UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Welcome to the Higher Education and Student Affairs Program website. The HESA Program at the University of South Carolina is part of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies in the College of Education. The program offers two degree programs, a master’s degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs and a doctorate in Educational Administration with an Emphasis in Higher Education. Our programs are designed prepare leaders to serve colleges and universities at various levels. Through our service, the HESA Program assists individuals as well as public and private agencies and institutions in improving professional practice and performance within higher education. Through our scholarship, the HESA faculty extend the limits of knowledge in the field of Higher Education and Student Affairs and refine existing theory, practice, and policy.

Lunch with Dr. Horace Fleming
Fall 2008

Preston’s Faculty/Staff Dining Room, 11:45 am

Friday, October 3^rd

Friday, November 14^th

Friday, December 5^th

As a USC doctoral student in higher education administration, do you wish you could talk candidly with a senior higher education administrator about the ends-and-outs of higher education administration?

 Here’s your chance…Join USC doctoral students, faculty, and Dr. Horace Fleming for lunch each month this fall.  Dr. Fleming is a Distinguished University Professor of Educational Leadership at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.  He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science at the University of Georgia and his doctorate at Vanderbilt University. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army in Vietnam (1969-1971), taught at Clemson University from 1971 to 1990, and was the founding director of the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs. From 1980 to 1982, he served as chief economist for the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate and as staff director of the Office of President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Dr. Fleming served as president of the University of Southern Mississippi (1997-2001) and as executive vice president of the University of the Pacific (1990-92).  During the 2008-2009 academic year, Dr. Fleming is a visiting professor of Higher Education Administration at the University of South Carolina who wants to have lunch with YOU. 

RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY: CONTACT CATHY AT 777 – 5240 OR CSCHACHN@MAILBOX.SC.EDU

 

2008 Doctoral Hooding

Dr. David Mash, Dr. Michelle Maher

 

Drs. Bill Kotti, Forest Mahan, Katherine Chaddock, Denise Wellman

Drs. Michael Ivey, Dr. Katherine Chaddock

Drs. Bill Kotti, Denise Wellman, Forest Mahan, Katherine Chaddock, Ann Bluntzer

Drs. Bill Kotti, Christian Anderson, Katherine Chaddock, Denise Wellman, Forest Mahan

Drs. Bill Kotti, Christian Anderson, Ann Bluntzer

Higher Education Faculty Welcomes Dr. Mary Holloway, Instructor for EDHE 732, The American College Student

Dr. Mary H. Holloway serves as the Assistant Vice President for Student Development Services at Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina. Mary has held several student affairs positions with progressive levels of responsibilities since 1978. She earned an Associate in Science in Human Services from Piedmont Technical College; a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Lander University; a Master's of Education in Student Personnel Services from Clemson University; and a Graduate Certificate in Educational Leadership and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina.

Sri Sitharaman, a Ph.D. Student in Higher Education, Receives $20,000 Dissertation Fellowship

Sri Sitharaman has received a $20,000 dissertation fellowship from the Association for Institutional Research in Tallahassee, Florida. His proposal, "Analysis of Faculty Salaries at Historically Black Colleges and Universitites" was selected for funding through the Association for Institutional Research-National Center for Education Statistics-National Science Foundation grant program, "Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Education Institutions." This fellowship of $20,000 is for the period June l, 2008, through May 31, 2009.

Ph.D. Coastal Cohort Spring Semester Meeting in Charleston, SC (from Beaufort to Myrtle Beach)

Those in attendance were Pat Ferguson, David Mash, Willette Burnham, Katherine Chaddock, Lindsey Hamil, Ann Bluntzer, Rebecca Battle-Bryant, and Matteel King & spouse

Ph.D Coastal Cohort WRITE ON! Summer 2008 Session at the home of Dr. Katherine Chaddock. In attendance were (clockwise from top) Willette Burnham (blue and white shirt), Dr. Katherine Chaddock, Dr. Michelle Maher with WRITE On mascot Yuki Kelly, Lindsey Morrow, and Stephanie Foote

Jill Burya giving her talk on Taiwan as part of the "HESA Student Speaker Series on International Experiences in Higher Education" on September 23, 2008

2008 Student Personnel Association Resume Book