The 2012 Fall ESS - South Carolina State University

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Aug 27 - Aug 31
SC State
University’s
Fall 2012
Executive
Speaker
Series
Opens with Midlands
News Anchors
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Students from Across the Nation Begin SC State’s Speech
Pathology and Audiology Graduate Program
By Antia Dawkins
This summer, SC State University’s Speech
Pathology and Audiology Program (SPA), one of
only two nationally accredited speech-language
pathology graduate programs in the state of
South Carolina held its annual New Graduate
Student Orientation. Speech Pathology and
Audiology is a profession in high demand,
students from all over the nation visit SC State
SC State
to learn more about the SPA graduate program.
University’s
Miller F.
Each year, SPA holds an orientation to introduce
Whittaker
prospective students to SC State’s campus, the
Library Wants
volunteers greet and assist with the Speech Pathology
Orangeburg community, and the state of South Student
and Audiology’s 2012 New Graduate Student Orientation.
to Hear From
Carolina.
You!
This year, 30 students from out of state institutions, such as Rutgers University, Ohio State
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University, Utah State University, The University of New Hampshire, and North Carolina A&T
State University visited the University. Students from in-state institutions, such as Clemson
University, Columbia College, University of South Carolina, and Furman University also
SC State
attended orientation.
Peter Lenzo’s
The new graduate student orientation attendees were welcomed by faculty members and
Exhibition
more
than 15 student volunteers from SC State’s Chapter of the National Student Speech“Assemblages
and
Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA). Dr. Barbara Adams, interim dean of the College
Ceramic
of Business and Applied Professional Sciences and Dr. Frederick Evans, interim dean of the
Sculptures”
School of Graduate Studies also attended the orientation and addressed the new graduate class.
Students entering SPA’s graduate program were given words of inspiration and encouragement
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by Dr. Gwendolyn Wilson, chair of the Department of Health Sciences. In addition, Wilson
focused on the “Points of Pride” for the SPA Program. This list included highlights of recent
achievements by students and faculty. During orientation students registered for classes for
SC SC State’s
the fall semester, received academic advisement from SPA’s faculty members, and toured
Communications
several historical landmarks on campus, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, the
Coordinator Presents
Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Square, and Lowman Hall. The tour was led by student
Social Media Research
volunteers
at International
Convention
To learn more about SC State’s Speech Pathology and Audiology Program, contact Dr.
Gwendolyn Wilson at (803)536-7063.
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SC State University’s Fall 2012 Executive Speaker Series Opens
with Midlands News Anchors
By Ashley Elliott
SC State University business students have much to look forward to this semester, according to Dr. Ann
Winstead, Executive Speaker Series (ESS) director.
“The 2012 Fall ESS will provide opportunities for students to engage with speakers on topics that reflect
the current business ventures,” says Winstead. “We are also excited about our launch as we collaborate with
units campus wide in providing opportunities across disciplines as well as the community at large.”
Opening the fall series will be WACH Fox Good Day Columbia news anchors, Janet Parker and Fraendy
Clervaud. The duo will present on the topic: “Your Professional Image : Looking and Acting the Part.” The
series will open on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 at noon in Belcher Hall’s fourth floor auditorium.
Parker, a Virginia native is a true Southern belle, having been raised in the small
South Carolina town of Cheraw, and home of Jazz Legend Dizzy Gillespie. At a
very young age Parker knew she would make an impact on those around her in
some way, living out her mom’s daily affirmation, “you are destined for greatness.”
Becoming the first African-American female drum major of her high school was
just the beginning of her many successes in life.
Parker is a college graduate, receiving her bachelor’s degree in broadcast
journalism with a minor in fashion merchandising from the University of South
Carolina (USC) in May 2008.
Her second “passion for fashion” has caused her to be named one of Columbia’s
Janet Parker
“Top 10 most Beautiful and Stylish people” during the 2012 Columbia Style Week.
Parker prides herself in being professional at all times even in her appearance. She has been asked to judge
several local pageants and oratorical contests because of her “image is everything” approach.
Parker welcomes opportunities to give back to her community and has emceed several local events
including serving as the commencement speaker for Remington College’s graduation. She also reads at
local elementary schools, supports the American Heart Association in the fight against heart disease, as well
as the American Red Cross in saving lives.
When she’s not on the desk or in the newsroom, she’s listening to a wide array of music, or spending time
with her family, and friends. Parker’s favorite quote is: No one can beat you at being you.
Clervaud joined the WACH Fox team In November 2010. He is no stranger to
the Palmetto State, coming to the Midlands from WJBF-TV in Augusta where he
covered news in both Georgia and South Carolina.
Over the years Clervaud has interviewed Representative Jesse Jackson, Liberia’s 1st
female president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and covered the presidential inauguration
of Barack Obama, just to name a few. He also traveled to his parent’s homeland of
Haiti where he produced a special series on earthquake disaster relief.
