USCB Spring 2007 Magazine

Connecting with Alumni and Friends

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Events Not To Be Missed USCB COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 2007

Commencement exercises for the University of South Carolina Beaufort class of 2007 will be held on May 4th, 2007, at the Helen and Brantley Harvey Plaza at the South Campus in Bluffton at 6 pm. The University will hold an academic award ceremony in the Performing Arts Center at the North Campus beginning at 10 am.

The keynote speaker for commencement will be Dr. Jack McConnell, founder of the Volunteers in Medicine on Hilton Head Island; his model has been adopted across the US. An alumnus of the University of Virginia, Dr. McConnell’s research included participation in the creation of Tylenol.

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USCB FESTIVAL SERIES CONTINUES WITH CHARLES WADSWORTH

The Lowcountry’s premier chamber music concert series returns to the USCB Performing Arts Center stage for these exciting performances: FEBRUARY 11

Brentano Quartet and Todd Palmer MARCH 11

´ Diaz Karen Gomyo and Andres APRIL 29

Paula Robison and The Brazilians

Charles Wadsworth, Host and Director, USCB Festival Series

Tickets are available through the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce by calling (843) 986-5400, ext. 26.

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Partnering in the Lowcountry

Building Community Partnerships

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elcome to the inaugural issue of USCB Magazine. Our new semi-annual publication introduces our alumni and friends to the many ways USCB is fulfilling a vital role in the Lowcountry.

In this issue, the magazine’s lead articles showcase how USCB’s partnerships are benefiting students and our region.

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One of USCB’s strengths is the community based nature of many of our academic programs. By combining excellence in the classroom with an opportunity for students to apply their skills, USCB and its partner organizations benefit both our students and the community. Students graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to take their place in rewarding careers. And area businesses and institutions gain well-qualified young people to fill positions of responsibility.

This issue highlights three of USCB’s community based programs: Hospitality Management, Nursing and Education – three fields vital to the Lowcountry’s future.

As the region continues to grow, all three fields are projected to have heightened demand for, if not critical shortages of, professional leadership.

USCB’s newly approved Bachelor of Science in Nursing will be partnering with local hospitals to provide nursing students with venues for valuable clinical experience.

USCB’s RN to BSN students will gain community health experience while providing needed in-home services to low-income senior citizens.

Our Center of Excellence in Collaborative Learning brings together administrators, teachers, USCB faculty and education majors as well as business and community leaders to identify and meet the needs of local schools. Also in the field of education, the Master of Arts in Teaching provides area professionals an opportunity to make a career change into teaching through an accelerated program.

Contents ABOUT THE COVER: SHRIMP SEINING AT SPRING ISLAND, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUFORT STUDENTS PARTNER WITH THE LOWCOUNTRY INSTITUTE TO UNDERSTAND OUR FRAGILE COASTAL ECOSYSTEM.

FEATURES This inaugural issue of USCB Magazine also introduces you to internationally recognized Hemingway scholar Professor Carl Eby, USCB alumnus and Headmaster of St. Andrew’s School Em Hubbard, Student Government President Johnathan Lucky and local donors Christoph Guenther and Colden Battey. All are important contributors to building a strong future for USCB and our community.

In keeping with this issue’s theme of partnership, many of the articles are the work of USCB students who wrote for the magazine under the guidance of James Borton, an adjunct instructor in the English department.

We hope that you enjoy this inaugural issue of the USCB Magazine. Please share your ideas with us as we continue to develop the magazine to serve you more effectively.

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HOSPITALITY Program Links with Island’s Resorts

EDUCATION CECL Reaches out to Neighboring School Districts

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MAT Program Offers Flexible Choices

HEADMASTER Em Hubbard Makes His Point on Education

CARL EBY: Teacher and Hemingway Scholar

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James Borton EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Colleen Callahan Penelope Holme CONTRIBUTING STUDENT WRITERS

Sarah Ghys Doug Jones Lauren Manglitz James Sigmon Anna Tomiczek ART DIRECTION/DESIGN

Marlys West

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The Hospitality Management Program, led by Professor Charles Calvert, has developed relationships with many of Hilton Head Island’s top tier resorts and restaurants, allowing our students to gain experience in the hospitality field and make professional connections prior to graduation.

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A semi-annual publication produced by the USCB Office of University Advancement.

Lynn W. McGee, PhD Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Colleen Callahan Director of Development USCB Magazine welcomes letters to the editor that address the content of the magazine. Please refer to a specific article when you write: magazine@uscb.edu

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“I was quickly promoted to the hostess table,” she says, “and within months I became floor manager of the restaurant. I really owe everything to my major. Not only are you learning your trade, but you’re also encouraged to work while going to school.”

