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Summer’s end brings full calendar of fall events
August 6, 2014
Dr. Tom Chandler, dean of the Arnold School of Public Health, will be the featured guest speaker at the Saturday, Aug. 9, Hooding Ceremony for the University of South Carolina’s doctoral degree candidates.
The ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Koger Center for the Arts. The former chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Chandler was named dean of the Arnold School in 2009. He began his career at USC in 1988 as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belle W. Baruch Institute.
The Hooding Ceremony will be followed by USC’s summer commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. in the Colonial Life Arena. The University expects to award more than 1,400 degrees for baccalaureate, master's and professional degree recipients. Graduates of the Arnold School’s baccalaureate and master’s degree programs will participate in this ceremony.
Leif Erik Maseng, a World War II paratrooper who landed behind enemy lines to clear the way for the beach landings at Normandy on D-Day in 1944, will address graduates. Maseng, a private first class in the U.S. Army who was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and longtime engineer with the Columbia firm Wilbur Smith and Associates, will receive an honorary degree of doctor of engineering.
Also receiving honorary degrees at the ceremony will be Jerome "Jerry" Odom, James L. Solomon and Henrie M. Treadwell. Odom, the former executive director of University Foundations, former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Carolina, will receive an honorary degree of doctor of science. Solomon and Treadwell, two of the three students to desegregate the University of South Carolina in 1963, will also receive honorary degrees. Solomon, the retired commissioner of the S.C. Department of Social Services and current chairman of the Palmetto Development Group, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of public service. Treadwell, who has dedicated her life's work to improving access to primary health care, disease prevention and other needed services, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters.
Aug. 12: GMaP Regional Conference highlights cancer health disparities
The Geographical Management of Cancer Health Disparities Program (GMaP) will hold its regional conference Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Arnold School’s Public Health Research Center.
Registration continues for the conference.
The program goals include:
- Advance the science of cancer health disparities in these regions;
- Contribute to the next generation of cancer health disparities researchers;
- Achieve measurable reductions in cancer health disparities in these regions.
Speakers will include Dr. James Hébert, director, S.C. Cancer Prevention and Control Program, USC Arnold School of Public Health; Dr. Christopher T. Emrich, research assistant professor, USC Department of Geography; Dr. Mark Dignan, director, Prevention Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, and Dr. JenniferWenzel, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Visit http://cpcp.sph.sc.edu/ for details and registration.
Sept. 7 – 11: 9th ICEENN to be held in Columbia
The Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk is organizing the 9th International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials, which will be held Sept. 7 -11 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Dr. Jamie Lead of the Arnold School is the ICEENN chair. Lead also is the chair of the Environmental Nanoscience and Risk Assessment Center of Economic Excellence at USC.
As one of the leading international conferences on nanoscience/nanoecotoxicology, the ICEENN will bring together researchers, regulators and industry to discuss the potential hazards and risks of current and future applications in the key sector of nanotechnology, along with mechanisms to bring about risk reduction while maintaining the economic and social benefits of the sector.
Among the key research areas are:
- physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles as related to the environment and health;
- aging and effects on fate and behavior;
- toxicology and ecotoxicology;
- social and regulatory sciences;
- innovation and applications of nanotechnology to environmental and health issues.
Visit http://cenr.sc.edu/9-news/27-2014-iceenn-conference to know more.
Sept. 19: COMD showcases new digs!
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and USC’s Speech and Hearing Center will have an Open House from 4 – 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, in their new home at 1224 Sumter St.
Join Dr. Kenn Apel, chair of the department, and COMD faculty and staff as they begin a new era in teaching, research and outreach.
More details will be announced.
Sept. 21 – 23: Southeastern Conference Symposium in Atlanta
The 2014 Southeastern Conference Symposium will be held Sept. 21 - 23 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta.
The conference, which is being led by the University of South Carolina, is designed to address a significant scholarly issue by utilizing the range of disciplinary strengths of the SEC’s 14 member universities.
Dr. Russ Pate of the Arnold School’s Department of Exercise Science is chair of the Local Organizing Committee for the symposium.
This year’s SEC Symposium is titled “Prevention of Obesity: Overcoming a 21st Century Public Health Challenge.”
To know more, visit http://www.secsymposium.com/.
Oct. 15 – 16: Save the dates for Vernberg Lecture
The 2014 Fall Vernberg Lecture will include events on Wednesday, Oct. 15, and Thursday, Oct. 16 at the Arnold School’s Public Health Research Center.
The Winona B. Vernberg Distinguished Lecture Series is named for the founding dean of the Arnold School of Public Health.
Additional details will be announced.
