Education is the movement from darkness to light.~ Allan Bloom

Fall 2010

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Table of ContentsSALKEHATCHIE SUCCESSES 4 HistoryProfessorHonoredfor TeachingExcellence 5 SupportIndianAthleticsandSwingInto Summer 6 DreamsFulfilled:NursingGraduates AchievePersonalGoalsandFillLocal NursingNeeds 9 ResearchPartnershipSpansOcean,Time Zones 9 CareerWeekTargetsStudents’Futures

A SALKEHATCHIE START 10 JenniferDurr

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 12 AlumniNewsandNotes 12 CampusGraduatesRecordNumbers

CAMPUS NEWS AND NOTES 13 SalkehatchieGoesGreen 13 CampusAddsPrestigiousScholarship 13 LanguageProfessorIsFinalistfor Governor’sAward 14 13SelectedforAll-RegionSoccerTeam 14 BiologyClassesExperienceNature First-hand 15 StudentsDonateTimetoLocal HistoricalSociety 15 ChamberHonorsPhillips 15 TriptoSpainBroadensCulturalHorizons 16 PsychologyProfessorPresents,Publishes 16 SalkehatchieFeaturedbyNJCAA

FRIENDS OF THE CAMPUS 17 SRNSBecomesa‘Marquee’Donorfor TheatreProject 18 2009-2010DonorList 19 BePartof Salkehatchie’sEffortsto IlluminatetheWorld

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EDITOR AND DESIGNER Chrissy Holliday

STORY CONTRIBUTORS Marge Berryman, Jane Brewer, Ann Carmichael, Frances Chavous, Chrissy Holliday, Eran Kilpatrick, Trent Kinard, Martha McKevlin, Anne Rice

PHOTO CONTRIBUTORS Frances Chavous, Warren Chavous, Michael Dewitt, Sharon Folk, Becky Fussell, Chrissy Holliday, Eran Kilpatrick, Trent Kinard, Sandra Payne, Dawn Rizer

Salkehatchie Snapshots

Salkehatchie Snapshots

On the cover: The Learning Resources Building on the USC Salkehatchie West Campus on a summer night. The LRB, truly a hub for learning and enlightenment at USC Salkehatchie, is home to the West Campus library, as well as technology services, a state-of-the-art distance learning classroom, the campus computer lab, and an archaeological display on loan to the campus from Harvard University.

A Letter from the Dean

Keith Browning, a Salkehatchie biology major shown at right measuring tree height, received grant funds through the Magellan Scholar Program to conduct undergraduate research. He worked with Dr. Eran Kilpatrick this summer to complete field work for a study titled “Assessment of Reptile and Amphibian Habitat Components at Red Bluff Lodge in Allendale County, South Carolina.” The research was made possible through the graciousness of Jim and Terri Boone, who own the study site.

Professor Duncan McDowell (right), Salkehatchie’s 2010 Professor of the Year, shown with USC President Harris Pastides at commencement. See story, page 13.

In April, the first-ever cohort of Salkehatchie Scholars was honored at the Academic

Recognition Reception as recipients of the campus’ newest full scholarship

program. Additional Scholars were named this summer and also began classes this

fall. See full article and list of recipients, page 13.

Basketball standout Brandon Riley poses with the banner that celebrates his success. He not only made the National Junior College Athletic Association Region X all-conference team, but also was selected the Region X Player of the Year and an NJCAA National All-American. Riley graduated with his Associate of Arts in Maybefore moving on to play at a four-year institution.

Dear Friends:

We are pleased to bring you another exciting issue of Salkehatchie Update.

The focus for this edition is how USC Salkehatchie is Illuminating the World through education. Ambitious statement, isn’t it? Maybe. But think about the thousands of students over several generations who got their start at USC Salkehatchie. Successful students who have become influential educators, professionals, community leaders, and heath care professionals. Are they making a difference? Most definitely. And are they impacting the world? I believe they are, because they are using their knowledge and talents to better mankind while offering inspiration to others through their own success.

In this issue you will get a glimpse of how our students, graduates, faculty, and staff are giving practical application to their knowledge, contributing to research in their field,

providing solutions to societal problems, protecting the environment, conserving resources, and contributing to economic development. Read about Salkehatchie graduate Jennifer Durr and her impact on learning as Dorchester County’s new Teacher of the Year; how USC Salkehatchie received national distinction for initiating a “going green” project; and why historian and professor Arthur Mitchell now has his own place in history. And, of course, we offer our popular features “Where Are They Now” and “Campus News and Notes.”

I hope this issue will leave you illuminated and inspired.

Warm regards,

Ann C. Carmichael,Dean

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Table of ContentsSALKEHATCHIE SUCCESSES 4 HistoryProfessorHonoredfor TeachingExcellence 5 SupportIndianAthleticsandSwingInto Summer 6 DreamsFulfilled:NursingGraduates AchievePersonalGoalsandFillLocal NursingNeeds 9 ResearchPartnershipSpansOcean,Time Zones 9 CareerWeekTargetsStudents’Futures

A SALKEHATCHIE START 10 JenniferDurr

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 12 AlumniNewsandNotes 12 CampusGraduatesRecordNumbers

CAMPUS NEWS AND NOTES 13 SalkehatchieGoesGreen 13 CampusAddsPrestigiousScholarship 13 LanguageProfessorIsFinalistfor Governor’sAward 14 13SelectedforAll-RegionSoccerTeam 14 BiologyClassesExperienceNature First-hand 15 StudentsDonateTimetoLocal HistoricalSociety 15 ChamberHonorsPhillips 15 TriptoSpainBroadensCulturalHorizons 16 PsychologyProfessorPresents,Publishes 16 SalkehatchieFeaturedbyNJCAA

FRIENDS OF THE CAMPUS 17 SRNSBecomesa‘Marquee’Donorfor TheatreProject 18 2009-2010DonorList 19 BePartof Salkehatchie’sEffortsto IlluminatetheWorld

If youwouldlikeadditionalcopiesof Salkehatchie Update,orif youknowof someonewhowouldliketobeaddedtothemailinglist,pleasecontactElaineLawrenceat(803)584-3446orelawrenc@mailbox.sc.edu

Salkehatchie Update is published by USC Salkehatchie for alumni and friends of the campus.

EDITOR AND DESIGNER Chrissy Holliday

STORY CONTRIBUTORS Marge Berryman, Jane Brewer, Ann Carmichael, Frances Chavous, Chrissy Holliday, Eran Kilpatrick, Trent Kinard, Martha McKevlin, Anne Rice

PHOTO CONTRIBUTORS Frances Chavous, Warren Chavous, Michael Dewitt, Sharon Folk, Becky Fussell, Chrissy Holliday, Eran Kilpatrick, Trent Kinard, Sandra Payne, Dawn Rizer

Salkehatchie Snapshots

Salkehatchie Snapshots

On the cover: The Learning Resources Building on the USC Salkehatchie West Campus on a summer night. The LRB, truly a hub for learning and enlightenment at USC Salkehatchie, is home to the West Campus library, as well as technology services, a state-of-the-art distance learning classroom, the campus computer lab, and an archaeological display on loan to the campus from Harvard University.

A Letter from the Dean

Keith Browning, a Salkehatchie biology major shown at right measuring tree height, received grant funds through the Magellan Scholar Program to conduct undergraduate research. He worked with Dr. Eran Kilpatrick this summer to complete field work for a study titled “Assessment of Reptile and Amphibian Habitat Components at Red Bluff Lodge in Allendale County, South Carolina.” The research was made possible through the graciousness of Jim and Terri Boone, who own the study site.

Professor Duncan McDowell (right), Salkehatchie’s 2010 Professor of the Year, shown with USC President Harris Pastides at commencement. See story, page 13.

In April, the first-ever cohort of Salkehatchie Scholars was honored at the Academic

Recognition Reception as recipients of the campus’ newest full scholarship

program. Additional Scholars were named this summer and also began classes this

fall. See full article and list of recipients, page 13.

Basketball standout Brandon Riley poses with the banner that celebrates his success. He not only made the National Junior College Athletic Association Region X all-conference team, but also was selected the Region X Player of the Year and an NJCAA National All-American. Riley graduated with his Associate of Arts in Maybefore moving on to play at a four-year institution.

Dear Friends:

We are pleased to bring you another exciting issue of Salkehatchie Update.

The focus for this edition is how USC Salkehatchie is Illuminating the World through education. Ambitious statement, isn’t it? Maybe. But think about the thousands of students over several generations who got their start at USC Salkehatchie. Successful students who have become influential educators, professionals, community leaders, and heath care professionals. Are they making a difference? Most definitely. And are they impacting the world? I believe they are, because they are using their knowledge and talents to better mankind while offering inspiration to others through their own success.

In this issue you will get a glimpse of how our students, graduates, faculty, and staff are giving practical application to their knowledge, contributing to research in their field,

providing solutions to societal problems, protecting the environment, conserving resources, and contributing to economic development. Read about Salkehatchie graduate Jennifer Durr and her impact on learning as Dorchester County’s new Teacher of the Year; how USC Salkehatchie received national distinction for initiating a “going green” project; and why historian and professor Arthur Mitchell now has his own place in history. And, of course, we offer our popular features “Where Are They Now” and “Campus News and Notes.”

I hope this issue will leave you illuminated and inspired.

Warm regards,

Ann C. Carmichael,Dean

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Support Indian Athletics and Swing Into Summer!

Come join us for golf! The annual USC Salkehatchie Athletic Department Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held May 28, 2011, at Sweetwater Country Club in Barnwell. This four-man captain’s choice tournament will begin with registration at 9 a.m. The annual golf tournament is the main fund-raiser for the athletic department to help raise money for athletic scholarships for baseball, basketball, softball and soccer. Teams of golfers are invited to play for $200 a team. If you aren’t a golfer, but would like to sponsor a hole to advertise your business, you can do that for only $100! Mark your calendar now for May 28. Food, beverages, and prizes are provided. Come join the fun!

Other Athletic Fundraisers: If you would like to buy an ad in our sports media guides, please contact Marian Easterlin at 803-584-3446 ext. 148 or mgeaster@mailbox.sc.edu, or Dawn Rizer at 843-549-6314 ext. 378 or rizerd@mailbox.sc.edu. For one low cost, your ad will run in the media guides for soccer, basketball, softball and baseball – four different publications for one low price! All funds generated go to the athletic budget to support team travel, equipment, and scholarships. If you would like to join the Salkehatchie Athletic Club, visit the athletic website to fill out an application. All members are listed as supporters in our sports media guides.

The men’s and women’s soccer teams will be selling Christmas trees as their team fundraiser again this Christmas. These beautiful Christmas trees are cut fresh in North Carolina and delivered to the campus in Allendale for you to pick up on November 19, the Friday before Thanksgiving. They are beautiful, fresh, and the proceeds go to a good cause! Orders must be placed and paid for in advance. You may order your tree beginning November 1. For more information, or to place your order, contact Marian Easterlin at 803-584-3446, ext. 148. For more athletic fundraisers and athletic news, visit the athletics website, at www.USCSalkathletics.com.

(Left) Head Baseball Coach Bubba Dorman takes a swing during the annual Scholarship Golf Tournament sponsored by the USC Salkehatchie Athletic Department. This year’s tournament was held in May at Paw Paw Country Club in Bamberg. Sweetwater Country Club in Barnwell will host the 2011 tournament.

(Below) Soccer players unload a bit of Christmas cheer, as they prepare trees delivered fresh from the North Carolina mountains for the team’s annual tree sale fundraiser.

History Professor Honored for Teaching Excellence Students are important to Sarah Miller, assistant professor of history at USC Salkehatchie. In fact, she says they are the highlight of her job. “I like to teach,” says Miller with a smile. “And I like to make history real to my students. When they see my passion, they become more engaged and more interested in the material.” That means incorporating visuals into her lectures - everything from a lynching photo to juxtaposing battlefield photos and carnage with photos showing those same battlefields today. Students in her classes are also required to visit a historic site. Miller’s commitment to learning - and to her students - was recognized this year, when she was awarded the first-ever John J. Duffy Regional Campuses Excellence in Teaching Award. She was selected from all USC

regional campuses as best representing the award’s commitment to teaching, advising, and mentoring. “We are so proud of Dr. Miller and delighted to have one of our own receive the first of these awards,” says Dr. Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie. “She is an outstanding teacher who is passionate about her subject and eager for her students to learn. She is active in research, which enhances her lectures and the class-room experience. Outside the class-room, she supports our students as well, often attending athletic and other student-centered events. She is a shin-ing example of the caliber of faculty we have here at USC Salkehatchie.” Miller says she makes a special effort to get involved with her students because she believes it makes her more approachable, allowing

students to come to her when they need help. Also, she simply has a lot of school spirit and loves to support the athletic teams and take part in student events, everything from Halloween costume parties to Salk Olympics com-petitions. Last season, she became the advisor for the cheer team, a student group that came together to support the basketball team, wearing facepaint and performing cheers from the stands. Miller’s primary area of interest is Native Americans, and she has taught a Native American history course at Salkehatchie. She serves as vice president of the Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society, co-chair of the Salkehatchie Stew: Colleton Collection steering committee, and a member of the executive committee for the Walterboro Antiques, History, and Arts Festival.

