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University of South Carolina
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College of Education
education
Fall 2008
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Dean’s Letter
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Challenging the status quo…exceeding expectations
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ver since I joined the faculty of the
College of Education, I have had the
distinct pleasure of periodically participating in a PBS call-in radio show hosted by
Doug Keel called Speaking of Schools.
During those broadcasts, I have the opportunity to talk about a topic of potential
interest to the education community and
then field questions from parents and
community members. Sometimes those
questions relate directly to the topic. Other
times, the questions come out of left field.
About 18 months ago, the topic of my
broadcast had to do with some new certificate programs that were being developed for community college leaders in
our Department of Educational Leadership and Policies. A call came in, and
the caller asked, “So, Dean Sternberg, do
you have any ideas about how to meet the
need to recruit and retain teachers in our
rural, high-needs schools? We sometimes
get new teachers to come here but after a
year, they’re gone.“ One thing you learn
after doing a broadcast like this is that
even though the question might have little
if any connection to what you have been
talking about, you have to be prepared to
provide some answer that the caller and
the community’s involvement as a key
player in continual support. Through such
a synergistic and comprehensive support
system for mentoring and assistance, the
entire community would ultimately benefit.
A short time later, I decided to float
the concept to a number of rural school
district superintendents who historically
have experienced significant problems in
recruiting teachers as well as significant
turnover in their teaching force. The
reaction was quite positive. However,
two major stumbling blocks were evident.
The first had to do with finding funds
to either construct or renovate current
structures for housing for new teachers.
The second was to find funding to put into
place all of the support systems that would
be necessary once those teachers were
hired. As with any new idea, the old adage
holds: Where there is a will, there is a way.
Through collaborative efforts between
the State Department of Education and
Department of Commerce, funds have
become available to help these high-need
school districts to provide these types of
housing facilities for new teachers at no
or low cost to those teachers. And through
our own initial fund-raising efforts by the
college, we have been able to interest
members of our business community to
provide monies in support of the various
mentoring and assistance activities that
will be initiated once these new teachers
are recruited into the ACCESS House
program. What is most interesting is that,
for the most part, those individuals providing funding for the support programs are
city business leaders who truly understand
the need to assist our rural communities
in addressing their educational challenges.
We know we have a long way to go, but the
start is very promising. —Les Sternberg
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others listening might consider intelligent.
I recall responding that our College of
Education at the University of South
Carolina is located in an urban area, and,
although we pride ourselves on preparing
educational professionals to meet the needs
of all children and youth, the vast majority of our clinical placements happen to be
in non-rural areas. However, being a College of Education at the flagship institution
in the state of South Carolina, I stated that
we did have an obligation to work to provide solutions for major state challenges,
and certainly recruiting and retaining
high-quality teachers for high-needs rural
schools ought to be something in which
we should be involved. I then told the
caller that I had previously been employed
at an institution in close proximity to more
rural areas. While there, I had toyed with
the idea of designing and ultimately getting
support for housing for a cohort of “newly
minted” teachers. The cohort concept was
crucial because I thought that by recruiting teachers into groups or clusters, they
could support each other as they began
their teaching careers. The caller seemed
to think the idea was a good one.
Once the show was over, Doug asked
if I might take the time to “put the flesh on
the bones of the concept” and perhaps at
a later broadcast discuss the idea in more
detail. That evening, I bounced some
conceptual and operational ideas off of
my wife, Jean, to get her reaction. Her
input was more than helpful, and focused
almost entirely on housing issues. The
next morning, I composed a brief that
provided a fuller description of the philosophical basis of the concept and a name
for it as well: ACCESS House.
The idea expanded upon simply
providing housing for new teachers. If
ACCESS House was to really work, it
had to create a synergistic relationship
between a number of crucial partners,
including the schools, current teachers
and administrators, the community, the
University, and of course, the new teachers
themselves. The focus of ACCESS House
had to be on support for success. Success
would be defined as the ability of these
rural school districts to recruit new teachers, to retain them, and to also enhance
Comparative and International
Education Office Holds Grand Opening
On April 26, 2007, faculty and students from the College of
Education packed the Wardlaw auditorium for the opening
ceremony of the new Office of International and Comparative
Education (OICE). Dean Sternberg, Vice Provost Karl Heider,
and Director of the Walker Institute of International and Area
Studies Gordon Smith offered opening remarks noting the importance of international study and research both in education and for
South Carolina.
Dean Sternberg noted that “Although many people seem to
credit Tom Friedman with making all of us aware of the fact that
the world is truly flat, there are many who have known for years
that the world has been and will forever be interconnected, and
that there has been and will forever be a need for the peoples of
this world to understand each other and to work together for
positive, global ends.”
2006–2007 has been a big year for international and comparative education at Carolina. Dr. Doyle Stevick, director of the
OICE, published Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse
Societies Form Democratic Citizens. Professor Alan Wieder,
chair of educational studies, published Teacher and Comrade:
Richard Dudley and the Fight for Democracy in South Africa.
Dr. Kara Brown won the Gail P. Kelly Dissertation Award from
the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES).
Dr. David Virtue is working with the AERA Middle School SIG
on a book about international perspectives on early adolescence.
Dr. Louise Jennings obtained a research grant to work in Brazil,
Dr. Kara Brown extended her research in Estonia, and Dr.
Jennifer Wilson will spend a month in Beijing, China. Five
scholars visited our faculty from Capitol Normal University in
Beijing, and six colloquia were held with scholars from places as
diverse as South Africa, Niger, and Cleveland, Ohio.
The future looks bright as well. Christian Anderson (Ph.D.,
Penn State, 2007), who has extensive experience in South America,
will join the higher education program. In addition, the provost’s
office has awarded the program in educational administration
the funding to hire a new tenure-track faculty member in
sub-Saharan African educational leadership and policy. Next
summer, Dr. Doyle Stevick will lead a group of superintendents
and principals on a two-week tour of Finland and Estonia in
cooperation with SCASA, the South Carolina Association of
School Administrators. (For additional information, contact
Dr. Stevick at [email protected].)
The featured speaker was Dr. Gita Steiner-Khamsi, professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and president of the
Comparative and International Education Society, 2009. We often
lose track of the international component of American education,
yet Horace Mann examined schools in Prussia as a model for his
reforms, and movements ranging from kindergarten (Germany),
Montessori (Italy), and even the research university drew upon
foreign models.
While Finland leads the world in reading, science, and math
test scores, they do not achieve these results through increased time
in class nor through accountability systems. In fact, standardized
tests there are rare, and the teaching hours per year in lower
secondary school, for example, are barely half of the U.S. total
(Finland 599 hours, U.S. 1,127 hours)! “Everything is interesting
when you compare,” she noted, showing a map of the world that
categorized countries by whether they were cleaned by students,
by cleaners, or by a combination. The comparison revealed that
students did the cleaning in many high-poverty countries, but also
in wealthy parts of Asia like Japan. There, Confucian values of
collective responsibility come into play. This example was a
prelude to her discussion of the use of standardized test scores in
development policy in education. International scores are now
used to rank countries against one another, and aid is connected to
these rankings, rather than individual benchmarks. This important
shift in development policy often leads to competition, coercion,
and convergence.
But Steiner-Khamsi’s most exciting announcement was her
decision to bring the CIES annual conference in late March 2009
to Charleston. The University of South Carolina will cosponsor
the conference. OICE’s Web site, which is under development,
is located at www.ed.sc.edu/ice.
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PDS National Conference Continues to Grow
For the ninth consecutive year, the University of South Carolina’s College of Education offered P–20 educators from across
the nation and around the world the opportunity to share with
each other the power of their work in Professional Development
Schools. The 2008 PDS National Conference, held April 10–13
in Orlando, Fla., attracted more than 1,100 education professionals, a growth of 10 percent over last year’s event in Las Vegas, Nev.
The PDS initiative continues to grow, and, in collaboration with
the National Association for Professional Development Schools
(NAPDS), the University of South Carolina continues to lead
the way in encouraging and helping sustain these very powerful
school-university partnerships.
The 2008 conference featured two remarkable keynote
presentations, beginning with Thursday afternoon’s offering by
Cleveland State University’s Kristien Marquez-Zenkov and Euclid,
Ohio, High School’s Jim Harmon. The two of them described
for the audience their partnership’s “Through Students’ Eyes”
project in which urban high school and middle school students
were given digital cameras and asked to address, with their own
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personal photographs, three questions: What do you believe are
the purposes of school? What supports your success in school?
And, what impedes your school success? The stories Kristien and
Jim shared moved the audience and offered a perfect segue into
Friday morning’s keynote presentation by Liz Murray, who shared
her life story of growing up in the Bronx and somehow surviving
an obviously challenging environment to eventually succeed at
Harvard. The two presentations in combination served as a powerful reminder that educators can make a significant difference
in the lives of their students.
In the conference’s other general session on Saturday
morning, the University’s Bruce Field joined with Northeastern
Illinois University’s Elliott Lessen and the University of South
Florida’s Roger Brindley in releasing the NAPDS’s first-ever
major position paper, “What It Means to Be a Professional
Development School.” Crafted in collaboration with representatives from other national education organizations, the statement seeks to clarify the meaning of PDSs in the crowded world
of school-university partnerships by presenting nine essentials of
PDS work. The NAPDS will be following up on the release of
this statement by sponsoring the “National Leadership Forum
on the Nine Essentials of PDS Work” in New Orleans in August,
and the University of South Carolina will send a team to that
important event.
While the PDS National Conference has typically opened
on Thursday afternoon, the steady growth in attendance
prompted the conference planning team to expand the time
frame to include Thursday morning. Such a change would
normally produce mixed, or even negative, results, but event
organizers were impressed with the number of individuals who
altered their travel plans to attend three Thursday morning workshops, as well as forums for deans, PDS directors, and persons
interested in writing for the NAPDS journal, School-University
Partnerships. The workshops, which addressed principal leadership in PDSs, a framework for research in PDSs, and working
with teacher candidates who struggle to succeed in the classroom,
all had at least 40 participants, and the forums were equally well
attended. The PDS Directors Forum was particularly well-received, and so Bruce Field will take the lead in designing a
system to allow PDS directors from across the nation to communicate with each other on an ongoing basis throughout the year.
The heart of the conference, as always, were the presentations by individual PDS partnerships, which this year reached an
all-time high in terms of numbers with 287 such sessions. And
once again, these sessions demonstrated a well-balanced representation of P–12 educators and individuals from colleges and
universities that sponsor PDS relationships. While the majority of
these presentations were made by partnerships within the United
States, a growing number of them were offered by PDS educators from around the world, including the Netherlands, Canada,
Japan, and Middle Eastern nations.
In addition to welcoming so many
foreign guests, the conference planning
team made a concerted effort this year to
attract teacher candidates. In fact, the
conference theme, “Growing and Sustaining Our Own: The Power of PDSs in
Preparing Professionals,” was decided
upon with the recognition that the current
state of the PDS initiative will only
continue to grow if we nurture and
support the next generation of educators.
To that end, 11 groups of teacher candidates participated in Saturday morning
poster sessions, which received significant,
and very positive, attention from conference participants. All teacher candidates attending the conference were then
treated to a student-teacher reception on
Saturday afternoon.
The students, however, were not the
only ones who found the time to relax
and participate in conversations in less
formal settings. Thursday and Friday
evening receptions on the Wyndham
Orlando Resort’s Grand Lawn gave
everyone the opportunity to enjoy the
terrific Florida weather—and at Friday’s
event to pose with statues which, to
everyone’s surprise, came to life. The
“let’s relax” part of the conference
expanded into Saturday evening when
three busloads of conference attendees
headed off to Universal CityWalk for a
night of dining and entertainment.
