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2001–2002 ANNUAL REPORT
OF CAROLINA AND McNAIR SCHOLARS
More than 150 years ago Ralph Waldo Emerson defined the
American scholar as “man thinking.” Today he would say “man and
woman thinking,” but his point would remain the same: that
the true scholar is more than merely intelligent, is more than a
straight-A student, is not, in short, a bookworm.
true
Scholar
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The Carolina and McNair Scholars programs at the University
of South Carolina were developed to attract the very people
Emerson described. The student scholars profiled in these pages
demonstrate strong and varied interests beyond the classroom that
parallel their unique, energetic personalities. As this annual report
chronicles in detail, our student scholars have significantly
enhanced the reputation of the University.
Jerome D. Odom
Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost
Donald J. Greiner, Associate Provost
and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
John M. Palms, President
The Carolina and
McNair Scholars
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The University of South Carolina developed the Carolina
Scholars Program in 1969 to attract the very people Emerson
described. Through generous private support, we have expanded the program from nine students in its first year to more than
80 scholars on campus during fall 2001. Since its inception,
574 scholars have participated in the program, which has been
an integral factor in keeping many of the state’s most academically talented students in South Carolina.
Established in spring 1998 as part of the University’s
Bicentennial Campaign, the McNair Scholars Program is an
exciting scholarship fund for out-of-state students supported by
a generous gift of $20 million from USC alumnus Robert C.
McNair and his wife, Janice.
The McNair Scholars Program is the counterpart of USC’s
prestigious Carolina Scholars Program for gifted in-state students. The University welcomed the fourth class of McNair
Scholars this year. Fifteen first-year students joined 15 sophomore, 12 junior, and 10 senior peers in this prestigious program.
This year’s McNair Scholars represent 18 states and are among
the nation’s brightest students.
Distinguished by their extraordinary academic talent,
exemplary character, and outstanding leadership skills, the
Carolina and McNair Scholars are outstanding students whose
ideas and abilities will shape the world of tomorrow. These
young scholars personify not only the ideals Emerson spoke of
when he said, “Character is higher than intellect,” but also the
University’s own motto: “Learning humanizes character and
does not permit it to be cruel.” As this report chronicles, these
scholars have significantly enhanced the reputation of the
University.
A continuing goal of both programs is to create a community of scholars with a united and visible identity. First-year
scholars participate in a leadership retreat, creating bonds and
developing skills that will last a lifetime. Each fall and spring
semester, special formal events bring the scholars together. In
addition, through the First-Year Mentor Program, freshman
scholars meet regularly with a distinguished faculty member for
discussion and advice.
Through the generosity of the University’s donors, these
prestigious scholarship programs will continue to improve and
grow. This Carolina and McNair Scholars report is offered as a
testament to the successes of the programs that you have made
possible.
The Selection Process
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions coordinates the
selection process for Carolina and McNair Scholars. The
admissions staff reviews the academic records of all applicants
and selects the students to continue as semifinalists. Each
semifinalist is evaluated by two faculty members. The admissions staff also reviews other areas including academic preparation, leadership potential, outstanding talents and accomplishments, and recommendations.
Fifty Carolina Scholars Finalists and 40 McNair Scholars
Finalists are chosen for on-campus interviews held in February.
During the campus visit, candidates and their parents meet Dr.
John Palms, University president; Dr. Robin Morris, Scholars
Committee chair; Dr. Peter Sederberg, dean of the South
Carolina Honors College; current Carolina and McNair
Scholars; and other University administrators.
Faculty members and current scholars conduct the selection
interviews. In addition, the candidates take advantage of a variety
of educational experiences while on campus, including a conversation with the vice president for the Division of Student and
Alumni Affairs, Dr. Dennis Pruitt, and the opportunity to
attend South Carolina Honors College classes in session.
The Carolina Scholars and McNair Scholars Class of
2006, as well as all current scholars, not only exhibit extraordinary academic abilities, but also demonstrate the University’s
highest ideals. They are representatives of the best our nation
has to offer, and are an integral part of what makes the
University a “faithful index to the ambitions and fortunes of
the state.”
The Awards
The Carolina Scholar and McNair Scholar awards are the
most prestigious scholarships at the University of South
Carolina. Each Carolina and McNair Scholar award provides
an annual stipend, which covers costs such as tuition, fees,
books, and room and board. The stipend is renewable annually
to support the scholars through four years of undergraduate
study at the University.
In addition to the cash stipend, Carolina and McNair
Scholars participate in activities during the academic year that
complement the academic experience. First-year scholars participate in an outdoor leadership experience and are paired
with University faculty members who serve as their mentors
during the year.
Carolina Scholar Award Donors
Carolina Scholar Awards are made possible by the contributions of individuals, corporations, and foundations. The University
Development Office cultivates and maintains relationships with donors of Carolina Scholar Awards. Private support of this and other
programs enables the University of South Carolina to attract academically talented students and to provide the margin of excellence in
all academic programs.
Bank of America
P. Henderson Barnette
Friends of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Friends and Family of Solomon Blatt
J. Willis Cantey
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Caroline McKissick Belser Dial
William B. Douglas
G.G. Dowling
William B. Dukes/Longhorn Steaks of Columbia, Inc.
William H. Duncan
First Citizens Bank
First Union National Bank of S.C.
Edward R. Ginn III
Jack S. Graybill
Anne J. and William M. Gregg II and Family/S.C. Tees, Inc.
Caroline and Susan R. Guignard
Martha M. and Hubbard H. Harris
Friends of James B. Holderman and Carolyn Meadors
Holderman
Kappy M. and William C. Hubbard
Mary Burnet M. Pearce Johnston
Olin D. Johnston
S. Stanley Juk Jr., M.D.
The Knox Family/Terminix Service, Inc.
L. Joseph Land
Sodexho Marriott
Arnold R. Merchant
Nicholas K. Moore, M. D.
Michael J. Mungo
Ralph David Neuman
James T. Pearce Jr.
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr.
Marnie W. and R. Roy Pearce
Robert E. Penland
Pepsi Cola Soft Drink Company
Clyde C. Rice
David W. Robinson
South Carolina State Fair Association
Calhoun Thomas
John L.M. Tobias
Patrick L. Tomlin
University Associates
USC Alumni Association
USC Class of 1936
USC Class of 1937
USC Class of 1938
USC Class of 1939
USC Class of 1942
USC Class of 1964
USC Class of 1965
USC Class of 1966
USC Class of 1967
USC Department of Athletics
USC Development Foundation
USC Educational Foundation
USC Interfraternity/Panhellenic Council
Chris Vlahoplus and Friends
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, N.A.
Annually Funded
Award Donors
Carolina Scholars Alumni
Anonymous
The R.L. Bryan Company
The Ducane Co., Inc.
R.C. McEntire & Company, Inc.
Charles Edwin Moore
Janice McNair, Heather Janney, Jennie Gagnon, and Bob McNair in the President’s House garden on the morning of
the USC-Clemson Football game.
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Sonia I. Adams 2002
McNair Scholar
Shiloh High School
Lilburn, Georgia
Liberal Arts
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2); Chi Delta Chi (1,2,3,4); Honors Council (2);
Golden Key (2,3,4). Service: Carolina for Kids (1);
Carolina Cares, vice president (2); Spring Board
(2); Dobson Volunteer Service, intern with Big
Brothers, Big Sisters (2); University Ambassadors
Eddie M. Baker Jr. 2003
Carolina Scholar
John Rutledge Scholarship and R.C. McEntire
and Company, Inc., Scholarship
Thomas Sumter Academy
Business
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2); President’s List (3); Omicron
Delta Kappa (3); Phi Beta Kappa (3); The Outstanding Achievement and Student
Triumph Award (2); Carolina Productions, most innovative program (2), best commission (2). Service: Emerging Leaders (1); Freshman Council (1). Interests:
Carolina Productions, cinema commissioner (1,2,3); WUSC dj (1,2,3); assistant
music director (3); The Gamecock, movie and music critic (2); “Orphans of the
Storm II” film symposium, student producer (2).
(2,4); Leeds Student Community Action (3).
Religious: Leeds University Christian Union (3);
Campus Crusade for Christ (4). Interests: Emerging
Leaders (1); Gamecock Club (2); English Program
for Internationals, language buddy (2,4).
International: USC Maymester Program in
Germany (summer 1); study abroad at the
University of Leeds, England.
Meredith B. Barkley 2003
Carolina Scholar
Class of 1942 Scholarship
Spring Valley High School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Graduate School/Career Plans: will pursue an MAT
in elementary education at USC; later, plan to teach
overseas, possibly at a Department of Defense
School.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List (1,2,3);
Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1,2,3); Golden Key (2,3). Service: One-on-One tutoring (1);
Baptist Student Union Service projects (1,2,3). Religious: Baptist Student Union
(1,2,3), community missions (2), service chair (3).
Indrani Boyle 2003
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Carolina Scholar
Pierce Butler Scholarship
and R.C. McEntire and Company, Inc., Scholarship
Academic Magnet High School
Economics
South Carolina Honors College
“More than any other event, I will
remember the night that my friends found
me crying on the Horseshoe and cried with
me. I knew then that I had found my home
away from home.”
Sonia I. Adams
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3); National Society
of Collegiate Scholars (2,3). Service: Students Allied for a Greener Earth (1,2).
Interests: Carolina Scholars Association (1,2); Amnesty International (2); study
abroad in Utrecht, the Netherlands (3).
Emma Broom 2003
Carolina Scholar
Athletic Department Scholarship
Camden High School
Chemistry
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); Dean’s List (1,2); Phi
Beta Kappa (3); College of Science and Math Senior
Year Scholarship (3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); National Dean’s List (1,2);
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Merck Index Award (2); CRC
Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student Award (1). Service: Second Serving
(1). Religious: Campus Crusade for Christ (1,2,3); 360 Degrees, campus ministries
(1,2). Interests: Emerging Leaders (1); American Chemical Society (1,2).
Reshma Changappa 2003
McNair Scholar
Whiteville High School
Whiteville, North Carolina
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Laura E. Anderson 2002
Carolina Scholar
Bank of America Scholarship
Richland Northeast High School
Spanish, French, and International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1); Dean’s List (1,2,3); Alpha
Lambda Delta (1,2); National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (1,2,3); Gamma Beta Phi (2,3); Alpha Epsilon Premedical Honor Society
(2,3); Golden Key National Honor Society (3); Omicron Delta Kappa National
Honor Society (3); Mortar Board National Honor Society (3); Robert C. Byrd
Honors Scholar; North Carolina High School Athletic Association Scholar
Athlete Award. Service: University Ambassadors (1,2,3); Palmetto Richland
Memorial Hospital volunteer (1,2,3); Meet in the Middle, tutor at Hand Middle
School (2); Carolina Cleanup (2,3). Interests: Student Government, senator
(2,3); Garnet Circle (2), vice president of special programs (3), co-executive director for 2002 Homecoming (3); SAYA Indian Dance Team (3). Research: USCPHA Undergraduate Research Internship Program (2); Breast Cancer Research,
Dr. Young’s Lab (USC-SOM OB-GYN Cancer and Research Genetics
Department) (3).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (2,3,4); Dean’s List
(1,2,3,4); President’s List (2,3,4); Golden Key
(2,3,4); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3,4); Sigma Delta
Pi Spanish Honor Society (3,4); Outstanding
French Major Award (3); National Security
Education Program Scholar (3). Professional:
Tomatis Language Programs (1). Service: Carolina
for Kids (1); Alternative Spring Break (1).
Interests: Students Associated for Latin America
(1,2); Preston Choir (1,2,3); French Club (2,3,4).
International: International Student Exchange
Program, study abroad in France (2), Argentina
(4); Volunteers for Peace, teaching English in
Morocco (3) and photography project in Turkey
(4); summer exchange in Mexico (2) and
Alexandra Deyneka 2003
Carolina Scholar
Charles C. Pinckney Scholarship and
R.C. McEntire and Company, Inc., Scholarship
Dutch Fork High School
International Relations
South Carolina Honors College
Cameroon (4); Argentina on NSEP Scholarship (4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to travel abroad to
teach English as a second language; later, plan to
pursue a master’s and probably a Ph.D. to teach at
the university level.
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); Pi Sigma Alpha; Dean’s
List (1); Palmetto Fellow; National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Interests:
Undergraduate English Society (1); Russian Club and Conversation Group (1,2).
International: Lake Baikal Drilling Project, Siberia, Russia (1); study abroad at the
University of Helsinki in Finland (3).
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Grace Craig Draffin 2003
Carolina Scholar
Mary Burnet M. Pearce Johnston, James T. Pearce Jr.,
and Ada B. Thomas Scholarships
Hammond Academy
Accounting
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1,2,3); Omicron Delta Kappa (3); Golden Key Honor Society
(3). Service: Dance Marathon (1,2,3). Interests: Judicial Council (1,2), external
programs chair (2); Garnet Circle (2,3); Showcase, first runner up (3). Greek:
Kappa Delta (1,2), vice president membership (2), vice president new member
education (3), Dance Marathon liaison; Greek Housing Assistant (3), Beta Alpha
Psi (3).
