Program/1027303. To register, go online to www.sc.edu/
cte/eli/annualmeeting, send an e-mail to cte@sc.edu, or call
7–8322. The event is free for USC faculty, staff, and students.
For more information, go to www.sc.edu/cte.
Feb. 15 Student Health Services: Sexual Assault and
Violence Intervention and Prevention Safe Zone Training,
10 a.m.–noon, Callcott, Room 003. The meeting is for
people committed to fighting homophobia and heterosexism and who are interested in supporting members of the
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ)
population. Become a trained Safe Zone ally. Training
provides information, resources, and guidance regarding
GLBTQ issues and can be tailored to various needs, including campus departments, classroom instruction, academic
advising, research, student support/services, and more.
Register at safezone@mailbox.sc.edu or 7-8248.
Feb. 16 Student Health Services: Campus Wellness
Grocery Store Tour, 4–5 p.m., Publix on Rosewood Drive.
Join Campus Wellness to learn where to find the best
foods, how to interpret food labels, spot marketing and
packaging gimmicks, and get the most nutritional value for
the cost. Free and open to all students, faculty, and staff.
Registration is required. For more information, call
576-9393.
Every Thursday McCutchen House: Four-or-fivecourse evening dinner designed and prepared by students
in the Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management program
under the direction of teaching staff and chefs, 6:30–
6:45 p.m., seating begins at 6 p.m. Upcoming themes are
Feb. 3, Super Bowl Extravaganza; Feb. 10, Paris is for Lovers;
and Feb. 17, prime rib The cost is $20 per person. To register and for menus, go to www.mccutchenhouse.sc.edu.
Through May McCutchen House: Lunch Buffet,
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., Tuesday–Friday. Cost is $10 per person. For reservations, call 7-4450
 Around the campuses
 Around the campuses
Feb. 7 USC Salkehatchie: Western Carolina Higher
Education Commission Meeting, 6 p.m., West Campus. For
more information, contact Ann Carmichael, 803-584-3446.
Feb.16 USC Salkehatchie: Black History Month, Super
Bowl Black History Quiz Bowl Competition, 12:15 p.m.,
West Campus atrium of SCB, sponsored by Opportunity
Scholars. For more information, contact Carolyn Banner at
803-584-3446.
Feb. 11 USC Salkehatchie: Faculty Meeting and International Potluck Lunch, noon, with meeting at 1 p.m., East
Campus. Regular meeting of the
faculty preceded by potluck lunch
sponsored by the Globalization Committee. For more information, contact
Maureen Anderson at 843-549-6314.
Feb.16 USC Salkehatchie: USC
Salkehatchie basketball sophomore
appreciation night, 7:15 p.m., East
Campus. Final home basketball game
of the season with President Pastides
and Cocky helping recognize sophomore players. For more information,
contact Jane Brewer at 843-549-6314.
 Sports
Feb. 9 Men’s basketball: Florida,
8 p.m., Colonial Life Arena.
Feb. 10 Women’s basketball:
Kentucky, 7 p.m., Colonial Life Arena.
Rob, by Zachary Baldwin
Feb. 11 Softball: Charleston Southern, 3 p.m., Beckham Field, Palmetto State Showdown.
Feb. 12 Softball: Furman, 10:30 a.m., and Coastal Carolina,
12:30 p.m., Beckham Field, Palmetto State Showdown.
Feb. 12 Men’s basketball: Georgia, 4 p.m.,
Colonial Life Arena.
Feb. 13 Softball: USC Upstate, 5 p.m., Beckham Field,
Palmettos State Showdown.
Feb. 16 Softball: Winthrop, 3 p.m., Beckham Field.
Feb. 18 Baseball: Santa Clara, 3 p.m., Carolina Stadium
Feb. 19 Baseball: Santa Clara, 3 p.m., Carolina Stadium
Feb. 20 Baseball: Santa Clara, 1:30 p.m., Carolina Stadium
Feb. 20 Women’s basketball: Auburn, 2 p.m. ,
Colonial Life Arena
Feb. 22 Men’s basketball: Ole Miss, 7 p.m.,
Colonial Life Arena
Feb. 27 Women’s basketball: Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.,
Colonial Life Arena
Through March 15 USC Sumter: “Lavan,” by Zachary Baldwin.