Dr. Sarah Miller explains the early days of American settlement to her History 111 class. In addition to teaching, research, and community involvement, Miller also serves as the advisor for the Salkehatchie cheer team (inset photo).

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Support Indian Athletics and Swing Into Summer!

Come join us for golf! The annual USC Salkehatchie Athletic Department Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held May 28, 2011, at Sweetwater Country Club in Barnwell. This four-man captain’s choice tournament will begin with registration at 9 a.m. The annual golf tournament is the main fund-raiser for the athletic department to help raise money for athletic scholarships for baseball, basketball, softball and soccer. Teams of golfers are invited to play for $200 a team. If you aren’t a golfer, but would like to sponsor a hole to advertise your business, you can do that for only $100! Mark your calendar now for May 28. Food, beverages, and prizes are provided. Come join the fun!

Other Athletic Fundraisers: If you would like to buy an ad in our sports media guides, please contact Marian Easterlin at 803-584-3446 ext. 148 or mgeaster@mailbox.sc.edu, or Dawn Rizer at 843-549-6314 ext. 378 or rizerd@mailbox.sc.edu. For one low cost, your ad will run in the media guides for soccer, basketball, softball and baseball – four different publications for one low price! All funds generated go to the athletic budget to support team travel, equipment, and scholarships. If you would like to join the Salkehatchie Athletic Club, visit the athletic website to fill out an application. All members are listed as supporters in our sports media guides.

The men’s and women’s soccer teams will be selling Christmas trees as their team fundraiser again this Christmas. These beautiful Christmas trees are cut fresh in North Carolina and delivered to the campus in Allendale for you to pick up on November 19, the Friday before Thanksgiving. They are beautiful, fresh, and the proceeds go to a good cause! Orders must be placed and paid for in advance. You may order your tree beginning November 1. For more information, or to place your order, contact Marian Easterlin at 803-584-3446, ext. 148. For more athletic fundraisers and athletic news, visit the athletics website, at www.USCSalkathletics.com.

(Left) Head Baseball Coach Bubba Dorman takes a swing during the annual Scholarship Golf Tournament sponsored by the USC Salkehatchie Athletic Department. This year’s tournament was held in May at Paw Paw Country Club in Bamberg. Sweetwater Country Club in Barnwell will host the 2011 tournament.

(Below) Soccer players unload a bit of Christmas cheer, as they prepare trees delivered fresh from the North Carolina mountains for the team’s annual tree sale fundraiser.

History Professor Honored for Teaching Excellence Students are important to Sarah Miller, assistant professor of history at USC Salkehatchie. In fact, she says they are the highlight of her job. “I like to teach,” says Miller with a smile. “And I like to make history real to my students. When they see my passion, they become more engaged and more interested in the material.” That means incorporating visuals into her lectures - everything from a lynching photo to juxtaposing battlefield photos and carnage with photos showing those same battlefields today. Students in her classes are also required to visit a historic site. Miller’s commitment to learning - and to her students - was recognized this year, when she was awarded the first-ever John J. Duffy Regional Campuses Excellence in Teaching Award. She was selected from all USC

regional campuses as best representing the award’s commitment to teaching, advising, and mentoring. “We are so proud of Dr. Miller and delighted to have one of our own receive the first of these awards,” says Dr. Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie. “She is an outstanding teacher who is passionate about her subject and eager for her students to learn. She is active in research, which enhances her lectures and the class-room experience. Outside the class-room, she supports our students as well, often attending athletic and other student-centered events. She is a shin-ing example of the caliber of faculty we have here at USC Salkehatchie.” Miller says she makes a special effort to get involved with her students because she believes it makes her more approachable, allowing

students to come to her when they need help. Also, she simply has a lot of school spirit and loves to support the athletic teams and take part in student events, everything from Halloween costume parties to Salk Olympics com-petitions. Last season, she became the advisor for the cheer team, a student group that came together to support the basketball team, wearing facepaint and performing cheers from the stands. Miller’s primary area of interest is Native Americans, and she has taught a Native American history course at Salkehatchie. She serves as vice president of the Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society, co-chair of the Salkehatchie Stew: Colleton Collection steering committee, and a member of the executive committee for the Walterboro Antiques, History, and Arts Festival.

Dr. Sarah Miller explains the early days of American settlement to her History 111 class. In addition to teaching, research, and community involvement, Miller also serves as the advisor for the Salkehatchie cheer team (inset photo).

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Dreams Fulfilled Nursing Graduates Achieve Personal Goals and Fill Local Nursing Needs

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Helping HandsRecent graduates from the rural nursing program at USC Salkehatchie are already serving where they are needed most - in their local communities. (Above, left) Dalyn Ford, a nurse at Allendale County Hospital, checks the readout from a crash cart in the hospital’s ER. Ford chose to work in a community hospital near her hometown because of the opportunity to get to know her patients personally and be part of a family atmosphere at work.

(Above) Michelle Avant, an ER nurse at Colleton Regional Medical Center, enters data in the computerized patient charting system in an ER room. Avant’s graduation from the rural nursing partnership program at USC Salkehatchie enabled her to make the jump from computer tech to RN.

Dalyn Ford and Michelle Avant were two of the first 14 graduates of the rural nursing program at USC Salkehatchie, earning their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees from the USC College of Nursing this May. “I’m proud because we were the first graduating class,” says Avant. “We were all really close, and we relied on each other and were there for each other the whole way.” Of those first 14 graduates, 10 have already found jobs in the nursing profession, the majority within the local area. Avant returned to Colleton Regional Medical Center, where she worked as a computer tech before she ever entered nursing school, as an ER nurse. Ford took a position with Allendale County Hospital, where she works on the floor with admitted patients and in the ER. “It’s like a community here,” Ford says of her hospital. “Once you start working in a small hospital, you get to know everybody, even the patients and their families. I like to feel like I can make a difference, and I get to do that.” That concept of making a difference in these rural communities, many of which are underserved medically and face severe nursing shortages, was the guiding principal behind the development of this nursing program when the first grant was written more than five years ago. “This is a multidimensional public/private effort aimed at putting more people to work in health care,” says Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie. “It addresses the rural nursing shortage, puts people to work in higher pay-ing jobs, and offers opportunities for students who can’t leave their communities because of personal obligations.” Allendale County Hospital served as the lead on a grant to The Duke Endowment (TDE) that helped establish the program, and the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation soon offered substantial support as well. Mary Piepenbring, vice president of TDE, says the Endowment had many reasons for supporting the effort. “We believe this partnership is helping to improve the quality of nursing care and creating career opportunities in rural areas,” she says. “By removing educational barriers for local students, the program will ultimately strengthen the communities where they live and work.” Local hospitals, physicians, and private citizens stepped up to equip clinical labs and provide scholarship support for the students, who spend two years as Salkehatchie students and two years as Columbia students. Coursework

and clinicals are completed in the region, with the hope that students who experience the local hospitals will return to work there once they graduate, as did Avant and Ford. “We are very pleased to have been a part of the start up of this program and to have the opportunity to hire two nurses from the first graduating class,” says Ken Hiatt, administrator of Allendale County Hospital. “It has already, and will continue, to address one of the more critical needs of the health care industry, especially for hospitals. Allendale County Hospital, as well as our neighboring communities, will certainly benefit from the future graduates of this pro-gram. Students from our local area are much more likely to gain entrance to the program, and then much more likely to stay, live, and work in our rural hospitals and other medical

facilities. It is a win-win program for all.” Avant worked as a nurse tech at Colleton Regional the last year of nursing school, then became an ER nurse after earning her license in June. She says the bachelor’s program at Salkehatchie prepared her well, though she admits the newfound level of responsibility can be intimidating. “You’re giving medications and making life and death decisions, especially in the emer-gency room,” she says. “You get paranoid be-cause you have somebody’s life in your hands. But I love what I do... we get to stabilize

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Dreams Fulfilled Nursing Graduates Achieve Personal Goals and Fill Local Nursing Needs

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Helping HandsRecent graduates from the rural nursing program at USC Salkehatchie are already serving where they are needed most - in their local communities. (Above, left) Dalyn Ford, a nurse at Allendale County Hospital, checks the readout from a crash cart in the hospital’s ER. Ford chose to work in a community hospital near her hometown because of the opportunity to get to know her patients personally and be part of a family atmosphere at work.

(Above) Michelle Avant, an ER nurse at Colleton Regional Medical Center, enters data in the computerized patient charting system in an ER room. Avant’s graduation from the rural nursing partnership program at USC Salkehatchie enabled her to make the jump from computer tech to RN.

Dalyn Ford and Michelle Avant were two of the first 14 graduates of the rural nursing program at USC Salkehatchie, earning their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees from the USC College of Nursing this May. “I’m proud because we were the first graduating class,” says Avant. “We were all really close, and we relied on each other and were there for each other the whole way.” Of those first 14 graduates, 10 have already found jobs in the nursing profession, the majority within the local area. Avant returned to Colleton Regional Medical Center, where she worked as a computer tech before she ever entered nursing school, as an ER nurse. Ford took a position with Allendale County Hospital, where she works on the floor with admitted patients and in the ER. “It’s like a community here,” Ford says of her hospital. “Once you start working in a small hospital, you get to know everybody, even the patients and their families. I like to feel like I can make a difference, and I get to do that.” That concept of making a difference in these rural communities, many of which are underserved medically and face severe nursing shortages, was the guiding principal behind the development of this nursing program when the first grant was written more than five years ago. “This is a multidimensional public/private effort aimed at putting more people to work in health care,” says Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie. “It addresses the rural nursing shortage, puts people to work in higher pay-ing jobs, and offers opportunities for students who can’t leave their communities because of personal obligations.” Allendale County Hospital served as the lead on a grant to The Duke Endowment (TDE) that helped establish the program, and the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation soon offered substantial support as well. Mary Piepenbring, vice president of TDE, says the Endowment had many reasons for supporting the effort. “We believe this partnership is helping to improve the quality of nursing care and creating career opportunities in rural areas,” she says. “By removing educational barriers for local students, the program will ultimately strengthen the communities where they live and work.” Local hospitals, physicians, and private citizens stepped up to equip clinical labs and provide scholarship support for the students, who spend two years as Salkehatchie students and two years as Columbia students. Coursework

and clinicals are completed in the region, with the hope that students who experience the local hospitals will return to work there once they graduate, as did Avant and Ford. “We are very pleased to have been a part of the start up of this program and to have the opportunity to hire two nurses from the first graduating class,” says Ken Hiatt, administrator of Allendale County Hospital. “It has already, and will continue, to address one of the more critical needs of the health care industry, especially for hospitals. Allendale County Hospital, as well as our neighboring communities, will certainly benefit from the future graduates of this pro-gram. Students from our local area are much more likely to gain entrance to the program, and then much more likely to stay, live, and work in our rural hospitals and other medical

facilities. It is a win-win program for all.” Avant worked as a nurse tech at Colleton Regional the last year of nursing school, then became an ER nurse after earning her license in June. She says the bachelor’s program at Salkehatchie prepared her well, though she admits the newfound level of responsibility can be intimidating. “You’re giving medications and making life and death decisions, especially in the emer-gency room,” she says. “You get paranoid be-cause you have somebody’s life in your hands. But I love what I do... we get to stabilize

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Research Partnership Spans Ocean, Time Zones Mice may be the most popular test subjects for scientific research, but their usefulness does have limits. “You always want to check what you learn in the small animals with those large animals that are also diurnal like humans and with bigger bodies,” says Dr. Roberto Refi-netti, USC Salkehatchie academic dean and professor of psychology. “Ninety-nine percent of research in the biomedical sciences is done in rodents, so it’s great when you have a chance to do research with larger animals.” Refinetti, who has been the recipient of numerous federal grant funds for his research into circadian rhythms, has a lab on the Salkehatchie campus in which he studies the effects of light and other factors on the sleep and tempera-ture patterns of mice. According to Refinetti, circadian rhythm research helps increase understanding of how our bodies adjust to changes in the environment, including changes in length of daylight, access to food, and temperature. An international collaboration with Dr. Giuseppe Piccione, DVM, from the School of Veterinary Medi-cine at the University of Messina (Italy), has given him an opportunity to observe those impacts on larger animals over the past eight years.