“My study abroad in France taught me to
constantly evaluate myself, my goals, and
the world around me—humbling me, while
at the same time, strengthening my selfconfidence.”
Laura E. Anderson
E. Lauren Burns 2002
Carolina Scholar
Thomas B. Pearce Scholarship
Lexington High School
Music Performance
Meredith Elizabeth Dukes 2003
Carolina Scholar
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Pearce Scholarship
South Aiken High School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3,4); Golden Key
Scholarship Award (4); Aspen Music Festival (3,4);
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges
and Universities (4); 2002 Jacob J. Javits Fellow (4).
Religious: Reformed University Fellowship (3,4).
Interests: USC String Project (1,2); USC Symphony
Honors: Dean’s List (1,3); National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (1,2); Phi Eta Sigma (2,3); Golden Key (3);
Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2). Professional: S.C. State Legislature, Senate page (1,3).
Service: Hispanic Connections, volunteer (3); Spring Board (1). Interests: USC
International Students Association, public relations officer (3); Emerging Leaders
(1); Carolina Scholars Association (1,2,3). International: study abroad at Hull
University, England (2); International Students Association, American representative (2); Girl’s Tennis Team at Hull (2).
Orchestra (1,2,3,4), principal violist (3,4); USC
Chamber Orchestra (2,3,4), principal violist (3,4);
Augusta Symphony and South Carolina
Philharmonic (3,4); Graduate String Quartet (3);
Delta Omicron (3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: will pursue a master’s degree in viola performance at the Peabody
Institute of Johns Hopkins University, and ultimate-
Thomas C. Griffin III 2003
Carolina Scholar
The Duncane Company Scholarship
A.C. Flora High School
Biology and Business
South Carolina Honors College
ly, become a member of a faculty string quartet at
the university level.
Honors: President’s List (1, fall 2). Interests: S.C.
Leadership Conference 2001 (2); Washington Semester
Program (fall 3). Greek: Kappa Alpha (1,2,3), Muscular Dystrophy Fundraiser (3).
Jana R. Haggard 2003
Carolina Scholar
Charles Pinckney Scholarship
Irmo High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
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“I organized a chamber music recital for
my senior thesis with members of my quintet
(UCP), a friend from Juilliard, and my
former teacher’s trio. The rehearsal process
was an incredible musical experience.”
E. Lauren Burns
Honors: President’s List (1,2,fall 3); National Merit
Scholarship; National Society of Collegiate Scholars
(1,2,3); J. Maximillian LaBorde Memorial Award (2); J.S. Reynolds Essay Award
Competition, nominee (2). Interests: Undergraduate English Society (1).
Research: study of women in comic art and presentation of research, spring 2000
Women’s Studies Conference (1). International: study abroad at the University of
Helsinki, Finland (3).
Heather Hayes 2003
Carolina Scholar
William H. Duncan Scholarship
Palmetto High School
Exercise Science
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); Dean’s List (1,2);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2,3); Golden
Key (2,3). Professional: Baptist College Ministries Summer Missionary to Boston
(2). Service: Capital Senior Center, volunteer (3). Religious: Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (1); Baptist Student Union (1,2,3), festivities committee (2),
praise band (2), programs chair (3). Interests: Garnet Circle (2,3), special programs (3); intramural volleyball coach (2).
Heather Christine Janney 2003
McNair Scholar
Farragut High School
Knoxville, Tennessee
Music Performance
South Carolina Honors College
Mary E. Cook 2002
Carolina Scholar
Mary Burnet M. Pearce Johnston,
James T. Pearce Jr., and
Ada Thomas Scholarship
Aiken High School
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); Dean’s List (1,2,3);
President’s List (1); School of Music Cantey Award (3);
Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society (3); National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (2); Outstanding Freshman Award, Gamma Theta chapter of Pi Kappa
Lambda Music Honor Society (1); Gamma Beta Phi (3); Undergraduate Research
Fellowship, Honors College (3); Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Scholarship;
National Merit Scholar; Friends of the School of Music Scholarship. Professional:
Eau Claire Music Competition, winner in college piano (3); Spoleto Festival
Chamber Music Division, apprenticeship; substitute organist, Columbia area
churches (1,2,3); accompanist, multiple School of Music recitals (1,2,3); American
Guild of Organists, (1,2,3); Brevard Music Festival (2); Ashland United Methodist
Church, organist (1). Service: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (3); Mungo
Teaching Award Committee (3); Gallery 701. Religious: Shandon United
Methodist Church. Interests: USC Student Arts Festival, presenter (3); USC
Chapter of National Association for Music Education (1,2,3), treasurer (2,3);
University Chorus (1), accompanist (3); Concert Choir (1); USC Festival Singers
(1); Jazz Ensemble (1,2). Sports: soccer club, treasurer (3); recreational swimming
(2); intramural soccer (1).
Spanish
South Carolina Honors College
Professional: co-op program, Roche Carolina
(2,3). Religious: Reformed University Fellowship
(1,2,3); HIS International Ministries (1,2); Blood N
Fire Ministries, ministry to inner-city Columbia (4).
International: study abroad in Puerto Rico (3);
internship in Argentina, Mission to the World (4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: plan to earn a
master’s degree in Spanish at USC.
Patrick Kelly 2003
McNair Scholar
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
History and Political Science
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); Phi Beta Kappa (3);
Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars, Committee for Planning for College Success, chair (2);
Golden Key (2); Department of History, Phi Alpha Theta Award (2,3), HamptonRogers Award in History (3); National Merit Scholarship. Professional: Dreher
High School, assistant track and cross country coach (2,3). Service: Early Alliance
first-second grade reading mentor, site facilitator (1). Religious: Young Life, leader
(1,2,3). Interests: Freshman Council (1); USC Mock Trial Team (2,3). Sports:
intramural football, volleyball, basketball, soccer (1).
Ryan Kirk 2003
Carolina Scholar
Henry Laurens Scholarship
Easley High School
Business Administration
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3); President’s List (2,3); Beta
Gamma Sigma (3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3); Phi Eta
Sigma (1,2,3); National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2,3); Gamma Beta Phi
(1,2,3). Professional: S.C. Comptroller General’s Office, internship (1); Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter, internship (2); Scott and Stringfellow, Inc., internship (3).
Interests: Students Educating and Empowering for Diversity (3); Financial
Management Association (2,3). Sports: rugby (2,3).
“My semester of study abroad in Puerto Rico
was the most rewarding and life-changing
experience of my college career.”
Mary E. Cook
Ronnie W. (Ron) Edwards
2002
Carolina Scholar
William B. Douglas Scholarship
Kevin O’Neal Kirkley 2003
Carolina Scholar
Caroline and Susan R. Guignard Scholarship
Central High School
Psychology
South Carolina Honors College
Irmo High School
Anthropology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3,4); Palmetto Fellow;
National Merit Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa (4).
Service: Carolina for Kids (1). Interests: Amnesty
International (1,2); S.C. Students Against the Death
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); Department of Psychology,
Merrick Kershaw Walsh Award for Academic Excellence
(3); President’s List (1,2,3); Dean’s List (1,2,3); The National Dean’s List (1,2);
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Golden Key National Honor
Society (2,3); Psi Chi (2,3); All-American Scholar (2,3); South Carolina Electric
and Gas Scholarship; National Merit Scholarship; Palmetto Fellow; Robert C. Byrd
Honors Scholar. Interests: Carolina Alumni Association, student member (1,2).
Penalty (2); Anthropology Student Association
(1,2,4). International: study abroad in India (3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to teach English in
Nathan Charles Koci 2003
Thailand for a few years; later, to work for an
Carolina Scholar
Friends of James B. Holderman and
Carolyn Meadors Holderman Scholarship and
J. Rion McKissick Scholarship
Stratford High School
Music Education and Performance
South Carolina Honors College
undergraduate study and research program in
India, before returning to the United States for
graduate school.
Interests: USC Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Band, hornist (1,2);
Palmetto Pans Steel Drum Band (1,2); Cadets of Bergen County Drum and Bugle
Corps, soloist (1,2,3); spirituality and living in beauty. International: study abroad
at the University of Leeds, England (3); Leeds University Philharmonic, principal
horn (3); Leeds University Jazz Band, trumpet (3).
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Jill Martin 2003
Carolina Scholar
Bank of America Scholarship
Lancaster High School
Journalism
South Carolina Honors College
“My junior year abroad in India helped me
take what I had learned in the classroom
and apply it to my research and travel
experiences in Asia. I brought a
transformed perspective back home with
me that enhanced my education at USC.”
Ronnie W. (Ron) Edwards
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3), President’s List (1,2,3);
Dean’s List (1,2,3); National Dean’s List (2,3); National
Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); Mortar Board (3).
Service: Best Buddies (3). Religious: Campus Crusade (1); Bible Study (1,2),
leader (3). Interests: University Chorus (1); Honors College Choir (1); Carolina
Scholars Association (1,2,3); The Gamecock, copy editor (2,3); Carolina Alive (2,3).
Abigail Lynn McKee 2003
McNair Scholar
Blacksburg High School
Blacksburg, Virginia
Flute Performance
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3); Dean’s List (2); School
of Music Presser Award (3); Representative to Music
Teachers National Association, national competition (3); Friends of the School of
Music Manuel Alvarez Scholar (3); USC Concerto, competition winner (3); South
Carolina Music Teacher’s Association Collegiate Woodwind Artist (2,3); Symphonic
Band Freshman of the Year Award (1). Interests: USC Symphony Orchestra
(1,2,3); Symphonic Band (1,2,3); USC West African Drumming and Dance
Ensemble (3); student at the Aspen Music Festival and School (2); student at the
Sarasota Music Festival (3); Women’s Field Hockey Club; Delta Omicron (1,2).
Rachel Moyle 2003
McNair Scholar
Great Mills High School
Lexington Park, Maryland
Public Relations and Art History
South Carolina Honors College
Brandon K. Fornwalt 2002
Carolina Scholar
John L.M. Tobias Scholarship
S.C. Governor’s School for Science
and Mathematics
Mathematics and Marine Science
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); Omicron Delta Kappa (3);
Truman Scholarship Finalist (3); Outstanding USC
Woman of the Year Finalist (3); Navy Supply Corps Foundation Scholarship
(1,2,3); Youth Foundation Scholarship (1,2,3); USAA Scholarship (1,2,3);
President’s List (2); Order of Omega Greek Honor Society (3); Golden Key
National Honor Society (2,3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3); Kappa Tau Alpha
National Honor Society in Journalism and Mass Communications (2,3).
Professional: S.C. State Legislature, Senate page (1); Columbia Museum of Art,
volunteer docent (2,3); MPRI, Inc., public affairs intern (summer 1); Columbia
Museum of Art Department of Marketing and Communications, summer intern
(2); Bateman Public Relations Competition Team (3). Service: Dance Marathon
(2,3), morale captain (3); Bicentennial Semester of Service Award (3); University
Ambassadors (1,2,3). Interests: Homecoming Commission, sponsorship director
(2), executive director (3); Garnet Circle (2,3); Art History Student Association
(2). Greek: Chi Omega (1,2,3), Community Service, chair (2), Sorority Council,
scholarship director (2).
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: USA Today All-USA College Academic
Team (4); Barry M. Goldwater Scholar (3); Ethan
and Allen Murphy Memorial Scholarship, American
Meteorological Society (3); Jeong S. Yang Award
for Excellence in Undergraduate Mathematics (3);
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in
Mathematics (3,4); Outstanding Undergraduate in
Marine Science (4); President’s List (1,2,3,4); Phi
Beta Kappa (3); Fall 2000 American Geophysical
Union Conference, presenter (3); 2002 American
Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Conference,
presenter (4); top 10 percent in Virginia Tech math
competition (2); top 500 on Putnam math exam,
33rd overall team finish (3); Palmetto Fellow.
Interests: USC Putnam math team (2,3,4).
Research: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Thomas Andrew Paterniti 2003
summer student fellowship (3); Marine Models in
Carolina Scholar
Calhoun Thomas Scholarship and
Joseph L. Cardinal Bernardin Scholarship
Goose Creek High School
Music Education
South Carolina Honors College
Biological Research, summer student fellowship,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.
(2); EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Program
(1,2,3); Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research
Fellowship (3); environmental research, Baruch
Institute (1,2,3); Honors College Research Grant
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3). Religious: 360 Degrees
campus ministries, First Presbyterian Church (1,2,3).
(4); Marine and Aquatic Research Experience, team
leader (2); Estuarine Research Federation, student
member (2); American Geophysical Union, student
member (3,4); American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography, student member (4).