The conference ended Sunday
morning with the NAPDS business
meeting, which included a discussion
of plans for the future, as well as
praise for the work of the conference
planning team. In fact, one participant
summed up her experience with these
words: “Thanks for a great experience
in Orlando; I learned from true
professionals in a beautiful setting.”
The University of South Carolina
and the National Association for
Professional Development Schools
will continue to provide this genuine
learning experience in years to come,
and we look forward to an equally
stimulating conference in Daytona
Beach in 2009.
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Take Advantage of an
Incredible Opportunity …
If you are eligible for S.C. early childhood teacher certification to earn a
master’s degree in early childhood special education, we urge you to consider
the University’s Early Childhood Special Education Master’s Degree Program.
We are soliciting a new cohort of full-time graduate students who have undergraduate early childhood education, special
education, or elementary education degrees; teacher certification; and S.C. residency. Full-time status includes 12 hours
of course work and a 20-hour per week internship each semester in an early childhood setting with young children with
and without developmental delays. Successful applicants will receive tuition reimbursement and a stipend of $4,000 spread
across the spring and fall semesters. The next group of graduate students will begin their studies in August 2008.
If you are interested, we urge you to proceed quickly.
Applicants must meet the following entrance requirements and apply through The Graduate School at USC for the
Master’s Degree in Special Education with an emphasis in early childhood special education (www.gradschool.sc.edu):
•have an earned bachelor’s degree in early childhood,
elementary education, or special education from an
accredited college or university
•be certified as a teacher and
be a resident of South Carolina
•have an undergraduate grade point ratio
of at least a 2.50 on a 4.00 scale
•provide two current letters of professional
recommendation from former instructors
or present employers
•be able to attend graduate school full-time
•score at least 35 or better on the Miller
Analogies Test (MAT) or score at least 800
or better (at least 400 on both verbal and
quantitative subscales) on the Graduate
Record Exam (GRE)
•write a letter of intent explaining why you want
to earn a master’s degree in early childhood
special education and your long-term
professional goals
Applicants who meet initial entrance requirements will be asked
to write an extemporaneous writing sample based on a contemporary
professional article and interviewed for about 30 minutes about their
professional interests and goals.
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If you are an
interested
student who
can be a full-time
student or have
questions about
the program,
contact us
immediately:
Bill Brown | Phone: 803-777-6582
E-mail: [email protected]
Information on graduate school
examinations may be obtained from the
University Testing Office, Russell House,
Room 310, 803-777-2782.
Bookman Road Elementary Named
2008 Riley School Improvement Award Winner
COLUMBIA, S.C. —The School Improvement Council (SIC) of
Bookman Road Elementary School has been named the recipient
of the Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement Award for 2008.
The award was presented Saturday, March 8, at the S.C. School
Improvement Council’s Annual Conference in Columbia.
The annual Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement
Award was created in 2002 to recognize the significant contributions made to public education by the more than 15,000 School
Improvement Council (SIC) members who volunteer in every
public school in the state.
Bookman Road Elementary, a Richland School District Two
school in Elgin, S.C., numbered among its SIC’s accomplishments
in 2006–2007 the coordination of community and local business
support for construction of the school’s Lighthouse Lookout Nature
Trail at the school. The SIC also spearheaded a $2,300 Palmetto
Pride grant for improvements to the school grounds, and members
coordinated Bookman Road’s first Take Pride (in the Outside) Day,
involving more than 140 community volunteers. These efforts contributed to the school’s designation as a National Wildlife Federation School Yard Habitat.
“We are very pleased to present this well-deserved honor to the
School Improvement Council of Bookman Road Elementary,” said
SC-SIC Board of Trustees Chair Jeff Nicholson. “This impressive
effort to engage parents and community members in the life and
betterment of the school is truly what SICs are all about and what
this award acknowledges.”
The Riley award is named in honor of former S. C. governor and U.S. education secretary Richard Riley and his late wife,
Tunky, and recognizes the couple’s long-standing commitment to
quality public education. Mrs. Riley, who passed away on March
7, was remembered at the conference for both her gracious nature
and her great contributions to education in South Carolina.
The following S.C. schools received Honorable Mentions
for the work of their SICs last school year: Camden Elementary
School of the Creative Arts (Kershaw County School District),
Camden; Laurel Hill Primary School (Charleston County School
District), Mt. Pleasant; Meadowfield Elementary School (Richland
School District 1), Columbia; and Pineview Elementary School
(Lexington School District 2), West Columbia.
Located at the University of South Carolina’s College of Education in Columbia, the S.C.-SIC provides training, resources, and
technical assistance to parent, community, staff, and student members of legislatively mandated SICs in each of South Carolina’s
nearly 1,200 public schools.
2008 Dick and Tunky Riley School Improvement
Award Finalists
Laurel Hill Primary
(Charleston County School District), Mt. Pleasant
Julie Allan, SIC Chair; Michael Antonelli, Principal
Laurel Hill Primary School’s SIC is committed to supporting
and developing literacy skills for at-risk students in the community.
The SIC assists with designing and implementing several literacybased initiatives to proactively help needy preschool students.
The school’s LEAP (Linking Education and Preschoolers) Into
Reading Night has become an annual event introducing preschool
children and their parents to the love of reading through a variety
of literacy activities. The SIC also helps to coordinate a free
summer enrichment program for 15 preschool students and
organizes children’s book drives and gathers materials to distribute
to students in the community.
Camden Elementary School of the Creative Arts
(Kershaw County School District), Camden
Brian R. Hann, SIC Chair; Ed Yount, Principal
Camden Elementary School of the Creative Arts is located in the
downtown historic district of Camden. The school serves a diverse
population of 550 students and has integrated the arts throughout
the entire curriculum. The SIC adopted the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) methodology, which allows the ranking and evaluation of school activities based on their overall impact
on students and the learning environment. The SIC focuses on
increasing English/language arts scores, increasing individualized
assistance programs, making the school’s decision process more
data driven, and improving the school’s grounds and facilities.
Pineview Elementary
(Lexington County School District Two), West Columbia
Tim Fitzgerald, SIC Chair; Miley Rhodes, Principal
Pineview is a community school serving many diverse ethnic and
economic groups through a variety of programs. The SIC has
focused on community outreach, healthy learners, student achievement, and school attendance. The Panther ROAR recognition program was established to praise student attendance, achievement,
and effort for each quarter. Reading initiative programs generated
much excitement that remained long after the fall and spring programs concluded. Community members, students, and parents
joined together to make the Walk to School, Grandparent’s Lunch
Week, and Halloween Hike big successes. The SIC has worked
closely with the PTA to ensure continuity of efforts benefiting
everyone in the school community.
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2008 Riley School Improvement Award Winner (cont.)
Meadowfield Elementary
(Richland County School District One), Columbia
Debra Tedeschi, SIC Chair; Paula Stephens, Principal
Meadowfield Elementary set numerous goals in its 2005–2010
School Renewal Plan, including increased student achievement,
positive professional development, and an improved school community. The school and its SIC sought a comprehensive framework which would allow for the realization of these objectives.
Along with the Meadowfield faculty, staff, and PTO, the school’s
SIC investigated the Paideia instructional method. The Paideia
philosophy incorporates three complementary instructional techniques: didactic instruction, intellectual coaching, and seminar
dialogue. Funding was secured, extensive training was provided,
and Paideia arrived at the school in the 2006–2007 school year.
Meadowfield Elementary will become the first nationally certified
Paideia academy in South Carolina.
Bookman Road Elementary
(Richland School District Two), Elgin (2008 Riley Award Winner)
Tanya Rodriguez-Hodges, SIC Chair; Michael Guliano,
Principal
The Bookman Road Elementary SIC regularly evaluates the
school’s needs based upon its students’ needs. The SIC coordinated local business support (including a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox
Grant) for construction of the Lighthouse Lookout Nature Trail.
This trail is used for student observations of animals, habitats,
and vegetation. The SIC also spearheaded a $2,300 Palmetto
Pride grant for improvements to the school grounds. Members
coordinated Bookman Road’s first Take Pride (in the Outside) Day,
which included more than 140 volunteers from across the community. Based on the environmental improvements in their schoolyard, Bookman Road Elementary School received designation as
a National Wildlife Federation School Yard Habitat.
ATCs Are Not Just for Sports Teams Anymore
By Heath Hamacher
In a partnership with the University of South Carolina, Fort Jackson training battalions are adding certified athletic trainers (ATCs)
to their rosters in an effort to reduce missed training time and to
complement medical services that are already provided to the
soldiers. Modeled after the Marine Corps program that has been
successful in recent years, ATCs will work hand-in-hand with unit
cadre to educate, train, and treat soldiers.
As part of the Athletic Trainer-Forward Program, the ATCs
will work an average of 25 hours a week, but are expected to
become an integral part of their respective battalions. They will
attend physical training sessions, sick call, and field training
exercises and work with the drill sergeants to minimize injuries
and keep soldiers who are on limited training profiles active and
motivated. “Hopefully, they’ll be like a part of the staff,” said Kelly
Williams, Ph.D., experimentation and analysis element, basic
combat training directorate. “They’ll attend staff meetings, give and
receive feedback, and just be fully indoctrinated into the battalion.”
As an orientation to Army life, ATCs recently took a class at
Victory University and have been shadowing physical therapists
at the troop medical center. “The physical therapists have been
very good with showing them through and kind of getting them
oriented to the types of injuries they’re going to see,” Williams said.
“There’s also some accreditation and HIPA-style stuff they have to
do over there.”
ATCs are not medics, and they’re not strength and conditioning coaches, but serve a purpose somewhere in between. “At the
very beginning, they will help the medics with the musculoskeletal, but they don’t want to do the job of the medic,” Williams said.
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“They have a different skill set than medics. They do both a training type function and a rehabilitative type function. They’ve all
been exposed to some type of strength and conditioning training.
Some have certifications in it. They all have a good general
knowledge in all areas,” Williams added.
In addition to possessing at least a bachelor’s degree, often in
athletic training, health, physical education, or other related fields,
ATCs must fulfill certification requirements established by the
National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification Inc.,
including a comprehensive examination on the following areas:
• prevention of athletic injuries
• recognition, evaluation, and immediate care of
athletic injuries
• rehabilitation and reconditioning of athletic injuries
• health care administration
• professional development and responsibility.
The contract with the University is good for two years, during which results will be monitored. “We are measuring it to see its
success as far as reducing attrition,” Williams said. “There will be
objective measurements and some subjective measurements, asking the battalions, ‘What do you think, was it worth it? Did they
become part of the team?’” Williams said while some training injuries are inevitable, a “big proportion” of the ATCs’ function will
be the prevention of injuries, as well as the proper rehabilitation of
those injuries that do occur. “Everyone from USC involved in this
program wants to make a contribution to the United States Army,”
said program coordinator Teri LaSalle. “We feel we can use our
knowledge and skills as athletic trainers to do so. To us, soldiers-intraining are like warrior athletes.”
College of Education Cosponsors First Annual
Latino Children’s Literature Conference
The University’s College of Education sponsored its first annual
Latino Children’s Literature Conference on April 26, 2008, in
Columbia, S.C., in partnership with the School of Library and
Information Science. The exciting inaugural event celebrated
Latino children’s literature and heralded our joint partnership to
prepare future and practicing educators, teachers, and librarians
for opportunities to serve Latino children.
