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.
Columbia
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A publication for faculty, staff and friends of the University of South Carolina
Aiken
18 faculty chosen
as ‘Rising Stars’
The University honored 18 assistant and associate professors in the spring 2011 issue of “Breakthrough,” USC’s magazine for research and graduate
education. The “Rising Stars” were recognized for
their scholarly pursuits, scientific inquiry, and passion for teaching. They are:
n Swann Arp Adams, assistant professor, nursing
and public health
n Kendra Albright, associate professor, library and
information science
n Yaroslaw Bazaliy, assistant professor, physics and
astronomy
n Matthew Boylan, associate professor, mathematics
Beaufort
Lancaster
Salkehatchie
Sumter
Union
May 26, 2011
Upstate
Moore tapped to be Upstate’s chancellor
Thomas F. Moore, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Winthrop University, has been named chancellor of USC Upstate.
His appointment will become effective Aug. 1.
President Pastides made the announcement
May 4. Pastides said Moore’s extensive background
in higher education, knowledge of the state and
commitment to excellence as a professor and an
administrator make him an ideal choice to succeed
John Stockwell, who is retiring after 17 years as
Moore
chancellor.
“Tom Moore will be a dynamic, inspirational leader for Upstate,” Pastides said. “He is passionate about education and has
a deep understanding of its vital role in shaping personal and
intellectual growth, enhancing quality of life and driving eco-
nomic development. His knowledge of South Carolina
and the challenges that our state faces will allow him to
make a smooth transition into his new role as a leader of
one of the nation’s emerging metropolitan universities.”
Moore, 59, said he is honored to have been selected
to lead Upstate and rejoin USC, where he earned his
doctorate in inorganic chemistry.
“I am grateful to Dr. Pastides for the confidence he
has shown in me and for the opportunity to lead USC
Upstate, particularly as it expands its economic development role and solidifies its reputation as a leading
metropolitan university,” Moore said.
“The leadership of Chancellor Stockwell has positioned the
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n Bobby Donaldson, associate professor, history
n Kevin Elliott, associate professor, philosophy
n Omrane Guedhami, associate professor, interna-
tional business
n Camelia Knapp, associate professor, earth and
ocean sciences
n Goutam Koley, associate professor, electrical
engineering
n Chad Leverette, associate professor, chemistry and
physics, USC Aiken
n Xiang “Robert” Li, assistant professor, hotel, res-
taurant, and tourism management
n Amy Mills, assistant professor, geography
n Caryn Outten, assistant professor, chemistry and
biochemistry
n Tammi Richardson, associate professor, marine
science and biological sciences
n Jane Roberts, associate professor, psychology
n Linda Shimizu, assistant professor, chemistry and
biochemistry
n Guiren Wang, assistant professor, mechanical
engineering
n Mike Yost, associate professor, surgery and cell
biology and anatomy.
Michael Brown
Leading lady
Broadway actress and performer Gillian Albrecht, with the help of accompanist John Baer, works with Kristyn Winch,
Katie Gatch and Devon Hampton on interpreting the lyrics of “At the Ballet” from the musical “A Chorus Line.” Albrecht directed the Maymester Musical
Theater Workshop, which focused on signing, dancing and acting. See story on page 8.
Read their stories at sc.edu/rising_stars.
n Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Two faculty honored for nurturing
student learning through research
By Chris Horn
Carolina Master Scholars will again
collect donations for local charities
For the fourth year, the Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series, an award-winning
summer program for academically talented rising sixth through 12th graders, will
sponsor “Carolina Gives Back” to highlight a local charity each week.
Students participating in the Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series are learning about community responsibility and are bringing items that each charity needs or
making a monetary donation.
Faculty and staff can help, too. Starting the week of June 5, members of the Carolina community can drop off donations from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday or Tuesday at
Maxcy Residence Hall on Pendleton Street across from the McCutcheon House. The
organizations and donations needed are:
Callen
n June 5–10, Carolina Wildlife Care, which is dedicated to establishing harmony
between humans and wildlife while instilling an appreciation for nature, treats sick,
injured and orphaned wildlife with the goal of returning healthy animals back into
their natural habitat. Donations needed include canned tuna/chicken, canned fruit,
canned vegetables, canned pasta, Cheerios, indoor formula Purina Cat Chow, rabbit
pellets, wild bird suet, pecans, walnuts, acorns, animal water bottles, fragrance-free
laundry detergent, laundry bleach and paper towels.
Moss
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He mentored the first non-Columbia campus undergraduate to receive a
Magellan Scholar Award and the first to win an award at Discovery Day.
In her first year at Carolina, she gave undergraduates the opportunity to
conduct research in her lab and has mentored 25 more in the past five
years.
Both of them—psychology professor Ed Callen at USC Aiken and
chemical engineering associate professor Melissa Moss at USC Columbia—are recipients of the University’s 2011 Undergraduate Research
Mentor Award.
The award began at the University’s first Discovery Day in 2003
and has typically been given to two faculty members each year since.
This year is the first that a non-Columbia campus faculty member has
received the award.
“When I involve undergraduates in my research, I approach it with
the attitude that this needs to be as much a learning experience for them
as any one of their regular classes,” Callen said. “So I involve them in the
entire scientific process. They work on the design of an experiment; they
help conduct the experiment; and they analyze the data with the ultimate
goal of being an author on a paper presentation. I don’t have the attitude
that they’re going to just enter data or do grunt work.”
After attending Discovery Day on the Columbia campus in 2007 to
see one of his students present research, Callen returned to USC Aiken
and launched that campus’ Research Day, which recently held its third-
Briefly
MORTAR BOARD SEEKS ADVISORS: The Alpha
Order of Mortar Board at the university is seeking faculty
or staff interested in advising. Mortar Board is the premier
national honor society recognizing college seniors for superior
achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Membership
is synonymous with dedication and success and often includes
the campus’ most outstanding student leaders. Only a select few
students are invited to join Mortar Board. Annual chapter projects include the Excellence in Teaching recognition ceremony
and book drives supporting literacy initiatives, such as Reading
is Leading. For more information or to join the advising team,
contact Mary Wagner at mary.wagner@sc.edu or Lucille Mould
at mouldl@mailbox.sc.edu.
MOSAIC NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL
AWARD: The MOSAIC: Meaningful Opportunities for
Students to Achieve International Competencies program,
sponsored by USC’s Study Abroad Office, is a finalist in the
GoAbroad Innovation Awards competition within the “Innovation in Marketing” category. The winner will be announced
at the NAFSA conference in Vancouver at the end of May.The
awards acknowledge institutions, organizations and individuals
who are creating initiatives to move the field of international
education forward and to commend leaders in the community
for their efforts to go beyond the conventional.
SCCP ranked third in country in NIH funding
The S.C. College of Pharmacy faculty is one of the most productive in the country, judging by the success of its research faculty in
getting National Institutes of Health funding. Recently released rankings by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
show the college to be No. 3 nationally in percent of research faculty with NIH funding.
NIH funding is a common yardstick for measuring excellence in academic quality. The S.C. College of
Pharmacy ranked 17th overall in the country, out of more than 120 colleges of pharmacy.
“The creation of the S.C. College of Pharmacy was intended to increase productivity, leverage resources
and ultimately enhance quality to be on par with the best pharmacy colleges in the country,” said Joseph
T. DiPiro, executive dean of the SCCP. “Successful researchers are at the forefront of knowledge, and they
bring that knowledge to the classroom, giving our students a better education. Our productivity matches
the best in the United States, and colleges we compare favorably with now reflect how high the bar has
been raised — and we’ll keep raising it.”
Since 2005, when the college was created by the integration of the pharmacy colleges at USC and the
Medical University of South Carolina, the SCCP has climbed steadily in NIH funding. At 17th, the SCCP is
now ranked ahead of a number of nationally recognized pharmacy programs commonly considered as among
DiPiro
the country’s best, including Ohio State, Florida, Maryland, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky and Purdue.
The success of the research faculty is a significant contributor; the only programs in the country with a higher percent of Ph.D.
faculty with NIH funding than the SCCP are University of California-San Diego and the University of California-San Francisco,
which is tops overall. More than 50 percent of SCCP’s research faculty is funded.
“We have recruited and retained a highly motivated, highly successful and collegial group of research faculty,” said Rick
Schnellmann, chair of the department of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. “Their work plows new ground, much of which
has a chance to be rich in discovery that leads to new science. I think the NIH recognizes that and is supportive because the return
on the investment could be significant.”
