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The University CAROLINA FOOTBALL The University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805 on what would become the heart of the UNIVERSITY HISTORY campus, the Horseshoe. In 2001, the University celebrated the bicentennial of its charter, but 2005 also marked a watershed an- Today, the 11 buildings that make up the Horseshoe frame a lush lawn that is an niversary: 200 years since the first classes began at irresistible gathering place for students, faculty, staff and alumni and the scene of South Carolina College, as it was then known. Caro- many important university events. lina has endured the Civil War and Reconstruction, closings, and name changes. Permanently chartered And while the Horseshoe will always be the symbol of Carolina’s proud tradition, the in 1906 as the University of South Carolina, it grew University’s presence and reach stretch across the Palmetto State, with baccalaureate throughout the 20th century and today is building its universities in Aiken, Spartanburg (Upstate) and the sea islands (Beaufort and the reputation as a cutting-edge research institution. gateway to Hilton Head), and two-year regional campuses in Allendale and Walterboro (Salkehatchie), Sumter, Lancaster and Union. Together, they are building economic w USC is ranked in the top 5 percent of U.S. public universities in the number of prosperity; fulfilling the University’s mission of teaching, research and service to national awards its faculty have received. the state, and preparing future leaders in business, law, education, the arts, tourism, communications, medicine and the health sciences. w When completed in late 2013, the Darla Moore School of Business building will become the front door of Innovista, the University’s research district, and a hub for w The University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus has 324 degree programs creativity, research and entrepreneurial activity. The school is pursuing a net zero through its 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. status and LEED Platinum rating for its cutting-edge new home. w The South Carolina Honors College is ranked the No. 1 public university honors w The USC School of Medicine pioneered the nation’s first medical school college in the nation based on honors college factors by the guidebook, “A Review of curriculum that teaches first- through fourth-year students how to use leading Fifty Public University Honors Programs.” ultrasound technologies for bedside diagnosis. w The Moore School of Business undergraduate international business program w Twelve USC students received Fulbright grants in 2012 for research, study or was ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for the 16th consecutive year. teaching abroad, and the Chronicle of Higher Education named USC a “Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students.” Another six students were awarded National Science w USC launched a new online degree completion program called Palmetto College Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. in 2013. Palmetto College brings together the resources of the entire University of South Carolina system to combine the quality of a USC degree with the flexibility of w The International House at Maxcy College opened in fall 2012, bringing USC’s online learning. American and international students together to experience and share each others’ cultures. w Students at the University of South Carolina have earned 594 national fellowships and scholarships valued at $16.7 million since 1994. In 2012 alone, 56 students w USC was recognized in 2013 by both Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” earned more than $1.4 million for academic study. and Princeton Review’s “Best Value Colleges for 2013 — Public.” w University of South Carolina faculty generated $238.3 million in funding for w USC is one of only 40 public universities to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s research, training and outreach programs in fiscal year 2012, a 5 percent increase top-tier research designation and community engagement designation and is the only from the previous year. university in South Carolina with the Carnegie top-tier designation for “very high research activity.” 