Dr. Giuseppe Piccione and Dr. Roberto Refinetti (right) use horses and other large mammals in their collaborative research into circadian rhythms. Piccione, who is from Italy, visited the Allendale and Walterboro areas this summer, as the colleagues planned their future research.

Together, the men have collaborated on experiments involving everything from rabbits, goats, and sheep to horses. Piccione has access to the larger mammals through his veterinary school, which allows for collection of larger and more frequent blood samples than Refinetti can access from mice. Results of their studies have appeared in publications such as the Journal of Thermal Biology, Frontiers in Bioscience, Journal ofVeterinary Medical Science, and Journal of Physiological Sciences. Refinetti has made three trips to Italy to see the facilities where the animals are housed and research is performed; this summer marked the first time Piccione visited Refinetti’s lab in South Carolina.

Career Week Targets Students’ Futures USC Salkehatchie held a Career Week in March to help students begin preparing for life after college graduation. Both campuses welcomed speakers from a variety of potential careers, including sports and enter-tainment management, public service, nuclear engineering, biological and environmental science, journalism, and banking. An alumni panel allowed Salkehatchie alumni to share their college and career experiences with stu-dents. Career presenters provided insight into the variety of jobs available to college graduates. At right, students listen to David Crosby with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers..

patients and make a really huge differ-ence in how that patient progresses.” Both Avant and Ford say the presence of this nursing program at Salkehatchie made it possible for them to balance school with their other obligations. For both women, becoming nurses and being able to help their neighbors in need is the fulfillment of a personal dream. “Anything is possible,” says Avant. “I am living proof of that. If you set your mind to something, don’t give up. You’ll amaze yourself with what you can do sometimes.” Cindy McClure, director of the nurs-ing program at Salkehatchie, says “Mi-chelle not only graduated with honors while working full time and managing a family, but endured quite a few personal struggles during her nursing pathway. She was a key player in the USC Salkehatchie Nursing Society and Student Nurses Association. I have

BSN graduates, shown with Dr. Peggy Hewlett, dean of the USC College of Nursing (far left); Cindy McClure, USC Salkehatchie nursing coordinator; and Ed Sellers, CEO of BlueCross and BlueShield of South Carolina (far right).

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Salkehatchie Scenes: 1) Salkehatchie Stew’s rousing second annual performance 2) The softball team before their cancer benefit game (more on pg. 15) 3) Dr. Arthur Mitchell with his Irish Carolinian Award (more on pg. 13) 4) Brandon Riley makes a dunk for the Indians 5) Erica Bessinger takes a break from studying 6) Three students pose after commencement

high expectations that Michelle will excel in her career. She has already mentioned that she wants to return to grad school so that she can teach within a nursing program.” Allendale County Hospital RN and Director of Nursing Services Becky Rowell says the program and Ford have

been a blessing for this rural hospital. “Dalyn has been a wonderful asset to us,” says Rowell. “She has come out of the program with all the skills she needs to adapt to the facility and our needs. We hope she plans to take advantage of all the opportunities this hospital has to offer.”

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Research Partnership Spans Ocean, Time Zones Mice may be the most popular test subjects for scientific research, but their usefulness does have limits. “You always want to check what you learn in the small animals with those large animals that are also diurnal like humans and with bigger bodies,” says Dr. Roberto Refi-netti, USC Salkehatchie academic dean and professor of psychology. “Ninety-nine percent of research in the biomedical sciences is done in rodents, so it’s great when you have a chance to do research with larger animals.” Refinetti, who has been the recipient of numerous federal grant funds for his research into circadian rhythms, has a lab on the Salkehatchie campus in which he studies the effects of light and other factors on the sleep and tempera-ture patterns of mice. According to Refinetti, circadian rhythm research helps increase understanding of how our bodies adjust to changes in the environment, including changes in length of daylight, access to food, and temperature. An international collaboration with Dr. Giuseppe Piccione, DVM, from the School of Veterinary Medi-cine at the University of Messina (Italy), has given him an opportunity to observe those impacts on larger animals over the past eight years.

Dr. Giuseppe Piccione and Dr. Roberto Refinetti (right) use horses and other large mammals in their collaborative research into circadian rhythms. Piccione, who is from Italy, visited the Allendale and Walterboro areas this summer, as the colleagues planned their future research.

Together, the men have collaborated on experiments involving everything from rabbits, goats, and sheep to horses. Piccione has access to the larger mammals through his veterinary school, which allows for collection of larger and more frequent blood samples than Refinetti can access from mice. Results of their studies have appeared in publications such as the Journal of Thermal Biology, Frontiers in Bioscience, Journal ofVeterinary Medical Science, and Journal of Physiological Sciences. Refinetti has made three trips to Italy to see the facilities where the animals are housed and research is performed; this summer marked the first time Piccione visited Refinetti’s lab in South Carolina.

Career Week Targets Students’ Futures USC Salkehatchie held a Career Week in March to help students begin preparing for life after college graduation. Both campuses welcomed speakers from a variety of potential careers, including sports and enter-tainment management, public service, nuclear engineering, biological and environmental science, journalism, and banking. An alumni panel allowed Salkehatchie alumni to share their college and career experiences with stu-dents. Career presenters provided insight into the variety of jobs available to college graduates. At right, students listen to David Crosby with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers..

patients and make a really huge differ-ence in how that patient progresses.” Both Avant and Ford say the presence of this nursing program at Salkehatchie made it possible for them to balance school with their other obligations. For both women, becoming nurses and being able to help their neighbors in need is the fulfillment of a personal dream. “Anything is possible,” says Avant. “I am living proof of that. If you set your mind to something, don’t give up. You’ll amaze yourself with what you can do sometimes.” Cindy McClure, director of the nurs-ing program at Salkehatchie, says “Mi-chelle not only graduated with honors while working full time and managing a family, but endured quite a few personal struggles during her nursing pathway. She was a key player in the USC Salkehatchie Nursing Society and Student Nurses Association. I have

BSN graduates, shown with Dr. Peggy Hewlett, dean of the USC College of Nursing (far left); Cindy McClure, USC Salkehatchie nursing coordinator; and Ed Sellers, CEO of BlueCross and BlueShield of South Carolina (far right).

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Salkehatchie Scenes: 1) Salkehatchie Stew’s rousing second annual performance 2) The softball team before their cancer benefit game (more on pg. 15) 3) Dr. Arthur Mitchell with his Irish Carolinian Award (more on pg. 13) 4) Brandon Riley makes a dunk for the Indians 5) Erica Bessinger takes a break from studying 6) Three students pose after commencement

high expectations that Michelle will excel in her career. She has already mentioned that she wants to return to grad school so that she can teach within a nursing program.” Allendale County Hospital RN and Director of Nursing Services Becky Rowell says the program and Ford have

been a blessing for this rural hospital. “Dalyn has been a wonderful asset to us,” says Rowell. “She has come out of the program with all the skills she needs to adapt to the facility and our needs. We hope she plans to take advantage of all the opportunities this hospital has to offer.”

Jennifer Durr: Her Salkehatchie Start Paves the Way for Teaching Success10 ~ A Salkehatchie Start 11 ~ A Salkehatchie Start

Jennifer Durr knew two things when she was deciding on a college major - she wanted a career where she would be able to make “good” money, and teaching probably wasn’t the best way to achieve that goal. Now, however, after five years of teacher’s paychecks, she says the bottom line for her has nothing to do with the size of those checks. “I believe this is where I am meant to be, and exactly what I am meant to be doing,” she says with a smile, talking about her position as a kindergarten teacher at Williams Memorial Elementary in St. George. “I am educating the children of my hometown, and I love seeing the growth in them from the beginning of the year until the end. When you love something this much, you discover that making huge amounts of money really doesn’t matter.” This Salkehatchie alum knew a lot about the teaching profession long before she enrolled in the four-year education program at USC Salkehatchie offered in partnership with USC Aiken. Her mother was a long-time teacher, and Durr grew up playing school and making plans to teach. But life and other dreams intruded, and she tried hard to go in other directions - everything from sports medicine to hair styling - only to ultimately be brought fully back to her love for teaching.

Her students and colleagues obviously agree that teaching is where she belongs. Durr was recently named the Dorches-ter District 4 2010 Teacher of the Year, which started with her selection by her colleagues as the school’s Teacher of the Year. She then went through an intense selection process that included the submission of a detailed portfolio, classroom observation, and an interview. “It was a lot of work, and nerve-wracking, but worth it,” she says. “There was also the fact that for the past four years, the District Teacher of the Year has come from our school, and I didn’t want to be the one to break that streak!” The recognition meant a lot to her, since it validated the hard work she put in last year, her first year as a kindergarten teacher. She taught both first and second grades before the kindergarten position became available, and she says while it was her dream to teach kindergarten, it took some adjustment. Growth at the school meant she had 27 students in her class last year, many of whom had never before been in a classroom setting. “It’s hard to control 27 kindergarteners non-stop,” she

laughs. “In fact, it’s exhausting, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” Harnessing that seemingly limitless childhood energy is a key part of Durr’s teaching style, something she says is standard practice at Williams Memorial. Each day starts with physical activity integrated into more traditional teaching methods. Students often pair math lessons with song and dance, or learn the days of the week with a rap. Her classroom is colorful, filled with signs, objects, and learning stations that serve to educate while holding the attention of young children. This exemplary teacher integrates best practices she learned on the job or in her master’s coursework, but she also uses skills developed during her time at Salkehatchie. Durr started as an Elementary Education major at Salkehatchie, where she earned her associate’s degree in 2003. However, experiences in the program piqued her interest in early childhood education, and she moved to USC Beaufort to complete her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from there in 2004. Buddy Phillips, director of the education program at Salkehatchie and Durr’s advisor when she was on campus, remembers her as an excellent student whom he always knew was destined for the classroom. “Sometimes you just know from the moment you meet a student what their passion is and that they will succeed in it,” says Phillips. “Jennifer was one who wore her passion on her sleeve, and that passion was teaching. She not only excelled in her classes, but was always working with the Education Club and other organizations on campus to improve campus life for everyone. I always knew Jennifer would be the best at what-ever she chose to do. There have been many excellent students who have attended our teacher education program here at Salk, and there are those who, because of their unique ability and commitment to their chosen profession, must be considered outstanding. Jennifer was outstanding.” Those expectations were proven correct in Durr’s first year of teaching, when she was selected as the Rookie Teacher of the Year at Williams Memorial. This year’s honor is yet another in what her USC Salkehatchie family expects to be a string of accomplishments. She is in the running for the state Teacher of the Year award and will find out next spring whether she is a finalist. Durr says the program at Salkehatchie, and the professors she had here, helped her become the teacher she is today. “There is such an opportunity to learn what you need to be a good teacher here at Salk,” she says. “It’s such a nurturing environment, and your professors care about you. It was beneficial to me also to have professors who weren’t just here in the college classroom, but worked in the schools, had been teachers and librarians, and could tell us how it really was. I credit Salk for where I am today.”

“I believe this is where I am meant to be, and exactly what I am meant to be doing.”

Jennifer Durr: Her Salkehatchie Start Paves the Way for Teaching Success10 ~ A Salkehatchie Start 11 ~ A Salkehatchie Start

Jennifer Durr knew two things when she was deciding on a college major - she wanted a career where she would be able to make “good” money, and teaching probably wasn’t the best way to achieve that goal. Now, however, after five years of teacher’s paychecks, she says the bottom line for her has nothing to do with the size of those checks. “I believe this is where I am meant to be, and exactly what I am meant to be doing,” she says with a smile, talking about her position as a kindergarten teacher at Williams Memorial Elementary in St. George. “I am educating the children of my hometown, and I love seeing the growth in them from the beginning of the year until the end. When you love something this much, you discover that making huge amounts of money really doesn’t matter.” This Salkehatchie alum knew a lot about the teaching profession long before she enrolled in the four-year education program at USC Salkehatchie offered in partnership with USC Aiken. Her mother was a long-time teacher, and Durr grew up playing school and making plans to teach. But life and other dreams intruded, and she tried hard to go in other directions - everything from sports medicine to hair styling - only to ultimately be brought fully back to her love for teaching.

