n Sign up for
Move-in Day
Volunteers are still needed
for Move-In Day Aug. 13 to
help this year’s freshmen
move into their residence
halls.To sign up online, go to
www.sc.edu/moveincrew.
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Columbia
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Moore School’s new home
open for business in 2014
Beaufort
Lancaster
Salkehatchie
Sumter
Union
May 5, 2011
Upstate
Construction on the new home for the
Darla Moore School of Business, depicted in
this rendering from Raphael Vinoly Architects
of New York, is expected to begin this year.
The $91.5 million building will be built on the
north side of the Carolina Coliseum on the
corner of Greene and Assembly streets and
will include 500-seat and 250-seat auditoriums
and classrooms on the first floor. Second-floor
space will feature a library, business center,
and open-air courtyard; the third and fourth
floors will include administrative and faculty
offices. Following completion in December
2013, the Moore School’s current home—the
Close-Hipp Building—will be renovated for the
Department of Justice, which will lease that
space. Lease payments will service most of the
construction debt on the new building,
which is being designed for net-zero
energy consumption.
SACS impressed by QEP,
attention to standards
By Larry Wood
USC Columbia, Lancaster, Salkehatchie, and Union
experienced a “highly affirming” reaffirmation visit by the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools (SACS)
March 28–30, President Pastides
told faculty April 26 at the spring
General Faculty Meeting.
“SACS was extremely
impressed with our attention to
accreditation standards and also
with our quality enhancement
plan, the QEP, which we now call
USC Connect, integrating learning
Pastides
within and beyond the classroom,” Pastides said. “I want to thank you, our faculty
and staff, for your commitment of time and attention
and for your assistance in preparing for this reaffirmation
process.”
Even in times of economic turmoil, USC continues to
receive endorsements from a number of outside organizations, Pastides said. Those endorsements include:
n Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year
Power of positive teaching
Religious studies professor earns top award
By Chris Horn
Belief in God is not a prerequisite to signing up for the
courses taught by religious studies professor James
Cutsinger.
Atheists, agnostics, and adherents of various religious persuasions all are drawn to his classes, which often sport such curiosity-inducing titles as Faith, Doubt,
and God; Evil, Sin, and Suffering; and Yogis, Mystics,
Monks, and Zen Masters.
The fact that the popular electives are often oversubscribed is testament to Cutsinger’s winsome teaching
Cutsinger
style, which has been recognized by the Honors College’s Distinguished Professor of the Year Award, the Mungo Undergraduate
Teaching Award, and the Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award, the
latter three times. Add to that impressive list the 2011 Michael J. Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year, USC’s most prestigious faculty award.
“Partly because we’re in the Bible Belt, I don’t have to create enthusiasm
ex nihilo for these courses,” said Cutsinger, who joined the Department of
What his students say
n “Professor Cutsinger does an
incredible job of bringing complicated
material to life in a way that engages our
minds. He makes us think critically about
our opinions and beliefs and truly evaluate them in depth. He adroitly handles
the material he teaches with equal
amounts of information and wit, one of
the best ways to keep us engaged.”
n “I’ve never had a teacher [who] knew
so much or at least expressed it so
well. He has a passion for teaching and it
shows. He loves opposing opinions and
approaches teaching religion in a new and
honestly challenging way.”
n “Professor Cutsinger is the reason
why I can say I am happy to have majored
in the humanities. He does not simply
teach material: he teaches new ways of
thinking.”
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University, community
say goodbye to Sorensen
By Larry Wood
Tommy Preston remembered former president Andrew Sorensen
as a teacher, mentor, friend,
hero—and a man with a playful
sense of humor.
Speaking at a tribute service
for Sorensen, the University’s
27th president who died April 17,
Preston recalled a story of when
he and the former president were
Sorensen
riding to a rally for President
Barack Obama in an SUV with flashing lights.
Sorensen always sat in the front passenger seat, said
Preston, a former student body president and now a
Continued on page 6
Michael Brown
Top students honored
at Awards Day ceremony
The University presented its top honors, the Algernon Sydney
Sullivan and Steven N. Swanger awards, to three graduating
seniors during the annual Awards Day ceremony April 21.
Katharine “Katie” Parham and James “Jim” Manning, both
of Columbia, received the Sullivan awards, the University’s
highest honor for undergraduates. Sullivan awards are given
each year to one graduating woman and one graduating man
for outstanding achievements, campus leadership, exemplary
character, and service to the community. The award, given at
15 colleges and universities across the country, is named for a
19th-century New York lawyer and philanthropist.
Madison Shepherd of Vienna, Va., received the Steven N.
Swanger Leadership Award, the University’s second-highest
undergraduate honor. The award is named for a former
president of Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK), which sponsors the
University’s Awards Day. It is given to a graduating senior for
exemplary leadership and for making significant contributions
to the Carolina community.
Parham is a member of the Carolina Service Council
and director of Alternative Break Programs. She was a 2011
Rhodes Scholar nominee and a 2010 Truman Scholar finalist. She will graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree in
The University honored Sullivan award winners Jim Manning, left, and
Katie Parham and Swanger winner Madison Shepherd, right, at Awards Day.
political science and French and will join Teach for America,
teaching French in Memphis, Tenn. Manning was active in student government, was president
of the Residence Hall Association, and was a Rhodes Scholar
finalist. He will graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree
in mathematics and statistics with plans to attend law school
at the University of Virginia.
Shepherd was president of the leadership honor society
ODK at USC, a member of the National Advisory Council, and
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Briefly
INNOVENTURE IS MAY 10–11: Students and faculty
can register for InnoVenture SE for the reduced fee of $99.The
two-day event is an opportunity for students to network with
potential employers and faculty to grow business relationships.
To register, follow these steps:
• go to the InnoVenture Community site at www.innoventurecommunity.com/community/innoventure-southeast-community
• click “Join This Community” to place a personal profile, which
will appear automatically; each attendee must create his or her
profile
• go to the InnoVenture Southeast 2011 Conference page at
www.innoventurecommunity.com/community/innoventuresoutheast-community/forum/innoventure-southeast-2011
• click “Attend This Forum” to register to attend the conference. Furnish the code STUDENTS-FACULTY when prompted
during the registration process to activate the complimentary
registration. Enter the code exactly as shown with caps and no
spaces.
For more information, go to 2011.innoventuresoutheast.com/
about.
USC is national headquarters for Chi Sigma Alpha
The USC College of Education has been designated the national headquarters for Chi Sigma Alpha Student Affairs Honor Society
International, effective May 1.
“This move is, no doubt, one of the most exciting things that has happened to the chapter since the first class was initiated,”
said Renee Connolly, interim dean for assessment in the USC College of Education and faculty adviser for the Delta chapter of Chi
Sigma Alpha, based at USC. “It has come due to careful and dedicated work from the higher education and student-affairs master’s
students who make up the majority of the membership. I’m sure the national headquarters will grow and prosper under the guidance and organization of our successful Delta chapter.”
Executive officers of the Delta chapter are all graduate students in USC’s Higher Education and Student Affairs Program: Anna
Todara, president; Lindsey Hammond, vice president; and Ashley Ellis, treasurer. They will serve as interim executive officers for
the national headquarters.
Membership to the honor society is open to students, faculty, and staff and is based on excellence in academics, research, and
service to the profession of student affairs. Student members must have completed at least one full semester of study in student affairs and, during membership, must maintain an overall scholastic grade point average of 3.7 or better. Faculty and staff members
can be inducted when nominated by a current member.
The chapter conducts monthly meetings with additional brown bag sessions that are open to anyone. Topics have included
choice of graduate programs, tips on getting published, study abroad, and civility in higher education. The chapter also gives out
the Pillars Award to an individual who displays excellence in academics, research, and service in work and/or study.
Active chapters with which USC will work are based at Clemson University, the University of Alabama, South Dakota State
University, Shepard University, the University of West Florida, Bucknell University, and The Citadel.
For more information, go to www.scs-national.org.