Cindi, like many other students, agrees that experience alone cannot make you a successful entrepreneur. USCB classes provide the knowledge and the managerial viewpoint.

Hospitality Program Links with Island’s Resorts

“Our students are placed in jobs throughout the Lowcountry and beyond soon after graduation.’’

By James Sigmon

HILTON HEAD ISLAND IS SYNONYMOUS WITH SUCCESS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY. NO OTHER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS EXPERIENCED GREATER GROWTH THAN BEAUFORT. ANNUALLY, 3 MILLION GUESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD VISIT HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN $1 BILLION TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY, MAKING TOURISM THE AREA’S NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF INCOME.

Since the 1990’s, the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Hospitality Program has been educating motivated young men and women to take up key positions in hotel, restaurant and tourism management. Professor Charles Calvert leads this Hospitality Program with energy and infectious enthusiasm.

“The program is extremely successful,” says Calvert. “Our students are placed in jobs throughout the Lowcountry and beyond.”

As part of their curriculum of study, students receive hands-on learning through internships at leading hotels and restaurants in Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.

These opportunities, combined with extensive training in and outside of classes, prepare students not just with the skills they need, but also the experience necessary to succeed in their field.

USCB has also created international partnerships. The university has signed an articulation agreement with Centennial College in Toronto, giving Centennial College an opportunity to provide their Hospitality majors with an educational opportunity not available at their own college. Centennial offers the first three years of education, but does not offer the final credits needed for a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management. Spending their last year at USCB in one of America’s finest tourist spots is surely an experience most students would find desirable.

Students from USCB are also given the chance to take classes in Toronto. The exchange program lets them study hospitality in a metropolitan environment with different types of corporate clients.

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Additionally, the Hospitality Program Director has worked closely with the island’s many resorts and restaurants in placing students. Diana Brown, Human Resources Director at Hilton Oceanfront Resort, offers these views: “Dr. Calvert has referred numerous students to us that we have employed.

In fact, this long term partnership with USCB has lasted 8 years. We are really pleased with the quality of students referred to us.” The resort currently employs USCB student, Skip Stavis, who is already a dedicated supervisor in the food and beverage department.

Calvert explains that the Hospitality Program also reaches out to the local high school students. Leta Salazar, an adjunct professor and recruiter for the program, teaches two classes at Hilton Head High School. Established in the fall of 2002, the cooperative high school program features an Introduction to Hospitality Management course for dual high school and college credits in the fall and Tourism in the spring of each year.

The energetic program director understands the rationale behind exposing high school students to this program before they actually enter college. “Many of the 1,384 students currently enrolled at USCB have undeclared majors and many more students will be enrolling next fall,” says Calvert. He hopes to show many of these newcomers that working towards a degree in Hospitality Management offers fast track career opportunities in the region.

There are currently 95 Hospitality Management majors at USCB, a 16 percent increase from the fall semester 2005. With small class sizes and dedicated professors, each student is given ample attention and advice. Cindi Pinson, a USCB student, related her experiences, before and after signing up as a Hospitality major. Pinson, a second year student from Nichido, Georgia, started working immediately as a server at a local restaurant in Bluffton. With a newfound perspective gained after taking various Hospitality courses and finally declaring it as her major, Cindi began incorporating her knowledge from class to workplace.

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HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS

Headmaster E.C. Hubbard Makes His Points on Education

By James Borton

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acing through the South Campus’s modern hightech library, Em Hubbard reminisces about his athletic career as a 1971-72 point guard for the USCB “Pirates”.

“I have always loved the game and even coach a bit now,” says the fit and energetic Headmaster at St. Andrew’s Preparatory School located on Wilmington Island, east of Savannah.

In May of 2007, members of the student-run USCB Hospitality Management Association plan to attend the National Restaurant Association Expo in Chicago.

The western hemisphere’s largest food service and hospitality event is also considered one of the best ways to find a job in hospitality management. More than 2,000 exhibiting companies from across the country demonstrate the latest products and technologies and feature dozens of guest speakers and businessoriented panels covering every aspect of the hospitality industry. With hotels, motels, restaurants and food supply businesses represented, entrepreneurial USCB students will be able to explore operation management, business ownership, menu-concept development – a host of opportunities in their field.

As popular as Hilton Head Island has become in these past four decades, it should come as no surprise that this bachelor’s degree program attracts so many USCB students.

