In This Issue:
Commencement | Lead for America Fellowship Opportunity | How to Successfully Study and Work from Home | ICE Credit Requirements | Impact of Recent Storms | Fall Housing Registration | School of Business Administration Successful Accreditation | Emptying the Nest | Restock the Blessing Box | Parent and Family E-News Weekly Delivery | Parent and Family Relations Assistance | Save the Date and Quick Links
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Great news, especially for parents and families of seniors! The new date for the Class of 2020
commencement
is:
Saturday, August 15
Lots of details still to come, but share this news with family and friends, and congratulate the Class of 2020!
We are claiming May 6 as Pacer Day! The university will celebrate our seniors' accomplishments virtually. As part of Pacer Day we are continuing a USC Aiken tradition -- senior shout outs. These short videos give graduating Pacers the opportunity to acknowledge and say thank you to family, friends, faculty, or other individuals who contributed to their success.
In addition, family members may submit videos to congratulate their special Pacer.
On Pacer Day, May 6, the videos will be posted on the Graduation page of the USC Aiken website. The final production will include as many shout-outs as possible.
Click
here
for details, and please remember that the
submission deadline is April 24
. On May 6, be sure to check out the graduation web page for all of the Pacer Day highlights.
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Lead for America Fellowship Opportunity
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Lead For America is a nonprofit that works to recruit, train, and place our country’s most outstanding young leaders in paid two-year fellowships. These fellowships are available in student’s hometowns and home states, especially communities that are most struggling to attract and retain talent.
The organization currently has 54 Fellows serving in 21 states and will have more than 90 fellows serving by this fall. This is a possible opportunity for students (and recent alumni) of the University of South Carolina Aiken.
To identify the most qualified young leader to fill this position, Lead for America will select 1-3 university nominees from a select number of South Carolina public and private universities. These nominees will have the opportunity to participate in a final interview with LFA staff and fellows, after which the final selection will be made.
Locally, the Fellow will work with the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department to revitalize the city's public spaces. In this role, they will redesign and update the strategic plan for the city's parks and public spaces, engaging with a broad cross-section of local government officials, community leaders, and other local residents to envision and articulate the path to a more vibrant Aiken. Learn more
here
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How to Successfully
Study and Work from Home
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This
youtube video will help both you and your student establish success strategies to work and study at home.
From creating goals for the day and acknowledging priorities to scheduling fun things to do in the evening, this video has you covered!
Maybe you and your student(s) can combine efforts to create similar daytime schedules and then have leisure, stress-free evenings to do something fun! .
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Inter-Curricular Enrichment (ICE)
Credit Requirements
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Creative adjustments are being made to help Pacers virtually complete required ICE credits. Details were emailed to Pacers on April 2.
Please ask students if they have completed ICE responsibilities, and encourage them to check Degree Works if they are unsure. Click
here
for details, and scroll down to ICE Events. Thank you!
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Sunday night and into Monday morning, severe weather conditions brought high winds, tornadoes, and damage to multiple counties in the Central Savannah River Area. Students may have been impacted by the storms as well.
We encourage students who have been negatively impacted to reach out to their professors and the ombuds, Dr. Melencia Johnson, for support. That email is
ombuds@usca.edu
.
Additional resources:
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Fall Housing Registration
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If your student has not yet made plans to live in USC Aiken campus housing for the 2020-2021 academic year, or if you know an incoming USC Aiken freshman family whose student may need housing, please share this
first year experience information with them.
They can also view a recent Facebook Live
Campus Housing recording. It is the third video on the above link.
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School of Business Administration
Successful Accreditation
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After an extensive peer review earlier this year, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business extended the University of South Carolina Aiken
School of Business Administration’s
accreditation.
AACSB accreditation is a rigorous, external validation that USC Aiken graduates have earned a business degree of the highest possible quality. The AACSB accreditation process confirmed that the USC Aiken School of Business Administration provides an engaging business education that prepares students for career success and encourages positive community impact.
Congratulations to Dean Mick Fekula and his team!
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What will life after college look like for you and your student?
If you are wondering how to successfully nurture your Pacer through college, help them resolve their own problems, and create a clear vision for the future,
this book may be for you.
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As you are able, would you consider helping us
restock non-perishable
food in our
Blessing
Box, located in the heart of campus? Students who are still in housing can walk to this location to get what they need for a meal. Donations are accepted through May 1. In addition to donated food, if you can leave a couple empty grocery bags for student use that would be helpful, too.
The
box is located on Scholar Loop, across from the softball field, and adjacent to the indoor pool. To help ensure we comply with state and federal social distancing policies, please
sign up for a specific drop-off time.
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Parent and Family E-News - Weekly Delivery
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Since its inception in August 2018, parent and family e-newsletters have been distributed once per month. To keep you updated with news and resources during modified operations, you will receive weekly communications which will provide timely, relevant information and announcements.
If you prefer to stop receiving all Parent and Family Relations communication, you can unsubscribe at the bottom of this page, or write to
parents@usca.edu with the subject "unsubscribe." As always, newsletters are archived and available on the
parent and family webpage.
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Parent and Family Relations Assistance
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The Parent and Family Relations Office is open virtually, and as always, I am available and happy to support you as you support your students.
Please continue to reach out via email at
parents@usca.edu or call 803-641-2825 during office hours, Monday
–Thursday,
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
We are PACER strong!
Sandy Talbott
Parent and Family Relations Coordinator
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Save The Date
Spring term
April 29 - May 5 -
Final exams (excluding Saturday and Sunday)
May 6 - Pacer Day
August 15 - Commencement
August 17 - Housing move-in
August 19 - New student convocation
August 20 - Fall classes begin
October 3 - Family Day
October 15-16 - Fall break
November 3 - Election Day - no classes
November 25-27 - Thanksgiving break
December 7-11 - Final exams
December 10 - Convocation (commencement)
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Parent and Family Relations| University of South Carolina Aiken | 803-641-2825 | parents@usca.edu | www.usca.edu/parents
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