Her students and colleagues obviously agree that teaching is where she belongs. Durr was recently named the Dorches-ter District 4 2010 Teacher of the Year, which started with her selection by her colleagues as the school’s Teacher of the Year. She then went through an intense selection process that included the submission of a detailed portfolio, classroom observation, and an interview. “It was a lot of work, and nerve-wracking, but worth it,” she says. “There was also the fact that for the past four years, the District Teacher of the Year has come from our school, and I didn’t want to be the one to break that streak!” The recognition meant a lot to her, since it validated the hard work she put in last year, her first year as a kindergarten teacher. She taught both first and second grades before the kindergarten position became available, and she says while it was her dream to teach kindergarten, it took some adjustment. Growth at the school meant she had 27 students in her class last year, many of whom had never before been in a classroom setting. “It’s hard to control 27 kindergarteners non-stop,” she

laughs. “In fact, it’s exhausting, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” Harnessing that seemingly limitless childhood energy is a key part of Durr’s teaching style, something she says is standard practice at Williams Memorial. Each day starts with physical activity integrated into more traditional teaching methods. Students often pair math lessons with song and dance, or learn the days of the week with a rap. Her classroom is colorful, filled with signs, objects, and learning stations that serve to educate while holding the attention of young children. This exemplary teacher integrates best practices she learned on the job or in her master’s coursework, but she also uses skills developed during her time at Salkehatchie. Durr started as an Elementary Education major at Salkehatchie, where she earned her associate’s degree in 2003. However, experiences in the program piqued her interest in early childhood education, and she moved to USC Beaufort to complete her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from there in 2004. Buddy Phillips, director of the education program at Salkehatchie and Durr’s advisor when she was on campus, remembers her as an excellent student whom he always knew was destined for the classroom. “Sometimes you just know from the moment you meet a student what their passion is and that they will succeed in it,” says Phillips. “Jennifer was one who wore her passion on her sleeve, and that passion was teaching. She not only excelled in her classes, but was always working with the Education Club and other organizations on campus to improve campus life for everyone. I always knew Jennifer would be the best at what-ever she chose to do. There have been many excellent students who have attended our teacher education program here at Salk, and there are those who, because of their unique ability and commitment to their chosen profession, must be considered outstanding. Jennifer was outstanding.” Those expectations were proven correct in Durr’s first year of teaching, when she was selected as the Rookie Teacher of the Year at Williams Memorial. This year’s honor is yet another in what her USC Salkehatchie family expects to be a string of accomplishments. She is in the running for the state Teacher of the Year award and will find out next spring whether she is a finalist. Durr says the program at Salkehatchie, and the professors she had here, helped her become the teacher she is today. “There is such an opportunity to learn what you need to be a good teacher here at Salk,” she says. “It’s such a nurturing environment, and your professors care about you. It was beneficial to me also to have professors who weren’t just here in the college classroom, but worked in the schools, had been teachers and librarians, and could tell us how it really was. I credit Salk for where I am today.”

“I believe this is where I am meant to be, and exactly what I am meant to be doing.”

1960sLinda Zionkowski – attended USC Salkehatchie 1965-1967; recently began new position as Federal Programs Coordinator for Barnwell 45 school district

2000sBranfy Arias - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2009; as

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a member of the Columbia Blowfish baseball team this summer, he broke the Coastal Plains League record for stolen bases, with 59

Rob Fulmer – attended USC Salkehatchie 2001-2003 and played baseball for the Indians; works as an engineer with the Charleston

Campus Graduates Record Numbers2010 graduate

and Student Government

President Dustin Pannell

displays the University mace

as part of the May

commencement exercises.

This year saw the largest

graduating class in Salkehatchie’s

history.

12 ~ Where Are They Now? Fire Department, with Engine Company 11

Gary Owens - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2007; former Indians baseball player, currently plays with the Haysville (Kansas) Heat, which won the Midwest Regional, qualifying them to compete in the NBC World Series. Owens received all tournament team honors and tournament MVP

Carlos Santana - A.A. from USC Salkehatchie in 2010; former Indians baseball player; named a member of the Southern Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Team

Oliver Santos - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2009; drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 2009; now playing for the Reds-affiliated minor league Billings Mustangs in Montana

Wally West - BAIS at USC Salkehatchie in 2010; recently accepted a position as Facility Manager of the Charleston Vocational Rehabilitation Center

USC Salkehatchie held its 2010 Commencement exercises May 3, and a record 169 degrees were awarded. That included 137 associate’s degrees, as well as 32 bachelor’s degrees awarded by USC sister campuses. Those bachelor’s degrees included 14 Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in partnership with USC Columbia; 6 Bachelor of Liberal Studies degrees in partnership with USC Columbia; and 12 Bachelor’s of Arts in Elementary Education degrees in partnership with USC Aiken. In celebration of the first graduating class from the nursing partnership, M. Edward Sellers, Chief Executive Officer of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, was the commencement speaker. The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation was an early supporter of the rural nursing program at this campus. Special honors that eveningincluded the Commencement Speaker Scholarship awarded in honor of Mr. Sellers to Taylor Burns of St. George; theProfessor of the Year award given to Professor Duncan McDowell; and the Outstanding Student of the Year award, given to graduate Wally West. Also recognized were Reid Boylston of Barnwell as

Friend of the USC Salkehatchie Campus and Hazel Smith of Hampton for her Outstanding Contribution to the Community.

Salkehatchie Goes GreenUSC Salkehatchie was the first S.C. government agency to employ LED lighting technology in its buildings as part of a project for which federal stimulus grant funds were awarded this year. LED’s are approximately 66% more efficient than fluorescent lighting and last more than twice as long. The campus replaced fluorescent light fixtures with 716 LED tubular lights as part of this green initiative. The new lights are expected to save the campus almost $8,000 in utilities annually, but the desire to be a good steward of natural resources was the driving force behind the project. “The adoption of LED lighting technology by USC Salkehatchie demonstrates a first-step effort towards reducing our energy dependence,” says Mark Craig, director of budget and finance for the campus. “It will allow utility savings to be re-employed for other initiatives that support our mission.”

Campus Adds Prestigious ScholarshipThis fall, USC Salkehatchie welcomed the first group of Salkehatchie Scholars to the campus. This prestigious scholarship, which provides a full-tuition scholarship and book allowance to select students at the top of their high school class, was created in 2010 as a way to celebrate the institution’s commitment to academic excellence. Students must graduate from a S.C. high school

with at least a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for consideration. Eight students from throughout the region received this honor. They are: Cody Breland of Ruffin; Lacy Coker of Monck’s Corner; James Funderburke of Monck’s Corner; Jessica Polk of Estill; Alex Pope of Walterboro; Paul Thomas Jr. of Ulmer; Jonathan Winn of Varnville; and Amanda Winstead of Barnwell.

Academic Dean Named Journal EditorUSC Salkehatchie Academic Dean Dr. Roberto Refinetti was named Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sexuality & Culture (published by Springer), in March 2010. Refinetti helped found the publication in 1997 and has served on the editorial board since that time.

Middle Schoolers Learn About Science, TechnologyThe USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute partnered with the Allendale School District and Savannah River

Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) to provide the unique Science Technology Enrichment Program for 22 Allendale Fairfax Middle School students in the spring of 2010. The focus on science and technology was appropriate because of the Savannah River Site’s emphasis on workforce development and the interest of schools in the SRS region to work toward training their students in the sciences. This unique program consisted of Saturday classes on the West Campus with programs presented by individuals in the engineering field from SRNS and weekday field trips planned to excite students about preparing for their future. Excursions included the SRS Future Cities Competition, Introducing a Girl to Engineering, Engineering a Community Impact workshop sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Center for Hydrogen Research Center.

Mitchell Receives Irish Carolinian AwardUSC Salkehatchie’s Dr. Arthur Mitchell, professor emeritus of history, was the 2010 recipient of the Aedanus Burke Distinguished Irish Carolinian Award, presented at the Festival of Ballycahill March 12-17 in Charleston, SC. The awarded is jointly presented by the South Carolina Irish Historical Society, the Hibernian Society of Charleston, and the James Hoban Society. Mitchell was presented the award by

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley. Mitchell was born into an Irish family (like Aedanus Burke, he is of Galway ancestry) in a suburb of Boston. His published work includes a history of the Hibernian Society of Charleston, a book on the Irish heritage of President John F. Kennedy, and a study of Hitler’s mountain retreat of Berchtesgaden. His current research includes a history of the Irish in South Carolina and an investigation of the Korean War.

Language Professor Is Finalist for Governor’s AwardSharon Folk, professor of foreign languages at USC Salkehatchie, was named a finalist for the Governor’s Professor of the Year Award for 2009. Folk teaches Spanish on both campuses and every other year takes a group of students on a 10-day trip to Spain. She is also an academic advisor and teaches University 101 each fall.

McDowell Honored as Professor of the YearProfessor Duncan McDowell was voted by the student body as the 2009-2010 USC Salkehatchie Professor of the Year. McDowell taught English courses at the campus for 20 years and retired at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year. Each year the students vote for the Professor of the Year, and the honor is presented at the USC Salkehatchie Commencement Exercises in May. McDowell’s

Allendale-Fairfax Middle School students explore the local ecosystem as part of a campus-led science enrichment program.

Governor’s Award finalist Sharon Folk, with USC Provost Dr. Michael Amiridis.

continued on pg. 14

1960sLinda Zionkowski – attended USC Salkehatchie 1965-1967; recently began new position as Federal Programs Coordinator for Barnwell 45 school district

2000sBranfy Arias - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2009; as

If you would like to bring the Salkehatchie family up to date on your life, send your information to SAAlumni@mailbox.sc.edu. Submissions can also be made from the

Alumni section of our website. Be sure to include names, dates, and other details related to your news in the e-mail. Event photos can also be submitted by e-mail, and will be

used as space allows. Photos must be at least 300 dpi.

We Want to Hear From YOU!

Campus News and Notes ~ 13

a member of the Columbia Blowfish baseball team this summer, he broke the Coastal Plains League record for stolen bases, with 59

Rob Fulmer – attended USC Salkehatchie 2001-2003 and played baseball for the Indians; works as an engineer with the Charleston

Campus Graduates Record Numbers2010 graduate

and Student Government

President Dustin Pannell

displays the University mace

as part of the May

commencement exercises.

This year saw the largest

graduating class in Salkehatchie’s

history.

12 ~ Where Are They Now? Fire Department, with Engine Company 11

Gary Owens - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2007; former Indians baseball player, currently plays with the Haysville (Kansas) Heat, which won the Midwest Regional, qualifying them to compete in the NBC World Series. Owens received all tournament team honors and tournament MVP

Carlos Santana - A.A. from USC Salkehatchie in 2010; former Indians baseball player; named a member of the Southern Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Team

Oliver Santos - A.S. from USC Salkehatchie in 2009; drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 2009; now playing for the Reds-affiliated minor league Billings Mustangs in Montana

Wally West - BAIS at USC Salkehatchie in 2010; recently accepted a position as Facility Manager of the Charleston Vocational Rehabilitation Center

USC Salkehatchie held its 2010 Commencement exercises May 3, and a record 169 degrees were awarded. That included 137 associate’s degrees, as well as 32 bachelor’s degrees awarded by USC sister campuses. Those bachelor’s degrees included 14 Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in partnership with USC Columbia; 6 Bachelor of Liberal Studies degrees in partnership with USC Columbia; and 12 Bachelor’s of Arts in Elementary Education degrees in partnership with USC Aiken. In celebration of the first graduating class from the nursing partnership, M. Edward Sellers, Chief Executive Officer of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, was the commencement speaker. The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation was an early supporter of the rural nursing program at this campus. Special honors that eveningincluded the Commencement Speaker Scholarship awarded in honor of Mr. Sellers to Taylor Burns of St. George; theProfessor of the Year award given to Professor Duncan McDowell; and the Outstanding Student of the Year award, given to graduate Wally West. Also recognized were Reid Boylston of Barnwell as

Friend of the USC Salkehatchie Campus and Hazel Smith of Hampton for her Outstanding Contribution to the Community.

Salkehatchie Goes GreenUSC Salkehatchie was the first S.C. government agency to employ LED lighting technology in its buildings as part of a project for which federal stimulus grant funds were awarded this year. LED’s are approximately 66% more efficient than fluorescent lighting and last more than twice as long. The campus replaced fluorescent light fixtures with 716 LED tubular lights as part of this green initiative. The new lights are expected to save the campus almost $8,000 in utilities annually, but the desire to be a good steward of natural resources was the driving force behind the project. “The adoption of LED lighting technology by USC Salkehatchie demonstrates a first-step effort towards reducing our energy dependence,” says Mark Craig, director of budget and finance for the campus. “It will allow utility savings to be re-employed for other initiatives that support our mission.”

Campus Adds Prestigious ScholarshipThis fall, USC Salkehatchie welcomed the first group of Salkehatchie Scholars to the campus. This prestigious scholarship, which provides a full-tuition scholarship and book allowance to select students at the top of their high school class, was created in 2010 as a way to celebrate the institution’s commitment to academic excellence. Students must graduate from a S.C. high school

with at least a 3.0 GPA to be eligible for consideration. Eight students from throughout the region received this honor. They are: Cody Breland of Ruffin; Lacy Coker of Monck’s Corner; James Funderburke of Monck’s Corner; Jessica Polk of Estill; Alex Pope of Walterboro; Paul Thomas Jr. of Ulmer; Jonathan Winn of Varnville; and Amanda Winstead of Barnwell.

