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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 prosperity; fulfilling the University’s mission of teaching, research and service to In 2010-11 academic year, six USC law students held key positions with the Intro the state, and preparing future leaders in business, law, education, the arts, tourism, w American Bar Association Law Student Division, the largest USC representation in Staff communications, medicine and the health sciences. ABA history. Players w The University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus has 319 degree programs Review through its 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. w The William P. and Lou W. Kennedy Pharmacy Innovation Center, established Records with a $30 million gift from alumni William and Lou Kennedy, is bringing together the History w Students at the University of South Carolina have earned 538 national fellowships nation’s top minds in entrepreneurship, health sciences, communications and other Bowls and scholarships valued at $15.3 million since 1994. disciplines with leading pharmacy practice faculty to foster research and prepare Info students to be regional and national leaders in the profession. w University of South Carolina faculty generated $218.8 million in funding for outreach, research, and training programs in fiscal year 2010. w Three colleges and the School of Law have new deans. They are Rob Wilcox, law; Dr. Lemuel Watson, education; Dr. Anna Scheyett, social work, and Dr. Steven Lynn, Six professors at the University of South Carolina have been named 2011 w South Carolina Honors College. fellows in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. w Dr. Michelle Martin, a specialist in children’s literature and African American children’s literature and community literacy programs, has joined the faculty as the The Arnold School of Public Health is meeting the professional development w first holder of the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy in the College of Mass needs of the state’s vital public health workforce through the new S.C. Public Health Communications and Information Studies. Training Center. A newly renovated Patterson Hall reopened its doors to 544 female freshmen The Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library, which was dedicated in July w w this fall. Patterson features suite-style accommodations, a cyber lounge, smart 2010, has earned LEED Gold certification. The building houses the S.C. Political classrooms, a green roof terrace and was built to LEED silver standards. Collections, the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Digital Collections and features exhibition areas and meeting spaces for classes and special w The Ronald E. McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research (McNAIR) events. has been established with a $5 million gift from alumna and financier Darla Moore. The center’s activities will focus on three distinct areas: basic research anddevelopment of The University continues to expand west toward the Congaree River. When w novel materials and devices; applied research in support of advanced manufacturing completed in 2013, the Darla Moore School of Business building will become the tools and processes; and the development of a business and economic model that front door of Innovista, the University’s research district, and be a hub for creativity, will build and support South Carolina’s growing aerospace cluster through education, research, and entrepreneurial activity. research and development. 184 2011 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE CAROLINA FOOTBALL The University Elementary Education MASS COMMUNICATIONS MISSION STATEMENT Foundations of Education AND INFORMATION The University’s mission is threefold: the education of the Higher Education Business STUDIES University state’s diverse citizens through teaching, research and creative Administration Journalism and Mass Higher Education and Student Communications Facts and Figures activity, and service. Affairs Advertising Language and Literacy Broadcast Journalism Administration: Board of Middle Level Education Information Science Trustees Degree Programs Physical Education Journalism Campuses: 8 Sciences Library and Information Science ARTS AND SCIENCES Professional Science Secondary Education Mass Communications African American Studies Enrollment: More than 44,557 Psychology Special Education Public Relations Anthropology (all campuses, fall 2010) Psychology, Social Studies Visual Communications Applied Statistics Clinical-Community Teaching Art Education Psychology, Experimental Teaching and Learning MEDICINE Faculty: 2,010 (full-time, Art History Psychology, School Biomedical Sciences all campuses, fall 2010) Art Studio Public Administration ENGINEERING AND Genetic Counseling Biological Sciences Public History Intro COMPUTING Medicine Degrees Awarded: 8,707 (all Cardiovascular Technology Staff Religious Studies Biomedical Engineering Nurse Anesthesia Chemistry campuses, 2009-2010 fiscal year) Players Russian Chemical Engineering Rehabilitation Counseling Classics Sociology Civil Engineering Review Comparative Literature Alumni: More than 257,000 Spanish Computer Engineering MUSIC Records Creative Writing Statistics Computer Information Systems Conducting living alumni (all campuses) History Criminology and Criminal Theatre Computer Science Jazz Studies Justice Bowls Women’s and Gender Studies Computer Science and Music Dance Info Engineering Music Composition Columbia campus: Earth and Environmental BUSINESS Electrical Engineering Music Education Resources Management Accounting Engineering Science Music History Economics Location: Columbia, S.C. Business Administration Mechanical Engineering Music Performance English Business Economics Nuclear Engineering Music Theory Environmental Science Organization: Economics Software Engineering Opera Theatre European Studies Finance Piano Pedagogy 14 degree-granting colleges and Film and Media Studies Human Resources HOSPITALITY, RETAIL, AND schools Foreign Languages Insurance and Risk Management SPORT MANAGEMENT NURSING French International Business Hospitality Management Clinical Nursing Degree Programs: 319 Geography Management Interdisciplinary Studies Community Mental Health and Geological Sciences Management Science International Hospitality and Psychiatric Nursing Geophysics Enrollment: 29,957 Marketing Tourism Management Health Nursing German (Columbia campus, fall 2010) Real Estate Retailing Nursing History Sport and Entertainment Nursing Administration Interdisciplinary Studies EDUCATION Management Nursing Practice Faculty: Approximately 1,465 International Studies Athletic Training Integrated Information Nursing Science (full-time, Columbia) Latin American Studies Counselor Education Technology Linguistics Curriculum and Instruction Tourism Management PHARMACY Degrees Awarded: Media Arts Early Childhood Education Pharmaceutical Sciences 6,590 (Columbia, 2009-2010 Marine Science Education Administration LAW Pharmarcy Mathematics fiscal year) Educational Psychology and Law Philosophy Research PUBLIC HEALTH Alumni: More than 209,000 Physics Educational Research Biostatistics Political Science Educational Technology Communication Sciences living alumni (Columbia) and Disorders Environmental Health Sciences S.C. Resident Undergraduate Epidemiology Tuition: $10,168 (fall 2011) Exercise Science General Public Health Nonresident Undergraduate Health Promotion, Education, Tuition: $26,352 (fall 2011) and Behavior Health Services Policy and Management Endowment: $414 million Physical Activity and (June 30, 2010) Public Health Physical Therapy Research Support: $218.8 Public Health million (June 30, 2010) Speech-Language Pathology Speech Pathology Athletic Nickname: Gamecocks SOCIAL WORK Social Work School Colors: Garnet and black SOUTH CAROLINA HONORS COLLEGE Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae 185 GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM Board of Trustees CAROLINA FOOTBALL Nikki R. Haley Miles Loadholt Eugene P. Warr Jr. Herbert C. Adams Governor of South Carolina Barnwell Lamar Laurens (ex-officio Chairman) (Chairman) (Vice Chairman) (Chairman Emeritus) Intro Staff Players Review Records History Bowls Info Chuck Allen J. Egerton Burroughs W. Lee Bussell Sr. Mark W. Buyck Jr. Thomas C. Cofield Anderson Murrells