Suzanne Rae Pickard 2003
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
West Florence High School/GSSM
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: creator and editor-in-chief of MarSci, the premier inter-institutional online journal for undergraduate
research in the Marine Sciences (2,3,4); recipient of two-year NSF grant for development of MarSci (3,4); presenter, 2000 American Academy for the Advancement
of Science/Junior Academy, Washington, D.C., for chemical engineering research,
“The Electrosorption of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids” (1); 2001 American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, for development of MarSci (2).
Service: Eau Claire summer tutor, camp volunteer (3). Interests: Carolina
Scholars Association (1,2), freshman class representative (1), sophomore class representative (2); Emerging Leaders, class mentor (2); Mountaineering and
Whitewater Club; Spring Board (1,2).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to join the Peace
Corps for two years; later, enter either medical
school or graduate school.
“I took the Echoes in Blues honors class
without ever having played a single note of
music. Three months later, I was on stage
at an open mic night playing harmonica
and living one of my dreams.”
Brandon K. Fornwalt
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Jennifer E. (Jennie) Gagnon
2002
McNair Scholar
Centreville High School
Lauren Elizabeth Ready 2003
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Seneca High School
International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Clifton, Virginia
Music
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2); President’s List
(1,2,3,4); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); Golden Key
International Honour Society (3,4); Pi Kappa
Honors: President’s List (spring 1); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2); Dorothy M. Friend Scholarship of Oconee County.
Service: Red Cross, blood and platelet donation (1); Second Serving (1).
Interests: Professional Society of International Studies (1,2); study abroad at
Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Argentina (3); travel in South American countries of Argentina, Uruguay, and Bolivia (3); tango classes (3).
Lambda (3,4); Phi Beta Kappa (4). Religious:
Reformed University Fellowship (1,2,3,4).
Interests: USC Symphony Orchestra (1,2); USC
Chamber Orchestra (1); USC Concert Choir (2,3);
Sheima Salam 2003
Sigma Alpha Iota (2,3,4).
McNair Scholar
John Randolf Tucker High School
Glen Allen, Virginia
Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae
South Carolina Honors College
Graduate School/Career Plans: to study music
and theatre on the graduate level while pursuing
performance opportunities in musical theatre and
opera.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List (1,2);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (12,3); Beta
Gamma Sigma Business Honors Society (2,3). Service: Second Serving (1,3);
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (1,3). Religious: Muslim Students’
Association, president (1,2), vice president (3); Student Interfaith Council at
USC (3).
Thomas Evan Spackman 2003
McNair Scholar
C.D. Hylton Senior High School
Dumfries, Virginia
Music Education
South Carolina Honors College
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“Every Friday afternoon of my junior year, I
went to my friend’s apartment for
afternoon tea. As we always had more to
talk about than we had time, I was often
a guest for dinner, too. I always left
refreshed and inspired.”
Jennifer E. (Jennie) Gagnon
Honors: Dean’s List; National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (1,2,3). Professional: preschool teacher; church
musician. Interests: jazz; Irish traditional music; American folk music; circus arts;
travel (2). Sports: volleyball; ping pong; juggling; Frisbee; Irish set dancing (2).
International: studying traditional Irish music at the University College, Cork,
Ireland (3).
Brooke A. Spitzer 2003
McNair Scholar
Rochester Adams High School
Rochester Hills, Michigan
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3); SEC Scholar Athlete
(1,2,3); Delta Phi Alpha (3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Department of English Maximillian
LaBorde Scholarship (2). Interests: Student-Athlete Advisory Council (2).
Greek: Delta Zeta Sorority (2,3). Sports: varsity equestrian team (1,2,3).
Denise C. Strickland 2003
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
South Carolina Governor’s School for
Science and Mathematics
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List (1,3);
Dean’s List (1,2); National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1); Udall Scholarship,
nominee (2,3); Goldwater Scholarship, nominee (3); Palmetto Fellow. Service:
Alpha Phi Omega pledge class historian and secretary, sergeant-at-arms (1,2,3);
One-on-One tutoring, Gibbes Middle School (1). Interests: Preston Choir (2);
Last Lecture Series, co-chair (2); extracurricular dog training (3); pursuing a minor
in environmental studies. Research: Dr. Roger Sawyer’s lab, research assistant
(1,2,3); Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program (1), Savannah River
Ecology Lab Summer Research Program (2).
Sarah K. Hammond 2002
Carolina Scholar
Henry Laurens Scholarship
Ridge View High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Havilah Babcock Award for Short Stories,
winner (2); Garnet & Black, USC literary magazine,
Best Short Story Contest, winner (2); Miriam
Weinberg Richter Award, winner for an essay on
Joyce’s Ulysses, (3); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4).
Professional: Trustus Theatre, company member
(1,2,3,4), stage manager (1,2); USC Scene Shop,
undergraduate assistantship (1,2); Powerhouse
Theater Festival, apprentice playwright,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (summer 1); Theatre USC
Mainstage, Much Ado About Nothing, stage man-
Terra Rhea Thomas 2003
McNair Scholar
Baylor School
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
ager (2); National Student exchange to Hunter
College in New York City (3); World Press Review
Magazine, editorial intern (3); U.S. delegate to
World Interplay, international festival of young
playwrights (summer 3); South Carolina Fiction
Project, winner (4); Poem published in
Borderlands (4); Actors Theatre of Louisville’s
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2,3); Premedical Honor Society (2). Professional:
American Institute of Chemical Engineering (1,2); Tennessee Valley Authority
Environmental Engineering, intern (1,2); USC Medical, summer intern (2).
Service: Young Life Leader (1); Habitat for Humanity (2); Richland Memorial
Emergency Room volunteer (2). Interests: Mountaineering and Whitewater Club
(1); University Ambassadors (2). Sports: Columbia Rowing Club (1,2); Carolina
Crew, president (2). International: study abroad at the University of Leeds,
England (3); organizations at Leeds: Chemical Engineering Society, Action
Community Service Group, Christian Union, Boat Club, Senior Women’s Eight,
Hiking Club.
Heidemann Award, finalist (4). Interests: Puppet
Regime, treasurer (1,2); Garnet & Black, contributor (2,4); The Gamecock, contributor (4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to pursue an MFA
degree in playwriting at the University of Iowa, and
later, continue writing for the stage.
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Jada Watkins 2003
McNair Scholar
East Rutherford High School
Bostic, North Carolina
Finance
South Carolina Honors College
Service: Children’s Hospital, volunteer (1); Martin
Luther King Jr. Service Day (2); Into the Streets (2).
Religious: Campus Crusade (1); Fellowship of Christian Athletes (1,2). Interests:
Emerging Leaders (1); Spring Board (1); Garnet Circle (3); Dance Marathon (2).
Greek: Kappa Kappa Gamma (2,3). Sports: intramural tennis (1).
“Once during my sophomore year, the boy
sitting next to me at dinner abandoned his
vegetarian chili, stood on his chair, and
sang an Italian aria to the entire Preston
Dining Hall. This is what college is all
about.”
Sarah K. Hammond
Heyward H. (Hydrick)
Harden 2002
Carolina Scholar
Student Government Scholarship
S.C. Governor’s School for
Science and Mathematics
Business Administration
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3,4); Algernon
Sydney Sullivan Award (4); Delta Sigma Pi
Scholarship Key (4); Who’s Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Universities (4); USC
James Robert Whittingham 2003
McNair Scholar
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Mathematics
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List (1); Dean’s
List (1,2,3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); USC
Department of Mathematics Jeong S. Yang Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Mathematics (2,3). Professional: Department of Defense undergraduate training
program; Capstone House, resident advisor (2,3). Service: Midlands Area
Recreational Soccer Club, volunteer (3). Interests: 2000 William Lowell Putnam
Mathematics Competition, 33rd place team. Sports: intramural soccer (1); intramural football (1,2,3); intramural softball (2,3); intramural bowling champion (3).
Outstanding Senior (4); Phi Beta Kappa (3,4); State
Farm National Exceptional Student Scholarship (3);
Mortar Board undergraduate scholarship recipient
(3), president (4); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2);
Gamma Phi Beta (1,2); Omicron Delta Kappa
(2,3,4); recipient of Thomas Moore Craig
Leadership Award (3); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Marie-Louise Ramsdale
Freshman Council Scholarship (1); CRC Freshman
Estee Williams 2003
Carolina Scholar
Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Walker Scholarship
Beaufort High School
Mathematics
South Carolina Honors College
Chemistry Award (1). Professional: CVS
Pharmacy, licensed pharmacy technician (3);
Carolina First Bank, banking representative I and II
(2). Service: Clean Carolina (2); Midway
Honors: Dean’s List; Department of Mathematics Jeong
S. Yang Award for Excellence in Undergraduate
Mathematics (3). Interests: Carolina Scholars Association.
Elementary, volunteer (2,3); Second Serving (1);
Adopt-a-School, tutor (1,2,3,4); City Year Serve-aThon (1); Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day
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(1,4); Epworth Children’s Home volunteer tutor
Adam Wilson 2003
(1,2); Adopt-a-Highway (1). Interests:
McNair Scholar
Northwest Guilford High School
Summerfield, North Carolina
Business
South Carolina Honors College
Homecoming 2000 Carnival chair, kickoff chair
(2,3); Student Senate, academics committee vice
chair (2), finance committee chair (3), student
body treasurer (3,4); Freshman Council (1);
Emerging Leaders (1); Dance Marathon (1);
Capstone Hall Government (2); Council of Alpha
Omega (2); Business Student Council (2). Greek:
Delta Tau Delta, member (1,2,3,4), chapter treasurer (1,2,3); Order of Omega, president (3); USC
Honors: President’s List (3); Dean’s List (1); Alpha
Lambda Delta (1,2). Interests: Residence Hall
Association, senator (1), treasurer (1); Maxcy Hall Government, president (1);
University Ambassadors (1,2,3); Emerging Leaders (1). International: study abroad
at Philipps-Universitaet Marburg in Marburg, Germany (3).
Fraternity Council, treasurer (3). Research: EPSCoR Undergraduate Research
Program (1).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to join the Greenville office of Ernst & Young, LLP
on their assurance and advisory business services team; eventual career in forensic
accounting and fraud prevention.
“I will never forget the rush of excitement
that accompanied our 21-10 upset of Georgia
my junior year. It was the first SEC win I
had ever witnessed, and it was a moment
of pure joy and relief as we rushed the
field to celebrate.”
Heyward H. (Hydrick) Harden
Timothy S. Wojoski 2003
Carolina Scholar
Bank of America Scholarship
Irmo High School
Business and Psychology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); Gamma
Beta Phi. Service: Goodwill, volunteer; Special
Olympics, volunteer (1); Department of Juvenile Justice, volunteer (1). Greek: Mu
Sig, treasurer (1). Sports: intramural football, soccer (1); Mountaineering and
Whitewater Club (1). International: study abroad in Australia (spring 2); study
abroad in Spain (spring 3).
“I love the mentor program. I really
think it is the best aspect of the
McNair perks! My mentor is Dr. Pate
and he is such a great guy. Thanks
again for making the breakfast so
successful!”
Jenny Lake, class of 2005
Dr. Russ Pate with scholar Jenny Lake at the First-Year Scholars Mentor Breakfast in January.
Faculty Mentors
Acting on the suggestions of Dr. Don Greiner, associate provost
and dean of undergraduate affairs, and a Carolina Scholar alumnus, 40 seasoned faculty mentors recruited 40 new faculty mentors
for first-year Carolina and McNair scholars. Greiner, Carolina
Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, also serves
as a mentor each year.
This year, the freshman class of Carolina and McNair scholars participated in the First-Year Scholars Mentoring Program. During
the academic year, faculty mentors met with student protégés to
discuss university life, opportunities in their academic field, and
general issues of interest. Both mentors and scholars report that
the program is an exciting part of their Carolina experience.