The Upstairs Gallery will feature the
art of Zachary Baldwin. His exhibit,
titled “Lavan,” is his debut art show.
Baldwin is originally from Nashville, Tenn., where he studied art at
David Lipscomb University. In 1982,
he moved to Sumter and began a
career in manufacturing. Baldwin had
stopped producing art for a number
of years before he began to draw and
paint again in 2010. Gallery hours are
8:30 a.m.– 5 p.m. Monday –Friday. The
Upstairs Gallery is in the Administration Building. For more information, contact Cara-lin Getty, gallery
director, at cgetty@uscsumter.edu
or Laurel Jordan, gallery assistant, at
jordalau@uscsumter.edu.
Through March 20 USC Sumter:
“Art Galleries Re-Mix: A Selection
of Digital Prints by Cara-lin Getty,”
The Umpteenth Gallery. Getty is a distinguished professor emerita at USC Sumter. The collection focuses on the
experimentation and varieties of Photoshop techniques
to create imagery. The gallery is open 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Monday–Friday. The Umpteenth Gallery in the Arts and Letters Building. For more information, contact Getty, gallery
director, at cgetty@uscsumter.edu or Laurel Jordan, gallery
assistant, at jordalau@uscsumter.edu.
Through April 12 USC Sumter: Doni Jordan will exhibit
her work, titled “doni jordan: tomes,” in the University
Gallery at USC Sumter. The exhibition is an exploration of
typography and includes mixed media assemblages using
metal and wooden vintage printer’s type, type trays, and
found objects. The exhibit also includes an installation of
portable typewriters. Jordan is a 2001 BFA graduate of
USC. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Thursday;
8:30 a.m.–1p.m. Friday; and 2–6 p.m. Sunday, The University
Gallery is in the Anderson Library. For more information,
contact Cara-lin Getty, gallery director, at cgetty@uscsumter.edu or Laurel Jordan, gallery assistant, at jordalau@
uscsumter.edu.
doni Jordan: tomes
will be in the
University Gallery
at USC Sumter
through April
12.The exhibit,
featuring works
by Doni Jordan, a
2001 BFA graduate of USC,
explores typography and mixed
media assemblages using metal and
wooden vintage
printer’s type.
The exhibit also
includes an installation of portable
typewriters.
February 3, 2011
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Briefly
Recognize a First-Year Student Advocate:
The Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award selection
committee is soliciting nominations for the 2011 award, which
recognizes individuals who have made significant and extraordinary contributions to the academic or professional development
and/or personal lives of first-year students. Nominations are open
to USC faculty, staff, and students. Any member of the University
community can submit a nomination online at nrc.fye.sc.edu/
univ101/award/.The nomination form must include a detailed
statement about the nominee. Statements should be descriptive
and thorough to ensure that the nominee gets the fullest possible
consideration. Nominations must be submitted no later than
Feb. 14. For more information, contact Mary Elizabeth Sewell in
the University 101 office at 7-8869 or mesewell@mailbox.sc.edu.
DEADLINE FOR MUNGO NOMINATIONS IS
FEB. 9: The deadline for nominations for the Michael J. Mungo
Distinguished Professor of the Year Award is Feb. 9. The award
is open to all full-time tenured professors, including faculty who
are candidates for, or who have already received, other teaching
awards. Nominations can be made by students, faculty, department chairs, directors, and deans. Nominees are not required
to submit any materials. Members of the selection committee,
composed of students and former winners of the award, evaluate
the nominations and determine the list of finalists.To nominate
a faculty member, submit a nomination form and a brief letter
stating the reasons for the nomination.The nomination form is
available for download on the Office of the Provost Web site at
www.sc.edu/provost/mungo.shtml.
