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Generative AI - The Essentials - GenAI is Different!
Although it has only been three years since the introduction of ChatGPT, most of us have heard more than a little about artificial intelligence (AI) and more specifically generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). It seems everything in our current world has some connection to AI and/or GenAI. At the same time, there is still a great deal of misunderstanding about GenAI; what it is, how it works, if we should use it, how we can use it effectively, etc. This session will discuss five essentials regarding GenAI:
GenAI is fundamentally different than traditional information and information search systems with which we are familiar
, Our interactions with GenAI need to be different than our interactions with traditional information systems in order to be effective
, Our uses and expectations of GenAI systems and tools need to be different than how we have used and what we have expected from our traditional systems
, We are still in the early stages of development, evolution, application, and adoption of…
Monday, September 15, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Copyright in the Classroom
Monday, September 15, 2025, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM,
You'll feel more comfortable in the classroom when you understand how copyright applies to course materials. Come explore how to use freely available, licensed, and copyrighted materials in instruction and on Blackboard. We’ll discuss the practical applications of fair use and other exceptions and limitations. Finally, we’ll examine how the library can assist you with posting materials for your class.
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching with the Library.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, September 15, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, September 15, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Providing Effective Grading Feedback Using Blackboard Annotate
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM,
Blackboard’s inline grading feature just got a lot easier to use. New Box View has been replaced with Blackboard Annotate. When you go to grade an assignment or a discussion forum, you will see the new Blackboard Annotate feature. You will be able to draw comments, make edit marks, type comments and more with this new feature. Participants will learn about the many new options to provide meaningful feedback to your students.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
See event description for more details.
Entering Mentoring: Aligning Expectations
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
A key aspect of the mentor-mentee relationship is establishing a shared understanding of its objectives. When challenges occur, they often stem from misunderstandings regarding these expectations. Furthermore, as the mentee develops, the dynamics and expectations of the relationship may shift, highlighting the need for regular communication and adjustments from both mentors and mentees to ensure successful mentorship.
This is an elective session for the Entering Mentoring certificate of completion.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Explore Creating a Website for Your Research
Technology has allowed for scholarship to be created and shared in new and exciting ways. Consider a whole new audience for your research. In this workshop, you’ll learn the possibilities when you decide to share your research online. We will discuss possible web hosting options and tools that can help bring your research to life on the web.
Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14857370.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Thesis and Dissertation Workshop (In Person)
This semester, graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend at least one workshop. Register today for an in-person workshop in which you will learn the required policies and procedures relating to your thesis or dissertation. This workshop will also discuss the upcoming federal requirements for digital accessibility and how they pertain to your thesis or dissertation.
Register HERE for a workshop.
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Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Russell House University Union 303.
Townsend Lecture - Preparing for Future Pandemics: The Aftermath of the COVID Vaccine
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Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Joseph F. Rice School of Law 103 - Judge Karen J. Williams Courtroom, Joseph F. Rice School of Law 101 Perrin Family Event Space.
Blackboard Ultra Gradebook: A Deeper Look
Friday, October 17, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM,
This workshop is designed for Blackboard users who are familiar with the new Ultra Course View but want a more intensive look at the UCV Gradebook. In this 60-minute session, a consultant from eLearning Services will share best practices and tips & tricks for setting up a Gradebook that works for you, present a live demonstration, and answer questions.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
See event description for more details.
State of the University
President Michael Amiridis will reflect on the achievements of this past year and look to the future with his State of the University address on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 10 am in the Russell House Ballroom.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Russell House Ballroom.
USC STEM Career & Internship Fair (Day 1)
STEM Career & Internship Fair,
Day 1: Wednesday, September 17, 2025: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Day 2: Thursday, September 18, 2025: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Carolina Coliseum-701 Assembly Street, Columbia SC 29201; Fair held on the Concourse level, entry through doors closest to the Darla Moore School of Business. This is an in-person event.
The USC Career Center invites you to the Fall 2025 STEM Career & Internship Fair!
Recruiters from a broad range of industries related to the sciences, technology and computing, engineering, mathematics and data analysis will attend this event to showcase their full-time and/or internship opportunities. Recruiters for STEM-related graduate/professional programs may also be in attendance.