First-Year Scholar Mentors
Dr. Michael Amiridis, Associate Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Robert Angel, Associate Professor, Department of
Government and International Studies
Dr. Gordon Baylis, Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Anne Bezuidenhout, Associate Professor, Department of
Philosophy
Dr. Lewis Bowman, Associate Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences
Dr. Duncan Buell, Professor, Department of Computer Science
and Engineering
Dr. Donna Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Dr. Gerald Cowley, Associate Professor, College of Science and
Mathematics
Dr. Michael Dickson, Professor, College of Pharmacy
Prof. Bonnie Drewniany, Associate Professor, College of Mass
Communications and Information Studies
Dr. Michael Felder, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Paula Feldman, Professor, Department of English
Dr. Daniel Feldman, Professor, Moore School of Business
Dr. Kirk Fiedler, Assistant Professor, Moore School of Business
Dr. Madilyn Fletcher, Professor, Belle W. Baruch Institute
Dr. Diane Follingstad, Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Elaine Frank, Associate Professor, Department of
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Dr. George Geckle, Associate Professor, Department of English
Dr. Scott Goode, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Dr. Kathleen Kirasic, Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology
Dr. Bruce Konkle, Associate Professor, College of Mass
Communications and Information Studies
Dr. Patsy Lill, Professor, School of Medicine
Dr. Steven Mann, Associate Professor, Moore School of Business
Prof. Patricia McNeely, Professor, College of Mass
Communications and Information Studies
Dr. Allen Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures
Dr. Robin Morris, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. David O’Shields, Associate Professor, School of Music
Dr. Russell Pate, Professor, Norman J. Arnold School of Public
Health
Dr. Leslie Sargent Jones, Associate Professor, South Carolina
Honors College
Dr. Jeffrey Schatz, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Bradley Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Donald Songer, Professor, Department of Government and
International Studies
Dr. Jim Stiver, Assistant Professor, South Carolina Honors College
Dr. David Sumner, Associate Professor, Department of
Mathematics
Dr. Matthew Traxler, Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology
Dr. Vincent Van Brunt, Professor, Department of Chemical
Engineering
Dr. John Van Zee, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Holly Watson, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy
Dr. Sarah Woodin, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Larry Wyatt, Professor, School of Music
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Jason W. Harmon 2002
Carolina Scholar
Clyde C. Rice Scholarship
Chapman High School
Print Journalism
Leigh A. Alexander 2004
Carolina Scholar
J. Willis Cantey Scholarship
Spartanburg High School
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3,4). Interests: Society of
Professional Journalists (2,3,4); National Society
of Collegiate Scholars (2,3,4); The Gamecock,
Honors: President’s List; Dean’s List; National Society
of Collegiate Scholars (1). Religious: Intervarsity
Christian Fellowship (1), small group leader (2), worship team member (2).
Interests: Carolina Scholars Association (1).
copy editor (3,4), wire editor (4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: a career in copy
editing for a newspaper.
Jennifer Sue Autrey 2004
Carolina Scholar
Interfraternity/Panhellenic Scholarship
Stratford High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Outstanding Freshman Leader nomination (fall 1),
Department of English George Walker Waring Award,
outstanding sophomore (2). Interests: WUSC-FM World Music, director (1,2).
Brandon W. Bales 2004
McNair Scholar
Haltom High School
North Richland Hills, Texas
Finance
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List (1,2). Service: Carolina for
Kids (1). Interests: Men’s Soccer Club, president (2);
Emerging Leaders Program (1); International Student Association (1); National
Student Exchange, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2). Sports: intramural soccer,
team captain (1,2).
Sarah R. Bayko 2004
“I define ‘men and women’ thinking as
people pooling their resources to create the
best thing possible.”
Jason W. Harmon
McNair Scholar
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport, Tennessee
Political Science
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta (1). National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (2). Service: Dance Marathon (1).
Interests: Freshman Council (1); Student Government, senator (1,2); 2002
Homecoming Commission (2). Greek: Chi Omega (1,2).
Jennifer L. Brady 2004
Carolina Scholar
Alumni Association Past President,
President, President-elect Scholarship
Bishop England High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
David H. Hill 2002
Carolina Scholar
Wachovia Bank of South Carolina Scholarship
Public Relations
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: National Merit Scholar; Robert C. Byrd
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Dean’s List (1); National
Society of Collegiate Scholars; Alpha Lambda Delta; T.O.A.S.T. Award; English
Department, J. Maximillian LaBorde Memorial Award (2). Service: One-on-One
tutoring (1). Interests: Last Lecture Series, chair (2); South Carolina Honors
College, e-pal (2).
Scholar; Palmetto Fellow; Mortar Board (3,4);
Omicron Delta Kappa (3,4); Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges and Universities
(4); USC Outstanding Senior (4). Professional:
White House Intern (summer 2001); Bush-Cheney
2000 National Headquarters Intern (summer and
fall 2000); page, South Carolina House of
Representatives (spring 2,3); U.S. Senate Intern
Lara F. Bratcher 2004
(summer 1). Religious: Fellowship of Christian
McNair Scholar
Warren County High School
McMinnville, Tennessee
Anthropology
South Carolina Honors College
Athletes (1,2,3). Interests: Sigma Chi Fraternity
(2,3,4), treasurer (3,4); College Republicans, chair
(3), treasurer (3,4); Student Government,
Freshman Council (1), cabinet member (2); S.C.
Student’s Association, executive director (2);
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Order of Omega (2); Rho
Lambda (2); Mortar Board Undergraduate Scholarship (2); Golden Key (1,2).
Interests: Student Government, senator (1,2); Freshman Council (1); Peer
Health Educator (2); Rivers of the World (1,2). Greek: Chi Omega (1,2);
Sorority Council (1,2). Sports: intramural track (2), Fidler 5K (2).
Homecoming Commission, faculty liaison (2).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to work in
Washington, D.C., for a few years in the White
House Office of Presidential Personnel and, later,
attend law school.
C. Martin Caver 2004
Carolina Scholar
Anonymous
South Carolina Governor’s School
for Science and Mathematics
International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: 2002 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (2);
Bicentennial Service Award. Service: The Center for Capital Litigation (2); MLK
Day of Service, site leader (1,2). Religious: Newman Club, community service
chair (2). Interests: Judicial Council (1,2); Students Educating and Empowering
about Diversity (1,2). Sports: tennis.
Julia Josephine Emery 2004
McNair Scholar
Charlotte Catholic High School
Matthews, North Carolina
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List. Service: Carolina for Kids.
Religious: Newman Club. Interests: College Democrats.
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“I rate my experience working on the Bush
for President campaign in Austin, Texas, as
the best learning experience of my college
years.”
David H. Hill
Joshua M. Hanley 2004
Traci J. Heincelman 2002
Carolina Scholar
Dukes/Longhorn Scholarship
Dutch Fork High School
Computer Information Systems
South Carolina Honors College
McNair Scholar
Col. Zadok Magruder High School
Derwood, Maryland
Marine Science
South Carolina Honors College
Traci was a McNair Scholar who died tragically
this March in an auto accident. Although her
senior photograph was not taken, a pictorial
tribute of Traci can be found on page 40. Traci met the requirements for graduation and her family received her diploma at the May Commencement Exercises.
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3,4); National Dean’s List (2); Phi Beta Kappa (4);
Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities (4); Outstanding Marine
Science Undergraduate (3,4); USC Outstanding Senior (4); Howard Hughes
Undergraduate Research Fellow (3); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2,3,4); National Society
of Collegiate Scholars (2), service committee (2); Golden Key National Honor
Religious: college group at St. Andrews Baptist Church
(1). Interests: Mountaineering and Whitewater Club
(1); writing; politics (1).
Devin Thomas Hanlon 2004
McNair Scholar
Temple High School
Temple, Texas
Business: Finance and Accounting
South Carolina Honors College
Society (2,3,4). Service: Carolina for Kids (1,2,3); education outreach in marine
science. Interests: Carolina Productions, Homecoming Commission (1,2), parade
co-chair (2); Marine Science Undergraduate Society (1,2,3). Research: Dr. Stephen
Stancyk’s lab (1,2); Baruch Institute (1,2,3); Marine and Aquatic Research
Experience (1,2,3,4), team leader (2,3,4); Dr. Roger Sawyer’s and Dr. Travis Glenn’s
labs (3,4). International: study in Australia (3).
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“My involvement in MARE has taught me
about every aspect of the research process
from the conception of an idea to its
implementation in the field to the data
analysis and finally the communication of
the scientific conclusions. Not only has
MARE given me an opportunity to connect
the classroom and the real world, but by
working with such a diverse group of
students, I have grown as a person,
enhancing my leadership, problem solving,
and interpersonal skills.”
Traci J. Heincelman
Honors: Deans List (1); Alpha Lambda Delta (1);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1).
Professional: First Citizens Bank, teller (1). Greek: Delta Sigma Pi (1); Sigma
Chi (1,2), social chair (2), Derby Days, chair (1). Sports: intramural men’s indoor
and outdoor soccer (1); flag football (1).
Christanne M. Hoffman 2004
Carolina Scholar
Solomon Blatt Scholarship
Brookland-Cayce High School
Biology/Pre-med
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1); Dean’s List (1,2); Alpha
Lambda Delta (1,2); National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (1,2); Palmetto Fellow (1,2); USAA Member Dependent Scholarship
(1,2). Interests: Dance Marathon Executive Committee, social chair (2); Student
Government Executive Cabinet, student services director (1,2); Garnet Circle (2);
Carolina Unity Week Committee (2); Freshman Council, campus improvement
chair (1); Carolina Alumni Association, student member (1,2), Women’s
Connections (1). Greek: Kappa Delta Sorority (2), leadership/activities chair (2).
Ashley A. Jones 2004
Carolina Scholar
Class of 1967 Scholarship
Rock Hill High School
Chemistry
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2); Analytical Chemistry Award
of the American Chemical Society (2). Service: Rainbow
for Girls (1,2). Interests: Residence Hall Association, senator (1), secretary (2).
Jennifer L. Kennedy 2004
McNair Scholar
Houston County High School
Warner Robbins, Georgia
Chemistry
South Carolina Honors College
Norman E. (Norm) Jones Jr.
2002
McNair Scholar
East Rutherford High School
Forest City, North Carolina
Honors: President’s List (1); Dean’s List (1,2).
Interests: USC Bands (1,2); Tae Kwon Do Club (1,2).
International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (2); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4);
Golden Key National Honor Society (3,4); Lauren
Justin R. Knight 2004
Carolina Scholar
Pepsi Cola Soft Drink Scholarship
Lexington High School
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
E. Brubaker Carolinian Award (4); Mortar Board
(3,4); Omicron Delta Kappa (3,4). Professional:
U.S. Senate and FRC intern, Jesse Helms (1); Alan
Keyes presidential campaign, S.C. student coordinator (2). Service: Epworth Children’s Home,
Junior Achievement teacher (2), U.S. Constitution,
teacher (1). Religious: Washington Street United
Honors: President’s List (2); Dean’s List, (1,2); National
Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2), Golden Key
International Honour Society (1,2). Service: American Institute of Chemical
Engineering (1,2); Dance Marathon (2); Sigma Nu Game Ball Run benefitting
multiple sclerosis (1,2); Adopt a Highway (1,2). Interests: Student Government,
senator (2), Freshman Council Mentor (2), cabinet (2). Greek: Sigma Nu, fundraising chair (1), scholarship co-chair (2), IFC Cabinet, Dance Marathon, liaison,
(2). Sports: intramural soccer (1,2), fraternity intramural track meet (1,2).
Methodist Church, youth counselor (1,2,3,4),
youth coordinator (3,4), Sunday School teacher,
girls and guys basketball coach (1,2,3,4), education committee (4); Partnership Among Lutherans
and Methodists (2,3). Interests: Maxcy Hall representative (1); Residence Hall Association senator
(1); Student Government, Freshman Council Ideas
and Issues Committee (1), director of marketing
(2), attorney general (3); chief student advocate
(3); S.C. Student Legislature, delegate (2,3);
College Republicans (2,3). Greek: Delta Tau Delta,
Katherine E. Mancuso 2004
Carolina Scholar
Anonymous
A.C. Flora High School
Anthropology
South Carolina Honors College
Professional: McKissick Museum, intern; McMaster
Gallery, assistant. Service: Columbia Museum of Art,
volunteer educator. Interests: “Orphans of the Storm II” film symposium, student
organizing committee; Anthropology Student Association; Art History Student
Association; Washington Semester (2).
Lee E. Mangiante 2004
Carolina Scholar
David W. Robinson Scholarship
Aiken High School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Dean’s List (1,2);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (spring 1,2);
Lieber Scholar; National Merit Scholar. Professional: Processing and Biomarkers
Research Laboratory, South Carolina Cancer Center, lab technician (2).
Interests: 2002–2003 Last Lecture Series, co-chair (2).
pledge class president (1), executive council (1),
philanthropy chair (1,2). Research: U.S. House of
Representatives (1). International: Scandinavian
Caravan (3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to earn a Master
of Divinity from Duke or Emory University and pursue a life of ministry and service to God.
“I will always treasure the countless hours of
laughter, worship, and mayhem experienced
while working with the youth of Washington
Street UMC. It’s in those times that I still
find hope in the future of humanity.”
Norman E. (Norm) Jones Jr.
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Shawn R. Loew 2002
McNair Scholar
Saint Xavier High School
Reading, Ohio
Environmental Engineering
Amanda L. Marshall 2004
McNair Scholar
Plainview High School
Plainview, Texas
Spanish/Pre-med
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3,4); President’s List
(1,2,3,4); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4); Alpha Lambda
Delta (1,2); 2001 Udall Scholarship (3); Tau Beta
Pi (3,4). Who’s Who Among Students in American
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta (1); Order of Omega (2);
Rho Lambda (2); Order of the Owl academic award (2).
Service: Chi Omega’s Jail-A-Thon (1); hospital volunteer (2); Dance Marathon
(2); Chi Omega’s War of the Wings (2). Interests: University Ambassador (1,2);
Freshman Council (1); Emerging Leader (1); Sorority Council (1,2); Web site
design (2); peer health educator (2).