Singers holding auditions: The Árpád Darázs
Singers, a unique choral ensemble of mixed voices, will hold spring
auditions and accept new members through Feb. 19. Prospective
members can attend three rehearsals before being asked to audition before the director and a small music committee. Rehearsals
take place at 7 p.m.Thursdays at Ashland Methodist Church, 2600
Ashland Road. Formed in 1987 in memory of Árpád Darázs, choral conductor at USC, and directed by one of his former students,
Robert Neese, the group sings both familiar and lesser-known
choral selections, including sacred and secular pieces. In addition
to Thursday night rehearsals, workshops are held on Saturday
mornings each month. Concerts will be held in May. For more
information, go to www.ADSingers.org or call 936-7306.
APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR U101 TEACHING
WORKSHOP: University 101 is accepting applications from
full-time staff and faculty to attend the May 2011 Teaching Experience Workshop in preparation to teach a section of University
101 in fall 2011.The priority deadline to apply for the May
workshop is March 15. For more information, go to www.sc.edu/
univ101/instructors.
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involvement,” he said. “With the current downturn in the
economy, the University’s Board of Trustees recognizes that
students cannot continue to pay increasingly higher rates.”
Pastides said USC in-state freshmen, on average, incur
an average out-of-pocket tuition expense of $2,680 per year.
Earlier this month, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine
ranked USC No. 42 in the nation as a “Top 100 Best Value in
Public Education,” which, according to the publication, are
universities that, “despite shrinking budgets, deliver a stellar
education at an affordable price.”
In his third appearance before the committee since becoming president of the state’s flagship university, Pastides asked
the committee not to impose caps on out-of-state student
enrollment and emphasized the value that they bring to the
University.
“Out-of-state students not only bring a rich diversity to
our campus, they also help support higher education in South
Carolina,” he said. “Non-resident tuition totals $110 million on
the Columbia campus and accounts for three times more than
what in-state residents pay.”
United Way
No impact
Scholars Program, is excited about getting students involved
with the campaign because many of them don’t know about
the United Way and the nearly 100 agencies, such as the
Harvest Hope Food Bank and St. Lawrence Place, it serves in
the Midlands.
“The Student United Way plants a seed that makes
students aware of the United Way and how it benefits the
community,” Hickey said. “It’s a wonderful way to get students
involved with the United Way and keep them involved after
they graduate.”
And students will be an integral part of this year’s campus
campaign. Students worked on the training video and will be
available to speak to departments and units.
“It’s great to have all these students who want to be
involved, and it sends a great message to faculty and staff,”
Hickey said. “We’d like to see them get just as involved as the
students are.”
Hickey and Cruz also are available to speak to departments
about the United Way. To schedule a visit, send Hickey an
e-mail at Patrick.Hickey@sc.edu.
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certification to the Moore School’s Net Zero goal in building its
new facility.”
Will a book that preaches no-impact living catch on with
college students immersed in a culture that thrives on convenience and a decidedly high-impact lifestyle? David Whiteman, a USC political science professor and principal of USC’s
West “Green” Quad Learning Community, thinks a subset of
the student community will want to engage in the book’s call
to action.
“Some campuses across the country have experimented
with ‘no-impact weeks,’ and our Green Learning Community is
talking about doing that,” Whiteman said. “We’re considering
ways to infuse the first year with a variety of opportunities to
explore sustainability.
“We’re thinking of Welcome Week events, a film series,
perhaps adding some component to University 101 courses,
and ways in which all of the learning communities could offer
a different take on sustainability. It’s exciting to think of 4,000
February 3, 2011
Pastides assured the legislators that the University would
carefully monitor out-of-state enrollment and said no qualified
South Carolinian has ever been denied access to USC because
of out-of-state students. He also asked legislators to continue
to support the lottery funds for higher education.
“This important program has single-handedly changed
the profile of South Carolina higher education, from that of
being an exporter of our finest high-school graduates to one
of the country’s greatest net retainers of top academic talent,”
Pastides said.
The University has reacted thoughtfully and responsibly
to the sharp drop in state appropriations, which funds only 10
percent of USC’s budget, Pastides said.
“Through increased efficiencies and shared sacrifice, we
have worked to accommodate the needs of South Carolina
students,” he said. “We have held spending constant while
increasing our enrollment dramatically, and we have done so
strategically and with compassion.”
To see the Pastides’ “Case for Carolina,” go to www.sc.edu/
caseforcarolina.