184 2013 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE CAROLINA FOOTBALL The University Educational Research MASS COMMUNICATIONS MISSION STATEMENT Educational Technology AND INFORMATION The university’s mission is threefold: the education of the Elementary Education STUDIES University state’s diverse citizens through teaching, research and creative Foundations of Education Journalism and Mass Higher Education Business Communications Facts and Figures activity, and service. Administration Advertising Higher Education and Student Broadcast Journalism Administration: Board of Affairs Information Science Trustees Degree Programs Language and Literacy Journalism Campuses: 8 Middle Level Education Library and Information Science ARTS AND SCIENCES Physics Physical Education Mass Communications African American Studies Enrollment: 46,264 Political Science Sciences Public Relations Anthropology (all campuses, fall 2012) Professional Science Secondary Education Visual Communications Applied Statistics Psychology Special Education Art Education Psychology, Social Studies MEDICINE Faculty: 2,184 (full-time, Art History Clinical-Community Teaching Biomedical Sciences all campuses, fall 2012) Art Studio Psychology, Experimental Teaching and Learning Genetic Counseling Biochemistry Psychology, School Medicine Degrees Awarded: 9,493 (all Biological Sciences Public Administration ENGINEERING AND Nurse Anesthesia Cardiovascular Technology Public History campuses, 2012-2013 fiscal year) COMPUTING Rehabilitation Counseling Chemistry Religious Studies Biomedical Engineering Classics Alumni: More than 260,000 Russian Chemical Engineering MUSIC Comparative Literature Sociology Civil Engineering Conducting living alumni (all campuses) Creative Writing Spanish Computer Engineering Jazz Studies Criminology and Criminal Statistics Computer Information Systems Music Justice Theatre Computer Science Music Composition Columbia campus: Dance Women’s and Gender Studies Computer Science and Music Education Earth and Environmental Engineering Music History Resources Management Location: Columbia, S.C. BUSINESS Electrical Engineering Music Performance Economics Accounting Engineering Science Music Theory English Organization: Business Administration Mechanical Engineering Opera Theatre Environmental Science Business Economics Nuclear Engineering Piano Pedagogy 14 degree-granting colleges and European Studies Economics Software Engineering schools Film and Media Studies Finance NURSING Foreign Languages Human Resources HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, AND Clinical Nursing Degree Programs: 324 French Insurance and Risk Management SPORT MANAGEMENT Community Mental Health and Geography International Business Hospitality Management Psychiatric Nursing Geological Sciences Enrollment: 31,288 Management Interdisciplinary Studies Health Nursing Geophysics (Columbia campus, fall 2012) Management Science International Hospitality and Nursing German Marketing Tourism Management Nursing Administration History Real Estate Retailing Nursing Practice Faculty: Approximately 1,604 Interdisciplinary Studies Sport and Entertainment Nursing Science (full-time, Columbia) International Studies EDUCATION Management Latin American Studies Athletic Training Integrated Information PHARMACY Alumni: More than 210,000 Linguistics Counselor Education Technology Pharmaceutical Sciences living alumni (Columbia) Media Arts Curriculum and Instruction Tourism Management Pharmarcy Marine Science Early Childhood Education Mathematics Education Administration S.C. Resident Undergraduate LAW PUBLIC HEALTH Molecular Biology Tuition: $10,488 (fall 2012) Educational Psychology and Law Biostatistics Philosophy Research Communication Sciences and Disorders Nonresident Undergraduate Environmental Health Sciences Tuition: $27,644 (fall 2012) Epidemiology Exercise Science Endowment: $514 million General Public Health (June 30, 2012) Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Research Support: $238 Health Services Policy and Management million (June 30, 2012) Physical Activity and Public Health Athletic Nickname: Gamecocks Physical Therapy Public Health School Colors: Garnet and Black Speech-Language Pathology Speech Pathology SOCIAL WORK Social Work SOUTH CAROLINA HONORS COLLEGE Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 185 Board of Trustees CAROLINA FOOTBALL Nikki R. Haley Eugene P. Warr Jr. John C. von Lehe Jr. Miles Loadholt Governor of South Carolina Lamar Charleston Barnwell (ex-officio Chairman) (Chairman) (Vice-Chairman) Chairman Emeritus Chuck Allen Robert E. “EDDIE” Brown J. Egerton Burroughs Mark W. Buyck Jr. Thomas C. Cofield Anderson President, Alumni Association Murrells Inlet Florence Lexington A.C. Bubba Fennell III C. Edward Floyd M.D. William C. Hubbard William W. Jones Jr. Toney J. Lister Greenwood Florence Columbia Bluffton Spartanburg Hubert F. Mobley Leah B. Moody C. Dorn Smith III M.D. Thad H. Westbrook Mack I. Whittle Jr. Lancaster Rock Hill Lake City Lexington Greenville Charles H. Williams II Mitchell M. Zais Amy Stone Orangeburg State Superintendent of Education Secretary 186 2013 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE CAROLINA FOOTBALL University Administration Dr. Harris Pastides, University President University Presidents Harris Pastides was named the University of South Carolina’s 28th president on Aug. 1, 2008, after a decade of service as a professor, dean,