Faculty & Staff Achievements

 Hennie van Bulck (February 2010)

 "Impact of Time Horizon on Yield of Chinese IPOs" International Journal of Business, and Economic Perspectives, 4,2, Fall 2009, 1-11; (this article was previously published in Conference Proceedings, International Academy of Business and Public Administration Conference, Vol. 5. Number 2, Dallas, Texas, April 24-27, 2008; ISSN 1547-4836. The article received an IABPAD Best Research Award.)

"The Winning Touchdown" (Case), Proceedings of the Southeast Case Research Association Eighteenth Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February, 2010.

"Smart Engagements"" presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Physician's Viewpoint Network, San Antonio, TX, November 5 through 7, 2009. The presentation was published in the Conference Manual.

"Valuing an Accounting Practice " (Part 3) with George Durant, CPA/ABV/CFF,ASA, James D. Ewart, CPA/ABV/CFF,CVA, Don M. Hollerbach, CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE,FCPA,CVA,CDFA, Larry A. Ramsey, CPA/ABV,CVA, Bryan C. Dubis, CPA/ABV,CVA, South Carolina CPA Report, November/December 2009, p.18.
 
"Do Quiet Period and Lock-out Period Affect the Risk of Initial Public Offerings?"  Conference Proceedings, International Academy of Business and Public Administration Conference, Vol. 6. Number 3, Memphis, Tennessee, October 22-25, 2009; ISSN 1547-4836. The article received an IABPAD Best Research Award.

"Surviving the Recession: Turning Woes Into 'Wow'"  Employee Benefit Advisor, October 2009,  pp. 58 - 60.  This article is also published on internet http://eba.benefitnews.com/

(The Employee Benefit Advisor is a national professional publication with a print reach of 140,000 subscribers.)

Michael Becker (January 2010)

 Various solvers were recognized for solutions to Mike's original problem 1806, "An Ellipsoid and a Plane" in Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 82. no. 5.

Charlie Cook (January 2010)

 Original Problem B-1056; recognition for his solution to Problem B-1049, "Two Cubic Identities", both in The Fibonacci Quarterly Vol 46/47, no. 4.  In the same journal 4 people solved Charlie's original problem B-1047, "A Radical Inequality" and 3 people solved his original problem H-663, "Fibonacci Numbers and Trigonometric Functions".

David Mitchell (January 2010)

 David Mitchell was recognized for his solution to Problem B-1049, "Two Cubic Identities"  in The Fibonacci Quarterly Vol 46/47, no. 4.

Andy Kunka (January 2010)

Associate Professor of English at USC Sumter Dr. Andrew J. Kunka received approval for a sabbatical leave during the Fall 2010 semester.

 Rebecca Hillman (January 2010)

Becky Hillman was recognized for her solution to Problem 890 "Another Family of Recursions" in the November issue of The Collee Mathematics Journal.
 

Hillman was recognized for her solution to B-1044, "Lucas and Fibonacci Squares" in The Fibonacci Quarterly.

 Jeffrey Jones

PUBLICATIONS

A 2,500-word review essay for The World of Music 59 (2) of Dudley, Shannon. 2008. Music from Behind the Bridge: Steelband Aesthetics and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago. New York: Oxford University Press; Birth, Kevin K. 2008. Bacchanalian Sentiments: Musical Experience and Political Counterpoints in Trinidad. Durham, London: Duke University Press, 2008; and Green, Garth L. and Philip W. Scher, eds. 2007. Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival. Bloomington, IN: Indiana
 University Press.

“Developing Intercultural Understanding: World Music Ensembles in University Percussion Education.” Percussive Notes 46 (3): 10-14.

Pagliacci, A musical arrangement for steelband including score, parts, and extensive notes on the historical and cultural context of the musical style and genre. Tallahassee, Florida: Engine Room Publications.    

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“Time to Break Away: Altered States of Consciousness as Medical Intervention in the Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra of San Fernando, Trinidad.” Society for Ethnomusicology 53rd Annual Meeting. Middletown, CT, October 25-28, 2008.

“Ethics and the ‘Business’ of Steelband in an Educational Setting.” International Steelpan Symposium. Atlanta, Georgia, April 17-19, 2008.

”The Role of Conceptual Metaphor in a Clinical Reality: Music and Healing with the Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra in San Fernando, Trinidad.” Society for Ethnomusicology Southeast and Caribbean Chapter. Tallahassee, Florida, February 29 - March 1, 2008.

OTHER SCHOLARLY, APPLIED, & CREATIVE ACTIVITY (SELECTED)

During the 2008-2009 academic year Jones had the opportunity to serve as a world music consultant on three projects for the Sony BMG Custom Marketing Group. A prominent hotel chain with tourist resorts in Latin America, the anglophone Caribbean, and throughout Asia contracted Sony to integrate sounds from these local musical landscapes into the audio architecture of their hotels. His job was to identify appropriate tracks and provide rationales, when necessary, for their inclusion. Many selections that fit within this marketing paradigm of cultural tourism were also potentially useful in promoting cultural awareness and advocacy. Through a process of cross-cultural aesthetic negotiation it was possible to maximize this confluence in an effort to make dollars and humanitarian sense.

In addition to giving a scholarly paper, Jones performed on the steelpan in a featured concert during the Society for Ethnomusicology 53rd Annual Meeting. Middletown, CT, October 25-28, 2008.

 Sal Macias (September 2009)

Dr. Macias was recently chosen as USC Sumter’s nominee in the Governor’s Professor of the Year statewide competition and has been selected as one of only ten finalists in this competition.

Dr. Macias Made a presentation in Toronto, Canada, at the American Psychological Association  titled "The State of Psychology at Community Colleges."

 Ray McManus (June 12, 2009)

Gave a presentation in Galway, Ireland, at the American Conference for Irish Studies titled “‘There’s No Getting Away From It If You’re Irish’: Irish Immigrant Identity in the American South of Gone With the Wind.”

 Ray McManus (August 2009)

Had two poems accepted for publication in Yemassee titled “Little Bighorn, an Operetta” and “Aerobic Jesus.”

 Charles K. Cook (August 2009)

Cook, Mathematics Emeritus, USC Sumter. Original Problem B-1051, The Fibonacci Quarterly. Original Problem B-1051, and recognition for his solution to B-1044, "Lucas and Fibonacci Squares" in The Fibonacci Quarterly.

 Maitland Rose (August 2009)

Rose was recognized for his solution to B-1044, "Lucas and Fibonacci Squares" in The Fibonacci Quarterly.

 Beth McLeod (December 2010)

McLeod,Laboratory Manager, was selected as the Outstanding Staff Member of the Quarter for the period December through February 2010.

 Lydia Johnson (September 2009)

Johnson, Data Manager in the Office of Admissions Services, was selected as the Outstanding Staff Member of the Quarter for the period June through August 2009.