As the Latino population continues to grow, so does the
need for understanding these diverse cultures. The conference
provided a forum for current research on the education and information needs of Latino children and Latino children’s literature’s
social influences on a developing child. The conference theme was
“Connecting Cultures and Celebrating Cuentos.” Award-winning
Latino artist and children’s book author Yuyi Morales highlighted
our theme with a storytelling and family event on the evening of
Friday, April 25, at the Lexington County Public Library. This
free community event began at 7 p.m. and provided an evening
of cuentos (stories) that celebrate El día de los niños/El día de
los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day).
The conference began the following day, Saturday, April 26,
at the Russell House University Union. Dr. Kathy Short of the
University of Arizona delivered the keynote address, discussing
international children’s literature and intercultural understandings through youth literature. Breakout sessions on a variety of
Latino children’s literature and literacy topics were available for
both researchers and practitioners, and research posters, created by
undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Library
and Information Science and the
College of Education, were presented throughout the conference.
During the luncheon, notable Latina author Lucía González
read from her forthcoming bilingual picture book “The Storyteller’s
Candle/La velita de los cuentos” and provided a historical
perspective on the development of Latino children’s literature
in the United States. Afternoon breakout sessions included book
discussions and topics related to education, storytelling, and library
services for Latino children. Morales closed the conference with a
grand finale performance followed by a book signing by conference
and local authors.
Conference participants learned ways to connect cultures
and celebrate cuentos with both Latino and non-Latino children
and families. The conference was cochaired by Dr. Julia LópezRobertson and Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo.
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Second Annual Cord Ceremony Recognizes Honor Graduates
The College of Education recognized its spring 2008 undergraduate honors graduates on May 9, 2008. This ceremony marked
the college’s second annual Honors Cord Ceremony. Dean Les
Sternberg and Rob Dedmon, associate director for undergraduate
programs, addressed the honors graduates. Afterward, Dean Sternberg presented honors cords to 64 students from programs in early
childhood education, elementary education, middle level education, and physical education. These students earned the distinction of cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude by
demonstrating high levels of academic achievement.
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Family and friends of the honors graduates, teachers,
administrators from College of Education partner schools, and
College of Education faculty were invited to attend the ceremony
in Gambrell Hall. A reception followed the ceremony and was
held on the Gambrell rooftop terrace. Many attendees enjoyed
the opportunity to show their support and celebrate the graduates’
achievements.
We congratulate these honors graduates and each of the
140 students who were awarded undergraduate degrees from
the College of Education in May 2008.
2008 Education Awards Ceremony Held
The 2008 College of Education’s Awards Ceremony was held the evening of April 22, 2008, in the Russell House University Union
Ballroom. Dr. Diane Harwell, co-chair of the Student Affairs/Scholarship Committee, opened the ceremony and assisted with the
presentation of awards. Dr. Les Sternberg, dean of the College of Education, inspired honorees with his closing remarks.
Award Recipients
University of South Carolina
Teacher Cadet Scholarship
Amanda Hardin
Carolina Students’ Association for the
Education of Young Children (CSAEYC) Award
Samantha Jackson
Alanda McKinney
Harvey A. Allen Scholarship
Megan Shull
Cecil-Self Scholarship
Christine Richard
Hal and Mickey Anderson
Endowed Scholarship in Science Education
Roger Crazy Wolf
Jessica Lewis
Conrad-Becton Scholarship
Alanda McKinney
Christine Richard
Lorin Anderson Award in Doctoral Research
Quantina Haggwood
Joshua Patterson
Margaret Anliker Fellowship
Kinsey Cooper
Paul Berg Graduate Fellowship
Tara Kermiet
Richelle Sexton
National Business Education
Award of Merit
Judith Allyson Carmichael
South Carolina Business
Education Association Scholarship
Johanna Bodenhamer
Bennett Weigle
Campbell-Witten Fellowship
Molly Gilbride
Dorothy Weigel
Frances Gibson Daniel Scholarship
Lisa Taylor
Mary L. Duffie Endowed Fellowship
Delpha Diane Manning
Education Achievement Awards
Early Childhood Education–Cara Cox
Elementary Education–Elyse Kunzel
Middle Level Education–Charles Williams
Secondary Education–Beth Coen, Jackie Ortner,
and Kristin Turner
The Department of Educational Studies
Outstanding Student Award
Master’s Level–Omar Troutman
Doctoral Level–Leah McCallum and Anita Rawls
The Department of Instruction and Teacher
Education Undergraduate Awards
Early Childhood Education Outstanding
Senior Award–Hope Halfacre and Caroline Welsh
Elementary Education Outstanding
Senior Award–Tasia Wilson
Middle Level Education Outstanding
Senior Award–Kevin Smoak
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2008 Education Awards Ceremony (cont.)
Paul P. Fidler Award
Fay Coleman
Jenifer DeHart
Katherine Harrison
Mary Carter Grant Memorial Scholarship
Jennie Williams
Mary J. Heimberger Memorial Award
Alex Steedley
Richard E. Ishler Award
Alex Steedley
Kappa Delta Epsilon
George Poda Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Christine Richard
Preston Award in Secondary Education
Beth Coen
Elizabeth Scruggs Scholarship in
Romance Language Education
Maria Charles
Nelle Taylor Scholarship
in Special Education
Amy England Ostrom
Leadership and Service Award
Katherine Walters
Robert G. Thurber Award
Erin Payseur
Kappa Delta Pi
Excellence in Leadership Award
Lamar Johnson
University High School/J. McTyeire
Daniel/C.B. Harvey Scholarship
Siddeeqah Moss
Kappa Delta Pi
Outstanding Member Award
Jessica Graling
Dr. Patterson Wardlaw Memorial
Fellowship
Tonya Jasinski
Dorothy Weigel
Gerald and Myra Lahn Fellowship
in Early Childhood Education
Cara Cox
Lyndsey Knight
Alanda McKinney
Dorothy H. Lavisky Scholarship
David Taylor Black
Paul Montgomery MacMillan III
Memorial Fellowship
Katherine Harrison
Carl H. Medlin, Jr. Scholarship
Rebecca Battle-Bryant
Outstanding Athletic Trainer Student
Award in Physical Education
Kimberly Murray
Outstanding Teaching Major
Award in Physical Education
Garrett Knight
Scottye Hedstrom Memorial Athletic
Training Scholarship
Amy Fraley
Peabody Scholarship
Amy Dunkelberger
Delpha Diane Manning
Robert A. Weber Memorial Award
Elyse Kunzel
Teacher Quality Partners Project
Scholarship
Chasity Brazell
Lisa Brice
Vanessa Burgos
Krystal Burns
Laurie Gentry-Goodale
Amanda McCarthy Gunter
Amanda Hartfield
David King
Amber Pace
Jennifer Pepin
Melissa Senseney
Nikita Smith
Davida Watson
South Carolina Teaching Fellows
Lauren Altman-Blackwell
Marques Ardoin
Samanthah Beach
Maggie Blackwell
Lexi Bourn
Elizabeth Burke
Rebecca Burney
Jeremy Cantrill
Jonathan Carey
Carrie Conrad
Amanda Davis
Adams Dean
Deanna Donald
Ashley Douglas
Allyson Farmer
Wendy Goss
Brittany Gunn
Brittany Halfacre
Stephanie Ham
Matthew Herring
Kinsley Keels
Elizabeth Layne
Aubrie Mayson
Michelle Metts
Sarah Parker
Shantelle Patterson
Lauren Reames
Brittany Robinson
Kristen Rowan
Valori Schubiger
Sara Beth Shelton
Lucas Snyder
Vincert Talbert
Melissa Texin
Lyndsey Trickett
Katy Tucker
Caitlan Underwood
Distinguished Alumni Award
Helena Mariella-Walrond
The Leonard Maiden
Spirit of Service Award
Stephen Thompson
College of Education Research Award
Erik Drasgow
George H. Lackey Jr. Award for
Inspirational Teaching
Diane Harwell
Catherine Packer
The College of Education extends a special thanks to our Student Affairs Committee and expresses our sincere
appreciation for the support and generosity of all those who make these awards and scholarships possible.
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2008 College of Education Awards Day Highlights
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Homecoming
Homecoming
Cookout Was
Fantastic
The college’s annual Homecoming Cookout was a great success. The weather
was beautiful for guests to enjoy
interacting with one another over an
outdoor dinner of barbecue and fried
chicken. The Pantasia Steel Band entertained the crowd while Cocky mingled
with everyone and children played
in the inflatable giraffe. The evening
ended with Dean Sternberg announcing
the winners of the door prize drawing.
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The Museum of Education
Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary
On Oct. 1, the Museum of Education staged its 30th anniversary
celebration with the Eighth Charles and Margaret Witten
Lectureship and the presentation of the First Chester Travelstead
Award for Courage in Education.
S.C. Superintendent of Education James Rex was this year’s
Witten Lecturer, and The Honorable Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr.
received the Travelstead Award. Craig Kridel, curator, delivered
a 30-year overview and appreciation of Museum of Education
activities with special thanks to founder William Savage, former
director Katherine Chaddock, supporters Charles and Margaret
Witten, John King, George Terry, and McKissick Museum
Director Lynn Robertson.
Dr. Kara Brown, Dept of Educational Studies, presents Judge Matthew Perry with the
Travelstead Award. The plaque reads: “Chester C. Travelstead Award for Courage in
Education presented to Matthew J. Perry, Jr. in recognition of his leadership in South
Carolina to further the values of integrity, intellectual spirit, justice, and stewardship
and, in so doing, allowing schools to become more compassionate, more generous,
more humane, and more thoughtful. “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be
unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Maya Angelou
Dr. Michelle
Jay, Dept. of
Educational
Studies, presents
Superintendent
Rex with a
Museum of
Education artifact.
Dr. Craig Kridel,
curator,
delivering a
historical
overview of
the museum.
Anne Witten Bauknight, Charles Witten,
James Rex, Margaret Witten, Margaret Bauknight
J. McTyeire Daniel/C.B. Harvey Scholarship Fund
In 1932, the University of South Carolina School (now College) of Education and Columbia City Schools established
University High as the first “practice-teaching school” in the
city. During its existence, dozens of students from Carolina
received their first teaching experience in the small school.
In 1966, the school closed because the University needed room
to expand. At this time, Principal C.B. Harvey established a
scholarship for Carolina education students who were aspiring
to become secondary school teachers.
The scholarship’s purpose was not only to assist deserving pre-teachers with tuition, but also to honor Dr. J. McTyeire
Daniel, professor in the College of Education and director
of the college’s practice teaching program. Harvey served
as the primary fund-raiser for the scholarship, and in 2006
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his name was added to the scholarship. Now the J. McTyeire
Daniel/C.B. Harvey Scholarship annually awards exemplary
College of Education students with tuition assistance. Sarah
Elizabeth Cox of Florence, S.C., and Jennifer Lynne Guest
of Gaffney, S.C., were the most recent recipients. Both are
now pursuing the Master of Arts in Teaching degree in
secondary mathematics.
As of February 2008, the J. McTyeire Daniel/C.B.
Harvey Scholarship Fund had slightly more than $60,000.
The University High alumni have set a goal of $100,000, and
in response, an anonymous University High graduate has made
a challenge gift of $20,000. If you are interested in contributing
to this scholarship fund, please contact Harley Carpenter at
[email protected].
Alumni Spotlights
Shawn Abbott
After completing his
undergraduate studies at the University
of New Hampshire,
Shawn came to the
College of Education
and graduated in 1994 with a Master
of Education in Higher Education
Administration. During his studies with
the College of Education, he became
quite involved on campus, interning
with the Carolina Alumni Association,
serving as a graduate assistant in student
affairs, and participating in a practicum
experience with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Now, Abbott lives in San Francisco
and is the director of undergraduate
admissions at Stanford University.