Pre-Registration through your Handshake account is encouraged, but not required, to attend our in-person career fairs. This event is open to USC students and alumni only.
Dress: Business/Professional Attire. Please visit the Gamecock CommUnity Shop where you can check out…
Admission Cost: FREE.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI - The Essentials - Conversations with GenAI
While we don't want to anthropomorphize GenAI any more than it already is, there is something to be said for communicating with GenAI tools in a more human conversational manner. After all, conversational AI is a key component in most GenAI tools and the way they are designed to work is based on machine learning and machine communication being more like how we believe humans learn and communicate. Just as there are skills and techniques one can learn to communicate more effectively with our fellow humans, there are also skills and techniques one can learn and apply to communicating and conversing with GenAI tools. The popular technical term for this is prompt engineering. During this session we will consider five essentials related to communicating effectively with GenAI tools:
GenAI tools are designed to use conversational AI to both understand our inquiries and respond in an understandable manner
, There is both a skill and an art to effectively communicating with GenAI tools
, GenAI tools are…
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Universal Design for Learning CoP
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) community of practice provides an intentional space for discussion regarding accessibility in teaching and learning at the university. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Constitution Day ft. John Witte, Jr.
John Witte Jr. the Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University, will present a lecture titled "Back to the Sources? What’s Clear and Not So Clear About the Original Intent of the First Amendment."
The following day, he will speak about recent Supreme Court decisions and their implications for religious liberty. Witte is the faculty director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory and a leading specialist in legal history, human rights, religious freedom, marriage and family law and law and religion. This event is sponsored by The Center for American Civic Leadership and Public Discourse.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. The program will begin promptly at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is suggested.
REGISTER HERE,
Event Details,
Registration,
This event is free and open to the public. However, registration is suggested to reserve your seat, since we expect a high volume for this evening's conversation. The event will be video recorded. By…
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Joseph F. Rice School of Law 103 - Judge Karen J. Williams Courtroom.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
Impaired Driving Awareness Event
Calling all Gamecocks!
Impaired Driving: What does it really feel like?
Join USCPD and the SC Department of Public Safety for an interactive impaired driving awareness event. Test your skills behind the wheel of a golf cart or with a game of cornhole while wearing “beer” or “cannabis” goggles. Experience firsthand how alcohol and cannabis can impact perception and judgment—without the risk.
Special thanks to our partners: SCDPS, USCSG, LRADAC, Midlands AET.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
USC STEM Career & Internship Fair (Day 2)
STEM Career & Internship Fair,
Day 1: Wednesday, September 17, 2025: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Day 2: Thursday, September 18, 2025: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
LOCATION: Carolina Coliseum-701 Assembly Street, Columbia SC 29201; Fair held on the Concourse level, entry through doors closest to the Darla Moore School of Business. This is an in-person event.
The USC Career Center invites you to the Fall 2025 STEM Career & Internship Fair!
Recruiters from a broad range of industries related to the sciences, technology and computing, engineering, mathematics and data analysis will attend this event to showcase their full-time and/or internship opportunities. Recruiters for STEM-related graduate/professional programs may also be in attendance.
Pre-Registration through your Handshake account is encouraged, but not required, to attend our in-person career fairs. This event is open to USC students and alumni only.
Dress: Business/Professional Attire. Please visit the Gamecock CommUnity Shop where you can check out…
Admission Cost: FREE.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Introduction to Monograph Publishing
This multi-disciplinary workshop will provide an overview of standard publishing processes with a focus on best practices for graduate students who are considering the publication of a first scholarly monograph. The publishing process will be broken down into parts and guidance will be offered to increase chances of success at each stage. Common misconceptions will be addressed, and routine faux pas will be highlighted so as give advantage to SHARPGrads in the academic literary marketplace. Handouts/take-away files will be distributed.
Michael J. McGandy is director of University of South Carolina Press. Prior to arriving at USC, he worked at Cornell University Press, where he was Senior Editor and Editorial Director of the Three Hills imprint. He has also worked in commercial publishing at Macmillan Library Reference/Gale Group, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, and W. W. Norton & Company.
Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14764274.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM.
See event description for more details.
