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Biochemistry senior connects with community through service organizations

November 25, 2024, Téa Smith

Ridha Fatima, a biochemistry senior, joined the Network of Opportunities Toward Elderly Service her freshman year after seeing how hard isolation during the pandemic had been for many people, particularly her grandparents. During their twice-monthly visits to local nursing homes, students connect with the residents while participating in activities such as arts and crafts, gardening and talent shows.

Topics: Students, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Michael J. Mungo undergraduate teaching award winner: Jeanne Britton

October 21, 2024, Téa Smith

Jeanne Britton, a curator in the Department of Rare Books and Special collections, is the winner of the university’s Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Topics: Faculty, Recognition, University Libraries

Carolina Trustees Professorship for System Campuses Award winner: Cindy J. Lahar

October 21, 2024, Téa Smith

Cindy J. Lahar, a professor of psychology and the program coordinator for psychology at the University of South Carolina Beaufort, is this year’s Carolina Trustees Professorship for System Campuses award winner.

Topics: Faculty, Recognition, University System

Global studies major finds her passion abroad

October 07, 2024, Téa Smith

Before going abroad to Italy, senior global studies major Ella Tocci wasn’t sure what her future post-grad would look like. Her eye-opening experience studying abroad helped her realize she wants to help college students get a similar experience as a study abroad coordinator.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Careers, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

University ambassadors share love of USC with prospective students

September 16, 2024, Téa Smith

University ambassadors are often the first faces potential students see when they visit campus. The program provides prospective students a glimpse of student life through tours and ambassadors sharing anecdotes about their experiences as Gamecocks. Carlee Downs and Brianna Hughey are two of those ambassadors who have been sharing their passion for USC with visitors during their time at the university.

Topics: Students, Service, Leadership, College of Education, College of Information and Communications

Pillars for Carolina helps prepare incoming freshmen for college

August 20, 2024, Téa Smith

Pillars for Carolina is a four-day student-led leadership and service program designed to help incoming students learn and explore the University of South Carolina and the Columbia community. Student co-directors Evey Konstantopoulos and Jackson Hensley share their experiences participating in the program the summer before starting college.

Topics: Students, Service, Leadership, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Social Work

Alumna rises from intern to lead cybersecurity role at NASA

June 26, 2024, Téa Smith

Tamiko Fletcher, computer engineering ’02, didn’t know when she started interning at NASA in 1999 that she’d still be there nearly 25 years later. Now, she's the chief information security officer at John F. Kennedy Space Center and works to to minimize cybersecurity threats to NASA’s ground systems.

Topics: Alumni, Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Biology major's research experiences inspire her to help others

April 10, 2024, Téa Smith

When Vrutti Patel transferred to the University of South Carolina, she wanted to expand her horizons and get out of her comfort zone. In pursuit of her goal, the fourth-year biological sciences major has participated in undergraduate research and gotten involved with the on-campus organization the Alliance for Women in STEM.

Topics: Students, Academics, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Mechanical engineering student wants to find practical solutions to real world problems

March 04, 2024, Téa Smith

Alex Alpert, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major, turned his childhood curiosity for how machines function into a passion for building machines to solve real world issues.

Topics: Students, Academics, Student Voices, Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Music alumna Nicole Neely finds her place on the stage

February 28, 2024, Téa Smith

Nicole Neely, music education ’05, turned her passion for music into a successful career in the music industry working with some of the biggest names in music — like Ms. Lauryn Hill, with whom she recently toured.

Topics: Alumni, School of Music

Education alumnus has big impact in Greenville County schools

February 20, 2024, Téa Smith

Edward Anderson’s lifelong love for education lead him to working within the school system, but now he works to improve the school system from the outside as the executive director of OnTrack Greenville at United Way of Greenville County.

Topics: Alumni, College of Education

On-site social workers at Richland Library provide access without judgment

February 05, 2024, Téa Smith

When Lee Patterson earned her master’s in social work in 2012, she never imagined putting it to use at Richland Library — or any library. Ten years later, she is doing exactly that.

