TTOP SCHOLARS 2013-2014 Annual Report of Stamps Carolina, Carolina, McNair, Hamilton and Horseshoe Scholars ON THE COVER: The freshman scholars — affectionately known as first-year scholars — always enjoy their daylong adventure on the ropes course at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School.

OT LONG AGO, these extraordinary Carolina, Stamps and McNair scholars, hailing from both in state and out of state, were tapped for scholarships based on their outstanding academic talent, exemplary character and remarkable leadership skills. As you will see in this edition of Top Scholars, they flawlessly corroborated Ralph Waldo Emerson’s observation that “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” As is the tradition with this community of scholars, each pursued his or her own path energetically and stamped it with both a singular and collective personality. Mentored by members of Carolina’s exceptional faculty and staff; supported by community and business leaders, alumni and donors; inspired by their peers; and touched by the needs of communities both here and abroad, they discovered the value and force of a world- Nclass education. They have journeyed to China and Peru, Turkey and Russia; learned from people in Greece and Romania; and honed their language skills in Ecuador and France. As they become citizens of the world, they embrace the accompanying responsibilities. Steeped in USC’s holistic approach, they graduate as emerging and enthusiastic leaders in medicine, research, business, media postproduction, education, law and more. They join the ever-growing pool of successful alumni who are building and shaping a new world. To our donors, our sincere thanks. You follow in the footsteps of patrons throughout history who have nurtured, valued and encouraged discovery in every arena. Through your enthusiastic support, and the determination of our scholars, success is inevitable.

Harris Pastides, President, University of South Carolina Michael D. Amiridis, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Helen I. Doerpinghaus, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies THE SELECTION PROCESS The Office of Undergraduate Admissions coordinates the selection process for Carolina and McNair Scholars. To be considered, students are required to sub- mit an application for admission as well as the Honors/Top Scholars application supplement. The application generally asks students to include school and com- munity activities and accomplishments, independent research and readings, goals for the future, an essay and teacher recommendations. Each applicant is carefully reviewed by faculty and staff members and evaluated in areas such as academic preparation, intellectual curiosity, leadership potential, recommenda- tions, interest in the university and outstanding talents and accomplishments.

Each year, 50 Carolina Scholar candidates and 41 McNair Scholar candidates are selected to attend an interview weekend held in late February or early March. During this visit, candidates tour campus, view residence halls, meet with many prominent University of South Carolina faculty and staff members and senior administrators and attend sample classes. The campus visit is an op- The University of South Carolina developed the Carolina Scholars Program in portunity for students to learn about the services 1969 to celebrate the virtues of a world-class education. Through generous and programs Carolina affords elite scholars and private support, we have expanded the program from nine students in its first for students to experience the campus culture and year to more than 85 scholars on campus during fall 2013. Since its inception, community. 751 scholars have participated in the program, which has been an integral factor This year, 20 Carolina Scholars, five Stamps in keeping many of the state’s most academically talented students in South The variety of activities and Carolina Scholars and 20 McNair Scholars were Carolina. programs for our scholars named from the group of 91 finalists. In addition to Established in spring 1998 as part of the university’s Bicentennial Campaign, runs the gamut — from formal the monetary award, scholars enjoy many benefits, dinners to outdoor education. the McNair Scholars Program is an exciting scholarship fund for out-of-state Our students enjoy shagging including preferred freshman housing and parking students supported by generous gifts of $30 million from university alumnus and contra dancing as well privileges and a laptop computer. Robert C. McNair and his wife, Janice. The McNair Scholars Program is the coun- as lectures and colloquia: Their involvements are Our current and incoming Carolina and McNair THE CAROLINA AND terpart to Carolina’s prestigious Carolina Scholars Program for gifted in-state as diverse as they are. Scholars are representatives of the best our nation students. The university welcomed the 16th class of McNair Scholars this year. has to offer and are an integral part of what makes MCNAIR SCHOLARS This year’s McNair Scholars represent 19 states and are among the nation’s the university a “faithful index to the ambitions and brightest students. fortunes of the state.” Distinguished by their extraordinary academic talent, exemplary character and remarkable leadership skills, the Carolina and McNair Scholars are outstanding THE AWARDS students whose ideas and abilities will shape the world of tomorrow. These The Carolina Scholar and McNair Scholar Awards young scholars personify not only the ideals Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke of are the most prestigious undergraduate scholar- when he said, “Character is higher than intellect,” but also the university’s own ships at the University of South Carolina. Students motto: “Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel.” As this who accept the scholarships receive automatic entrance into the South Carolina report chronicles, these scholars have significantly enhanced the reputation of Honors College. Each Carolina and McNair Scholar Award provides an annual the university. stipend, which helps cover costs such as tuition, fees, books, and room and A continuing goal of both programs is to create a community of scholars with a board. The stipends are renewable annually to support the scholars through united and visible identity. First-year scholars participate in a leadership retreat, four years of undergraduate study at the university. creating bonds and developing skills that will last a lifetime. Through the gen- In addition to the cash stipend, Carolina and McNair Scholars participate in erosity of the university’s donors, these prestigious scholarship programs will activities during the school year that complement their academic experience. continue to improve and grow. This top scholars report is offered as a testament First-year scholars build community starting with their retreat, and they are to the successes of the programs that you have made possible. also paired with university faculty members who serve as mentors during the A partnership was formed in 2013 to transform the Carolina Scholars program — year. Sophomores receive one-on-one advisement to assist with academic and five new Carolina Scholars were recruited with the help of a gift from the Stamps cocurricular planning. All scholars have a full schedule of programs each semes- Charitable Foundation. The university will add up to five new Stamps Carolina ter, which includes socials, formal dinners, lectures and invitations to special Scholars each year for a peak enrollment of 20. campus events.

2 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 3 STAMPS LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS The university has partnered with the Stamps Charitable Foundation to recruit and educate five new Carolina Scholars annually over the course of four years, to a cap of 20 scholars. Called Stamps Carolina Scholars, these students are supported through the Top Scholars Program locally but re- ceive support and networking opportunities region- ally and nationally. With all the perks of a Carolina Scholar award, these students receive an additional $8,000 for high-impact activities and enrichment, enabling these talented South Carolinians to pur- sue additional opportunities in research, study and travel abroad, community service, career develop- ment and more. Sydney Poskevich of Spartanburg, S.C., says, “I have been told so many times to ‘follow your dreams’ wherever they may lead; however, the Stamps Scholarship was the biggest push toward my dreams I have received yet, and it has brought me much more than I expected.” These scholars meet for weekly coffees with various members of the Carolina community to discuss furthering their dreams, and a national Stamps convention is held every two years, allowing for friendships to develop nationwide.

The inaugural class of Stamps Carolina Scholars consists of Judith Lin, Ellen Gardiner, Daniel Clements, Sydney Poskevich and Alix Tuel.

4 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 5 football to Houston in 2002. McNair’s efforts brought Super Bowl XXXVIII to Reliant Stadium in 2004. In the 2011 postseason, the Houston Texans won their first NFL playoff game with a 31-10 E. ROE STAMPS IV win against Cincinnati in the Wild Card round on Jan. 7, 2012. The Texans claimed their second STAMPS SCHOLAR BENEFACTOR AND FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY consecutive AFC South title in 2012, finished the E. Roe Stamps IV of Coconut Grove, Fla., private investor and co-founder of regular season 12-4 and matched the most regu- the Boston-based private investment company Summit Partners, is a former lar-season wins in Houston’s NFL history. The team lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, an industrial engineering graduate once again defeated Cincinnati in the Wild Card of Georgia Tech, and an M.B.A. graduate of Harvard Business School. round, marking the first time in the city’s history that Since his relocation to South Florida in 1993, Roe and his wife, Penny, have de- its NFL team won home playoff games in consecu- voted significant time and resources to philanthropic causes in the community. tive seasons. The NFL announced in May 2013 that Their interest in South Florida is deeply rooted as they have been longtime Houston had been selected to host Super Bowl LI supporters of the University of Miami, the Grayvik Animal Care Center, Fairchild in 2017. Tropical Garden, the Make-A-Wish McNair is actively involved in NFL affairs, serving Foundation of Southern Florida, Miami as chairman of the Finance Committee, and is a Lighthouse for the Blind, Community member of the Audit Committee. As founder and Partnership for the Homeless, Ransom chairman emeritus of the Meineke Car Care Bowl Everglades School, Breakthrough Miami of Texas, McNair revived Houston’s collegiate bowl and a number of other charities through- game on Dec. 28, 2006. McNair was honored by out the region. the bowl as a Gridiron Legend in 2011 for his impact Through the Stamps Family Charitable on football at all levels in Houston. Foundation, formed by Penny and Roe 20 Janice McNair, a graduate of Columbia College, years ago, they have shown their deep shares her husband’s vision and passion for helping commitment to education, supporting the underserved. She was honored by the Salvation projects and scholarships at 35 universities nationwide. And with its Stamps ROBERT C. MCNAIR Army in April 2014, by Child Advocates at their 2009 Scholars initiative, the foundation has created innovative scholarship programs MCNAIR SCHOLAR BENEFACTOR AND FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY Angels of Hope luncheon and by the Girl Scouts currently supporting more than 425 students. at their 2005 Urban Campout Gala. Together, the Roe is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation and a trustee at the Janice and Robert C. McNair have been champi- ment entities. He is a graduate of the University McNairs have established major McNair Scholars University of Miami, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and several ons of philanthropy for more than 50 years, giving of South Carolina, where he served as student Programs at the University of South Carolina, other distinguished organizations. At Georgia Tech, Roe served the foundation generously to many deserving causes while making body president. McNair was named Entrepreneur Columbia College, Baylor College of Medicine, for more than 16 years. He has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award education and medical research the cornerstones of of the Decade by the Houston Technology Center M.D. Anderson, Menninger Clinic, Texas Children’s from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Joseph Mayo their philanthropic giving. They are founders of the and was awarded the James A. Baker III Prize for Hospital and Texas Heart Institute. In 2007, the Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award, the highest award conferred by Robert and Janice McNair Foundation, the Houston Excellence in Leadership by the Baker Institute at McNairs gave a transformational gift to Baylor the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. He was inducted into Georgia Tech’s Texans Foundation and the Robert and Janice Rice University. He was inducted into the South College of Medicine to recruit top physicians/scien- Engineering Hall of Fame in 2001. McNair Education Foundation in Forest City, N.C. Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, the Texas Business tists in the fields of juvenile diabetes, breast and Hall of Fame and the Houston Hall of Fame and was pancreatic cancer and the neurosciences. In 2010, Roe was honored by the American Red Cross South Florida Region as Robert McNair, the founder, chairman and chief presented honorary doctorates of humanities from the Humanitarian of the Year. In 2012, he was honored by Harvard Business executive officer of the Houston Texans, is best The McNairs gave major gifts to the Janice and Baylor College of Medicine and the University of School, receiving its most prestigious award, the Alumni Achievement Award. known in the business community as the founder Robert McNair Hall at Rice University, the Janice South Carolina. of Cogen Technologies, which was the largest pri- Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat at the Roe now dedicates his time to his personal interests, which include fly-fishing, vately owned cogeneration company in the world Committed to bringing a National Football League Houston Zoo, the McNair Hall at Houston Baptist bird hunting, flying, boating, cycling, jazz piano and spending time with his fami- when it was sold in 1999. He serves as chairman team to Houston, McNair formed Houston NFL University and McNair Baseball Field in Forest City, ly: son, Will; daughter, Annie; and newborn grandson, Hunter. In addition he also of The McNair Group and owns Palmetto Partners Holdings in 1998. On Oct. 6, 1999, the NFL award- N.C. For 2014, they are chairing the Hope Lodge takes time to enjoy his black Labrador retriever, Ella, and their family’s more than Ltd. and RCM Financial Services L.P., private invest- ed the 32nd NFL franchise to McNair, returning Capital Campaign for the American Cancer Society. 14 stray and pedigreed cats.

6 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 7 (top left) Carolina Scholar Riley Chambers enjoys meeting first lady Patricia Moore-Pastides at the spring Carolina Scholar donor dinner. Riley was a featured vocalist during a performance by Cockapella that evening. (bottom (right) Jim Guignard is a Carolina Scholar donor left) Joanie Haley of the McNair who supports Samruddhi Somani. Sam was a Foundation and her husband, Don, senior this spring. (below) Michael Hood and attend the McNair Scholar spring Vice Provost and Vice President for Student dinner and are warmly welcomed Affairs Dennis Pruitt also attended the dinner. by the students.

Dr. John Palms presented (right) Jake Dustan and his Steve Lynn, dean of the donor, Frances Fawcett, Honors College, with a silver catch up with each other cup that Palms received as at the spring Carolina part of the National Collegiate Scholars dinner. Fawcett’s Honors Council Presidential scholars have also met her Leadership Award in 2001. for lunch when schedules allow. (bottom right) Connor Hoffman and Carsten Bryant show off their seersucker suits at a dinner.

