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Dean Watson Wins Dancing with the Deans Dancing with the Deans Succeeds Again in Support of Family Fund By: Larry Di Giovanni, Development Communications With eight paired couples moving deftly to the Cha Cha, The Shag, and other numbers, the second annual and highly energized Dancing with the Deans, held Dec. 1 in the Russell House Ballroom, again proved to be highly popular. Dance Winners: Appreciative, and Gracious
The Family Fund: Numbers Show High SupportAt the beginning of the show, it was noted that now in its 37th year, the Family Fund has raised $36 million toward student support including scholarships, faculty support, campus improvements, and program enhancements the University holds dear. Your Other Participants: Winners AllA complete listing of Dancing with the Deans results are as follows. Second place went to Charlie Partlow, a professor in the College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management (HRSM), and Kathy Smiling, HRSM Assistant Dean. They danced to the Shag and were coached by Nance. In third place was Robert Wilcox, Dean of the School of Law, and Michelle Martin, the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy. Dancing the Waltz, they were coached by Mimi Worrell. The other entrants, their coaches, and dances were:
The emcee was Jonathan Rush of 97.5 WCOS. The judges were John Farley, WIS chief meteorologist; Lazetta Giles of Eboni Dance Theatre; and Larry Hembree of Nickleodeon Theatre. Students from The Carolina Ballroom Club performed the Cha Cha before the competition started. Numerous sponsors made it possible to give prizes to those with stars on the back of their programs.
Dear Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of the College of Education,
Dean Watson and I will be hosting alumni activities throughout the state and in certain areas of the country over the next year. So, please be on the lookout for an invitation to visit with us when we are in your area. I will also be reaching out to many of you in the coming months to introduce myself to you and talk with you about ideas you might have in support of the college. But, please don’t wait to hear from us! If you would like to discuss ways we can work together for the betterment of our College and University, please feel free to call or e mail me at any time. I am looking forward to getting to know each of you! For Carolina, Amanda Wilson Unique, new Program for Professionals Launched A new initiative is launched in the College of Education. The Department of Educational Leadership, in partnership with the Darla Moore School of Business, just welcomed the first cohort of graduate students into a new degree program. The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Higher Education Business Administration (HEBA) is designed for mid-level administrators who have at least two years of professional work experience. The 13 students who make up the inaugural cohort hark from both university and community college environments and bring to the program a plethora of work experience as well as enthusiasm for this new program. This interdisciplinary program is 39 credit hours; approximately half of these hours are in higher education administration and half are in business administration. Students are beginning their cohort experience by delving into financial accounting at the Moore School and adult learning in the College of Education. Dr. Katherine Chaddock, an architect of the new program and the department chair in Educational Leadership and Policies, noted, “This program is a first of its kind, and its delivery through both distance modalities and face-to-face formats makes it convenient for busy professionals. Program graduates will be much in demand, as they’ll leave us with both the business acumen acquired through their professional MBA coursework and a keen understanding of the functioning of higher education gained through their coursework with us”. The culmination of the program is an action research project which serves as a capstone experience. Students will be admitted annually to this innovative program. For further information, please go to the program’s Web site at www.moore.sc.edu/masters/academicprograms/masterofeducationheba.aspx. or contact Scott King, director of admissions at the Moore School of Business at scott.king@moore.sc.edu or Dr. Jim Hudgins, the program’s co-director in the College of Education, at 803-777-5205 or at hudginsj@mailbox.sc.edu. Councilwoman Kathy Maness Elected President of Women in Municipal Government at National League of Cities Conference Councilwoman Kathy Maness was elected president of the Women in Municipal Government Constituency group during the National League of Cities Annual Conference November 9-12 in Phoenix, Ariz. Maness is the first woman from South Carolina to hold the position and looks forward to a wonderful year of expanding the role of women in government across the country. “As current president of Women in Municipal Government, I know the importance of being involved in this great organization. As women, it is our civic duty to ensure that we have female voices in all sectors and roles in government. WIMG affords each of us the opportunity to expand our knowledge of local governments, programs, funding, implementation processes, and the impact that our community and children face. I would encourage all of our fellow sisters in municipal government to join us in the movement to strengthen our country one step at a time, ” stated Maness. Councilwoman Maness will showcase the great State of South Carolina in May 2012 when she will host the WIMG Annual Summer Conference in Charleston, S.C. Maness a 1980 graduate of Lancaster High School, earned an associate’s from USC Lancaster in 1982, a BA in elementary education from USC in 1983, a master’s in early education from USC in 1986, and was a third grade teacher at Erwin Elementary School. She currently serves as executive director of Palmetto State Teachers Association. Councilwoman Maness was elected to Lexington Town Council in 2004 and was reelected in 2008 and serves as the council liaison for the Town’s Advisory Committee. She is married to Amiel Maness, formally of Cornelia, Ga., and is the daughter-in-law of Edison and the late Floyce Maness. Maness has three children: Rebekah, 22, a senior at USC; Patrick, 19, a sophomore USC, and Jonathan, nine, a third-grader at Midway Elementary School.