Clervaud also participated in the B.A.D.D (Black Achievers Determined to Be
Different) conference that took place in Columbia, S.C. on February 2012. The
conference was aimed at helping young Black males in grades K-12 reach their
potential academically, socially, economically and spiritually through workshops Fraendy Clervaud
and sessions.
Clervaud is a graduate of the University of Florida’s College of Journalism. He lives by this motto: “it is
the Lord who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.”
Additional topics for the fall 2012 ESS series include: “Corporate Communication Strategies,” “How
to Start An On-Line Business,” “Leading in the 21st Century - A Personal Journey,” “the Importance
of Professional Image,” “Business Ethics,” “Consultancy - A Business Model,” and The Impact of the
Automotive Industry on Economic Recovery.”
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SC State University’s Miller F. Whittaker Library
Wants to Hear From You!
By Ashley Elliott
South Carolina State University’s
Miller F. Whittaker Library was recently
awarded a $7,500 grant from the HBCU
Library Alliance: Library Leadership
Program, funded in part by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation. The HBCU
Library Alliance is a consortium that
supports the collaboration of information
professionals dedicated to providing an
array of resources designed to strengthen
HBCU’s and their constituents.
As one of seven HBCU’s to be
awarded the grant, SC State University
will implement the LibQUAL+® survey,
a resource for assessing user opinion of Miller F. Whittaker Library
library service quality. It is designed around a web-based survey that measures library users’ minimum,
perceived, and desired levels of service quality across three dimensions: affect of service, information
control, and the library as a place. Adrienne Webber, dean of the Miller F. Whittaker Library, says the
overall purpose of the grant is to obtain a formal library assessment that will determine if their services
are adequate or needs improving. “We want to always ensure that we are meeting the needs of those we
serve,” says Webber. “Looking at the library as an informational resource, we decided that we needed to
apply for this grant and access this important data. The results will tell us if we are meeting our mission
and with this grant from the HBCU Library Alliance and Mellon Foundation we will be able to formally
do just that.”
In the upcoming months, the full implementation of LibQUAL+® will be completed and the
University’s networking system will randomly administer surveys to users consisting of faculty, staff,
students, alumni and visitors to the library. Surveys will also be administered during alumni meetings
and selected community events, where University library users may be in attendance. “The survey will be
available for a period of three weeks and we will begin implementing changes shortly afterwards based
on responses,” notes Webber. “Strategically we will access the needs of our community of users based
on the results of the survey. Many of the same individuals who provide suggestions on what we need
to do will be contacted to assist us with our new planning strategies.”
The library’s staff is working collaboratively with members from other University departments including
University Computing and Technology Information Services (UCITS), Institutional Effectiveness,
Student Affairs, and University Relations and Marketing, to launch the LibQUAL+® project.
Incentives will also be put into place to offer prizes and implement various activities in efforts to get
students excited about participating in this effort,” shares Webber.
“I hope that this initiative will show that we’re making good strides in being the library that the users
want us to be,” expressed Webber. “We hope that it will show that we are user centered, student, faculty,
university and assessment driven, in addition to being goal oriented when meeting the needs of our
users.”
The launch of the Miller F. Whittaker Library LibQUAL+® party will soon be underway. Stay tuned
for more details!
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Peter Lenzo’s Exhibition “Assemblages and
Ceramic Sculptures” on Display at SC State University
SC State University’s Fine Arts Center Gallery is pleased to host an exhibition by artist Peter Lenzo. The exhibition is currently on view through Friday,
September 14, 2012.
Lenzo’s mixed media assemblages and ceramic sculptures are exquisitely
crafted and very personal works of art. The assemblages, often seen as altars
are inspired by those seen in the churches and museums of Europe. While
some focus on ideas of faith others are shrines to Lenzo’s three children.
The ceramic sculptures are inspired by traditional face jugs especially those
produced by Southern slaves. Many of the sculptures express Lenzo’s struggle with severe epilepsy. These often haunting but beautiful pieces express
Artistic Exhibition-“Assemblages and
Lenzo’s daily battle to be a productive artist, father and human being in the
Ceramic Sculptures” by Peter Lenzo
face of a debilitating disease that all too often seems to have the upper hand.
Lenzo is a New York City native living in Columbia, S.C. He received his MFA from Wayne State
University in Detroit, Mich., and is the founder of Southern Pottery Workcenter and Gallery in Columbia, SC though no longer the owner. Lenzo is a former faculty member of the University of South
Carolina (USC) and Lexington Middle School in Lexington, SC. Lenzo was selected for the 1995 and
1998 SC Triennial Exhibition as well as for Thresholds, a traveling 2004 exhibition of Southeastern art
dealing with religion and spirituality. His work is in several museums, including the South Carolina State
Museum in Columbia, S.C., the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Lenzo’s solo shows include those at the Spartanburg Museum of Art in Spartanburg S.C.,
the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, and the prestigious Ferrin Gallery
in Lenox, Mass. He is currently represented by If Art Gallery in Columbia, S.C., where he is part of an
upcoming group show which opened August 24, 2012.
