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University Of South Carolina-sumter

School Overview:

School Notes:

• The University of South Carolina Sumter was established to encourage higher education in Sumter and adjacent counties. It primarily serves students from Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, Williamsburg, and Kershaw counties. The institution itself grants the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees and provides for the completion of selected bachelor degrees on campus through cooperative agreements with other institutions.
• As early as 1960, a dialogue was established between representatives of Sumter and Clemson University to establish a two-year branch campus. The desire for an institution of higher learning was not abated after the opening of Sumter Area Technical Center in 1962 and a partnership was struck in 1965 to establish Clemson's first academic branch in Sumter. The Sumter County Commission for Higher Education resisted this concept, but were ultimately forced to agree to the plot selected by Edwards. The site occupied 35 acres of grassy fields that once served as the Sumter Airport.
• The original campus designed by Charles McCreight consisted of four one-story buildings: an Administration Building, Classroom Building, Science Building and Library totaling 59,000 square feet. The Administration Building was sited on Miller Drive, considered the "front door" of the campus. The remaining buildings were located behind the Administration Building, forming a pedestrian courtyard between them. The landscape design by Robert Marvin featured many trees, mostly live oaks and bald cypress trees. The facility was formally dedicated on April 24, 1967.
• A full range of programs is available on the USC Sumter campus from associate degrees through a variety of graduate offerings. The bachelor's degree offerings in business administration, elementary education, early childhood education, interdisciplinary studies, and nursing meet the educational needs of most students without having to leave Sumter. A wide range of transfer programs is also available into undergraduate programs such as accounting, engineering, pharmacy, liberal arts, biology, computer science, criminal justice, media arts without loss of any credit.

In the News:

• Spratt's Sumter forum tense but civil (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 11:17:41 am
  Midway through a town hall meeting on health care Wednesday, a man stood up with a question that shows U.S. Rep. John Spratt's predicament in the debate.
• Both sides want civil meeting at health care forum (The Rock Hill Herald)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 11:16:48 am
  When he steps behind the microphone on Thursday, U.S. Rep. John Spratt will make an appeal for what he calls a good, civil discussion. Then, he'll wade into a debate that has divided Americans like few issues in recent memory.
• County forced to cut many community programs (The Manning Times)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 10:48:01 am
  When the Clarendon County Council adjourned Monday night they had accomplished what they had setout to do: approve a balanced 2009-2010 budget. However the process was not without its stumbling blocks or detractors.
• Astros Notes: Wade quells Tejada trade questions (Houston Chronicle)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 05:28:34 am
  Geary to the minors, Oswalt still resting from soreness and Wade quells rumors that Mier will soon replace Tejada.
• Astros stockpile talent on Day 2 of Draft (Major League Baseball)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 03:01:30 am
  Astros stockpile talent on Day 2

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