Academic Dean Named Journal EditorUSC Salkehatchie Academic Dean Dr. Roberto Refinetti was named Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sexuality & Culture (published by Springer), in March 2010. Refinetti helped found the publication in 1997 and has served on the editorial board since that time.

Middle Schoolers Learn About Science, TechnologyThe USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute partnered with the Allendale School District and Savannah River

Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) to provide the unique Science Technology Enrichment Program for 22 Allendale Fairfax Middle School students in the spring of 2010. The focus on science and technology was appropriate because of the Savannah River Site’s emphasis on workforce development and the interest of schools in the SRS region to work toward training their students in the sciences. This unique program consisted of Saturday classes on the West Campus with programs presented by individuals in the engineering field from SRNS and weekday field trips planned to excite students about preparing for their future. Excursions included the SRS Future Cities Competition, Introducing a Girl to Engineering, Engineering a Community Impact workshop sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Center for Hydrogen Research Center.

Mitchell Receives Irish Carolinian AwardUSC Salkehatchie’s Dr. Arthur Mitchell, professor emeritus of history, was the 2010 recipient of the Aedanus Burke Distinguished Irish Carolinian Award, presented at the Festival of Ballycahill March 12-17 in Charleston, SC. The awarded is jointly presented by the South Carolina Irish Historical Society, the Hibernian Society of Charleston, and the James Hoban Society. Mitchell was presented the award by

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley. Mitchell was born into an Irish family (like Aedanus Burke, he is of Galway ancestry) in a suburb of Boston. His published work includes a history of the Hibernian Society of Charleston, a book on the Irish heritage of President John F. Kennedy, and a study of Hitler’s mountain retreat of Berchtesgaden. His current research includes a history of the Irish in South Carolina and an investigation of the Korean War.

Language Professor Is Finalist for Governor’s AwardSharon Folk, professor of foreign languages at USC Salkehatchie, was named a finalist for the Governor’s Professor of the Year Award for 2009. Folk teaches Spanish on both campuses and every other year takes a group of students on a 10-day trip to Spain. She is also an academic advisor and teaches University 101 each fall.

McDowell Honored as Professor of the YearProfessor Duncan McDowell was voted by the student body as the 2009-2010 USC Salkehatchie Professor of the Year. McDowell taught English courses at the campus for 20 years and retired at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year. Each year the students vote for the Professor of the Year, and the honor is presented at the USC Salkehatchie Commencement Exercises in May. McDowell’s

Allendale-Fairfax Middle School students explore the local ecosystem as part of a campus-led science enrichment program.

Governor’s Award finalist Sharon Folk, with USC Provost Dr. Michael Amiridis.

continued on pg. 14

Campus News and Notes ~ 15

students selected him for this honor, citing his willingness to go the extra mile to help students and the fact he was never seen without a smile on his face. One called him “a true gentleman.”

behind the presentations and others responsible for the actual presentation.

Camps Provide Summer Learning OpportunitiesUSC Salkehatchie and its Leadership Institute hosted three summer learning camps on campus this year. On the West Campus, the Allendale-Fairfax Middle School Camp, which was funded by Allendale County Schools, provided 77 students from the middle school with applied science classes, an arts class, activities, and field trips to Patriot’s Point and the S. C. Aquarium in Charleston and the Penn Center and Hunting Island State Park. On the East Campus, the Summer Scholars Camp, which is funded by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and hosted in

partnership with the Colleton Museum, allowed 115 middle school students to experience environmental science classes, a portable classroom planetarium, and applied art projects, as well as field trips to Riverbanks Zoo and the S. C. State Museum in Columbia and Patriot’s Point in Charleston. The ACE Camp, which is also funded by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and hosted in partnership with the Colleton Museum, provided a high school summer experience for 28 students on the East Campus. Those students took field trips to the Department of Natural Resources facility at Bennetts Point for a boat tour and trawl; Table Rock State Park in Pickens County; a workshop and field tour on Spring Island; the S. C. Center for Birds of Prey; and a workshop at the Baruch Center at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown.

Biology Classes Experience Nature First-hand In April 2010, both sections of Dr. Eran Kilpatrick’s Biology 102 class took field trips to destinations near their respective campuses. The West Campus class toured lower Coastal Plain wetland ecosystems in Bamberg County. Stops included examples of a blackwater creek and river swamp habitat, along with a

gum pond at River’s Bridge State Historic Site; a Carolina bay at Cathedral Bay Heritage Preserve; and a pond cypress savannah. The East Campus class explored tidally influenced wetlands and longleaf pine forest habitats in the ACE Basin at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area in southern Colleton County. The classes focused on flora and fauna habitat relationships, bird migration, and research topics related to ecological field studies.

Kilpatrick also invited students from both East and West Campus classes to attend an all day coastal field trip. They toured saltmarsh, dune, tidal creek, and maritime forest habitats at Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area and Edisto Beach. The group then traveled to the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge where students could explore old rice fields, a brackish marsh, a bottomland hardwood forest, and a managed pine forest. Multiple arthropod, mollusk, algae, fish, and shorebird species were observed in the dune and beach habitats. A diversity of vascular plant, amphibian, reptile, and mammal species were identified and discussed. The students were also able to view actively managed wetland and upland resources that provide critical habitats for wildlife species.

13 Selected for All-Region Soccer TeamUSC Salkehatchie is proud to announce that 13 soccer players were named to the NJCAA Region X All-Region team for the 2009 season. Those players selected from the women’s team were: 1st Team All-Region – Elisa Routt and Ebony Davies; 2nd Team All-Region – Zaf Papanikitas, Nicole Fluker, and Shannon Shaeffer; and Honorable Mention: Tearra Green. Those players selected from the men’s team were: 1st Team All-Region – Ryan Dickson; 2nd Team All-Region – David Williams, Chris Roulston, and Itamar Filho; and Honorable Mention: John Luka Joseph, Marcio Melara-Beckman, and Raul Melara-Beckman.

Students Celebrate Earth DayThis past April, students in Dr. Martha McKevlin’s Environmental Biology class

worked with the Student Government Association to plan a lunch time Earth Day activity in Marvin Park on the East Campus. Students presented information on the history of Earth Day, recycling, conservation of electricity, water, and gasoline, and pollution issues. Students worked together in teams with some responsible for the research

Members of the men’s and women’s soccer teams were honored for their skills and performance during the 2009 season.

Students take a break from helping clean property owned by the Colleton County Historic and Preservation Society.

14 ~ Campus News and Notes

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Softball Team Raises Cancer AwarenessOn October 9, 2009, USC Salkehatchie’s softball team played a fall exhibition game which they designated their Breast Cancer Awareness Game. They wore pink Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirts as part of their uniforms that day. According to then-Coach Mitch Smith, “This is an important issue, and we wanted to wear the pink shirts and designate the game as Breast Cancer Awareness day to raise awareness of this disease.”

Students Donate Time to Local Historical Society USC Salkehatchie students helped the Colleton County Historic and Preservation Society clean up its rental property in September 2009. The students helped to clean both the inside and outside of the rental house, including general cleaning, cutting down limbs, and removing debris.

Chamber Honors PhillipsBuddy Phillips, director of the undergraduate education program at USC Salkehatchie, was honored by the Hampton County Chamber of Commerce as the 2010 Person of the Year. He was recognized for his commitment to the community, which includes current service on the Hampton County Council,

Southern Carolina Alliance, and Lowcountry Council of Governments, as well as past service as the mayor of Hampton and a long-time local educator. He served as the superintendent of Hampton District One schools for 24 years, principal at Fennell Elementary for 11 years, and headmaster at Patrick Henry Academy for two years.

Summer Athletic Camps Offer Youth Fundamentals and FunUSC Salkehatchie sponsored several summer sports camps for children this past summer. Head basketball coach Travis Garrett ran two weeks of basketball camp in the gym in Walterboro; one for children ages 6-9, and one for children ages 9-13. Head baseball coach Bubba Dorman also ran a week of baseball camp on the baseball field in Allendale for children ages 6-13. These camps are great learning experiences for the young people and meet a need in the community, as well as serving as an athletics fund-raiser. Be sure to watch www.USCSalkathletics.com for information on next summer’s camps.

Magellan Scholar Concludes Grant-funded ResearchRebecca Scheffler, former USC Salkehatchie student and the first-ever USC Salkehatchie Magellan Scholar, presented the results from her reptile

Local children ages 6-13 flocked to a baseball camp held by USC Salkehatchie in July, where they learned basic skills such as pitching, catching, and hitting. A basketball camp held on East Campus in Walterboro offered youth another funsummer option.

and amphibian study at two different conferences in April. She presented at the 2010 South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting at the College of Charleston and at USC’s Discovery Day in Columbia. Scheffler inventoried reptiles and amphibians across six major habitat types at Red Bluff Lodge, a 6,000-acre tract of land in Allendale County. Her study found that upland cypress ponds provided essential breeding habitat for a variety of salamander and frog species that have specific ecological requirements. She also detected differences in amphibian capture rates across upland and lowland

wetland habitats. Scheffler is now a biology major at USC Aiken. Wade-Galuska Awaits Journal PublicationDr. Tammy Wade-Galuska, assistant professor of psychology, is awaiting final acceptance by the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior of her report on how the reinforcing effectiveness of commonly abused drugs (namely, psychostimulants and opiates) are altered during periods of opiate withdrawal. She has also been working in collaboration with Conditioning and Learning faculty in the Psychology Department at the College of Charleston on projects that use operant conditioning procedures to investigate impulsivity and behavioral disruption during negative incentive shifts. During the 2009-2010 academic year, she attended the annual Conference for the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis in Wilmington, N.C.

Trip to Spain Broadens Cultural HorizonsProfessor Sharon Folk led a group of seven, including four Salkehatchie students, on a trip

Dr. Eran Kilpatrick and students on the beach at Botany Bay, during a class field trip.

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students selected him for this honor, citing his willingness to go the extra mile to help students and the fact he was never seen without a smile on his face. One called him “a true gentleman.”

behind the presentations and others responsible for the actual presentation.

Camps Provide Summer Learning OpportunitiesUSC Salkehatchie and its Leadership Institute hosted three summer learning camps on campus this year. On the West Campus, the Allendale-Fairfax Middle School Camp, which was funded by Allendale County Schools, provided 77 students from the middle school with applied science classes, an arts class, activities, and field trips to Patriot’s Point and the S. C. Aquarium in Charleston and the Penn Center and Hunting Island State Park. On the East Campus, the Summer Scholars Camp, which is funded by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and hosted in

partnership with the Colleton Museum, allowed 115 middle school students to experience environmental science classes, a portable classroom planetarium, and applied art projects, as well as field trips to Riverbanks Zoo and the S. C. State Museum in Columbia and Patriot’s Point in Charleston. The ACE Camp, which is also funded by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and hosted in partnership with the Colleton Museum, provided a high school summer experience for 28 students on the East Campus. Those students took field trips to the Department of Natural Resources facility at Bennetts Point for a boat tour and trawl; Table Rock State Park in Pickens County; a workshop and field tour on Spring Island; the S. C. Center for Birds of Prey; and a workshop at the Baruch Center at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown.

Biology Classes Experience Nature First-hand In April 2010, both sections of Dr. Eran Kilpatrick’s Biology 102 class took field trips to destinations near their respective campuses. The West Campus class toured lower Coastal Plain wetland ecosystems in Bamberg County. Stops included examples of a blackwater creek and river swamp habitat, along with a

gum pond at River’s Bridge State Historic Site; a Carolina bay at Cathedral Bay Heritage Preserve; and a pond cypress savannah. The East Campus class explored tidally influenced wetlands and longleaf pine forest habitats in the ACE Basin at Donnelley Wildlife Management Area in southern Colleton County. The classes focused on flora and fauna habitat relationships, bird migration, and research topics related to ecological field studies.

Kilpatrick also invited students from both East and West Campus classes to attend an all day coastal field trip. They toured saltmarsh, dune, tidal creek, and maritime forest habitats at Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area and Edisto Beach. The group then traveled to the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge where students could explore old rice fields, a brackish marsh, a bottomland hardwood forest, and a managed pine forest. Multiple arthropod, mollusk, algae, fish, and shorebird species were observed in the dune and beach habitats. A diversity of vascular plant, amphibian, reptile, and mammal species were identified and discussed. The students were also able to view actively managed wetland and upland resources that provide critical habitats for wildlife species.