University of South Carolina Board of Trustees Elects Amy Stone as Secretary
Stone has devoted most of her career to education and fund raising. She taught math at Irmo Middle School and moved into development, working for The Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn., Hammond School in Columbia, and the Arizona Museum of Science and Technology in Phoenix. From 2004-08, she was owner of AES Consulting, a firm specializing in annual giving, capital campaigns, and special events. She also worked for the S.C. Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for more than 10 years, serving adults in the Greenwood and Conway/Georgetown areas.
The secretary of the Board of Trustees is one of the university’s principal officers and is the official liaison between the board and the university administration, faculty, staff, and students. The board secretary has responsibility for signing university contracts, overseeing commencement planning and activities and, coordinating all board activities and functions. Giving Back as Adjunct Faculty Four alumni of the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education Administration are “giving back” to USC by serving as adjunct faculty in the College of Education. These graduates of the doctoral program earned their initial course credits through the Community College Leadership Alliance, the partnership between USC and the South Carolina Technical College System. The GCP enables mid-level professionals at South Carolina community and technical colleges to earn 18 credits which are transferable to the Ph.D. program. One hundred and fifty-seven technical college associates have graduated from the graduate certificate program and 14 have earned their doctorate at the University of South Carolina. The Graduate Certificate Program (GCP) faculty includes three of its former participants:
Dr. Kent Cubbage, chair of the science department, Aiken Technical College, serves as an adjunct faculty member in the new master’s degree program in higher education and business affairs (HEBA). The College of Education and the Darla Moore School of Business are pleased to work together on this groundbreaking program, welcoming its first cohort this fall with 13 members. The interdisciplinary program consists of courses offered in the College of Education and the Darla Moore School of Business. The degree is designed for mid-level working professionals in institutions of higher education and related organizations and agencies. Please contact the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies for more information about the graduate leadership program or the master’s degree program in higher education business administration at 803-777-5240.
Education Policy Course Produces Real-World Results NOTE: Every year the course EDLP805, Advanced Education Policy Analysis in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies, includes a three- to four-day visit to Washington, D.C., for up-close interaction with federal level policy makers in government and related agencies. The spring 2011 trip for graduate students in higher education programs sparked long-term results for Amy Scully and some of her students at Midlands Technical College. In April 2011, as a student in Dr. Katherine Chaddock’s Advanced Education Policy (EDLP 805) class, I travelled to Washington, D.C. to meet with individuals involved in federal higher education policy. We met with and learned from amazing individuals devoted to higher education. At a briefing on the Hill, I had the opportunity to ask about what I believed was a deficiency in the policy that prevented use of veteran benefits for non-credit programs. Armed with the welcome knowledge that the law did not prohibit approval for non-credit programs, I returned to with renewed energy to navigate the bureaucracy and submit our programs, once again, for approval. With the help of my colleague in corporate and continuing education, Cathy Pitts, and the support of the college’s certified VA representative, we worked tirelessly to overcome bureaucratic obstacles so that we could better serve South Carolina’s veterans. It is critical for education stakeholders who debate the relationship between the classroom experience and practical relevance, to speak to those of us who each day take what we learn in the classroom and apply it in real-world settings. It is the proverbial trickle-down effect: Meaningful education spurs its recipients to contribute in positive ways to their communities. Believing that success breeds success, we are preparing our next set of programs for submission. A beauty exists in the true synergy between education and the world at-large.
