A career well spent
August 16, 2017, Chris Horn
Since 1963, Joe and Neva Gibbons have made it their mission to befriend and help Joe's chemical engineering students in any way they could. That legacy continued even after Joe Gibbons retired in 2006.
Recent Stories
'If I can help spare one family...'
July 19, 2017, Page Ivey
After watching Alzheimer’s disease rob her and her husband of their golden years, Patricia Beckler is supporting research efforts at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia to find a treatment or a cure for the devastating disease.
USMC Film Repository's new home opens
May 26, 2017, John Brunelli
University President Harris Pastides and Thomas McNally, dean of University Libraries dedicate the John S. Davis Scanning Center and the Lt. Col. James H. Davis Film Vault at the Libraries' Moving Image Research Collections. The MIRC facility is the new home of the U.S. Marine Corps Film Repository that chronicles the corps from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Four years, $2 million, a lifetime of lessons
April 17, 2017, Allen Wallace
Lindsey Zybrick came to the University of South Carolina a stranger. Four years and many travels later, she will graduate with a legacy to be proud of and a place she will always call home.
Fostering a passion for global health
March 28, 2017, Megan Sexton
University of South Carolina students travel to developing countries to understand and tackle global health issues
Debt relief fund aids alumni working in public interest law
January 30, 2017
This year, the Public Interest Law Loan Fund celebrates 15 years of aiding University of South Carolina School of Law alumni who have chosen careers in public interest law and dedicated their practice to helping those who are often unable to help themselves.
Family makes innovative gift in father's honor
January 19, 2017, Page Ivey
Nan Easterlin and Barry Storey were “raised Gamecocks.” So when the two Georgia grads wanted to do something to honor their father, a 1951 engineering graduate of the University of South Carolina, they stuck to what they knew.
Putting on a clinic
November 15, 2016, Craig Brandhorst
School of Medicine alumni not only work at the Columbia Free Medical Clinic, they also are the organizers and musicians behind the clinic's annual fundraising event, the Doctors Lounge concert.
Ultimate Gamecock: A legacy of education
November 02, 2016, Page Ivey
Jim Lane is the ultimate Gamecock with a bachelor’s degree in political science and three advance degrees from the College of Education, including a Ph.D. in 1998. Lane recently made a planned gift to benefit both the College of Arts and Sciences as well the College of Education.
Six ways to celebrate Homecoming 2016
October 27, 2016, Dana D'Haeseleer
It’s homecoming week at Carolina, a chance for students, faculty, staff and alumni to celebrate with a variety of events from a block party and parade to a singing competition and tailgate party. Complementing signature events will be an array of social events hosted by colleges.
PASOs: Step by step
September 20, 2016, Craig Brandhorst
Julie Smithwick began laying the groundwork for PASOs as part of a field placement project for her master’s in social work in 2005. Now based at the Arnold School of Public Health, the statewide organization provides health care education and resource navigation to 8,500 Latinos a year and boasts a budget of $1.3 million.
Clothed in Hope
September 19, 2016, Allen Wallace
A UofSC alumna took her fashion merchandising degree and headed to Zambia. Her efforts to empower women there and help them break the cycle of poverty have succeeded beyond all expectations.
Donating a part of yourself
September 09, 2016, Adena Rice
The University of South Carolina’s chapter of Be The Match recruited the most people for the bone marrow registry of any campus in the U.S. The UofSC organization registered 1,412 people in the 2015-16 school year, almost twice as many as second-place University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, which had 753 registrants. Clemson University was fifth with 535 registrants.
Preparing for the Peace Corps
August 30, 2016, Erin Mikes
Starting this fall, University of South Carolina students interested in Peace Corps service will be able to participate in a program that will help prepare them for international fieldwork. Housed in the Study Abroad Office, the Peace Corps Prep program will coincide with students’ studies, while enhancing their foreign language skills, giving them hands-on experience and providing them with an idea of possibilities for post-graduation.