Flying the Coop-er
SOCIAL WORK RELOCATED FOR
RENOVATIONS: DeSaussure College, which houses the
College of Social Work administrative and faculty offices, will be
closed for renovations through Aug. 1. Faculty and administrative
staff have moved to temporary offices. Faculty and staff moved
to 1731 College St. are Dean Dennis Poole, Room 201; Derek
Brown, Room 206; Maryah Fram, Room 204; Sadye Logan and
Ron Pitner, Room 108; and Sue Levkoff and Cindy Harms, Room
109. Faculty and staff moved to Thornwell Annex are Beverly
Simmons, Laura Shull and Sassy Martin, Room 127; Jessica
Ackerman, Danita Hall and Analucia Perdomo, Room 133; and
Deborah Duvall, Room 132.
PREP FOR THE SAT/ACT: University Test Prep will offer
SAT/ACT preparation classes this summer at USC campuses
around the state.The locations and dates are:
• 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 to be held in the fall
leading up to the first exam.The cost is $499. Discounts are
available for USC faculty and staff and members of the Carolina
Alumni Association. For more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/
testing or call 7-9444.
SING FOR THE SUMMER: Singers from the community can participate in the Summer Chorus I program at USC.
Open without audition, Summer I Chorus will meet in the USC
School of Music, Room 006, at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday and Thursday,
beginning May 31.The chorus will perform Brahms’ “Requiem”
June 26 and 28 at the School of Music Recital Hall. Larry Wyatt
and Peppie Calvar will conduct. Nathan Doman and Rosemarie
Suniga will be the accompanists.The cost is $10 for non-University students. For more information, call 7-5369.
STUDENT WINS RUTLEDGE PRIZE:
Jennifer Slobodian, a Ph.D. student in comparative literature,
won this year’s Rutledge Prize for her paper “Analyzing the
Woman /Auteur/:The Female/Feminist Gazes of Isabel Coixet
and Lucrecia Martel.” The Rutledge Prize is given each year for
the best paper by a graduate student at the annual meeting of
the Southern Comparative Literature Association. USC students
have won the prize two years in a row.
KIDS CAN EXPERIENCE OPERA THIS SUMMER:
Opera at USC and FBN Productions will sponsor the Carolina
Opera Experience 2011 for students in grades five–10.The
camp will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11–15. Applications
are at www.music.sc.edu/ea/Opera/2011OperaCamp.html.To
register for the Carolina Opera Experience, send a $35 deposit
or the full fee of $150 and the application to USC School of
Music, Opera at USC Carolina Opera Experience, 813 Assembly
St., Columbia, SC 29201.
CAMPUS WELLNESS SETS SUMMER HOURS:
Campus Wellness summer hours at the Blatt P.E. Center, Room
201, are 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday,Wednesday, and Thursday and
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.Tuesday and Friday. Summer hours at the
Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center, Lower Lever, are
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.
LSAT PREP CLASS BEGINS JUNE 4: University
Test Prep, offered by the continuing education and conferences
office, will offer an LSAT prep course in June and July. Classes
will be from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday June 4–July 16.To
register or for more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/testing or
call 7-9444.
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Cocky takes a spin around
campus in Hertz’ Mini Cooper.
Faculty, staff and students can
rent the car and two other models, two Toyota Priuses and a
Ford Escape, by the hour or day
through the Connect by Hertz
car share program.The environmentally friendly cars are
convenient for running errands
and carpooling to off-campus
locations. USC is the first
university or college in South
Carolina to offer a car-sharing
program and to team up with
Connect by Hertz.The program
requires campus participants to
be 18 years or older and to
apply for a free membership in
the program. For more
information or to apply, go to
www.connectbyhertz.com.
Michael Brown
Varied menu offered for
summer campus dining
Carolina Dining will offer several options around campus
during the summer.
Preston’s Dining, located on the second floor of the
Russell House, will serve breakfast and lunch during
summer I and II.
Preston’s will be open Monday–Friday. A breakfast
buffet, including a hot line and a cold bar, will be open
from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The cost is $6.49, which includes tax. Takeout is available only for breakfast.
A lunch buffet, including a hot line and a salad and
soup bar, will be available from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
cost of the lunch buffet is $9.75, which includes tax. The
cost of soup and sandwich with a beverage or soup and
salad bar with beverage is $6.95, which includes tax.
n Einstein Bagel in the Russell House will be open from
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.
n The Hampton Street Café will be open from 7:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Monday–Friday.
n The Dodie cafeteria will be open for breakfast from 7:30
to 10:30 a.m. Monday–Thursday and for dinner from 5 to
7 p.m. Monday–Wednesday for summer I only.
n The Colloquium Café will be open from 7:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Monday–Thursday.
Nutrition Center Seminar
will look at city planning
Eran Ben-Joseph will speak at the Nutrition Center Seminar
from 2 to 3 p.m. May 27 in the Public Health Research Center,
Room 107.
The title of his talk is “Designed for Health: Does City
Planning Matter?”
Ben-Joseph, a professor of landscape architecture and
planning and head of the joint program in city design and
development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
will answer questions: Does urban design matter? Is one type
of design better for our health than another? Would attempts
to link health policies to planning of the built environment
have an impact?
Ben-Joseph’s research and teaching areas include urban
design, standards and regulations, sustainable site planning
technologies and urban retrofitting. He worked as a city planner, landscape architect and urban designer in Europe, Asia,
the Middle East and the United States.
His last book was “The Code of the City: Standards and the
Hidden Language of Place Making,” published by MIT Press
in 2006. His forthcoming book with Routledge Press is titled
“ReNew Town: Adaptive Urbanism and the Design of the Low
Carbon Community.”
The seminar is free and open to faculty, staff, students
and guests. For more information, contact Sarah Epting at
srgause@mailbox.sc.edu or 7-6363.
Library announces winner of book collecting contest
Abigail L. Smith, a Ph.D. candidate in the English department, is the 2011 winner of the Thomas Cooper Library Student Book
Collecting Contest at the University. Her collection, “We Are What We Eat: A Story of American Cookery,” encompasses many
elements of culinary culture in the 20th century, including domesticity, family history, memory and corporate and industrial food
production and consumption.
This year’s runner-up entry, “New Orleans Books,” was collected by Zack O’Neill, an MFA student in English.
Smith received the first-prize award of $250, and both students were recognized at the Thomas Cooper Society’s annual General Meeting and Banquet April 21. A selection of books from Smith’s collection will be on exhibit in Thomas Cooper Library later
this spring. Smith’s winning entry also will be submitted to the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest, co-sponsored by the
Library of Congress, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies.
The University’s 2007 winner was a runner-up in the national contest.
The Thomas Cooper Library Student Book Collecting Contest was created to foster student interest in establishing and building
personal book collections. The University’s libraries have many of the world’s top literary research collections, including ones on
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, John Milton, and Robert Burns. The award, sponsored by Thomas Cooper Library, was
begun in 1993 by the Thomas Cooper Society to encourage beginning book collectors.
Collections entered into the competition can be in any field or may emphasize some particular area of interest within a subject.
Collections can illustrate a certain bibliographical feature such as edition, illustration, typography and binding. Books and printed
documents in all formats are acceptable for submission.
Professional education
offers variety of classes
The Office of Professional Education Programs offers
individual classes and programs to earn professional
credentials.
USC offers both green and black belt certifications in
Six Sigma, a customer-focused, highly disciplined problem solving process that strives to develop and deliver
near-perfect products and services. The new program
format offers all classes online. The next green belt program begins June 6. For more information, go to www.
USCSixSigma.org.
USC’s Paralegal Certificate Program concentrates on
developing the skills and knowledge that top employers
expect and seek in paralegal employees. Carolina offers
both a six-month or two-month summer accelerated
certificate program, which begins June 3. For more information, go to www.USCParalegal.org.
USC offers both a Web design certificate and individual Web design classes. Students can choose the Web
design certificate or learn specific Web skills such as
HTML, Dreamweaver, or CSS. The USC Web design program will offer Saturday classes beginning July 19. For
more information, go to www.USCWebCertificate.org.
USC’s graphic design classes help students develop
professional design skills using industry leading software
packages. Class topics include Photoshop, Illustrator, and
InDesign. For more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/conted/catalog/courses.php?subarea=65.
USC’s training can help full-time or part-time project
managers become more skilled at project management.
For more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/conted/catalog/
courses.php?subarea=66.
USC’s Grant Writing Program helps students prepare
to secure foundation, state and federal grant funds.
Students will learn both practical and conceptual aspects
that are important to the grant proposal–writing process.
For more information, go to saeu.sc.edu/conted/catalog/
courses.php?subarea=57.
To receive a 10 percent discount on classes or programs, use promo code CAMPUS-LISTS when registering. For more information, go to discover.sc.edu.
n Climate change policy
Book examines EU and U.S. approaches
By Chris Horn
Once considered the world’s leader in environmental law and
policy, the United States has taken a back seat to the European Union (EU) in carrying the torch for the development of
climate change law and policy.