As part of their curriculum of study, students receive hands-on learning through internships at leading hotels and restaurants in Beaufort and on Hilton Head Island. These opportunities combined with management focused coursework prepare students not just with the skills they need, but also with the experience necessary to succeed in their field.

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Centennial College Toronto, Canada Hilton Head Hospitality Association Savannah Tourism Leadership Council Hilton Head Island • Bluffton Chamber of Commerce For more information on the Hospitality Management Program E-mail: tourism@uscb.edu

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Like many athletes, Hubbard channeled his passion into teaching after his matriculation at USCB and eventual transfer to USC’s Columbia campus.

The affable headmaster entered USCB as a young student, working part time and driving every day from his home in nearby Jasper County to the scenic Beaufort campus.

“I had no declared major during my years at USCB, although I was drawn to courses in psychology and sociology taught by Professor Sam Greenly and to the lively history courses taught

by Professors Larry Rowland and John Davis,” explains Hubbard.

Hubbard remembers John Davis, a retired naval officer who participated in the Pacific theater in World War II, keeping his classes spellbound with his many stories of naval combat.

“Time has eroded many specific memories of that rich period of my life, including the name of an English teacher who convinced me that I could become a writer. I transferred to Columbia with intentions of becoming a journalist, although I later changed my major to social studies education,” adds Hubbard.

After completing his undergraduate degree in Columbia, Hubbard worked on the USC campus for a few years. He then took his first teaching appointment in Columbia at an inner city public middle school. He soon was invited to interview for a position as history teacher and basketball coach at St. Andrew’s School, a non-sectarian independent school serving pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 students.

“That interview changed the course of my career. I began what will soon be a twenty year relationship with St. Andrew’s.”

After five years as a high school teacher there, Hubbard, now settled with family responsibilities, assumed added administrative duties. He then pursued his Master of Education degree at USCB. He gained experience in a leadership position serving as headmaster at Beaufort Academy before returning seven years later to accept the challenges and opportunities at St. Andrew’s.

“I feel my work at St. Andrew’s has positioned the school for a secure and successful future – a goal that we pursue for each of our students. This is the foundation that USCB provided for me in prior stages of my life,” says Hubbard.

Thanks to the former point guard’s adept off-the-court skills, he has led a campaign that provides 25 percent of the school’s diverse student enrollment of approximately 470 with $300,000 in student aid.

For more information on USCB Alumni Association, or to suggest alumni we might profile in the future, E-mail: Luby@gwm.sc.edu.

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During the past five years, significant progress has been made in the Lowcountry to raise standards and to improve the quality of instruction, says Dr. Ham. She adds that “the success of programs like the USCB/Jasper County School District Partnership in Comprehensive School Reform, for example, led to the funding of the Center of Excellence to work with all public schools of the Lowcountry.”

Despite the challenges faced in our local schools, Dr. Ham notes that collaboration both locally and statewide has resulted in improved teacher/ administrator recruiting selection practices, programs to enhance instruction, and overall improvement in individual student performance.

CECL Reaches Out To Neighboring School Districts

By Doug Jones

WALKING INTO THE SECOND FLOOR OFFICES OF DR. MARYELLEN HAM AND HER ASSISTANT, DEBORAH ANDERSON, VISITORS ARE PROMPTLY GREETED BY EAGER AND INTERESTED SMILES. THE DOORS TO THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN COLLABORATIVE LEARNING REMAIN OPEN, SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THOSE IN THE CENTER ARE RECEPTIVE TO MAKING NEW FRIENDS AND BUILDING NEW PARTNERSHIPS.

Conversations with CECL members make it clear that this attitude is shared throughout the organization.

In only its third year of operation, the Center plays a crucial role in the community’s local schools.

Funded by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the Center of Excellence in Collaborative Learning (CECL) is located on the University of South Carolina Beaufort’s South Campus. The CECL is an important vehicle designed to help teachers and administrators in all Lowcountry schools by providing graduate level courses as well as workshops ranging from grant writing to technology integration, survival Spanish, or research proposal development. The Center of Excellence also serves as an educational bridge connecting the five school districts of Beaufort, Jasper, Colleton, Hampton I and Hampton II. The Center’s 30 member Coordinating Research Council (CRC) – consisting of USCB faculty and administrators, representative school teachers, as well as invited USCB undergraduate students, strives to empower the schools they’ve

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taken under their wing. There is more than ample support for the CECL to continue to partner with the schools they have brought in under their academic umbrella. In addition to their broad based CRC, the Center of Excellence operates with an executive group – the CECL Leadership Team – which includes the superintendents and other key administrators from the five school districts, USCB education faculty, as well as business and community liaisons. Together, these two groups collaborate to develop programs and grant support for the Center’s constituents.