Roll for Initiative: Active Role-playing Games for the Face-to-Face Classroom
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Ready to try something more active, relevant, and immersive for students than case studies or discussions? Want to take engagement to the next level? Maybe you're a multi-classing Wizard? This in-person workshop will discuss how several popular table-top RPGs (role-playing games) can be adapted for the university classroom and deepen the students' experience of your topic. Come prepared to test out a few and see how role immersion sparks learning and fun. Dice will be provided because that is how CTE rolls!
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; there is no virtual attendance option.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Third Thursday Art Night: Jeff Amberg
As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open The Nook, a new rotating art space, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. This month’s featured artist is Jeff Amberg.
Artist Bio:
I began this journey at age 12 with my first camera. At 19 the inspiration to concentrate on photographing people in candid situations became a life-long goal. At 29 my first job was at a small coastal resort town newspaper, The Island Packet in Hilton Head, South Carolina. There were influential people from many walks of life, there was sports, nature and wildlife, and most of all the freedom to roam and seek photographs of the indigenous people, their art and lifestyle, all contrasted by the expanding commercial growth and development of the island. My photography was awarded both state-wide and regionally during my years as a Photojournalist. In 1990 I decided to go out on my own, and during the following 29 years, skills were polished as I concentrated on the…
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Koger Center Upstairs Gallery.
University of South Carolina's Fall Literary Festival with Kaveh Akbar
Great writers, readers and friends will gather for two author visits in September for the University of South Carolina Fall Literary Festival.
Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Kaveh Akbar,
Reading/discussion, Q&A, book signing,
Kaveh Akbar is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel Martyr!—a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year—and two books of poetry: Pilgrim Bell and Calling a Wolf a Wolf. He is also editor of The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine and, with Paige Lewis, co-editor of Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance. His writing appears in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Paris Review, New Republic, GQ, The Atlantic, Best American Poetry, Best American Sportswriting, and elsewhere. Since 2020, he has served as poetry editor for The Nation. Born in Tehran, Iran, he is the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at the University of Iowa. His work has been translated into over thirty languages.
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
Hollings Special Collections Library Program Room.
How Do I Integrate AI Tools Into My Teaching?
Friday, September 19, 2025, 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM,
This session will cover the use of AI tools in teaching college-level courses. The session aims to provide an overview of integrating AI to enhance educational experiences. Topics include AI-generated presentations, in-class activities using ChatGPT and other AI tools, advanced search and summarization tools, and creative branding exercises with AI. This session is intended for educators interested in applying AI technology to improve teaching methodologies.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI - The Essentials - Building a Basic Toolbox
We began with ChatGPT as THE GenAI tool, and for many, that may still be the only GenAI product they have ever used. In the time since its inception, however, many other GenAI products and tools have been developed. As with most tools and technologies, rarely is there one that does everything we need or want. During this session, we will build a GenAI toolbox that will be useful in our academic and general endeavors. Using the research lifecycle as a functional guide, we will consider five essential areas and mention a tool or tools relevant to those areas:
General purpose GenAI chatbots
, GenAI search tools
, Citation-mapping GenAI tools
, Data analysis/visualization GenAI tools
, GenAI writing assistants
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We will also briefly mention non-text (image, video, sound) GenAI products.
Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14773511.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Where is the Boundary? Interacting with Students Appropriately and Professionally
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM,
A common concern of many new instructors and teaching assistants regards the level of appropriate interaction that is considered acceptable with respect to the instructor-student relationship (“boundary dilemmas” Aultman et al. 2009). Boundary dilemmas can arise in aspects of communication, power dynamics, physical contact, relationships, and others. How can these dilemmas arise, and what can you do to prevent or alleviate the situation? How do you maintain a professional boundary while still being viewed by your students as helpful and accessible? What is considered an inappropriate interaction? These questions and more will be discussed in this scenario-based workshop, in which participants will review situations and then discuss the appropriate professional responses to these scenarios.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Live Outside: John Hollier
Join us for the 2025 season of Koger Center Presents Live Outside! Now on Fridays at 5 p.m. we’ve got a great lineup of free entertainment to kick off your weekend on the Plaza Stage at the Koger Center.