(right) McNair Scholars made a beeline to have CAROLINA SCHOLAR AWARD DONORS their photo made with President Harris Pastides. Carolina Scholar Awards are made possible by the contributions of indi- viduals, corporations and foundations. The University Development Office cultivates and maintains relationships with donors of Carolina Scholar Awards. Private support of this and other programs enables the University of South Carolina to attract academically talented students and to provide the margin of excellence in all academic programs.

Bank of America Carolina Class of 1938 Carolina Development G.G. Dowling* William M. Gregg II and Kappy M. and William Sodexo Robert E. Penland* Penelope W. and E. Roe ANNUALLY FUNDED Friends of Joseph Cardinal Carolina Class of 1939 Foundation William B. Dukes Family/S.C. Tees Inc. C. Hubbard Arnold R. Merchant* Pepsi Cola Soft Drink Stamps IV AWARD DONORS Bernardin* Carolina Class of 1942 Carolina Educational and Blue Marlin Caroline and Susan R. J. Randolph Johnson* Charles Edwin Moore* Company Calhoun Thomas* Carolina Scholars Alumni Friends and Family of Carolina Class of 1953 Foundation Duke Energy Guignard* Mary Burnet M. Pearce Dr. Nicholas K. Moore Clyde C. Rice* Mr. and Mrs. John L.M. Tobias* Lori Clos Fisher Solomon Blatt Carolina Class of 1964 Carolina Interfraternity/ William H. Duncan Martha M. and Hubbard Johnston Michael J. Mungo* David W. Robinson* Patrick L. Tomlin R.C. McEntire and Michael Bond Carolina Class of 1965 Panhellenic Council Frances King Fawcett H. Harris* Olin D. Johnston* Ralph David Neuman* South Carolina State Fair University Associates Company Inc. J. Willis Cantey* Carolina Class of 1966 Caroline McKissick First Citizens Bank Friends of James B. The Knox Family/Terminix Norma C. and John M. Palms Association Chris Vlahoplus and Friends Jennifer M. and Mack I. Carolina Alumni Association Carolina Class of 1967 Belser Dial* Edward R. Ginn III Holderman and Carolyn Service Inc. James T. Pearce Jr. The Spadoni Foundation Wells Fargo Whittle Carolina Class of 1936 Carolina Department A.T. Chalk* Jack S. Graybill Meadors Holderman* L. Joseph Land Kit* and James T. Pearce Sr. Dr.* and Mrs. Charles R. Mr. and Mrs. R. Marshall Carolina Class of 1937 of Athletics William B. Douglas* Anne Johnston Gregg Drs. Anita and Charles Hood John T. Langston III Mr. and Mrs. R. Roy Pearce* Standridge Winn III *deceased

8 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 9 FIRST-YEAR SCHOLAR MENTORS

Two gatherings are organized yearly: a fall reception, where most scholars meet their mentors for the first time, and a breakfast in January, where the pairs reconnect in the new year.

Chance Cockrell, a senior, wrote of his mentor for four years, Lucille Mould: “I am honored to have known Mrs. Mould for the past four years, and we plan to keep in touch for years to come. Always eager to help but never overbearing, she has been a crucial component of my academic success and my growth as a young adult, as she has gone well beyond the duties of a faculty mentor. It is with the utmost respect and eternal gratitude Each year, Carolina and that I call her a lifelong friend.” McNair Scholar freshmen are paired with a faculty mentor. These faculty members are generous with their time and talents, helping scholars transition to the collegiate academic climate.

DR. JILL ANDERSON, DR. LYDIA BRANDT, DR. ERIN CONNOLLY, DR. LARA DUCATE, DR. EDWARD GATZKE, DR. JOHN MCDERMOTT, PROFESSOR DANIEL DR. MARJ PEÑA, DR. TAREK SHAZLY, DR. MARK ULINE, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Art Professor, Biological Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Economics OSTERGAARD, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences DR. ELLEN BRIGHTWELL, Sciences Languages, Literatures Chemical Engineering DR. GERALD MCDERMOTT, Clinical Professor, Biological Sciences Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering DR. JASON BAKOS, Senior Instructor, DR. HEIDI COOLEY, and Cultures PROFESSOR PATRICK HANLY, Associate Professor, International Business DR. HARRY PLOEHN, DR. RICH SHOWMAN, DR. DAVID VIRTUE, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures Assistant, Professor, Art DR. JEAN ELLIS, Lecturer, Management International Business DR. WAYNE OUTTEN, Professor, Chemical Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Cultures DR. JAMES CUTSINGER, Assistant Professor, DR. JAE HATTRICK-SIMPERS, DR. NINA MORENO, Associate Professor, Engineering Biological Sciences Instruction and and Engineering DR. NANCY BUCHAN, Professor, Religious Studies Geography Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Biochemistry DR. JAY POTTS, DR. ANDREW SPICER, Teacher Education DR. ABDEL BAYOUMI, Associate Professor, DR. SCOTT DECKER, DR. KIRK FIEDLER, Chemical Engineering Languages, Literatures DR. CARYN OUTTEN, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, DR. LEE WALKER, Professor, Mechanical International Business Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, DR. WILLIAM HAUK, and Cultures Associate Professor, School of Medicine International Business Associate Professor, Engineering DR. DUNCAN BUELL, Psychology Management Science Assistant Professor, DR. MELISSA MOSS, Biochemistry DR. TAMMI RICHARDSON, DR. JOHNNES STRATMANN, Political Science DEAN CHARLES BIERBAUER, Professor, Computer DR. STAN DUBINSKY, DR. EDWARD FRONGILLO, Economics Associate Professor, DR. SHEKHAR PATEL, Associate Professor, Professor, Biological Dean, Mass Communications Science and Engineering Professor, Linguistics Professor, Health Promotion, DR. MICHAEL MATTHEWS, Biomedical Engineering Research Associate Biological Sciences Sciences and Information Studies DR. DONNA CHEN, Education and Behavior Associate Dean, Research Professor, Biomedical DR. ROBERT ROLFE, DR. JIJUN TANG, Professor, Chemistry and Grad Education, Engineering Professor, International Associate, Professor, Engineering and Computing Business Biomedical Engineering

10 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 11 left, Charlotte Eckmann; right, Connor Bain

NATIONAL WINNERS National fellowship winners bring distinction to themselves and the university, and Carolina and McNair Scholars who earn prestigious fellowships are sig- nificant contributors to this honor. Here are a few highlights among this year’s winners.

Scholars were a key component to USC’s most successful year of producing Hollings Scholars yet. McNair Scholars Riley Brady and Charlotte Eckmann were both awarded these scholarships, which will provide them with a summer internship at a NOAA facility and networking opportunities unique to Hollings Scholars.

Our scholars continue to excel in the STEM fields. Connor Bain is a recipient of the 2014 Goldwater Scholarship for research in computer science and is a Carolina Scholar. Brendan Croom, a McNair Scholar, will use his National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue further studies in above, Brendan Croom; right, Leila Heidari mechanical engineering. SENIOR SCHOLARS International travel continues to appeal to scholars and takes them abroad during To introduce you to our senior scholars is to introduce you to the world — they find themselves summer breaks for research and learning opportunities. McNair Scholar Andrew in places their predecessors only dreamed of, traveling the globe to get immersed in other Kovtun will travel to Amsterdam as a Humanity in Action American Fellow to learn cultures or conduct groundbreaking field research. On these pages you will see photographs about issues of discrimination and injustice. He was also selected as a Pamela Sof our senior Carolina and McNair Scholars in their own element, a location of their choosing. Harriman Foreign Service Fellow, which will support his summer internship at the For some of them, the choice was easy and obvious, but for others, more thought was OECD. Rachel Smoak will conduct chemical engineering research as a DAAD employed. The photos, accompanied by the students’ reflective and insightful words, provide Rise Scholar. At USC she is a McNair Scholar. glimpses into their time as Carolinians.

For the second year in a row, at least one scholar has been nominated for a Rotary Global Grant. Leila Heidari was recognized as a Rotary Scholar for study in the United Kingdom, which she has declined in order to study at Emory University.

12 / TOP SCHOLARS Tim will travel to an offshore oil production platform off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., as part of an engineering co-op experience. Later, he hopes to return to Houston and pursue a career in the energy industry.

MCNAIR SCHOLAR TIM BARNHILL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CYPRESS WOODS HIGH SCHOOL, CYPRESS, TEXAS

It was the evening of Jan. 26, 2010, and I sat Gamecock students and fans stormed the court, at my desk attempting to study for an AP celebrating a hard-fought victory. Back home, I Chemistry test the next day. It was a tremen- jumped and cheered with my parents, while dous struggle to stay focused as the USC men’s wishing there was some way I could actually be basketball team was taking on top-ranked, un- in Columbia with the Gamecock nation. scholars won eight national defeated Kentucky in Colonial Life Arena. Once 7 After being consumed by postgame cover- fellowships or scholarships again, there I was watching the Gamecocks from this year. age, interviews and pride for USC, we finally far away at my home in Houston, Texas. With a went downstairs to turn off everything for the USC alumnus for a father, I grew up a Gamecock SCHOLARS night. I still couldn’t believe it all happened as away from South Carolina. Especially once both BY THE NUMBERS I walked to the front door to turn off the porch of my older brothers had left to begin their lives light. Before flipping the switch, I saw a small at USC, I yearned for the day I would get to start Fed-Ex envelope addressed to me leaning my college career and finally be a part of it all at against the door. I stepped outside to pick Carolina. Until then, the best I could do was cheer up the envelope and tore it open to find a red on the Gamecocks from my bedroom. With just palmetto tree between the Horseshoe gates, under seven minutes left in the game, I had com- and beneath it a letter from USC inviting me to pletely forgotten about the impending test, as the Columbia to interview for the McNair Scholar Gamecocks were running neck-and-neck with Award. On top of a dramatic Gamecock victory, the top team in the country. After a thrilling and I found out that my dream of finally going to USC seemingly eternal last few minutes of the game, and joining the Gamecock family was going to the final buzzer rang throughout the arena and come true.

Tim will intern in Houston with ConocoPhillips this summer before graduating in December. He hopes to return to Houston to pursue a career in the energy industry. He has already completed internships with National Oilwell Varco and ExxonMobil.

14 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 15 Runjhun (front row, third from left) Strong enough to support 2,500 pounds, poses with friends at the first GlobeMed the steel bridge did a fine job holding up Matt. leadership retreat, a day when a group of passionate, kind and fun people built the friendships that have been the foundation of the organization.

CAROLINA SCHOLAR RUNJHUN BHATIA PUBLIC HEALTH G.G. DOWLING SCHOLARSHIP RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, GREER, S.C.

I sat up straight up in bed, feeling like a bolt of lightning had just shot through my spine in the MCNAIR SCHOLAR darkness. The fear of uncertainty, the excitement and the disbelief hit me like a brick wall. I scram- bled for my computer, flicking open the lid a little MATT BARRAGAN too hard, and started typing, “ … two nights ago is CHEMICAL ENGINEERING when it really hit me. That in a little over a week, I TERRY SANFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. would be in rural India.” Those words became part What if I told you that a concrete boat could float? of the first post on my blog, which documented Or that fried chicken grease could power your the summer after my junior year. I had the amazing truck? Or that you could build a bridge that supports and humbling opportunity to travel to rural Orissa a dozen or more people in about twenty minutes? to build a stronger relationship with the partner How did I do these things? In a word: engineering. organization our GlobeMed chapter had worked My years at South Carolina have given me a lot. so hard to raise funds for. This experience is only I have learned necessary engineering skills, cre- one of many that have paved my passage through ated functional engineering projects and gained Carolina; through classes, research, conferences, an invaluable engineering mindset. That last part internships and even starting the first global health is key. In order to be successful in the path I have organization on campus, I have come to realize that chosen, one must have a certain way of thinking. health is an intricate cross-section of all aspects I am a structural engineer. I want to build houses, of human life. I have gained a lifelong passion for bridges, skyscrapers and maybe a pyramid or learning, research, ethics and activism that will help two. You may laugh at the last notion, but why? me contribute to a world of healthier human beings. Egyptian engineers of old obviously knew some- The attitude and perspective I have gained here thing that modern ones do not. Their structures have shaped the kind of human being I want to are still around thousands of years after they died; become. In these four years, the most valuable les- the ones we design today are lucky to merely out- son I’ve learned, however, is that relationships are last our lifetimes. To me this proves that we have powerful: because they make people meaningful to much left to learn, engineers and all others alike. each other, relationships can drive lasting change And if we ask the right questions, we can make in the world. the impossible and the improbable imaginable and impeccable. Let’s make it happen. Runjhun will attend medical school in the fall at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She hopes to become a physician who serves her patients Matt is interviewing with a number of engineering in a clinical setting but is also able to affect the wider companies. He is also waiting to hear confirmation socioeconomic factors that affect her patients through of a potential graduate-level project, which he would public health research that is driven by a partnership complete with his current research mentor while with the community. seeking a master’s degree in engineering.