CHIP OFFERS MINI-GRANTS: The S.C. Cancer
Prevention and Control Research Network (SC-CPCRN) is
offering mini-grants through its 2011–12 Mini-Grants: Community Health Intervention Program (CHIP).The goal of CHIP
is to award three $10,000 mini-grants to three different entities
to support the implementation of evidence-based community
health programs that support the mission of reducing health
disparities and improving health outcomes for South Carolinians.The areas include cancer prevention and screening, diet and
nutrition, physical activity, and survivorship. For more information, go to cpcp.asph.sc.edu or contact Tomi Rogers, assistant
program coordinator, at 7-3019 or rogerstb@mailbox.sc.edu.
n Ride the shuttle
to commencement
To help ease the parking congestion for commencement ceremonies at the Colonial Life
Arena and the Koger Center, Parking Services
will provide a shuttle service from the Bull Street
Garage. A map of the shuttle route is available at
www.sc.edu/vmps/commence.html.
Doctoral graduates will be dropped off on
the 1000 block of College Street for close access
to the Koger Center.
Graduates and patrons will be allowed to
park in the Bull Street Garage (2,400 spaces)
free. From the Bull Street Garage, walk to the
corner of Bull and Greene streets to ride the
shuttle.The shuttle will drop off passengers at the
Colonial Life Arena.
All faculty, staff, and graduates should park
in the Bull Street Garage and use the shuttle
service. Shuttles will run two hours before and
one hour after the conclusion of all commencement ceremonies. Shuttle services also will be
available during commencement for guests who
leave early to return to the garage.
Go to the Parking Services’ map at www.
sc.edu/vmps/maps/sm_all.html to locate alternate parking areas.
SUMTER CELEBRATES WALKING: The USC
Prevention Research Center, Sumter County Active Lifestyles,
and several Sumter County community partners will sponsor
Sumter County On The Move!, a walking awareness campaign
and celebration that will feature community parks and walking
tracks in Sumter County. On May 7, events are planned from
9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Ebenezer Community Center, from noon
to 1:30 p.m. at the VIM Park, and from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the
Salterstown Park.The family events will feature refreshments,
prizes, free blood-pressure checks, and ambulance tours. Grants
from Sumter County Active Lifestyles and the USC Prevention
Research Center, which receives funding from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, helped develop the tracks.
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED FOR ARTHRITIS,
EXERCISE, NUTRITION STUDY: The University’s
Prevention Research Center is looking for adults with arthritis
to participate in an arthritis, exercise and nutrition study.To be
eligible, participants must:
• be 18 years or older
• have been told by a health care provider that they have arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia
• be ready to change exercise and eating habits.
The study is being conducted to evaluate self-directed health
programs for people with arthritis. Eligible participants will be
asked to come to the Columbia campus for a data collection
session.They will receive free, self-directed exercise and nutrition programs and a small incentive. For more information, call
576-6381.
DIETETIC ASSOCIATION HONORS MOOREPASTIDES: Carolina’s First Lady Patricia Moore-Pastides
recently received the 2011 Public Service Award from the S.C.
Dietetic Association.The association honored Moore-Pastides
for her work promoting the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet; her work promoting healthy eating on campus to
students, faculty, and staff; and her efforts to promote sustainable and local agriculture. GET KIDS COOKING WITH SUMMER CAMPS
AT McCUTCHEN: McCuthchen House will sponsor
two cooking camps for children this summer. “The Basics” is
scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 18–22.The cost is
$395 per camper. “Baking and Desserts” is set from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. July 25–29.The cost is $295 per camper. Both camps
are day camps and intended for rising ninth graders and above.
To register, go to www.mccutchenhouse.sc.edu.
CHECK OUT SUMMER GROUP SESSIONS: The
Student Health Services Counseling and Human Development
Center opens several of its groups to faculty and staff on a
space-available basis.The groups include general group therapy,
a group for people struggling with issues related to food, a
couples chart group, a writing group, and a men’s group. For
more information, call 7-5223.
PREP FOR THE LSAT: University Test Prep will offer
LSAT prep courses in May and June. Classes beginning in May
will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday and from
1 to 4 p.m. Sunday from May 5 to May 26.The June class will be
from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday June 21 to July 26.
To register for a workshop or a course or for more information, go http://saeu.sc.edu/testing or call 7-9444.
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May 5, 2011
Branching out
Michael Brown
These students took some time out from the stress of the end of the semester to
commune with nature in a treetop on the Horseshoe. For students taking classes
this summer, May Session begins May 9; Summer I, May 30; and Summer II, July 5.
Travel with Rudy Mancke
to Landsford Canal State Park
USC Naturalist-in-Residence Rudy Mancke will visit Catawba’s Landsford Canal State Park May 14 as part of the University’s natural history
series.
Stretched along the Catawba River on the South Carolina fall line,
the park is home to the well-preserved remains of the canal system that
made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835. Locks, a mill
site, and the lockkeeper’s home are among the intact structures from
that era.
In the fall, Mancke will lead trips through Woods Bay near Sumter
and will conclude the year by visiting Edisto Beach.
The University’s noncredit, personal interest courses offer participants an accessible and affordable way to engage in learning opportunities and experience the state’s resources.
For more information or to register, go to saeu.sc.edu/conted/catalog/courses.php?subarea=28 or call the Office of Continuing Education
and Conferences at 7-9401.
Retail students sport
summer fashions for
Sistercare’s benefit
University retail students recently sponsored a fashion show to raise money for Sistercare, a program
of services for battered women and their children
residing in Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry,
and Richland counties.
Donna Watts, of the retail department, gave her
Instructional Retailing 388 class the chance to put
their classroom skills to the test. Watts said that
the event was an opportunity for students to gain
hands-on experience and get a little taste of how
hard the industry can be.
“It’s one of my favorite classes,” Watts said.
The students learned how to budget a show, find
sponsors, and organize the final production, but
more importantly, they learned how to give back to
their community.
Watts’ students gathered local sponsors for the
show and chose a community charity to give back
to, choosing Sistercare. The show, held at the McCutchen House, gave local retailers and designers
the chance to show off their new summer fashions. Students charged $5 a ticket, and all of the proceeds from the show went directly to Sistercare
Sistercare provided service for more than 9,000
women and children last year. Documentation required to verify eligibility of covered dependents
In an effort to control costs, the Employee Insurance Program (EIP) is auditing subscribers who cover dependents to ensure that
only eligible dependents have coverage through EIP.
The audit process will take 18 to 24 months, during which time subscribers will receive a letter asking for documentation to
verify the eligibility of each covered dependent. Subscribers will have 60 days to provide documentation. If documentation is not
provided within that time, the dependent will be dropped from coverage.
Beginning May 2, EIP requires documentation at the time of enrollment for dependents of new hires and for dependents added
during open enrollment or because of a special eligibility situation.
For questions or more information, call the University’s Benefits Office at 7-6550.
n Environmental Stewardship Awards
Faculty, staff, students honored
Meggie Patton, the Recycling Team, Malte Weiland, Phil Barnes, and Cinnamon Carlarne received the
University’s 2011 Environmental Stewardship Awards presented on Earth Day, April 22.
Patton, a graduate assistant for Sustainable Carolina and the Green Quad, has demonstrated “through
both her graduate assistant activities at Sustainable Carolina and her personal life style an extraordinary
commitment to sustainability,” according to her nomination from Charles Lowman, student affairs and
academic support. Supporting environmental issues, she has:
n encouraged and advised other students seeking to support environmental and
sustainability issues through participation in events such the SSREC (Southeast Student Renewable Energy Conference in Athens Ga.), PowerShift 2011 (in
Washington D.C.), “No Impact” Week at Carolina, and the Palmetto Energy Action
Coalition) Conference at the Learning Center
n served as a student representative on the First Year Reading Experience com-
mittee along with high profile administrators and faculty and helped to create
yearlong learning experiences for students based on the No Impact Man book,
which all first-year students will read in the fall. She recently was selected to be a
teaching assistant for a Green Quad section of University 101, which will put environmentalism and green issues front and center for her group of freshmen. The Recycling Team, with Christine Burke, Sustainable Carolina, as project coordinator, received the Student Organization Group Award. The Recycling Team
within Sustainable Carolina has revitalizing the recycling program on campus.