Colleges and Universities (4). Interests: environmental engineering research assistant (2,3,4);
American Society of Civil Engineers (1,2,3,4); USC
Carolina Conference, chair (4); Golden Key (2); Chi
Epsilon, vice president (3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to earn a Master
in Civil/Environmental Engineering degree from
USC with a concentration in water resources.
E. Jo Mason 2004
McNair Scholar
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Forest City, North Carolina
Pre-Pharmacy
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2). Interests: Women’s Students
Services (1), Connections 2001 (1). Service: Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Service Sorority (2); Clean Carolina (2); Epworth Children’s Home
Halloween Carnival (2); tutor, Pine Ridge Middle School (2); Eye on Gervais
Optometry, intern (2); Colleges For Cancer, Columbia Relay For Life (2).
Religious: Canterbury of St. John’s Episcopal Church (1); Campus Crusade Bible
Study (1); Trinity Baptist Campus Ministry (1,2).
Britton W. Newman 2004
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Carolina Scholar
Anonymous
Sumter High School
English and Spanish
South Carolina Honors College
“I fondly recall my great surprise when Dr.
Palms named me a National Udall Scholar. I
thought we were merely going to have a
casual conversation over a cup of coffee!”
Shawn R. Loew
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Garnet & Black Best
Short Story Contest, 2nd place (1), National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (2). Service: Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service (1,2);
Marine Corps Marathon (a member of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in
Traning) (2). Interests: creative writing, Spanish conversation group, travel.
Sports: varsity track (1), intramural soccer (2). Research: research with Dr.
Matthew Bruccoli (1); undergraduate assistant to Dr. Tom Johnson at South
Caroliniana Library (2). International: summer study in Ecuador (1).
Robert Joseph Oppermann 2004
Carolina Scholar
Athletic Department Scholarship
Westside High School
International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Professional: internship with Congressman Clyburn.
Interests: Student Government, senator; S.C. Student
Legislature; Amnesty International; Students Allied for a Greener Earth; campaign work for Greens and Democrats.
Marianne Parrish 2004
McNair Scholar
Vanguard High School
Ocala, Florida
Liberal Arts
South Carolina Honors College
Sara R. Mareno 2002
McNair Scholar
McGill-Toolen High School
Mobile, Alabama
International Studies and Spanish
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List. Professional: USC School of
Medicine, internship (1). Religious: PALM (1).
Interests: Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing Club (1,2). International: study abroad,
Mali, Africa (2).
Honors: National Merit Scholar; Phi Beta Kappa
(2,3,4); Omicron Delta Kappa (4); Sigma Iota Rho
(3), vice president (4); Who’s Who Among
American Universities and Colleges (4); USC
Outstanding Senior (4). Professional: U.S. Senate
and Congress, intern (summer 2). Religious:
Ryan C. Petty 2004
church lector (1,2,3,4). Interests: Student Senate
Carolina Scholar
Michael and Mary Mungo Scholarship
Lexington High School
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
(2,3,4), Judiciary Committee, chair (3,4);
Honors: Dean’s List. Interests: Carolina Alumni
Association (1,2); Student Gamecock Club (1,2);
Student Senate (2). Greek: Sigma Nu (1,2); InterFraternity Council Risk
Reduction, chairman (2).
Homecoming Commission, assistant chair of USC
Showcase (3); Honors Council (1,2,3), vice president internal affairs (4). Greek: Kappa Delta
Sorority (1,2,3,4). International: study abroad in
Spain (summer 3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to work for a few
years before attending graduate school.
Lauren Elizabeth Propst 2004
Carolina Scholar
Ada B. Thomas Scholarship
Irmo High School
Marketing and Management
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List; Golden Key; Lieber Scholar;
National Merit Scholar. Service: Nurturing Center volunteer; Clean Carolina, Kappa Kickoff, founder. Greek: Kappa Kappa Gamma,
philanthropy chair (1,2); membership chair (2); Alpha Omega (1).
Paula Bridget Randler 2004
Carolina Scholar
Ralph David Neuman Scholarship
South Carolina Governor’s School
for Science and Mathematics
Geology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Department of Geological Sciences Steven
Taber Award (2), Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund Scholarship (1,2);
Dean’s List (1,2). Professional: Presenter at National Collegiate Honors Council
Conference 2001, Chicago (2); S.C. Academy of Science, Aiken (2). Religious:
St. Thomas More Catholic Student Center, lector (1,2), Newman Club (1,2).
Interests: Carolina Scholar Association, chair (2); environmental awareness and
education. Research: Marine and Aquatic Research Experience (1,2).
“From witnessing the Running of the Bulls in
Pamplona to wandering through the
hallways of the Alhambra in Granada, my
summer study abroad experience in Spain
taught me a lot about my own strengths
and weaknesses.”
Sara R. Mareno
Cailin E. McLaughlin 2002
McNair Scholar
Central Dauphin High School
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Pharmacy
Katherine E. Rawson 2004
Carolina Scholar
Athletic Department Scholarship
Berea High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3,4); Rho Chi, Pharmacy
Honor Society (4), secretary (4); Omicron Delta
Kappa, Leadership Honor Society (4); Mortar Board
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Department of English, J.
Gordon Belser Award (2). Interests: Three Rivers
Literary Journal (2), Preston Residential College, selection committee (2), concern
committee (2).
(4); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4); President’s List (1,2);
Plough Scholar (3); Charles R. Yandell Scholar (4);
Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges
and Universities (4); National Society of Collegiate
Thomas Jake Rich 2004
Scholars (1,2,3,4); Alpha Lambda Delta (1).
Carolina Scholar
Patrick L. Tomlin Scholarship
Paul M. Dorman High School
Biology/Pre-med
South Carolina Honors College
Service: Carolina Outreach (1,2,3,4); First Mentors
(3,4). Interests: University Ambassador (2,3,4);
Pharmacy Student Government, class secretary/
treasurer (3,4); Honors Council (1,2,3,4), vice president of financial affairs (4); Academy of Student
Pharmacists (3,4); Student Society of Health
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta; Golden Key.
Greek: Sigma Nu.
Systems Pharmacists (3,4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to continue studies
in the Doctor of Pharmacy program at USC.
Sarah E. Ross 2004
McNair Scholar
Carmel High School
Carmel Valley, California
Accounting
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1); Dean’s List (1,2); Target
All-Around Scholar (2); Caroliniana Award (2);
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Maria Reyes Scholar (2);
Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2); National Society of Collegiate Scholars (1,2).
Service: Community Service Leadership Team, hunger and homelessness coordinator (1,2); Oxfam Carolina (2); Day of Fast (2); Oxfam Hunger Banquet (2);
MLK Jr. Day of Service (1,2); Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (2);
Emerging Leader (1). Religious: Hillel (1,2). Interests: Students Educating and
Empowering about Diversity, president (1,2); Beta Alpha Psi (2).
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“As a University Ambassador, I give tours of
campus to prospective students and their
parents. It’s an awesome responsibility to
influence where high-school seniors will
attend college, but it’s incredibly
rewarding when I hear, ‘I can’t wait to be
a Gamecock next year.’”
Cailin E. McLaughlin
Daniel A. Sansbury 2004
McNair Scholar
McCallie High School
Hixson, Tennessee
Classical Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1); French and Classics, Robert F.
Alston Award in Ancient Languages (2). Service: Derby
Days, Children’s Miracle Network. Greek: Sigma Chi (1,2), treasurer (2), representative to Interfraternity Council (2), Greek Week Committee (2), intramurals
chair (2). Sports: Ultimate Frisbee Club (1,2).
Melissa N. Snyder 2004
Carolina Scholar
Anonymous
Southside High School
French and International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Julie K. Milligan 2002
McNair Scholar
Princeton High School
Cincinnati, Ohio
Psychology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2); Alpha Lambda Delta (1,2).
Service: First Mentors of USC (1,2); University
Ambassadors (1,2); Dance Marathon (1,2); Clothesline Project (2). Interests:
Student Training Opportunity to Maximize Potential Leadership Council (1,2);
Carolina Student Judicial Council (1,2).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3,4); President’s List
(1,2,3,4); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4); Department of
Psychology, Roger W. Black Award for
Psychological Research (4); Merrick Kershaw
Walsh Award for Academic Excellence (4); Who’s
Who Among Students in American Colleges and
Universities (4); Gamma Beta Phi (2); Psi Chi
Joshua M. Spurgeon 2004
McNair Scholar
Glen Este High School
Batavia, Ohio
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2). Interests: Fencing Club
(1); Mountaineering and Whitewater Club (1,2). Sports:
intramural volleyball (1), racquetball (2). Research: undergraduate fuel cell
research in engineering (1,2); independent research project in engineering (2).
(2,3,4); All-American Collegiate Scholar (2,3,4).
Service: Dance Marathon (1); Carolina for Kids
(2); Carolina Outreach (1,2); University
Ambassadors (2,3,4); First Mentors, secretary (3).
Interests: Maxcy Hall government (1); Capstone
Hall government (2); USC Symphony Orchestra
(1,2,3,4); Honors Council (2); Honors Chorus
(2,3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to begin graduate
study toward a Ph.D. in developmental psychology
at the University of Texas, Austin with a research
focus on racial prejudice and children.
Katie G. Spurrier 2004
Carolina Scholar
Ellen V. and Nicholas K. Moore, MD Scholarship
Irmo High School
Mathematics
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List (1,2); Pi Mu Epsilon (1,2);
Alpha Lambda Delta (1); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1); 2002 Goldwater Scholar (2); James Bruce Coleman
Mathematics Scholarship (2). Religious: Partnership Among Lutherans and
Methodists, treasurer (1,2). Interests: Maxcy Hall Government, treasurer (1);
Student Gamecock Club (1,2); Campus Girl Scouts (2). Research: EPSCoR
Undergraduate Research Program (1), South Carolina Honors College
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2).
Joyce E. Stuckey 2004
McNair Scholar
Smithsburg High School
Smithsburg, Maryland
Marine Science/Chemistry
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2); National Society of
Collegiate Scholars (1,2); Golden Key National Honor
Society (2). Interests: Emerging Leaders (1); Marine Science Undergraduate
Society (1,2), educational outreach officer (2); Preston Residential Government,
wing liaison (1), treasurer (2); Preston Reef Committee, co-chair (1,2); German
Club (2).
“I shared a paper I had written for my
History of Twentieth Century Music class
with my parents, who are both musicians.
That memory stands out because it marked
a certain level of achievement in my
intellectual development. I have learned so
much at USC that I am able to share
ideas with those whose opinions I have
always respected the most.”
Julie K. Milligan
Joni C. Muller 2002
Carolina Scholar
First Union National Bank of South Carolina
Scholarship
Gilbert High School
Molly Denham Walker 2004
Carolina Scholar
Athletic Department Scholarship
Spartanburg High School
Public Relations
South Carolina Honors College
Pharmacy Doctoral Program
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (4); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4);
President’s List (spring 1, fall 3, fall 4); Alpha
Lambda Delta (1,2); National Dean’s List (1,2,3,4);
Honors: President’s List (1,2); Dean’s List (1,2); Alpha
Lambda Delta (1,2); All-State Academic Team; Robert
C. Byrd Scholarship; Palmetto Fellow. Interests: Freshman Council (1); Garnet
Circle (1,2), alumni relations (2). Greek: Alpha Delta Pi, property manager (1),
scholarship chair (2); Sorority Council, Intersorority Relations, chair (2). Sports:
intramural basketball (1).
Golden Key (2,3,4); National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (2,3,4). Service: Palmetto Baptist
Medical Center, personal touch volunteer (1,2);
Children’s Summer Camp, counselor and lifeguard
(1,2,3,4); Church Youth Drama, team director
Jeremiah G. Wolfe 2004
(1,2,3); church handbell and adult choirs (1,2,3,4).
McNair Scholar
Boyle County High School
Danville, Kentucky
Physics
South Carolina Honors College
Interests: Emerging Leaders (1); Pi Mu Epsilon
(2,3,4); Gamma Beta Phi (1,2,3,4); Carolina
Scholars Association (1,2,3,4); Academy of
Student Pharmacists (4); Christian Pharmacists
Fellowship International (4); licensed pharmacy
technician (1,2,3,4). Research: 1999 S.C.
Consortium for Cardiovascular Disease, undergraduate research program with the USC School of
Medicine (1).
Honors: Dean’s List (1); 2002 Rotary Cultural
Ambassadorial Scholar (2). Service: University
Ambassador (1,2); high-school tutor. Sports: Carolina Crew, heavyweight boat
captain (1); Team in Training member for the Leukemia Society, 2001 Marine
Corps Marathon (2). International: teaching English in Vladimir, Russia (2).
Graduate School/Career Plans: after earning a
Pharm. D. degree, to remain in the state working
in some branch of the pharmaceutical industry.
