"I give back because I feel like USC has invested in me. I feel heard, valued, and supported here and not just as an employee but as a person. Giving back feels like the natural thing to do. I donated to Cocky's Reading Express and the Augusta Baker Chair in the College of Information and Communications."
USC is a wonderful place and we're really trying to make an impact on the state of South Carolina and the world. Our support as faculty and staff can make a difference.
Caleb Morris, a two-time University of South Carolina alumnus and current academic advisor and instructor in the Arnold School of Public Health, is deeply connected to USC through roles as an employee, donor, and advocate for student success.
Zachary Drawdy was known for two things: his love of building and his love for others.
What is an identity? By definition, it is how a person, place or thing is characterized. A person may craft an identity based on personality traits, preferences, appearance and many other inherent attributes like race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender and more. The culture in which a person belongs often molds and shapes an identity unique to them, with all the experiences, good and bad, therein.
Jeff Kososki had dreams of running his own business. Now, a scholarship in his name is helping others' dreams come true.
Before she was a school principal working with the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity, Melissa Klopfer (B.Ed., '80) was a senior struggling to find the funds to help her finish her final year of study.
When University Development faced low recruitment and retention, they grew their own solution: Develop Carolina.
If you worked at the University of South Carolina ten years ago, Michelle Dodenhoff might be a familiar name.
Families honor loved ones by supporting Pearce Faculty Fellows in the Honors College.
The University of South Carolina has announced the establishment of The Nicole and David Tepper Scholars Program in the university’s acclaimed Department of Sport and Entertainment Management. The program will provide four-year scholarships to a cohort of four incoming freshmen each year. Tepper Scholars will receive $10,000 per year toward their education and will gain access to additional enrichment opportunities.
University of South Carolina senior Kaylee Campbell has worked for Lizard’s Thicket throughout college. She never expected how much the family-owned restaurant would support her career.
A $1 million gift from Dr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan is the latest gesture of their philanthropic legacy with the university during the past 35 years. The gift will support construction of a new medical education building to include the Charles S. and Donna H. Bryan Health Sciences Library. The Bryans hope their early gift will inspire others to support the new campus.
UofSC senior Brandon Fryson is one of more than 300 students who have found a much-needed helping hand through the new COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.
Alumnus Lindsay Cobbs considers it a personal goal to help younger pharmacists understand all that may be available to them in moving their careers forward.
The DC Gamecocks are serious about celebrating their alma mater. They watch football games and participate in special events related to their days at the University of South Carolina. But, more recently, the alumni club, one of the larger ones outside of South Carolina, took on the goal of endowing a scholarship for students from the D.C. area, including Maryland and Northern Virginia.
In 2002, 8-year-old Wanda Gibbs died after being hit by a car at her bus stop. After her tragic passing, the community came together and launched a fundraising initiative to ensure Wanda’s memory would live on. Their efforts established the Wanda Gibbs Scholarship at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, which was awarded for the first time earlier this year.
The Williams family established a Lizard’s Thicket scholarship that supports future hospitality leaders.
Longtime athletic trainer Brainard Cooper was joined by family, friends, colleagues and Arnold School of Public Health faculty members as they unveiled the Brainard Cooper Athletic Training Fellowship on April 20 at Founders Park. The fellowship will include support for students and faculty in addition to equipment and other needs within the Arnold School’s renowned athletic training programs.
The 1963 comic book that started it all, Marvel’s Avengers #1, is one item in a massive collection recently donated to UofSC by lifelong collector Gary Lee Watson of Columbus, Ohio.
The Justin A. Thornton Endowed Scholarship Fund in the School of Law was established in 2015, and it’s now grown dramatically larger, thanks to the ongoing generosity of its founder, Justin Thornton, law, ’77, of McLean, Virginia.
The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation made a new $18 million commitment that will increase the value of McNair Scholars awards from $15,000 to $22,000 per year and add $12,000 in academic-enrichment funds that each scholar can use over their four years at South Carolina.
Taking the new Cyndi and Kenneth Long Family Football Operations Center from concept to completion was a team effort that promises a big win. The 110,000-square-foot facility in Gamecock Park will transform the student-athlete experience for football players at the University of South Carolina, Athletics Director Ray Tanner says.
Allen Montgomery could do a fair impersonation of the Energizer bunny — he just keeps going and going. The 80-year-old audiology professor in the Arnold School of Public Health has run more than 100 marathons, the last one just a couple of years ago, and he has no immediate plans for retirement. He’s even figured out a creative way to help his academic department consolidate in one space on campus — something that’s never happened since communication sciences and disorders was created as an academic unit in 1972.
Year after year, the number of lives transformed by the University of South Carolina’s Gamecock Guarantee program keeps growing. But numbers alone don’t tell the full story.