13 Selected for All-Region Soccer TeamUSC Salkehatchie is proud to announce that 13 soccer players were named to the NJCAA Region X All-Region team for the 2009 season. Those players selected from the women’s team were: 1st Team All-Region – Elisa Routt and Ebony Davies; 2nd Team All-Region – Zaf Papanikitas, Nicole Fluker, and Shannon Shaeffer; and Honorable Mention: Tearra Green. Those players selected from the men’s team were: 1st Team All-Region – Ryan Dickson; 2nd Team All-Region – David Williams, Chris Roulston, and Itamar Filho; and Honorable Mention: John Luka Joseph, Marcio Melara-Beckman, and Raul Melara-Beckman.

Students Celebrate Earth DayThis past April, students in Dr. Martha McKevlin’s Environmental Biology class

worked with the Student Government Association to plan a lunch time Earth Day activity in Marvin Park on the East Campus. Students presented information on the history of Earth Day, recycling, conservation of electricity, water, and gasoline, and pollution issues. Students worked together in teams with some responsible for the research

Members of the men’s and women’s soccer teams were honored for their skills and performance during the 2009 season.

Students take a break from helping clean property owned by the Colleton County Historic and Preservation Society.

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Softball Team Raises Cancer AwarenessOn October 9, 2009, USC Salkehatchie’s softball team played a fall exhibition game which they designated their Breast Cancer Awareness Game. They wore pink Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirts as part of their uniforms that day. According to then-Coach Mitch Smith, “This is an important issue, and we wanted to wear the pink shirts and designate the game as Breast Cancer Awareness day to raise awareness of this disease.”

Students Donate Time to Local Historical Society USC Salkehatchie students helped the Colleton County Historic and Preservation Society clean up its rental property in September 2009. The students helped to clean both the inside and outside of the rental house, including general cleaning, cutting down limbs, and removing debris.

Chamber Honors PhillipsBuddy Phillips, director of the undergraduate education program at USC Salkehatchie, was honored by the Hampton County Chamber of Commerce as the 2010 Person of the Year. He was recognized for his commitment to the community, which includes current service on the Hampton County Council,

Southern Carolina Alliance, and Lowcountry Council of Governments, as well as past service as the mayor of Hampton and a long-time local educator. He served as the superintendent of Hampton District One schools for 24 years, principal at Fennell Elementary for 11 years, and headmaster at Patrick Henry Academy for two years.

Summer Athletic Camps Offer Youth Fundamentals and FunUSC Salkehatchie sponsored several summer sports camps for children this past summer. Head basketball coach Travis Garrett ran two weeks of basketball camp in the gym in Walterboro; one for children ages 6-9, and one for children ages 9-13. Head baseball coach Bubba Dorman also ran a week of baseball camp on the baseball field in Allendale for children ages 6-13. These camps are great learning experiences for the young people and meet a need in the community, as well as serving as an athletics fund-raiser. Be sure to watch www.USCSalkathletics.com for information on next summer’s camps.

Magellan Scholar Concludes Grant-funded ResearchRebecca Scheffler, former USC Salkehatchie student and the first-ever USC Salkehatchie Magellan Scholar, presented the results from her reptile

Local children ages 6-13 flocked to a baseball camp held by USC Salkehatchie in July, where they learned basic skills such as pitching, catching, and hitting. A basketball camp held on East Campus in Walterboro offered youth another funsummer option.

and amphibian study at two different conferences in April. She presented at the 2010 South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting at the College of Charleston and at USC’s Discovery Day in Columbia. Scheffler inventoried reptiles and amphibians across six major habitat types at Red Bluff Lodge, a 6,000-acre tract of land in Allendale County. Her study found that upland cypress ponds provided essential breeding habitat for a variety of salamander and frog species that have specific ecological requirements. She also detected differences in amphibian capture rates across upland and lowland

wetland habitats. Scheffler is now a biology major at USC Aiken. Wade-Galuska Awaits Journal PublicationDr. Tammy Wade-Galuska, assistant professor of psychology, is awaiting final acceptance by the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior of her report on how the reinforcing effectiveness of commonly abused drugs (namely, psychostimulants and opiates) are altered during periods of opiate withdrawal. She has also been working in collaboration with Conditioning and Learning faculty in the Psychology Department at the College of Charleston on projects that use operant conditioning procedures to investigate impulsivity and behavioral disruption during negative incentive shifts. During the 2009-2010 academic year, she attended the annual Conference for the Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis in Wilmington, N.C.

Trip to Spain Broadens Cultural HorizonsProfessor Sharon Folk led a group of seven, including four Salkehatchie students, on a trip

Dr. Eran Kilpatrick and students on the beach at Botany Bay, during a class field trip.

continued on pg. 16

16 ~ Campus News and Notes Friends of the Campus ~ 17

SRNS Becomes a ‘Marquee’ Donor for Theatre Projectto Spain this past May. Two students received credit for the trip as part of Spanish 398, a cultural course. They stayed for a week in Madrid, visiting the Royal Palace and the Prado, taking a day trip to Toledo, and eating at the world famous Botin, the oldest restaurant in the world. The group traveled by high speed train to Sevilla for five days, where they visited a number of historic and cultural sites, including the third largest cathedral in the world, the Archives of the Indies, and the Alcazar.

New Professor Publishes Literary Articles Dr. Thomas Bragg, an assistant professor of English who began teaching at USC Salkehatchie this fall, recently published two articles related to literature. “Scott’s Elementals: Vanishing Points Between Space and Narrative in the Waverley Novels” was selected for inclusion in the Fall 2010 issue of Studies in the Novel. Previously, his article “Becoming a Mere Appendix: The Rehabilitated Masculinity of Sherlock Holmes” was published in the Fall 2009 issue of Victorian Newsletter.

Student Collaborates for Research in Colleton County Casey Rowe, a USC Salkehatchie biology major, worked as a research technician this summer for College of Charleston graduate student Ryan Wenzel. Rowe assisted with Wenzel’s study titled, “Amphibian Community Dynamics during Longleaf Pine Restoration.” The study took place on the 600-acre Bonnie Doone Tract in southern Colleton County. The property is managed by the The Nature Conservancy. Rowe’s duties included the capture and identification

of adult and larval salamander, frog, and toad species associated with upland isolated wetlands. He had an opportunity to sample amphibians using drift fence/pitfall traps and minnow traps in addition to collecting wetland hydrology data.

Psychology Professor Presents, PublishesDr. Carmella Gottesman, assistant professor of psychology, made a presentation titled “Is Boundary Extension Different When You’ve Been There? Memory for Familiar and Unfamiliar Campus Pictures” at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Naples, Florida in May, along with colleague Margaret P. Munger. Gottesman was also recently notified that her article “Mental Layout Extrapolations Prime Spatial Processing of Scenes” will appear in a future issue of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Students Work to Clean Up CommunityAbout 25 USC Salkehatchie students participated in the Great American Clean-up in March. The Walterboro event was sponsored locally by the Keep Colleton Beautiful campaign, which is associated with Palmetto Pride, the South Carolina Keep America Beautiful organization. The event was hosted by the Saint Center Ministry on Hampton Street, and students from Dr. Martha McKevlin’s Environmental Biology class and her General Biology class participated, as did students from the Student Government Association and Opportunity Scholars Program.

Scholarship RoundupUSC Salkehatchie awarded institutional

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academic scholarships totaling $72,433 to 57 students for Fall 2010. Those scholarships, made possible by supporter donations, help the dream of higher education become a reality for many area students. The annual Academic Recognition Reception, honoring scholarship winners, academic award winners, and donors who support both programs, was held April 15 on the West Campus.

Salkehatchie Featured by NJCAA USC Salkehatchie was selected in March as the NJCAA College of the Month. The campus was featured not only on the cover of the magazine, but also in a two-page picture and essay spread inside. This monthly publication is mailed to more than 500 NJCAA member colleges nation-wide.

Welcome to Our FamilyUSC Salkehatchie welcomed a number of new faculty and staff members during the past year. New full-time members of the Salkehatchie family include: Dr. Thep Ayudhya, instructor of chemistry; Dr. Thomas Bragg, assistant professor of English; John Eze, instructor of business; Lynn Gore, human resources administrative assistant; Taffeny Hall, West Campus bookstore manager; Dr. David Hatch, assistant professor of English; Sarah Johnson, student recruiter; Jessica McGee, student recruiter; Dr. Fidele Ngwane, assistant professor of math; John Peek, instructor of criminal justice; Tatjana Slawson, softball coach; Dr. Rodney Steward, assistant professor of history; and Donna Winn, financial aid processor. Dr. Bryan Lai was also promoted from math instructor to assistant professor of math.

Casey Rowe sets minnow traps for larval amphibians.

A group from Salkehatchie toured various cultural and historic landmarks in Spain.

Thanks to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the Carolina Theatre marquee will shine brightly on Allendale’s Main Street once theatre renovations are completed in 2011. SRNS, which is the management and operating contractor at the Savannah River Site, recently announced a $90,000 donation over the next three years to USC Salkehatchie for the theatre project. Their donation provides for a new marquee, sound system, and other interior finishings for this performance venue. “The company is very community oriented, and we feel like the arts are an important avenue for community engagement and involvement,” says Clif Webb, vice president of public affairs for SRNS. “We wanted a demonstrable way to show the community we are willing to invest in it, and we believe this theatre can serve as a beacon in the community.” The new marquee will bear the historic name of the Carolina Theatre, returning both the building and its former name to use. Work began on the building, owned by USC Salkehatchie’s Western Carolina Higher Education Commission, after a renovation grant was received from USDA Rural Development. Once complete, Carolina Theatre will serve as a home for the performing arts in Allendale County and one venue for the Salkehatchie Stew production. This multi-year commitment is not the first contribution SRNS has made in the local community, or to projects related to Salkehatchie. Since beginning operations at the site, SRNS has invested more than $1.6 million in the local community. Earlier this year, they contributed $7,000 for a specialty lighting system used during the touringSalkehatchie Stew performances. According to Webb, the Stew production had a profound impact on him, and the company believes strongly in the storytell-ing effort, and the change and community growth for which it stands. “I think it’s wonderful that SRNS is showing their support for community development and the arts,” says Anne Rice, executive director of the USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute, which spearheads

both the theatre and Salkehatchie Stew projects. “This will be a shining example of what a rural community can accomplish, when people are determined and have partner support.” Work is underway at the theatre, includ-ing various structural repairs and renova-tions. An opening date has not yet been set, but SRNS’ contribution is key to making opening night possible. “We look forward to opening night for Carolina Theatre, and celebrating with SRNS and all the other partners who have made this project possible,” says Dr. Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie.

(Above) Clif Webb of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions presents Dean Ann Carmichael (center) and the Leadership Institute’s Anne Rice with the first of three annual donations to the Carolina Theatre project. (Below) Stacks of bricks are ready for use in the renovation.

“This generous contribution from SRNS demonstrates the positive impact corporate partners can have in their communities. We are grateful for their commitment to this campus and our efforts.”

16 ~ Campus News and Notes Friends of the Campus ~ 17

SRNS Becomes a ‘Marquee’ Donor for Theatre Projectto Spain this past May. Two students received credit for the trip as part of Spanish 398, a cultural course. They stayed for a week in Madrid, visiting the Royal Palace and the Prado, taking a day trip to Toledo, and eating at the world famous Botin, the oldest restaurant in the world. The group traveled by high speed train to Sevilla for five days, where they visited a number of historic and cultural sites, including the third largest cathedral in the world, the Archives of the Indies, and the Alcazar.

New Professor Publishes Literary Articles Dr. Thomas Bragg, an assistant professor of English who began teaching at USC Salkehatchie this fall, recently published two articles related to literature. “Scott’s Elementals: Vanishing Points Between Space and Narrative in the Waverley Novels” was selected for inclusion in the Fall 2010 issue of Studies in the Novel. Previously, his article “Becoming a Mere Appendix: The Rehabilitated Masculinity of Sherlock Holmes” was published in the Fall 2009 issue of Victorian Newsletter.

Student Collaborates for Research in Colleton County Casey Rowe, a USC Salkehatchie biology major, worked as a research technician this summer for College of Charleston graduate student Ryan Wenzel. Rowe assisted with Wenzel’s study titled, “Amphibian Community Dynamics during Longleaf Pine Restoration.” The study took place on the 600-acre Bonnie Doone Tract in southern Colleton County. The property is managed by the The Nature Conservancy. Rowe’s duties included the capture and identification

of adult and larval salamander, frog, and toad species associated with upland isolated wetlands. He had an opportunity to sample amphibians using drift fence/pitfall traps and minnow traps in addition to collecting wetland hydrology data.

