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.
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]
Meeting Minutes - March 24, 2015 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - April 14, 2015 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - November 11, 2014 [pdf]
Meeting Minutes - September 9, 2014 [pdf]
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]
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
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- 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 | 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 Dean of Academic Programs and 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 | Jan Bass Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor, Economics, Moore School of Business |
803-777-3178 jan.bass@moore.sc.edu |
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| Member | Engineering and Computing | Matt Thatcher Professor and Chair of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing |
803-777-2895 thatche1@cec.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 | SC Honors College | Andrea Tanner Associate Dean, South Carolina Honors College |
803-576-5633 atanner@sc.edu |
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| Member | Music | Tina Milhorn Stallard Professor of Voice/Soprano, Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Music |
803-777-0062 tstallard@mozart.sc.edu |
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| Member | Nursing | Karen Worthy Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing |
803-576-7954 kworthy0@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| Member | Pharmacy | Kristi Kinslow Director, Pre-Professional Studies and Recruitment, College of Pharmacy |
803-777-6635 kinslowk@cop.sc.edu |
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| 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 | Elliot Vittes Associate Professor, Political Science, Palmetto College Columbia |
803-576-7259 vittes@mailbox.sc.edu |
Palmetto College |
| 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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| 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 | Jonathan Edwards Senior Instructor and Director of Speech, English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-569-5949 edwardjj@mailbox.sc.edu |
CMS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Effective, Engaged, and Persuasive Communication - Written | Nicole Fisk Senior Instructor, English Language and Literature, College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-7528 fisknp@mailbox.sc.edu |
CMW |
| 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 |
Thomas Lekan Professor, History Associate Professor, Earth, Ocean & Environment College of Arts and Sciences |
803-777-5928 lekan@sc.edu |
GHS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Global Citizenship and Multicultural Understanding: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
David Darmofal |
803-777-3109 darmofal@mailbox.sc.edu |
GSS |
| Specialty Team Chair | Information Literacy | Karen Brown Research & Instruction Librarian, Thomas Cooper Library |
803-777-2956 kwbrown@mailbox.sc.edu |
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| 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 | Trena Houp Associate Director, Distributed Learning, Interim Director, Academic Programs, Office of the Provost |
803-777-0460 thoup@sc.edu |
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| Member,Ex-Officio | Curricula and Courses Committee Chair |
Marianne Bickle |
803-777-3805 bickle@hrsm.sc.edu |
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| Member, Ex-Officio | Faculty Senate Chair | Mark Cooper Professor, English Language and Literature, College of Arts & Sciences |
803-576-5991 coopermg@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 | LaTrice Ratcliff-Small Institutional Effectiveness Manager, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics |
803-576-6234 latrice@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 |