16 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 17 CAROLINA SCHOLAR LAWTON BURKHALTER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DAVID W. ROBINSON SCHOLARSHIP CHAPIN HIGH SCHOOL, CHAPIN, S.C.

“Goooooo Dawgs! Sic ’em!” was the one and only chant associated with football allowed in my house growing up. At Chapin High School, I was THE Georgia Bulldog fan. Knowing my aspirations concerned engineering, I always knew that I would not be attending that college that dominates Athens, but rather figured myself destined for bigger and better (in my mind at least) things at more “prestigious” universities: MIT, Duke, Georgia Tech. These were the institutions where my future awaited. Or so I thought. Again and again life shows us that we do not know nearly as much as we think we do. It was with an invitation to Carolina Scholar Weekend that the betrayal of 17 long years of devotion was begun. As the magnitude of the scholarship became clear, uncertainty began to weave its way inside of my steadfast hatred of all things garnet and black. After a marvelous weekend of courting and wining (figuratively of course) and dining, the seed had been planted. It was with a heavy heart that my dad informed me that not only would it be okay, said through gritted teeth, but that it would be in my best interest to go to the University of South Carolina. However, a betrayal that began for love of money has blossomed into a full-blown love for this university. Time after time, the people here in Columbia have surprised and humbled me with their generosity, friend- Lawton overlooks the view provided SCHOLARS BY THE ship and support. From the ease with which two hours can go by simply talking to a professor to the strength by the magnificent NUMBERS of fraternal bonds forged, the list of facts that continue to confirm that this is where I belong is unending. Great Wall of China. That’s a serious 10Graduation with Leadership There is no doubt these four years trump all that came before them. I am a Gamecock. Distinction: 10 of the 94 GLD drop-off. seniors are scholars. Lawton will be moving to Houston to take a job in the petrochemical industry working for Enterprise Products.

During her study abroad trip to Mexico, Salem explored many archaeological sites, including the ancient Mayan city of Uxmal, shown here. It was exciting to see her anthropology classes come to life, and she can’t wait to continue discovering the world around her.

MCNAIR SCHOLAR SALEM CARRIKER ANTHROPOLOGY NORTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.

My arrival in Mexico was punctuated by a heavy storm and a sense that I was in way over my head. Having studied Spanish for less than a year, trying to understand my host mother’s rapid speech was more than my exhausted brain could handle. That night I lay awake, wondering how I was going to survive this study abroad trip. Over the next few weeks the support I felt from my host family, professors and fellow classmates allowed me to forget my fears and embrace this new adventure. I boarded my return flight with a mixture of sorrow and joy. I was sorry to leave this new country I had come to love, but delighted that I had been able to overcome my fears. Before my time at Carolina, I never would have believed my journey over the past four years was possible. My classrooms have ranged from the Horseshoe to the White House, from a Civil War POW camp to a rural Mayan village. These experiences, along with the encouragement I have received from my family at home and at school, have given me the confidence to believe in myself and know that all things are possible.

Salem plans to serve in AmeriCorps, focusing on promoting health care for the underserved. She will also apply to medical school to become a family physician.

18 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 19 CAROLINA SCHOLAR ALICE CHANG INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (IBCE) AND ECONOMICS CLYDE C. RICE SCHOLARSHIP S.C. GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS, SUMMERVILLE, S.C.

Two days each week, I took the train into the city and marched into the bloodstained and smoky stairwells of the Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong’s infamous hub for black market electronics, illicit drug sales, prosti- tution and, incidentally, the refugee service NGO where I ended up spending Apart from classes and volunteer work during her two years in Hong Kong, Alice enjoyed spending free afternoons all my free time volunteering. If you’d told me four years ago that pursuing indulging in two of her favorite things: the mountains an international business degree would lead me to practice my rusty French and catching up on current events. with Congolese asylum seekers, hold Somali babies in my arms, help trans- late a book written by an Iranian refugee and teach a social enterprise class for women, I’d have probably thought you were insane. My university exper- ience has not been filled with Horseshoe lounging and sunny football games. Instead, it has taken me across the world to Hong Kong and China, where I stud- ied, worked and researched for more than two years and learned that a true education isn’t necessarily about picking a major, getting an internship or two and following a checklist to success. Rather, it’s about learning how to take risks, wrench yourself off the beaten path and seek knowledge beyond the boundaries of institutions. Learning can be done anywhere and everywhere, and I’m grateful to USC for having given me the means to realize that.

After graduation, Alice will be working as an analyst in a financial firm in Philadelphia to gain some private-sector experience before furthering her studies in development economics. She hopes to one day take her finance/economics knowledge to the civil society sector and pursue a career in NGO development.

20 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 21 Brendan loves to spend his free time in the most relaxing way possible, teaching During Tina’s study abroad trip in engineering to local Europe, she was able to explore the fifth-grade students. Alcazar de Segovia, a stone castle in the old part of the city of Segovia in central Spain.

MCNAIR SCHOLAR CAMERON COX CAROLINA SCHOLAR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN HIGH SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VA. TINA DRAKE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Four short years ago, I’d never traveled outside of THOMAS B. PEARCE SCHOLARSHIP DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, IRMO, S.C. the United States. This wasn’t because of a lack of interest — I’d known for a long time that I wanted Opportunity is a hard word to define as it means some- to study international politics. I knew that I wanted thing different to everyone, but my time at USC has to study internationally. These were ambitions that been an endless string of opportunities. I came into I couldn’t fulfill before college, so I did what I could college with big dreams, but I have accomplished and to live them vicariously. When I decided to study at seen more than I ever could have imagined since then. Carolina, they were still at the front of my mind. I I never could choose just one interest, so my time at spread my four years between four continents: one Carolina has been split between completing not only a summer in Jordan, another in France, a semester in major in biomedical engineering but minors in biology, Morocco and the remainder right here in Columbia. Spanish and neuroscience as well. The opportunity to One experience has been universal for me. New MCNAIR SCHOLAR pursue such a diverse series of courses has prepared places always rework you with a strange, subtle me for my next big step, a dual M.D./Ph.D. degree. But power if you’re open to it. Over time, almost imper- when I rave about the university, it is not the academics ceptibly, your nervous excitement fades into famil- BRENDAN CROOM that really touch my heart but the opportunities beyond iarity. This is easy to take for granted at first. As the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING the classroom. I have flown over jumps on horseback, DUPONT MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL, LOUISVILLE, KY. time to leave comes nearer, the feeling changes mastered the waltz and hit the bull’s eye on the archery again. You realize how quickly you’ve grown roots, For two years I have mentored Lego robotics range from 10 different poses. what an important part of you the place has be- teams at Columbia elementary schools. I was I have been certified as an open water scuba diver, come and how strange it will seem when you’re no supposed to teach the fifth-grade students about swimming among manatees and sharks and all manner of longer there. This also fades. You’re finally left with engineering, but instead they taught me something sea creatures, and I joined the Flying Gamecocks club in an abiding appreciation for everything that you’ve much more valuable: it is (occasionally) acceptable skydives from 13,500 feet in the air. I have been to eight learned. Top Scholars were recognized 39 to live life spontaneously, like sugar-buzzed pre-ad- countries on amazing study abroad trips, climbing Mayan this year at the university’s Cameron will be looking for work related annual spring Awards Day. olescents on a Friday afternoon. I learned to accept temples and marveling at centuries-old architectural to international relations after graduation. He plans on returning to school soon to pursue their irrationality, to embrace their inattentiveness, wonders. I have mentored middle and high school kids a master’s degree in Middle Eastern studies. to let them run around and scream and take blurry SCHOLARS and volunteered in hospitals and medical clinics. I par- BY THE NUMBERS pictures. The students never strayed from their ticipated in bacteriophage genetics research, a neuro- goals and always made progress on their robots. science independent study in electroencephalography Cameron rides a camel They had fun while becoming better scientists. I and a senior thesis in CT-based 3D printing to improve at night in the Sahara. carry this lesson with me into graduate school, the osteotomies. I have lost count of the beautiful memo- traditional haunt of no-nonsense academics, where ries made and the extraordinary people met during my I hope to share this valuable lesson. Just like the time as a Carolina Scholar, and with an education from fifth graders demonstrated with their robots, USC I could be headed anywhere in the world. My time exuberant engineers develop the most creative here has been a striking lesson in taking advantage of solutions. opportunity.

Brendan Croom will pursue a Ph.D. in mechanical Tina is on the wait list at Johns Hopkins University engineering to study high-temperature aerospace School of Medicine, and if not accepted she will attend materials at the University of Virginia. the Medical University of South Carolina.

22 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 23 MCNAIR SCHOLAR SARAH ELLIS PRINT JOURNALISM WEST FORSYTH HIGH SCHOOL, CLEMMONS, N.C.

OK, so I like to sleep. It’s really a well-honed skill at this point, maybe even resume-worthy. But, luckily, I’ve done my fair share of not sleeping the past four years, too. And that’s a good thing; there’s too much you miss out on with the world hidden be- hind your eyelids. Not for a few extra hours in bed would I have traded the honors dorm shenanigans that went down on the 2CA hall my freshman and sophomore years. Because, of course, the best time for acoustic sing-alongs, wrestling matches, Netflix binges, homework sessions and life chats is within a few hours of your alarm clock urging you to go to class (assuming you make it there). Even a Sunday nap couldn’t compare to weekend road trips and hiking adventures. I’ve met people and seen parts of South Carolina — waterfalls and Lowcountry marshes and concerts and small towns with the best ice cream and barbeque you’ve ever tasted — that my sleepy dreams could never com- pare to. Nor would I for a second have given up the

late-night grind of working at The Daily Gamecock Elizabeth (third from right) at a McNair Scholar dinner with MCNAIR SCHOLAR ... although if you’d asked me on a few nights, I President Pastides (middle). For her, the connections might’ve thought otherwise. The satisfaction of with others are a hallmark of her college career. opening up the newspaper box in the morning Since Megan worked on campus throughout ELIZABETH FARMER MCNAIR SCHOLAR and seeing my name on the front page was always SPANISH her four years at Carolina, she spent plenty of quality time on the Horseshoe. worth the stress and, yes, bleary-eyed merriment ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, CINCINNATI, OHIO of the long night that came before it. As they say, MEGAN EARLY I’ll sleep when I’m dead. Or maybe when I graduate. Rose Kennedy once said, “Life isn’t a matter landmarks such as Manuel Antonio National Park. ACCOUNTING of milestones, but of moments.” My time at the I’ve used my Spanish ability to serve as fundraising MYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sarah has accepted a full-time job at The State newspaper University of South Carolina has been a rich tap- committee chair to Amigos del Buen Samaritano, in Columbia. Starting in May, she will be a general “TRI DELTA BA DOOM BA DOOM.” It was all I could hear, and the cheering assignment metro reporter. estry of moments — moments of growth, moments the student organization that contributes to two free flooded my ears. It was my last sorority bid day at Carolina. I can still vividly re- of friendship, moments of fellowship and scholar- medical clinics in Columbia, and to teach English to member my first, and how I was completely overcome by fear, but also unbeliev- scholars21 won Magellan Scholar Awards ship. Moments of anchoring myself, exploring my native Spanish speakers at a local church. But most for undergraduate research passions and defining my future. It’s been a time especially, it’s been a time defined by incredible able excitement. Four years later, with the Horseshoe filled with screaming girls A newspaper and a hot drink this academic year. in neon and face paint, I am just as excited. Looking back, I am thankful for the pretty much sum up how a good defined by extraordinary mentors. Working in the friends. Here, I’ve gone Shag dancing at Jillian’s many things USC has offered me: a top-notch faculty, transformative leadership number of Sarah’s afternoons Language Development Lab of Dr. Denise Finneran and contra dancing at Lake Murray. I’ve attended have been spent at USC. experiences, professional development and, most of all, a sisterhood I could SCHOLARS has allowed me to ascertain that my career path is football games, traveled to Charleston, S.C., and BY THE NUMBERS have never imagined. Tri Delta has given me stories that will always make me right for me. It’s led to greater faith in myself as a completed 5Ks, mud runs and half marathons. I’ve laugh, moments where I learned what it means to be challenged and friends that professional and as a person. It’s led to the expe- thrown surprise parties and stayed up long past I could not live without. I was lucky enough to serve my chapter and the Greek rience of successfully applying for a grant to fund midnight having conversations about politics, re- community on Sorority Council, and I was able to support St. Jude Children’s my research, and it’s planted a seed in my mind and lationships, careers and life. USC and the McNairs Research Hospital. However, the most valuable thing this organization gave me heart regarding a career in academia. It’s been a have given me the courage to pursue my goals and is the confidence to face whatever may come my way and to never be scared to time defined by acting on my passions and contrib- convictions, and for that I will always be grateful. take on an opportunity headfirst. As I move forward to the next adventure, I feel uting to my community. My travels have taken me to Now, about to graduate and filled with unquantifi- safe knowing I have hundreds of sisters behind me. San José, Costa Rica, to live with a host family, take able emotions, I realize that this is not the end. It is Spanish classes and witness the beauty of national the beautiful beginning. Megan will intern with Deloitte in Charlotte, N.C., before heading to the University of Virginia to pursue a master’s degree in accounting. Elizabeth will attend a graduate institution to earn her master’s degree in speech-language pathology.