With years of experience in teaching and school administration, Dr. Ham’s strength is her ability to assess the needs of schools. “Schools don’t exist for the teachers and administration; they exist for the students,” says Dr. Ham. “In order

Dr. Maryellen Ham collaborating with USCB Education Professors

to further enhance the education of our children, however, we must provide on-going opportunities for the development of the adults who staff our educational institutions.”

One example of the Center’s community outreach is its Survival Spanish workshop. Also known as “Command Spanish,” this course taught by Bob Harris immerses school district staff in the fundamentals of Spanish, which they need in order to succeed in reaching the Lowcountry’s increasing Hispanic population.

Harris asserts that such Spanish immersion is in demand throughout the school districts served by the Center of Excellence. “When a Spanish-speaking family comes to the school to register their children, the staff has to be able to communicate with them,” says Dr. Ham. Based on the program’s success, Survival Spanish will be offered again this spring and summer.

Moments before this interview, Dr. Ham’s assistant, Deborah Anderson, had a telephone conversation with a school teacher needing assistance with resources in her class and seeking information on small grants. The teacher received an immediate response to her request from Ms. Anderson and was also informed that the Center of Excellence would be offering a grant writing workshop in a few weeks.

According to the most recent Education Accountability Report Card, 40 percent of Lowcountry schools are currently classified by South Carolina as “low performing.” Overall stagnant performance on national reading and college entrance tests also reveals that South Carolina will have difficulty reaching its education goals by the end of this decade. As a result, USCB has been working closely with the school districts, identifying their most pressing educational needs and teacher education training requirements.

“Since its inception, the Center of Excellence in Collaborative Learning, has made an impact on our school district. They have made it easier to provide both undergraduate and graduate level courses for our professionals and support staff in the Jasper County School District,” says Marva Tigner, Director of Curriculum at JCSD. The Center of Excellence collaboration techniques have also found their way directly into the schools. Several local schools are currently working together across school district lines in order to achieve mutual goals. The CECL is credited with modeling ways to make such collaborations more effective and providing professional development for in-service teachers to increase the number of “highly qualified” teachers and paraprofessionals in each district.

The CECL’s open door philosophy has led to staff development, educational workshops and grant writing support for area schools. These resources will help to build a stronger future for Lowcountry students.

For more information on the Center of Excellence in Collaborative Learning and its programs, E-mail: HamMC@gwm.sc.edu

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EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS: MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING

Carl Eby: Teacher and Hemingway Scholar

MAT Program Offers Flexible Career Choices

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For some adults seeking a change in careers, the Master of Arts in Teaching offers new career choices and often fulfills a dream. For 37-year-old Eve Heaton the MAT Program has opened a door to a new life and profession.

“I graduated several years ago looking for a fit in the business world. As my life took many different turns, I realized that my heart was with children and teaching. The MAT program offered me the chance to change career paths. During the past year in the program I have gained a deeper respect for the education system and all the hard work and knowledge that goes into becoming a committed educator. I have just finished my first internship at Beaufort Elementary School and know I have made the right decision. I will be forever grateful for the MAT program in Beaufort, SC for providing me with an opportunity to pursue my dream,” says Heaton.

The Master of Art in Teaching degree is a USC Columbia program delivered at USCB, utilizing USCB faculty.

The MAT Program began at USCB in 1994 and since then approximately 120 students have graduated from the program with a Master of Arts in Teaching degree.

According to Dr. Betty Garren, the director of the program since 2003, many of these graduates are now teaching in the Beaufort County Elementary schools including Beaufort Elementary, Lady’s Island Elementary, Coosa Elementary, Shell

Dr. Betty Garren, Master of Arts in Teaching Director

Point Elementary, Bluffton Elementary, M.C. Riley Elementary, Hilton Head Elementary and Okatie Elementary.

The MAT Program is designed for adults who wish to change careers and who have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university in any discipline other than education.

The program integrates practical and academic experiences into a 51 semester hour accelerated and intensive graduate program that requires 4 semesters to complete. During the last two semesters, students are assigned to local schools to complete their practice teaching internships under the direction of coaching teachers. Upon successful completion, students earn a master’s degree in teaching elementary grades 2 through 6. There are 26 students in the present cohort who are beginning their final semester as of January. This group of students will graduate in May proving it’s never to late to change your career and follow your dream.