Working with University staff, they developed an effective Recyclemania campaign, a six-week project that included multiple campus-wide events, and multiple
media interventions that generated considerable publicity. David Whiteman,
political science, nominated the team.
Weiland, of C Building in the West Quad, received the Staff Award. His sustainability efforts across campus include:
Barnes
n incorporating recycling into athletics events, ranging from ESPN Game Day to a
tailgate-recycling program
Fired up
Michael Brown
Daniel Crocco, an MFA ceramics major from Pittsburgh, Pa., removes finished pottery pieces
from a wood-burning kiln. Art students constructed the kiln and fired it up near the end of the
semester.The smoke, soot, and ash from the wood fire give the pottery a unique character.
n working with student teams and campus representatives to support the efforts
Carlarne
for Recyclemania and helping bring a business approach to the Learning Center
for Sustainable Futures and Sustainable Carolina
n working to coordinate the national STARS program for tracking sustainability into the efforts of the
various teams of Sustainable Carolina
n heading up a green team for Campus Facilities and developing a sustainability implementation plan for
USC Sumter professor’s research
examines pivotal life influence
By Marshall Swanson
For everyone who has ever wondered about someone they never knew but who
nevertheless exerted a pivotal influence on their lives, meet W. Robert “Bob”
Ferrell.
The USC Sumter history instructor and former director of Sumter’s admissions
services embarked on a personal research project to learn more about William
Oscar Jenkins, a Tennessee native who emigrated to Mexico just after the turn
of the 20th century to become one of the country’s foremost entrepreneurs and
philanthropists.
Jenkins, through a spider web of fateful connections, is
responsible for Ferrell’s marriage to the love of his life, Maria Elena Guerrero of Puebla, Mexico, and their subsequent
family that included two “delightful” daughters, Adriana
and Erica.
That’s because Ferrell met Maria, who has taught
Spanish at Sumter High School since 1974, while she was
a student at Winthrop University studying there under a
scholarship funded by Jenkins’ foundation. The same foundation funded creation of the American School of Puebla
she attended in the 1960s, and the University of the Ameri- Ferrell
cas where she matriculated before coming to Winthrop.
“My wife came to Winthrop as a graduate assistant in the foreign languages
department and the rest is history,” said Ferrell, a Rock Hill native. “Had I not met
her there, my daughters, my granddaughters, my work with USC, would not be. I
have a real debt to William Oscar Jenkins.”
But who was Jenkins?
For someone as influential as he was to the fortunes of Mexico and vast numbers of its people, surprisingly little has been written about him, Ferrell said.
After moving in 1901 to Puebla from Shelbyville, Tenn., when he was 23,
Jenkins started a textile factory and quickly went on to become one of the largest
entrepreneurs in the country responsible for sugar plantations, movie theaters,
banks, and other businesses.
The growth in his net worth paralleled that of his philanthropic endeavors in
Mexico and Tennessee. He was instrumental in the formation of an association to
improve Puebla; he extensively supported higher education and improvements in
Mexico’s infrastructure, donated money to Mexico’s National Cardiology Institute
in Mexico City, and in 1953, gave money for the construction of a 106-bed hospital
in Shelbyville.
By 1954, he had set up the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation named in honor
of his late wife to provide funding for health, education, and cultural projects
throughout the country and beyond Mexico, including churches, Ferrell said.
When Jenkins died in 1963, he willed almost all of his estate to the foundation so
that it could continue its charitable works.
During his research, Ferrell discovered a thesis about Jenkins by Andrew
Paxman, a Millsaps College professor in Jackson, Miss., who “provided a balanced account of Jenkins’ work and accomplishments,” one of only a few sources
of information about Jenkins to be found. Ferrell also interviewed relatives of
Jenkins who provided valuable insights into the simplicity of his lifestyle in spite of
his wealth and contacts.
In addition to hoping that his work will inspire more research into Jenkins’ life,
Ferrell would like his efforts to re-generate interest in Jenkins among the citizens
of Shelbyville, where Ferrell recently delivered a paper on the philanthropist.
Ferrell’s appearance there helped ignite the town’s interest in approaching the
Jenkins Foundation for help with public works projects that would benefit the city
47 years after Jenkins’ death.
that department
n researching opportunities for electric vehicles on campus and coordinating an event that brought the
city of Columbia, businesses, the campus, and manufacturers together to develop a partnership that
would lead to implantation of an electric vehicle infrastructure.
Michael Koman, environmental protection manager in University Housing, nominated Weiland.
Barnes, a research professor in the Environment and Sustainability Program, received the Faculty
Award. Barnes is the campus faculty expert in Environmental Management Systems (EMS), complex systemic operational practices that are required by large organizations to ensure environmental protection.
Through his work in EMS and a range of national and international activities, he has been establishing a
global sustainability program that broadens the impact of sustainability programs at Carolina. He also has
been instrumental in creating a student group that focuses on these issues.
Carlarne, an assistant professor in the Environment and Sustainability Program and the School of
Law, received the Special Faculty Award. Carlarne has made extraordinary contributions to broadening
the understanding and strengthening the knowledge of faculty and students in areas of environmental
policy and its fundamental role in the sustainability of the planet. She has been instrumental in raising the
awareness and understanding of sustainability and climate change issues to a large and diverse audience.
Brian Helmuth, a professor of biological sciences in the School of the Environment and the Marine
Science Program, nominated Carlarne.
Stieritz named Innovista business director
Ann Marie Stieritz has been named director of business solutions for Innovista at the University, effective
April 11.
Stieritz has worked at the S.C. Technical College System for the past four years, most recently as vice
president for economic development and workforce competitiveness.
Her responsibilities will include recruiting high-tech businesses to the Midlands and being the liaison between USC’s researchers and the business community.
Don Herriott, director of Innovista Partnerships, said Stieritz brings a wealth
of experience to this new position.
“I have worked with Ann Marie on various boards and projects,” Herriott said.
“She has demonstrated exceptional capability and leadership in her role at the
S.C. Technical College System, especially in her economic development and workforce development programs. I am confident that she will provide the industry
connectivity that Innovista needs, and I look forward to welcoming her to USC.”
Stieritz has a background in education, workforce, and economic development.
At the S.C. Technical College System, she oversaw the system’s two nationally
Stieritz
recognized economic and workforce development programs, as well as other statewide initiatives that have enhanced the state’s competitiveness through education and training.
She is former statewide coordinator for 12 Regional Education Centers, which coordinate education,
workforce, and economic development with business and industry initiatives to develop education and
workforce readiness strategies.
Stieritz also was assistant director/vice president of the Ponape Agriculture and Trade School, the only
academic and technical high school serving students from across the Micronesian region in the Central
Pacific, and taught English with the Peace Corps in Mauritania.
She worked for the N.J. Commerce and Economic Growth Commission’s Office of International Trade
and Protocol, helping companies identify potential overseas export markets, and as a political analyst for
the Consulate General of Japan in New York.
Stieritz earned a BA from Xavier University and a diploma of studies from the Université de Paris, la
Sorbonne. She earned an MA and an M.Phil. in political science from New York University.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Midlands and is the incoming
chair of that organization’s Community Impact Committee and sits on the Underserved Counties Task
Force. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Rotary Club; has been recognized as a
Guatemala Literacy Fellow for her support of Rotary International’s Guatemala Literacy Project; and is
a multiple level Paul Harris Fellow. She is a member of Women in Philanthropy, the Columbia Museum
of Arts’ Taylor Society and Collectors’ Circle, and is a graduate of the S.C. Technical College System’s
Leadership Academy.