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Brad takes his defender to the cage in a match RACHAEL FOUST versus Florida State. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MARKETING AND FINANCE OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, OAK RIDGE, TENN.

“Now everybody look here, on the count of three. Un … deux … trois!” Here I am, sitting in the middle of a dusty couch in a dimly lit room, one of three, in a house surrounded by poverty and desert, in Senegal, Africa. The conditions might seem bleak, but, sitting in this room at this moment, I would not trade this experience for the world. Life is by no means easy for these individuals, yet here they are, standing around me smiling from ear to ear be- cause they know that they can count on each other for help, love and support no matter what. They are a family. The photographer makes arrangements for the delivery of the new family portrait, and I realize I have just become the family’s newest mem- MCNAIR SCHOLAR ber. My journey to Senegal lasted two weeks. My journey here at USC has been four amazing years. The greatest defining factor of my time here is not BRAD HARRIS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING what I’ve accomplished, but who has been here to WORCESTER PREPARATORY SCHOOL, REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL. support and guide me and help me reach my goals. The University of South Carolina community is truly There were 12 seconds left in the game, and we a family — a family that stretches across the country, were down by one. The USC Club Lacrosse team over seas and boarders, even all the way to a living had lost in close games to Virginia Tech every year, room in Bambey, Senegal, where Cocky sits on the and it looked like it was going to be another one of mantelpiece and a roomful of people can chant our those years. I walked to the sideline for the face-off fight song on command. So, when I graduate, I will knowing that it would take some strange miracle be smiling from ear to ear because I know I can to pull out a victory. The whistle blows, and the always count on my USC family for help, love and ball comes right to me; I scoop it and begin to run. Photo courtesy of South Carolina Athletics support no matter where life takes me. Ten seconds. Sprinting. The first defender greets me with a check, but I give him the slip to the right. Rachael will attend law school in the fall to study corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Seven seconds. Another defender comes; same story. Five seconds left, and my eyes grow wide, the goal is close. My entire reality is this ball, my Rachael studied abroad, and expanded the USC family, in Istanbul, Turkey. feet, and a 6-by-6 orange lacrosse net. It’s time. I take my shot, getting hit simultaneously. Two seconds left, but what just happened? The cheers begin, and I know I did it. A fire had been lit in my team that could not be extinguished, and overtime was easy work. I will forever be the hero of Virginia Tech. It is memories like this that have defined my USC experience. I have experienced so much that I will remember for my entire life. Each experience has changed me and defined me, and USC will forever be a part of who I am.

Brad has accepted a job with a small oil and gas consulting company called Pinnacle AIS in Houston. He plans on going back to school to get his M.B.A. after three or four years of work experience.

26 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 27 CAROLINA SCHOLAR MICHAEL HOOD BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM ET SCIENTIAE CLASS OF 1938 SCHOLARSHIP AND CLASSES OF 1936, 1937 AND 1966 SCHOLARSHIP IRMO HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C.

We were students who loved to play music, learning how to teach others to share in that passion. I sat with my guitar on a school gym floor, surrounded by a dozen eager kids clamoring to learn how to play a chord. Other volun- teers around me — one with a tuba, another with a keyboard, another with pots and pans — had similar groups of enthusiastic kids making music. We were Sustainable Carolinaʼs garden served as Communities in Harmony, a new volunteer initiative whose goal is to bring music inspiration for Leilaʼs interest in local food and environmental education. to young people in underprivileged areas of Columbia. During the last two years of my undergraduate career, it has been exciting for me to help start and guide an organization in which like-minded students could merge their musical dedi- CAROLINA SCHOLAR cation with the desire to help others. In our weekly sessions, our goal would be to expose the kids to music in any way we could, be it through rhythm games, music lessons or rewriting funny lyrics to songs. Few experiences are as reward- LEILA HEIDARI ing as seeing a child become keenly interested in what you’re showing them. BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM ET SCIENTIAE CLASS OF 1939 REUNION FUND SCHOLARSHIP USC has offered me countless opportunities to get involved outside the class- CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. room — from community service programs to research in cochlear implants, from studying abroad in Leeds, UK, to helping establish the inaugural state chapter of “To learn how to be healthier through gardening!” a medical fraternity — but none has been as meaningful or enjoyable as my time When I hear this response from the group of third- in Communities in Harmony. Hopefully, through our efforts, we will have planted fifth graders, I know that we are making a difference the seeds for lifelong music appreciation in at least a few of the children who through this after-school program. Such enthusi- might not have otherwise had the exposure. astic replies reaffirm the goal of my honors thesis project, which I created as a way to give back to “It’s over, guys,” the school counselor yelled to the kids. “You do want to go my hometown of Columbia, and in these moments, home, right?” The answer from the kids was unanimous. “No-o-o-o-o!” I know that the program will continue to be suc- Michael will attend medical school next year at the University of South Carolina Riding a camel on the beautiful beaches of Tangier, Morocco, was one cessful even after I’ve graduated. We’ve planted School of Medicine in Greenville. of the many memorable experiences from Priyankaʼs study abroad.

seeds, done experiments and taste tests and made CAROLINA SCHOLAR compost, but these students have taught me even more than I’ve taught them: they’ve helped me to make concrete and personal the abstract concept Michael demonstrates a chord to an PRIYANKA JUNEJA of the “public” in public health. I’ve combined my attentive third grader while sitting in INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE the gym of J.P. Thomas Elementary BANK OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP interests in nutrition and environmental science School in Columbia, S.C. DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, IRMO, S.C. in this project, as well as in my academic path, members3 of Freshman Council which has allowed me to explore and connect a are scholars. I woke up on my 21st birthday to the smell of food included riding a six-person bike around Parque de variety of disciplines. I could not have done this wafting into my room. I turned over, hoping to grab María Luisa, taking a paddle boat on the Guadlquivir and found what I am passionate about without the a few more minutes of sleep before my host mom River, drinks at a rooftop bar with a view of the Honors College and the opportunity to pursue SCHOLARS BY THE NUMBERS came and knocked on the door. Then I remembered Seville Cathedral and finally ending back at the river the Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae degree. I’ve that I was at a friend’s place, and I leapt out of bed for a surprise party. The day left me in tears. I had learned about the value of community by partner- and walked into the living room. My jaw dropped as only met these girls a few short months ago, but I ing with and learning from Sustainable Carolina, the I surveyed the table in front of me. Pastries of all knew without a trace of doubt in my mind that I had Richland Conservation Department and Joseph sorts, bread and cheese, and multiple juices were made lifelong friends. It’s the people that you meet Keels Elementary School. Before I begin my gradu- set up on the table, but, more importantly, six of my that make the experiences treasurable. This memory ate studies, which will take me to different parts of closest friends were also seated. I was deliriously and all the rest are what truly made studying abroad the country and world, I’m so glad I’ve been able to happy with this little surprise, but little did I know in Seville, Spain, the best six months of my life. rediscover my hometown. that they had set up a full day of surprises for me that

Leila will pursue a Master’s in Public Health Priyanka has accepted a job at Bank of America for their operations management associate program. in Environmental Health at the Rollins School It’s a two-year rotational program, and she will be at corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. of Public Health at Emory University in the fall.

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Jessica stands with Dr. Joseph Leland McElveen, GERRY KOONS retired medical oncologist at South Carolina Oncology BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Associates and KershawHealth. Jessica had the honor RADNOR HIGH SCHOOL, WAYNE, PA. of interviewing McElveen for her honors senior thesis project, “The Future of Healthcare Delivery.” Jessica “Gerry … I have something to show you!” exclaimed my scholar mentor, will pursue an M.D. degree in fall 2014 and wishes to undertake a lifelong career as a physician leader. Melissa Moss, undergraduate director of biomedical engineering, during our biweekly lunch. She handed me an article about Michael Yost, director of sur- gical research at USC’s School of Medicine. The closing phrase of the article was “engineering skeletal muscle for facial reconstruction.” Moss knew of my goal to become a pediatric craniofacial surgeon, inspired by the Smile Train charity that performs cleft lip and palate surgeries in third-world countries. My tissue engineering research is just one of the opportunities at Carolina that has nurtured and magnified that goal. The Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs persistently encouraged and crucially assisted me to obtain the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The passionate and creative fellow students whom I have met and worked with as an officer in the Biomedical Engineering Society and McNair Scholars Association, and as a McNair scholar buddy, have inspired new motivations and ways to embrace Mr. McNair’s entreaty to “pay it forward” through service and mentorship. Finally, my devoted, engaging professors have instilled a love for engineering that motivates me to integrate this discipline into my lifelong aspiration of a career in medicine through an M.D./Ph.D.

Gerry will pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in bioengineering from the Baylor College of Medicine/ Rice University Medical Scientist Training Program, to apply the problem-solving skills of engineering to the development of products and optimization of techniques for craniofacial surgery.

CAROLINA SCHOLAR MCNAIR SCHOLAR Kathryn’s love for the Spanish language and pursuit of a Spanish minor allowed her to travel out of the country for the first time to Granada, Spain. During her time there, she JESSICA KACZMAREK KATHRYN embarked upon many excursions — one to Lagos, Portugal, CHEMISTRY and a point that was thought to be the end of the world KIT AND JAMES T. PEARCE SR. SCHOLARSHIP KINGSMORE before Columbus sailed to the Americas. She was able NORTH AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING to watch a sunset there. Gerry reveled in her daily walk into SOUTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. Swearingen Engineering Center. “Don’t graduate from this university without taking advantage of every possi- ble opportunity here.” I heard this sentence as a freshman at orientation, and Sunsets bring beautiful dawns. If I have learned transcends distance and time, about the beauty it stuck in my mind and never went away. Like a true scientist, I thought of my anything throughout my collegiate career, it is the of being a servant and about relying on Jesus classes, leadership experiences and medical activities at USC all as one big ex- truth of that statement. My time at Carolina has more than anything. It was a time of exploration periment to see how far I could challenge myself intellectually and as a person. been made up of a series of splendid sunsets: a and figuring out my path as well, but walking into Indeed, I have emerged from my whirlwind adventure more open-minded and sunset at the end of the world in Portugal; sunsets San Antonio Military Medical Center every day progressive than before. My favorite insight is that spontaneity of ideas can lead over the Alhambra in Granada, Spain; a sunset view for 10 weeks truly laid upon my heart the purpose to rewarding, big projects. I was watching a CNN report on the approval of the from the top of the Horizon Garage watching many for my life – medical research. I was scared, and health reform bill, and that inspired me right then to make a health reform video days come to an end in Columbia; sunsets from San sometimes I am still scared, but I know that with for my honors senior thesis. What makes Carolina so special is how the faculty, Antonio, Texas; and the last splendid sunsets in my each passing day there will be more sunsets, and Honors College advisers, Office of Undergraduate Research and Columbia hometown. Endings used to scare me, and sunsets sunrises, which signify that I have accomplished physicians came together to support my project. I could not have carried my may seem to represent a pretty finite ending; how- something that will hopefully change someone’s life. ever, I have since begun to see them as an oppor- idea to fruition without such positive support. University of South Carolina, it has Kathryn plans to attend graduate school at the been my pleasure to be educated, challenged and supported here. Thank you. tunity for true beginnings. I cannot say that college University of Virginia. She will pursue a Ph.D. in was perfect; it was a beautiful experience, but not biomedical engineering with a focus in drug delivery Jessica will attend Vanderbilt University for medical school. for cancer chemotherapy. She hopes to work in the perfect. It had ups and downs and all-arounds, but R&D pharmaceutical industry or within a governmental it was real. I learned about true friendship that organization and eventually teach.

30 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 31 MCNAIR SCHOLAR CLARA LOGUE MUSIC PERFORMANCE JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, JEFFERSON, GA.