The paths each have chosen are chronicled in a
recent book, Climate Change Law and Policy: EU
and U.S. Approaches (Oxford University Press), by
School of Law assistant professor Cinnamon Piñon
Carlarne.
“The United States used to be a global environmental leader. We set the standard decades
ago with our Clean Air and Clean Water acts and
Endangered Species Act,” Carlarne said. “In the
1990s, Al Gore was an architect of the Kyoto Protocol, but the United States never adopted it.
Carlarne
“The global community’s outrage [over U.S.
refusal to sign on] allowed the European Union to move out
from the shadow of U.S. influence to take on a more meaningful role in regime-building efforts.”
The EU has adopted an approach to climate change that
is based on mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction; it
is grounded in hard law measures and accompanied by “soft”
law measures at the regional and member state level, Carlarne
said.
“In contrast, the U.S. federal government has avoided
mandatory emission reduction obligations and focused instead
on employing soft measures to encourage greenhouse gas
reductions in a market-driven manner,” she said.
“It’s a complicated picture of pushes and pulls—of stagnation and resistance to change at the top, meeting innovation
and pressure for progress from below,” Carlarne said. “Grassroots efforts to influence policymaking in the United States
suggest a new type of environmental problem and a new style
of political change.”
As discussion about climate change has evolved, the
phenomenon is no longer viewed purely as an environmental
threat but as a social and economic threat, Carlarne said.
“It’s an issue of energy security and national security—
that’s how the argument is being framed in the United States
by some groups,” she said. “The Department of Defense is fac-
ing the prospect of having to move bases from certain coastal
areas—an expensive proposition.”
Climate change is also seen as potentially increasing instability in vulnerable countries with large coastal populations,
exacerbating risks of political unrest.
“There is less tension in the European Union
than in the United States over the reality of climate
change,” Carlarne said. “In Europe, there’s a lot of
push toward doing something now because the cost
would be less than to wait until later after the damage is irreversible.”
Looking ahead, Carlarne sees grassroots efforts
in the United States continuing to try to force the
federal government to adopt more progressive
climate change policies.
“That reveals the unheralded urgency of the
issue, the diversity of interested and potentially affected parties and changes in the nature of U.S. environmental
politics,” she said.
Meanwhile, the global political dynamic is also changing,
she said, noting “the United States has lost power [in setting
the tenor for global climate change policy]. China is the largest net emitter and is now an integral player in any global
strategy.
“We need multi-lateralism. Even with the United States
reengaging in the debate, the global community is realizing it
must act in unison.”
Carlarne spent three years writing the book, revising chapters along the way as events unfolded. She’s now monitoring
discussion of efforts to geo-engineer the climate, such as iron
fertilization of the ocean to trap more carbon dioxide.
“There is a lot of hope being placed in the viability of these
artificial means of controlling the climate, but it’s a piecemeal
and reactive approach,” she said. “I think we’re going to start
to see more of these actions take place as the threat of climate
change becomes real, but relying on these measures would be
a mistake.
“We need better mitigation and adaptation policies across
the board. We need to be less reactive and more proactive in
our efforts both to mitigate and adapt to climate change, both
as a nation and as a member of the larger global community.”
Upstate’s health
complex achieves
LEED Silver
Certification
USC Upstate recently achieved LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Silver Certification on its Health
Education Complex, a 150,000-squarefoot facility that was completed in March
2009. This building is the first on USC
Upstate’s 330-acre campus to achieve
LEED status.
LEED is a national standard developed
by the U.S. Green Building Council to
USC Upstate’s Health Education Complex is the first building on campus to achieve LEED silver certification, which evaluates sustainability and energy and water efficiency.
recognize high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability, and specific goals must be met in five
n water efficiency, including plumbing fixtures that use 20
important to the USC Upstate and design team for the facility
key areas for a building to achieve certification: sustainable
percent less water than typical
to demonstrate strong environmental stewardship,” said Ron
site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials
Smith, managing principal of McMillan Pazdan Smith, which
n 95 percent of all construction waste generated was recycled
selection and indoor environmental quality.
designed the Health Education Complex.
n construction materials used were made with 31 percent
The Health Education Center, which houses the Mary
LEED certified projects blend environmental, economic,
recycled materials, and more than 25 percent of the materials
Black School of Nursing, School of Education, Enrollment
and occupant-oriented performance; cost less to operate and
were regionally sourced
Services, University Bookstore, and Wellness Center, achieved
maintain; are energy- and water-efficient; have higher lease-up
n low emitting (volatile organic compounds and formalthe LEED Silver Certification based on the following criteria:
rates than conventional buildings in their markets; are healthier
dehyde)
materials
were
used
for
paints,
adhesives,
carpet
and safer for occupants; and are a physical demonstration of the
n energy efficiency equaling 11.5 percent better than ASHRAE
systems and wood products.
values of the organizations that own and occupy them.
code requires; highly controllable HVAC and lighting systems
For more information, go to www.usgbc.org.
“As an academic, social and wellness hub of activity, it was
were used to help accomplish this requirement
NSF awards graduate research fellowships to four Carolina grads
Four recent USC graduates have been awarded 2010 National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
Emily Elizabeth Matherly, Andrew Harris Moeller, Denise
Danielle Sullivan and Benjamin James Toscano have been
named NSF GRF Fellows. Three other students, Jennifer
Elizabeth Link, Kevin Matthew Yehl and Many Ann Elizabeth
Fanning, were selected for Honorable Mentions.
The National Science Foundation has awarded approximately 2,000 three-year Graduate Research Fellowships for
2011. The graduate fellowship program is one of NSF’s oldest,
with roots in NSF’s original 1950 charter, offering support for
graduate study in all scientific disciplines.
Matherly is a 2011 Honors College graduate with a degree
in biomedical engineering from the College of Engineering
and Computing. Next year, she will attend the University of
California-Berkley and begin work for her Ph.D. in biomedical
engineering.
Moeller is a 2010 Honors College graduate with a degree
in biological sciences. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in ecology and
evolutionary biology at Yale University.
Sullivan is a 2011 Honors College graduate of the College
of Engineering and Computing with a degree in biomedical
engineering. Next year, she will enroll in the Ph.D. program in
biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech.
Toscano is a second-year Ph.D. student in biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at USC, working with
Blaine D. Griffen. His current research looks at the importance
of multiple facets of biodiversity for the health and functioning
of South Carolina’s intertidal oyster reefs.
Link is a 2011 graduate of the University, double majoring
in chemistry and biology. Next year, she will enroll at Duke
University, where she will study bioorganic chemistry.
Yehl, a 2008 graduate of the Honors College, is a Ph.D.
student in chemistry at Emory University, where he is actively
developing split catalyst biosensors to detect DNA.
Fanning graduated from the Honors College in 2008,
double majoring in history and anthropology. Fanning began
her career as a Ph.D. student in anthropology at the University
of California-Santa Cruz in 2009. She is studying West African
archaeology and ceramic analysis.
The USC NSF Committee, chaired by Erin Connolly, biology, was made up of Michael Matthews. chemical engineering;
Melayne McInnes, economics; Edsel Pena, statistics; Roger
Sawyer, arts and sciences; and Ken Shimizu, chemistry.
The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs identifies and recruits students to apply for nationally competitive
fellowships and scholarships. Since 1994 when the Office of
Fellowships and Scholar Programs was established, 55 USC
students and recent graduates have won NSF Graduate
Research Fellowships. For more information, go to
www.sc.edu/ofsp.
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May & June
Calendar
 Around the campuses
 Concerts
May 28 USC Salkehatchie: Athletic Department Golf
Tournament fund-raiser, four-man captain’s choice, 11 a.m.,
Sweetwater Country Club, Barnwell. For more information,
call Jane Brewer, 803-584-3446, ext 117.
May 29 School of Music: Palmetto Concert Band
Memorial Day Concert, 4 p.m., Koger Center. Free. For
more information, call 7-4278.
June 4 USC Aiken: “My Backyard Digistar Virtual
Journey,” an exploration of the night sky that allows visitors
to learn about the constellations, planets and more, 8 and 9
p.m., Ruth Patrick Science Education Center, Dupont Planetarium. For more information, call 803- 641-3654.
June 6–10 USC Aiken: Kids in College summer camp.
The annual program will start with a Tennis Camp, which
will run from 9 a.m. to noon at USC Aiken’s tennis courts.
The camp is for children ages 8–14 and will teach participants the rules and strategies of tennis. A tennis racquet is
required, and the fee to participate is $95. The deadline to
sign up for the camp is one week before its start date. For
more information, contact Laura Anderson in USC Aiken’s
Continuing Education Department at 803-641-3563 or
lauraa@usca.edu.
June 13–16 USC Salkehatchie: Nursing Majors Bridge
Program Workshop for prospective USC Salkehatchie nursing majors, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Nursing Lab, Science Building,
Walterboro. For more information, call Jane Brewer, 803584-3446, ext 117.
