Goals: [LONG-TERM GOAL 1] [LONG-TERM GOAL 2] [LONG-TERM GOAL 3] [LONG-TERM GOAL 4] [LONG-TERM GOAL 5] [LONG-TERM GOAL 6]

To encourage positive change through engagement with the broader society.

FUTURE PLANS (2010-2011):

In difficult budgetary circumstances, the College will continue to organize engagement and service programs effectively and efficiently and to seek external funding for projects where appropriate.

K-12 Education:

• The College will continue to engage young people’s interests through events such as the Science Fair, Physics Day at the Fair, High School Mathematics Contest, Young Artists Workshop, and Split P poetry workshops.
• The College will continue its commitment to providing high quality programs for the preparation of K-12 teachers.

Research that Serves the State:

• The Institute for African American Research continues its efforts to support research that serves the African American population. A research fellows program and  African American South Carolinians and the entire state.
• The School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment is aggressively seeking grant funding to support interdisciplinary research on a variety of environmental topics and issues.
• The School of the Environment will be renamed the Environment and Sustainability Program to highlight its role within the SEOE as a unit with a broad range of interdisciplinary initiatives, research, and degree programs that advance understanding for a sustainable world.
• The College has launched a search for an executive director of McKissick Museum.

Civic Life:

• The Walker Institute of International and Area Studies continues its leadership in the Rule of Law Collaborative. In February  2011, the institute conducted a workshop for interagency training for rule of law deployments. In March 2011, it will partner with the University of South Carolina School of Law to host a conference on issue related to rebuilding Sierra Leone.
• Two Department of Geography faculty have been named to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that will assess major scientific and technical issues confronting governments and other agencies concerned with climate change.
• In Fall 2011, College faculty in Political Science and Jewish Studies will host a conference to explore methods of analyzing Middle East conflicts.

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Contact:  Mary Ann Byrnes/Editor, Online Handbook (777-5371 or byrnes@sc.edu)