Virginia L. (Ginny) Wright 2004
McNair Scholar
Smyrna High School
Smyrna, Tennessee
English
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta. Service:
Boys and Girls Club, volunteer. Interests: Student
Government, senator. Sports: Carolina Crew.
“I really enjoyed being a part of the
Emerging Leaders Program during the first
semester of my freshman year. It was a
great way to meet new people and instantly
become involved on campus.”
Joni C. Muller
Award Winners
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Top, left, Senior Carolina Scholar Martha Wright is interviewed by reporters after being
named the 2002 USC Woman of the Year. Three of the five finalists were scholars—
McNair Scholars Rachel Moyle, and Traci Heincelman. Heincelman was recognized
posthumously. Top, right, Carolina Scholar seniors Hydrick Harden and Ricky Shah
received two of USC’s most prestigious campus awards. Harden won the Algernon
Sydney Sullivan award; Shah was named recipient of the Steven N. Swanger Leadership
Award. Center, McNair Scholar Jeremy Wolfe and Carolina Scholar Laura Anderson are
2002 Rotary International Scholarship winners. Bottom, left, Carolina Scholar Brandon
Fornwalt and his mom, Linda, on the Horseshoe. Fornwalt was named to the 2002 USA
Today All-Academic Team. Bottom, center, Lauren Burns, a Carolina Scholar, recently
won a Jacob Javits Fellowship for graduate school. Burns will attend the Peabody
Institute of John Hopkins University studying viola performance. Bottom, right, Carolina
Scholar Martin Caver is a 2002 Rotary International Scholarship winner.
Stephanie P. Ogburn 2002
McNair Scholar
Glasgow High School
Newark, Delaware
Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae
Anita Autry 2005
Carolina Scholar
South Carolina State Fair Scholarship
Lexington High School
Pre-Baccalaureus
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List (1,2,3,4); Dean’s List (2);
National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2,3,4);
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta; Phi Sigma Pi Honor
Fraternity Initiate. Greek: Alpha Delta Pi Sorority;
Sorority Council Scholarship Cabinet, co-chair.
Golden Key (4); Phi Beta Kappa (4). Service:
Carolina for Kids (1); University of South Carolina
Environmental Advisory Committee, student liaison
(3); South Carolina Green Party, volunteer graphic
Jaclyn Banks 2005
designer (4). Interests: Student Government,
McNair Scholar
Buchholz High School
Gainesville, Florida
Public Relations
South Carolina Honors College
Freshman Council, philanthropy committee (1);
Emerging Leaders (1); Students Allied for a
Greener Earth (2), president (3); Garnet & Black,
USC literary magazine, assistant art editor (3);
Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (2);
Newcastle Vegetarian Club (3); Graphic Artists
Society (4). Sports: club field hockey (1); intramu-
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta. Professional: Public
Relations Student Society of America. Research: Dr.
Sonya Forte Duhé, media research assistant.
ral soccer, co-ed (4) and women’s (1,2);
Mountaineering and Whitewater Club at USC
(2,3,4), coach (4); Newcastle University
Mountaineering Club (3); Newcastle Women’s
Soccer Club (3); Newcastle Tennis Club (3).
Amy Bostic 2005
International: study abroad at the University of
McNair Scholar
East Rutherford High School
Ellenboro, North Carolina
Pharmacy
South Carolina Honors College
Newcastle, Australia.
Graduate School/Career Plans: to do something
helpful and perhaps one day become a university
professor.
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Honors: School of Pharmacy Dean’s List; Alpha
Lambda Delta. Service: Habitat for Humanity.
Religious: Campus Crusade for Christ.
Amy L. Buchanan-Feinberg 2005
“My study abroad in Australia expanded my
world view and helped me realize that my
way is not necessarily the right way.”
Stephanie P. Ogburn
McNair Scholar
Asheboro High School
Asheboro, North Carolina
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Interests: Student Government, Freshman Council.
Greek: Delta Zeta Sorority.
Michelle Casper 2005
McNair Scholar
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport, Tennessee
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta. Interests:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Gamma Beta Phi.
Sallie Ruth Coleman 2005
Carolina Scholar
First Citizens Bank Scholarship
Spartanburg High School
Biology/Pre-Med
South Carolina Honors College
Sharon V. Panelo 2002
Carolina Scholar
John Rutledge Scholarship
Spring Valley High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta. Service:
Dance Marathon. Religious: Fellowship of Christian
Athletes. Greek: Kappa Delta.
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3,4); Palmetto Fellow
(1,2,3,4); Robert Newman Award, nominee (2).
Interests: Mojo Granola, Preston College literary
magazine (1); Garnet & Black, USC literary magazine (2); National Student Exchange, University of
Graham Culbertson 2005
Massachusetts at Amherst (3); The Gamecock,
McNair Scholar
Myers Park High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
English
South Carolina Honors College
writer (4). International: Leucorea Institut for
Honors: Dean’s List. Religious: Reformed University
Fellowship; 360 Campus Outreach. Interests: film studies.
Language and Culture, Wittenberg, Germany (2).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to teach English in
Prague, the Czech Republic, for a couple of years
before pursuing a career in international business,
with a focus on publishing/editing.
António de Ridder 2005
Carolina Scholar
First Citizens Bank Scholarship
Southside High School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Service: Harvest Hope Food Bank. Religious: St.
Thomas More Society. Interests: Alpha Phi Omega
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Service Fraternity.
Dean Emmerton 2005
McNair Scholar
Myers Park High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta; Dean’s List. Sports: USC
Swimming and Diving Team, diver.
Chandra Farris 2005
McNair Scholar
Dobson High School
Chandler, Arizona
Journalism
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta.
“To me, ‘men and women thinking’ should be
the first part of a larger statement,
perhaps one that includes ‘men and women
doing.’ Ideas and concepts are nothing
without action and experience. ”
Sharon V. Panelo
Jennifer S. (Jenne) Pross
2002
McNair Scholar
C.D. Hylton Senior High School
Woodbridge, Virginia
Corey Garriott 2005
Carolina Scholar
First Citizens Bank Scholarship
South Carolina Governor’s School
for Science and Math
Philosophy
South Carolina Honors College
Music
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Charles Koch Summer Fellow
in Public Policy. Religious: Newman Club. International: conversation partner.
Honors: Dean’s List (1,2,3,4); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2,3.4); National Society of Collegiate Scholars
(1,2,3,4); Pi Kappa Lambda (3,4). Professional:
American String Teacher’s Association (1); Music
Educators’ National Conference (1,2); Augusta
Symphony (2,3,4), South Carolina Philharmonic
(4). Interests: USC String Project (1,2); USC
Symphony, Chamber, and Opera Orchestras
(1,2,3,4); Jazz Strings (4). International: Lake
Baikal, Siberia, Russia (3); Russian Club (3,4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to teach English in
Vladimir, Russia, and later, attend graduate school
in TESL or musicology.
Elizabeth Howarth 2005
Carolina Scholar
Grace King Merchant Scholarship
and Olin D. Johnston Scholarship
South Florence High School
Psychology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta. Service:
Richland County Public Library, volunteer; Arthurtown Community Center,
volunteer.
Ian Donald Kane 2005
Carolina Scholar
Isabelle Caldwell Penland Scholarship
and R.L. Bryan Company Scholarship
Aiken High School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List. Service: Washington Street
UMC Soup Cellar, volunteer. Sports: indoor soccer; intramural tennis; intramural
soccer.
Bethany Marie Kessell 2005
“Studying in Siberia during the summer of
2000 was an experience that leaves me
lacking in adjectives. It was all at once
the scariest, most uncomfortable, most
surprising, and most wonderful experience of
my life.”
Jennifer S. (Jenne) Pross
McNair Scholar
Franklin High School
Franklin, Tennessee
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Interests: South Carolina Honors Council.
Sports: intramural basketball.
Brian Lacy 2005
McNair Scholar
Haltom High School
Haltom City, Texas
Psychology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Psychology President’s List.
Interests: USC Debate Team, president (1); Phi
Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.
Jennifer L. Lake 2005
McNair Scholar
J.D. Darnall High School
Geneseo, Illinois
Mathematics
South Carolina Honors College
Betsy L. Rickenbaker 2002
Carolina Scholar
Classes of ’39, ’38, and ’36 Scholarships
Summerville High School
Chemistry
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Sports: USC Varsity Track and Field, cross country.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List (3);
Dean’s List (1,2,4); Howard Hughes Fellowship
recipient (3); Golden Key (3); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2); Gamma Beta Phi (2). Service: Carolina for
Kathryne Lane 2005
Carolina Scholar
Jack S. Graybill Scholarship
Lexington High School
Exercise Science
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Interests: Student Senate. Greek: Alpha Delta Pi.
Kids (1). Religious: Impact Campus Ministry
(2,3,4), Women’s Bible Study, leader (3,4).
Interests: Honors College Chorus (2); American
Chemical Society (2); Mountaineering and
Whitewater Club (1,2,3), secretary (2).
Graduate School/Career: will marry Loren
Rodgers in May of 2002 and we will attend the
University of California, San Diego, as graduate
students starting in June; plan to earn a Ph.D. in
organic chemistry.
Stephanie Ann Lareau 2005
McNair Scholar
East Mecklenburg High School
Charlotte, North Carolina
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Interests: South Carolina Honors Council.
Sports: Carolina Multisport Club.
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Priscilla Larkin 2005
Carolina Scholar
Chris Vlahoplus Scholarship
Ben Lippen School
Biology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List. Service: Honors Council
Community Service Committee; International
Friendship Ministries, friendship partner to a Chinese student. Religious: First
Presbyterian Church, volunteer youth leader.
Sheena Kim Lazenby 2005
Carolina Scholar
L. Joseph Land Scholarship
Richland Northeast High School
Philosophy
South Carolina Honors College
Service: Springboard, co-president. Religious:
Reformed University Fellowship. Interests: Emerging
Leaders. Sports: Tae Kwon Do.
“I learned more about chemistry in the two
years I worked in Dr. Wally Scrivens’
laboratory than I did in all of my courses
combined. There is no substitute for handson experience.”
Betsy L. Rickenbaker
Nathan J. Saunders 2002
Carolina Scholar
Pierce Butler Scholarship
Southside High School
History
Nina Lerner 2005
McNair Scholar
Madison West High School
Madison, Wisconsin
Biology and Spanish
South Carolina Honors College
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: 2002 Madison Fellow (4); Phi Beta Kappa
(4); Department of History, Hampton Rogers
Honors: President’s List; National Merit Finalist.
Religious: Impact Campus Ministry Leadership Team.
Research: Marine Aquatic Research Experience (MARE).
Award in History (3,4); Charles W. Coolidge Award
in History (3,4); Phi Alpha Theta History Award
(1,2,3,4). Interests: Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity (2,4). International: study abroad at
Daniel Lewis 2005
Warwick University, England (3).
McNair Scholar
Blacksburg High School
Blacksburg, Virginia
Vocal Performance
South Carolina Honors College
Graduate School/Career Plans: to pursue a master’s
degree in education at Duke University and teach
high-school social studies; later, return to England
for further studies in history.
Honors: Dean’s List. Interests: USC Concert Choir;
Opera Chorus; Maxcy College General Council.
Sylvie Lomer 2005
Carolina Scholar
Classes of 1964 and 1965 Scholarships
Dreher High School
Psychology/Anthropology
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List. Interests: SAGE (Student Alliance
for a Greener Earth); Three Rivers Literary Magazine.
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Bethany Matheny 2005
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Aiken Christian School
English
South Carolina Honors College
“For me, ‘men and women thinking’ denotes
people are highly aware of the
circumstances and problems of those around
them and are actively working to find
solutions.”
Nathan J. Saunders
Honors: President’s List; Target All-Around
Scholarship. Interests: mock trial; Latin.
Jamie Sue McIntyre 2005
McNair Scholar
Satellite High School
Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
Biology/Pre-Med
South Carolina Honors College
Interests: PACES Premedical Society; Maxcy Hall
Government.
Kristen Morella 2005
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
West Florence High School
Psychology Major
South Carolina Honors College
Ripal N. (Ricky) Shah 2002
Carolina Scholar
Terminix Scholarship
Northwestern High School
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Interests: USC Mountaineering/Whitewater Club.
Research: psychology.
Honors: 2001 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar (3); Phi
Beta Kappa (3,4); Dean’s List (1); President’s List
(1,2,3,4); Steven N. Swanger Leadership Award
(4); Outstanding Senior, College of Engineering
and Information Technology (4); Who’s Who
Ross Nesbit 2005
McNair Scholar
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Chemistry/Pre-Med
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; CRC Freshman Chemistry
Achievement Award. Religious: Partners Among
Lutherans and Methodists Campus Ministry. Sports: intramural indoor and outdoor soccer, Ultimate Frisbee.
