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University Of South Carolina-salkehatchie

School Overview:

School Notes:

• USC Salkehatchie was established in 1965 as a regional center of the University of South Carolina as a result of local civic commitment initiated by residents from Allendale, Bamberg, and Hampton counties who organized a movement to create a regional campus in 1964. The General Assembly of South Carolina responded to this momentum by creating the Western Carolina Higher Education Commission, which is composed of two representatives from each of the participating counties. Barnwell County joined the compact three years later, followed by Colleton County in 1984.
• The expansion of facilities began in June 1972 when the Allendale Hut Complex, was deeded to the campus by Allendale County. USC Salkehatchie now owns homes and other buildings adjacent to the original building that now house faculty offices and the Extended Graduate Campus program. To provide for future expansion, the campus commission purchased 65 acres of adjoining land in February 1975. A master plan has been developed for future expansion of the campus. The Science/Administration Building is located on the 65-acre tract and has been available for classes since the fall 1981 semester. In 1983 the campus added the Salkehatchie Civic Arts Center. The most recent addition was a 29,500 square-foot Library/Computer Science Building, which opened for use in fall 1991, located next to the Science/Administration Building in the central part of campus. Also in 1991, the Sarah T. Winthrop Foundation donated an additional 94 acres adjacent to the original location, bringing the current holdings to over 150 acres.
• The Salkehatchie Regional Campus of the University of South Carolina offers the Associate in Arts degree and the Associate in Science degree as well as coursework applicable to a baccalaureate degree awarded by other institutions.
• The growth of USC Salkehatchie can also been seen in the expansion of its curricula. New areas of study have been added over the years, including applied professions, education, criminal justice, geography, music, physical education, and computer science.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• USC Salk enrollment tops goal of 1,000 (The Times and Democrat)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:54:46 am
  ALLENDALE – Enrollment at the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie campus in Allendale and Walterboro has topped 1,000 students.
• Job fair in Allendale draws thousands in need (The Post and Courier)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 05:02:27 am
  ALLENDALE — Everybody expected to see a crowd. Few expected a swarm. Savannah River Site organizers estimated 1,000 people would turn out for their federal stimulus money job fair Wednesday. Hundreds more were waiting when the doors opened.
• Huge line for SRS job fair; 3000 jobs open (News 12 Augusta)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 10:01:49 pm
  Hundreds of people line up and wrap around a school building in Barnwell today, as the unemployed look for new jobs open at the Savannah River Site.
• SRS holding first of two job fairs today (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 11:44:10 am
  The U.S. Department of Energy will hold the first of two town hall meetings and job fairs involving the upcoming boost of stimulus money to Savannah River Site today.
• Rick Waldrond’s quick trip becomes a basketball odyssey (The Wilmington Star-News)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 02:45:21 am
  By Chuck Carree Chuck.Carree@StarNewsOnline.com Rick Waldrond cannot remember when he last set foot in the Port City. But more than 20 years ago, following stints as player-coach for a Swedish professional basketball team and a small college assistant, he became the Topsail girls hoops coach in 1986.

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