Life leaves its imprint on us in the form of memories, scars and lessons. Like a well-trodden and trusted highway, Hollier proudly brandishes the wisdom and experience of a fascinating personal journey in his music. The Louisiana-born and Nashville-based singer, songwriter and guitarist shares honest stories over a backdrop of gruff heartland rock with a twist of country soul. He’s gone from accompanying multi-platinum stars such as Carly Pearce and Cassadee Pope to generating north of one million streams independently and packing houses as a solo artist. Now, he formally introduces himself on his self-titled 2022 full-length debut, Hollier.
Hailing from central Louisiana, Hollier absorbed a passion for music through his family. His uncle performed in a Cajun zydeco band, and his brothers picked up…
Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Koger Center Plaza Stage.
Live in the Lobby Jazz: Iliana Rose & Gino Castillo with Greenville Jazz Big Band
Created as a partnership between the Koger Center for the Arts and the ColaJazz Foundation, Live in the Lobby 2025 will consist of seven concerts held throughout the Koger Center facility. Join us to experience this one-of-a-kind series designed for audiences seeking premier jazz and specialty experiences in an exceptional setting.
Iliana Rose is a talented musician, film composer, arranger, musical director and band leader. Born in Miami and raised by Cuban parents and grandparents, she is steeped in Cuban rhythms and culture. Being a genuine prodigy, Rose started playing music at the age of four and after years of classical and jazz training graduated from the prestigious University of Miami as well as the National Piano Guild with performance degrees. Rose moved to Los Angeles where she was the musical director for many of the city's top bands spanning multiple genres. For several years, she was the musical director and keyboardist on the nationally syndicated television show Noches Con Platanito.
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Admission Cost: $30 - $37.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Upstairs Gallery.
Southern Exposure: Splinter Reeds
One of the world's leading reed quintets makes its South Carolina debut. Splinter Reeds is “a group who combine exceptional virtuosity with an adventurous spirit, and a collective approach grounded in shared perceptiveness.” (The Wire Magazine, 2024).
Patrons may reserve seats and support the Southeast’s most adventurous music series! A gift of $150 secures a seat for the entire 2025-26 season. To donate online, click here or contact Brad Martin at brad.martin@sc.edu, 803-777-0704.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Friday, September 19, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Imagine Carolina
Imagine Carolina Presidential Retreat
All students are encouraged to attend this year's retreat Sunday, Sept. 21 at Gateway 737. During this day-long event, you can share your experiences and your views on what you would do to improve the university.
Breakfast, lunch and special Imagine Carolina swag will be provided. Spots are limited.
Don't miss the chance to connect, collaborate and create the Carolina you imagine. Your voice matters.
9:30 AM until 4:00 PM, Idea Center at Gateway 737, 737 Gadsden St, Columbia, SC 29201,
REGISTER NOW.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM.
See event description for more details.
Arboretum Open House: Herpetology Survey Report and Walk
W. Gordon Belser Arboretum Monthly Open House,
Take a nature break and bring a friend to USC's wildlife preserve in the heart of Columbia. The open house is the third Sunday of every month with ecology-themed presentations from faculty and regional experts twice each semester. Nature walks will be every month.
Event details: Sept. 21, 4080 Bloomwood Rd,
Herpetology Survey Report & Walk
Have you noticed the wood boards on the ground here and there in the arboretum? Come find out what's behind those (underneath, actually) at our next Open House. USC Department of Biology undergraduates Luke Pinter and Amelia Predmore will present results from an on-going survey of reptiles and amphibians at the Arboretum. They will share results from visual encounter surveys and cover board surveys. After the talk, Luke and Amelia will each lead a nature walk to demonstrate their field methods. And hope to uncover some "herps"!
Weekly Hours: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursdays 4 - 6 p.m. (winter…
Admission Cost: Free.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Kulintang and Filipino Indigenous Dance Workshop
Ron and Lydia Querian of the House of Gongs will be giving a workshop on Kulintang, an Indigenous Filipino Percussion Instrument, as well as Indigenous Dance Movements. Through music and dance, they facilitate an understanding and appreciation of Filipino Indigenous Traditions. Their workshop is an immersive experience never encountered in South Carolina before. We hope this event helps to inspire, inform, entertain and foster friendships in our community.
Admission Cost: Free.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Koger Center Large Rehearsal Room 128.