Among Students in American Colleges and
Universities (4); USC Outstanding Senior (4);
Gamma Sigma Alpha Greek honor society (2);
Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medical honor society (2);
TOAST Award recipient (2); Alpha Lambda Delta
(1,2); Mortar Board (3,4); Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity
Scholarship (3); Golden Key National Honor
Society (3); Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership
Honor Society (3,4); Carolina Scholars Interview
Committee (4); Outstanding Senior in Chemical
Engineering (4). Service: Carolina for Kids (1);
Clean Carolina (2); Outback Bowl Day of Service
(3). Interests: American Chemical Society (1,2),
president (2); Student Government, senator (2),
Zack Nichols 2005
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Brookland-Cayce High School
Undeclared
South Carolina Honors College
treasurer (2), director of institutional affairs (4);
University 101 peer leader (2); Garnet Circle
Student Alumni Council (3,4); Racquetball Club
(4), treasurer (4). Greek: Pi Kappa Phi (2,3,4),
treasurer (2), scholarship chair (4). Research:
SCHC Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2),
Honors: Dean’s list. Interests: listening to hard-core
punk rock and badly played improv jazz, making fun
of David Lynch movies.
S.C. EPSCoR Fellowship (3).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to attend medical
school next year.
Patrick T. Norton 2005
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Lugoff-Elgin High School
Political Science
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta. Interests:
Student Government; Emerging Leaders.
Sarah Refi 2005
McNair Scholar
Lake Mary High School
Lake Mary, Florida
Biology and Music Theory/Composition
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List; National Merit Finalist. Interests:
Russian Club. Religious: Campus Crusade for Christ.
“Through my experience as student body
treasurer, I had the opportunity to interact
with students from a variety of organizations
and backgrounds.”
Ripal N. (Ricky) Shah
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Katherine Rochelle 2005
Eric J. Soong 2002
McNair Scholar
Dobyns-Bennett High School
Kingsport, Tennessee
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Carolina Scholar
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Wilson Hall School
Pharmacy
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (1, spring 2, fall 4);
President’s List (2,3); National Society of
Honors: President’s List. Religious: Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. Interests: Honors Council.
Sports: Ultimate Frisbee.
Collegiate Scholars (1,2,3,4); Phi Beta Kappa (4);
LIFE Scholarship. Religious: Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (1,2,3); Shandon Baptist Church,
college ministry (1,2,3,4).
Hilary Schramm 2005
McNair Scholar
Andover High School
Andover, Kansas
Advertising
South Carolina Honors College
Graduate School/Career Plans: to continue
pharmacy studies and pursue a career in the field
of pharmacy.
Honors: President’s List. Religious: Reformed
University Fellowship. Interests: Honors Council;
Student Advertising Federation.
Corinne Sheridan 2005
Carolina Scholar
Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Walker Scholarship
Dreher High School
Pharmacy
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List. Religious: USC Bahái Club,
treasurer; Campus Crusade Bible Study. Interests:
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Marching/Concert Band.
Anna Stewart 2005
“Moving into Maxcy hall my freshman year
and meeting a lot of cool people who are
still good friends now is my best college
memory.”
Eric J. Soong
Carolina Scholar
Carolina Power and Light Scholarship
and Wachovia Bank of South Carolina Scholarship
Wilson High School
English
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; Department of English,
George Walker Waring Award. Service: South Carolina Hispanic Outreach
Center, volunteer. Interests: Honors Council, Community Service Committee,
chair; University Ambassador.
Elizabeth Sutton 2005
Carolina Scholar
R.C. McEntire and Company, Inc., Scholarship
Dutch Fork High School
Chemical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List. Religious: Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. Interests: Honors Council.
Sports: Ultimate Frisbee.
Andrea L. Waddle 2005
McNair Scholar
Oak Ridge High School
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Economics and International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
James E. Southard Jr. 2002
Carolina Scholar
Bernice and Mason Hubbard Scholarship and Mrs.
Hubbard Harris Scholarship
S.C. Governor’s School for Science and
Mathematics
Honors: President’s List; Dean’s List; National Merit
Scholar. Sports: Ultimate Frisbee.
Electrical Engineering
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Dean’s List (2,3,4); Eta Kappa Nu, vice
president (3,4). Service: Habitat for Humanity (1),
Ashley West 2005
Sexual Trauma Services (4). Interests: Institute of
Carolina Scholar
John L.M. Tobias Scholarship
and John Langston III Scholarship
Dreher High School
Marketing
South Carolina Honors College
Electrical and Electronic Engineers, member
(1,2,3,4), secretary (3,4); IEEE Student Conference
2002 Web master (3,4); Student Leadership
Training Conference (1). Research: Virtual Test
Bed Research Group (1,2,3,4).
Graduate School/Career Plans: to marry Mara
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta; President’s List. Service: Junior Achievement,
volunteer. Greek: Delta Zeta sorority, social chair, assistant recruitment chair,
nominating committee.
Palkovitz (2001 SCHC) and take an electronics
engineering position with the Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, S.C.
Matthew Bruce Wilkinson 2005
Carolina Scholar
University Associates Scholarship
South Aiken High School
Biology and English
South Carolina Honors College
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Honors: President’s List; Alpha Lambda Delta.
Research: attention and perception lab with
Dr. Gordon Baylis; brain research with USC School of Medicine, Dr. Marlene
Wilson.
Brooks D. Willet 2005
McNair Scholar
Glenvar High School
Salem, Virginia
Mathematics
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: President’s List; 2002 NSEP Scholar. Service:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Religious:
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Research: Industrial Mathematics Institute.
Grant P. Woodward 2005
Carolina Scholar
Bank of America Scholarship
Southside High School
Political Science
South Carolina Honors College
“I came to USC thinking I wouldn’t need to
study and bombed out first semester. I
learned from that experience that no
matter how badly the odds are stacked
against you, determination will prevail in
the end.”
James E. Southard Jr.
Scholar Celebrations
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“The freshman mentor
program could not have
worked out better. At
the start of my
undergraduate career
I would never have
imagined studying the
subjects and issues I
have, but my mentor
from the history department, Dr. Ron Atkinson, provided countless
valuable opportunities and endless encouragement as I pursued my
academic goals. He forced me to broaden my horizons.”
Nathan Saunders, 2002 James Madison Fellow
Top, left, [l. to r.] McNair Scholars Amy
Buchanan-Feinberg, Nina Lerner, Jacque Banks,
and Jamie McIntyre pose for a group photo at the
fall dinner. Top, right, [l. to r.] Senior Carolina
Scholar Sharon Panelo joins first-year scholars
Kristen Morella and Priscilla Larkin at the fall dinner held each year for scholars. Left, Dr. Ron
Atkinson [l.] served as Nathan Saunders first-year
scholar mentor. Saunders, a graduating senior,
won the prestigious Madison Fellowship. Below,
[l. to r.] Katie Spurrier and Paula Randler enjoy
the Fellowships Office Year-End Reception.
Spurrier was named a 2002 Goldwater Scholar.
Bottom, left, Abby McKee and James
Whittingham share a few laughs at the McNair
Scholar fall dinner and USC Symphony
Performance. Bottom, right, Carolina Scholars [l.
to r.] Jenny Brady, Britt Newman, Maggie
Thomas, and Hydrick Harden enjoy the festivities
at the President’s House in the spring.
Classes
Kyle A. Sox 2002
Carolina Scholar
Charles Pinckney Scholarship
Class of 1972
Class of 1977
Lexington High School
Betty Anne Williams
Joseph S. Brockington
Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae
Caryle Schlea Fergusson
Class of 1973
James R. Banks
John Michael Coxe
Stanley David Hundall
Cynthia Anne Lyle
Porter W. Gregory III
W. Lanier Laney
Thomas R. McNeal
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (4); Dean’s List (1,2);
President’s List (1); Eta Sigma Phi (1,2). Interests:
Garnet & Black, USC literary magazine, staff writer
(1,2), literary editor (2). International: study
Richard D. Michaelson Jr.
abroad at the National University of Ireland, Cork,
Daniel N. Sansbury
Ireland (3).
Robert Mathew Riley
Graduate School/Career Plans: to wander
Richard Schwartz
Class of 1978
Linda Harvey Stephens
Johnathan W. Bryan
William Stokes Taylor
Wilson W. Bryan
between low paying jobs and mountain ranges
before continuing my education; later, pursue a
doctorate in philosophy and a career in writing.
Edgar G. DesChamps III
Class of 1974
Daniel Dale Hanle
Joseph Cleveland Ard
William Martin Jones
Christopher Thomas Bardi
John B. McArthur
Susan C. Bryan
Melton Parris III
Sarah B. Clarkson
Joseph D. Walker
Brian Maurice Desatnik
Cynthia P. Youmans
David Michael Garman
William C. Hubbard
Class of 1979
Catherine F. Jervey
Gilda Poteat Bocock
Steven W. Lynn
Elizabeth A. Ferrell
Jonathan Z. McKown Jr.
Cheryl Bernatonis Hrivnak
Alex W. Ramsay
Colleen Parry Jones
James Gregory Welborn
Richard Kent Porth
R. Marshall Winn
Janet Nale Teuber
Class of 1975
Class of 1980
Terry Dugas
Michael Raymond Baum
Chris Hager Feely
Karin Sabine Bierbrauer
Armida Jennings Gilbert
William A. Funderburk Jr.
Anna Louise Larson
Janis Kruger Leaphart
Kathleen Crum McKinney
Thomas Joel Taylor
William F. Rinehart
Julia Ogle Turlington
Nancy Stepp Rogan
Pamela George Stone
Class of 1981
Carol Danner Benfield
Class of 1976
Anna Maria Addison D’Angelo
Rick Bolt
King Keith Giese
Francenia B. Heizer
Lawrence W. Kellner
James C. Howell
Felicia M. Little
Charles B. Murdock
Arthur Dar Tai
Kerry J. Northrup
Sara House White
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“You learn from mistakes, and often what
you learn is that, for the long haul, they
never were mistakes in the first place.”
Kyle A. Sox
Maggie C. Thomas 2002
Class of 1982
Class of 1986
Carolina Scholar
Joel Shawn Brandon
Steve Legrand Altman Jr.
Charles C. Pinckney Scholarship
Karon Dawkins
Raymond Davis Amaker
Harry S. Miley
Suzette Surratt Caudle
Lewis Phillips Jr.
James William Cooper
Susan Schilb Stewart
Reid Adam Davis
Michael Scott Taggart
Harold Franklin Jefferies
Clinton High School
French and Theatre
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3,4); Dean’s List (1,2,3,4);
Golden Key National Honor Society (3,4); French
Norma Anne Turner Jett
and Classics, Frances W. Bradley Award in
Romance Languages (4); Who’s Who Among
Class of 1983
Ruth Berg Patterson
Students in American Colleges and Universities (4).
Interests: Workshop Theatre, Who’s Afraid of
Robert J. Breen
Everett Christian Rogers
Virginia Woolf?, stage manager (3); Carolina for
Yu Liang Chen
Margaret Walker Sedgwick
Anita Shah Hood
Mark Alvin Watson
manager (2); ’bout Nothing, assistant stage manag-
Charles G. Hood
Andrew Beard Wright
er (2); Puppet Regime (2). International: study
D. Mark Husband
Lolita Harney Youmans
Kids (2,3); Garnet & Black, assistant features editor
(2); Theatre USC, The Voice of the Prairie, stage
abroad at the Universite de Grenoble, France.
Beatrice Gardner Jones
Graduate School/Career Plans: will marry Steven
Maria Feliciano Mackovjak
Class of 1987
Stack in May 2003, earn a Ph.D. in linguistics,
Anne Elizabeth Patterson
James L. Atkinson
become a college professor, and raise a family in a
Catherine Linder Conte
nice town somewhere in the Midwest.
Class of 1984
Vivian Hwang
Christopher Neal Lane
Cuong Peter Le
Delane Maxwell
Julia J. Ostrover
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Stephanie Bradford Pritchett
Terry Alan Smith
Kate Magoffin Sutton
Stephen D. Sydow
David R. Wiles
“My semester in France not only took my
French to a new level, it also taught me
self-reliance and self-confidence, qualities
which have made me more disciplined in
my studies and more focused in my plans for
the future.”
Maggie C. Thomas
Class of 1985
Allison Stein Best
Diane Rose Carr
Patrick M. Dom
Susan Willis Dunlap
Steven Thomas Hand
Shelvia Gilliam Jamison
Edwin Rudolph Jones III
Tracy Gunt Justice
David Welsh Kuechler
T. Keith Legare
Benjamin Kevin Malphrus
Michelle Sentell Morris
E. Bryan Mozingo
Karen Leigh Watson
Kenneth Edward Dunlop
David W. Dunn
William Holmes Finch Jr.
