USC students, alumni compete for funding in 2020 The Proving Ground competition
USC students and alumni competed for a total of $54,000 in the The Proving Ground competition April 21, which took place over Facebook Live.
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USC students and alumni competed for a total of $54,000 in the The Proving Ground competition April 21, which took place over Facebook Live.
The class of 2020 experienced two different university presidents during its four years on campus.
The city of Columbia is known for being famously hot — and famously flooded. Over the past four years, USC has closed for hurricanes, snow and tropical storms.
With the transition to online classes and social distancing, students, faculty and staff are adjusting to new normals, including maintaining their mental health.
Sami’s Law, which is currently in Congress, will help keep Uber patrons safe by requiring ride-hailing drivers to clearly mark their vehicles.
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a shaky economy, record-setting unemployment and a lot of worry. Despite it all, several economists and career experts say not all hope is lost.
President Bob Caslen and the Future Planning Group are exploring different scenarios for the fall semester. Caslen said his priorities are the health of people at USC, the health of people in the wider Columbia community, education and the financial well-being of the university, in that order.
The board of trustees met today to discuss the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on USC.
With campus closed because of COVID-19, some off-campus apartment complexes are waiving fees, offering payment plans or allowing students to make late or partial payments. Others are sticking to normal payment schedules.
President Bob Caslen sent students a survey on April 14 that asked about students’ willingness to return to campus in the fall, use of virtual resources and COVID-19 concerns.
Teaching choir ensembles, one-on-one music lessons and other classes in the School of Music are more difficult with the switch to online learning, so music professors are using creative solutions to teach their students effectively.
USC released more details about the shipping and storage services USC is offering for items students have left on campus.
In response to the outbreak of the coronavirus and the university’s shift to remote learning, various campus organizations, from philanthropies to university offices, have utilized the internet to keep students involved remotely.
USC announced that to get items left in residence halls back to students, they will either ship the items to students or allow the items to be stored.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as it has with most other aspects of university life, has ended most Greek life events for the spring 2020 semester. All Greek life members living on campus, such as in sorority or fraternity houses, have been sent home, thrusting them out of their tight-knit communities.
USCPD is patrolling garages and lots and monitoring surveillance cameras to secure vehicles that were left on campus after COVID-19 closures.
The student senate confirmed and debated appointments to multiple groups with some contention at its meeting Wednesday.
Uneasiness about labs, a new way of experiencing clinicals and the shifting of Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) dates are some issues nursing and pre-med students face as USC moves online for the semester.
USC's Gamecock Pantry has remained opened to provide emergency food kits to students, faculty and staff while campus is closed.
Now several weeks into online instruction, professors are beginning to get a feel for how the semester might play out. The transition has presented different challenges for each professor, but all have felt the impact in some way.