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began as a dream of USC alumna Lauren Chess, who now
works for United Way of the Midlands, Cruz said.
“Last summer, for a marketing project, some graduate students rolled out a plan to start the Student United Way, and
a number of Capstone Scholars volunteered as a community
service project,” Cruz said. “We have about 30 members, and
we’re growing. We want to partner with the Carolina Service
Council and other service groups on campus.”
Members of the Student United Way participated in this
year’s homeless count, a project the United Way of the Midlands organizes every two years to count the number of homeless people in Columbia. Another student is interning with the
United Way of the Midlands this semester after working with
the Student United Way.
After graduating, students can become members of the
United Way’s Young Leaders Society, a group of young professionals in their 20s and 30s who give their time to the United
Way.
“The United Way offers lots of opportunities,” Cruz said.
Hickey, who also is faculty principal of the Capstone
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ENJOY ‘TOP’OF THE MORNING BRUNCH:
To make a reservation for Sunday brunch at the Top of Carolina,
on the 18th floor of Capstone House, call 7-7919. Brunch is
served from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Sunday. Parking is available at the southwest corner of Barnwell and Pendleton Streets.
Confucius Institute
to sponsor Film Festival
The Confucius Institute (CI) at the University, in partnership
with the Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) and the
Nickelodeon Theater, will sponsor its second Chinese Film
Festival Feb. 3–24.
The series will make available four award-winning films to
Columbia audiences for the first time. The screenings, which
are free and open to the public, will take place at 6 p.m. each
Thursday at the Nickelodeon Theater on South Main Street.
Discussions about the films will follow each screening.
The CI collaborates with the MIRC, part of University
Libraries, and Nickelodeon, South Carolina’s only nonprofit
art-house cinema, to make the Chinese Film Series possible.
The series schedule is:
 Feb. 3 (Chinese
New Year’s Day)—
Last Train Home
(2009) was voted
best feature-length
documentary at the
2009 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.
During the Chinese
Spring Festival,
millions of migrant
workers long to return
home from work in
urban centers. After
one such journey, the
film examines the
conflicts experienced
by an ordinary Chinese family during the modernization process. A reception will
take place after the screening.
 Feb. 10—Red Sorghum (1987), directed by Zhang
Yimou, won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden
Bear award. The film tells a sweeping story of romance and
resistance set in a sorghum winery during the Sino-Japanese
War. MIRC will supply a 35mm print of the film from its Chinese Film Collection.
 Feb. 17–Mountain Patrol (2004) is the true story of the
volunteers protecting antelope from poachers in the mountains of Tibet. The film won director Lu Chuan the Don Quixote Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Special
Jury Prize at Tokyo International Film Festival, and the Hong
Kong Film Award. It was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at
the Sundance Film Festival. The Chinese Film Collection will
supply a 35 mm print.
 Feb. 24–Ocean Heaven (2010) stars Jet Li in his first
dramatic role. This recently released film tells the moving
story of an ordinary man who works at an aquarium and cares
for his adult autistic son.
The Chinese Film Festival is part of the New Year Activity
series sponsored by the Confucius Institute. For more information about the series, contact Yongli Li at the CI at 7- 4758
or clean.ann@gmail.com or Mark Cooper, MIRC, at 7-2058 or
coopermg@mailbox.sc.edu.
USC is the first research university in South Carolina to
establish a CI in collaboration with the Beijing Language
and Culture University, a division of the Chinese Ministry of
Education.
The Chinese Film Collection is a major undertaking of
USC’s CI, which was established in 2008. The films are particularly valuable because they document cultural diplomacy,
representing what officials of the People’s Republic of China
wanted U.S. citizens to see and know about China after formal
diplomatic relations were established in 1979.
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students engaging at some level on this theme.”
No Impact Man is the third nonfiction book selected in
the 18 years of USC’s FYRE program. Student members of the
FYRE book selection committee played a larger role in the
book selection this year, Doerpinghaus said.
“This book will provide students the tools and information
to not only change their way of living to better the environment, but it builds awareness that forces them to challenge
themselves and those around them to be more aware of how
they treat the planet,” said Jen Hodshon, one of the students
on the FYRE committee.