To learn more about Peter Lenzo, visit www.ifartgallery.blogspot.com and www.peterlenzopottery.com.
FAB GALLERY is in the department of Visual & Performing Arts at SC State University. It is located
at 300 College Street, NE Orangeburg, SC 29117. Gallery Hours are M-F, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (It is closed
on weekends and all University holidays.)
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September 7, 2012
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Week, please contact the office of University Relations and
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SC State’s Communications Coordinator Presents
Social Media Research at International Convention
By Antia Dawkins
On June 23 and June 24, Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, communications coordinator of the newly established Mass Communications Program at SC State University, served as a keynote speaker at the third America-Bangladesh-Canada
(ABC) Convention held at Astoria World Manor in East Elmhurst, N.Y. The
ABC Convention aimed to expand harmonious relationship with the main
stream America by articulating and integrating the American democratic and
cultural values with the new Bangladeshi-Americans.
Hundreds of multicultural writers, poets, academicians, high achieving
school and college graduates, diplomats, journalists, Olympians, artists, political activists and community organizers from all over the globe attend the
Dr. Shafiqur Rahman
ABC Convention each year. Interested in social media, television and media
education in the United States and Bangladesh, Rahman spoke on a current media debate topic: “Is New
Social Media a Threat to Traditional Print and Broadcast Media,” with assistance from Dr. Rafida Idris,
associate professor of Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences and Joshua Mims, video supervisor/
instructor in the Mass Communications Program at SC State University.
During his keynote speech, Rahman discussed the socio-political challenges that American traditional
media face today and how radio and television challenged the print media. “I made the point that the
traditional media will continue to grow symbiotically with social media by accepting the new converged
model,” stated Rahman. “Integrating computing and internet technologies to create and deliver the
news, information and entertainment products to the traditional and social media audiences is the essence of the converged model. It includes digitizing technology, multimedia formats, interactive participation by audience, and unlimited freedom to provide opinions by consumers,” he exclaimed. Nine
journalists and media professors from renowned media agencies and universities served as panel discussants during Rahman’s presentation.
Rahman is certain that SC State’s faculty, staff and students will benefit from the knowledge gained
during the ABC Convention. “Teaching of social media is a current topic in our communications curriculum. Recently, two of our new communications capstone courses, Jour 450 and BC 450, were approved
by SC State’s Academic Affairs, Faculty Senate and the Education Policy Council which were based on
the new media convergence model presented during the convention.”
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Felton Laboratory School Receives
$664,546 Grant to Support On-Site
Community Learning Center
By Antia Dawkins
Felton Laboratory School, a public elementary school located on the campus of SC State University recently received
$664,546 to operate a 21st Century Community Learning
Center. The grant, “School and Community Learning Cooperative – Investing in Bright Futures” (SCLC – IBF) has
been funded for fall 2012 through the summer of 2016.
The SCLC – IBF program will assist students with meeting state and local academic standards in core academic subjects; offer students a broad array of enrichment activities
that can complement their regular academic programs; and
offer literacy and other educational services to the families
of participating children.
Felton Laboratory School received the grant due to the
dedication and persistence from Dr. Emma Caldwell, who
serves as the curriculum coordinator at Felton Laboratory School. Caldwell is extremely excited about the grant
award. “This labor of love and commitment was written to
address identified needs and to advance the program’s goals
which are to provide students with a safe, healthy, drug and
violence free, supportive learning environment, staffed by
caring and competent adult instructors, mentors, and volunteers who are committed to offering learning paths and
choices that will extend, enrich, and remediate students’
individual academic and social needs as well as allay the
concerns of working parents pertaining to afterschool supervision and homework assistance,” said Caldwell. “Funding of this grant will provide each student an opportunity
to participate in a free extended-day program from 3 p.m.
to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday for 30 weeks during the
academic school year and for six weeks during the summer
months,” she continued.
Dr. Gloria Winkler, director of Felton Laboratory School
echoes the same sentiment about the public elementary
school receiving the grant. “I am truly excited about Felton receiving the 21st Century Community Learning Center
Grant for the next four years,” Winkler exclaimed. “This
grant will allow our students to explore additional areas in
creative dance, chorus, karate, and step dancing. It will also
allow our students to have an extended school day to study
and experiment with various areas of study.”
To learn more about the SCLC – IBF Grant contact, Dr.
Emma Caldwell, at (803)536-8757.
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P.O. Box 8124, 300 College Street, NE
Ko W. G. Donma Administration Building
Orangeburg, SC 29117
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Director, University Relations and Marketing
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Project Manager/WSSB General Manager
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Antia Dawkins
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