Stanford admitted 2,465 undergraduate
students for the 2007–2008 school year
and has an impressively high yield rate.
In fact, Stanford currently has one of the
highest yield rates (percentage of students
accepting admissions invitations) among
its peers, and Abbott expects it to increase
this year. Overseeing this admissions
project is hard work, but Abbott does it
well. He is also working on his doctoral
dissertation through Columbia University, where he previously served as senior
associate director of admissions. His
Ed.D. will be in higher education
administration, with a concentration
in urban studies. Before working at
Columbia University, Abbot worked
in administration at Boston University, Drexel University, and North Shore
Community College in Massachusetts.
In 2005, Abbott served on the scholarship committee composed of three Ivy
League admissions officers for ABC’s reality TV show The Scholar. The show was
the first unscripted dramatic series celebrating higher education. Ten qualified
high-school seniors from economically
disadvantaged families competed for a
full scholarship to a college or university
of their choice. Abbott reports that he
had a lot of fun participating as a judge
on the show. Abbott’s experiences as a
graduate student with the College of
Education have served him well by laying a foundation with which he has built
a flourishing career. He says that he is
thankful for the training he received
through the College of Education and
that he enjoyed his time at the University
of South Carolina very much.
DeVita Lane
DeVita is an
award-winning
algebra teacher at
Richland Northeast
High School
in Columbia, S.C.
She earned a
bachelor’s degree in mathematics at the
University of South Carolina and a Master
of Arts in Teaching mathematics from the
College of Education in 2006. Her enthusiasm for math and teaching is what sets
her apart in the classroom.
Lane says that she has known she
wanted to be a teacher from a very early
age, but it was not until high school that
her love of math grew. With the help of
several inspiring math teachers, Lane
learned that math came naturally to her
and that she had a passion for the subject.
During her time as a student at the
College of Education, Lane was awarded
a Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
Fellowship. As part of her experience with
Knowles, she has had the opportunity to
engage in regular professional development and network with other dedicated
beginning math teachers.
In response to a classroom observation of Lane, Dr. Gene Fiorini, math program officer for Knowles, stated, “What I
observed was a second-year teacher whose
skills far exceed her experience. It was a
virtuoso performance. The way in which
she orchestrated the classes, engaged the
students through language and action,
used the space to develop an atmosphere
of learning, was awe-inspiring. I have
rarely seen such ‘command’ of both the
classroom and the content from experienced teachers, let alone new teachers.”
Lane loves going to work each morning. In fact, she thinks its fun to help
students understand math and how it is
used in everyday life. She believes the best
part of teaching is the “Aha!” moments
when the material really clicks with
students. Lane is currently a member
of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, National Education Association, and Mathematical Association of
America. In the future, she plans to work
toward national board certification and to
remain in the classroom, where she feels
she really belongs.
Barry Lee
Barry (Master of
Education, 1996)
has worn many
hats during his
time as an educator. He has served
in the classroom,
in administration, and in the locker
room. He currently teaches world
cultures of the 1600s through the present
to seventh grade students at Irmo Middle
School, coaches men’s C-team basketball at Irmo Middle School, and coaches
long- and triple-jumpers on the Irmo
High School track team. In August 2007,
Lee was named Teacher of the Month
at his school.
Lee began his career in education
by teaching at Airport High School.
He remained there six years before taking
a position as an assistant principal at
Irmo Middle School. Then, in 2004,
Lee decided to go back to the classroom
and to teach seventh grade social studies.
He found it refreshing to be back in the
classroom, working with students in areas
other than discipline, and he also found
it challenging. During the six years he
was working in administration, classroom
technology drastically changed. He
viewed this technological challenge as
an opportunity to grow professionally and
learn new ways to communicate with
students. He now strives to use a variety
of media in the classroom so that he can
address each student’s specific needs.
On the court and on the track, Lee
loves seeing the success of student athletes,
but, being an educator at heart, he
especially loves seeing athletic success
transfer to success in the classroom. The
intrinsic rewards of interacting with his
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students and student athletes are what
keep Lee going back to school every day.
It has also motivated him to apply for
National Board Certification. Lee expects
to hear back from the board regarding his
certification within the next few months.
Lee attended Furman University for
his undergraduate education and earned
his master’s degree and an additional
30 hours of graduate credit in administration from the College of Education.
He is active in the community through
his involvement with Northside Baptist
Church. Lee lives with his wife, Amy,
and three young sons, Graham, Andrew,
and Ryan.
Buffy Murphy
Master of Arts in
Teaching program
alumna Buffy
Murphy was South
Carolina’s 2006–
2007 State Teacher
of the Year. Murphy usually serves as a fifth-grade teacher
at Irmo Elementary School in School
District Five of Lexington and Richland
Counties and as a clinical adjunct for
the College of Education’s Professional
Development School (PDS) Network.
Last year, instead, she represented the
state’s 50,000 teachers as she participated
in a yearlong residency with the Center
for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and
Advancement (CERRA).
“Buffy Murphy is an extraordinary
teacher and exemplifies outstanding
teaching in South Carolina,” says Jim
Shirley, principal of Irmo Elementary
School. “When you walk into her classroom, you have entered a laboratory of
learning. Her innovative approach to
teaching has inspired not only her students, but other educators in our building as well as those with whom she comes
into contact.” Murphy goes beyond the
call of duty in many ways. Each fall, just
before her former fifth grade students
begin middle school, Murphy sends a
personal note to each of them. Her
“first-class” kids still receive letters from
her, even though they are currently in
high school. Murphy has promised to
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cational careers, and that is what she has
done. Additionally, Murphy is certified
by the National Board in early and
middle childhood literacy.
As a clinical adjunct with PDS,
Murphy works with the College of
Education to enhance preservice and
in-service educators’ knowledge and
skills. Through her work with PDS, she
has mentored numerous teacher candidates. According to Bruce Field, director
of the Professional Development School
Network and University Partnerships at
the college, “The students’ praise for and
appreciation of her work are legend.”
As State Teacher of the Year, Murphy worked with CERRA and chaired
the South Carolina Teacher Forum.
She traveled the state supporting
CERRA’s programs, such as Teacher
Cadet, Teacher EXPO, Teaching
Fellows, and Future Educators of
America. CERRA offers programs for
precollegiate students, preservice teachers, and service teachers. And as State
Teacher of the Year, Murphy received
a $25,000 cash award, a 2006 BMW
Z-4 Roadster to use for the year, and a
SMART board. Through a sponsorship
from the Notre Dame Club of the
Western Carolinas, she also attended
Notre Dame’s annual three-day Excellence in Teaching Symposium.
Murphy decided to become a teacher
late in her college career. She started as
a nursing major, but in the spring of her
junior year, she lost her first patient.
After that, she knew she could not work
as a nurse, but she loved watching the
children come to life in the hospital
classroom. This sparked her interest
in teaching. Murphy finished her undergraduate degree and then came to the
University of South Carolina to work on
her master’s in teaching. She had a great
time in the College of Education and still
keeps in touch with all of the classmates
in her cohort. They are scattered all across
the state and serve as a networking and
support system for one another.
Alumni News
Leadership South Carolina
Selects New Class, Prepares
Leaders for the Future
Leadership South Carolina, the state’s oldest and most respected leadership
development program, would like to announce Kristine Karol Hartvigsen
(Class of 1982) of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce as a member of its Class
of 2008.
The Class of 2008, with the aid of state and regional experts in various
fields, will jointly explore natural resource, quality of life, economic development, education, social, and diversity issues in seven three-day sessions
held around the state. At each session, participants meet additional professionals, business executives, community and government leaders, and social
change agents who network and encourage them to pursue positive change
in South Carolina.
Leadership South Carolina, now in its 29th year, accepts approximately
50 participants a year who have demonstrated commitment to their community and strive to reach a higher level of service to the Palmetto State.
Alumni Highlights
WLTX-TV Teacher of
the Week:
Brittany Daniels
Brittany has only
been teaching two
years, but she believes she has the only
job where she can shape and change
the future.
Even wearing heels, she’s not much
taller than her second grade class.
“I have singers, doctors, and lawyers,”
says Daniels.
Yet when it comes to character, Daniels is a giant among educators. When we
visited her, she was teaching her class the
story of a bear named Corduroy who lives
in a toy store. His only wish is to find love
from a “forever family.”
The story reminds Daniels of the day
her own family fell apart the night before
a math test.
“I was in the third grade,” explains
Daniels. It was the night before a math
test when her parents were in the middle
of a divorce, and there was little peace in
her home.
“Things were heated, and I remember a horrible experience and not sleeping. The next day, I went to school and
started the test, and I’m usually the first
one to finish, but not this day. I just broke
down in tears.”
Instead of her teacher questioning or
warning Daniels, she consoled her.
“She picked me up, took me to her
desk and just held me and told me it was
okay, ”adds Daniels.
Her only regret is that she never told
her teacher “thank you,” but more than
a decade later she’s found a way to show
her thanks.
“Teaching is only a small part of what
we do; we raise these children and make
sure they’re safe physically, educationally
and emotionally,” adds Daniels.
Reported by: Sharie Harvin, WLTX-TV
Brewer Elected Foundation Chair
During its annual meeting 2007, Trustees
of the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation elected
Jerry T. Brewer (Master of Education,
1980) as its new chair. A 1975 initiate of
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity’s Sigma Chapter at the University of South Carolina,
Brewer has been a consistent volunteer for
his fraternity for more than 30 years.
“We are thrilled to have Jerry’s leadership on the Foundation’s Executive
Committee,” said Mark E. Timmes, chief
executive officer of Pi Kappa Phi Foundation. “Jerry has been involved for many,
many years,” continued Timmes, “and
brings both talent and experience from his
career in higher education and development to our foundation.”
Prior to his service on the Pi Kappa
Phi Foundation Board of Trustees, Brewer
served as Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity’s 29th
national president from 1994–1996.
Brewer also held numerous volunteer
positions, including two-year terms as
national secretary, national treasurer, and
national vice president.
Brewer succeeds outgoing chair Allen
O. Woody III (Xi Chapter—Roanoke
College). He is the foundation’s first chair
from Sigma Chapter and is joined by 10
trustees who are charged with development, investment, and stewardship of the
foundation’s $6.2 million in assets.
The Pi Kappa Phi Foundation,
through the educational programs of the
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, each year touches
the lives of thousands of undergraduate members of Pi Kappa Phi. By connecting the generosity of alumni to the
desire of today’s student members to have
a meaningful leadership and educational
fraternity experience, the Pi Kappa Phi
Foundation builds bridges between generations and helps to redefine the fraternity
as a lifelong brotherhood of leaders.
Dewalt Receives Prestigious Award
at Winthrop University
Winthrop University recently selected
Mark Dewalt as a recipient of the Bank of
America Endowed Professorship for the
Richard W. Riley College of Education.
He will use the endowed professorship to continue the next phase of his
already 20-year research project of Amish
education in the United States and Canada. During the professorship, which is
renewable for up to three years, Dewalt
will begin his next book on Amish education and write articles on Amish Mennonite schools and the 1972 Supreme Court
case Wisconsin v. Yoder, which ruled that
Amish children do not have to attend
school after eighth grade. In addition, he
will design two symposium courses for the
Winthrop honors program.
University leaders chose Dewalt
because of his continuous record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. “Mark is well respected as a teacher,
scholar, and contributor to the life of the
university. His research is well-grounded
and addresses a unique area of education
in North America,” said Patricia Graham,
dean of the Riley College of Education.