May 31 School of Music: USC Columbia Summer
Chorus I, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, School of Music,
Room 006. The chorus is open to the community. The
chorus will perform Brahms’ “Requiem” June 26 and June
28 at the USC School of Music Recital Hall. Larry Wyatt
and Peppie Calvar will conduct. Nathan Doman and
Rosemarie Suniga will be the accompanists. The cost is $10
for non-University students. For more information, call the
USC choral department at 7-5369.
June 12–18 School of Music: Southeastern Piano Festival,
concert, classes and guest artists. For the complete schedule, go to sepf.music.sc.edu.
June 22 Colonial Life Arena: R. Kelly, above right, the threetime Grammy-winning king of R&B, is bringing his Love Letter
Tour to Columbia. After 18 years of stardom, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist continues to forge an artistic path that
caters to fantasy and captures the hearts of adoring fans.
 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
June 16.
 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.
 Around the campuses
“Purple Number Nine,” by Jennifer Van Allen, is part of the exhibit “RUST”
in the Upstairs Gallery at USC Sumter.
Through June 15 USC Sumter: “RUST,” by Jennifer
Van Allen, Upstairs Gallery, Administration Building, second
floor. Hours are 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday.Van Allen
is a USC Sumter alumna and a professional photographer.
She has her photography studio, Timeless Memories, in
Sumter. She specializes in children and family portraiture
but also does commercial, pet and wedding photography.
“Photography is an art, created from the vision and knowledge of the photographer, meant to freeze in time a moment and memory of whom you are in that exact instant,”
Van Allen said. “It is not just an image created with the click
of a shutter but the product of the photographer’s passion,
time and experience.” For more information, contact Caralin Getty, gallery director, at cgetty@uscsumter.edu or the
Laurel Jordan, gallery assistant, at jordalau@uscsumter.edu.
Through June 27 USC Sumter: “Laura Spong: From The
Catalogue,” University Gallery, Anderson Library. Hours are
8:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday,
and 2–6 p.m. Sunday. Spong is an 85 years ‘young’ artist
who has been painting since the 1950s when she took art
classes at the Richland School of Art in Columbia. Throughout the years. Spong raised six children and worked in a
number of different professions — all with art at the core
of the job. In 1991, Spong took a studio at Vista Studios in
Columbia. She has been painting consistently and shown
her work at many venues. Spong had an 80th-birthday
exhibition that was a catalyst to a demand of her artistry
and a surge in her passion to continue her legacy. “First of
all, I like to paint; it is my passion,” she said. For more
information, contact Cara-lin Getty, gallery director, at
cgetty@uscsumter.edu or Laurel Jordan, the gallery
assistant, at jordalau@uscsumter.edu.
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 Miscellany
June 2 The USC Art Department and the Southeast
Association for Book Arts: Opening reception for an
exhibition of handmade one-of-a-kind and limited edition
“Artists’ Books,” 5:30–7:30 p.m., McMaster Gallery, 1615
Senate St. Thirty-five artists from around the country will
greet the public to talk about this unique art form. The
show will continue through Aug 4. For more information,
call Mana Hewitt at 7-4236. (See story page 5.)
School of Music: USC Band Camp is for students in
grades seven–12. Instruction for drum major, marching
percussion, symphonic band and symphonic percussion is
available. For more information, contact the band office at
7-4278 or USCBand@mozart.sc.edu.
School of Music: Carolina Summer Music Conservatory.
School of Music faculty will lead students in an intensive,
one-week session that focuses on individual performance
and chamber music. The conservatory is open to students
who are enrolled in grades 9–12. Activities will include master classes with USC faculty as well as other professional
musicians, chamber-music coaching and private lessons.
Students can rehearse and perform solo works with professional accompanists and will attend concerts and recitals
featuring conservatory faculty members. Evening concerts
featuring School of Music faculty are free and open to the
public. For more information, contact Clifford Leaman,
music, at 576-5893 or cleaman@mozart.sc.edu.
School of Music: USC String Project Summer Camp. The
annual summer camp is for students in grades three–12
who are studying string music. Students will have daily
group instruction culminating with a Thursday-afternoon
concert. The camp is open to all students who have completed one year of instruction. For information, call 7-9568
or e-mail uscsp@mozart.sc.edu.
OPERA at USC has announced its 2011–12 season. The productions are:
• “Two by Gian Carlo Menotti: Old Maid and the Thief and The
Medium,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4–5 and 3 p.m. Nov. 6, Drayton Hall
• “Martha,” by Friedrich von Flowtow, to be sung in German, 7:30
p.m. Feb. 24–25, 2012, and 3 p.m. Feb. 26, 2012, Drayton Hall
• “Rita,” by Gaetano Donizetti, to be sung in Italian, and “Pepito,”
by Jacques Offenbach, to be sung in French, 7:30 p.m. March 30,
2012, and 3 p.m. April 1, 2012, School of Music Recital Hall.
 Summer Music Camp
The School of Music will offer its annual Summer Music Camp
June 19–24, continuing its long history of supporting high-school
band programs. With students participating from across the
United States, the camp offers a wide range of instruction available
to middle- and high-school students. Instructors from South Carolina and neighboring states will offer master classes, ensembles and
other activities.
• The symphonic-band camp will be open to grades nine–12, and
the concert-band camp will be open to seventh- and eighth-grade
students. Both will feature master classes and ensembles with a
concert on the last day.
• For drum majors or aspiring drum majors, a camp is available for
students in grades nine–12 and will include conducting techniques,
score study and fundamental roles of drum major.
• Students in grades seven–12 involved in symphonic percussion
can attend a camp that provides study of all facets of concert
percussion, including snare drum, keyboard percussion, timpani, accessory percussion and drum set. Students will participate in one
of the symphonic or concert bands based on their camp audition.
 Theatre/opera/dance
July 11–15 Carolina Opera Experience 2011: Opera
at USC and FBN Productions will sponsor the Carolina
Opera Experience 2011 for students in grades five–10. The
camp will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11–15. Applications are at www.music.sc.edu/ea/Opera/2011OperaCamp.
html. To register for the Carolina Opera Experience send
a $35 deposit or the full fee of $150 and the application
to USC School of Music, Opera at USC Carolina Opera
Experience, 813 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201. (See
story page 8.)
Chicago native R. Kelly has had six No. 1 albums, 11 No. 1 singles, and 12
consecutive platinum albums. His ability to compose classics and deliver
electrifying live performances defines everything that is essential to R. Kelly.
It’s why he’s the recipient of multiple Billboard, BMI, and American Music
Awards.
• For advanced percussion students, marching percussion camp is
open to students in grades nine–12 and is designed for individual
drumming and entire drum lines. Activities will focus on fundamental techniques, cadences and total musicianship.
The University Gallery at USC Sumter will feature works by Laura Spong,
including “Redo,” above.
Discounts are available to students who participate in the 2011
S.C. All-State Band or similar out-of-state band programs and in
2011 S.C. All-Region Band. For more information, call 7-4278 or
send e-mail to uscbands@mozart.sc.edu.
“Apostrophe,” by
Kristi Higby, and “Chained
Book,” by Daniel Essig, are
two of the works in “The
Celebration of the Book”
exhibit June 2–Aug. 4 at
McMaster Gallery. Pieces by
35 artists will be on view. An
opening reception will be
held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
June 2 in the gallery, located
in the art department.
 Exhibits
June 3–Aug. 20 South Caroliniana Library: “Hardening of the Heart: The Civil War in the Summer of 1861,”
Lumpkin Foyer. The exhibit concentrates on the buildup of
forces and outbreak of major battles during the summer
of 1861. Primary focus will be on South Carolina units and
men involved in the First Battle of Manassas and other
minor skirmishes in Virginia in that year, but the exhibit also
will look at the implementation of the Union blockade of
the Southern coast during the late summer and culminate
with the fall of Port Royal, S.C., in November 1861.
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. In the mid 19th century, Kuna women
started experimenting with ways to transfer body-painting
designs onto cloth. These women have developed a distinctive style unlike that of any other folk culture. 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.
Today, 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/.
‘Celebration of the Book’ examines form, function
The Southeast Association for Book Arts and McMaster Gallery will sponsor “The Celebration of the Book,” an exhibition that explores the art form of artists’ books June 2–Aug. 4 at McMaster Gallery.
An opening reception will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 2 in the gallery.
These art objects combine content and form to create something that is more than a simple container of information. The intent
is to engage the reader in the viewing process, not only to see the words on a page but also to consider how the words, pictures and
form of the piece contribute to the meaning.
Artists’ books come in many forms that include a variety of formats, such as the traditional codex, accordion books, scrolls, tunnel books, pop-up books, boxed and letterpress. The materials used range from handmade paper, manufactured papers and materials that are not generally associated with books, such as plastic, fabric, glass, wood, leather, metal and found objects.