Topics: Service, Leadership, Careers, College of Social Work, Carolinian

HRSM student wants to make fashion more sustainable

January 08, 2024, Téa Smith

Sophia Dudley, a fourth-year fashion merchandising and digital innovations major at USC, has spent her time at the University of South Carolina balancing her responsibilities as a student and owner of SuperThrifty, a multichannel thrift store. SuperThrifty grew from a hobby sparked by her interest in sustainability to a thriving business that has informed what she wants to do in the future.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Student Voices, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

Business student reflects on experience with SC Internship Program

December 05, 2023, Téa Smith

Poorva Dalvi, a third-year student in the Darla Moore School of Business, walks us through her experience with the South Carolina Internship Program while she reflects on his journey at the university.

Topics: Students, Academics, Experiential Learning, Careers, Student Voices, Darla Moore School of Business, South Carolina Honors College

Biology major reflects on his experience with the SC Internship Program

November 29, 2023, Téa Smith

Keynan Kennedy, a fourth-year biological student in the College of Arts and Science, walks us through his experience with the South Carolina Internship Program while he reflects on his journey at the university.

Topics: Students, Academics, Experiential Learning, Careers, Student Voices, College of Arts and Sciences

Carolina Trustees Professorship for System Campuses winner Ellen Malphrus

November 06, 2023, Téa Smith

Professor of English Ellen Malphrus empowers her students to believe in themselves and their writing. To accomplish that, creating an environment where students feel comfortable sharing their thoughts while giving them necessary technical knowledge and exposing them to different writing styles is vital. For her efforts, Malphrus has received a 2023 Carolina Trustees Professorship for System Campuses Teaching Award.

Topics: Faculty, Experiential Learning, Recognition, University System

Afro Latina alumna works to expand representation of Caribbean culture in theater

October 06, 2023, Téa Smith

Gabriela Castillo doesn’t often see herself represented onstage or onscreen. But in her career as professional actor, she hopes that she’ll be able to help shift the portrayal of Caribbean and Afro Latino cultures to be more accurate and diverse.

Topics: Alumni, Graduate Studies, Diversity, College of Arts and Sciences

Michael J. Mungo Award winner April Hiscox

October 06, 2023, Téa Smith

Geography professor April Hiscox wants her students to really understand the material she is teaching, so she encourages them to show what they’ve learned in very creative ways, like making a quilt, creating a board game or even singing a song. For her inventive teaching practices, Hiscox has received a 2023 Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Topics: Faculty, Experiential Learning, Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences

Student body president aims for change

July 14, 2023, Téa Smith

Student body president Emmie Thompson and her running mate ran on a platform of small, tangible changes. Thompson hopes the small changes she makes on campus can make a huge impact in students' lives.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Leadership, Student Voices, College of Information and Communications

Grant supports innovative teaching methods across different disciplines

June 15, 2023, Téa Smith

The Center for Teaching Excellence’s Innovative Pedagogy Grant supports innovative teaching methods across different disciplines. The goal is to invest in the improvement of courses taught by faculty members who provide students with exemplary, highly engaging learning experiences, offered in an online, blended or traditional format.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Breakthrough Research, Leadership, Careers, Medicine (Greenville)

Study explores the gendered dynamics of inspirational labor in sport

May 24, 2023, Téa Smith

Tarlan Chahardovali, an assistant professor in the University of South Carolina’s Department of Sport and Entertainment Management, and Christopher McLeod, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, have developed the concept of inspirational labor as part of a study exploring the extra work that professional female athletes do for the future of their sports.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Breakthrough Research, Leadership, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

Health challenge drives education major to help others

May 12, 2023, Téa Smith

Tori Edsel’s dreams of being a dancer came to an abrupt halt when she suffered a stroke at 16. The third-year early childhood education major’s experiences during her recovery helped change her outlook and gave her a new dream: helping children in similar situations.