Look back through my journey at USC, and you will see sitting in the corner of every memory a well-loved cup of coffee. In my first years, this cup was the forgotten mug perched on a practice room piano as I struggled, frustrated and exhilarated, to switch from violin to viola. This was the drink I sipped at every Cool Beans outing as I watched my acquaintances bloom gradually into dear friend- ships. This was the tumbler I hid under my chair CAROLINA SCHOLAR during every opera performance and the red-eye I sloshed down my front in my mad dash to orchestra SARAH LAW rehearsal. Coffee formed the hazy, frantic backdrop PUBLIC HEALTH of my sleepless first years as I fought to catch up CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP with my peers, and coffee is the sweet comfort I HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL,ELGIN, S.C. feel as I look back and contemplate how much I’ve grown. I never thought I would attend USC when I was a high school senior. Born and raised Now I am looking ahead to the first Dutch espresso in Columbia, I had little desire to stay in my I will sip as a student in Amsterdam and to the rich hometown; however, when I came for my brew of musical experiences I will find there. But scholar recruitment weekend, I realized even as I walk along a canal, viola and tumbler in that USC — with its Honors College and hand, I will not soon forget the taste of the complex, delicious blend formed by my memories at USC. Forever a chaînés-ing ballerina at heart, Carolina Scholars Program — could be MCNAIR SCHOLAR spinning in circles remains one of Noël’s something really special. The incredible Clara will continue her music study in the Netherlands all-time favorite activities. experiences I have had here leave me next year as she prepares for a career combining viola, writing and a healthy sense of adventure. no doubt that I made the right choice. NOËL MARSH RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PSYCHOLOGY The honors dorm is where I met all of my WILDE LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, ELLICOTT CITY, MD. best friends, including some who would become my sisters in Omega Phi Alpha The sky had already turned navy blue-black, and the lamps on the Horseshoe and others who I would work with in Sarah stands next threw shadows everywhere as I pranced back from my women writers class, GlobeMed. I had the opportunity to travel to the statue of beaming. Everything felt connected — everything. Discussing the inseparability the little mermaid to Copenhagen, Denmark, to study medi- in Copenhagen, of love and pain in Marguerite Duras’ “The Lover” had evoked references and cine and health care delivery, and I spent Denmark, during memories from other classes and experiences, both pain-filled and joyful. At that another six weeks interning with an NGO a study abroad trip. moment, though, it didn’t matter how my joints ached, that my backpack straps in rural Orissa, India. Clara off to another dug into my shoulders or even that the now-melting ice had begun forming little What I learned from these and all of the rehearsal, coffee rivulets on the bricks that you had to step over. At that moment, all I knew was tumbler in hand. other amazing experiences I had here at the euphoria rising in my chest like a ball of sunshine. Such a familiar sensation USC is that home is where your heart is, as I’ve left countless classes, astonished and thrilled at the connections that and you take that with you everywhere you seem to arise out of nowhere, between classes that (you would think) are in travel. I know that sounds cliché, but when no way related. How relevance somehow arises between chance and chosen you open your heart to new experiences, experiences. Wondering at how the diagonals and zigzags I’ve taken to pursue you can truly grow as a person, and that my varying interests through college have continued to connect at points and is what I have done here at USC. Forever edges, sometimes even face to face. At how love and pain and joy — this is my to thee! life. This is life. The swelling wonder and gratitude in my chest just confirms what I’ve thought constantly these last four years. I am where I am meant to be. Sarah will move to Minneapolis to work as an emergency room scribe for a year. During her Noël plans to spend a year at home to focus on her health before entering year off she will apply to medical school for Teach for America’s 2015 Baltimore corps to teach early childhood education. the class entering in 2015.

32 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 33 MCNAIR SCHOLAR KENNY MORRIS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT CAPE FEAR ACADEMY, WILMINGTON, N.C.

“What can I really learn about different cultures by spending a semester in Europe?” This was the logic I used to justify spending 15 months in Asia studying abroad. While in Asia, I had one of the strangest, amazing, most life-changing expe- riences by traveling to North Korea. That’s not a typo, I meant to say North NOT South Korea. While there, I was able to see how drastically citizens of different nations can live and what a blessing it was to be born in a country that respects human rights and encourages education. However, I also saw how similar people are, regardless of nationality. For example, one of my tour guides and I spent an evening commiserating about how boring it is to grow up an only child, with no siblings to keep us company. Sure, there were very different reasons

Kenny poses with his tour guides we were only children, but while abroad I learned at the monuments to Kim Jong-il and that sometimes it’s best not to try and change or Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea. question others beliefs. Sometimes it’s best just to accept them for what they are, to disentangle the people from the politics and to give a shot at being friends with someone from a truly different culture.

Kenny will graduate a year early as a double major in international business and global supply chain and operations management. Currently, he is deciding whether to accept a position in the State Department as a Foreign Service officer or to accept an offer from a pharmaceutical company in the United Kingdom as a logistics consultant.

34 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 35 CAROLINA SCHOLAR EMILY PADGET POLITICAL SCIENCE BANK OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP RICHLAND NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C.

I never thought I’d end up at the University of to become a University Ambassador, which is South Carolina. My parents are both alumni, and one of the highlights of my undergraduate ex- I had always been an ardent fan, but it took the perience. Every day that I stepped out onto the Carolina Scholars Program to really open my eyes historic Horseshoe to begin a tour, I was filled with MCNAIR SCHOLAR to the unique opportunities and people who call this a new sense of pride and passion as I explained campus home. Now, four years later, I consider my- to prospective students what it really means to DEVIN PASCOE self truly lucky to be a Carolina graduate and a life- be a Gamecock. From studying abroad in Poland ADVERTISING long member of this incredible Gamecock family. As to visiting the UN headquarters to cheering in STANTON COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. an entering freshman, I remember the overwhelm- Williams-Brice Stadium, I credit USC and the ing pride and joy I felt watching our baseball team Carolina Scholars program with shaping me into The winter break of my senior year I went to win the 2010 national championship. Watching the the adventurous, passionate and curious scholar Oman on a vacation with my dad. This was University Ambassadors 5 entire city come together to celebrate this historic I have become. Here’s a health Carolina, forever a somewhat random destination, mostly cho- are scholars. win demonstrated to me the overwhelming passion to thee! sen because of its relative proximity to Saudi of the Carolina community. This passion inspired me Arabia, where my dad lives and works. It was SCHOLARS a place very out of my element, my love of BY THE NUMBERS Emily will take some time off to enter the working world before returning to school to potentially pursue a master’s degree in higher education or education policy. travel still tested by my anxiety about going to the Middle East for the first time. I had met an Devin poses in Nakhal Fort, Oman. Omani international student at USC who had already graduated and returned to Oman, so I reached out to him to let him know I would be traveling to his country. He was extraordinarily hospitable, and so my dad and I went to his home on New Year’s Eve, eating a massive traditional Omani dinner with his entire family, as well as my former boss at USC, who also randomly happened to be in Oman at the same time. The world became so small there in Muscat, and I felt so unexpectedly at ease and culturally rewarded in the most foreign place I had ever been, all from that one night.

Fatefully, the only reason I knew him was from interning at the International Student Services office my junior year. I only got that internship because I studied abroad in Brighton, England, the semester before and knew firsthand the experience of being an international student on a foreign campus. And I only studied abroad because I was granted so many incredible opportunities and funds at the University of One of Emily’s favorite roles was leading campus tours for prospective South Carolina that made it possible. You think students as a University Ambassador about the small moments that haphazardly add because it enabled her to share her up to a greater journey, and it’s amazing how it passion for USC and her love of the Gamecock family. comes together. I am so grateful.

Devin will work in Atlanta as a copywriter after graduation.

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Savannah’s time in Nashville completing a clinical rotation JAKE ROSS was pivotal in her understanding of the pharmacy field. ENGLISH WILLIAM H. AND RUTH C. BOND SCHOLARSHIP S.C. GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, GREENVILLE, S.C.

It was the second semester of my sophomore year MCNAIR SCHOLAR when I finally realized that my academic life had Bailey with students from to stem from my talents and passions. No one had El Sembrador school in Pastocalle, Ecuador. ELIZABETH SINCLAIR ever attempted to persuade me otherwise, but I ACCOUNTING had managed to convince myself that I needed to COR JESU ACADEMY, ST. LOUIS, MO. select a major that could result in official-sounding career prospects, and thus my environmental sci- Attending school 12 hours from home was not an easy decision, but it was the ence major was born. But it didn’t feel right, and I MCNAIR SCHOLAR best decision I have ever made. As a USC women’s soccer player, I have mem- wondered if college itself was the problem. After ories to cherish forever. I will never forget stepping onto the field for the first heartfelt discussions with my family and advisers, I time in my Carolina jersey, representing Gamecock Nation in a way no outsider became an English major and film minor, and now I BAILEY SANFORD can understand. USC is fortunate to have not only the best stadium in the SEC, RELIGIOUS STUDIES but the best fans as well — there’s truly no place like home. Beating Clemson can proudly say that, in college, I cracked amazing SOUTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. books and studied wonderful films, almost in spite three times, winning the SEC conference for the first time in program history, of myself. That same spirit of pursuing my interests “In about five minutes we’ll begin our descent being the first SEC team to win back-to-back games at the University of Florida, resulted in an editorial internship at a well-respect- into Quito.” As the pilot hung up the intercom and experiencing an 11-0 record at USC Stone Stadium and ending my senior season ed literary magazine, where I found myself writing the flight attendants began preparing the cabin ranked 15th in the country … I would not trade these moments for anything. film reviews, interviewing Oscar-nominated direc- for landing, reality sunk in: This is real. It was my It’s great to be a Gamecock!

tors, refining the articles of writers I admired, and first time traveling abroad, and I had no idea that Elizabeth will attend Washington University-St. Louis Law School CAROLINA SCHOLAR co-writing an exposé on fracking. It was my con- in 10 short days, this wide-eyed freshman would on a full-tuition scholarship. firmation that my needs as an artist and my career not be the same person. I spent the week working SAVANNAH POSKEVICH aspirations weren’t (and aren’t) mutually exclusive. with students at El Sembrador, a United Methodist PHARMACY I may not be saving the world, but I have learned school and community in Pastocalle, high in the CLASS OF 1953 SCHOLARSHIP how to save myself. mountains of Ecuador. My experience that week DORMAN HIGH SCHOOL, MOORE, S.C. showed me that the needs of children in the Andes Jake plans to backpack across Europe and grow a long beard this summer, after which he will look for Mountains are not so different from the needs of As I boarded the plane, I took one last look around. If you had told me freshman a position in publishing, film production or film journalism. children in downtown Columbia, S.C., and that I had Elizabeth is thankful year that a few years later I would be in Nashville, Tenn., doing my pharmacy He hopes to work and gain experience in the field for a that USC has supported year or two before returning to school to get an M.F.A. the gifts and graces to meet some of those needs, her passions both on rotation, I wouldn’t have believed you. But before I knew it, the entire month had in creative writing. if only for a week. Upon returning to Columbia, I the field and in the gone by, and it was time to come home. In four short years here at the University began volunteering with the Special Olympics and classroom. of South Carolina, I have learned so much and have had countless unforgettable intend to pursue a Master of Teaching in Special opportunities. From volunteering as a pharmacy intern at the Free Medical Clinic Education after graduating. to attending football games with my friends, I have learned that everyone’s story is unique and influential in some way. In the meantime, I have also discovered Bailey plans to pursue a Master of Teaching in Special Education. my true passion in the profession of pharmacy. During my time in Nashville, I was not only given the chance to counsel patients on their medications for the first time on my own, but I also formed relationships with the pharmacists and interns I worked with that will last a lifetime. (I also had a little bit of free time to explore the city and attend almost every country music concert there was that month.) I cannot imagine where I would be today without attending Carolina. I came here not really knowing what to expect, but four years later, I realize I SCHOLARS BY THE couldn’t have imagined anything more. NUMBERS total number of top scholars for 2013-2014 Savannah will transfer to Greenville, S.C., in the fall to complete her final two years of 193 school year pharmacy school at the Greenville Health System Campus. Most of her experience so far has been in the community retail setting, which she has loved, but she’s considering completing a pharmacy residency after graduation, possibly with a focus in ambulatory care. Jake takes in an art museum in Miami Her four years at USC have flown by, and she’s excited to be a student for two more years! Photo courtesy of South Carolina Athletics shortly before giving a reading.

38 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 39 CAROLINA SCHOLAR FELICIAN STRATMANN FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING BANK OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, IRMO, S.C.

I find that more than anything else at Carolina, my time here was shaped not by the finance classes I took or the organizations I led, but by my involvement in the Euphradian Society. For more than two centuries, the society has been dedicated to the pillars of virtue and tradition at Carolina, and so it has shaped most profoundly my education, my faith and my values. The time I have spent in its great hall alongside my brothers will stay with me forever as our discus- sions revealed to me the great hope found in the wounding beauty of this world. Illuminated by the art and literature of mankind, I have come to realize that, above all, we must pursue truth in our lives — formed by faith, thought and virtue. Indeed, the society gave me what otherwise I would have lacked: an education — a glimpse into the human condition and how to approach it. I graduate this school a Euphradian and step forth into the world with eyes open to beauty and a heart open to truth. The society will stay with me forever and will forever direct me toward the life I should lead. Samruddhi loves being so close to the water, especially during Felician will move to New York this summer to compromise his soul the long stretches of beautiful on Wall Street. Within a few years, he will return home to South Carolina weather in South Carolina. for nobler pursuits.

CAROLINA SCHOLAR SAMRUDDHI SOMANI ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CAROLINE AND SUSAN R. GUIGNARD SCHOLARSHIP NORTHWOOD ACADEMY, SUMMERVILLE, S.C.