She was named to the class of 2009 “20 Under 40” leaders in South Carolina and was recognized as
the 2009 Executive of the Year by the Palmetto Chapter of the International Association of Administrative
Professionals. May 5, 2011
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May & June
Calendar
 Sports
May 10 Baseball: Presbyterian, 7 p.m., Carolina Stadium.
May 11 Baseball: Charleston Southern, 7 p.m.,
Carolina Stadium.
May 12–14 Softball: SEC Tournament,
University of Mississippi, Oxford.
May 13 Baseball: Arkansas, 7 p.m., Carolina Stadium.
May 14 Baseball: Arkansas, 4:30 p.m., Carolina Stadium.
May 15 Baseball: Arkansas, 1:30 p.m., Carolina Stadium.
May 17 Baseball: UNC Asheville, 7 p.m., Carolina Stadium.
May 25–29 Baseball: SEC Tournament, Hoover, Ala.
 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
May 26.
 Online calendar
June 4–6 Baseball: NCAA Regionals.
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.
June 10–13 Baseball: NCAA Super Regionals.
If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
 Commencement
The schedule for remaining commencement exercises for the
spring is:
• USC Aiken, 7 p.m. May 5, Convocation Center
• USC School of Law, 9:30 a.m. May 6, Horseshoe
• USC School of Medicine, 12:30 p.m. May 6, Koger Center
Sartor
School of Music to present
world-class guitar festival
USC music professor Christopher Berg will perform as part
of the 2011 Rosario Guitar Festival and Competition May
12–16.
The festival will include master classes, workshops, a
competition, and performances by some of the world’s finest
guitarists. The adult and youth competition features cash
prizes of more than
$2,600.
The Rosario
Guitar Festival is a
four-day event filled
with the sounds of
classical, Spanish,
and Latin guitar
music. In addition
to Berg, international recording and
performing artists to
be featured include
Stephen Aron, Mir
Berg
Ali, Marco Sartor,
Jose Lezcano, and Marina Alexandra. Guest artist recitals
and other ticketed events include the following:
 Alexandra and Ali, 7: 30 p.m. May 13
• 3 p.m. May 6, Colonial Life Arena, for baccalaureate, master’s,
and professional degree candidates in the Darla Moore School of
Business, the College of Mass Communications and Information
Science, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the S.C.
College of Pharmacy, and the Norman J. Arnold School of Public
Health
• 9:30 a.m. May 7, Colonial Life Arena, for baccalaureate, master’s,
and professional degree candidates in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Honors College
• Doctoral hooding ceremony, 1 p.m. May 7, Koger Center
• 3 p.m. May 7, Colonial Center, for baccalaureate, master’s, and
professional degree candidates in the College of Education; College of Engineering and Computing; the College of Hospitality,
Retail, and Sport Management; Fort Jackson Military Base Program;
Interdisciplinary Programs; Palmetto Programs; the School of
Music; and the College of Social Work.
 Around the campuses
May 14 USC Aiken: “More Than Meets the Eye Digistar,
Laser Fantasy,” 8 and 9 p.m., DuPont Planetarium. In “More
Than Meets The Eye,” viewers will learn about the night
sky using the special capabilities of USC Aiken’s DuPont
Planetarium.Visitors will learn how to identify objects in
the sky using the naked eye, binoculars, and telescopes.
They will learn to identify a few constellations, nebulae, and
galaxies. They also will learn about the moon and neighboring planets in the solar system. For more information, call
803-641-3313 or go to www.usca.edu.
May18 USC Salkehatchie: Allendale County Hospital
Health Fair, 9 a.m.–noon, West Campus SCB Atrium. For
more information, call Jane Brewer at 803-584-3446, ext. 117.
 Sartor and Aron, 7:30 p.m. May 14
 Berg and Lezcano, 7:30 p.m. May 15  University of South Carolina Alumni Concert, featuring
solo performances by USC guitar program alumni, 2 p.m.
May 16
 Competition Finals, 3:30 p.m. May 16.
Tickets for evening concerts are $15 for adults and $10
for students. For the alumni concert and competition finals,
a single ticket purchase provides admission to the two concerts. All concerts will be in the USC School of Music Recital
Hall.
The School of Music, in conjunction with its guitar
program, sponsor the festival. The project is funded by the
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties and
the S.C. Arts Commission, which receives support from the
National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan
Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community
Foundation of South Carolina.
For more information, contact Jonathan Gangi at 330472-9939 or jonathangangi@yahoo.com, or go to www.
rosarioguitarfestival.com.
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 Colonial LIfe Arena
Taylor Swift will perform for one night only on Nov. 18 at the
Colonial Life Arena. Her special guest will be Adam Brand, a veritable superstar in his native Australia where he’s won numerous
country music awards. Swift was recently named Entertainer of
the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards and has played
to capacity crowds in Asia and Europe on her Speak Now tour.
For ticket information, go to coloniallifearena.com.
 Miscellany
June 18–29 Baseball: College World Series, Omaha, Neb.
Lezcano
During her show,
Taylor Swift performs on
two different stages and plays
acoustic and electric guitars,
piano, and ukelele.
 Lectures
May 24 S.C. College of Pharmacy and the Center for
Medication Safety and Efficacy,
“Community of Scholars” Research
Colloquia, “Health Sciences South
Carolina (HSSC) Projects and Collaborations,” 4–5 p.m., Coker Life
Science, Room 110. Iain Sanderson,
endowed chair in the Center for
Sanderson
Healthcare Quality; chief medical
information officer, HSSC; and professor, anesthesia and
perioperative medicine department, MUSC, will discuss
“HSSC’s Informatics Infrastructure to Support Clinical
and Translational Research,” and Todd Thornburg, senior
program manager, HSSC, will discuss “ePrescribing and
the Increase in EMR Adoption.” Open to all faculty, staff,
students, and community members. For more information,
send an e-mail to pweiss@mailbox.sc.edu.
May 12 Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching
Excellence and the Office of Information Technology: Campus Technology Virtual Conference 2011, five
sessions starting at 10:30 a.m., Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Room L511. The virtual
conference will spotlight the most up-to-date information
on new educational tools, technology, and services. The
presentation will include a question-and-answer session and
time for networking with colleagues. To register online, go
to www.sc.edu/cte/tech2011/. For more information, send
an e-mail to cte@sc.edu or call 7-8322.
Opera star shares tips
with Aiken students
Opera star Frederica von Stade visited with some of USC
Aiken’s Concert Choir students two days before her performance at the Etherredge Center April 28.
The Concert Choir welcomed her with Morning Has Broken, arranged by Mack Wilberg, conductor of the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir, who conducted the choir and three other
groups in two performances May 1 in Augusta, Ga.
Following
the Concert
Choir’s song,
von Stade
joined the
group on the
stage of the
Etherredge
Center for
a questionand-answer
session, telling students
she was
impressed
Frederica von Stade and Joseph Jennings share a moment before USC Aiken’s Concert Choir sang.
with their
performance
and offering advice for a successful singing career.
“Don’t put a timetable on yourself,” she told the group,
noting that some people in the music business don’t get their
big break until their 30s or 40s.
At the meeting, von Stade told the group to “stick with it”
and also offered words of praise for USC Aiken’s artist-inresidence Joseph Jennings, music director emeritus of the
two-time Grammy-winning ensemble, Chanticleer. Jennings
attended the student session and once worked with von
Stade nearly 15 years ago.
“He’s probably one of the greatest musicians I’ve ever
worked with,” von Stade said about Jennings. “You’re lucky
to have him here—really, really lucky.”
Described as “one of America’s finest artists” by The New
York Times, von Stade is on her “farewell tour.” She has
been universally recognized from her numerous television
appearances on Live From Lincoln Center and other PBS
specials. She has recorded on every major record label and
received six Grammy nominations. President Ronald Regan
honored her in a White House ceremony for her contribution
to the arts.
After performing at USC Aiken, Von Stade is preparing
for an appearance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra scheduled for later this year. S.C. ETV’s radio station
taped von Stade’s performance at USC Aiken; it will air statewide at a later date.