Book arts address a variety of subjects that might be highly personal or might concern current events, poetry and fantastic
tales. The exhibition will reflect each artist’s personal interests.
Thirty-five artists will be represented in the bi-annual exhibition. They are Lisa Blackburn, Mary Beth Boone, Frank Brannon,
Barbara Bussolari, Annie Cicale, Cynthia Colbert, Laurie Corral, Gwen Diehn, Bridget Elmer, Daniel Essig, Annie Fain Liden, Larry
Lou Foster, Michelle Francis, Susi Hall, Susan M. Hogue, Cathy Howe and Ellen Knudson. The other artist are Susan Leeb, Matt
Liddle, Annie Liden, Peter Madden, Wayne McNeil, Stephanie Nace, Linda Neeley, Bea Nettles, Teresa Prater, Robin Price, Kathleen Robbins, Lisa Beth Robinson, Alice Schlein, Sharon Sharp, Kathy Steinsberger, Susan Stevens, Kate Stockman and Kathleen
Strouther.
The eclectic exhibition seeks to stimulate viewers’ imagination and expand their appreciation of this art form.
McMaster Gallery in the art department is located at 1615 Senate St. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.
The gallery is closed weekends and all University holidays. For more information, contact Mana Hewitt, gallery director, at 7-7480
or mana@sc.edu.
Hightower wins
award of excellence
Through July 29 Hollings Library: “Life in the Mansion,”
S.C. Political Collections Exhibition Gallery. The exhibit
features photos, items and quotes from members of South
Carolina’s First Families about life in the Governor’s Mansion dating back to the 1950s. Based largely on a series of
oral history interviews conducted with the families by the
late George Terry, who was dean of university libraries.
Curated by graduate student Katharine Klein.
Through August Hollings Library: “Four Hundred
Years of the King James Bible,” an exhibit marking the
400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the most widely
reprinted English-language bible in history. Exhibit includes a
folio printing of the King James Bible dated 1611; a Geneva
Bible, the major Puritan translation, dated 1595; and a 1608
Bible believed to have been brought to America by one of
the pilgrim fathers. Items are from the Irvin Department of
Rare Books and Special Collections.
Hollings Library: “Selected Treasures” and “Unwritten
Records: AV and Data Storage of the Last Half-Century,”
S.C. Political Collections Gallery.
 Sports
May 25–29 Baseball: SEC Tournament, Hoover, Ala.
June 4–6 Baseball: NCAA Regionals.
June 10–13 Baseball: NCAA Super Regionals.
June 18–29 Baseball: College World Series, Omaha, Neb.
“Patriot’s Pride,” by USC Upstate art professor Mary Lou Hightower, takes traditional quilt patterns
and infuses them in a contemporary paper format.
Aiken docudrama featured at festival, receives awards
USC Aiken’s 2010 docudrama Edgewood: Stage of Southern History was featured at the
sixth-annual Myrtle Beach International Film Festival.
“We were thrilled to have been selected for inclusion in such a prominent film festival,”
said Maggi Morehouse, historical advisor/assistant director for the film. “This was a tremendous honor for USC Aiken and all who worked tirelessly in the making of the film.”
The film explores the lives of slaves and Lucy Holcombe Pickens, the secessionist governor’s wife who was known as the Queen of the Confederacy, and then seamlessly moves
into the 20th century with an exploration of Eulalie Chafee Salley, one of the most important
leaders of the suffragist movement. The docudrama received critical acclaim in Augusta Magazine’s 2010 Best of Aiken publication and was named regionally as the winner of the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education’s District III Grand Gold Award for the category of Film and Videotape. The film
aired on S.C. ETV and also received a special showing at the College of Charleston.
Produced by a team of women, Edgewood: Stage of Southern History was a project undertaken by USC Aiken’s advancement office to capture the history that has occurred in the
Pickens-Salley House, which was formerly known as Edgewood and today is located on the
campus of USC Aiken, housing University Advancement and the Chancellor’s Office. Mary Lou Hightower, an associate professor of art education at USC Upstate, won
the Award of Excellence for her work titled
“Patriot’s Pride” at the 46th-annual Regional
Juried Appalachian Show in Kingsport, Tenn.
Hightower has been exploring and
researching traditional quilt patterns and infusing these designs in a contemporary paper
format. The patterns interact to form illusions of textural space. This intricacy of the
grid and hidden images within the openings
create an environment to intrigue the viewer
to observe the subtle nuances.
“In following this traditional art form, I
have coined the term ‘watercolor patchwork’
to celebrate the legacy of the quilts and my
love for watercolor media,” Hightower said.
“Watercolor patchwork is a unique process
where I have redesigned works through manipulation of materials incorporating textural
materials to enhance the surface quality.
“Patchwork as a traditional art form is
defined by stitching various pieces of fabric
together to form a larger piece. The idea of
watercolor patchwork came from my interest
in the folk arts and the quilting process. I
have always had a special fascination with
quilts because of my grandmother, Emma
Swartz. She was an avid quilter and sewed
patches every day until her death at age 95.
Watercolor patchwork is also a special tribute
to her and my father, Ralph Swartz.”
For more information, contact Hightower
at 864-503-5817 or mhightower@uscupstate.
edu.
Harris Folk awards go to Wade, Brailey
McKissick Museum recently announced the Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Awards. This year’s
recipients are Florence Wade for Catawba pottery and Willie Brailey for chair caning.
The honor is a one-time, annual award presented by the S.C. General Assembly to practitioners
and advocates of traditional arts significant to communities throughout the state.
Wade learned to make pottery from her sisters and other family members, including accomplished Catawba potters Sara Harris Ayers and Edith Brown. At 12, she began working in clay after
observing the work of her sisters for several years. Ayers taught the young Wade the techniques of
pottery making, and by the time she was in her early teens, Wade was selling her work. According
to Wade, she would sell her pieces for a nickel to save enough money to buy Jergins soap and makeup. Like many of her contemporaries, Wade honed her pottery skills in order to sell her work on the
reservation, at nearby Winthrop University or for resellers in Cherokee, N.C.
Brailey learned the art of chair caning from his mother and began caning in earnest in 1979.
When his mother’s eyesight began to fail and she was no longer able to work on chairs, Brailey
decided to complete all of her unfinished projects.
The Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award is managed jointly by the Traditional Arts Program
of the S.C. Arts Commission and USC’s McKissick Museum. For additional information, contact
Ja-Nae Epps at 7-7251 or mckscal@mailbox.sc.edu<mailto:mckscal.
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Briefly
Share service-learning projects for
annual report: Community Service Programs needs
help from faculty and staff to tell the story of how the University impacted the community through service during 2010–11
for its annual report. Activities can include hands-on community
service, philanthropic fund raising, community-based research,
service learning, or advocacy initiatives.To participate, submit
a brief description of the service project online at www.sa.sc.
edu/communityservice/annual_report. Last year’s community
service annual report recorded 23,436 students, faculty, and staff
donated 346,678 service hours to the community. For more
information, contact Community Service Programs at 7-7130 or
saserve@mailbox.sc.edu<mail.
Get involved with Parents Weekend
Sept. 23–25: The Office of Parents Programs wants to showcase the USC campus by providing families with more faculty
and staff interaction, classroom experiences and opportunities
to learn about Carolina during Parents Weekend Sept. 23–25.
Faculty and staff can sponsor an open house, drop-in or educational session, and faculty members can open Friday classes to
family members. Faculty and staff should notify the office about
any event, activity or exhibit to have it included on the master
schedule. Complete the participation form at www.sa.sc.edu/
parents/files/2011/04/parents-weekend-form.pdf.The tentative
schedule of events is at www.sa.sc.edu/parents/parents-weekend. For more information, contact Samantha Hartlen at 7-5937
or hartlen@sc.edu.
CANCER NETWORK OFFERS MINI-GRANTS:
The S.C. Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network is
offering mini-grants through its 2011–12 “Mini-Grants: Community Health Intervention Program.” 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/screening, diet/nutrition, physical activity and survivorship. For more information, go
to http://cpcp.asph.sc.edu.
LOUNGE FOR NURSING MOTHERS OPENS:
Thomas Cooper Library in partnership with Healthy Carolina’s
Lactation Support Program has opened a lounge for nursing
mothers.The space is centrally located and is available for students, faculty, staff and visitors on campus. The private space for
breastfeeding mothers is located on the second floor in Room
L325. Keys can be obtained by contacting the Healthy Carolina
office at 7-4752 or e-mailing mburcin@mailbox.sc.edu. A map of
all the lounges for nursing mothers on campus is online at www.
sc.edu/healthycarolina/pdf/lsp/lactationmap.pdf.