For Mary Elizabeth Sewell, USC’s new FYRE director, No
Impact Man is “a call for action and opportunity for awareness. I look forward to working with several of our campus
partners to promote some of the great work that is being done
already on campus and creating new opportunities for our
students.”
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valent π-π stacking interactions: single crystal to single crystal transformations,” International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Tom Vogt, chemistry and biochemistry, “Imaging at the Nanoscale using
Aberration-corrected Electron Microscopy,” International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii.
 BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
 Lighter times
Ann Kingsolver, anthropology, Tobacco Town Futures: Global
Encounters in Rural Kentucky, Waveland Press, Long Grove, Ill.
 ARTICLES
Isis Sadek, languages, literatures, and cultures, “A sertao of
migrants, flight and affect: Genealogies of place and image in
Cinema Novo and contemporary Brazilian cinema,” Studies in
Hispanic Cinema. Chin-Tser Huang, computer science and engineering,
Yi Xian, and Jorge Cobb, “Look-Ahead Routing and Message
Scheduling in Delay-Tolerant Networks,” Journal of Computer
Communications.
E. Angela Murphy and J. Mark Davis, exercise science,
J.L. McClellan, B.T. Gordon, and M.D. Carmichael, “Curcumin’s
effect on intestinal inflammation and tumorigenesis in the
ApcMin/+ mouse,” Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research.
Russell R. Pate and Marsha Dowda, exercise science,
James F. Sallis, Dianne S. Ward, June Stevens, Gregory J. Welk,
Deborah R.Young, Jared B. Jobe, and Patricia K. Strikmiller,
“Age-Related Changes in Types and Contexts of Physical
Activity in Middle School Girls,” American Journal of Preventive
Medicine.
Donald Songer, political science, and Dona Roy (USC
Ph.D. student), “Does the Attitudinal Model Explain Unanimous Reversals ?” The Justice System Journal. Daniela B.
Friedman, health promotion, education, and behavior, A. Koskan, and I.
Rose, “Prostate Cancer Guidelines on Web 2.0-Based Sites: The Screening
Dilemma Continues Online,” Journal of Cancer Education.
 PRESENTATIONS
Chin-Tser Huang, computer science and engineering, and Jie Huang,
“Secure Mutual Authentication Protocols for Mobile Multi-hop Relay
WiMAX Networks against Rogue Base/Relay Stations,” IEEE International
Conference on Communications, Kyoto, Japan.
Bruce E. Konkle, journalism and mass communications, “The South Carolina Scholastic Press Association, 1961–1986: Its Second Quarter Century of
Serving Student Journalists in the Palmetto State,” Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication Scholastic Journalism Division Midwinter Meeting, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Teri Browne, social work, “The Role of Social Networks in Improving
Kidney Transplant Parity,” Society for Social Work and Research, Tampa, Fla.
Norma Frizzell, exercise science, “Succination is a biomarker of mitochondrial stress and a mediator of endoplasmic reticulum stress in diabetes,”
Japan Maillard Reaction Society (JMARS), Tokyo, Japan.
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry, “Supramolecular metal
organic frameworks and coordination polymers organized by strong, nonco-
It was left on our doorstep with a note pinned
to its cover asking us for underwriting.
Stephen L. Morgan and Michael L. Myrick, chemistry and biochemistry,
“Multivariate analysis of variance for forensic trace evidence decision-making,” Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Raleigh,
N.C., and, same conference, “The design of an infrared imaging system for
blood stains at crime scenes using a chemometrics simulation-driven process,” and, “Coating Effects on Fabric Infrared Reflectance Spectra.”
 OTHER
Teri Browne, social work, appointed a member of the International Dialysis
Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study Patient Centered Care and Quality
of Life Task Force.
Nicholas Vazsonyi, languages, literatures, and cultures, invited to join the
ranks of senior Wagner scholars in North America as a member of the
Advisory Board of the The Wagner Society of New York.
 Job vacancies
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and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu.The
employment office is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Aiken professor’s painting of former student takes top prize
Al Beyer, a professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at USC Aiken, recently received the 2010 Best of
Show Award at the S.C. State Fair for a portrait he painted of a
former USC Aiken student.
