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The University 18th Showcase, USC’s annual open house, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 9 on the Horseshoe.
From festival foods and exhibits to music by the Palmetto Pans steel drum band and the Carolina Alive choral group, families can enjoy activities, performances, and more than 50 exhibits highlighting USC's colleges and departments.
Health screenings by representatives from the Arnold School of Public Health's Department of Exercise Science also will be available. Activities for children will include a bed of nails, provided by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and a rock-climbing wall courtesy of military science and Army ROTC.
In addition to the events on the Horseshoe, Showcase will feature tours of the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center and self-guided walking tours of the Greek Village from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Showcase also provides opportunities for prospective students and their families to discuss academic programs, scholarships and financial aid, housing, and admission requirements with University representatives. Sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. in Rutledge Chapel.
University Housing will open the following residence halls for guided tours every hour on the hour: Bates House, Capstone, Maxcy, McBryde, McClintock, Patterson, Preston College, South Tower, the Towers (Douglas, LaBorde, Moore, and Snowden), Wade Hampton, and West Quad, USC's newest residence hall and world's largest "green dorm.” Self-guided tours of the Greek Village also will be available.
Other highlights include "Two Hundred Years of Student Life at USC,” an exhibit at the South Caroliniana Library, and undergraduate admissions information, with meetings with financial aid and admissions counselors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Lieber College.
For complete USC Showcase details, call 7-4111 or go to www.carolinaalumni.org.
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Last year's Showcase included a robotics demonstration by students from the College of Engineering and a flower-planting activity sponsored by the Office of Housing.