The limitless resources to create a unique college experience offered at the University of South Carolina have allowed me to participate in many

exciting experiences both within and beyond the The society prides itself on the deep roots in Southern culture classroom. The most transformative of these were and the university that it has built up over two centuries. my research experiences. While studying which Here, the letters on the Horseshoe outside DeSaussure. government interventions most affected the stock market and how newspaper language affects con- tent, I learned how to structure and test quantitative models with limited data, how to write and revise a paper for a journal submission and how to cre- ate effective presentations across multiple media formats. These experiences have given me strong wings with which to embark on journeys I have yet to imagine, as they open up innumerable possibili- ties for my future.

Samruddhi plans to work for several years and then possibly return for a graduate degree in some quantitative field.

40 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 41 MCNAIR SCHOLAR ALLIE TURGEON BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SPANISH RHAM HIGH SCHOOL, ANDOVER, CONN.

“When I grow up, I wanna be a veterinarian specializing in herpetology.” I first uttered those words as a tiny two-year-old, and I didn’t stop until the summer after my 18th birthday, the summer I traveled to Ecuador on a Maymester. Having originally planned to study Galápagos tortoises, I was surprised by my fascina- tion with international health care. But it was only just the beginning. Three years, one honors thesis on HIV in pregnant Latinas, hundreds of hours spent speaking Spanish in La Clínica El Buen Samaritano and two summers research- Mackenzie got to visit the set of the Shire from the Lord of the Rings films ing in Hartford Hospital later, my answer to that question has changed. Now, if in Matamata, New Zealand. you ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I won’t talk about frogs. Instead, I’ll grin and tell you that I’m going to medical school. I’ll be sure to discuss my inter- est in family medicine and obstetrics, throwing in words like “continuity of care” and “perinatology.” And I’ll probably talk your ear off about my dream of opening a Spanish-speaking clinic just across the Mexican border. Thanks to (the real) USC, I’ve changed more than just the letters that will one day follow my name, and I can’t imagine where I’d be without these four years at the best university SCHOLARS BY THE in the world. NUMBERS Allie will attend medical school at the University of Connecticut as a dual degree M.D./ of 136 Honors College students who presented 27 M.P.H. student. She plans to specialize in either family medicine or obstetrics/gynecology at Discovery Day were scholars. Twelve of the 27 placed. and one day open a free clinic in Juárez, Mexico.

CAROLINA SCHOLAR Allie’s new patients MACKENZIE SUNDAY have only two legs. BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM ET SCIENTIAE R.C. MCENTIRE AND COMPANY INC. SCHOLARSHIP A.C. FLORA HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C.

I’ve had so much fun during my time at USC. I’ve had the chance to visit the Temple of Zeus, ride a donkey to the top of Santorini, Greece, raft down the Ganges, do yoga in an Indian ashram and go caving in New SCHOLARS Zealand. Even though I’ve traveled far, I have truly treasured my time BY THE NUMBERS at USC. I’m so grateful to all the amazing faculty and staff members I’ve 48scholars studied abroad this year, worked with and so thankful to be a member of the Carolina Scholars from May 2013 to spring 2014, and in 26 different countries, the most diverse community. If there is one thing I’ve learned, it is that the Carolina com- number of countries a in year to date. munity is truly global, and I am so excited to expand the Gamecock na- tion even more. I’m so happy to have had all these amazing adventures! Go Gamecocks!

Mackenzie will attend Vanderbilt University’s doctoral program in cognitive neuroscience, chain and operations management.

42 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 43 Hamilton Scholar Weber Pike (right) poses for a photograph with his coach, Chad Holbrook. Both men are part of the USC baseball team.

New for the 2013-2014 academic year, finalists to the Carolina and McNair Scholars programs were renamed Hamilton and Horseshoe Scholars. These two scholar groups celebrated their rebranding with a lunch with first lady Patricia Moore-Pastides and senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate studies Helen Doerpinghaus. They also partici- pate in select activities with Carolina and McNair Scholars to build bonds between the different communities.

HAMILTON SCHOLARS HORSESHOE SCHOLARS

HAMILTON SCHOLARS HAMILTON SCHOLARS CAMERON REID HORSESHOE SCHOLARS PATRICK KENNEDY CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2016 Waccamaw High School CLASS OF 2014 Riverwood High School RACHEL PRICE AUSTIN AMBROSE Murrells Inlet, S.C. TYLER ALION Atlanta, Ga. Hammond High School Aynor High School Mathematics Providence High School International Business and Hopkins, S.C. Aynor, S.C. Charlotte, N.C. Global Supply Chain and DANIEL YOUNG Environmental Science Biological Sciences Physics Operations Management Trinity Collegiate School CREIGHTON BOGGS Florence, S.C. AMY YANICAK HAMILTON SCHOLARS HORSESHOE SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2015 Dreher High School Biological Sciences Ardrey Kell High School Columbia, S.C. Charlotte, N.C. CLASS OF 2016 WILLIAM BROWER English and Political Science Pharmacy TAYLOR KARLIN A.C. Flora High School HAMILTON SCHOLARS Poolesville High School Columbia, S.C. CHRISTINA BROWN CLASS OF 2017 Gaithersburg, Md. Computer Science Academic Magnet School EDWARD DUNTON HORSESHOE SCHOLARS Biological Sciences Goose Creek, S.C. Fort Mill High School CLASS OF 2015 EMILY THEUS Biological Sciences Fort Mill, S.C. DANIEL FISCHER LEANNA O’BRIEN Richland Northeast Physics Stanton College Ward Melville High School High School LAURA DEAN Preparatory School East Setauket, N.Y. Columbia, S.C. Richland Northeast DAVID WANG Jacksonville, Fla. English and Mathematics Physics and Religious Studies High School International School of Basel Chemical Engineering Columbia, S.C. Florence, S.C. MICHELLE WILSON YUWEI WEI Early Childhood Education Biochemistry and KIMBERLY GLATZ Crystal Lake Central South Carolina Governor’s Molecular Biology William G. Enloe High School High School CLASS ROSTER School for Science COURTNEY GANTT Raleigh, N.C. Crystal Lake, Ill. and Mathematics Silver Bluff High School While USC’s freshman classes are thousands of students strong each year, our classes International Business (IBCE) Chemical Engineering Irmo, S.C. Beech Island, S.C. of scholars remain small, tightly knit groups. Backgrounds, majors and interests vary and Global Supply Chain and International Business (IBCE) Media Arts widely, but many of our scholars remain close through their college years and beyond. Operations Management HORSESHOE SCHOLARS LAUREN WILLIAMS ANA GIBSON CThe following pages give you a brief look into who is in each class, where they are from ELEANOR GRAY CLASS OF 2017 Ben Lippen School Riverside High School and what they study. William Fremd High School CHRISTOPHER BUCKMAN Columbia, S.C. Greer, S.C. Palatine, Ill. Farragut High School Public Health International Business (ISA) Marketing and Management Knoxville, Tenn. and Marketing DANIEL WOOD Mathematics South Carolina Governor’s WEBER PIKE PERRY DAVIS School for Science Beaufort High School Newton Conover High School and Mathematics Beaufort, S.C. Conover, N.C. Moore, S.C. Biomedical Engineering Computer Science Biological Sciences

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AVNIKA AMIN NICK LIGER MASON SMITH LYDIA ADAMS VIKI KNAPP William B. Douglas Louisa Ellerbe and John Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Bearden High School Hinsdale Township High Scholarship L.M. Tobias Scholarship Scholarship Knoxville, Tenn. School District 86 Heathwood Hall St. James High School Harrow International School International Business Hinsdale, Ill. Episcopal School Myrtle Beach, S.C. Newberry, S.C. and Management Marine Science Columbia, S.C. Physics International Business (IBCE) Biomedical Engineering and Global Supply Chain and EMILY ANDREOLI ANDREW KOVTUN HILARY MARTIN Operations Management Hopewell High School Solon High School CONNOR BAIN Mrs. Hubbard H. Harris Huntersville, N.C. Solon, Ohio Solomon Blatt Scholarship Scholarship TYLER SMITH Finance and Sport and International Business, Irmo High School Boiling Springs High School A.T. and Frances Chalk Entertainment Management Marketing and Economics Columbia, S.C. Boiling Springs, S.C. Scholarship Computer Science Biological Science Dutch Fork High School EMMA DE NEEF KYLA RISKO and Mathematics Irmo, S.C. Mallard Creek High School South Mecklenburg THAD MOORE Computer Science Charlotte, N.C. High School ANNA CATHERINE Pierce Butler Scholarship Biology and Charlotte, N.C. CALDWELL Heathwood Hall THOMAS SPURGEON Environmental Science Chemical Engineering J. Rion McKissick Scholarship Episcopal School Mr. and Mrs. Tom B. Pearce Easley High School Columbia, S.C. Scholarship CHRISTINA DOOLEY TYLER ROBERTS Easley, S.C. Political Science Shannon Forest Christian Roswell High School Hopewell High School Exercise Science School Roswell, Ga. Huntersville, N.C. NINA PANVELKER Greenville, S.C. International Business and Biological Sciences MATT COLEMAN Charles Pinckney Scholarship History Global Supply Chain and Wells Fargo Scholarship Wilson High School Operations Management KRISTI SUTHERLAND CLASS OF 2015 Westminster/Catawba Florence, S.C. BECKY THOMPSON Seaholm High School High School Biological Science A.T. and Frances Chalk ANDREA EGGLESTON Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Rock Hill, S.C. Scholarship Millard North High School International Business International Business DREW PATTERSON Academic Magnet High School Omaha, Neb. and Finance and Finance Terminix Scholarship Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Biomedical Engineering Blythewood High School Psychology DAVID WHEATON DREW DIXON Blythewood, S.C. ELIZABETH GERGEL Carrboro High School Calhoun Thomas Sr. Electrical Engineering TAYLOR TREECE Asheville High School Chapel Hill, N.C. Scholarship Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Asheville, N.C. Mathematics and Economics Hammond School MICHAEL PROWSE Scholarship Music Performance Columbia, S.C. Bank of America Scholarship North Myrtle Beach ELISHA ZHANG Chemistry Riverside High School High School SAVANNAH GRUNEWALD Ardrey Kell High School Greer, S.C. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Madison Central High School Charlotte, N.C. THOMAS FISHER JR. Finance, Economics and Political Science Madison, Miss. International Business (IBCE), Carolyn Holderman and Insurance and Risk and Psychology International Business Finance and Marketing James Holderman Management Scholarship MILLER HANE Ben Lippen School NATHAN SAIRAM McKinley Senior High School Columbia, S.C. William H. Duncan Scholarship Baton Rouge, La. History Lexington High School International Business Lexington, S.C. and Finance GEORGIA FROMAN Mathematics and Physics Edward R. Ginn III Scholarship KATE HAYWORTH Southside High School TORI SHARPE The Early College at Guilford Simpsonville, S.C. Bill Dukes and Blue Marlin Summerfield, N.C. Anthropology Scholarship English and History Governor’s School for the DELANEY HOREL Arts and Humanities SIOBHAN KIBBEY Joseph Cardinal L. Hopkins, S.C. Poolesville High School Bernardin Scholarship Baccalaureus Artium Gaithersburg, Md. Dutch Fork High School et Scientiae Public Health Irmo, S.C. Mathematics

