This week in Homecoming events
There is still another week left in this year’s two-week-long Homecoming celebration. Here is a day-by-day guide for week two of Homecoming.
Student Gateway
Keep Carolina safe
You have a critical role in reducing the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in the Carolina Community. Demonstrate your commitment to keep UofSC in good health by being a part of #IPledgeColumbia and honoring the pledge during the semester.
Let's Get to Work
Check out this week's highlighted jobs, internships, co-ops and service opportunities from YOUR UofSC career finder, Handshake.
Behind the scenes of SAFE testing
By now most students have heard about the university’s free Saliva Assay Free Expedited (SAFE) testing program, but we wondered what happens behind the scenes. We spoke with Carolyn Bannister, who serves as the manager for the College of Pharmacy’s Diagnostic Genomics Lab, to gather insights on what happens to your saliva sample between getting tested for COVID-19 on campus and receiving your results.
Announcements
Applications are open for Daily Gamecock and SGTV leaders
Applications are being accepted for The Daily Gamecock editor-in-chief and for the SGTV station manager for 2021.
Resident Mentor applications for the 2021-22 academic year are open
Resident Mentor applications for the 2021-2022 academic year are open now until Nov. 1.
Enter the Tiger Burn design and eulogy competition
This year you will get the opportunity to design your own 30-foot tiger or write the it's eulogy for the next Tiger Burn event.
Voting for Best of Carolina 2021 is open
Voting for Best of Carolina 2021 is officially open. Best of Carolina is Garnet Media's annual publication that features the spots across campus and the city of Columbia that our community has picked as the “best of” during an open nomination and voting period.
Get tested, get free stuff
Every week during the month of October, a random sample of students will be invited to participate in saliva-based COVID-19 testing. Upon completion, students will receive a special UofSC T-shirt and will be entered into drawings to win prizes.
Student Health Services is hosting COVID-19 convalescent plasma drive
Students, faculty and staff who have recovered from COVID-19 can help to fight the disease caused by the coronavirus by donating their plasma at the convalescent plasma drive on Tuesday (Oct. 6) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Center for Health and Well-Being.
Student Events
SAFE COVID Testing - Davis Field ll
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
Location: Davis Field II - Thomas Cooper Library Side
Dates and Deadlines
Intramural 1v1 All Sports Golf (as seen on Dude Perfect) and 1v1 HORSE Tournament Deadlines
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020
DEADLINE - Magellan Apprentice Application Submission
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020
General Election Day - Asynchronous Remote Class Day
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020
Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of 'WF' being recorded (Part of term 30)
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020
Face-to-Face Instruction Ends (last day for in-person exams)
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020
Thanksgiving Recess (no classes)
Ongoing through Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020
Remote Class Day
Monday, Nov. 30, 2020
Remote Class Day
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020
Reading Day
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020
Tools and Resources
Stories for Students
Garnet Apple winner: Deena Isom Scott
Deena Isom Scott’s course list in criminal justice and African American Studies becomes all the more relevant in the era of Black Lives Matter and protests against police brutality and injustice.
This week in Homecoming events
There is still another week left in this year’s two-week-long Homecoming celebration. Here is a day-by-day guide for week two of Homecoming.
How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists and public health specialists have been using mathematical models to forecast the future in an effort to curb the coronvirus’s spread. History professor Nükhet Varlik writes for the The Conversation to give historical insight into how and when pandemics end.