Psychology Professor Presents, PublishesDr. Carmella Gottesman, assistant professor of psychology, made a presentation titled “Is Boundary Extension Different When You’ve Been There? Memory for Familiar and Unfamiliar Campus Pictures” at the annual meeting of the Vision Sciences Society in Naples, Florida in May, along with colleague Margaret P. Munger. Gottesman was also recently notified that her article “Mental Layout Extrapolations Prime Spatial Processing of Scenes” will appear in a future issue of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Students Work to Clean Up CommunityAbout 25 USC Salkehatchie students participated in the Great American Clean-up in March. The Walterboro event was sponsored locally by the Keep Colleton Beautiful campaign, which is associated with Palmetto Pride, the South Carolina Keep America Beautiful organization. The event was hosted by the Saint Center Ministry on Hampton Street, and students from Dr. Martha McKevlin’s Environmental Biology class and her General Biology class participated, as did students from the Student Government Association and Opportunity Scholars Program.

Scholarship RoundupUSC Salkehatchie awarded institutional

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academic scholarships totaling $72,433 to 57 students for Fall 2010. Those scholarships, made possible by supporter donations, help the dream of higher education become a reality for many area students. The annual Academic Recognition Reception, honoring scholarship winners, academic award winners, and donors who support both programs, was held April 15 on the West Campus.

Salkehatchie Featured by NJCAA USC Salkehatchie was selected in March as the NJCAA College of the Month. The campus was featured not only on the cover of the magazine, but also in a two-page picture and essay spread inside. This monthly publication is mailed to more than 500 NJCAA member colleges nation-wide.

Welcome to Our FamilyUSC Salkehatchie welcomed a number of new faculty and staff members during the past year. New full-time members of the Salkehatchie family include: Dr. Thep Ayudhya, instructor of chemistry; Dr. Thomas Bragg, assistant professor of English; John Eze, instructor of business; Lynn Gore, human resources administrative assistant; Taffeny Hall, West Campus bookstore manager; Dr. David Hatch, assistant professor of English; Sarah Johnson, student recruiter; Jessica McGee, student recruiter; Dr. Fidele Ngwane, assistant professor of math; John Peek, instructor of criminal justice; Tatjana Slawson, softball coach; Dr. Rodney Steward, assistant professor of history; and Donna Winn, financial aid processor. Dr. Bryan Lai was also promoted from math instructor to assistant professor of math.

Casey Rowe sets minnow traps for larval amphibians.

A group from Salkehatchie toured various cultural and historic landmarks in Spain.

Thanks to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the Carolina Theatre marquee will shine brightly on Allendale’s Main Street once theatre renovations are completed in 2011. SRNS, which is the management and operating contractor at the Savannah River Site, recently announced a $90,000 donation over the next three years to USC Salkehatchie for the theatre project. Their donation provides for a new marquee, sound system, and other interior finishings for this performance venue. “The company is very community oriented, and we feel like the arts are an important avenue for community engagement and involvement,” says Clif Webb, vice president of public affairs for SRNS. “We wanted a demonstrable way to show the community we are willing to invest in it, and we believe this theatre can serve as a beacon in the community.” The new marquee will bear the historic name of the Carolina Theatre, returning both the building and its former name to use. Work began on the building, owned by USC Salkehatchie’s Western Carolina Higher Education Commission, after a renovation grant was received from USDA Rural Development. Once complete, Carolina Theatre will serve as a home for the performing arts in Allendale County and one venue for the Salkehatchie Stew production. This multi-year commitment is not the first contribution SRNS has made in the local community, or to projects related to Salkehatchie. Since beginning operations at the site, SRNS has invested more than $1.6 million in the local community. Earlier this year, they contributed $7,000 for a specialty lighting system used during the touringSalkehatchie Stew performances. According to Webb, the Stew production had a profound impact on him, and the company believes strongly in the storytell-ing effort, and the change and community growth for which it stands. “I think it’s wonderful that SRNS is showing their support for community development and the arts,” says Anne Rice, executive director of the USC Salkehatchie Leadership Institute, which spearheads

both the theatre and Salkehatchie Stew projects. “This will be a shining example of what a rural community can accomplish, when people are determined and have partner support.” Work is underway at the theatre, includ-ing various structural repairs and renova-tions. An opening date has not yet been set, but SRNS’ contribution is key to making opening night possible. “We look forward to opening night for Carolina Theatre, and celebrating with SRNS and all the other partners who have made this project possible,” says Dr. Ann Carmichael, dean of USC Salkehatchie.

(Above) Clif Webb of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions presents Dean Ann Carmichael (center) and the Leadership Institute’s Anne Rice with the first of three annual donations to the Carolina Theatre project. (Below) Stacks of bricks are ready for use in the renovation.

“This generous contribution from SRNS demonstrates the positive impact corporate partners can have in their communities. We are grateful for their commitment to this campus and our efforts.”

Mrs. Bess D. WareMr. Anthony WestonMs. Sara P. WhiteMr. David H. WilliamsonMr. John WinthropMr. and Mrs. Jeremy G. WilsonMr. Danton D. WirthMr. W. Allen WoodsMs. Jean L. WrightMs. Pauline P. Zidlick

COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTSBlueCross BlueShield of SC FoundationCannady Agency, Inc.Colleton County ChiropracticCollums’ Products, LLCThe Duke Endowment, in association with Allendale County HospitalEnterprise Bank of SCGeorgia PacificGillam and Associates, Inc.Grant AllendaleRobert L. Huffines Jr. FoundationLowcountry SertomaManuel’s Grocery & Barber ShopPalmetto State BankPalmetto Putt-AroundPeters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & DetrickPress and Standard NewspaperReid’s Sandlapper LeagueSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCSavannah River Remediation, LLCSavannah River SiteD.L. Scurry FoundationSPX FoundationWalterboro Civitan ClubWalterboro Eyecare CenterWalterboro Rotary ClubWDOG RadioJoe E. Williams & Associates, Inc.

With deep appreciation, we acknowledge the contributions and in-kind gifts made by individuals, organizations, companies, corporations, foundations, and trusts during fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010). Every effort has been made to assure

complete and accurate recording. However, if errors or omissions have occurred, please bring them to our attention by contacting Marge Berryman, P.O. Box 1337, Walterboro, SC 29488, 843-549-6314, Berryman@mailbox.sc.edu; or Elaine Lawrence, P.O. Box 617,

Allendale, SC 29810, 803-584-3446, elawrenc@mailbox.sc.edu.

Friends of the Campus ~ 1918 ~ Friends of the Campus USC Salkehatchie Donors 2009-2010

Educational Foundation PartnershipBoard of Directors

Ms. Lee Harley-Fitts Mrs. Cindy Hurst Ms. Deborah Kane Allendale County Bamberg County Colleton County

Mrs. Rose Anne Mixson Mr. Alexander Murdaugh Ms. Kathleen Myrick Hampton County Hampton County Allendale County

Mr. John Sanders Mr. Eugene Varn Mr. Jasper B. Varn, Jr. Barnwell County Colleton County Bamberg County

INDIVIDUALSDr. and Mrs. Riddick AckermanMr. Charlie AndersonMs. Brenda ArantMr. and Mrs. James E. AvantDr. Carolyn BannerDr. and Mrs. David L. BarnesMr. Daryl A. BartleyMr. Jimmy BilkaMrs. Jane Brewer and Mr. Chuck BrewerMs. Shannon S. BelangiaMr. and Mrs. Leonard Bell, Jr.Ms. Janis K. BlockerDr. and Mrs. A. K. BonnetteMr. J. Reid Boylston, IIIMs. Denise L. BrownMs. Mary Ann BrownMrs. Georgia Anna CapobiancoMr. Randy and Dr. Ann CarmichaelMs. Frances ChavousMrs. Joyce A. CollinsMr. and Mrs. William CrawfordMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. DavisMr. Corol N. DobsonMs. Gloria L. DraytonDr. John J. DuffyMs. Dawn C. EadieJudge and Mrs. Jack EarlyMs. Marian EasterlinMr. and Mrs. Michael T. FinchMr. William R. Free, Jr.Mr. Harvey FrisonMs. Katherine GeeMr. Marty GillamMr. and Mrs. William GlassMr. and Mrs. Eugene GoinsDr. Caren GouldMr. Michael Junior GreenMr. Michael Todd Greene

Ms. Cleaola GreerMr. and Mrs. Rudi GreshamMs. Patsy G. HargroveMs. Hattie HarleyMr. and Mrs. Glenn HartzogMr. Doward K. HarvinMr. and Mrs. Doward L. HarvinMs. Jessie J. HarvinMs. Thelma HarvinMr. and Mrs. James E. Heaton, Jr.Ms. Elizabeth R. HetrickMr. and Mrs. William A. HiceMrs. Minnie Sims HolmesMr. Terry HolmesMr. and Mrs. William C. Hudson, Jr.Ms. Janice Herndon HughesMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. HundMr. B. Alton Hutto, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William JacobsMr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Jackson, Jr.Mrs. Debra L. JarrellMr. and Mrs. Daniel M. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Jon L. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Jones, IIMrs. Ben JosselsonMr. G. H. KearseMs. Natalie M. KeyMr. James M. KinardMrs. Christi Sharpe KirklandMr. Charles LaffitteMr. and Mrs. Henry S. LaffitteMs. Rebecca LaffitteMs. S. Rosalie LaffitteMr. Wei Kai LaiMs. Patricia B. LakeMr. Karl L. LevineMs. Barbara LittlejohnMr. and Mrs. Robert Q. Lawrence, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Loadholt

Dr. C. Bryan LoveMr. Doyle McBrideMs. Christa H. McDuffieMr. and Mrs. Peden B. McLeodMr. Thomas G. ManleyMs. Constance B. MansfieldMr. Todd ManuelMr. and Mrs. Duncan McDowellMr. Tim MedlinMr. Edwin Merwin, Jr.Dr. Arthur MitchellMr. and Mrs. Richard MixsonMrs. Rose Ann MixsonMr. and Mrs. R. T. MorganMs. Melinda ParksMr. John F. PeekDr. Edward H. Peeples, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bob S. PenceDr. Charles H. PhillipsMr. and Mrs. F. Holbrook PlattsDr. and Mrs. Chris P. PlylerMrs. Carey Jones PolkMr. David PorterMr. B. George PriceMr. Robert R. PurpleMr. Stephen RawsonMr. and Mrs. Jim RebouletDr. Roberto RefinettiMr. and Mrs. Robert L. RichardsonMr. Keith RizerMs. Rebecca J. RizerMr. Laurence SandersMs. Stephanie SandersDr. and Mrs. William SandiferMr. and Mrs. Barry SchillingMs. Christy L. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Kevin SeaseMs. Susan S. SeiglerMs. Sara SingletaryMs. Carol SlocumMs. Tonya F. SmithMs. Brenda SpellmanMr. Kenneth M. SpiresDr. John SpoonerMr. Allan Floyd StanleyMr. and Mrs. Ben StricklandMs. Catherine Tharin Mr. Chris ThomasMr. Round TripperMr. Jasper B. Varn, Jr.Mr. W. H. Varn, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Harry Varney

MEMORIALSIN MEMORY OF HARRY LEE FOY, SRMrs. Marjorie H. Foy

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM B. GILLAMSandlapper League, Barnwell, SCJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF IDA B. ALLJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF MR. BOB MCCULLYJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF MR. RAY CARMICHAELMs. Camille S. NairnMrs. Elaine LawrenceJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, IIIMs. Rebecca Laffitte

IN MEMORY OF MRS. BETTY MACK Ms. Rebecca Laffitte

SCHOLARSHIPSACN PrizeAllendale Academy ScholarshipReid’s ScholarshipThe Reid and Louise Boylston ScholarshipClarence and Virginia Brabham Memorial ScholarshipRepresentative James B. and Mrs. Barbara T. Brandt ScholarshipDavid and Brenda Barnes ScholarshipDavid and Maggie Cannon ScholarshipWayne Chilcote ScholarshipBarbara B. and Carl A. Clayton ScholarshipMary M. and William A. Clayton ScholarshipJ. Paul Detrick ScholarshipVivia Peeples Eden ScholarshipHarry Lee Foy, Sr. Memorial ScholarshipThe Gillam Family ScholarshipAbe Harris Memorial Scholarship

Killion-Waller ScholarshipBilly Wade Memorial Scholarship“Luke” Laffitte Endowed ScholarshipLeadership Colleton Class of 2008 Endowed ScholarshipManuel’s Grocery and Barber Shop ScholarshipMiles and Ann Loadholt Endowed ScholarshipLowcountry Sertoma Club ScholarshipZita Mellon ScholarshipBob and Ginger McCully Endowed ScholarshipCynthia and Ross McMillan Endowed ScholarshipRandolph “Buster” Murdaugh ScholarshipJohn and Julia Myers ScholarshipButch Phillips Memorial ScholarshipMartha and Holbrook Platts ScholarshipMarion Preacher ScholarshipPresident’s Commencement ScholarshipWitsell R. and Josephine L. Robertson Endowed ScholarshipSalkehatchie Faculty-Staff ScholarshipNeil Sanders ScholarshipScurry Foundation ScholarshipTharin Endowment ScholarshipAudrey G. Thomas and Peggy A. Morris Endowed ScholarshipWalterboro Civitan Club ScholarshipWalterboro Rotary Club ScholarshipBaker T. Warren Scholarship (Allendale County Presbyterian Church)Western Carolina Higher Education Commission Scholarship

BY THE NUMBERS

$335,969 ~ Charitable contributionsto the campus in 2009-2010

$72,433 ~ Institutional scholarshipsawarded for Fall 2010

57 ~ Students assisted by institutional scholarships for Fall 2010

Be Part of Salkehatchie’s Efforts to Illuminate the World Alumni and friends of the campus are vital to the continued growth and success of USC Salkehatchie. Without your help, it would be impossible to serve our students and the community in the manner that has become synonymous with Salkehatchie. The impact that our donors have on fulfilling Salkehatchie’s mission is tremendous. Declining state appropriations make this support more important than ever before. With escalating costs and advancing technology, it is imperative that USC Salkehatchie remain at the forefront of higher education. We cannot do that without the contributions of Salkehatchie friends and supporters, those who want to be a part of helping future generations. Making

a long-term commitment to USC Salkehatchie assures our future presence in these communities and allows us to grow and remain responsive to the educational needs of the future. Those commitments can be in the form of annual gifts, financial support of the campus and its general operations, academic or community outreach programs, student scholarships, or endowments. As a donor, you will be part of USC Salkehatchie’s progress, and that support is vital to our future. You may use the enclosed envelope for your contribution, or if you would like to learn more about how you can invest in the future of this institution, contact Dean Ann Carmichael at (803) 584-3446 or (843) 549-6314.