The portrait, titled Phyllis, is of the late Phyllis Brousseau, a student who took classes from Beyer for more than 20
years. Beyer also taught Brousseau’s daughter and granddaughter.
S.C. State Fair officials recently gave the oil painting to
USC Aiken to be displayed on campus. Beyer has a long list of recognitions and awards dating
back many years. He recently won a top prize at a National
Water Color Society competition.
Nancy Smith, an official with the S.C. State Fair, said it’s
only fitting that the painting be displayed at USC Aiken.
“It is the S.C. State Fair’s desire to encourage and educate
people in all ages and stages of life about art,” she said. “The
fact that there is a third generation tied to the history of this
painting and USC Aiken makes it an even more fitting choice.”
Smith said approximately 1,400 pieces of artwork were
registered in this year’s show. Phyllis is an award-winning portrait by USC Aiken art professor Al Beyer of
Phyllis Brousseau, who took Beyer’s classes for more than 20 years.
Cooper receives first Billingsley Award
Shauna M. Cooper, an assistant professor of psychology, is the inaugural recipient of the newly created
Andrew Billingsley African American Families Pilot Research Program Award. Cooper received the award
during a reception at the Institute of Families in Society Jan. 19.
Cooper said the award will help support her work, which addresses how schools, families, and communities can build positive assets in young people. Her work reflects the Institute of Families in Society’s core
mission of using interdisciplinary research and leadership to advance the science and practice of helping
families thrive at community, state, regional, national, and international levels.
With this award, Cooper builds on Billingsley’s strength-based research and is taking a new perspective
Cooper
on the nature of father-daughter relationships in African-American families by investigating how fathers
perceive the fatherhood role.
Cooper said that receiving the award is particularly meaningful because it honors the career of Andrew Billingsley, a distinguished professor emeritus at USC. Billingsley was an influential figure in Cooper’s early careers. Billingsley, a professor of
sociology and African American Studies, was the Senior-Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute for Families in Society before his
retirement in 2010.
The annual award supports pilot research by junior tenure-track or junior research faculty for the development and submission
of extramural research grant proposals and publications that address issues related to African-American families.
For more information about the award and the application process, go to ifs.sc.edu/BillingsleyPilotResearchProgram.asp.
Webster to be honored
by national alliance
Collin Webster, an assistant professor of physical education, will be inducted as a Research Consortium Fellow of
the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation,
and Dance (AAHPERD) March
31 in San Diego, Calif., at the alliance’s convention and exposition.
Fellows are selected based on
scholarship, including presentations and publications, and
have an established and focused
research agenda with a strong
track record of published work
in the area of human health and
Webster
physical activity.
Webster’s research focuses on physical activity
promotion in school and community contexts and on
instructional communication.
Webster earned undergraduate and master’s degrees
from Western Carolina University and his Ph.D. from the
University of Georgia.
The AAHPERD is the largest organization supporting and assisting professionals involved in physical
education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and
education in all specialties related to achieving a healthy
lifestyle.
Moore School professor
named SIOP Fellow
Robert Ployhart, an associate professor in the management department in the Moore School of Business,
has been named a Fellow of the Society of Industrial
and Organizational Psychology
(SIOP). He is also the academic
director for the Master of Human
Resources program. Ployhart received his Ph.D.
from Michigan State University
and MA from Bowling Green
State University. His research focuses on staffing, personnel selection, recruitment, staffing-related
legal issues, and applied statistiPloyhart
cal models such as structural
equation modeling, multilevel
modeling (HLM/RCM), and longitudinal modeling.
SIOP Fellows must be nominated and endorsed by
several existing Fellows, have made significant contributions to applied psychology, and be at least 10 years out
from graduation. Fellows are distinguished industrial and
organizational psychologists who have made an unusual
and outstanding contribution to the field.
Industrial-organizational psychology is the scientific
study of the workplace. Rigor and methods of psychology
are applied to issues of critical relevance to business, including talent management, coaching, assessment, selection, training, organizational development, performance,
and work-life balance.
USC Upstate hires three
new staff members
USC Upstate has made three recent additions to its staff
to work in the areas of disability services and graphic
design.