For more information on the USCB Master of Arts in Teaching at USCB, E-mail: garrenb@gwm.sc.edu

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eated comfortably in a black leather chair in his Beaufort North Campus office with walls decorated with posters from Hemingway conferences, publicity photos from readings, and pictures of Mark Twain and James Joyce, Professor Carl P. Eby welcomes anyone who may have questions about literature or who needs guidance.

Eby, a man of many talents, offers diverse experience in lecturing, teaching, writing and research.

Much of his research includes new and fascinating information on Ernest Hemingway. The author’s name is synonymous with machismo and stoicism, qualities Eby describes as “endlessly complex.”

While in graduate school at the University of California Davis, Eby faced a monumental decision - the topic for his school dissertation. Would it be William Carlos Williams, an American associated with imagism and modernist poetry or Ernest Hemingway, best known for his simple declarative sentences and thirst for alcohol and travel?

Perhaps Eby’s choice of Hemingway was rooted in his own travels. In the early 1980s, he took several trips through France, Italy and Spain on a twelve-speed bicycle. On one trip a wheel was stolen and the youthful undergraduate had to schlep both his bike and bags for over a mile before he could hitch a ride. During this time his companions were his Michelin maps, a few slim volumes of poetry and a knapsack. His nights were spent in the open air, rarely sleeping indoors.

As a graduate student, Eby chose Hemingway for his dissertation after finding surprising gender issues and patterns of psychosexuality in Hemingway’s posthumous novels, manuscripts, and previously unpublished letters. Attention to these – particularly, Hemingway’s posthumous novel, Garden of Eden – led to a re-reading of Hemingway’s entire oeuvre and eventually, to Eby’s book, Hemingway’s

Fetishism: Psychoanalysis and the Mirror of Manhood SUNY 1999.

Last year, Eby served as the Program Director for the 12th Biennial International Hemingway Conference in the beautiful cities of Malaga and Ronda, Spain. Attending the event were members of Hemingway’s family, Hemingway friends, the renowned matador Victor Mendes, and over 300 scholars from seventeen countries.

Eby’s knowledge of Hemingway can be downright quirky and uncanny. For instance, a few years ago Eby received a call from the then curator of the John F. Kennedy Library, in Boston, which houses the Hemingway papers. The curator wanted to tell Eby about an envelope he had discovered in the papers of Hemingway’s fourth wife, Mary, labeled “Papa’s hair.” Eby asked if the envelope was dated. It was: 1947.

Eby then asked if the hair happened to be red. Astonished, the curator replied that it was. Eby explained that Hemingway had dyed his hair red in 1947, when he was beginning The Garden of Eden, and he had suspected that Ernest would want to preserve a memento.

Eby reports that this spring, Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, John, plans to come to Beaufort to promote and read from his soon-to-be-published book, A Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir. “It’s a fascinating and very moving book,” notes Eby. The soft-spoken professor has also just been elected to the Board of Directors of the Hemingway Foundation and Society.

Eby’s wife Linda whom he met at UC Davis where she studied International Relations, teaches Spanish at Broad River Elementary. Their five-year-old son, Paco, is showing his father’s interest in the guitar and is learning to strum the strings.

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NURSING PROGRAM EXTENDS USCB PARTNERSHIPS

New Programs to Benefit Nurses and the Community

By Lauren Manglitz

A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS AT USCB INTHE FALL OF 2007 WITH USCB’S NURSING PROGRAM. USCB WILL OFFER STUDENTS TWO EDUCATION TRACKS LEADING TO A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING. photo courtesy Memorial Health

One track, the RN to BSN Completion Program, is designed for associate degree nurses who want to complete the BSN. The other track is the prenursing courses required for a four year Nursing Program leading to the BSN and RN licensure.

in particular New York and New Jersey, are considering legislation to ensure that nurses obtain a BSN in a specific time frame in order to be able to continue performing their jobs.

Many students have eagerly awaited the new nursing program. Susan C. Williams, PhD, RN and the Acting Program Director of the USCB Nursing Program, has been inundated with calls from students both from those interested in the RN to BSN Completion Program and from high school seniors and individuals with degrees in other fields who are interested in pursuing a BSN.

Why would a BSN be important for a student? There are several reasons.

A BSN is vital to advancement in the nursing field. A BSN allows an individual to prepare for positions in nursing management, quality assurance, and education. It also opens doors to many opportunities, including graduate school.

One of the partners of the USCB Nursing Program will be the Technical College of the Lowcountry. TCL is expected to be a key feeder school for the RN to BSN

“According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, nurses with baccalaureate and higher degrees are noted for their critical thinking, leadership, case management, and are able to function across a wide variety of settings.’’