Dewalt grew up in Pennsylvania
near the Amish community and has traveled to dozens of communities stretching
from New York to Iowa to observe Amish
schools. He used the information as the
basis for his latest book, Amish Education
in the United States and Canada, which
portrays the culture and history of the oneroom schoolhouses of the Amish community. National and local media turned to
Dewalt in fall 2006 to explain the Amish
culture in the wake of a horrific shooting in an Amish schoolhouse near Nickel
Mines, Pa.
Dewalt will be the second recipient
of the Bank of America Endowed Professorship, which supports teaching and
research for an outstanding faculty member in education. Winthrop’s first recipient
was Marshall G. Jones, who studied how
those familiar and unfamiliar with digital
technologies learn differently.
After joining the Winthrop faculty in
1996, Dewalt has since become director
of the college’s graduate studies program.
He has previously taught at Lenoir-Rhyne
College and at Susquehanna University,
where he was chair of the Department
of Education. He also taught math,
elementary school, and adult education
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during an eight-year stint in the Manning, S.C., and Clark County, Va., public schools.
He earned an AB degree in social
studies from Muhlenberg College, a master’s degree in elementary education from
the University of South Carolina, and a
Ph.D. in educational research and evaluation from the University of Virginia.
Rebecca Laffitte (Master of Teaching,
1978) of Sowell Gray Step & Laffitte LLC,
has been selected as one of the best lawyers
in her field for the 2008 edition of The Best
Lawyers in America. The directory is used
by thousands of lawyers and corporations
as a referral guide to the legal profession
in the country. The top attorneys in the
country compile it through an exhaustive
peer-review survey of more than 2 million
confidential evaluations.
Nancy Kay Ayers graduated in 1981 with
a Master of Education in English, and
on March 24, 2007, she married fellow
USC graduate Charles Augustus Garren.
Ayers currently serves as an ESOL instructor with Lexington School District One in
Lexington, S.C.
James Carlisle Saxon, a 1987 graduate
of the Master of Education program,
married Mary Ellen Haile Carter on
April 14, 2007. Saxon is an attorney at
the S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing,
and Regulation.
Dr. Vivia Lawton Fowler, a 1994 graduate of the Ph.D. program in foundations
of education, has been appointed dean of
Wesleyan College. Beginning in late June,
she will also serve as the vice president
for academic affairs. Wesleyan College
is a United Methodist women’s college
in Macon, Ga. Prior to her new appointment, Fowler was employed by Columbia College in Columbia, S.C., for 21
years. Most recently, she served as director
of general education and director of the
Center for Engaged Learning at Columbia College.
Army Major Mark Lee, a 1998
Master of Education graduate, recently
completed his yearlong deployment to
Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain
Division (Light) out of Ft. Drum (Water-
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ville), N.Y. Major Lee was the comptroller/
resource manager for Regional Command East (eastern section of Afghanistan
and Pakistan). He earned several awards
while deployed: the Afghanistan Campaign Medal for selfless service; a medal
for operations in support of and service to
the NATO countries of Germany, Japan,
Poland, Australia, France, New Zealand,
Canada, Great Britain, South Korea, and
the Afghan National Army; a Joint Commendation Medal for exceptional service
while deployed in direct support of the
global war on terrorism; an Army Overseas ribbon (3rd award); and a Unit Meritorious Ribbon, and he is allowed to wear
the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 10th
Mountain Division (L), better known as
the combat patch, permanently on all of
his uniforms. Lee is presently stationed at
Ft. Leonard Wood in St. Roberts, Mo.,
as a comptroller of the Military Police
School Brigade.
Virginia Richards
Named Director-atLarge of American
Association of
Family and
Consumer Sciences
Virginia Richards,
CFCS, Ed.D., associate dean, College of Health and Human
Sciences, Georgia Southern University,
was named director-at-large of the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences (AAFCS) at the recent
AAFCS 98th Annual Conference and
Expo in Reno, Nev. In a formal installation ceremony, Past President Don Bower,
CFCS, officially swore in Richards
and other AAFCS officers for the fiscal
year 2007–2008 before an audience
of nearly 900 members and other
conference participants.
“I am looking forward to serving the
members of AAFCS in this leadership
role,” said Richards. “As we look toward
the celebration of our centennial, I hope
to honor past, present, and future members and leaders in my tenure on the
AAFCS board of directors.”
Richards brings more than 10 years of
leadership experience in AAFCS to her
new role as director-at-large. At the affil-
iate level, she has served as Georgia Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
(GAFCS) treasurer, president, and chair of
the Finance Committee. At the national
level, she has served as chair and member of the History and Archives Committee
and the Ethics Committee. In recognition
of her outstanding contributions to the
family and consumer sciences profession,
Richards has received the AAFCS
Leaders award and GAFCS Outstanding
Professional award.
With more than 30 years of professional
experience, Richards spent the first part of
her career teaching family and consumer
sciences classes at the secondary school level
in Huntsville and Lubbock, Texas. She then
became assistant professor of family and
consumer sciences at Georgia Southern
University and now holds the positions of
associate professor of family and consumer
sciences and associate dean for the College
of Health and Human Sciences.
Richards earned a bachelor’s and
master’s degree in home economics from
Texas Tech University and a doctoral
degree in general curriculum from the
University of South Carolina.
Other officers for the 2007–2008 fiscal
year are Bonnie Braun, CFCS, president;
Shelly M. Nickols-Richardson, presidentelect; Peggy Wild, CFCS, treasurer; Susan
S. Shockey, CFCS, director of affiliates;
Sue Buck, CFCS, director-at-large; Kay M.
Wilder, CFCS, director-at-large; Kristin L.
Warner, student unit chair; Dixie R. Crase,
CFCS, past president; and Carolyn W.
Jackson, ex officio, executive director.
About AAFCS
Founded in 1909, AAFCS is the only
national not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing leadership and support to
FCS students and professionals in multiple practice settings. FCS professionals
help individuals, families, and communities make informed decisions about their
well-being, relationships, and resources to
achieve optimal quality of life. AAFCS’
8,000 members are elementary, secondary,
and postsecondary educators, researchers,
and administrators; cooperative extension
educators; and other professionals in business and industry, not-for-profit organi-
zations, and government. With national
headquarters based in Alexandria, Va.,
AAFCS has 52 affiliates located across
the United States and Puerto Rico.
Lucas Named Superintendent
Dr. R. Michael Lucas (BA, 1978; M. Ed.,
1982; Ed. S., 1992) was named district
superintendent for the School District of
Oconee County on Aug. 17, 2007. Prior
to this position, Lucas served as assistant
superintendent of instructional services
in Oconee. Lucas has served in teaching
and leadership positions in Chesterfield
County and Lexington-Richland 5 prior to
moving to Oconee County in 2005.
Alumni Notes
Megan Grace Avinger (Master of Arts
in Teaching, 2004) and William Franklin Estes were married on July 28, 2007.
Avinger now teaches English at Dutch
Fork High School in Irmo, S.C.
Elizabeth Sewell Boykin, a 2005 graduate
of the Master of Arts in Teaching program,
married Joseph Allen Carrington, a USC
graduate, on April 14, 2007. Boykin is a
first grade teacher at Rice Creek Elementary School in Columbia, S.C.
Dorothy Shelburne Dew and Tarrence
Brayn McGovern (Master of Education,
1997; Master of Education, 2001) married
on June 9, 2007. McGovern is a special
education consultant for Richland County
School District One in South Carolina.
Ashleigh Amanda Enlow (Class of 2005;
Master of Teaching, 2006) married Justin
Michael Lewis on June 2, 2007. Enlow is
employed as a math teacher at BrooklandCayce High School in Cayce, S.C.
Mary Rutlege Fowler (Master of Education, 2002) and Eugene Wang were married on June 9, 2007. Fowler is a second
grade teacher at Brennen Elementary
School in Columbia, S.C.
Ashley Christian Goode (Master of
Education, 2000) and Kevin Harrison
Culp were married on June 9, 2007.
Goode is currently a special education
teacher at Forest Lake Elementary School
in Columbia, S.C.
Kathryn Esther Hendrix (Class of 2006) and
John Caughman Alexander were married
on July 28, 2007. Hendrix now serves as a
fifth grade teacher at Gilbert Elementary
School in Gilbert, S.C.
Gina Elizabeth Jones (Master of Arts in
Teaching, 2004) and Justin Phillip Elias
were married on July 21, 2007. Jones is
employed at Dominion Christian School
in Oakton, Va.
Carol Marie Wyatt (Master of Education,
1995) and Steven William Yarborough
were married on Oct. 20, 2007. Wyatt is
employed as a therapist at the Dickerson
Center for Children and as an adjunct
faculty member at the University of South
Carolina College of Social Work.
In Memoriam
Jennifer Lynn Miller (Master of Arts in
Teaching, 2003) married Sean Michael
Branham on July 7, 2007. Miller teaches
third grade at Forest Lake Elementary
School in Columbia, S.C.
Sara B. Griffin (Class of 1929)
Elizabeth Ellen Murphy (Master of
Teaching, 2006) married Frank Adams
Murphy on June 2, 2007. Murphy now
teaches at Burns Elementary School in
North Charleston, S.C.
Kathrine R. Fellers (Class of 1941)
Elizabeth Regina O’Brien (Ed.S., 2002) and
Kyle Matthew Oden were married on Oct.
27, 2007. O’Brien is an assistant professor at
the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
Callie L. Coleman (Master of
Education, 1947)
Sandra Michelle Pirkle (Master of Education, 2006) married Christopher Stark
Anfin on July 28, 2007. Pirkle is a third
grade teacher at Nursery Road Elementary
School in Irmo, S.C.
Joseph E. Wimberly (Class of 1949;
Master of Education, 1955)
Francis Beasley Roberts (M.Ed., 1987)
of Bishopville, S.C., has been named childcare director for the Gail and Terry Richardson Center for the Child at Francis
Marion University.
Charles E. Inabinet (Class of 1950)
Sandi Denise Robinson, a 2003 graduate of
the Master of Education program in Secondary Education, married Gregory Threadgill on Feb. 17, 2007. Robinson is currently
a mathematics instructor at Transit Technical High School in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sarah Virginia Schumacher (Master of
Teaching, 2003) and Matthew Ridgeway
Gams were married on May 20, 2007.
Schumacher is an English teacher in
Lexington/Richland School District Five.
Kerry Mencken Taylor, a 2005 Master
of Arts in Teaching graduate, married
Edward Mortimer Boykin on May 5, 2007.
Taylor is currently employed by Richland
School District Two.
Dr. Griffith T. Pugh (Class of 1930)
Anne New Timmerman (Class of 1930)
Sara P. Brody (Class of 1934)
Frances E. Roberts (Class of 1941)
Dr. Lewis R. Kirk Jr. (Class of 1943)
Camilla D. Glenn (Class of 1946)
Bryant A. Meeks (Class of 1947)
Elizabeth D. Truluck (Class of 1947)
W.E. Griffin (Class of 1949)
Benjamin A. Cothran (Class of 1950)
Joe Bryant (Class of 1950)
Dr. William Fitzgerald Donny
(Class of 1951)
Ernest Redfern Reeves (Master of
Education, 1952)
Levi E. Gable Jr. (Master of Education, 1953)
Sam R. Haskell (Master of Education, 1953)
Marguerite K. Bradley (Master of
Education, 1954)
Dr. David V. Martin (Class of 1955)
Ethel F. McKibben (Class of 1955;
Master of Education, 1965)
E.L. Mangum (Class of 1956)
Alma Huggins Felder (Class of 1957)
William Clyde Wesley (Class of 1958)
Billy Gene Stone (Class of 1959;
Master of Education, 1976)
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in memoriam (cont.)