Topics: Students, Academics, Student Voices, College of Education

Alumna provides social work services at local library

April 19, 2023, Téa Smith

When Lee Patterson earned her master’s in social work from the University of South Carolina in 2012, she never imagined putting it to use at Richland Library — or any library. But 10 years later, she is doing exactly what she set out to do when she entered the field: help people.

Topics: Alumni, Health Sciences, College of Social Work

Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG) provides model for health care providers

April 18, 2023, Téa Smith

The University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville has been awarded a $400,000 grant by The Duke Endowment to evaluate the implementation of Exercise is Medicine Greenville (EIMG), a physical health promotion model for health care providers. Exercise is Medicine Greenville is a patient-referral program through which highly qualified professionals work to improve the health and well-being of the community through physical activity, lifestyle changes and education.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Initiatives, Service, Leadership, Medicine (Greenville)

First-year marketing major Jala Lewis crafts signature hairstyles players wear on the court

March 28, 2023, Téa Smith

First-year marketing major Jala Lewis helps key players on the women’s basketball team craft the signature hairstyles they wear on the court.

Topics: Students, Experiential Learning, Recognition, Service, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Darla Moore School of Business

Amit Sheth: Artificial intelligence, real growth

March 08, 2023, Téa Smith

Since its inception, the Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Carolina has fostered multiple partnerships to infuse artificial intelligence expertise into the framework of research at USC. Founding director Amit Sheth and the five new faculty he helped recruit have secured funding for a growing team of over 40 researchers.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Interim BSW program coordinator Bree Alexander returns to USC to train the next generation of social workers

February 14, 2023, Téa Smith

New interim bachelor of social work program coordinator Bree Alexander is eager to give students more opportunities to pursue their research interests — on their own or working with a faulty member.

Topics: Faculty, Research, Experiential Learning, Initiatives, Service, Entrepreneurship, College of Social Work

Artificial Intelligence, real application

December 09, 2022, Téa Smith

On his way to earning his Ph.D. in computer science, Manas Gaur has worked to integrate more "human knowledge" into artificial intelligence. His work has applications in a wide range of fields from mental health care to autonomous driving.

Topics: Students, Research, Careers, Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

Prohibition-era beer laws persist to the present

December 02, 2022, Téa Smith

Craft beer is big business but that doesn’t necessarily mean business is booming.In fact, for many of the nation’s smaller brewing operations, competing with established large-scale “macrobreweries” is a David and Goliath story — and the laws are stacked in Goliath’s favor. But Scott Taylor Jr.. and his colleagues at the Wine and Beverage Institute at USC School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management are working on the first of three papers exploring the negative impact of Prohibition-era laws on competition within the alcoholic beverage industry.

Topics: Alumni, Faculty, Research, Economic Engagement, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

College of Nursing grant will increase family nurse practitioner workforce in rural, underserved areas

November 10, 2022, Téa Smith

Scholarship recipient and graduate student Kayla Lee has seen firsthand the effect lack of access to quality health care can have on a community. She is happy to be furthering her career in nursing and helping to create accessible quality health care throughout the state.

Topics: Alumni, Experiential Learning, Health Sciences, Careers, College of Nursing

One size / color does not fit all

September 12, 2022, Téa Smith

The College of Nursing is slowly but surely taking steps toward making nursing education diverse.

Topics: Students, Faculty, Academics, Experiential Learning, Diversity, Leadership, Careers, Student Voices, College of Nursing

New book puts children in driver's seat for navigating information highway

September 13, 2021, Téa Smith

Children have the internet at their fingertips with phones and tablet, but the ability to discern what’s fact and what’s fiction hasn’t kept pace with advances in technology and accessibility. Faculty and staff in the College of Information and Communications are working to bridge that knowledge gap with a children’s book about news literacy.

Topics: Faculty, Initiatives, College of Information and Communications