Alana Leaphart Griffin
James Earl Harley
Melissa Scott Howard
Joseph Brent Lanford
Elizabeth Lucas Lee
Noel M. Nachtigal
Susan Parker Shimp
Jacob Patrick White
Class of 1988
Mary Seana Baruth
Eric Browder Blough
Hugh Alan Bruck
Mark Andrew Caffrey
Stuart Holmes Coleman
John Edwin Coulter
Lee S. Dixon
Michael W. Hogue
Vernon Brian Jackson III
Neale Thomas Johnson
Kevin Ward Krebs
Judy H. Lui
Holly Flake Petross
Huong Thi Phan
William Johann Schmonsees
Lynette Baroatsis Slovensky
Annette Teasdell
Michael Roy Thigpen
Class of 1989
Kelly Katherine Chappell
Amy Denise Corderman
David M. Cohn
Paul Denisowski
Jeremy Terrell Cothran
Carolina Scholar
Caroline Metosh Dickey
Lila A. Faulkner
Solomon Blatt Scholarship
Michael Joseph Furlough
Matthew R. Ferrante
Dreher High School
Gene Dunbar Godbold
Kellye Padgett Hafner
William R. Haulbrook
Laura Willenborg Herrell
Raju Prasad Krishna
Jeffrey Hunter Johnson
Patricia Reid Martin
David Andrew Knight
Thai Quoc Nguyen
Bernard Francis Masters II
Gamecock, writer (2). International: study abroad
Jill Robin Quattlebaum
Eric Alfred Paine
at Warwick University, England (3). Warwick
Stephen Malone Roddey
Margaret Anne Pitts
Connie Olson Scrivens
Courtney Crook Richardson
Evan L. Smoak
Reginald A. Riser
Jim Odell Stuckey II
William Thomas Scruggs III
Lisa Renee Suggs
Laura Starr
William Britton Watkins
Jeffrey David Watts
Betina Entzminger Yarnall
Amanda Harriette Wunder
Matthew Blake Williams
2002
International Studies
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta (1), Sigma Iota Rho
(3), Pi Sigma Alpha (3). Interests: Professional
Society of International Students (2); The
Triathlon Club (3). Greek: Pi Kappa Phi, charter
member (2,3). Sports: USC Scuba Club (1); Sailing;
Provisional USC Rowing Club, president (2).
Graduate School/Career Plans: will attend the
USC School of Law in the fall.
Lena Trotter Younts
Class of 1990
Robert Lewis Baker
Sharon Morris Barrs
Glen Eric Beckner
Kimberly Connell Benjamin
Mary Catherine Boleman
Tracey Hyatt Bosman
John C. Brandon
Mary Beth Clayton Busby
William Michael Dickson Jr.
Mary E. Fant
Brian Christopher Goode
Radwan Saadallah Hallaba
Laurie Anne Harmon
Karen Lynn House
Steven Robert Jacobi
Willis Vincent Jowers III
M. Brian Magargle
Class of 1992
David Roy Blough
Susan Elaine Burdick
Kristine Ann Johannesmeyer
Maeve Edel O’Connor
Georges Thomas Postic
Paul McKinley Richardson Jr.
Jessica Christian Sessions
David Eugene Slovensky
Caroline McElveen Small
Christopher Atkins Smith
Anil Umesh Swami
Rajeev Harish Swami
Shane Eric Swanson
John Gregory Talbot
Shanin Vafai
Richard Allen McCombs II
Mariana Rush Lowry Neil
Class of 1993
Marie-Louise A. Ramsdale
Allisen Davis Aitchiso
Sandra Leahan Roebuck
Paul Kevin Beach
Norman Daniel Sanders
Heidi Michele Brooks
Melissa G. Wuthier
Jennifer Inez Campbell
Mary K. Boackle Zanin
Julie Elizabeth Frick
Julie Watson Friddell
Class of 1991
Mohamed Reda Ali Jr.
Chandis Raven Brasington
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Anh Huynh Phan
Samuel Christy Hogue
Leslie Joy Howard
Lisa Marie Jasper
Timothy W. Jowers
“Carolina scholars strive to learn continuously
and are unafraid of taking stands on
issues. We are even unafraid of failure, for
in failure there is much to be learned.”
Matthew Blake Williams
Martha J. Wright 2002
Eunjoo Julie Lee
Holly L. Palmer
Carolina Scholar
Kristin Dell Olsen
Benjamin Boyce Reed
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
Deborah Annette Procopio
Beth Salter
Patrick Todd Quattlebaum
Mary Heather Shealy
Summer Louise Smith
Ryan Patrick Sims
James Broward Story
Jonathan Skvoretz
Sanjay Mulesh Swami
Jeffery Allen Stephens
Lexington High School
Print Journalism
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (3); President’s List;
Dean’s List; Outstanding Woman of the Year (4),
finalist (3). College of Mass Communications and
Brent Alan Thomas
Information Studies, George Andrew Buchanan
Melissa Suick Tromsness
Class of 1996
Christian Michael Turner
Anita Tremblay Baker
Thomas R. Young Jr.
Steven C. Burritt
Award (4); Women’s Studies, Arney Robinson
Childs Award (4); Who’s Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universities (4); USC
Outstanding Senior (4). Professional: accepted as
an intern, The Washington Post (4); Dow Jones
Peter Pei-Chi Chung
Newspaper Fund copy editing internship at the
Class of 1994
Donald Shane Crankshaw
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, (3); The State, stringer
Irene Yuek-Se Au
Darlaine Galloway
Dana Lynn Caulder
Susan Frances Goodwin
(3); lab assistant, copy editing class (3); National
Matthew Lewis Denton
Geoffrey Miles Gordon
Organization for Women in Washington, D.C., vol-
Sabrina Virginia Dixon
Laura A. Hall
unteer intern (2). Service: Clothesline Project (1);
Terry Carlyle Dixon
Angela Hays
Advisory Council to the Provost (2). Interests:
Noel Vaughan Eaton
James Joseph Hill III
Odyssey of the Mind (1,2); The Gamecock,
Sean Kelly Flynn
Wendy Timms Hudson
reporter (1,2,3), copy editor and copy desk chief
Shannon Lynn Geoly
Laurie Johnson
and summer intern; one of four legislative interns
for the Columbia bureau of the Associated Press
assistance to the visually impaired (2); Women’s
(3), editorial board (3,4), editor-in-chief, columnist, design editor (4); Garnet & Black, staff writer
Peter Barnaby Knight
Sharon Elizabeth Lynn
(1), deputy editor-in-chief (2), editor-in-chief (3);
Brenda Ann McDaniel
Christopher Muldrow
Women Students’ Association (1,2). Greek: Delta
Scott Goodlett Murray
Robert Osmer
Brian K. Nunnally
Jennifer L. Ray
Graduate School/Career Plans: to work at a large
Susan Renee Render
Courtney Elizabeth Stroman
daily newspaper in Washington, D.C., or Florida with
Rebecca Starr Smith
Charles H. Thompson Jr.
Kelly Ann Spinnato
Jennifer Licia Wu
Gamma (1,2).
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a focus on copy editing and newspaper design.
Kelly L. Stuck
Class of 1997
“My work in Student Media has been my
best learning experience. When you’re
writing or editing or designing for an
audience, each day you’re confronted with
challenges of will power, relationships,
intelligence, and ethics. Sometimes you get
it right. Sometimes you get it wrong. But you
learn from every experience, and each
day, you start fresh.”
Martha J. Wright
Class of 1995
Charles B. Ancheta
Allison E. Aiken
Casey Gayden Bonds
Kimberly L. Berndt
Robert Foster Bradley V
William M. Blitch Jr.
Amy Elizabeth Bragg
Lisbeth E. Bosshart
Jennifer Elizabeth-Ann Denley
Aline L. Bonno
Timur Engin
Joya Chakrabarti
Joshua R. Gray
Tory Clark
Julie Hartley
Brian A. Comer
Christine Hill
Daniel S. Dorsel
Caroline Ellenor Keller
Christopher Brent Faulkenberry
Molly Simpson Mathews
Karla Fulmer
Kelly Brian McClanahan
Darra James
Jessica Nash
Sadia Obaid Khan
Melanee Bianca Poston
Marie C. Lovelace
Darcie Shively
Benjamin S. Martin
Nathan Terracio
Angela L. Miller
Sharon W. Webb
Class of 1998
Vanetta Loraine Christ
Michael P. Zini 2002
Melissa Boehler
Ashley Adair Copeland
Carolina Scholar
Curtis Brown
Elizabeth Kathleen Elder
Kit and James T. Pearce Sr. Scholarship
J. Aubrey Campbell
Brian Patrick Frushour
Grant Stephen Cauthen
Polly Elizabeth Funk
Elizabeth Ann Chandler
Kristin Gissendanner
Jennifer DeFee
Andrew Higginbotham
Elena Esther Ellison
Matthew Katz
School Model United Nations Conference, under-
Elizabeth Endler
Wade S. Kolb
secretary general (1,2); Columbia World Affairs
Greg Ferrante
R. Ryan Lindsay
Amanda Galloway
Kenyon Russell Maree
language study, Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany,
Lauren Griswold
Evan Meadors
and study abroad at the University of Bamberg,
Jason T. Hucks
Philip Michael Mobley
Germany (3).
Scott Hultstrand
Gwendolyn L. Pearson
Graduate School/Career Plans: to attend Queen’s
Allison Laborde
Allyn H. Powell
University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for an MA
Timothy James (T.J.) Lyerly
Ian S. Scharrer
in comparative ethnic conflict.
Lane M. McFadden
Holly Elizabeth Selvig
Kai J. Musielak
Katherine A. Trexler
Allen Mitchell Tibshrany
Ashley Candance White
Richland Northeast High School
International Studies and German
South Carolina Honors College
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (4); Dean’s List; Sigma
Iota Rho; Palmetto Fellow. Interests: National High
Council (1,2); Nada residence hall government;
Residence Hall Association, senator. International:
Stephen Todd Veldman
Kelley Vickery
Class of 2001
Anna McGowan Babel
Class of 1999
Daniel Brown Britton
Charles Herbert Boulware III
David Timothy Bush
Jeanne Britton
John H. Davis
Jason Matthew Burns
Gustaaf Gregoire de Ridder
Kevin M. Cannon
Woodward Holland Folsom
Jared A. Causey
Joann Elizabeth Johnston
Gita Chakrabarti
Sarah Patricia Jones
Kimberly K. Coxe
Keitha Marie McCall
Frankie E. Crain
Nicholas Winfield Miller
Sarah Crosby Creel
Christopher Wrenn Porter
Amanda M. Esch
Brett John Robillard
Allison A. Freeman
Joshua Robert Rushman
Christine Danath Funk
Nilanjana Sengupta
Amanda Galloway
Sona Satish Shah
Emilie O. Greene
Monica Maime Smoak
D. Marshall Kibbey Jr.
Danielle Davis Soto
Amy Elizabeth McCormick
Shannon Kinerly Sturkie
Kathleen Warthen McCormick
Pamela Ann Markham Warren
Elizabeth H. Mack
Patrick Warren
Megan E. Meece
Rachael Thomas Zweigoron
Lauren Chappell Suber
Class of 2002
Class of 2000
Mathew Clayton Burrack
Emily Streyer Carlisle
Anne Virginia Zichterman
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“I’ll never forget strolling along the
Horseshoe after returning from Europe and
finding it as picturesque as almost anything
encountered in my travels.”
Michael P. Zini
Photo Opportunities
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Top, left, the First-Year Scholar Retreat is a time to develop new
friendships and enlist fellow scholars in teamwork activities. [l to
r] Chandra Farris, Stephanie Lareau, Corinne Sheridan, Radhika
Engineer, Megan Hall, Patrick Norton [back], Andi Waddle and
Ross Nesbit. Top, right, [l. to r.] Hilary Schramm, Patrick Norton,
and Brooks Willet are part of the scholars group that attended
the 2002 Student Leadership Training Conference at USC, a
regional event the university sponsors each February. Willet was
named a National Security Education Program scholar for 2002;
he will travel to Russia. Center, Dr. John Palms sheds some light
on Sarah Hammonds’ comments at the spring dinner. Hammond
was voted by her peers to give the farewell address from the
senior class. Bottom, left, Christanne Hoffman and Ryan Petty
are both Carolina Scholars, class of 2004. Bottom, center,
Carolina Scholar Ian Kane joins his mentor, Dr. Kirk Fiedler, at the
fall gathering of scholars and their mentors. Bottom, right, at the
spring Carolina Scholar Donor Reception, [l. to r.] Britt Newman,
Katie Rawson, Dr. Don Greiner, and Anna Stewart.
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IN MEMORIUM
Traci J.
Heincelman
1980–2002
McNair Scholar
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Top, left, Traci and Bob McNair at the McNair Scholars Dinner in 1999. Top, right, Traci holds a wombat in this adventure from her junior year study abroad in Australia.
Bottom, left, Traci with friends Marcy Keown and Christie Robinson. Bottom, right, Traci, Jennie Gagnon, and Jenne Pross pose for a shot after their first McNair event in
1998—their freshman year.