Get involved with something new
August 18, 2016, Adena Rice
A new school year brings opportunities for students to meet people with shared passions and interests. The Student Organization Fair will be held Aug. 24 on Greene Street, giving students the chance to find a group that fits them best. And even with over 400 organizations at this university, new organizations are formed every year. Here are 15 of the university’s newest organizations.
Local color
August 10, 2016, Chris Horn
Faculty and students enrich the lives of Midlands children through educational programs and community outreach. Minuette Floyd’s Young Artist’s Workshop is just one example.
Remembering Big Abb, Little Abb
July 27, 2016, Page Ivey
Faye Jeffcoat is a Gamecock by marriage and motherhood, but there is no doubt her blood runs garnet. A native of Newberry, S.C., who was an English major at Newberry College, Jeffcoat says her family was evenly split between University of South Carolina and Clemson grads — that is until she met and married Abb Jeffcoat Jr. After that, it was all Carolina, all the time.
Pair of Gamecocks run across country to raise money for cancer victims
July 12, 2016, John Brunelli
Running while helping others proved to be the perfect combination for how two Gamecocks are spending their summer. Bailey Wilhelm and Jack Bowling are part of the Ulman Cancer Fund's 4K for Cancer. The pair are running the 4,000 miles from San Francisco to Baltimore to raise money to help young cancer victims pay for treatment.
Faculty, staff invited to preview Give It Up For Good sale
May 12, 2016, Erin Mikes
Looking for a 4-foot Santa lawn ornament? How about a basket in the shape of the state of Virginia? Surely someone in your family needs an alligator costume. All this and more is available at this year’s Give It Up For Good yard sale.
After the flood
April 26, 2016, Chris Horn
When a 1,000-year deluge inundated the city of Columbia, University of South Carolina students rolled up their sleeves.
The humanitarian imperative
April 11, 2016, Liz McCarthy
Call her an idealist if you must, but Nicole Modeen Hark wants to put herself out of a job.
On the hunt for conservation
March 14, 2016, Ore Oluwole
Teamwork, leadership, passion and hard work. These are just some of the words, Austin Royal and Patrick Pope would use to describe the success of their student organization, Ducks Unlimited at the University of South Carolina.
Ballad of Joe McGowan
March 02, 2016, Craig Brandhorst
By day, Joe McGowan is a surgeon with Germain Dermatology in Mount Pleasant, S.C., but by night the UofSC grad is a serious musician and songwriter — with not one but two albums coming out in 2016.
Anonymous donor is a familiar face to scholarship recipients
February 05, 2016, Steven Powell
Lamar Hunter's scholarship to attend USC’s School of Medicine in Greenville was provided by a generous benefactor who prefers to remain anonymous — to the larger public, anyway. He has been more than happy to get to know the scholarship winners whose lives he has impacted.
New scholarship provides opportunity for marine science students
December 09, 2015, Thom Harman
Pennsylvania native Victoria Garefino is the first recipient of the Richard C. Morris Marine Science Endowed Scholarship. She says the scholarship, which also reduces her out-of-state tuition, has made her dream of studying marine science at UofSC a reality.
Spreading the spark
October 16, 2015, Steven Powell
Carolina was the catalyst for his successful career, and alumnus Trey Ackerman wants to help a new generation of USC students to find similar professional success of their own.
A billion cheers
September 10, 2015, Chris Horn
The 136,850 donors who contributed learned Sept. 10 that their collective generosity put the $1 billion campaign more than $43 million over its original goal.
Honoring a son
April 06, 2015, Chris Horn
“If you had to write down the specifications of what you’d expect of a son, he would come as close to meeting them as anyone could,” says Jim Pearce, a 1942 Carolina graduate who endowed a UofSC professorship to memorialize his son Mac, a 1972 Carolina grad. “I like the fact that this professorship will continue to honor Mac for generations to come.”