Howard E. Weeks (Class of 1959)
Janice Sligh Bacot (Class of 1959;
Master of Education, 1975)
Michael J. Callahan (Class of 1960)
Kenneth E. Mance Sr. (Master of
Education, 1981)
Dr. Irene H. Myers (Master of Education, 1962; Ph.D., 1991)
Ellie Felker Halfacre (Master of
Education, 1981)
Dr. Peggie L. Shealy (Ph.D., 1962)
Dr. Marie E. Summers (Ph.D., 1982)
Elizabeth P. Ergle (Class of 1962)
Dr. Renee G. Leake (Master of Education, 1982; Ed.S., 1986; Ph.D., 1989)
Cyrus L. Shealy Jr. (Master of Education, 1964)
Joanne S. Eubanks (MA, 1964)
Harriet M. von Lehe (Class of 1966;
MA, 1976)
Dr. Thomas E. Kerns (Ph.D., 1983)
Dr. Judy W. Fair (Master of Education, 1984; Ph.D., 2002)
Dr. Min Ching (Ph.D., 1984)
Dorothy Alda Gurganious (Class of 1966)
Dr. Sandra L. Wertz (Ph.D., 1984)
G. June Bishop (Class of 1967)
Annelle Hogan Cherry (Master of
Education, 1984)
Martha Mallary Taylor (Master of
Education, 1967)
Kathy Ricketts Whelchel (Class of 1984)
Julianne B. Thornton (Master of
Education, 1968)
Dr. Anthony L. Edwards (Master of
Education, 1994; Ph.D., 1998)
Allyson B. Dickens (Class of 1968)
Dr. Shirley R. McKnight (Ph.D., 1987)
Laurel A. Wehler (Class of 1968)
Dr. William M. Lynn (Educational
Specialist, 1989; Ph.D., 1992)
Commander Charles Wiley Gibbs
(Master of Education, 1969)
William E. Bowie (Master of Education, 1969)
Ruth M. Carlock (Class of 1969)
Samuel L. Cassidy (Master of Education, 1969)
Richard Calhoun Hitch (Educational
Specialist, 1991)
Primrose Nettles Green (Master of
Education, 1992)
Michelle L. Kubischke (Master of
Education, 1995)
Catherine M. Fellers (Class of 1969)
Kathleen Delores Welch (Master of
Education, 1997; Ed.S., 1999)
Gary Evans Douglas Jr. (Master of
Education, 1970)
Aaron Paul Aviani (Class of 2000)
Lenwood Robert Able (Class of 1970)
Sharon Q. Shipes (Class of 1970)
Dr. Nancy S. Mann (Master of Education, 1971; Ed.S., 1979; Ph.D., 1981)
Elzona B. Johnson (Master of Education, 1971)
Theodore M. Watson Jr. (Master of
Education, 1972)
Naomi A. Desiderio (Class of 1972)
Dr. M. Ellen Burgess (Ph.D., 1980)
Ann A. Campbell (Class of 1980)
Doris D. Ervin (Class of 1980)
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Beverly A. Ritmeester (Master of
Education, 1980)
This list is current as of May 31, 2008.
Gifts from Corporations,
Foundations, and Individuals
July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007
Recognition levels are based on
individual donor actual cash contributions and do not include any matching
gifts received on the donors’ behalf.
$10,000–$99,999
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Allen
Dr. Lorin W. Anderson
S.C. Alliance for Health
Spencer Foundation
$2,500–$9,999
The Barnet Foundation Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Alan Lahn
Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Witten
$1,000–$2,499
Dr. and Mrs. Hal C. Anderson
Ms. Mary Beth C. Becton
Mrs. Linda B. Jeffers
Dr. Douglas E. Jones
Ms. Dorothy H. Lavisky
Dr. Anne L. Matthews
Mr. Andrew W. Parks
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Phibbs
R.J. Waters and Associates Inc.
Mrs. Nancy Rawl
S.C. Association of School Administrators
Dr. Terrance Kent Peterson and
Ms. Scott S. Shanklin-Peterson
Mrs. Harriett D. Smith
Dr. Les Sternberg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Waters
Mrs. Amanda M. Westerkam
$500–$999
Mr. Harvey A. Allen Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Brodie Brigman Jr.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc.
DEW Investments
Dr. Ed Dickey Jr.
Dr. Nancy K. Freeman
Ms. Anita Greenstein
Dr. Therese M. Kuhs
Dr. Garrett K. Mandeville
Mr. Bob Moree
Palmer Memorial Chapel
Ms. Joyce B. Rish
Sonoco Foundation
Mrs. Rebecca Lefebvre Sullivan
Mrs. Mary B. Weinberg
Mr. William B. Wilson Jr.
Mr. Victor G. Wright
$250–$499
Mrs. Jane Appleyard Allen
Mrs. Alwyn Berlin
Mr. Bert Blechman
The Honorable William Daniel Boan
Miss Bess F. Burns
Mrs. Carolyn B. Carpenter
Mrs. Harley Bush Carpenter
Dr. Amy E. DeBruycker
Mr. Mark Dinges
Ms. Emma D. Doughty
Ms. Jane B. Durant
Ms. Jill Norwood Gobel
Dr. Margaret E. Gredler
Ms. Patricia L. Gundler
Mrs. Creola Coleman Harrelson
Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Heide
Dr. Huynh Huynh
Dr. Robert L. Johnson
Dr. Craig A. Kridel
Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Looney
Ms. Judith L. Medlin
Mr. Murray F. Mitchell
Mr. James L. Moreland Sr.
Mrs. Carol H. Nordin
Dr. Sandra L. Priestino
Mrs. Joyce Boulware Pundt
Mrs. Mary H. Rogers
Ms. Arlene Rogrow
Dr. Bernadette F. Scott
Dr. Hiller A. Spires
Ms. Carolyn V. Whitesell
Mrs. Gaile E. Wingard
$100–$ 249
Ms. Joyce Abel
Dr. Mary C. Anderson
Mrs. Vera Clark Baker
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Stephen Bale
Dr. Keith Reeves Barron
Ms. Rebecca Battle-Bryant
Ms. Tammy P. Beagen
Mr. Alexander C. Becking
Mr. and Mrs John D. Beckler
Mrs. Jean W. Beckman
Mr. and Mrs. David Harold Beja
Mrs. Juanita Edwards Bell
Ms. Lane W. Bennett
Ms. Mary S. Bennett
Ms. Randi A. Berry
Ms. Gaye Besly
Mrs. Marilyn B. Blackwell
Ms. Barbara Rogers Blaney
Mr. Fred M. Bodendorf
Mrs. Geneva A. Bowman
Mr. David P. Bradley
Dr. Mac H. Brown
Dr. Opal F. Brown
Dr. William H. Brown
Ms. Mary S. Bryan
Dr. Sandra P. Byrd
Dr. V. Keith Callicutt
Ms. Melody Ann Carey
Dr. G. Nathan Carnes
Dr. Kathryn Gibson Carter
Mrs. Susan C. Carter
Dr. William H. Castine Sr.
Mrs. Shirley Eidson Castro
Ms. Barbara Cathey
Mrs. Joan T. Caughman
Dr. Edward R. Cerny
Mr. James M. Chakales
Ms. Bonnie S. Chappell
Ms. Vivian G. Chase
Ms. Carol F. Chestnut
Ms. Jean L. Asbill Chow
Mrs. Bessie H. Clarkson
Mrs. Gloria Barr Cochran
Mr. Theodore E. Colcolough
Mrs. Rebecca Colvin
Commercial Press Repair Inc.
Mr. David Michael Condon
Mrs. Betty B. Cook
Ms. Ellen H. Cooper
Mr. James P. Cooper Jr.
Mrs. Claire A. Couch
Mrs. Marilu Cowan
Mr. Michael R. Cox
Mrs. Clydene C. Creel
Mrs. Diane Marshall Criminger
Mrs. Daisy P. Crowley
Mrs. Ferrell G. Crowley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Currin Jr.
CWH Consulting Company, Inc.
Ms. Patricia Ann Davis
Dr. Diane E. DeFord
Mr. David N. Dickson
Ms. Betty B. Disher
Mr. James W. Duckett Jr.
The Duke Energy Foundation
Mrs. Georgianna C. Dukes
Mr. W. Mark Dukes
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Duncan
Mrs. Harriet L. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Earick
Earl Whatley and Associates Inc.
Ms. Donna Q. Eddings
Dr. Kellah M. Edens
Mrs. Kathleen A. Elam
Mrs. Amy Anderson Elias
Ms. Elaine C. Elliott
Dr. Susan Coleman Fedor
Dr. Gwendolyn M. Felton
and Mr. Charles M. Felton Jr.
Ms. Molly L. Firth
Ms. Margaret M. Fitzsimons
Mrs. Kathryn Dent Flanagan
Mrs. Chana C. Fletcher
Ms. Melinda R. Ford
Mr. Lawrence J. Forstner
Mr. Wilton B. Fowler Jr.
Ms. Karen E. French
Dr. Dorinda Joyce Gallant
Dr. H. Elise Galloway
Mr. Marion M. Gandy Jr.
Mrs. Catherine Ballew Garner
Mr. and Mrs. G. Russell Garner
Mrs. Julie C. Gazda
General Motors Corporation
Mr. Charlie F. Geren
Ms. Cynthia B. Gilbert
Dr. and Mrs. William R. Gilkerson
Dr. Bettie J. Glenn
Dr. Donald W. Good
Mrs. Paula A. Gradwell
Dr. Donald R. Graham
Mrs. Margaret Mitchell Griffith
Ms. Karen Groh
Mrs. Margaret G. Hamby
Ms. Judy A. Hancock
Mr. Gregory A. Harmon
Harrelson Properties, LLC
Ms. Laura Callaway Hart
Dr. Diane H. Harwell
Dr. Charles W. Hatch
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Wayne Hefner
Mr. R.M. Hendrix
Mrs. Katherine N. Herran
Mr. and Mrs. David Edward Hodge
Ms. Judith F. Huggins
Ms. Hattie E. Hughes
Mrs. Karol W. Hull
Ms. Elaine D. Hunter
Mrs. Ellen M. Huston
Dr. Jane Douglass M. Hyatt
Mrs. Melba C. Ivey
Ms. Allison B. Jacobs
Dr. George R. Jarrell
Ms. Churchill Jenkins
Mrs. Adelle B. Johnson
Maj. Gen. James H. Johnson
Mrs. Vivian Myers Johnson
Ms. Wanda F. Johnson
Dr. David Jordan
Ms. Joni Rae Jordan
Dr. Wilton Glenn Joyner
Ms. Lynley A. Kees
Dr. Cathryn W. Kennedy
Mrs. Marion Jayne Kent
Mrs. Wilhelmina P. Kimpson
Mrs. Susan M. King
Ms. Verna Elane Knowles
Mr. Irby Lee Koon
Mr. James R. Laird
Mr. James W. Landrith
Dr. James C. Lane
Ms. Molly J. Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Laser
Dr. Aileen C. Lau-Dickinson
Dr. Edward L. Laughinghouse
Dr. Charles R. Lee
Dr. Mark William Lee
Mrs. Jackie M. Lewenthal
Mr. Thomas B. Lewis Sr.
Dr. Sandra R. Lindsay
Dr. Julie B. Lochbaum
Dr. James F. Lyon IV
Mrs. Donna H. Magaro
Dr. James P. Mahaffey
Dr. T. Eston Marchant III
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Marshall
Mrs. Maria J. Maymi
Mrs. Bonita G. McCardell
Dr. John McFadden
Mrs. Louise A. McFarland
Ms. Julia S. McLeod
Dr. John Lawrence McNeill Jr.