 Exhibits
Through May 7 McKissick Museum: “Walter Anderson: Everything I See is New and Strange,” South Gallery, second floor.
Museum hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday and 11 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday. The museum is closed on Sundays and holidays.
For more information, call 7-725 or go to www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/.
Through May 13 Department of Art: Zack Underwood Solo
Show, McMaster Student Gallery, McMaster College, first floor.
Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Sunday, For more information, send an e-mail to mcmasterstudentgallery@gmail.com.
Through May 21 South Caroliniana Library:
“The Horseshoe: Heart of the Campus.”
Through June 25 McKissick Museum: “Artful Lives: Molas
of the Kuna,” an exhibit that explores the history and contemporary textile creations of the Kuna women of coastal Panama.
They use their clothing as a mode of personal expression, taking
great care with decisions about the combinations of skirts and
scarves as well as with the creation of their mola blouses. This
attention to detail, along with their expert stitchery, has earned
them recognition around the world. The sale of these textile arts
is the second most important income source to the Kuna and
examples are collected by museums around the world. Museum
hours are 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 7-725 or go
to www.cas.sc.edu/MCKS/.
Through July 29 Hollings Library: “Life in the Mansion,” photos, items, and quotes from members of South Carolina’s First
Families about life in the Governor’s Mansion dating back to the
1950s, S.C. Political Collections Exhibition Gallery. Based largely
on a series of oral history interviews conducted with the families
by the late George Terry, who was dean of University Libraries.
(See story page 8.)
Hollings Library: “Selected Treasures” and “Unwritten Records:
AV and Data Storage of the Last Half-Century,” S.C. Political
Collections Gallery.
Some of the works in the 14th Annual
Student Exhibition at USC Beaufort
include: “Camouflaged,” upper left,
a reductive lino cut by Miranda Bing;
“Self Portrait,” above, a graphite by
Bree Diggs; “A Bright Idea,” middle,
a lino cut by Radie Winesett; and
“Group Project,” bottom, a lino cut
by the Fundamentals of Art class.
Beaufort art students
display works at show
Works by USC Beaufort’s studio art students are on
display in the 14th-annual Student Exhibition, showcasing their best work of the year at the Center
for the Arts at the Historic Beaufort Campus.The
artwork will be on display until May 27.
The exhibition follows USC Beaufort’s first ever
Senior Art Exhibition, which showcased the works
of eight senior studio art majors. The 14th annual
Student Exhibition is for all studio art majors, regardless of class year, and is juried by the USC Beaufort
studio art faculty.
“USC Beaufort’s art openings and exhibits are
not just about displaying the artworks but are a
 Concerts
chance for the public to meet the artists, see their
May 5 School of Music: Colla Voce Chamber Vocal Ensemble,
featuring “Baroque Masterpieces,” 7:30 p.m., Shandon United
Methodist Church. Colla Voce, guest soloists, and chamber
orchestra will present Bach’s Magnificat in D and Handel’s Dixit
Dominus. For more information, call 7-5369 or send an e-mail to
sbeardsley@mozart.sc.edu.
the Historic Beaufort Campus to that of an ‘Arts
May 29 School of Music: Palmetto Concert Band Memorial
Day Concert, 4 p.m., Koger Center. Free. For more information,
call 7-4278.
work, and support our mission in transitioning
Campus,’” said Jon Goebel, an assistant professor
of studio art at Beaufort. “We hope to see another
strong turnout for this exhibition. It’s really great to
see our community engaged in our arts events, truly
demonstrating their support.”
The Historic Beaufort Campus is envisioned
as the home of the new studio arts program, which
graduated its first class of seniors April 29.
For more information, contact Jon Goebel
at goebelj@uscb.edu.
Test Prep to offer SAT/
ACT summer courses
University Test Prep will offer SAT/ACT test prep courses for
rising ninth–12th graders this summer at USC campuses around
the state.
The weeklong SAT/ACT test prep course will run from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday–Thursday. The schedule is:
 USC Columbia—June 27–30 and July 25–28
 USC Sumter—July 18–21
 USC Beaufort/Hilton Head Gateway Campus in Bluffton—July
11–14 and Aug. 1–4
 USC Salkehatchie in Allendale—July 18–21
 USC Aiken—July 25–28
 USC Union—Aug. 1–4.
The courses include:
 20 hours of in-classroom instruction
 experienced/professional test prep instructors
 official SAT and ACT textbook
 course workbook
 lunch each day
 four interactive online session reviews with informative review
opportunities, live participation, and playback capabilities (held in
the fall leading up to the first exam).
The cost of the class is $499. A 10 percent discount is available
for USC faculty and staff and members of the Carolina Alumni Association. To register for one of the courses or for more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/testing or call 7-9444.
May 5, 2011
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Michelin president to speak at alumni weekend
Dick Wilkerson, chair and president of Michelin North America, will be a featured speaker for the Darla Moore School of
Business May 13, during May Carolina
Alumni Weekend on the USC campus.
May Carolina Alumni Weekend,
to be held May 13–14, is a Carolina
springtime tradition that offers exhibits, lectures, tours, and receptions for
alumni. The event is free and open to
all alumni, but an RSVP is requested.
To respond, go to www.mycarolina.
Wilkerson
org/s/842/index.aspx?sid=842&gid=1
&pgid=2870&content_id=4155.
Wilkerson’s speech, “Working Together to Improve the
Quality of Education in South Carolina,” will begin at
3:30 p.m. May 13 in Lumpkin Auditorium, located on the
Cutsinger
Standards
• Russell Research Award for Humanities and Social
Sciences, Elena Osokina, Department of History
• Russell Research Award for Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering, Ralph E. White, Department of
Chemical Engineering
• USC Educational Foundation Research Award for
Health Sciences, Lawrence P. Reagan, Department
of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience
that took pride in its diversity – but, more importantly, in its
inclusiveness.”
Jim Augustine, medicine, who was chair of the Faculty
Senate when Sorensen was president, told a story of how
Sorensen’s faith sustained him while waiting for his father, a
Presbyterian minister, to arrive for the Sunday sermon.
Jane Upshaw, chancellor of USC Beaufort, told how
Sorensen’s vision for the its new campus led to the expansion of
the BA nursing program and its first graduating class this year.
President Pastides’ address referred to Sorensen directly
as a colleague, mentor, and friend, whom he had known since
they met in Amherst, Mass., in 1984.
“Every one of us here was part of Andrew Sorensen’s
community circle,” Pastides said. “Whether family, friend,
colleague, or distant admirer, we were embraced, we were
challenged, and we were made better by his touch.”
Pastides also spoke of the need to continue Sorensen’s
work—“work that Andrew advanced in very large measure, but
it is work that no individual can complete alone. It is the work
that is dedicated to the goals of individual excellence, progress
for our communities, and absolute equality and justice for all
people all of the time.”
Before the service, a dozen or so bicyclists lapped the
Horseshoe in honor of Sorensen, who was well known for his
early morning bike rides through campus and around Columbia. They pedaled east, cresting in front of McKissick Museum
before coasting silently past the President’s House in tribute.
• USC Educational Foundation Award for Science,
Mathematics, and Engineering, James T. Morris,
Department of Biological Sciences
• USC Educational Foundation Outstanding Service
Award, Elizabeth G. Patterson, School of Law
• Carolina Trustee Professorships, Ann E. Kingsolver, Department of Anthropology, and Roger A.
Dougal, Department of Electrical Engineering
• John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award (2011),
Pearl Fernandes, Division of Science, Mathematics,
and Engineering, USC Sumter
• John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award (2010),
Sarah Miller, Division of Social Sciences, USC
Salkehatchie
• Clinical Practice Teaching Award, Elizabeth Blake,
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, and Rachel Brown, Department of Family
and Preventive Medicine
• Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award,
Catherine Keyser, Department of English; Erin
Connolly, Department of Biological Sciences; Sara
Schneckloth, Department of Art; and Thomas
Crawford, Department of Physics and Astronomy
• Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award, Mark
Smith, Department of History.