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), nurses with baccalaureate and higher degrees are noted for their critical thinking, leadership, case management, and are able to function across a wide variety of settings.

There is also evidence linking education level with patient safety and quality outcomes. A number of states,

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photo courtesy St. Joseph’s/Candler

program. TCL graduates who have obtained their associates degree in nursing (ADN), will now be able to continue their education at USCB. The two schools are working closely to the benefit of both, with TCL Interim Dean of Health Sciences, Marge Sapp, MSN, APRN, BC serving as a member of the USCB Nursing Advisory Board. The USCB and TCL partnership is expected to increase nursing enrollment at both schools, leading to more baccalaureate prepared nurses for our region.

The USCB nursing program will be partnering with local hospitals.

Susan Howell, EdD, RN and Director of Professional Practice at St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital adds these views on the new nursing program: “I am very pleased that USCB is offering the RN to BSN program. St. Joseph’s/Candler is a Magnet facility and continued promotion of the Forces of Magnetism is at the forefront of nursing. This program will certainly support professional development in providing Registered Nurses with the opportunity to continue their formal academic nursing education in an environment conducive to learning and in proximity to the work environment.”

The Advisory Board and Dr. Williams are confident that with these multiple partnerships USCB is creating a program that benefits not just the students within the program, but the community as a whole.

Dr. Sue Ellen Johnson, the curriculum consultant on the Advisory Board says,

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A simulation laboratory is necessary for the four year track so that students can learn technical skills without putting patients at risk. The lab will be divided into four sections. One of the sections will be set up to prepare students for situations found in ER and ICU units. Two identical sections will each simulate a standard hospital floor, complete with hospital beds, headwalls, medication administration carts and other common hospital equipment. The third will be an examining room complete with a simulated patient on which students can take vital signs, conduct physical exams and diagnose. Finally, a community room, set up for home health care situations, will double as a student lounge where students will be able to practice techniques and relax after classes.

Dr. Susan Williams (left) Interim Director of the Nursing Program confers with Dr. Sue Ellen Johnson (right) Nursing Advisory Board curriculum consultant.

“[This new program is] a win-win situation for all the academic schools in the county and health care employers, and will definitely have a positive effect in Beaufort and surrounding counties.”

USCB’s Dr. Susan Williams is working closely with her Nursing Advisory Board to develop ambitious plans to build a community based partnership. She is initiating a project that will allow students to gain community health clinical experience vital to their education by providing in-home services to low-income senior citizens. The project is based on a model developed by the University of Alabama Huntsville RN to BSN Program. Dr. Williams is determined that USCB’s students will receive as much experience and knowledge possible to prepare them for the job they have chosen. The low-income seniors will receive needed care which would not otherwise be available to them from the Registered Nurses enrolled in the USCB program.

Students entering the USCB nursing program in the fall of 2007 will be pursuing the RN to BSN Completion Program or the pre-nursing phase (the first two years) of the four-year generic track to a BSN. The second two years (upper division courses) will be offered at USCB upon the completion of a simulation lab. “The critical factor now is finding the private funding to help us with the construction costs,” Dr. Williams emphasizes.

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“The critical factor now is finding the private funding to help us with the construction costs.’’

The Advisory Board expects that the Nursing program will grow rapidly because it offers access to much needed education for individuals who want to pursue a nursing career or for those who are Registered Nurses and want to expand their career choices.

The community need is evident. Karen Halbasch, Ed. D, RN, a member of the USCB Nursing Program Advisory Board, says that she is “confident that Susan [Dr. Williams] is going to get this [much-needed program] off to a very good start.”

For more information on the Nursing Program E-mail: SCWill@gwm.sc.edu

Lucky at USCB

By Sarah Ghys

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ohnathan Lucky is not only serving his second term as USCB Student Government Association President, he is also Chairman of the Board of the South Carolina State Student Association (SCSSA), an organization of presidents of student government associations from universities and colleges across the state. He is known on both the North and South campuses as a go-getter; a people person, someone who makes things happen in the USCB system.

A Business Administration major with a minor in Spanish, Lucky is bilingual and actively involved with the Lowcountry community.

The motivated student came to Beaufort originally when his grandmother fell ill. Wishing to remain close to her, Lucky began studying at USCB. His grandmother passed away after his first semester at USCB, leaving him determined to succeed and strive for greatness. The following semester he ran for student government and landed the lead role in The Rocky Horror Show, while also working at the Chamber of Commerce and tutoring students in Spanish.

student government which is what makes me so committed to it.”