PREPARE FOR THE GMAT: University Test Prep will
offer a GMAT exam preparation class from 6 to 9 p.m.Tuesday
and Thursday June 7–30. For more information, call 7-9444, go
to discover.sc.edu or send an e-mail to testprep@mailbox.
sc.edu.
Awards
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university for continued growth, greater visibility in the region
and the state and growing recognition across the nation. Marsha and I are very pleased to be rejoining the USC family, and
we look forward to working closely with President Pastides,
the Board of Trustees and the Spartanburg Commission on
Higher Education.”
Moore’s appointment is the high point of a 30-year career
in higher education in which he has worked closely with various constituencies, including students, faculty, administrators,
alumni and business, community and political leaders.
He joined Winthrop in 1986 as chair of the department of
chemistry and physics, a post he held until 1994. In 1991, he
also became director of the Master of the Liberal Arts Program. He was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from
2001 to 2003 and in the top position of faculty governance,
representing faculty before Winthrop’s Board of Trustees,
from 1996 to 2000.
At Winthrop, he has overseen curriculum and program
development, faculty recruitment and evaluation, student recruitment and retention, strategic planning, budget planning,
resource development and management from the program
level to the institutional level.
He has been in his current post since 2003 and has been
responsible for five academic colleges, the graduate school and
the library.
Give back
While he has been vice president, Winthrop has been cited
favorably in U.S. News & World Report, Barron’s Best Buys
and the Princeton Review and earned recognition from the
Templeton Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation and the
American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Moore is active in higher education initiatives nationally
and has worked on committees of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools and the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies
Programs.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from
Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and his doctorate in
inorganic chemistry from USC. He also has attended professional development programs at Harvard, Yale and Northwestern universities.
He began his academic career in 1978 as an assistant
professor of chemistry at Georgia Southern College, where he
taught until 1981. From 1981 to 1986, he was on the faculty at
Birmingham-Southern College, first as an assistant professor
of chemistry and later as an associate professor and director of
the Honors Program.
A native of Alabama, Moore and his wife, Marsha, have two
sons, Charlie and Kirk.
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n June 12–17, The Therapy Place provides innovative ther-
apies and recreational opportunities for children with special
needs and resources for their families. Donations needed
include diapers, baby toys (limit stuffed animals), board
games (e.g., Connect Four, etc.), puzzles (three–12 piece
wooden puzzles), child wagon (new or gently used), napkins,
paper towels, facial tissues, hand soap, cleaning supplies (e.g.,
Windex, Clorox wipes, etc.), crayons and markers, construction paper, copy paper, pens and pencils and tape.
scratching pads, new collars and leashes in all sizes, dry dog
and cat food, wet canned food (dog, puppy, cat and kitten),
copy paper, sing tab folders, tape, and scissors.
n July 10–15, Ronald McDonald House Charities serves
than 200,000 families in central South Carolina with nutritious food and related products. Donations needed include
canned meat and fish, peanut butter in plastic jars, canned
soups, plastic grocery bags, canned vegetable and fruit, breakfast cereal, personal care items (soap, shampoo, etc.) and
other nonperishable food items.
more than 350 families each year through one or both cornerstone programs, the Ronald McDonald House and the Ronald
McDonald Family Room. Donations needed include nonperishable items, phone cards, stamps, envelope and stationery
to write letters, laundry detergent, Clorox wipes, Hamburger
Helper/Tuna Helper (anything to make a meal), spaghetti/
alfredo/pizza sauces, plastic foam plates, Tilex, baby laundry
detergent (Dreft/ Baby All), large plastic foam coffee cups,
plastic silverware, liquid dishwashing detergent, hand soap
(individual or refill), window cleaner, individual snack Items
(Little Debbie’s, chips, crackers/cookies, etc.), individual
breakfast items (cereal, Pop Tarts, grits, etc.).
n June 26–July 1, Pawmetto Lifeline, formerly Project Pet,
n July 17-22, Columbia Family Shelter provides emergen-
n June 19–24, Harvest Hope Food Bank provides more
is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit animal rescue organization dedicated to forming a human solution for the pet overpopulation
issue in the community through education and legislation,
spay/neuter programs and responsible adoptions. Formed in
1999, Project Pet has rescued more than 7,700 cats and dogs
scheduled for euthanasia from local shelters in Lexington and
Richland counties. Donations needed include bleach, liquid
laundry detergent, paper towels, toilet paper, hand brooms,
trash bags, dog toys (e.g., rope toys and kongs), cat toys, cat
cy shelter to homeless families with children, while coordinating services to alleviate the conditions that contributed to their
individual circumstances. Donations needed include general
cleaning supplies, liquid cleaners and disinfectants, brooms,
dustpans, buckets, sponges, sheets/blankets (full and twin),
pillows, towels, napkins, paper products (cups, forks, plates,
bowls and spoons), toilet paper, latex gloves and dishwashing
gloves.
 Read any good books lately?
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annual event with 20 oral and 30 poster presentations.
“In the past five years, I have presented 10 papers at peerreviewed professional conferences, and every paper had students as co-authors, a total of five different students,” he said.
“Two of these students are currently in Ph.D. programs, and a
third is in the process of applying for one in fall 2011.”
Moss, now in her seventh year of teaching in the College of
Engineering and Computing, has a long pedigree of mentoring undergraduates. As a graduate student, she mentored 13
undergrads and immediately welcomed them into her lab as a
new assistant professor at USC.
“You always make time to do the things you love to do,” she
said. “I like for undergraduates to come in and have their own
projects, something they can take ownership of in the lab. I
assign each of them a graduate mentor because it’s a great experience for graduate students to mentor these students, too.
“The reward is seeing them develop, seeing them repeat an
experiment and then a year later watching them suggest ideas
for new experiments. I guess it’s the educator in me.”
Pushing students to become budding scientists is part of
the process of mentoring, Moss said, although the reward for
the student might not be apparent until later.
“Recently, one of my prior undergraduate mentees, who
is currently employed in industry, called me on his way home
from work to thank me for pushing him to give numerous
research presentations during group meetings and at conferences,” Moss said. “He admitted that he initially thought this
was extra work, but he could now see that these experiences
helped him to build lifelong skills.
“He was undergoing a workshop on communication skills
at his company that day, and he had been referred to several
times as an example for his peers as a result of his superior
performance. Knowing that I can make these types of lasting
impacts on students is truly the best part of my job as a faculty
member.”
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Moore
Times will publish its annual roundup of what faculty
n What their students say
and staff are reading this summer in the June 16 issue.
• “Dr. Callen made himself available to help with research
larryw@mailbox.sc.edu. Please include the books’ authors,
any time that I needed him, and he truly taught me how
brief descriptions, why you picked them for your list and, if
to become a researcher. As opposed to telling me what I
you’ve already read them, why you would recommend them.
To participate, send your selections to Larry Wood at
should do next, he would always ask questions that caused
me to think critically and aid in determining what the next
step should be in our research. He bolstered my confidence
in myself, and through his example and the experiences he
helped to expose me to, I have found myself pushing myself
to reach goals I had never expected I would be capable of
reaching.Without a doubt, he is my inspiration to continue
my education to obtain my Ph.D.”
• “Dr. Moss is an excellent guide when it comes to teaching
her students research writing. She gives extremely thoughtful comments on the written drafts and provokes students
to look more deeply. I remember I was extremely happy
when I found out that these same abilities greatly improved
my verbal score in the MCAT! Dr. Moss is very open with
her students, and this makes it easy for them to relate to
her. At times, she has provided great personal guidance
and understanding.This environment of great intellectual
and personal rapport with the mentor creates a dynamic
experience in the lab.”
Times • Vol. 22, No. 9 • May 26, 2011
Times is published 20 times a year for the faculty
and staff of the University of South Carolina by
University Creative Services, Laurence W. Pearce,
director. pearce@mailbox.sc.edu
Director: Chris Horn chorn@mailbox.sc.edu
Managing editor: Larry Wood larryw@mailbox.sc.edu
Design editor: Betty Lynn Compton blc@mailbox.sc.edu
Senior writer: Marshall Swanson mswanson@mailbox.sc.edu
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Brent Appling and Amy Edwards, University Libraries, “Wrap It Up:
Quick Strategies to Engage Students and Assess Learning,” LIBRIS conference, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Orangeburg.
Ashley Knox, University Libraries, “Implementing EAD at USC’s Digital
Collections,” CONTENTdm Users Group meeting, College of Charleston.
 ARTICLES
 Lighter times
Katrina Walsemann, health promotion,
education and behavior, and Jennifer Ailshire,
“BMI Trajectories During the Transition to Older
Adulthood: Persistent, Widening, or Diminishing
Disparities by Ethnicity and Education?,” Research
on Aging.