Lauren Welch, an academic advisor for the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management,
received the Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Staff Advisor Award at Awards Day ceremonies.
Students
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a student-at-large member of the national board of directors. She will graduate this month with a bachelor’s degree in
international business and accounting. She plans to attend
graduate school to work on her master’s in business taxation
at the University of Southern California.
The University also presented more than 300 awards
recognizing undergraduate academic, service, athletic, and
leadership achievements at the ceremony on the Horseshoe.
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“The last time the NRC issued a report, in 1993, we had
only 16 nationally ranked programs, with only three in the top
50,” Pastides said.
But the University’s most important endorsement continues to come from its students and prospective students.
In-state applications are up 15 percent over last year, and outof-state applications are up 21 percent.
“That increase is significant,” Pastides said. “Our students
and prospective students like what they’re hearing about the
University.”
Pastides said he would like the University to enroll a freshman class next year that is approximately the same size as
May 5, 2011
• Ada B. Thomas Outstanding Faculty Advisor,
Thomas J. Hilbish, Department of Biological Sciences
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 The National Research Council (NRC), which listed 25
nationally ranked programs at the University, with 14 in the
top 50 of their fields.
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hjof Schuon. He’s also written extensively about epistemology,
the study of the origin, nature, and scope of knowledge.
“Many religious studies professors assume that a scientific
epistemology is the only paradigm under which we should
operate in an academic setting: I think that’s nonsense,” said
Cutsinger, who refers to himself as the University’s epistemology diversity officer. “I’m not a Luddite or opposed to the
scientific method, but I am saying there are other ways of
knowing.”
Cutsinger’s interest in solid writing carries over into his
teaching: he issues his own Breviary of English Usage as a
style guide for students and devotes endless hours to critiquing their assigned essays.
Cutsinger was fresh out of Harvard’s graduate school when
he came to USC. He was so young looking, in fact, that while
placing a textbook order he was told by a bookstore staffer that
his professor would have to order the book. Thirty-one years
and a few gray hairs later, Cutsinger seems as energetic as
when he arrived.
“Every day I teach is different. I’m not bored after 60 semesters,” he said. “It’s really kind of ridiculous to get an award
for something that you love to do.”
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third-year law student, who was riding in the back passenger
seat that day.
“I noticed that people were waving and clapping and acting
very excited, and we eventually realized that everyone thought
I was Barack Obama.
“Dr. Sorensen leaned back and said, ‘Tommy, roll down
your window a little and stick your hand out and wave,’”
Preston said, drawing knowing laughter from the audience at
the Koger Center.
Stories of Sorensen’s vision and leadership, his faith, and
his legacy to the University and Columbia filled the service
along with references to his trademark bowties, his bicycle,
and his trumpet, which he sometimes played with the USC
Marching Band.
Former Columbia Mayor Bob Coble remembered
Sorensen’s having everyone sing the familiar children’s song,
The More We Get Together, The Happier We’ll Be, in 2004 at
the announcement of downtown’s Innovista, the University’s
integrated research center where researchers can both work
and live.
“Dr. Sorensen was a strategic thinker and a transformational leader,” Coble said. “I believe that Dr. Sorensen’s most
significant and lasting contribution will be ensuring that
Columbia will enter the knowledge economy.”
Lonnie Randolph, president of the S.C. State Conference
of the NAACP, said Sorensen loved being president of the
University of South Carolina, “a school of higher education
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor
Award, Melissa Moss, Department of Chemical
Engineering and Edward Callen, Department of
Psychology, USC Aiken
• USC Educational Foundation Award for Humanities
and Social Sciences, Robert Brinkmeyer, Department of English
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Religious Studies’ faculty in 1980. “The challenge is to get the
students to look outside of the box.”
Even in large classes, Cutsinger uses the Socratic method,
posing questions about pre-assigned readings and cultivating
debate and discussion no matter how disparate the students’
viewpoints.
“Part of the trick of teaching Socratically is that so much
depends on the students,” he said. “I can have a lot of ideas,
but if they’re not engaging in the discussion, it might go nowhere. That’s when I insert my own fomenting words.”
In what is perhaps his most popular course—Faith, Doubt,
and God—Cutsinger invites students to tackle the question
of whether there is a God. And he issues a guarantee that, no
doubt, adds to the course’s popularity: he will prove by semester’s end that God exists.
“I limit enrollment in that course to 75, and it’s like playing several boards of chess simultaneously,” he said. “I take
stances and say off-the-wall things to get the conversation
started. Sometimes I play the role of atheist if they’re getting
too comfortable in the theist camp.”
Cutsinger has written or edited 13 books, including several
translations of works by the Swiss philosopher of religion Frit-
Sorensen
eighth floor of the Darla Moore School of Business. After the
talk, the Dean’s Reception will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the
garden adjacent to the Moore School.
Wilkerson was named chair and president in August 2008.
He oversees operations for Michelin North America, which
includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He also is the
chair of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Alumni can find the full schedule of events for May Carolina Alumni Weekend at www.mycarolina.org/s/842/index.
aspx?sid=842&gid=1&pgid=2870&content_id=4155. Most
events are free but do require an RSVP.
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teaching and advising awards
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last fall’s class but with better academic credentials and more
diversity.
“How do you do that?” Pastides asked. “By having a larger
applicant pool. You also have that by having a stellar admissions staff and marketing plan and by having a lot of financial
aid. We draw approximately $1 million in fresh money each
year from athletics, which we appropriate for need-based
financial aid. At many universities, athletics is supported by
the academic side.”
Pastides said that, although “there will not be enough
money next year to go around,” he will focus on faculty and
staff salaries.
“Increases are long overdue, and we simply cannot sustain
the quality or amount or work that’s being done by our faculty
and staff without being attentive to funding the financial needs
of those of you who do the heavy lifting,” Pastides said.
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 BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Nancy L. Gallenstein, education, Beaufort, “Inquiry and literacy: An
unquestionable connection,” Intersections:The Past, Present and Future in
Literacy Education in the United States, J.B. Cobb and M.K. Kallus, editors, Allyn
& Bacon/Pearson, Boston, Mass.
 ARTICLES
Richard Clodfelter, retailing, “Should Tax-Free Holidays Be Eliminated? A
Preliminary Investigation,” Western Decision Sciences Institute, Portland, Ore.
Jenny May, Children’s Law Center, “Using Content Analysis to Evaluate
the Teaching American History Project,” National American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, La.
Lisa Hammond, English, Lancaster, “Inscribing Racial Memory: Textiles
in Contemporary Southern Literature,” The ART of Public Memory: An
International Interdisciplinary Conference, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, nursing, Patricia Sharpe, exercise science, Deborah Parra-Medina, Jennifer Salinas, and Daisy Morales-Campos,
“ENLACE: Preliminary findings from a multi-site community-based physical
activity intervention,” American Academy of Health Behavior, Hilton Head
Island.
F. Wayne Outten, chemistry and biochemistry, “The SufBCD complex:
A cellular forge for Fe-S cluster assembly,” invited lecture, North Dakota
State University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fargo, N.D.
Daniela Friedman, health promotion, education, and behavior, Kristine
Day, James Laditka, Lynda Anderson, Rebecca Hunter, Sarah Laditka, Bei Wu,
Lisa McGuire, and Megan Coy, “Prevention of
Cognitive Impairment: Physician Perceptions
and Practices,” Journal of Applied Gerontology, and, with Sara Corwin and Kara
Montgomery, health promotion, education, and behavior, Natalie Colabianchi,
epidemiology and biostatistics, Anna Price,
and Sarah Laditka, “Physical Activity and
Cognitive-Health Content in Top-Circulating
Magazines, 2006–2008,” Journal of Aging and
Physical Activity.
DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, nursing, Liz
McDowell, and Robin Dawson Estrada, “The
work of language interpretation in Health
Care: Complex, challenging, exhausting, and
often invisible,” Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Xuemei Sui, Gregory A. Hand, Sara
Wilcox, and Steven N. Blair, exercise
science, James W. Hardin, epidemiology
and biostatistics,Vaughn W. Barry, Amanda C.
McClain, and Sara Shuger, “Using a technology-based intervention to promote weight
loss in sedentary overweight or obese adults:
a randomized controlled trial study design,”
Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity:
Targets and Therapy.
Steven N. Blair and Sara Wilcox, exercise science, Meghan Baruth, James F. Sallis,
Abby C. King, and Bess H. Marcus, “Changes
in CVD risk factors in the activity counseling
trial,” International Journal of General Medicine.
Matthew B. Wolf, pharmacology,
Swipe it again. We got everything but your I.R.A. contribution,
physiology, and neuroscience, and Edward C.
car payment, and mortgage balance.
DeLand, “A Mathematical Model of BloodInterstitial Acid-Base Balance: Application
to Dilution Acidosis and Acid-Base Status,”
Journal of Applied Physiology.
Lucile C. Charlebois, languages, literatures, and cultures, “Time is on Our
Russell R. Pate, exercise science, J.R. O’Neill, and K.L. McIver, “Physical
Side: A Journey through Time in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s La noche de los
activity and health: Does physical education matter?,” Quest.
tiempos,” Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures, UNC Chapel Hill.
Daniel L. Reger, chemistry and biochemistry, J.J. Horger, M.D. Smith,
 OTHER
G.J. Long, and F. Grandjean, “Homochiral, Helical Supramolecular Frameworks
Organized by Strong, Non-Covalent π...π Stacking Interactions: Single Crystal
Howard Kingkade, theater, speech, and English, Lancaster, wrote screento Single Crystal Transformations,” Inorganic Chemistry.
play for the short film Man from the Dying Planet, which was an official selection in the Cape Fear Film Festival in Wilmington, N.C., April 28–May 1.
J. Mark Davis and Steven N. Blair, exercise science, Seung Ho Jung,
Jongkyu Kim, and Hyun-chul Cho, “Association among basal serum BDNF,
cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in untrained
healthy Korean men,” European Journal of Applied Physiology.
 Job vacancies
 Lighter times
 PRESENTATIONS
Ron Prinz, psychology, “Embedding Child-Maltreatment Prevention in
a Population Approach to Parenting and Family Support,” 2011 Patricia F.
Waller lecture, UNC Chapel Hill.
Sodetz, Privett earn
Governor’s Award for
Excellence in Science
James M. Sodetz on the Columbia campus and James E.
Privett at USC Sumter recently received a 2011 Governor’s
Award for Excellence in Science.
Sodetz, a Carolina Distinguished
Professor and director of medical
biochemistry, received the Excellence
in Scientific Research Award, which
recognizes peer-reviewed research. His
research interests include biochemistry; protein chemistry, protein engineering, and molecular biology; and
structure-function studies of proteins
and enzymes of blood with emphasis
on the human complement system.
Sodetz
Privett, chair of the Division of
Science, Mathematics, and Engineering at Sumter, received the Excellence
in Scientific Awareness Award. The
award recognizes the promotion of
science awareness to people outside
scientific professions.
The Governor’s awards honor
scientists who promote awareness
of the quality and extent of scientific
activity in South Carolina. Each award
Privett
includes an honorarium of $1,000.
The awards were presented at the S.C.
Academy of Science’s annual meeting.
William A. Pirkle in the Office of Sponsored Research at
USC Aiken chaired the Governor’s Award Committee.
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.
Przybysz named to head
McKissick as new director
Jane Przybysz has returned to the University’s McKissick
Museum as its new director. Przybysz, former executive
director of the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles,
succeeds Lynn Robertson, who retired in April.
From 1993 to 1998, before taking the post in San Jose,
Przybysz was curator of research and folklife at McKissick for which she curated an exhibit of contemporary
African-American quilts, as well as “Knowing Nature,” a
survey of early natural history study in the Southeast. She
also was project director of the National Endowment for
the Humanities–funded Jewish Heritage Project, which
spawned the national traveling exhibition, “A Portion of
the People: 300 Years of Southern Jewish Life.”
While in San Jose, Przybysz forged a partnership with
Tsinghua University’s Fiber Arts Institute to co-curate
the first exhibit of contemporary Chinese fiber art in the
United States and launched a signature event—the International TECHstyle Art Biennial—to coincide with San
Jose’s biennial art and technology festival.
“The college is delighted that we were able to recruit
a nationally recognized arts administrator such as Dr.
Przybysz to lead our treasured McKissick Museum,” said
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
In addition to her continued interest in textiles as key
to understanding the history of women and performance,
Przybysz follows emerging contemporary craft theory and
how contemporary artists address social justice issues.
Przybysz earned her bachelor’s degree in English from
Emory University; a master’s degree in theater directing
from Teachers College, Columbia University; and a Ph.D.
in performance studies from New York University.
Upstate inducts 12 into
national honor society
USC Upstate inducted 23 students and 12 faculty members into the Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor
Society. Catherine Canino, an associate
professor of English at Upstate,
presented the tribute to nontraditional students, and three
nontraditional students talked
about their journey to earn a college degree.
“Membership in Alpha Sigma
Lambda is an extraordinary
achievement for these students
as only the top 10 percent of
Prince
nontraditional students enrolled
at USC Upstate are invited for membership into Alpha
Sigma Lambda, and academic averages are high for those
receiving invitations,” said Judith Prince, vice chancellor
of the USC Upstate Greenville Campus.
“Nontraditional students invited for membership have
the opportunity to nominate a faculty member who has
been especially supportive of them for membership in
this honorary organization.”
The 12 faculty and staff members inducted into Alpha
Sigma Lambda National Honor Society are:
 Mary Copeland-Myers, CNM, instructor, Mary Black
School of Nursing
 Tim Ellis, instructor, engineering technology manage-
ment coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences
 Richard LeBoeuf, adjunct instructor, engineering tech-
nology management, College of Arts and Sciences
 Jerome Lewis, professor of computer science, College of
Arts and Sciences
 John Long, assistant professor of nonprofit leadership,
Johnson School of Business and Economics
 James Mahaffey, adjunct instructor, School of Educa-
tion
 Yancy McDougal, professor of psychology, College of
Arts and Sciences
 Judy Newman, adjunct instructor, School of Education
 Lisa Phillips, instructor, Mary Black School of Nursing
 Lizzie-Grace Urizar, instructor of Spanish, College of
Arts and Sciences
 Pamela Wash, assistant professor of middle level and
secondary education, School of Education.
The Alpha Sigma Lambda National Honor Society
was established in 1945 to honor superior scholarship
of nontraditional students. It is the oldest and largest
honor society devoted to the recognition of nontraditional
students continuing higher education who are excelling
academically while balancing the needs of family, work,
and community.
For more information, go to www.alphasigmalambda.
org or call Prince at 864-552-4243.
Cutter recognized for
lifetime achievement
Susan L. Cutter, a professor in the Department of Geography, received the Association of American Geographers
Lifetime Achievement Honors at its April meeting in
Seattle.
The honors recognize her
scholarly agenda, effective public
service, and academic leadership.
Recognized by international experts as one of the leading social
scientists studying natural and
technological hazards and risk
analysis, Cutter focuses her work
on scholarship that impacts societies in every part of the world.
Cutter
Her concern for the vulnerability
and resiliency of societies struck
by disaster has improved public safety in the face of hazards ranging from hurricanes to earthquakes to terrorism, and her public service has guided the expenditure of
public funding in ways that are most likely to benefit the
greatest number of deserving disaster victims.
Cutter has played a pivotal role in nationally significant studies on disaster management, human dimensions
of hazards, behavioral approaches to decision-making
for environmental issues, and earth science applications
of satellite technology. She is a former president of the
Association of American Geographers.