Kathleen Miller has been hired as the assistant director of disability services in the Division of Student Affairs.
Miller will take leadership of the coordination of academic accommodations for students with disabilities, as
well as spearhead a new Academic Coaching program to
help students with disabilities acquire time management,
organizational, study, and self-management skills. Before
coming to USC Upstate, Miller worked at Converse College as the director of academic success.
Veronica Quick and Benjamin Remick both have
been hired as graphic designers in the Office of University Communications. In their roles, they will create and
manage original concepts and designs and oversee the
production of electronic layouts for an extensive university publications program, Web site, and advertising.
Quick, a graduate of USC Upstate, has been working
part-time as a graphic design assistant at the campus
since 2008. Remick, who earned a master’s of art from
Savannah College of Art and Design, previously worked
as a graphic designer at Erwin Penland.
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Picturesque S.C. ecosystem takes
center stage in new documentary
Photos by Joe Woodard
A heron wings its ways across a tidal creek near Edisto Island.
I
The unmistakable profiles of “alligator alley” in the Donnelly Wildlife
Management Area.
A maritime forest in the Donnelly Wildlife Management Area.
Live oaks near Botany Bay on Edisto Island.
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February 3, 2011
t probably won’t be a blockbuster, but a recently produced
tations, the demise of the plantation system following the Civil
documentary with USC connections will almost certainly
War, and threats to the land brought about by coastal sprawl after
get two thumbs up when it premieres later this month in
World War II,” Bailey said. “How those threats were met lies at
Charleston and at USC Columbia’s Green Quad.
the core of the story.”
Common Ground: South Carolina’s ACE Basin is an hourIn the 1980s, extensive development in the northern and
long documentary about a public-private coalition of landowners
southern tips of coastal South Carolina began to alarm many,
and agencies that worked to preserve more than 206,000 acres
including people who lived in the ACE River Basin, an area south
in the basin named for the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto rivers
of Charleston and north of Beaufort. The 350,000-acre ecosystem
that flow through it. Common Ground will be
is a refuge for waterfowl along the Atlantic
shown at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
Flyway.
in Charleston Feb. 18–20 and at USC’s Green
ACE Basin landowners such as Hugh Lane
Quad on Feb. 21. S.C. ETV’s Southern Lens
Sr. of Charleston and Gaylord Donnelly of
will likely broadcast Common Ground later in
Chicago and their extended families proved
2011.
to be responsible stewards of their properties
William Bailey, senior program associate
and inspired other ACE Basin landowners to
for USC’s School of the Environment and the
place their property under conservation easeA green tree frog crouches low in the
Donnelly Wildlife Management Area.
Center for Humans and Nature, was the writer
ments. The easements afforded tax advantagand executive producer of the documentary, which includes
es while protecting the land from development in perpetuity.
dazzling photography of the ACE Basin’s ecological splendor.
The ACE Basin Task Force continues to promote land protec“We shivered at times along river banks in the minutes before
tion and the well-being of existing easements.
dawn, but forgot the cold when the sun rose over the Atlantic, the
Before his death in 2008, Strachan Donnelly, founder of the
wetlands, and the mystic mists rising from the water,” Bailey said.
Center for Humans and Nature and a scion of the Donnelly clan,
“We battled on through a Lowcountry August when ravenous
requested that a history of the ACE Basin Project be written.
insects, intoxicated by the taste of our puny repellants, gorged on
Bailey opted instead for a video documentary, which he felt would
our blood while we waited for a heron to take flight or an eagle to
reach more South Carolinians than a monograph.
peer out of a nest high above us.”
“We met the people of the ACE Basin, who invited us into their
Larry Cameron and Joe Woodard of the University’s Technolhomes and guided us through their fields as they poured out their
ogy Services’ media production group directed, videotaped, and
accounts of their attachment to the land,” he said. “In their sharedited the documentary, which took two years to complete.
ing of their best with us, they inspired us to give our best to telling
“The documentary recounts the region’s history of large planviewers about their covenant with the land.”
A great white heron perches on a decrepit dock timber in a salt marsh.
The remains of Old Sheldon Church near Yemassee, S.C.