Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide the best quality education and care for children
and to become a national model for early childhood education.
In addition to providing a healthy learning environment for
children, the Center provides an opportunity for researchers to
study and implement the best practices in the classroom. USC
students and faculty from education, nursing, school of library and
information science psychology, art, music and medicine are involved
at the center as part of their educational experiences.
Facility Location
The USC Child Development and Research Center is located
at 1530 Wheat Street, near the corner of Wheat Street and Pickens
Street next to the Blatt Physical Education Center.
1530 Wheat Street
Columbia, SC 29201 |
Phone: 803-765-2666
Fax: 803-217-0200
kinglc@mailbox.sc.edu |
If you have any questions regarding the childcare center please
call or email Sherry King, Director (803) 765-2666 kinglc@mailbox.sc.edu
If you have questions about the Yvonne and Schuyler Moore Child
Development Research Center please call or email Dr. Nancy
Freeman, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education (803)
777-2470 nfreeman@sc.edu |
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Fact Sheet
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 What --
28,000 square feet, with a first-floor child development center and second-floor
research center with research space, classrooms for adult learning and offices
- How many --200 children ages 6 weeks - 11 years. Of those about
165-170 are in full-time care, and 25 children are in after school care,
vacation school and summer camps.
- Hours -- 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.
- How much -- $4.1 million.
- Who -- The Center is a non-profit organization owned by the USC
Foundations.
- Designer -- Architect Jeff Stroud of Columbia
- Builder -- Columbia-based Mashburn Construction Co.
- Classroom
Design -- Louis Torelli, Faculty of WestEd Center for Infant/Toddler
Development
- Playground Design -- Dr. Joe Frost, Consultant: Grounds
for Play, Design and Equipment
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