Jeanette M. Jerrell, neuropsychiatry and
behavioral science, Roger McIntyre, Jinju Yoon and
Samantha Liauw, “Aripiprazole for the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: a review of
available evidence,” Neuropsychiatric Disease and
Treatment.
Collin Webster, physical education pedagogy,
and Dana Perlman (University of Wollongong,
New South Wales, Australia), “Supporting student
autonomy in physical education,” Journal of Physical
Education, Recreation & Dance.
Ali Rizvi, medicine, and Ronak Patel, “Vitamin D
deficiency in patients with congestive heart failure:
mechanisms, manifestations, and management,”
Southern Medical Journal.
DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, nursing, and
Deborah Parra-Medina, “Promotion of physical
activity among Mexican-origin women in Texas
and South Carolina: An examination of social, cultural, economic, and environmental factors,” Quest.
It isn’t much of a beta, but Mom and I are concerned
Steven N. Blair, exercise science, Judd Allen,
with your variance from the benchmarks we established.
David R. Anderson, Bill Baun, Larry S. Chapman,
Michael Eriksen, Jonathan Fielding, Gil Omenn,
Dean Ornish and Kenneth R. Pelletier, “The
Science of Health Promotion: Reflections on
 OTHER
Developments in Health Promotion in the Past Quarter Century From
Robert F.Valois, health promotion, education and behavior, recently
Founding Members of the American Journal of Health Promotion Editorial
served as chair of the External Review Panel for the Hong Kong Institute of
Board,” American Journal of Health Promotion.
Education’s proposed bachelor of science honors program in health, physical
Steven P. Hooker, Karin A. Pfeiffer and Steven N. Blair, exercise sciactivity and sport. He recently was selected as one of 12 national experts
ence, Anna Feeney, Brent Hutto, Kerry McIver, Daniel P. Heil, John E.Vena and
in school health to attend and participate in Time for Change: A Leadership
Michael J. LaMonte, “Validation of the Actical Activity Monitor in Middle-Aged
Summit on the Future of School Health, sponsored by the American School
and Older Adults,” Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
Health Association, Washington, D.C.
Shawn D.Youngstedt, exercise science, C.E. Kline, J.P. Ginsberg, M.R. ZieNancy P. Zimmerman, library science and The Graduate School, elected
linski and J.W. Hardin, “Bright light treatment for high-anxious young adults: a
to the 2013 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee of the Association for
randomized controlled pilot study,” Depression & Anxiety.
Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Steven N. Blair, exercise science, and Paul A. McMcAuley, “Obesity paraSteve Blair, exercise science, named a visiting fellow for 2011 at the Instidoxes,” Journal of Sports Sciences, and, with I.Vuori, F.C. Bull and P.T. Katzmartute for Advanced Study at the Technische Universität München.
zyk, “More Collaboration—More Power in Combating III Health,” Journal of
Roberto Refinetti, psychology, Salkehatchie, chaired a symposium on nonPhysical Activity and Health.
photic entrainment in mammals at the World Congress of Chronobiology,
Laura Hein, nursing, “Survival Strategies of Male Homeless Adolescents,”
Puebla, Mexico.
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Howard Kingkade, theater, Lancaster, won the Best Drama Award at
the Cape Fear Film Festival for his short film, Man from the Dying Planet,
 PRESENTATIONS
Wilmington, N.C.
Robert F.Valois, health promotion, education and behavior, “The ASCD
Healthy School Communities Model: Aligning Health and Education in the
School Setting,” Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
Alexandria,Va.
Teri Browne, social work, “Oral medication self-management strategies
 Job vacancies
in end stage renal disease,” National Kidney Foundation Clinical Meeting,
Las Vegas, Nev., and, same conference, with D. Pooler, “Dialysis social work
For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies
field placement program: Research and application,” and, with J. Merighi,
and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu.The
“Has anything changed since the implementation of the 2008 Conditions for
employment office is located at 1600 Hampton St.
Coverage? 2010 nephrology social work caseloads, salaries, and implications
for chronic kidney disease care in the United States.”
Beaufort’s Haist awarded Carolina Trustee Professorship
USC Beaufort professor Gordon Haist received the Carolina Trustee Professorship at spring commencement. The award recognizes teaching excellence, outstanding research and University service. It is given
upon the recommendation of the USC Board of Trustees.
During his 36 years at USC Beaufort, Haist has held every academic leadership position on campus. He
is currently chair of the Faculty Senate and is the historian on the Courses and Curricula Committee.
“With our recent growth and expanding academic environment, Dr. Haist has been a steady hand at
the helm,” said Harvey Varnet, USC Beaufort vice chancellor for academic affairs. “He is wise, careful,
and thoughtful, and he is open to exploring institutional change, rather than clinging to ‘that’s the way we
always did it’ as an explanation.”
“Dr. Haist is an extraordinary professor who is dedicated to the teaching and learning experience of
each student,” said USC Beaufort Chancellor Jane Upshaw. “His use of discovery learning is particularly
Haist
effective for engaging students in his discipline of philosophy. It is exciting for USC Beaufort to have another of our faculty members acknowledged with this systemwide honor.”
Ann E. Kingsolver, anthropology, and Roger Dougal, electrical engineering, on the Columbia campus also received the Carolina
Trustee Professorship.
Love to serve dual roles for NCATE
Charles Love, dean of the School of Education at USC Upstate, has been named
to the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education Board of
Examiners Advisory Panel. He also was appointed to the Unit Accreditation
Board of NCATE as the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
representative to that board.
The overarching goals of the Board of Examiners Advisory Panel is to increase the rigor of Board of Examiners training, enhancing the quality of BOE
work and ensuring the fidelity of unit accreditation.
Love
The Unit Accreditation Board determines the accreditation status of professional education units at colleges and universities. It is responsible for developing standards and procedures for the accreditation of professional education units and oversees on-site
visits to institutions, the training of the Board of Examiners, the data bank and annual reports.
NCATE, authorized by the U.S. Department of Education, determines whether schools, colleges
and departments of education meet rigorous national standards in preparing teachers and other school
professionals for the classroom.
Helmuth named a
Google Science Fellow
Brian Helmuth, a professor of biological sciences in the
College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Google
Science Communication Fellow.
Helmuth is one of 21 fellows chosen from around the
country who will work on ways to communicate the science surrounding climate change to diverse audiences.
The new program selects early- to mid-career scientists
with the potential to become excellent communicators.
It’s part of Google’s effort to use technology, new media
and computational thinking in the communication of
science.
“Computational thinking takes the tangled web of
complex problems, like climate change, looks at the
pieces and makes sense out of something that on the
surface initially looks like chaos,” Helmuth said.
Google wants to tie technology into the way people
approach problems and plans to teach the fellows how to
use technological tools to help the public understand the
complexities of science.
Helmuth and the other fellows will attend a threeday course this summer at Google’s Mountain View,
Calif., headquarters where they will participate in handson training and brainstorming on topics of technology
and science communication. Following the workshop,
fellows will be given the opportunity to apply for grants
to put their ideas into practice.
Helmuth already had received a National Science
Foundation grant to work with science teachers in Richland School District 2 on better ways to teach students
about weather. Through an NSF pilot program, Helmuth
works with science teachers at the Center for Inquiry to
explain better how weather affects plants and animals.
Education dean honored
for career of service
Les Sternberg, outgoing dean of the College of Education, became the first individual to be honored by the
National Association for Professional Development
Schools at its annual conference in New Orleans.
The NAPDS typically honors
schools, colleges or the partnerships between them but had
never honored an individual
before surprising Sternberg
with the award, which reads, “In
grateful appreciation for your
visionary guidance and extraordinary commitment to the
National Association for Professional Development Schools and
Sternberg
the PDS National Conference.”
The College of Education
manages and maintains the annual PDS conference,
which this year attracted 900 educators and administrators from colleges and schools throughout the country.
The conference is a showcase of the latest teaching
methods and a means of facilitating and promoting partnerships between P–12 schools and institutes of higher
education.
Sternberg, who retired at the end of the spring 2011
semester, is credited with strengthening the annual
PDS conference and for being a tireless champion of the
concept of professional development schools.
“The conference would not be in existence without Les,” said Bruce Field, executive director of USC’s
School-University Partnerships & Clinical Experiences.
“He has been the backbone of the conference and the
association. We would not be anywhere without him.”
Sternberg was dean of the College of Education for
nearly 11 years.
Webster honored by national alliance
Collin Webster, an assistant professor of physical education
at the university, was inducted as a Research Consortium
Fellow of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
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 physical
activity.
Webster’s research focuses on physical activity promotion in school and community contexts and on instructional Webster
communication.
The AAHPERD is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting professionals involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health
promotion and education in all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle.
