August 30, 2016, Erin Mikes
Starting this fall, University of South Carolina students interested in Peace Corps service will be able to participate in a program that will help prepare them for international fieldwork. Housed in the Study Abroad Office, the Peace Corps Prep program will coincide with students’ studies, while enhancing their foreign language skills, giving them hands-on experience and providing them with an idea of possibilities for post-graduation.
August 16, 2016, Erin Mikes
The new Spirit Communications Park not only is providing a new venue for the public to enjoy, it also has opened up job and internship opportunities for University of South Carolina students and alumni. In fact, 10 Carolina students and three alumni are helping the Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team glow.
June 13, 2016, Erin Mikes
In a study published in the American Chemical Society’s “Environmental Science and Technology,” Carolina chemistry professor Susan D. Richardson, together with EPA collaborators, details the potential health impacts that can result when pool and hot tub disinfectants combine with bodily fluids.
June 10, 2016, Erin Mikes
Broadcast journalism major Sophie Keyes will place the public need for greater disability access center stage when she competes in the Miss South Carolina pageant in late June. Inspired by her father’s work and her friend’s need for greater wheelchair access, the senior from Clinton, South Carolina, has made disability access the focus of her platform as she competes in pageants.
May 12, 2016, Erin Mikes
Looking for a 4-foot Santa lawn ornament? How about a basket in the shape of the state of Virginia? Surely someone in your family needs an alligator costume. All this and more is available at this year’s Give It Up For Good yard sale.