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Scholarships L By R. L. Chcsl OamKock Staff W The USC Alumni Association hi offer greater services and benefit cording to Chris Vlahoplus, US university relations and public aff Developed by the Alumni Coun ministration, the reorganization ] operation by the end of the year, Via The plan includes creation of program, unification of the alumni e regional ci mpuses and additional Vlahoplus said. CALLING THE scholarship pro] important achievement of the Vlahoplus said the program will be with outstanding academic rrprfpr Under the new plan, the universi the Alumni Association. All monie New i dedicat By R. L. Chesley Gamecock Staff Writer The Pharmacy wing of the David R. Coker Life Sciences Building was dedicated Saturday by university officials, students and alumni with Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., as the keynote speaker. The new wing was built at a cost of about $3.5 million with almost $2.3 million coming from a grant obtained through the efforts of Thurmond from the National Institute of Health and the balance coming from universitv bonds and ^ ? private contributors, university officials said. ^ t" "> 1Q ?tia V 1 OUII., IXUV. I 7 III lj Shrimp & Ftoi Hj Reg. $3.15 J 1??j:] Served with Hushpuppies, C " ] Free Ice Tea with Meal w Phone ahead for quh 3SJ] 1725 BROAD RIVER RD. I 2:,.- 1208 KNOX ABBOTT DR., C SlfjB 3200 TWO NOTCH RD. s, privileges, u Uumni ey bership due rw#r scholarship is been reorganized to The Alun & to its members, ac- bringing th< C vice president for Carolina ai airs. system wit! icil and university ad- sa^' plan should be in full VLAHOP ihoplus said. alumnisyst lugeuier a an alumni scholarship membershi lystems of the four-year maintain in membership privileges, The Aikei new plan. 1 meetings a; gram "the single most said he is op Alumni Association," essence we used to attract students itials to USC. . NEW Al ity will completely fund include ful ? collected from mem- limited pri >harmacv ed by Tht THURMOND PRAISED the new facility calling it "one of the newest and finest facilities of its type in America. I am convinced that the health and life science facilities at this university, along with the pertinent professional community, will make Columbia one of the outstanding centers tor rcscarch, training and practice in the nation/' "This College of Pharmacy, working in conjunction with the new medical school and the other life sciences continues to ensure the quality and promotion of research and care for present and Tskoa^^^B iru Sat., Nov. 25 gg?|j under Combo flj Now $2.49 bleSlaw & FF. ' ith USC ID. gjggg tftr nnvvu Ant cai'iiina togSJj ~Wk vmi J VM* w :AYCE Ph. 7M-16S4 gH unification Associat ?, "every penny/' will be put into the alumni program, Vlahoplus said. ini Association is currently in the process of e 3 four-year regional campuses, Aiken, Coastal id Spartanburg, into one alumni-membership i reciprocal benefits for each campus, Vlahoplus LUS SAID the objective of the unification of the ems of the regional campuses is to bring people nd maximize the effectiveness of alumni p while allowing the regional campuses to (dividual identity. i and Spartanburg campuses have joined in the 'he Coastal Carolina campus has not joined but re planned in early December, and Vlahoplus itimistic they will join by the end of the year. "In are trying to achieve the status of one family." VANTAGES of the reciprocal membership 1 privileges at the Thomas Cooper Library and vileges at the Blatt Physical Education Center. i wing I ME1 irmond I AT T future generations." XX1J1J Thurmond said that Coker ATT "always stood for integrity, ALJ_j progress and accomplishment. David R. Coker would have been SW^E proud of this edifice and, indeed, the entire university." LEA' Coker was a graduate of USC and ? qaa a meml>er of the Board of Trustees A V 4 from 1911-38. ColUIl i? ??: CHANELO' PIZZA 2702 Rosewood Drive FAST FREE DEL roll 254-8800 We now use a Hot Box for all delivery orders. ' "CLIP THIS COUPON"?I ; i I MONDAY s i All the spaghetti) You Con Eat. $ ? ( dine in orders only, please i ion revised Vlahoplus said the cost of an alumni membership is $10 a year for USC graduates or $15 a year for a joint membership. However, to attract graduates to join the Alumni Association, a free membership is given for the first year after graduation, and for the next two years, membership is offered at a 50-percent discount for each year. All members of the Alumni Association are entitled to the reciprocal-campus benefits plus other benefits including book-club discounts, tour-information s#?rvif?/?? nnH e?voroi alumni publications including the Carolina Quarterly and The Carolinian, Vlahoplus said. Also there is a proposal before USC President James B. Holderman to expand the services of the placement office to assist alumni and "to respond to the needs of the alumni," Vlahoplus said. One of the goals of the Alumni Association is to double the current membership of 7,200 by Dec. 31, 1979, according to Vlahoplus. To help accomplish this goal, a student-alumni organization has been set up on campus of which one of their functions will be to phone past graduates informing and encouraging them to join the Alumni Association. 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