The Carolina Core Committee is composed of faculty from across all colleges and schools with undergraduate programs, as well as representatives from the Regional campuses and from the Division of Student Affairs and the Department of Academic Support.
Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes from years prior to those listed below are available by request. Please contact the Office of the Provost.
2018 Meeting Minutes
2017 Meeting Minutes
2016 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes - February 9, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - April 12, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - May 31, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - June 8, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - July 13, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - July 27, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes- August 10, 2016 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes- August 24, 2016 [pdf]
2015 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes - March 24, 2015 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - April 14, 2015 [pdf]
2014 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes - November 11, 2014 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - September 9, 2014 [pdf]
2013 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes - October 8, 2013 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - September 10, 2013 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - August 13, 2013 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - May 14, 2013 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - April 9, 2013 [pdf]
Archive Recordings and Webcasts
Previously Recorded Webcasts
- Carolina Core Updates - Tuesday, September 24, 2013
- Carolina Core Update - Tuesday, February 26, 2012 (44 minutes)
- Carolina Core Update - Wednesday, September 26, 2012 (57 minutes)
- Carolina Core Update - Tuesday, February 28, 2012 (56 minutes)
- Carolina Core Update - Thursday, September 15, 2011 (1 hour and 4 minutes)
- Carolina Core Forums: Proposing a Carolina Core Course Presentation [pdf] - April 20 and 25, 2011
Audio Recordings
Please click on a link below to play the file on your computer. To save the file, right-click the link and choose "Save Link".
- Tuesday, September 14, 2010 (1 hour and 14 minutes)
- Tuesday, March 30, 2010 (58 minutes)
- Wednesday, December 9, 2009 (93 minutes)
- Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Part I (38 minutes)
- Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Part II (38 minutes)
- Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Part I (41 minutes)
- Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Part II (46 minutes)
Carolina Core Committee Members and Specialty Team Chairs
| Type | Affiliation | Name | Contact | Keywords (hidden column) |
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| Chair | Faculty Co-Chair | Vacant | ||
| Chair | Administrative Co-Chair | Sandra Kelly Professor, Psychology Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies |
803-777-2808 sjkelly@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Arts and Sciences | Douglas Meade Undergraduate Director, Associate Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-6183 meade@math.sc.edu |
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| Member | Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management | David Cardenas Associate Professor, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management |
803-777-5120 dcardenas@hrsm.sc.edu |
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| Member | Arts and Sciences | Brian Habing Associate Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee Chair |
803-777-3578 bhabing0@mailbox.sc.edu | |
| Member | Business, Moore School of | Nancy Buchan Associate Professor, International Business, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Moore School of Business |
803-777-21781 nancy.buchan@moore.sc.edu |
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| Member | Engineering and Computing | Manton Matthews Professor and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing |
803-777-3285 mmm@engr.sc.edu |
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| Member | Education | Rob Dedmon Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Affairs, College of Education |
803-777-3570 rdedmon@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Arts and Sciences | Claudia Benitez-Nelson Associate Dean for Instruction, Community Engagement and Research |
803-777-0525 benitezn@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Information and Communications | Andrea Tanner Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
803-777-4979 alhoffne@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Libraries | Karen Brown Research & Instruction Librarian, Thomas Cooper Library |
803-777-2956 kwbrown@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Music | Cliff Leaman Associate Professor of Saxophone, Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Music |
803-576-5893 cleaman@mozart.sc.edu |
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| Member | Nursing | Susan Beverung Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing |
803-777-2467 beverung@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Pharmacy | Vacant | ||
| Member | Public Health, Arnold School of | Sara Corwin Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor, Arnold School of Public Health |
803-777-3636 corwins@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Regional Campuses and Extended University | Ron Cox Associate Professor, History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, USC Lancaster |
803-313-7101 roncox@mailbox.sc.edu |
Palmetto College |
| Member | Regional Campuses and Extended University | Chris Nesmith Assistant Professor, English, Director of the Evening Program, Extended University |
803-777-8155 cnesmit@mailbox.sc.edu |
Palmetto College |
| Member | S.C. Honors College | Ed Munn Sanchez Associate Dean, South Carolina Honors College |
803-777-5633 ed@schc.sc.edu |
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| Member | Social Work | Daniel Freedman Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, College of Social Work |
803-777-7939 danf@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Student Affairs and Academic Support | Pam Bowers Associate Vice President, Student Affairs & Academic Support, Assessment |
803-777-4172 pjbowers@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Information and Communications | Ernest Wiggins Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
803-777-3325 wigginel@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Arts and Sciences | Paul MacKenzie Caroline McKissick Dial Professor, Department of History |
803-777-5195 simon-mackenzie@sc.edu |
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| Specialty Team Chair | Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding | Sarah Williams Associate Professor, Music History, School of Music |
803-777-1759 swilliams@mozart.sc.edu |
AIU |
| Specialty Team Chair | Analytical Reasoning & Problem-Solving | David Hitchcock Associate Professor, Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-7800 hitchcock@stat.sc.edu |
ARP |
| Specialty Team Chair | Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication - Speech | Mindy Fenske Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-6595 fenske@sc.edu |
CMS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication - Written | Holly Crocker Professor, English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-576- hcrocker@mailbox.sc.edu |
CMW |
| Specialty Team Chair | Information Literacy | David Lankes Director, School of Library and Information Science Associate Dean, College of Information and Communications |
803-777-3858 rdlankes@mailbox.sc.edu |
INF |
| Specialty Team Chair | Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Foreign Language |
Judy Kalb Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-8454 kalbj@mailbox.sc.edu |
GFL |
| Specialty Team Chair | Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Historical Thinking |
Adam Schor Associate Professor, History, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-1690 schor@mailbox.sc.edu |
GHS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
Dan Freedman Clinical Assistant Professor, BSW Program Coordinator, College of Social Work |
803-777-7939 daniel.freedman@sc.edu |
GSS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Scientific Literacy | Jeff Wilson Associate Professor, Undergraduate DIrector, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-4650 jwilson@sc.edu |
SCI |
| Specialty Team Chair | Values, Ethics, and Social Responsibility | Matthew Kisner Associate Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-3739 mattkisner@hotmail.com |
VSR |
| Member, Ex-Officio | Office of the Provost | Tena Crews Tena Crews, Associate Provost, Academic Programs |
803-777-6727 tcrews@hrsm.sc.edu |
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| Member, | Curricula and Courses Committee Chair | John Gerdes, Jr Associate Professor, Integrated Information Technology, College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management |
803-777-8529 jgerdes@sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Faculty Senate Chair | Marco Valtorta Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing |
803-777-4641 mgv@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Office of Institutional Assessment and Compliance | Sabrina Andrews Executive Director, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics |
803-777-2814 andrews1@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Student Affairs and Academic Support | Claire Robinson Director, University Advising Center |
803-777-1212 wittling@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Office of Institutional Assessment and Compliance | Donald Miles Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics |
803-777-2814 dmiles@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Office of Institutional Assessment and Compliance | Brittany Ashley Assessment Coordinator, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics |
803-777-2814 ashley5@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Student Affairs and Academic Support | Jennifer Tilford Curriculum Coordinator, University Advising Center |
803-777-1685 tilfordj@mailbox.sc.edu |