Johnathan Lucky is also a member of Gamma Beta Phi, an academic excellence program that encourages leadership and community involvement. His strong character encourages others to “push the envelope” and to expect more than the status quo. He feels students at the University are unaware of their potential influence.

Lucky’s future includes graduate school and a return to television – his high school passion. “I miss television, but I’ve found another passion in politics,” he says. “I like the concept of creating government to better people.” The position as SGA president has allowed him a glimpse of both the positive and negative aspects of politics. His experience

Johnathan Lucky is an avid reader who enjoys foreign political journals and crime novels. His all time favorite book is the crime novel L.A. Requiem by Robert Crais.

When looking for a welcome distraction from his hectic schedule juggling school, work and student government presidency, Lucky spends his weekends with friends, watching movies, studying and of course, working on student government details.

“Every student is a member of student government,” says the well-liked Lucky. “You can be as involved as you want to be.”

Lucky’s experience hosting a television talk show at Winton Woods High in Cincinnati, Ohio developed his passion for interviewing. He had no political involvement at Winton Woods High, considering it more a race for popularity.

His decision to run for student government at USCB was prompted by former SGA president Hylana Tyler.

Looking back, “I went from ‘I don’t know what I am doing’ to working with the best team I could ever have…and drafting a constitution, constitutional laws, rules, and regulations.

We literally built an organization. Everyone has a stake in

Johnathan Lucky (left) SGA President and Doug Jones (right) a student writer for this magazine.

is not unique to USCB, where he has met adversity with students and staff – both negative and constructive.

Opposition has made him a strong negotiator and strengthened his dealings with people. His decision to continue his education at USCB, rather than transferring to USC Columbia, is a sign of his integrity, dedication and commitment to building the USCB Student Government Association.

For more information on student life and activities E-mail the Director of Student Life: KTorborg@gwm.sc.edu

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PROFILES IN GENEROSITY

Lowcountry Donors Spark Academic Scholarship

By James Borton

that I do not count my blessings,” says the mature student, Glenn.

ach day at the South Campus of the University of South Carolina Beaufort knowledge, passion and creativity come together to ignite discovery. Donors often provide the initial spark. Just ask USCB students, Jeremiah Glenn and Andrew Baron. Thanks to the generosity of donors Christoph Guenther and Colden Battey, capable, high potential students with financial need are pursuing their bachelor’s degree at USCB.

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Christoph Guenther generously granted an annual scholarship awarded to freshman Andrew Baron. A retired 71 year-old former banking executive, Guenther punctuates his philanthropy with this modest statement. “I just want to educate promising young people.”

For Andrew Baron, 17, this scholarship opened the door to college.

Andrew’s father Joseph Baron, is retired from the U.S. Navy and resides in Beaufort County along with his mother, Kathleen. They feel strongly that without the scholarship the

family could not have sent their son to USCB. The Guenther Family Scholarship is an annual scholarship. If the student remains in excellent standing, funds covering full tuition and housing are available for up to four years at the University.

Bobbe Dyleski Memorial Scholarship Mr. Gordon Dyleski Awarded to: Ashley Pignatella

The Battey Family Scholarship Mr. & Mrs. Colden Battey Awarded to: Jimmy Glenn

D. L. Scurry Foundation #1 Mr. James Burgess Awarded to: Tabitha Day

The Paul Barber Beaufort Charities Scholarship Mr. Walt Daniels Awarded to: Patricia Nelson-Wells

D. L. Scurry Foundation #2 Mr. James Burgess Awarded to: Christina Galbreath

Beaufort Water Festival Scholarship Mr. Jack Little Awarded to: Lianne Oberst

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USCB student Andrew Baron and donor Christoph H. Guenther

PRIVATELY FUNDED USCB SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2006-2007

BB&T Scholarship Mr. Eric Lowman Awarded to: Cameron Stauffer

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Active in the USCB Pathways for Success program, Glenn serves as a mentor to many disadvantaged high school students at nearby Bluffton High School. The dedicated student is also active on campus as vice president of the USCB Student Government Association. He has his sights set high on graduate education in Clinical Psychology at Emory University.

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D. L. Scurry Foundation #3 Mr. James Burgess Awarded to: Melody Powell The Edith R. Harvey Scholarship* Mrs. Edith R. Harvey Awarded to: Amy Sain

“Without this financial aid, I simply would not be here at USCB, the scholarship means everything to me,” says Andrew Baron.