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CATHERINE BUDDIN KYLE HARPER JUSTIN MOORE PATRICK BARBOUN RACHEL KITCHENS Julia and Spud Spadoni Jack S. Graybill Scholarship Class of 1942 Scholarship Salesianum School Cypress Woods High School Scholarship Richland Northeast Dutch Fork High School New London, Pa. Cypress, Texas St. James High School High School Irmo, S.C. Chemical Engineering International Business, Murrells Inlet, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Economics Economics, and Global Exercise Science Business Management JAMIE BOLLER Supply Chain and and Marketing GAMBLE OUZTS Collierville High School Operations Management RILEY CHAMBERS James A. Morris Scholarship Memphis, Tenn. Olin D. Johnston Memorial LUKE HAVENS Ashley Hall Theatre and English RACHEL LEMALEFANT Scholarship Mary Meech and Michael Charleston, S.C. Downingtown East Irmo High School J. Mungo Scholarship International Business and RILEY BRADY High School Columbia, S.C. South Carolina Governor’s Global Supply Chain and Cosby High School Glenmoore, Pa. Biological Science School for Science and Operations Management Leesburg, Va. Biochemistry and Mathematics Marine Science and German Molecular Biology SONA CHOWDHARY Florence, S.C. LAHAREE PARIKH Ada B. Thomas Scholarship Biological Science John Rutledge Scholarship CHRISTINA CANTU NICHOLAS LENZE and the Mary B.M. Pearce Irmo High School Central Bucks High Northern Guilford High School Johnston and James T. CONNOR HOFFMAN Columbia, S.C. School South Summerfield, N.C. Pearce Jr. Scholarship Blair Standridge Memorial Biological Science Doylestown, Pa. Biochemistry South Carolina Governor’s Scholarship Psychology School for Science and Heathwood Hall Episcopal ANNA RIDENOUR MORGAN LUNDY Mathematics School Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Walker ELIZABETH CRUMMY Dacula High School Florence, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Scholarship Olympia High School Dacula, Ga. Biological Science Biological Science South Carolina Governor’s Orlando, Fla. History and English School for Science and Biomedical Engineering CLASS OF 2016 LINA DAVDA JOHN ISENHOWER Mathematics NICOLE NEWSOM Jennifer M. and Mack I. Interfraternity Council- Summerville, S.C. KATEE DRISCOLL Robert W. Johnson Whittle Scholarship Panhellenic Scholarship Anthropology Pensacola Catholic High School South Carolina Governor’s South Carolina Governor’s High School Buford, Ga. School for Science and School for Science and LISA LYNN Pensacola, Fla. International Business Mathematics Mathematics SCHEXNAYDER Physics and Mathematics and Marketing Greenville, S.C. Greenwood, S.C. First Citizens Bank Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Corporation Scholarship KEENAN DUNKLEY MATTHEW PRICE Myrtle Beach High School Marvin Ridge High School T.C. Roberson High School JACOB DUSTAN CHRISTIAN KLOOT Myrtle Beach, S.C. Waxhaw, N.C. Fletcher, N.C. James A. Morris Scholarship Student Government Economics Biological Science Political Science Academic Magnet High School Scholarship Charleston, S.C. Dreher High School AUSTIN WILLIAMS CHARLOTTE ECKMANN JACOB SIMS International Business Columbia, S.C. Carolina Scholar General Tates Creek Senior duPont Manual Magnet and Entrepreneurship Exercise Science Endowment Fund High School High School Scholarship Lexington, Ky. Louisville, Ky. HANNAH GREENWAY DAVID LEGGETT Dutch Fork High School Marine Science International Business, Jennifer M. and Mack I. Henry Laurens Scholarship Irmo, S.C. Economics, and Global Whittle Scholarship Wando High School Biomedical Engineering DAVID GALBAN Supply Chain and James L. Mann High School Mount Pleasant, S.C. Upper Merion Area Operations Management Greenville, S.C. Economics and Political MING WONG High School International Business and Science J. Randolph Johnson King Of Prussia, Pa. RACHEL SMOAK Economics Scholarship Mathematics and Economics William G. Enloe Magnet ELIZABETH MOORE Spring Valley High School High School KATY HALLMAN Pepsi-Cola Company Columbia, S.C. WESTON GROVE Cary, N.C. USC Athletic Department Scholarship Computer Science Cypress Ranch High School Chemical Engineering Scholarship Saint Josephs Catholic School Houston, Texas and Chemistry Christ Church Greer, S.C. Biomedical Engineering Episcopal School Biomedical Engineering Greenville, S.C. CAMILLE HARRIS Henry W. Grady High School Public Health Atlanta, Ga. International Business, Marketing, and Global Supply Chain and Operations Management

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CALEB MICHAEL BAGLEY MADELEINE GIESS AUSTIN PAHL KEVIN ANNEKEN ABRAHIM SHARAF William B. Douglas Ralph David Neuman John Thomas Langston III Roger Bacon High School Robert L. Paschal High School Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Cincinnati, Ohio Fort Worth, Texas Chapin High School Dreher High School Pinewood Preparatory School International Business Biological Sciences Chapin, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Summerville, S.C. Chemistry Mathematics Computer Engineering CYNTHIA BEAVIN SAMANTHA STEWART Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Maryvale Preparatory School KEIKO BRIDWELL ADAM GLENN SYDNEY POSKEVICH Louisville, Ky. Manchester, Md. Norma C. and John M. Palms Patrick L. Tomlin Scholarship Penelope W. and E. Roe Spanish Biomedical Engineering Carolina Scholarship Carolina Forest High School Stamps IV Carolina James F. Byrnes High School Conway, S.C. Scholarship VICTORIA BELCHER SEAN THOMAS Woodruff, S.C. Chemical Engineering Paul M. Dorman High School Weddington High School Bishop McGuinness Catholic Linguistics Moore, S.C. Matthews, N.C. High School TIEN HO Chemical Engineering Economics Winston Salem, N.C. CARSTEN BRYANT J. Willis Cantey Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Grace King Merchant Blythewood High School SARAH ROOF CAROLINE BLOUNT Scholarship Blythewood, S.C. Duke Energy Scholarship Metea Valley High School ELIZABETH UTSET Lexington High School Mathematics Chapin High School Naperville, Ill. Stanton College Prep School Lexington, S.C. Chapin, S.C. German Atlantic Beach, Fla. Physics BLAKELEY HOFFMAN Exercise Science International Studies Joseph Land Scholarship ANDREW FREIX BRANDON BYRD Dutch Fork High School RANA SOBEIH Thomas Jefferson High School ANNIE WACKER Thomas B. Pearce Scholarship Irmo, S.C. Clos Fisher Carolina Scholar for Science and Technology Lake Travis High School Wade Hampton High School Computer Engineering Annual Scholarship Fund Centreville, Va. Lakeway, Texas Greenville, S.C. Spring Valley High School Computer Science Biomedical Engineering Media Arts SUPRIYA JUNEJA Columbia, S.C. CLASS OF 2017 Class of 1964 Reunion Fund Biomedical Engineering ASHLEY GRIFFITH AUSTIN WARD DANIEL CLEMENTS Scholarship Maryville High School Pinecrest Academy Penelope W. and E. Roe Dutch Fork High School JULIA STROUT Maryville, Tenn. John’s Creek, Ga. Stamps IV Carolina Irmo, S.C. S.C. State Fair Scholarship Finance and Management International Business Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Palmetto Christian Academy Spring Valley High School Mount Pleasant, S.C. JONATHAN KEEFE BRETT WILLIAMS Columbia, S.C. JUDITH LIN Computer Science Ravenwood High School McNair Scholar Computer Engineering Penelope W. and E. Roe Brentwood, Tenn. St. Stephens and Stamps IV Carolina ALESSANDRA TUEL Biochemistry St. Agnes School SAMUEL COLLINSWORTH Scholarship Penelope W. and E. Roe Annandale, Va. University Associates Riverside High School Stamps IV Carolina KELLY KOPCHAK Broadcast Journalism Scholarship Greer, S.C. Scholarship Ursuline Academy Irmo High School International Business Dreher High School Cincinnati, Ohio KRISTEN YOUNG Columbia, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Chemical Engineering McNair Scholar Biomedical Engineering POOJA MALHOTRA Mechanical Engineering Chelmsford High School Class of 1965 Reunion Fund ANGIE KORABIK Chelmsford, Mass. JAMES DURDEN Scholarship BENJAMIN Saint Ignatius College Prep Biochemistry and Chris Vlahoplus Scholarship Irmo High School YOUNGBLOOD Brookfield, Ill. Molecular Biology Spring Valley High School Columbia, S.C. Eleanor V. and Nicholas K. Biological Science Columbia, S.C. Biological Sciences Moore Scholarship Biological Sciences McBee High School NICHOLAS LOLLI COLMAN MOORE Hartsville, S.C. Phoenixville Area High School ELLEN GARDINER Class of 1967 Scholarship Business Phoenixville, Pa. Penelope W. and E. Roe South Carolina Governor’s International Business Stamps IV Carolina School for Science and Scholarship Mathematics NATALIE PITA Dutch Fork High School Greenwood, S.C. Maggie L. Walker Governor’s Irmo, S.C. Biomedical Engineering School for Government and Exercise Science International Studies KELSEY MURRELL Moseley, Va. JUSTIN GARRISON Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. International Business Isabelle Caldwell Penland Scholarship Scholarship Irmo High School AMIE SESSOMS Lexington High School Columbia, S.C. East Rutherford High School Lexington, S.C. International Business Forest City, N.C. Economics Middle Level Education

50 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 51 At this year’s McNair Scholar donor dinner, guests were treated to a special performance by campus a capella group The Gents.

ALUMNI

CLASS OF 1972 CLASS OF 1978 CLASS OF 1984 Betty Anne Williams Johnathan W. Bryan Vivian Fields Wilson W. Bryan Christopher Neal Lane CLASS OF 1973 Edgar G. DesChamps III Peter C. Le James R. Banks Daniel Dale Hanle Delane Maxwell John Michael Coxe William Martin Jones Julia J. Ostrover Stanley David Hudnall John B. McArthur Stephanie Bradford Pritchett Cynthia Lyle Ledbetter Melton Parris III Terry Alan Smith Robert Mathew Riley Joseph D. Walker Kate Magoffin Sutton Lewis Phillips Jr. Cynthia P. Youmans Stephen D. Sydow Richard Schwartz David R. Wiles Linda Harvey Stephens CLASS OF 1979 William Stokes Taylor Gilda Poteat Bocock CLASS OF 1985 Elizabeth A. Ferrell Diane Rose Carr CLASS OF 1974 Cheryl Bernatonis Hrivnak Patrick M. Dom Christopher Thomas Bardi Colleen Parry Jones Susan Willis Dunlap Susan C. Bryan Richard Kent Porth Steven Thomas Hand Sarah B. Clarkson Janet Nale Teuber Shelvia Gilliam Jamison Brian Maurice Desatnik Edwin R. Jones III David Michael Garman CLASS OF 1980 David Welsh Kuechler William C. Hubbard Michael Raymond Baum T. Keith Legare Catherine F. Jervey Karin Sabine Bierbrauer Benjamin Kevin Malphrus Steven W. Lynn William A. Funderburk Jr. Michelle Sentell Morris Jonathan Z. McKown Jr. Janis Kruger Leaphart E. Bryan Mozingo Alex W. Ramsay Thomas Joel Taylor Allison L. Stein James Gregg Welborn Julia Ogle Turlington Tracy Dianne Terry R. Marshall Winn III Karen Leigh Watson CLASS OF 1981 CLASS OF 1975 Carol Danner Benfield CLASS OF 1986 Terry Dugas King Keith Giese Steve Legrand Altman Jr. Christine Hager Feely Anna Maria Addison Hatfield Raymond Davis Amaker Armida Jennings Gilbert Lawrence W. Kellner Suzette Surratt Caudle Anna Louise Larson Arthur Dar Tai James William Cooper Kathleen Crum McKinney Sara House White Reid Adam Davis William F. Rinehart Felicia Little Wilson Harold Franklin Jefferies Nancy Stepp Rogan Norma Anne Turner Jett Pamela George Stone CLASS OF 1982 Ruth Berg Patterson Joel Shawn Brandon Everett Christian Rogers CLASS OF 1976 Karon Dawkins Margaret Walker Sedgwick Thomas R. Bolt Harry S. Miley Mark Alvin Watson Francenia B. Heizer Susan Schilb Stewart Andrew Beard Wright James C. Howell Michael Scott Taggart Lolita Harney Youmans Charles B. Murdock Kerry J. Northrup CLASS OF 1983 Robert J. Breen CLASS OF 1977 Yu Liang Chen Joseph S. Brockington Anita Shah Hood Porter W. Gregory III Charles G. Hood W. Lanier Laney D. Mark Husband Thomas R. McNeal Beatrice Gardner Jones Richard D. Michaelson Jr. Maria Feliciano Mackovjak Daniel N. Sansbury Anne Elizabeth Patterson Caryle Schlea Vann