Dr. Kathryn Rulon Meeks
Mr. Vernon H. Miller Jr.
Mrs. Debra S. Mitchell
Ms. Elaine Mitchum
Mohr Educational Associates Inc.
Dr. Laura L. Mohr
Ms. Patricia A. Mohr
Ms. Laura E. Moody
Mrs. William P. Murphy Jr.
Ms. Susan T. Murphy
Ms. Janice Katherine Nashatker
Dr. Julia S. Newman
Dr. Terryann Nielsen
Ms. Kimberly W. Noe
Mrs. Laura B. Odom
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Major Pearman
Ms. Clarita Smith Peebles
Mr. Charles M. Phillips
Mrs. Vicky Lynn Phillips
Colonel Bayard S. Pickett
Dr. Kevin Jenkins Plonk
Mr. Billy E. Poteat
Dr. Ellen F. Potter and
Mr. David C. Potter
Ms. Jennie Roche Pozzuto
Mrs. Stephanie C. Price
Dr. Susan M. Prinz
Mrs. Katherine M. Pritchard
Mr. Charles O. Proctor
Ms. Lucy B. Quinn
Mr. T. Andrew Rabon
Mrs. Shannon W. Ravenel
Dr. Andrena E. Ray
Mr. and Mrs. George I. Rentz
Dr. Mildred H. Rice
Ms. Janie D. Richardson
Ms. Janna L. Richardson
Mrs. Melody H. Richey
Dr. Judith E. Rink
Mr. J.P. Rogers Jr.
Mrs. Kathy C. Rogers
Mr. Alan Roogow
Mr. John J. Ryan Jr.
Dr. Joseph M. Ryan
S.C. Writing Project Sites
The Sallie Mae Fund
Ms. Deborah H. Samples
Dr. Phyllis A.W. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Saxon
Mrs. Bonnie Ruth Scherer
Dr. Katherine C. Schnepel
Prof. Barbara Schulz
Dr. Michael A. Seaman
Mrs. Frances B. Senn
Ms. Julia V. Sermons
Mr. and Mrs. Milburn B. Shaw
Ms. Mary Joyce Shealy
Mrs. Adrian Shelley
Dr. Anne Carter H. Shelley
Ms. Polly Shirley
Dr. Ethel Simon-McWilliams
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Singer
Ms. Marion R. Singley
Mrs. Beverly Hart Smith
Dr. Cynthia Potter Smith
Ms. Rebecca Smith
Ms. Gerry Ridge Smith
Dr. Louise M. Smith
Mrs. Rebecca W. Smith
Mrs. Martha H. Spearman
Ms. Sara E. Spires
Dr. Diane L. Stephens
Dr. Kenneth R. Stevenson
Mrs. Rebecca Evans Still
Dr. Randall W. Stowe
Dr. Sara L. Strachan
Mr. Carl B. Strange Jr.
Ms. Betty Sheriff Sutton
Dr. Robert G. Swager
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Tarbox
Ms. Ethel H. Taylor
Mr. Lee M. Thomas
Mrs. Lou C. Thomas
Mr. Stephen L. Thompson
Mr. Matthew B. Thornton
Dr. Julianne Still Thrift
Mrs. Sybil M. Todd
Mr. Benjamin H. Tollison Jr.
Dr. Dorothy B. Turbeville
Ms. Elizabeth Underwood
Dr. Irma J. Van Scoy
Ms. Linda C. Vereen
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Vincent Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Craig Waites Sr.
Mrs. Jeanette H. Walker
Mr. James Robert Walsh Jr.
Ms. Barry G. Webster
Ms. Lynn Byrd Welch
Dr. Earl and Mrs. Sherry Whatley
Dr. Thomas D. White Jr.
Mrs. Grace L. Wilder
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Williams
Mrs. Patricia Conlon Wilson
Dr. James Ronald Wright
Ms. Katherine G. Young
Dr. Vicki M. Young
Gifts up to $100
Mrs. Billy J. Abercrombie
Ms. Elaine Kay Abercrombie
Mrs. Jean M. Abreo
Mrs. Wydette Ackerman
Mr. Bennie F. Allen Jr.
Mr. Michael Leon Allen
Mrs. Wilma H. Allen
Dr. Kathryn E. Altman
Ms. Julia Parker Alverson
American International Group Inc.
Mrs. Cynthia H. Amick
Mrs. Lynn G. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Anderson Jr.
Mrs. Midenna C. Anderson
Mrs. Debra B. Andrews
Dr. James Russel Archie
Mr. James C. Arthur
AT&T Higher Education/Cultural Matching Gift Program
Ms. Stephanie Wohn Auwaerter
Mrs. Gay L. Aycock
Dr. Laura Ellington Ayers
Dr. Mary Williams Aylor
Mrs. Deborah S. Baker
Ms. Elizabeth Baker
Mrs. Sandra L. Baker
Mrs. Sylvia King Ballew
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Bankert
Mrs. Tracey B. Bankhead
Ms. Karen L. Baranich
Ms. Beverly King Barbee
Mrs. Kay Henderson Barlow
Ms. Kathy Barnett
Mrs. Peggy Ervin Barton
Ms. Anne J. Basile
Dr. Angela C. Baum
Mr. Paul W. Beaty Sr.
Mrs. Joy W. Beck
Ms. Wilhelmenia G. Bellamy
Mrs. Nannie W. Belton
Mrs. Deborah P. Bennett
Mrs. Lynn Bennett
Mrs. Carolyn M. Benson
Mrs. Lisa B. Benton
Dr. Erin Michele Bentrim-Tapio
Mrs. Novella F. Beskid
Mrs. Judy D. Bilyeu
Capt. Betsy J. Bird
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Bishop
Mrs. Sujata Bhowmick Biswas
Mrs. Donna B. Black
Ms. Tara Daniels Black
Mrs. Christine H. Blackwelder
Mrs. Linda H. Blakeney
Mr. Wendell J. Blanton
Ms. Ruth S. Bloom
Ms. Catherine N. Blume
Ms. Ellen R. Boan
Mrs. Sharon J. Bodie
Dr. Sallie H. Boggs
Dr. Catherine A. Bohac
Dr. Clayton B. Bolton
Dr. Frank Logan Bonner
Mrs. Mary C. Bostian
Mrs. Doris C. Bowen
Mrs. Dianna Corley Bowers
Ms. Linda Susan Bowers
Ms. Ruth M. Bowles
Mrs. Pamela B. Bowman
Ms. Cheryl H. Bradham
Mrs. Nancy J. Bradley
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gifts (cont.)
Mrs. Dorothy W. Bratton
Mr. and Mrs. Barney F. Brewer
Mrs. Lisa T. Bridges
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Britt
Ms. Judy R. Brobst
Dr. Annette K. Brock
Ms. Jo-Ann Antonette Brooks
Mr. Marc Brousseau
Mrs. Robin Perrin Brown
Ms. Susan J. Brown
Dr. William T. Brown
Ms. Rosemary Browne
Mr. Lucien V. Bruno Jr.
Ms. Brenda Bryant
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bryant
Mr. Larry C. Bryant
Dr. Melinda Lou Bryant
Ms. Ann K. Bryson
Ms. Julia M. Buchholz
Dr. B. Verner Burkett
Mrs. Louise Burkholder
Mrs. Michelle Burnett
Mrs. Patricia L. Burnham
Ms. Patti R. Burris
Ms. Megan E. Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
William Bush
Mrs. Aleta C. Butler
Ms. Marilyn H. Byars
Mrs. Karen F. Caison
Ms. Delores S. Camp
Mrs. Margaret N. Camp
Mr. Ron J. Camp
Mrs. Gayle M. Canaday
Mrs. Ann B. Carlton
Ms. Ruth L. Carpenter
Ms. Mary G. Carroll
Miss Mary Glenna Carruth
Dr. Robert W. Carswell
Ms. Patricia P. Castles
Mrs. Sarah B. Catoe
Ms. Elise H. Caughman
Mrs. Cindy G. Cauthen
Dr. Katherine Chaddock
Mrs. Katherine B. Chambers
Ms. Joan J. Chamblin
Mr. Paul G. Chaplin
Ms. Susan Scurry Chappell
Mr. Wayne N. Chestnut
Dr. Christine A. Christie
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Paul
Christopherson
Citigroup Foundation
Mr. Jeffrey E. Clamp
Ms. Brigitta B. Clark
Ms. Julia O’Connell Claytor
Dr. C.T. Cloer Jr.
Mr. David Harrison Cobb
Ms. Tonya H. Coble
Ms. Faye K. Coggin
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cohen
Ms. Cheryl L. Cok
Mrs. Libby E. Collins
Mrs. Judith G. Collins
Mr. Walker H. Collins
Mrs. Dianna B. Conaty
Ms. Elizabeth J. Connelly
Mrs. Jule M. Connolly
Mrs. Eileen F. Coogler
Mr. James Glenn Cook
Ms. Shirley Shull Cook
Mr. C. Daniel Cooper
Mr. John H. Cooper
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Ms. Joyce Chisholm Cooper
Ms. Ann Corbett
Mrs. Linda B. Corder
Dr. Alphonso Counts
Cox and Dinkins Inc.
Dr. Edward P. Cox
Dr. Susan C. Cox
Mr. C. Dean Crabtree
Mr. Taft F. Crain Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Creasap
Ms. Harriet Creswell
Mrs. Nadine C. Crook
Mr. Eric Crosno
Mrs. Dorothy Jeane E. Crowe
Ms. Barbara J. Culbertson
Mrs. Sally Smith Culler
Ms. Billie P. Culp
Mrs. Anne Clayman Curlis
Mr. Jason E. Curtin
Dr. Louise B. Jennings and Dr. Gylton Brandao Da Matta
Mrs. Helen W. D’Agostino
Mr. Doug Davault
Mrs. Janet L. Davies
Mrs. Ellen Davis
Mrs. Linda P. Davis
Mrs. Paige H. Davis
Mr. Richard H. Davis Jr.
Ms. Splawn R. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Deborde
Ms. Susan DeBruhl
Ms. Teri L. Debruhl
Dee Darden Warrick Agency
Ms. Barbara S. DeHamer
Dr. Nan N. Dempsey
Ms. Mary Esther Denny
Mr. Dorr R. Depew
Ms. Tammiee Dickenson
Mrs. Anita J. Dickerson
Mrs. William W. Dicks
Mrs. Nancy C. Dinkins
Mrs. Kirsten G. Dixon
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Dobson
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Dodd Jr.
Ms. Linda L. Dodge
Dr. Thomas Michael Dodge
Mr. Phil Donlin
Ms. Linda V. Donnelley
Dr. Panayiotis Doutis
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Dowdle Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Drenten
Mr. Rupert E. Drews
Mrs. Patricia Ann Drummond
Mrs. Julia H. Dubois
Mrs. Merrie R. Duggan
Mr. Aubrey Dalton Duke
Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Dukes Jr.
