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USC's Graduate School turns 100 this year and will kick off its centennial celebration with a drop-in from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30. Attendees will be treated to a tour of recent renovations to The Graduate School's lobby, offices, and council room; light refreshments, including a slice of anniversary cake; and remarks by President Andrew Sorensen; Harris Pastides, vice president for research and the Division of Health Sciences; Brian Habing, Department of Statistics faculty member and chair of the Graduate Council; and Mekell Mikell, president of the Graduate Student Association.
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President Sorensen
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Harris Pastides
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Christine Ebert
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Brian Habing
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"The Graduate School at USC was established by an act of the S.C. General Assembly in 1906," said Christine Ebert, associate provost for institutional outreach and dean of the Graduate School. "There are only three institutions in the Southeast whose graduate schools have reached that maturity: USC, the University of Virginia in 2004, and the University of North Carolina in 2003. It is quite a milestone, and we plan to commemorate it with several events this academic year."Our inaugural event is a way for us to recognize the people we work with on a regular basis on campus, such as deans and chairs of departments, graduate directors, and administrative assistants," she said. "Everyone is welcome to attend and help us start the celebration."
Another commemorative event will be The Graduate School Centennial Gala in January. The gala will bring together people from other campuses, graduate faculty, administrators, legislators, and people from the community. A graduate student poster contest will take place, with the top five winning posters receiving $1,000 each and the next ten receiving $500. Plans are to then display the winning posters in several buildings on campus to further promote outstanding work by USC graduate students. One student recommended by each department will compete for one of 20 Centennial Graduate School Fellowships, worth $1,000 each. Recipients of the George Reeves Fellowship and other trustees fellowships also will be recognized.
Other commemorative activities include several colloquiums and a bigger-than-ever Graduate Student Day April 4, 2007.
For more information about The Graduate School's 100th anniversary as it becomes available, go to www.gradschool.sc.edu.
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