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n Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series
Summer program open to young gifted students
Enrollment is open for middle- and high-school students in
the annual Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series summer
program at USC. The program is sponsored by Pre-University
Programs in the Office of Continuing Education and Conferences.
The Carolina Master Scholars
Adventure Series is designed for
academically talented and gifted
middle- and high-school students
in the rising sixth through 12th
grades. Carolina Master Scholars
will learn from USC faculty and research professors who will provide
instruction and hands-on laboratory time. Some of the instructors
include Frank Chen, Qian Wang,
Nancy Culberson-Taylor, Kerri McClary, Wayne Carver, Erika Blanck,
Ed Madden, Michele Dames, Jeff
Salter, John Wrightenberry, Donn
Griffith, Lance Paulman, and Jijun
Tang.
Partial scholarships are
available in the amount of $200 for residential and $100 for
commuter-scholars and will be awarded on a first-come, firstserved basis to families who demonstrate need. Each student
can receive only one scholarship during the 2011 summer term.
A 10 percent discount is available to USC faculty and staff
and to members of the Carolina Alumni Association. Departments also can sponsor a student scholarship.
Weeklong courses will be held on campus from June 5
through July 17. Scholars can enroll in one class per week, and
most classes are limited to 20 students. The following courses
are for rising sixth–ninth graders:
n Adventures in Forensic Science, June 12–17
n Adventures in Cameras and Graphic Design, June 12–17
n Adventures in Broadcast Journalism, June 26–July 1
n Adventures in Law, June 26–July 1
n Adventures in Creative Writing, June 26–July 1
n Adventures in Vex Robotics, July 10–15
n Adventures in Computer Gaming,
July 10–15.
The following courses are for rising
ninth–12th graders:
n Adventures in Nanotechnology
and Fuel Cells, June 5–10
n Adventures in Forensic Science,
June 5–10
n Adventures in Advanced Creative
Writing, June 19–24
n Adventures in Cameras and
Graphic Design, June 19–24
n Adventures in Pharmacy, July
17–22.
n Adventures in Web Design and
Development, July 17–22
n Adventures in Advanced Vex Robotics, July 17–22
The following courses are for rising 10th–12th graders:
n Adventures in Medicine: The Health Care System, July 10–15
n Adventures in Medicine: Healthy Lifestyles, July 17-22.
To apply for the program, submit an application to saeu.
sc.edu/adventures/Application.php, a copy of the student’s
most recent report card or transcript, and the deposit fee. To
apply for the scholarship, submit the above items along with
the student’s family’s 2010 federal income tax return (1040).
For more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/adventures or
contact Continuing Education and Conferences at 7-9444 or
pups@mailbox.sc.edu.
Union earns recognition from Aspen Institute
USC Union has been recognized as one of the nation’s 120 best community colleges by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, the only
two-year school in the state to earn the recognition.
The honor is the institute’s first step toward identifying the nation’s
very best community colleges by challenging these colleges to compete
for the Aspen Prize, worth $1 million.
The institute recognizes colleges that have high standards for learning, encourage college completion without delay, and serve as a training
ground for jobs that pay competitive wages. The full list of eligible institutions can be found at www.AspenCCPrize.org.
Aspen Institute College Excellence Program executive director Josh
Wyner said highlighting the country’s success stories is key to student
success.
“Recognizing community colleges such as USC Union sends a message
to others that aspire to excellence, while encouraging USC Union to apply
for the nation’s top community college prize,” Wyner said. “As a country,
now more than ever, we need all community colleges to graduate more
students with the knowledge and degrees they need to be successful in
the workforce.”
Steve Lowe, USC Union interim dean, said the honor recognizes the
achievements of the campus begun under former Dean Hugh Rowland
and the ongoing efforts of the faculty, staff, and students of the campus.
“Improvements to our facilities, additions to our faculty and staff, and
record enrollment have advanced USC Union,” Lowe said. “None of this
would have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our
staff, faculty, and students. Hopefully, this acknowledgement will encourage people in our service area to think about starting their college careers
at USC Union.”
USC Union is competing for the $1 million Aspen Prize.
Lowe said USC Union’s achievements make it a strong contender.
“Our competition is keen, but I am confident that we can demonstrate that we deliver exceptional student results, use data to
drive decisions, and use that information to continually improve over time.”
Finalists will be announced in September. Criteria will include how much students learn, how many complete their programs
on time, and how well they do in the job market after graduating. Judges will include business and government leaders. Aspen will
conduct site visits to each of the 10 finalists in the fall. And, based on the evidence, the prize jury will select a grand prizewinner and
two to three runners-up, to be announced in December.
PETER SCHAEFFING
Economics and Political Science
Class of 2011
interned with
U.S. House
Majority Whip
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May 5, 2011
found a faculty mentor with
expertise in community
development banking
organized the
nonprofit student
group Carolinians
Combating Poverty
envisions a public
service career
addressing economic
issues that touch
people’s lives
Book signing
Author Karen Petit, director of public
information for the Arnold School of Public Health, will debut
her latest book, Ivy:The True “Tail” of America’s No. 1 Canine
Sleuth, at the S.C. Book Festival May 14–15 at the Columbia
Metropolitan Convention Center. Petit and Louise, her standard poodle, will be in the Children’s Pavilion at 12:30 p.m.
May 14 and 1 p.m. May 15. In addition to signing books, Petit
and Louise are brushing up their feet and paws to perform a
canine free-style dance to Love and Marriage, by Frank Sinatra.The new book is a biography for young readers of Ivy, a
dog Petit rescued who was the inspiration for her “Shandon’s
Ivy League” mystery book series.
Exhibit highlights life
in Governor’s Mansion
By Marshall Swanson
An intimate behind-the-scenes look into the lives of
South Carolina’s first families during their time in the
Governor’s Mansion is on display in “Life in the Mansion,” a new exhibit in the Ernest F. Hollings Special
Collections Library.
“It has an intellectual component,” said Herb Hartsook, director of the library’s S.C. Political Collections,
“but it’s not information heavy. You can look at it in 15
minutes and come away with some good insights into
what it might have been like to live in the mansion as
governor, or as a member of one of South Carolina’s
first families.”
The exhibit, which is in three display cabinets in
the Hollings Library’s new exhibit gallery through July
29, has its origins in a 1978 history of the mansion
co-authored by Ann Edwards, the wife of Gov. James
Edwards, and George Terry, the former dean of libraries who died in 2001; Walter Edgar, Carolina professor
of history; the late history professor George Rogers;
and Gus Graydon, a Columbia attorney and member of
the Governor’s Mansion Commission.
When the idea of revising the book came up in 1999,
Terry suggested conducting oral history interviews with
former governors and members of their families, from
Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings (who was governor from 1959
to 1963) onward.
The plan was to put the interviews in an appendix
of the book’s new edition, and Terry went on to conduct
oral history sessions with most of the living governors
between 1999 and 2000, even though the new edition
of the book never came to fruition.
After Terry’s death in 2001, his wife, Lynn Robertson, former director of McKissick Museum, gave the
interviews to S.C. Political Collections where highlights
of the conversations became the basis for the exhibit,
which Hartsook has come to think of as a tribute to
Terry and his visionary leadership of the library.
Working on the exhibit with Hartsook was Katharine Klein, a master’s candidate in public history from
Burr Ridge, Ill., who came up with its design and
picked out selected quotes from the interviews while
matching the text with photographs from the library’s
collections of gubernatorial papers.
Transcripts of the interviews will also show up in
an online version of the exhibit that Klein began to assemble when she finished work on the display cabinets
in the Hollings Library building.
“This was a wonderful experience,” said Klein, who
came away from her work on the exhibit with a sense
that the politicians who have occupied the mansion
are real people like everyone else. “The exhibit gives
visitors a chance to see a side of the families that they
probably haven’t seen very much from what’s recorded
in the news,” she said.
Hartsook was struck by the duality of the mansion’s
use as part of the state’s political process and how the
interviews cast the occupants in “such a nice personal
light.”