Remembering the Days — High-rise hijinks, life in the Towers
Pranks and pratfalls are part of life in any college residence hall, but one dormitory complex at the University of South Carolina seemed to have more than its fair share. Stories about life in the Towers, also known as the Honeycombs and the Veilblocks, are now almost the stuff of legend. Here are a few anecdotes from yesteryear about those long-gone dorms.
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Help the Visitor Center recruit a new cohort of University Ambassadors
Do you know a student who would make a great University Ambassador? Nominate a student for our program. An email will be sent to encourage the nominated student to apply. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Sept. 14. For more information, visit the University Ambassadors website.
First-year Gamecocks find their new home at UofSC through Pillars for Carolina
The student-led Pillars for Carolina offers extended orientation sessions for incoming Gamecocks. The sessions are focused on leadership, self-discovery, service and engagement on campus. Katie Slick and Cody Markow, student co-directors of the program, say it builds community and confidence among first-year Gamecocks.
Students, alumni work to transform health care in rural communities
Spring break normally means a time for University of South Carolina students to say goodbye to hard work and relax for a week, but for the past 10 years, hundreds of students from the Capstone Scholars program have chosen to challenge themselves culturally.
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What's Dennis Reading?
3 Strategies for Managing an Understaffed Team
"[A]mid the Great Resignation’s persistent talent shortage, many managers are finding that their usual go-to solutions aren’t enough. The author presents three strategies for managers struggling with understaffed teams." -- Harvard Business Review
Classmates wouldn’t sign his yearbook. So older students stepped in.
An impromptu swarm of upperclassmen filed into the sixth-grade class to sign his yearbook -- Washington Post
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Say Thanks
Celebrate your colleagues' achievements and thank them for their good work through the GEMS recognition program. When you nominate someone, you and the GEMS recipient both will be entered to win a gift card!
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