Mrs. Bess D. WareMr. Anthony WestonMs. Sara P. WhiteMr. David H. WilliamsonMr. John WinthropMr. and Mrs. Jeremy G. WilsonMr. Danton D. WirthMr. W. Allen WoodsMs. Jean L. WrightMs. Pauline P. Zidlick

COMPANIES, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTSBlueCross BlueShield of SC FoundationCannady Agency, Inc.Colleton County ChiropracticCollums’ Products, LLCThe Duke Endowment, in association with Allendale County HospitalEnterprise Bank of SCGeorgia PacificGillam and Associates, Inc.Grant AllendaleRobert L. Huffines Jr. FoundationLowcountry SertomaManuel’s Grocery & Barber ShopPalmetto State BankPalmetto Putt-AroundPeters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & DetrickPress and Standard NewspaperReid’s Sandlapper LeagueSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLCSavannah River Remediation, LLCSavannah River SiteD.L. Scurry FoundationSPX FoundationWalterboro Civitan ClubWalterboro Eyecare CenterWalterboro Rotary ClubWDOG RadioJoe E. Williams & Associates, Inc.

With deep appreciation, we acknowledge the contributions and in-kind gifts made by individuals, organizations, companies, corporations, foundations, and trusts during fiscal year 2009-2010 (July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010). Every effort has been made to assure

complete and accurate recording. However, if errors or omissions have occurred, please bring them to our attention by contacting Marge Berryman, P.O. Box 1337, Walterboro, SC 29488, 843-549-6314, Berryman@mailbox.sc.edu; or Elaine Lawrence, P.O. Box 617,

Allendale, SC 29810, 803-584-3446, elawrenc@mailbox.sc.edu.

Friends of the Campus ~ 1918 ~ Friends of the Campus USC Salkehatchie Donors 2009-2010

Educational Foundation PartnershipBoard of Directors

Ms. Lee Harley-Fitts Mrs. Cindy Hurst Ms. Deborah Kane Allendale County Bamberg County Colleton County

Mrs. Rose Anne Mixson Mr. Alexander Murdaugh Ms. Kathleen Myrick Hampton County Hampton County Allendale County

Mr. John Sanders Mr. Eugene Varn Mr. Jasper B. Varn, Jr. Barnwell County Colleton County Bamberg County

INDIVIDUALSDr. and Mrs. Riddick AckermanMr. Charlie AndersonMs. Brenda ArantMr. and Mrs. James E. AvantDr. Carolyn BannerDr. and Mrs. David L. BarnesMr. Daryl A. BartleyMr. Jimmy BilkaMrs. Jane Brewer and Mr. Chuck BrewerMs. Shannon S. BelangiaMr. and Mrs. Leonard Bell, Jr.Ms. Janis K. BlockerDr. and Mrs. A. K. BonnetteMr. J. Reid Boylston, IIIMs. Denise L. BrownMs. Mary Ann BrownMrs. Georgia Anna CapobiancoMr. Randy and Dr. Ann CarmichaelMs. Frances ChavousMrs. Joyce A. CollinsMr. and Mrs. William CrawfordMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. DavisMr. Corol N. DobsonMs. Gloria L. DraytonDr. John J. DuffyMs. Dawn C. EadieJudge and Mrs. Jack EarlyMs. Marian EasterlinMr. and Mrs. Michael T. FinchMr. William R. Free, Jr.Mr. Harvey FrisonMs. Katherine GeeMr. Marty GillamMr. and Mrs. William GlassMr. and Mrs. Eugene GoinsDr. Caren GouldMr. Michael Junior GreenMr. Michael Todd Greene

Ms. Cleaola GreerMr. and Mrs. Rudi GreshamMs. Patsy G. HargroveMs. Hattie HarleyMr. and Mrs. Glenn HartzogMr. Doward K. HarvinMr. and Mrs. Doward L. HarvinMs. Jessie J. HarvinMs. Thelma HarvinMr. and Mrs. James E. Heaton, Jr.Ms. Elizabeth R. HetrickMr. and Mrs. William A. HiceMrs. Minnie Sims HolmesMr. Terry HolmesMr. and Mrs. William C. Hudson, Jr.Ms. Janice Herndon HughesMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. HundMr. B. Alton Hutto, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William JacobsMr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Jackson, Jr.Mrs. Debra L. JarrellMr. and Mrs. Daniel M. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Jon L. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Jones, IIMrs. Ben JosselsonMr. G. H. KearseMs. Natalie M. KeyMr. James M. KinardMrs. Christi Sharpe KirklandMr. Charles LaffitteMr. and Mrs. Henry S. LaffitteMs. Rebecca LaffitteMs. S. Rosalie LaffitteMr. Wei Kai LaiMs. Patricia B. LakeMr. Karl L. LevineMs. Barbara LittlejohnMr. and Mrs. Robert Q. Lawrence, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Loadholt

Dr. C. Bryan LoveMr. Doyle McBrideMs. Christa H. McDuffieMr. and Mrs. Peden B. McLeodMr. Thomas G. ManleyMs. Constance B. MansfieldMr. Todd ManuelMr. and Mrs. Duncan McDowellMr. Tim MedlinMr. Edwin Merwin, Jr.Dr. Arthur MitchellMr. and Mrs. Richard MixsonMrs. Rose Ann MixsonMr. and Mrs. R. T. MorganMs. Melinda ParksMr. John F. PeekDr. Edward H. Peeples, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bob S. PenceDr. Charles H. PhillipsMr. and Mrs. F. Holbrook PlattsDr. and Mrs. Chris P. PlylerMrs. Carey Jones PolkMr. David PorterMr. B. George PriceMr. Robert R. PurpleMr. Stephen RawsonMr. and Mrs. Jim RebouletDr. Roberto RefinettiMr. and Mrs. Robert L. RichardsonMr. Keith RizerMs. Rebecca J. RizerMr. Laurence SandersMs. Stephanie SandersDr. and Mrs. William SandiferMr. and Mrs. Barry SchillingMs. Christy L. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Kevin SeaseMs. Susan S. SeiglerMs. Sara SingletaryMs. Carol SlocumMs. Tonya F. SmithMs. Brenda SpellmanMr. Kenneth M. SpiresDr. John SpoonerMr. Allan Floyd StanleyMr. and Mrs. Ben StricklandMs. Catherine Tharin Mr. Chris ThomasMr. Round TripperMr. Jasper B. Varn, Jr.Mr. W. H. Varn, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Harry Varney

MEMORIALSIN MEMORY OF HARRY LEE FOY, SRMrs. Marjorie H. Foy

IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM B. GILLAMSandlapper League, Barnwell, SCJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF IDA B. ALLJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF MR. BOB MCCULLYJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, III

IN MEMORY OF MR. RAY CARMICHAELMs. Camille S. NairnMrs. Elaine LawrenceJudge and Mrs. Doyet A. Early, IIIMs. Rebecca Laffitte

IN MEMORY OF MRS. BETTY MACK Ms. Rebecca Laffitte

SCHOLARSHIPSACN PrizeAllendale Academy ScholarshipReid’s ScholarshipThe Reid and Louise Boylston ScholarshipClarence and Virginia Brabham Memorial ScholarshipRepresentative James B. and Mrs. Barbara T. Brandt ScholarshipDavid and Brenda Barnes ScholarshipDavid and Maggie Cannon ScholarshipWayne Chilcote ScholarshipBarbara B. and Carl A. Clayton ScholarshipMary M. and William A. Clayton ScholarshipJ. Paul Detrick ScholarshipVivia Peeples Eden ScholarshipHarry Lee Foy, Sr. Memorial ScholarshipThe Gillam Family ScholarshipAbe Harris Memorial Scholarship

Killion-Waller ScholarshipBilly Wade Memorial Scholarship“Luke” Laffitte Endowed ScholarshipLeadership Colleton Class of 2008 Endowed ScholarshipManuel’s Grocery and Barber Shop ScholarshipMiles and Ann Loadholt Endowed ScholarshipLowcountry Sertoma Club ScholarshipZita Mellon ScholarshipBob and Ginger McCully Endowed ScholarshipCynthia and Ross McMillan Endowed ScholarshipRandolph “Buster” Murdaugh ScholarshipJohn and Julia Myers ScholarshipButch Phillips Memorial ScholarshipMartha and Holbrook Platts ScholarshipMarion Preacher ScholarshipPresident’s Commencement ScholarshipWitsell R. and Josephine L. Robertson Endowed ScholarshipSalkehatchie Faculty-Staff ScholarshipNeil Sanders ScholarshipScurry Foundation ScholarshipTharin Endowment ScholarshipAudrey G. Thomas and Peggy A. Morris Endowed ScholarshipWalterboro Civitan Club ScholarshipWalterboro Rotary Club ScholarshipBaker T. Warren Scholarship (Allendale County Presbyterian Church)Western Carolina Higher Education Commission Scholarship

BY THE NUMBERS

$335,969 ~ Charitable contributionsto the campus in 2009-2010

$72,433 ~ Institutional scholarshipsawarded for Fall 2010

57 ~ Students assisted by institutional scholarships for Fall 2010

Be Part of Salkehatchie’s Efforts to Illuminate the World Alumni and friends of the campus are vital to the continued growth and success of USC Salkehatchie. Without your help, it would be impossible to serve our students and the community in the manner that has become synonymous with Salkehatchie. The impact that our donors have on fulfilling Salkehatchie’s mission is tremendous. Declining state appropriations make this support more important than ever before. With escalating costs and advancing technology, it is imperative that USC Salkehatchie remain at the forefront of higher education. We cannot do that without the contributions of Salkehatchie friends and supporters, those who want to be a part of helping future generations. Making

a long-term commitment to USC Salkehatchie assures our future presence in these communities and allows us to grow and remain responsive to the educational needs of the future. Those commitments can be in the form of annual gifts, financial support of the campus and its general operations, academic or community outreach programs, student scholarships, or endowments. As a donor, you will be part of USC Salkehatchie’s progress, and that support is vital to our future. You may use the enclosed envelope for your contribution, or if you would like to learn more about how you can invest in the future of this institution, contact Dean Ann Carmichael at (803) 584-3446 or (843) 549-6314.

PRESORTFIRST CLASSUS POSTAGEPAIDPERMIT 535COLUMBIA SC

USC SALKEHATCHIEAllendale, SC 29810

Western Carolina Higher Education Commission

Dr. David L. Barnes, Vice Chairman Mr. J. Reid Boylston, III, Chairman Hampton County Barnwell County

Mrs. Lee Early Mr. James E. Frank, Jr. Bamberg County Colleton County

Mr. W. Radcliffe Free, Jr. Mr. Larisey Gooding Bamberg County Allendale County

Mr. William E. Myrick, Jr. Mr. Holbrook Platts, Secretary Allendale County Hampton County

Mr. Terrill N. Tuten Mr. Kelvin D. Wright Barnwell County Colleton County

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis

of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.