At the start of each spring semester, the Executive Council assesses student qualifications as provided in grade reports from USC's Office of the Registrar.

Executive Council Officers 2020-2021

President
Heather Heckman
Associate Dean for Technology
University Libraries
heckmanh@mailbox.sc.edu

Secretary
Ward Briggs
Distinguished Carolina Professor Emeritus, Languages, Literatures and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
briggsw@mailbox.sc.edu

Treasurer
Douglas Meade
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
meade@mailbox.sc.edu

Historian
Sarah Wise
Retired Faculty
College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management

Past President
D. Eric Holt
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Arts and Sciences
deholt01@mailbox.sc.edu

Executive Council Members

Lorraine Aun
Faculty Fulbright Coordinator, Office for International Scholars
aun@mailbox.sc.edu; lorraineaun.sc@gmail.com

Duncan A. Buell
Chair Emeritus 
NCR Chair in Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering and Computing
buell@cec.sc.edu

Mark Cooper
Professor, English Language and Literature, Film and Media Studies Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Chair, Faculty Senate
coopermg@mailbox.sc.edu

Gwen Geidel
Research Professor and Undergraduate Director, School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment
College of Arts and Sciences
geidel@environ.sc.edu

Mary Horton
Assistant Dean
University Libraries
hortonmc@mailbox.sc.edu

Caroline Nagel
Professor and Department Chair, Geography
College of Arts and Sciences
cnagel@mailbox.sc.edu

Clifford Scott
Director, Equal Opportunity Programs (Retired)
scott7@mailbox.sc.edu

Chappell Wilson
Assistant Dean for Administration
South Carolina Honors College
cswilson@mailbox.sc.edu

Sandra Kelly (ex-officio)
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies
sjkelly@sc.edu