May 26, 2011
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n Musical theater workshop
Students learn what it takes to
become ‘one singular sensation’
By Larry Wood
Gillian Albrecht appeared in the original “A Chorus Line” on Broadway and on stages across
Europe in “West Side Story” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” She sang with Marvin Hamlisch and
Leonard Bernstein and toured the world with Sammy Davis Jr.
But for two-and-a-half weeks during Maymester, she appeared in a different role at USC:
instructor. Albrecht directed an interdisciplinary musical theater workshop with intense training
in voice, acting, and dance taught by USC faculty from the theater and dance department and the
School of Music. John Baer, who worked along side Albrecht on “Jesus Christ Superstar and has
arranged and conducted other major shows across Europe, was musical director.
“There is no musical theater without the three disciplines: acting, music, and dance,” Albrecht said. “Our workshop is just the tip of the iceberg in the intense, interdisciplinary training
theses kids will need if they want to go on to musical theater.”
Students started each day with a dance class at 9 a.m., working on two completely different styles. USC dance faculty member Cindy Flach taught traditional musical dance, and guest
instructor Karina Williams introduced the students to a funkier jazz style.
After dancing came acting with scene work, acting exercises and improvisation with USC
theater professor Victor Holtcamp.
After lunch, the students met for a group vocal class with Carolina alumna and USC adjunct
voice professor Serena Hill with exercises working on placement, support and enunciation.
“In musical theater, singing is the extension of the speaking voice,” Albrecht said. “The good
musical theater singers never have two sounds; their speaking and singing voices sound the
same.
After dancing, singing and acting classes, Albrecht and Baer worked with the students on
getting the meaning behind the words in their songs. “They’re learning to use the song text as
dialogue, why we speak, what is the meaning behind the words, what is the intention behind the
words,” Albrecht said.
“We take the music away, and ask them, what are we saying, why are we talking, why are
we getting louder or softer, what is the impulse to move?” Albrecht said. “Do we look up just
Creative-editing award goes
to first-time filmmaker
Lauren Norton and Sara Jackson work on dance moves during a Maymester musical theater workshop.
Michael Brown
because the sun is shining or because we feel the sunshine? It’s all based on real feelings and
emotion.”
Albrecht also brought in two guest artists, friends from her career as a performer. Stephen
Gross, who was on his way to New York to conduct “Phantom of the Opera,” gave a master class,
and Columbia native Donna Drake, with whom Albrecht shared a dressing room during “A Chorus Line,” spoke and answered questions about her successful career on Broadway.
The workshop is the first Albrecht, whose husband, Helmut, is director of the Division of
Infection Diseases in the USC School of Medicine, has taught in Columbia, and it’s been a “wonderful experience,” she said.
“It’s been an eye-0pening experience,” she said. “These kids are terrific. They are fantastic,
dynamic, excited, and they worked very, very hard.”
The class will culminate with a performance of the material they’ve worked on at noon May
26 in the dance studio of the Band and Dance Building at 324 Sumter St.
Exhibit celebrates 400 years of the King James Bible
A short film produced by USC journalism major Clayton Tilley was
selected from among a dozen finalists for the second Moving Image
Research Collection Award for Creative Editing.
The award celebrates innovative use of archival film footage in
“The Moving Image,” a media-arts course that introduces undergraduates to all aspects of film and video production.
“In my film, I used the Kuleshov effect, a montage effect based on
a psychological study that was first used by Russian filmmaker Lev
Kuleshov in the 1920s,” Tilley said. “The project also gave me the
chance to use Final Cut, a professional film editing software that I
hadn’t worked with before.”
Tilley, who had never heard of the USC’s Moving Image Research
Collection before taking the class, marveled at the resource. “Our
school is privileged to have so much history at its fingertips,” he said.
MIRC’s interim director Mark Cooper agreed.
“The archive exists to preserve these resources so that they may
continue to inspire audiences and nurture creative talent,” he said.
For the class project, faculty members Laura Kissel and Jennifer
Tarr selected film clips from the Fox Movietone News Collection to
teach aesthetic principles of editing and to develop technical skills in
working with editing software.
“Using MIRC footage allows us to achieve some learning objectives, and it enables us to introduce students to one of the marvelous
film collections housed at the University of South Carolina,” said Kissell, an associate professor of media arts and director of the Media
and Film Studies Program.
Tarr said archival footage is useful as a teaching tool for beginning students because it encourages them to compare their own
interests and objectives with those of the original filmmakers.
“We look for varying subjects but wanted images with action and
movement in them,” said Tarr, a media-arts instructor. A unit of the
University Libraries, MIRC welcomes use of its collections. Located
at 707 Catawba St., MIRC is open to the public weekdays from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. More than 3,000 hours of rare archival material are available to view on videocassette and DVD.
View the films at www.sc.edu/library/mirc/ace2010.html.
A new exhibit marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the most widely reprinted English-language Bible
in history.
“Four Hundred Years of the King James Bible” will be open in the Hollings Special Collections Library through late
August. The exhibit tells the story of the Bible in English from pioneers such as John Wycliffe and William Tyndale,
through the 16th-century religious exiles who created competing Puritan and
Catholic versions, to the King James Bible itself. It also charts the impact of the
King James Bible in America and explores its extraordinary influence in literature, politics and culture.
The King James Bible “has had greater influence on literature and public discourse in the English-speaking world than any other translation,” said Carl Evans,
a professor in the University’s religious studies department.
“It’s a primary handbook to our civilization,” said Kevin Lewis, a professor of
religious studies and a specialist in religion and literature.
All the items on display in the new exhibit come from the Irvin Department of
Rare Books and Special Collections.
“Many libraries worldwide are celebrating this anniversary, but they don’t
have our resources,” said Patrick Scott, director of the Irvin Department and
curator of the exhibit. “We already have a great collection that deserves to be seen
William Tyndale
by a new generation of students and by members of the community.”
Highlights of the exhibit include:
n a folio printing of the King James Bible dated 1611
n leaves from the Coverdale Bible, 1535, the first complete Bible in English
n a Geneva Bible, the major Puritan translation, dated 1595, donated to the South Carolina College library by Governor
John Drayton
n a 1608 Bible believed to have been brought to America by one of the pilgrim fathers
n a first edition of the Rheims New Testament, the major Catholic translation, from 1582
n the 1685 edition of John Eliot’s Indian Bible
n a copy of the first American printing of the King James Bible (Philadelphia, 1782).
Other sections of the exhibit trace the influence of the King James Bible in literature, from Milton and Bunyan to
modern writers, and show how it has inspired printers and illustrators. The display includes fine editions such as the
Doves Press Bible from 1903–05 and Eric Gill’s Golden Cockerel Press “Four Gospels.”
The materials have been collected gradually over the past 200 years. The newest additions on display are leaves
from historic American Bibles, recently donated by USC alumnus Alex Pappas.
The Hollings Library is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Friday.
n Opera at USC
Summer camp will explore all aspects of the art
By Larry Wood
Students in this year’s Opera Camp will take a hands-on approach to telling stories with music — working with puppets.
Students will work with Columbia puppeteer and theater
artist Kimi Maeda, who received her MFA in scenic design
from USC and has been a puppeteer and set designer for the
Columbia Marionette Theatre. The day camp, for rising fifth
through 10th graders, will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July
11–15 at the School of Music.
“We’re always looking for new and different ways to learn
about opera and storytelling with music,” said Ellen Schlaefer,
director of opera studies at USC who offered the camp for the
first time last summer. “We had a great time last year. It’s a
very unique camp.”
Students also will work with other theater and music professionals from Columbia, current and former USC students,
and professors in the School of Music.
During the week, the students will explore all of the ele-
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ments that come together to make opera magic. The campers
will get experience with costumes, props, scenery, makeup,
and musical preparation.
“They learn about everything from publicity to singing to
movement on stage,” Schlaefer said. “We don’t build costumes, but it’s amazing what these students can do using their
imaginations and the resources we have.”
The camp ends with a 30-minute opera performance in
the School of Music Recital Hall for family and friends. The
students work with composer John Valerio, a visiting lecturer
in the School of Music.
“We take the creative energy that the students bring and
focus it toward the performance at the end of the week using
existing operatic literature and augmented with works cocreated by the students and Dr. John Valerio,” Schlaefer said.
The camp is open to any students interested in opera and
telling stories with music.
“It’s presumed that these students will have an interest in
Children in last year’s Opera Camp created an original performance with
a hedgehog, a rabbit, a wolf and other animals for their “A Ten-Minute Opera.”
music and singing, but there are no prerequisites or auditions,” Schlaefer said. “A couple of campers from last year are
coming back.”
To see a 10-minute video of last year’s end-of-camp
performance, go to www.music.sc.edu/ea/opera/index.
html. Download the application at www.music.sc.edu/ea/
opera/2011OperaCamp.html. The cost of the camp, sponsored
by Opera at USC and FBN Productions, is $150.