UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015
VOL. 118, NO. 01 • SINCE 1908
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With a new school year comes fresh buildings, more construction
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With the new additons to campus, both with buildings under construction and already constructed, students will have new means of giving waypoints for directions.
Drew Mueller
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With a new year comes new sights to see around campus. Buildings that were under construction last semester have been finished up and are ready to be fully instated in USC’s learning community. New construction has sprouted on university projects. In the end, change is happening at USC.
College of Social Work
Before t he move, t he Col lege o f S o c i a l Wo r k w a s s c a t t e r e d among several buildings, including DeSaussure College, the Thornwell A nnex and Sumwalt College. Now it has upgraded to a newly renovated Ha m ilton Col lege bu ild i ng, a nd according to A nna Scheyett, dean of the College of Social Work, the
new centralized location will harbor a better togetherness in the college. “ Up u nt i l now, we h ave b een scat tered across ca mpus a nd of f campus … Students have a hard time finding their instructors and advisors, f ac u lt y a nd st a f f h ad d i f f ic u lt y communicating and collaborating and there was no real identity for the college since we didn’t have a ‘home,’” she said. Nestled on the corner of Pendleton and Pickens streets, the old Hamilton College, which consisted of two wings (Pendleton and Pickens), was used as classroom space for miscellaneous classes. The Pendleton w ing has been gutted to convert a gymnasium into t wo f loors of classrooms and conference rooms. A nother 1,000 square feet of additions to Pendleton
Wing allow for a bigger entryway. The move and renovations were on the pricey side. The universit y a l lo t t e d $17.5 m i l l io n f o r T he Boudreaux Group, an architectural and interdisciplinary design company based out of Colu mbia who also worked on Strom Thurmond Wellness & Fitness Center, to use. The budget seems high for a college with only 154 undergraduate students, but in the end, it is worth it for a place to call “home.”
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications will have a new base of operations in the fall 2015 semester. Construction has been finished on the
old School of Public Health located near the Horseshoe on Greene and Sumter streets, and the Journalism and Mass Communication faculty and staff have moved their belongings from the depths of the windowless Carolina Coliseum up to their new facility. As the dean of the school put it, the new building will bring a fresh take to the school. “There is much to be sa id for work i ng i n a n open, a i r y, wel llighted environment,” Dean Charles Bierbauer said. “If morale improves, student services should improve. If students are more eager to come to class, classroom engagement should rise. If the classroom is intellectually stimulating, we can tolerate occasional SEEBUILDINGSPAGE14A
College students:
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