Dr. Theresa Dulski
Mrs. Danelle Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Dunn
Ms. Nancy P. Dunn
Mrs. Amanda Kim Dusenbury
Mr. William Benjamin Dusenbury
Mrs. Louise B. Eargle
Ms. Linda Scott Earle
Ms. Marianne R. Eaton
Mrs. Patricia H. Eddleman
El Paso Corporate Foundation
Mrs. Gail Todd Elfert
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Elkins
Ms. Darlene West Elliott
Mrs. Linda D. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Andrew Ellison
Ms. Betty H. Elmore
Dr. Frances L. Elmore
Mrs. Mary A. Elvington
Ms. Laura M. Elwell
Mrs. Julie H. Engeran
Mr. Eric P. Ericsson
Ms. Joan B. Eubanks
Ms. Barbara B. Evans
Mrs. Cheryl P. Ezell
Mrs. Monica N. Faller
Ms. Mary Farmer
Ms. Beverly T. Felder
Ms. Patricia A. Ferguson
Mr. John A. Ferraro
Ms. Carolyn R. Fields
Ms. Virginia G. Fincannon
Mrs. Mary L. Finch
Miss Christie A. Fisher
Mrs. Carolyn A. Fitchett
Ms. Hazel D. FitzSimons
Mrs. Barbara S. Flood
Dr. Joseph V. Flora
Mrs. Carmen H. Ford
Dr. Vivia L. Fowler
Mrs. Lynn H. Foxworth
Mr. James E. Frady Jr.
Ms. Judy L. Frady
Dr. Arlene W. Frederick
Ms. Virginia H. Frick
Mrs. Gertrude R. Frierson
Ms. Rhonda M. From
Mrs. Frances S. Fulmer
Mr. Larry A. Gable
Ms. Fay F. Gage
Ms. Debbie M. Galvin
Ms. Esther D. Gardner
Mrs. Nancy G. Garrett
Mrs. Meghan Keally Gaskill
Dr. Carol Gelhaus
Mr. Kenneth L. George
Dr. Eugene George
Dr. Donna M. Gibson
Mrs. Eleanor M. Gibson
Ms. Linda T. Gibson
Ms. Janet S. Gilchrist
Mrs. Teresa K. Glass
Mr. Michael P. Gleaton
Mrs. Donna Brackett Glenn
Ms. E.W. Goettee
Mrs. Gloria F. Goldberg
Mr. Raymond Goldberg
Ms. Carole A. Golder
Mrs. Ellen Katz Goldman
Ms. Helen S. Goley
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Goley Jr.
Mrs. Jennifer LaRussa Gooding
Dr. Rudolph G. Gordon
Mrs. Adya Gram
Dr. Kenneth D. Grant
Mrs. Judy L. Gray
Mr. James A. Green
Ms. Marian B. Grier
Mrs. Linda Griffin
Mrs. Regina R. Griffin
Dr. Kathleen Ann Gruenhagen
Mrs. Cheryl J. Guy
Ms. Margaret Guyton
Dr. Kathy L. Haehnel
Mrs. Jean N. Haggard
Ms. Alma S. Hall
Mrs. Ann L. Hall
Dr. Tina J. Hall
Dr. Carol E. Hallgren
Ms. Joyce J. Ham
Mr. Herman O. Hamrick
Ms. Brenda B. Hanes
Dr. Sue H. Hardin
Dr. Sarah Hardy and
Dr. Archibald Hardy III
Ms. Judith Ginn Harlan
Ms. Carol P. Harrell
Dr. J. Lynn Harrill
Ms. Judith I. Harris
Ms. Susan E. Harrison
Mrs. Michele H. Harritt
Mrs. Kathleen K. Hartley
Mrs. Lois M. Haselden
Ms. Cynthia L. Hatfield
Mrs. Doris L. Hawkins
Ms. Janet H. Hawkins
Mrs. Deidre G. Hayes
Mrs. Wilbur Kirkland Hayes
Mr. John H. Haynes Jr.
Mr. Robert L. Hearn
Lieutenant Colonel Walter N. Hedges
Mrs. Katy Heindl
Mr. D. Todd Heldreth
Mrs. Sara J. Hempley
Ms. Clarissa W. Hendrix
Mr. Jack B. Herndon
Ms. Frances C. Hester
Mrs. Marilyn Byrd Heyson
Dr. Joseph E. Heyward
Ms. Martha Washington Heyward
Mr. Heyward L. Hickman
Mrs. Nancy Cooper Hightower
Mrs. Eleanor R. Hodges
Mrs. Sandra Jean T. Holladay
Ms. Patricia Ann Hollender
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Holler Jr.
Mr. Gerald D. Holley
Mrs. Christine C. Holloway
Mrs. Pamela B. Holmes
Ms. Elizabeth A. Hoover
Mrs. Ellen B. Horn
Dr. Thomas B. Horton
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Ways to Give to the College of Education
The College of Education requires the financial investment of our alumni and friends.
You can make your gift to the College of Education in a number of different ways to
suit your financial situation. Each giving method carries its own distinctive benefits
for you and the University.
Your donation qualifies as a charitable contribution to a tax-exempt organization
as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Gifts of Cash
Gifts of Appreciated Assets
A gift of cash is the most popular type of charitable gift. The
gift is considered made on the date it is hand-delivered or a
check is mailed (postmark on envelope). A contribution on
a credit card can be deducted when the charge is made even
though the donor’s record is updated at a later time. Gifts of
cash are fully deductible up to 50 percent of your adjusted
gross income. Any excess over the 50 percent deduction ceiling may be carried forward as a deduction on one’s personal
income tax return for up to five additional years. Checks
should be made payable to the USC Education Foundation.
A contribution of long-term appreciated assets entitles you to
a charitable contribution deduction equal to the fair market
value of the assets, such as securities, at the time of the gift.
And you avoid capital gains tax on any appreciation of those
securities. Gifts of appreciated assets are fully deductible up
to 30 percent of your adjusted gross income for that year.
Any excess of the 30 percent deduction may be carried
forward up to five additional years.
When making a gift of long-term appreciated assets, you
save twice—on income tax and capital gains tax. You get a
charitable deduction for the full fair market value of the gift,
and you save the capital gains tax that would otherwise be
due if you sold the appreciated asset.
Planned Gifts
Many people would like to make a larger gift, but they also
need to consider financial and family matters. Through the
various planned giving strategies available, you can discover
a way to make a meaningful gift and enhance your financial
security.
Bequests
One of the most common types of planned gifts is a bequest.
Bequests are estate-tax deductible and can help reduce taxes
in large estates. For more modest estates, a bequest gives you
the flexibility of keeping your assets during your life, and at
the same time determining how they will be used upon your
death.
Charitable Gift Annuities
Another often used gift planning instrument is a gift annuity. Part gift and part annuity, the charitable gift annuity is a
contract between the University and the donor by which the
University promises to pay a fixed annuity to the donor and
another for life in exchange for cash or appreciated property.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
For larger life-income gifts, these trusts permit a donor to
make a gift of appreciated assets, avoid all capital gains taxes
that would come with a sale, and receive an income stream
for life.
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Valuation
Securities are considered a gift to the University on the date
the certificate and stock power pass unconditionally from
your control (the postmark date if mailed, or the date on
which we receive an overnight delivery package) or the date
the securities are transferred directly to a University of South
Carolina Foundation brokerage account. To value the securities, we calculate a mean price using the average of the high
and low of the security on the day you relinquish control to
the University, as per IRS rules.
Gifts of Closely Held Stock
Gifts of closely held stock exceeding $10,000 in value must
have a fair market value placed on them by a qualified
independent appraiser as required by the IRS for valuing
gifts of non–publicly traded stock. An independent CPA
who maintains the books for a closely held corporation is
deemed qualified to value the stock of the corporation.
Gifts of $10,000 or less may be valued at the per-share
cash purchase price of the most recent transaction.
Gifts of Real Property
You may contribute real property to the University, either as a bequest or, more commonly, by a
lifetime transfer, and realize significant tax benefits. The University looks at possible gifts of property
on a case-by-case basis. It is a detailed process but very workable, and the rewards are great.
Gifts of real property may consist of almost any type of property: a personal or recreational
residence, a farm or ranch, a commercial building, subdivision lots, or any undeveloped parcel of
land. The gift may be for all of your interest in the property or an undivided fractional interest.
Individual charitable goals and financial needs determine which of the following methods of
giving real property is most appropriate for your situation.
Outright Gift
You transfer the property by deed to the University of South Carolina Development Foundation
or to one of the other University affiliated foundations, and it is subsequently sold unless there is
a special reason for holding the particular parcel of real property.
Life Income Gift
Real property is transferred to a trust where the trustee sells it. The income is paid to you and/or
other named beneficiaries. The income paid to the beneficiaries for life depends on the net
proceeds realized on the sale of the real property in combination with a previously agreed upon
rate of return. Upon the death of the last of the life beneficiaries, the assets of the trust pass to
one of the University’s Foundations.
Life Tenancy Gift
In very limited situations, ownership of the real property may be transferred to one of the University’s
Foundations, but you retain the right to live on the property for your lifetime. You receive an income
tax charitable contribution deduction for the present value of the remainder interest of the gift. Upon
the death of the “life tenant,” the property may be sold or used by the University.
Young Alumni
Recent College of Education graduates also have the opportunity to participate in the young alumni
campaign called “We’re South Carolina Y’all.”
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For information on making a gift to the College of Education,
contact Harley Carpenter at:
Office: 803-777-2335
E-Mail: [email protected]
College of Education
Wardlaw Building, Room 123
University of South Carolina
Columbia SC 29208
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Current College of Education Academic Enrichment Support
Chairs/Professorships
E. Smythe Gambrell Professorship
John C. Hungerpiller Professorship
Schuyler and Yvonne Moore Child
Advocacy Dist. Chair
John E. Swearingen Professorship
Lectureships
Witten Lectureship in Education
Fellowships
Margaret Anliker Fellowship
Dr. Paul Berg Graduate Fellowship
Campbell-Witten Fellowship
Mary L. Duffie Endowed Fellowship
Paul P. Fidler Fellowship
Paul Montgomery MacMillan III
Memorial Fellowship
James A. Stoddard Memorial
Fellowship
Dr. Patterson Wardlaw Memorial
Fellowship
Scholarships/Awards
Harvey A. Allen Scholarship
Hal and Mickey Anderson
Scholarship
Loris W. Anderson Award
Cecil-Self Scholarship
Conrad-Becton Scholarship
Frances Gibson Daniel Scholarship
Education Achievement Award
Department of Educational Studies
Outstanding Student Awards
Mary Carter Grant Memorial Scholarship
Mary J. Heimberger Memorial Award
Richard E. Ishler Award
George H. Lackey Jr. Award
Leonard Maiden Spirit of
Service Award
Gerald and Myra Lahn Scholarship
Dorothy H. Lavisky Scholarship
Carl H. Medlin Jr. Scholarship
Outstanding Athletic Trainer Award
Outstanding Teaching Major Award
in Physical Education
Scottye Hedstrom Memorial Athletic
Training Scholarship
Peabody Scholarship
George Poda Jr. Memorial
Scholarship
Preston Award
Elizabeth Scruggs Scholarship in Romance Language Education
Nelle Taylor Scholarship in Special
Education
Robert G. Thurber Award
University High School/J. McTyeire Daniel/C.B. Harvey Scholarship
Robert A. Weber Memorial Award
Planned Gifts for the College
of Education
Mr. and Mrs. Heyward C. Addy
Mr. and Mrs. James Alberto
Dr. Kathryn G. Carter and
Mr. Harry C. Carter Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Dobson
Mrs. Joanne S. Eubanks
Mrs. Myles Friedman
Mr. Irby Lee Koon
Mr. Kevin A. Lahn
Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Lavisky Jr.
Dr. Charles S. Marshall
Dr. Patricia A. McClam
Mr. William O. McKeown Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Sloan
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Thomas
Dr. Sandra L. Tonnsen
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Vogel
Dr. and Mrs. Cleveland Earl Whatley
Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Witten
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