Words from Alumnus Boyce Lawton
The Army tries to make sure that people like me have a good understanding of the Army, so I have visited with West Point officials several times, shot automatic weapons with our cadre, and now jumped out of an airplane with the Silver Wings, a precision jump team at Fort Benning, Ga. We have managed to send Wofford cadets to West Point the past two summers for extensive cross-training with West Point cadets. I've had meetings with West Point officials discussing the possibility of the first West Point/non-military-academy student exchange program. We have dramatically increased the size of the Wofford student cadre, thus increasing the amount of federal support to Wofford by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
We had two struggling programs several years ago. Now they are both thriving. Two weeks ago, I sat through the Wofford/CBS Republican debate and then spent an hour in the spin room with media and several candidates. Last week, I placed a student with the Carolina Panther's sports broadcasting group for a brief internship (thanks, Danny). I do a lot of student advising (academic and emotional), help to shape new academic initiatives, manage an $8 million academic budget, help with building projects (always remembering Kuhn, Shuh, and Whitt's “Involving Colleges”), and still get to dive into databases every day.
Homecoming Cookout 2011: Rockin' the Garnet and Black
Michelle Burke MA (Class of 1998) was named director of student life at Grand Valley State University (GVSU). Burke also teaches in the college student affairs leadership master’s program at GVSU. She recently served as a member of a university delegation to the University of West Indies-Mona, Jamaica, where she has developed a study abroad course for GVSU Master of Education students that will launch in May 2012.
R. Keith East Ph.D. (Class of 1996) and Ed.S (Class of 1990) was promoted to the rank of full professor in the College of Education at Southern Wesleyan University in June 2011. In August 2011 East was named director of graduate field studies for Southern Wesleyan University's five regional campuses. In October 2011, he was reappointed by S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley to a second four-year term on the Pickens County Social Services Board. In December 2011, he is slated to be a guest researcher with the University of Georgia in Monteverde, Costa Rica, regarding elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in the region. Ova Brown-Gillespie M.Ed. (Class of 2008) has accepted an assistant principal position at Cheraw High School. Ova is currently working on her Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction and an AP at Long Middle School in Cheraw. In August 2011, Dr. Stephanie Foote Ph.D. (Class of 2009) and M.Ed. (Class of 1999) began a position as an associate professor of education in the Department of First-Year Programs at Kennesaw State University: previously, Stephanie was the director of the Academic Success Center and First-Year Experience at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
Patricia McMahon Hartwell M.Ed. (Class of 1993) married Christopher Hartwell in October 2008 to and gave birth to daughter, May Catherine, on January 30, 2010. Patricia works as a network contract manager for United HealthCare.
Dr. Stacie L. Williams accepted the position of director of the Academic Success Center (ASC) at the University of South Carolina Aiken (USCA). The ASC coordinates the university’s advisement, tutoring, first-year experience programs, and other academic support initiatives. Stacie served as the director of intercultural programs at USCA for eight years.
Two of our former Homecoming queens made it to the parade, Patricia Matheson Morrison (left) , Class of 52 and Ann Loadholt (right), Class of 65.
Carl B. Strange, Jr. is teaching introductory Latin online for the University of Alaska. Course development ran through spring and summer, and Strange started the 101 course with 20 students in the fall. The 102 course will follow in the spring. About the position Strange said, “I came to this job because the mother of a student I taught in Fairbanks, Alaska, in the early 90s is a UAF employee and I knew that the Center for Distance Learning was looking for a Latin teacher. She found me 14 years after moving to Connecticut and introduced me to the design director. She said that her daughter had enjoyed my teaching and that she as a parent had been well-satisfied with my grading practices (thank you to Dr. Fred Splitgerber for that!) and my level of communication with parents (thank you to Drs. Tim Bergen and Len Maiden). Now I have come 32 years from my undergraduate degree at USC and 26 from my master's, and I know that Wardlaw took me, poor clay that I was, and made a teacher out of me. It continues to be such fun; I have no thought of retirement.”
Daniel Eckstein, Ph.D. (Class of 1973) is currently professor of medical psychology at the Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Netherlands. He is also president of the faculty senate there as well as a past president of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology. Dr. Eckstein is author of Leadership by Encouragement, Psychological Fingerprints, and Raising Respectful kids in a rude world.
Erin Carter M.Ed. (Class of 2004) and Kyle Carter welcomed daughter Emma Rose Carter born on July 17, 2011, in Lansing, Michigan. She weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz and was 21 inches long at birth.
LynnAlison McGavack-Martin received the Marion Quin Dix Leadership Award from the Arizona Art Education Association in October 2011. This award is given to an association officer in the performance and/or development of specific programs and recognizes outstanding contributions and service to the profession by state/province goals or activities at the state/province association level. This award is presented in honor of NAEA’s third president, Marion Quin Dix, in recognition of her pioneer work in the development of NAEA as a national professional organization.
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