How to make your own Gamecock face covering
Wearing a face covering can help protect yourself and others from COVID-19. Learn how to easily transform an old T-shirt into a DIY face covering.
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Take care
It can be difficult to remember to check in and take care of yourself while also managing
all of the commitments that come with being a student. Luckily there is no shortage
of resources at UofSC that can help with navigating life in college and improving
overall wellness.
Let's Get to Work
Check out this week's highlighted jobs, internships, co-ops and service opportunities from YOUR UofSC career finder, Handshake.
Tips for navigating the job market during the COVID-19 pandemic
With many companies putting hiring on hold, it is now more important than ever to stand out amongst a stack of resumes.
Announcements
Virtual commencement ceremony Aug. 8
Spring and summer 2020 graduates will be honored in a pre-recorded virtual ceremony beginning at noon on Saturday, Aug. 8.
Student face covering distribution
All students will receive one university reusable face covering this fall to add to their collection. There are a variety of ways students will receive a face covering.
Student parking permits now on sale
Student parking permits go on sale on Mon., July 6.
Dance Marathon provides critical resources for children
The funds that University of South Carolina Dance Marathon (USCDM) raised in 2020 have directly impacted the Child Life Program at Prisma Health Children's Hospital’s ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Submissions open for Student-Initiated Research Projects Program (SIRP)
SIRP is a program is designed to enrich the academic experience of students and to better prepare the future generation of researchers, investigators, and entrepreneurs throughout the SC INBRE network. SIRP applications are due by May 15. Up to five awards of $3,000 each will be awarded.
UofSC's The Proving Ground entrepreneurial contest will livestream April 21
The Moore School’s annual pitch competition, The Proving Ground, will be streamed on Facebook Live at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 21.
Student Events
Shekinah Frieson Master's Voice Recital
Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
Location: School of Music 206 Recital Hall
Collaborative Data Conference with BDHSC and VA Health Care System
Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020
Location: See event description for more details.
Dates and Deadlines
Faculty Reporting Date
Monday, Aug. 17, 2020
New Student Convocation
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020
Classes Begin
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020
Last day to change/drop a course without a grade of 'W' being recorded (part of term 30)
Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020
Labor Day - Asynchronous Remote Class Day
Monday, Sep. 7, 2020
Midpoint in Semester
Monday, Oct. 12, 2020
General Election Day - Asynchronous Remote Class Day
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020
Last day to drop a course or withdraw without a grade of 'WF' being recorded (Part of term 30)
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020
Face-to-Face Instruction Ends (last day for in-person exams)
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020
Tools and Resources
Stories for Students
Breakthrough Star: Fabienne Poulain
As a teenager growing up in France, Fabienne Poulain was always interested in human behavior, fascinated by how the brain develops and works. Now, as an assistant professor in biological sciences, she works to understand neural development and disorders by studying how neurons form connections during development.
Early challenges motivate Honors College student's success
Rodrianna Gaddy took her love of learning about different cultures, combined it with her passion to help people and channeled both into her academic path at the University of South Carolina with a double major in international business and human resources management with a minor in Japanese. Gaddy was scheduled to study abroad in Japan this spring. Then COVID-19 hit.
'This is my community'
Lydia Carnesale knew just where to start to help members of her tight-knit Latino community in northeast Columbia when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The education Ph.D. candidate had worked five years earlier to help the same community during Columbia’s thousand-year flood event.