52 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 53 CLASS OF 1987 CLASS OF 1990 CLASS OF 1992 CLASS OF 1995 CLASS OF 1997 CLASS OF 2000 CLASS OF 2002 CLASS OF 2004 Ross Marshall Nesbit* CLASS OF 2007 James L. Atkinson Robert Lewis Baker David Roy Blough Holly Palmer Beeson Charles B. Ancheta Gwendolyn Person Brinley Sonia Irene Adams* Sarah Bayko Albrecht* Patrick Thomas Norton Alexander J. Dacara Alon Catherine Linder Conte Sharon Morris Barrs Susan Burdick Domke William M. Blitch Jr. Robert Foster Bradley V Mathew Clayton Burrack Laura Elizabeth Anderson Brandon Wayne Bales* Marianne Parrish* Melanie Joanne Baker* Kenneth Edward Dunlop Glen Eric Beckner Kristine J. Kane Mary S. Boyd Amy Elizabeth Bragg Emily Streyer Carlisle Erika Lauren Burns Jennifer Lynn Brady Amy Louise Pasquet* Amanda Bannister Brett David W. Dunn Kimberly Connelly Benjamin Maeve Edel O’Connor Joya Chakrabarti Christine Hill Burrell Vanetta Loraine Christ Mary Elizabeth Cook Lara Frances Bratcher* Ryan Petty John Bedenbaugh William Holmes Finch Jr. Karen H. Borkowski Anh Huynh Phan Tory Clark Jessica N. Caspers Ashley W. Donato Anne Zichterman DePriest Molly Walker Cashman Jacque Banks Riley* Matthew Stuart Bell Alana Leaphart Griffin Tracey Hyatt Bosman George Postic Darra J. Coleman Jennifer E. A. Denley Elizabeth Kathleen Elder Ronnie Wayne Edwards Jr. Christopher Martin Caver Katherine Ann Rochelle* Jonathan Paul Bell James Earl Harley John C. Brandon Paul McKinley Richardson Jr. Brian A. Comer Timur Engin Katherine Trexler Etheridge Brandon Kenneth Fornwalt Meredith Elizabeth Dukes Daniel Andrews Sansbury* Guy Charles Boudreaux Melissa Scott Howard Mary Beth Clayton Busby Jessica Christian Sessions Daniel S. Dorsel Joshua R. Gray Brian Patrick Frushour Jennifer Elizabeth Gagnon* Jo Mason Ervin* Anna Rebecca Stewart Brittany Alexandra Cencula Joseph Brent Lanford Jr. William Michael Dickson Jr. David Eugene Slovensky Christopher Brent Jennifer Landry Andrew Higginbotham Sarah Kelsey Hammond Jana Ruth Haggard Sarah Tennant* Mary Keane Cone Noel M. Nachtigal Sandra Leahan Doar Caroline McElveen Small Faulkenberry Casey Bonds Martin Matthew Katz Hydrick Harden Devin Thomas Hanlon* Ashley West Thompson Chanda Livingston Cooper Elizabeth Lucas Reynolds Mary E. Fant Christopher Atkins Smith Karla Fulmer Molly Simpson Matthews Wade S. Kolb III Jason Wallace Harmon Christanne McLaurin Hoffman Andrea Lynn Waddle* Tamera M. Cox* Susan Parker Shimp Brian Christopher Goode Anil Umesh Swami Allison Hanna Kelly Brian McClanahan R. Ryan Lindsay Traci Jeanne Heincelman*† Leigh Alexander Johnston Matthew Bruce Wilkinson Susan Bailey Crook* Jacob Patrick White Radwan Saadallah Hallaba Rajeev Harish Swami Sadia Obaid Khan Melanee Bianca Poston Kenyon Russell Maree David Hugh Hill Ashley Ann Jones Brooks Dupler Willet* Drew Charlotte Cutright* Steven Robert Jacobi Shane Eric Swanson Benjamin S. Martin Caroline Keller Powell Evan Meadors Julie Milligan Hughes* Jennifer Lynne Kennedy* Jeremiah Gregory Wolfe* Rita Czako CLASS OF 1988 Willis Vincent Jowers III John Gregory Talbot Lisbeth Bosshart Merrill Darcie Shively Kristin G. Pope Norman Ernest Jones Jr.* Justin Ryan Knight Amy Bostic Edwards* Mary Seana Baruth Mary B. Lankford Shahin Vafai Christopher Muldrow Nathan Terracio Allyn H. Powell Kevin Kirkley Lee Elena Mangiante CLASS OF 2006 Radhika Engineer* Eric Browder Blough M. Brian Magargle Marie Lovelace Rasmussen Sharon Woods Webb Ian S. Scharrer Shawn Robert Loew* Amanda Lea Marshall* Elizabeth Diane Bakanic* Lindsay Eris Flowers* Hugh Alan Bruck Richard Allen McCombs II CLASS OF 1993 Benjamin Boyce Reed Julie Hartley Wham Holly Elizabeth Selvig Sara Ravold Mareno* Cailin Elisabeth McLaughlin* Chad Michael Baum* Luay Hammami Mark Andrew Caffrey Mariana Rush Lowry Neil Allison Davis Aitchison Beth Salter Ashley Copeland Wiggins Stephanie Paige Ogburn* Britton White Newman William Perry Bovender* Anne Michelle Harvey Stuart Holmes Coleman Marie-Louise A. Ramsdale Paul Kevin Beach Kimberly Berndt Simmons CLASS OF 1998 Polly Funk Wilson Sharon Veloso Panelo R. Joseph Oppermann Elizabeth Jane Bradbury* Samantha Jayne Hayford John Edwin Coulter Norman Daniel Sanders Heidi Michele Brooks Ryan Patrick Sims Melissa Boehler Jennifer Sarah Pross* Thomas Andrew Paterniti Steven Delbert Byrd Jacob Tyler Hunter Lee S. Dixon Laurie Harmon Waldon Jennifer Inez Campbell Doris Lorraine Sisk Curtis Brown CLASS OF 2001 Betsy Lauren Rodgers Lauren Elizabeth Propst Michelle Disiree Casper* Gregory Andrew Inabinet Michael W. Hogue Melissa G. Wuthier Julie Watson Friddell Jonathan Skvoretz Jennifer C. Cartwright Sona Shah Arora Nathan Joseph Saunders Katie Spurrier Quertermous Amy Goddard Celis Abigail Lorraine Isaac* Vernon Brian Jackson III Mary K. Boackle Zanin Samuel Christy Hogue Jeffrey Allen Stephens Grant Stephen Cauthen Anna McGowan Babel Ripal Nitin Shah Joni M. Rabon Allison M. Champion-Wescott Elizabeth Hunt Jenkins* Neale Thomas Johnson Lisa Marie Jasper Aline Bonno Sullivan Kelley Vickery Davies Shannon Sturkie Bennett Martha Wright Smith Paula Bridget Randler Richard Crapps Chapman Michael Alan Kanwisher* Kevin Ward Krebs CLASS OF 1991 Timothy W. Jowers Angela Miller Wilhite Jennifer Defee-Hester Danielle Davis Bernth James Edward Southard Jr. Katherine Elizabeth Rawson Bonnie Louise Coggins* Jeffrey James Kent* Judy H. Lui Mohamed Reda Ali Jr. Eunjoo Julie Lee Elena Esther Ellison Daniel Brown Britton Kyle Andrew Sox Thomas Jake Rich Kathleen Robin Curtin* Ira Matthew Klein* Huong Thi Phan Leslie Gallagher Brunelli Kristin Dell Olsen CLASS OF 1996 Elizabeth Endler David Timothy Bush Maggie Claire Thomas Sarah Elana Ross* Matthew Stephen DeAntonio Mary Ellen Lohman* William Johann Kelly K. Chappell Leslie H. Poinsette Anita Tremblay Baker Greg Ferrante Nilanjana Sengupta Caballero Matthew Blake Williams Melissa Nicole Snyder Christopher James Dickson* Hannah Dykes Markwardt Schmonsees III David M. Cohn Deborah Annette Procopio Steven C. Burritt Jason T. Hucks John H. Davis Michael Patrick Zini Eric Jokob Soong Matthew Thomas Elder Patrick Bragdon McCormick Lynette Baroutsis Slovensky Jeremy Terrell Cothran Patrick Todd Quattlebaum Peter Pei-Chi Chung Scott Hultstrand Gustaaf Gregoire de Ridder Thomas Evan Spackman* Aaron Benjamin Flaaen* Michael Stephen McFadden Holly Flake Sox Chandis B. Digby James Broward Story Donald Shane Crankshaw Allison Laborde Woodward Holland CLASS OF 2003 Joshua Michael Spurgeon* Elizabeth Ann Fortnum Andrew William Montgomery* Annette Teasdell Lila A. Faulkner Sanjay Muleshchandra Swami Susan Frances Goodwin Timothy James Lyerly Folsom IV Eddie Mood Baker Jr. Joyce Elizabeth Stuckey* Allison Hersey Garrett Kathryn Maureen Morris Michael Roy Thigpen Matthew Richard Ferrante Summer Smith Taylor G. Miles Gordon Lane McFadden Joann Elizabeth Johnston Meredith Brooke Barkley Nicholas Goodman Megan Lucille Mueller* Margaret Anne Gaffney Brent Alan Thomas Laura A. Hall Lauren Griswold McGinley Sarah Jones Laake Rachel Moyle Beanland* CLASS OF 2005 Stacey Ann Ivol* Marisa Ann Niparts* CLASS OF 1989 Kellye Padgett Hafner Melissa Suick Tromsness Angela Hays Kai J. Musielak Keitha Marie McCall Indrani Boyle Sallie Ruth Coleman Areford Teresa Christine Karr Grace Blakely Rebesco Jill Q. Byrum Amanda Wunder Harling Christian Michael Turner James Joseph Hill III Allen Mitchell Tibshrany Monica Smoak McCutcheon Reshma B. Changappa* Allyson Jane Bird Roger Joseph Keane II Sara Rives Saylor Lisa Suggs Cooke Laura Willenborg Herrell Julie F. Wade Wendy Timms Hudson-Jacoby Stephen Todd Veldman Nicholas Winfield Miller Heather Janney Cooper* Bethany Michelle Matheny Craig Carruth Link Sonam Ashish Shah Paul Denisowski Jeffrey Hunter Johnson Thomas R. Young Jr. Courtney Stroman Hutchins Elizabeth C. Wieber Christopher Wrenn Porter Alexandra Deyneka Carlson Christopher Clark Mitchell* Laura Corina Sima* Michael Joseph Furlough David Andrew Knight Sharon Elizabeth Lynn Brett John Robillard Julia Josephine Emery* Graham Wooten Culbertson* Zachary William Nichols Jesse Jet Sky Gene Dunbar Godbold Bernard Francis Masters III CLASS OF 1994 Robert Osmer CLASS OF 1999 Joshua Robert Rushman Thomas Chiles Griffin III Hilary Kirsten Schramm Stephanie Ingrid Pappas* Scott Daniel Spivey William R. Haulbrook Lena Younts Meredith Irene Yuek-Se Au Laurie Denelle Tackett Charles Herbert Boulware III Pamela Ann Markham Warren Heather Hayes Culbertson* Rachel Marie Perkins Jonathan Sheinkin Tomberg Raju Prasad Krishna Eric Alfred Paine Kelly S. Bobo Charles H. Thompson Jr. Jeanne Britton Patrick Warren Patrick Lee Kelly* Antonio Joaquim de Ridder Alexander Nygaard Pietras Jeremy Thomas Vanderknyff Patricia Reidinger Martin Reginald A. Riser Dana Lynn Caulder Jennifer L. Wu Jason Matthew Burns Rachael Thomas Zweigoron Ryan Russell Kirk Anita Autry Dixon Brooke Elizabeth Russ Callie Garrett Van Koughnett* Caroline Metosh-Dickey William Thomas Scruggs III Sabrina Virginia Dixon Kevin M. Cannon Nathan Charles Koci Dean Jeremy Emmerton* Thomas James Greig Scott Karen R. Vilas* Thai Quoc Nguyen Courtney C. Shytle Terry Carlyle Dixon Jared A. Causey Jill Noel Martin Chandra Caitlyn Farris* Corinne Elizabeth Sheridan Amy Corderman Purdy Laura Sremaniak Noel Vaughan Eaton Gita Chakrabarti Abigail Lynn McKee* Corey Owen Garriott Alicia D. Sibert* CLASS OF 2008 Stephen Malone Roddey Jeffrey David Watts Kelly S. Elliott Kathleen Warthen Coffey Jada Watkins Miller* Elizabeth Sutton Gosnell Rachel Leigh Spence* Jennifer Sue Autrey Connie Olson Scrivens Sean Kelly Flynn Frankie E. Crain Grace Draffin Moore Priscilla Grace Larkin Harris Alexis Loring Stratton* Fahmin Basher Evan L. Smoak Shannon Geoly Horn Sarah Crosby Creel Suzanne Rae Pickard Sarah Refi Hind* Jessica Michelle Sullivan Dimitrios Sotirios Basilakos Jim Odell Stuckey II Susan Render Johnson Kimberly Coxe Elvington Lauren Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Anne Howarth Sarah Marie Tennant* Corinne D’Ippolito Baulcomb* William Britton Watkins Peter Barnaby Knight Amanda M. Esch Brooke Allison Spitzer* Ian Donald Kane Katherine Leigh Thompson* Elizabeth Ann Bell* Betina Entzminger Yarnall Brenda McDaniel Meyer Christine Danath Funk Denise Colleen Strickland Kathryne Lane Knight Joseph Allen Turner Jr. Amanda Kay Seals Bersinger* Scott Goodlett Murray Amanda Galloway Hartke Sheima Salam Sumer* Jennifer Lauren Lake* Marissa Meredith Vawter* Michael James Blew Brian K. Nunnally D. Marshall Kibbey Jr. Terra Thomas Varner* Stephanie Ann Lareau* William Jefferson Vigen* Catherine Whitt Bishop Rebecca Starr Smith Elizabeth H. Mack James Robert Whittingham* Sheena Lazenby Jason Benjamin Wheeler Matthew Thomas Brown* Amy Elizabeth McCormick Estee Amber Williams Bethany Marie Lensgraf* Christopher Joseph Butch* Philip Michael Mobley Adam Thornton Wilson* Sylvie Elise Lomer Chelsey Karns Crouch Megan Meece Mocko Emma B. Wuertz Katherine Mancuso Matthew Thomas Enright* Emilie Greene Sommer Jamie Sue McIntyre* Alexa Albrecht Erbach Chappell Suber Wilson Nina M. McLendon* Benjamin Fonville Garrett Allison Freeman Winter Kristen Alexandra Morella Kathleen Patrice Ginder

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