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Page 36 MSC CO Department of Media Relations . COLLEGE OF L1KKAKY AND INFORMATION SeiENCE In its March 22, 1999 issue, US News & World Report ranked the college 15th nationally for overall excellence in library science. High national rankings in the college's school library media program (No. 3) and health librarianship program (No. 4) helped boost the college's overall ranking. Through distance education, the college otters residents ot tne state or Georgia the opportunity to earn the specialist in library and information science (SLIS) degree, a post-master's degree program designed for librarians, information managers, media specialists and related professions. USC is the first university to offer the SLIS degree via distance education. The Augusta Baker's Dozen Storytelling Festival, a celebration of stories, was first held in April 1987 and continues in the spring of each year. The College of Library and Information Science co-sponsors the program with Richland County Public Library and the SC State Library. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION This year, the MAT program in early childhood education was nominated by the Association of Teacher Educators as one of the three best teacher education programs in the nation. The association also ranked the higher education program as 4th among 30 programs in the Southeast. The college graduated 682 students, including 100 doctoral students, in 1998, more than any other education college in South Carolina. The college has 17 schools in its Professional Development School network, considered a national model for professional development and research of students and faculty. One school, the Center for Inquiry in Richland School District Two, had the highest achievement scores in the district and the second highest in South Carolina. COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS The college attracted $21 million in research funding in 1998, the highest total among colleges at USC. The college conducted over 100 research projects for South Carolina ! Ilenes companies in 1998. The college has produced five of the 10 most recent winners of the Amoco Award, given annually to the most outstanding teacher at USC. SCHOOL OF LAW The school's Coleman Karesh Law Library comprises over 430,000 volumes and is the largest law library in South Carolina and one of the largest in the Southeast. The library's collections encompass American law, international and comparative law and the legal history of South Carolina. The school ranks in the top 20 nationally in the percentage of graduates passing the bar exam on the first try and No. 2 in the Southeast, according to a report by the American Bar Association. The school received a $1 million errant frnm thp law firm nf Nelson. Mullins, Riley and Scarborough to establish the Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough Center on the Legal Profession. THE DARLA MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS This year, US News & World Report ranked the school's International Business Program second nationally. It was the 10th consecutive year the publication has ranked the program either first or second. In the Oct. 19. 1998 issue of Business Week magazine, USC was recognized as having one of the nation's top graduate business schools. The survey evaluated USC's Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) and International Master of Business Administration programs. The school's Division of Research sponsors an annual Fall Economic Outlook Conference, which features the latest economic news on South Carolina, the Southeast and the nation, with special reports on hot spots in these areas. COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS This college remains the only nationally accredited journalism program in South Carolina. The college also has a doctoral degree program. Four USC students have been named to the American Advertising Federation's 25 Most Promising Minority Advertising Students in the past PISCOVER CAROLINA and scl three years. The college's senior semester class allows journalism students to work full-time at college-sponsored television, radio or newspaper operations. Throughout the semester, students work in all areas of news production. The class is considered a model for journalism education around the country. COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK The master program is ranked 29th in the nation in US News & AATrvrl A I? pnAft The college is a leader in training and researching ways in which the Internet, computers and other electronics can make human services agencies more efficient, better organized and more effective. The college develops and maintain web sites for national and international social work education organizations. This work earned recognition from the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education recently. CULLfcLrfc U* CKIMIPNAL JUSTICE The college's work in police pursuit driving and use of force by police officers leads the nation in finding new ways to understand, measure and prevent dangerous vehicle chases and excessive force by officers. In conjunction with law enforcement agencies around South Carolina, the college offers a program to Russ lan police officers, training tnem in American police techniques. The program also allows students and professors to learn from Russian police through an exchange program. The college's annual Fear of Crime survey takes a look at South Carolinians' perception of crime, those who enforce it and the media who report on it. COLLEGE OF APPLIED PROFESSIONS The college's sport management denartment trains students for careers ?I in the business of sports. Its graduates run the world of sports from coast to coast with companies such as the Capital City Bombers, the Professional Golf Association, National Football League and Winston Cup Racing. Professors in the department of retailing are helping consumers learn more about the retail marketplace Itools s through studies on retail price scanners, outlet shopping centers and Internet retailing. Students in the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Trmrism are able to learn about managing a restaurant in the school's Capstone laboratory. Students work in every aspect of restaurants, serving lunch twice a week during the semester. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Photonics and Microelectronics Lab in the Computer and Electrical Engineering Department has earned more than $10 million in research grants to study the use of wide-band gap materials for computer and electronics chips. The Chemical Engineering Department leads the country in the study of fuel cell batteries, which can be used in vehicles and other applications to cut down on emissions and increase energy efficiency. Students in this college benefit from a full-time writing center that gives students the opportunity to learn to express their ideas and thoughtsskills critical to engineers. nnTT/\/-\T rvr? ifr*T\T/^r\Tr? a^nuuJL ur ivirxu^iiNU The school is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the percentage of graduates going into pediatrics. Nearly 83% of graduates in the 1999 class are pursuing residencies in primary care medicine. This school is recognized as a national leader in the percentage of graduates in primary care medicine. Approximately 55% of the crhnnl's orarlnatps rpmain in Smith ^ b ... Carolina to practice medicine and many are in the state's small towns and rural areas where they are most needed. SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH With approximately 1,000 students, this school is the sixth largest school of public health in the nation. The school recendy received nearly $7 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to PAnt-inua Ain/linnr firxr it*c PrAi/pnfinn UU11UIIUW luiiuing im IW XIV. viiuuu Research Center. The Center's focus is on physical activity and health. The school won the 1998 Lead University of South Carolina hine ership in Research First Place Award from the Office of Research. The school had an increase in research funding of more than 25% from the paji yv^ai. COLLEGE OF PHARMACY The college's Palmetto Poison Center answered more than 40,500 calls from South Carolinians last year. Since 1973, pharmacists from this college have answered calls about accidental poisonings and offered valuable information on poison prevention to the public and health care professionals. The college's Drug Information Service answers calls from health care professionals and consumers about prescription and over-the-counter medications. The college's Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation is one of the top centers in the nation for research on the role of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals in health care. COLLEGE OF NURSING The college received the 1998 Outstanding Faculty Practice Award from the National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. The college is home to the only nursing journal in the world devoted exclusively to AIDS care. In April, the college officially opened the doors to its new Children and Family Healthcare Center. The Center offers primary health care to inner-city children and their families, as well as children who have been abused or neglected. SOUTH CAROLINA HONORS COLLEGE Since 1990, USC has had 15 Goldwater Scholars, all of whom have been students in the Honors College. The fall of 1999 marks the 30th anniversary of the Carolina Scholar rA TTSr'c mnct nrpctimniic inrl valuable scholarship for South Carolina students. Carolina Scholars are granted admission to the South Carolina Honors College. In an edition earlier this year, The State newspaper recognized South Carolina Honors College as "a jewel in the entire South Carolina education system, combining the best of a small liberal arts college with the resources of a large university."