Reception, tours set for Towers residence halls

Faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the University can bid a nostalgic farewell to the Towers residence halls, often called the Honeycombs, at a special reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 25 in the Towers Lobby.

Leading up to the reception, staff from University Housing will give tours of the Towers from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday-Friday and from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Tours are by appointment only.

"Students have a very fond connection to these facilities and a fond connection to the friendships they made here," said Kelley Fink, coordinator for planning and development with Student Development and University Housing. "Because we'll be bringing down the facilities in the near future, we wanted to give them a chance to come back one last time see the facilities."

The Aug. 25 reception will feature photo displays, yearbooks, and music, as well as a brief presentation on the history of the Towers, which housed USC students for nearly 50 years. Guests also will have the opportunity to tour a room.

The four remaining Towers buildings--Douglas, LaBorde, Moore, and Snowden--will be torn down in the fall to make room for a new residence hall and academic center primarily for freshmen in the Honors College. The other original Towers buildings--Baker and Burney--were torn down earlier to make room for the Graduate Science Research Center. The Towers complex was built in 1958, 1962, and 1965.

To attend the reception or to schedule a tour, notify University Housing staff online at www.housing.sc.edu. Parking for the reception will be available in the University Technology Services lot at the southwest corner of Blossom and Sumter streets.

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