COVID-19 on campus: USC reports 608 active cases
COVID-19 cases are down from last week with 2,256 cases reported to the university since Jan. 1, according to data USC released on Tuesday. The university is currently on "low alert".
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COVID-19 cases are down from last week with 2,256 cases reported to the university since Jan. 1, according to data USC released on Tuesday. The university is currently on "low alert".
USC President-Elect, Michael Amiridis, will finish the school year at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and return to Columbia to take office as USC's 30th University President this summer.
Michael Amiridis, the finalist to become USC's next university president, is speaking to the USC community on a Microsoft Teams call Friday morning. Following the forum, the university board of trustees will meet at 2 p.m. in the Alumni Center. "Presidential election" is the last item on the agenda.
Michael Amiridis is USC's new president-elect, the board of trustees unanimously voted on Friday. Amiridis will make $900,000 a year.
A top candidate for the next university president will speak to USC community members on Microsoft Teams tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., according to an email the board of trustees sent on Thursday.
COVID-19 infections are soaring in Columbia as students, faculty and staff return to campus. More than 1,000 cases were reported to the university since Jan. 1, according to data USC released on Tuesday.
When the South Carolina Department of Social Services office returned to a pre-pandemic work environment, 23-year-old William Robinson had had enough of the burnout.
The board of trustees voted on Jan. 7 to rename a residence hall after Celia Dial Saxon, one of USC's first female graduates and a lifelong educator and activist. This marks the first time a campus building will be named after a person of color.
University mask and testing requirements from the fall will remain in place during the spring semester, according to an email Jason Stacy, the interim vice President of Health and Well-Being and chief health officer, sent on Wednesday.
Daniel Rickenmann was inaugurated as Columbia’s newest mayor in a ceremony on Main Street on Tuesday.
A top candidate for the next university president withdrew his name from consideration this weekend.
A “preferred candidate” for the new university president will be brought before the Faculty Senate in the near future, according to Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee Thad Westbrook.
The Bangladesh Student Association works to celebrate the culture and heritage of the Bangladeshi community and bring attention to recent conflicts happening in Bangladesh.
Quarantine housing will no longer be offered by USC during the spring 2022 semester.
The updated COVID-19 dashboard reports a total of 15 active COVID-19 cases.
Second-year international business and accounting student Laney Quickel will be the last USC student to hold the title of student body treasurer.
The Tiger Burn, a staple of the Carolina-Clemson Rivalry, returned this year after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The body found in the Vulcan Materials Company quarry on Monday afternoon is missing USC student Michael Keen, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford.
An unidentified body was found in the Vulcan Materials Company quarry on Monday afternoon during a Columbia Police Department (CPD) search for missing USC student, Michael Keen, a CPD spokesperson said.
USC student Michael Keen went missing late Saturday night and was last seen at J's Corner Restaurant and Bar, his parents said.