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Morgan Watson
Title: | External Relations Events Manager |
Department: | Office of the Dean College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | morganwatson@sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-4843 |
Office: | Humanities Office Building 001E |
As the External Relations Events Manager, Morgan is responsible for overseeing a robust
calendar of 40 annual events, including prestigious dinners, alumni retreats, and
community lecture series, while also managing special events and requests from 22
departments.
Prior to her role at the University of South Carolina, Morgan served as the Development
Manager for Special Events at AIA New York and the Center for Architecture. During
her five-year tenure, she led revenue-driven events and successfully met or exceeded
the annual events goal of $2.2 million. Prior to that she worked in Membership and
Development at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in
New York City.
Morgan grew up in Irmo, SC, and graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications
and Journalism in 2010 from the University of South Carolina. She also currently sits
on the Columbia Museum of Art Contemporaries Board.
In her spare time, you can find her gallery hopping or hanging with her husband, Gerardo,
and their pets, Louie, their Labradoodle puppy and cat, O’Malley.