Colden Battey, a long time Beaufort resident, and partner of Harvey & Battey, has made numerous pledges over the past decade to the University under the auspices of the Battey

First National Bank of Nassau County Scholarship Mr. Leo Story Awarded to: Amanda Marlowe The Guenther Family Scholarship Mr. Christoph Guenther Awarded to: Andrew Baron The Leith Paul Trask Memorial Scholarship* Mrs. Marjorie Trask Awarded to: DeAndria Mackey Lowcountry National Bank Scholarship Mr. Randy Kohn Awarded to: Chase Ferch The Morgan C. Haynes Memorial Scholarship* Paula & William Sherman Awarded to: Shirley Rottet

Scholarship recipient Jeremiah Glenn and Colden R. Battey, Jr.

Family Scholarship. The successful Lowcountry attorney admits that he’s loyal to USCB since his daughter first attended the University at the historic North Campus before transferring to Columbia. Battey has also served for nearly 17 years on the Beaufort Jasper Higher Education Commission.

“It’s rewarding to make a contribution

Palmetto State Bank Scholarship Mr. Jan Malinowski Awarded to: Melissa Bywater The Randolph Murdaugh Scholarship* Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Awarded to: David Mills Regions Bank Scholarship Mr. Jimmy Taylor Awarded to: Brantley Wilson Rose Mark Furniture Warehouse Scholarship Mrs. Rose Y. Mark Awarded to: Isaac Heyward South Carolina Bank and Trust Scholarship Mr. H. Richard Sturm Awarded to: David Mills

to someone’s education,” says Battey.

His most recent family scholarship was awarded to 24 year-old Jeremiah Glenn, a former Navy Corpsman, and a veteran who served honorably with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in Afghanistan.

“I am grateful for the scholarship and as an upperclassman, not a day passes

Darwin Bashaw Scholarship* The Sea Island Rotary Mr. Robert Gross Awarded to: Christina Haynes John Perrill Scholarship The Sea Island Rotary Mr. Robert Gross Awarded to: Meredith Whitaker Sprint Mid-Atlantic Scholarship Ms. Linda Green Awarded to: Amy Ford Maureen & Edward Seim Scholarship* Maureen & Edward Seim Awarded to: Brea Sias

At a time when private scholarship aid is one of the least understood but most important aspects of America’s system for enhancing access to higher education, the charitable financial support from individuals like Battey and Guenther provides USCB students with a competitive advantage for professional and personal success.

To support the USCB Scholarship program, E-mail: gifts@uscb.edu; give online at www.uscb.edu or use the enclosed envelope.

USCB Chancellor’s Scholarship Chancellor Jane Upshaw Awarded to: Alex Sanchez USCB Bookstore Scholarship Mr. Bryan Hill Awarded to: Angela Dietz USCB Gamma Beta Phi Fulltime Scholarship Mr. Brian Kyle Brazell Awarded to: Gina Upham USCB Gamma Beta Phi Part Time Scholarship Mr. Brian Kyle Brazell Awarded to: Jennifer Kelly

*Permanently Endowed Scholarship

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IN THE NEWS

USCB News Briefs USCB WELCOMES NEW INTERIM EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR

Dr. Blanche Premo-Hopkins has been appointed as Interim Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at USCB. She comes to the Lowcountry from USC Aiken, where she served as Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for 14 of her 18 years at the campus.

During her tenure in Aiken, Dr. Premo-Hopkins led the accreditation of USC Aiken’s professional programs by the National League of Nursing, the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.

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WELCOME TO OTHER NEW STAFF

Leary Bell, Associate Chancellor for Community Outreach James Gardner, Director of Recreation Meade Luby, Assistant Director of Development GOODMAN APPOINTED REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SBDC

Martin Goodman, Area Manager for the University of South Carolina Beaufort Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been appointed Regional Director.

As Regional Director, Goodman’s responsibilities will include overseeing the Small Business Development Centers on the University of South Carolina campuses at Midland, Columbia, Beaufort, Okatie and Aiken as well as the SBDC in Charleston.

FLAG FOOTBALL & SOCCER PROGRAMS EMERGE AT USCB

The University of South Carolina Beaufort has been working diligently to create athletic programs for students under the steady direction of Kim Abbott, the Director of Athletics Development.

Recreational flag football and soccer teams are competing in local leagues.

The USCB Gamecocks and the USCB Seahawks met in the flag football playoffs in Jasper County.

The Seahawks soccer team competed on Hilton Head Island.

Abbott’s responsibilities have also included developing a short and long- term plan for fund-raising and implementation of varsity athletics.