Wind Ensemble: Rites and Renewal
Morihiko Nakahara, conductor,
Benjamin Pouncey, guest conductor,
The USC Wind Ensemble opens its season under the baton of internationally acclaimed conductor and Music Director of the South Carolina Philharmonic Morihiko Nakahara. Maestro Nakahara leads the ensemble in a diverse and thrilling program that concludes with Karel Husa’s powerful Music for Prague 1968, which memorializes the Soviet invasion of the Czech city. Doctoral conducting student Benjamin Pouncey will lead the ensemble in Re(new)al by Viet Cuong, a concerto for percussion quartet featuring USC School of Music students.
Program:
Schoenberg, Cool Cat, Miyoshi, Secret Rites, Cuong, Re(new)al, Higdon, Mysterium, Husa, Music for Prague 1968.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Sunday, September 21, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Koger Center Auditorium.
Entrepreneurship Internship Fair
This fair gives an opportunity for students to connect directly with local entrepreneurs and small business owners who are offering real-world internship for the fall and spring semesters. Whether you’re looking to gain hands-on experience, grow your network, or explore a career in startups and small business, this event is your gateway. Come prepared to engage, learn, and take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey!
Admission Cost: None.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Russell House Ballroom.
Strategies to Teach Toward Greater Equity
Monday, September 22, 2025, 10:50 AM - 11:40 AM,
How do we view our students? How can you harness their strengths and abilities to succeed? In this session, we will recognize how the lenses that we view students through form a hidden curriculum of expectations and how we can shift to leveraging the strengths of all students. We will apply strategies for creating more equitable teaching to enhance our teaching practices and empower students.
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, September 22, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Recovery Ally
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM,
Through Recovery Ally workshops, Gamecock Recovery strives to empower students, faculty and staff to make campus more supportive of students in recovery from substance use disorder. Learn to: confront myths and stigma about substance use disorder; use and model acts of allyship in everyday interactions; and identify, access, and direct people to recovery resources at USC.
The Recovery Ally workshop is presented in a flipped-classroom model that includes a self-paced video module as prework (estimated 20 minutes) and an in-person session. Please review the recorded content prior to your workshop session.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Mutual Expectations Discussion: Why Beyond the Classroom Experiences at USC Matter
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM,
Join us for a Mutual Expectations Discussion on exploring the topic “Experiential Learning at Carolina” in our September session. This discussion will explore what participants think about how to intentionally find the bridge between academic studies and activities beyond the classroom. What exactly is experiential learning and what can it look like for you? How can a faculty member help you find these connections? Join this fun discussion with fellow students and faculty! Free lunch is provided and RSVP required! Sponsored by the Carolina Experience, the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning.
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations.
Russell House, Room 322, 1400 Greene Street,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Gilman Scholarship Workshop
Learn how to apply for the Gilman Scholarship – which provides up to $5,000 for Pell Grant recipients to study abroad on credit-bearing programs of any length. Get your questions answered and get started on your application with the national fellowships team.
Event located at Ed Abroad in Close-Hipp 452.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Donuts with the Dean of Students
Donuts with the Dean of Students are an informal way to connect with the Office of the Dean of Students. Stop by our table in the Russell House University Union for a chat and snack with the DoS staff or just grab a free donut. We want to hear your voice as your Gamecock experience is important to us.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
RHUU Russell House 2nd Floor Lobby Space 01, RHUU Russell House 2nd Floor Lobby Space 02.
Creating a Website for Your Research
Technology has allowed for scholarship to be created and shared in new and exciting ways. Consider a whole new audience for your research. In this workshop, you’ll learn the possibilities when you decide to share your research online. We will discuss possible web hosting options and tools that can help bring your research to life on the web.
Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14857375.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM.
See event description for more details.
Resilience in the Classroom
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM,
The Resilience in the Classroom training is a 50-minute training that focuses on three major components of resilience:
Self-compassion
, Dealing with failure, and coping skills, and
, How to incorporate these components into the classroom.
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Resilience is associated with academic success and psychological well-being. This session will help instructors identify how they can strengthen students' resilience and help them adapt to change and hardships by integrating these core competencies into their curriculum.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM.
See event description for more details.
Try the Tools: Visual AI and Image Creation
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM,
Want to try new tech but just don't have the time to research the latest tools? This session is all about Visual AI. From creating great prompts to thinking about copyright, this will be an informative session. Come out of curiosity and leave with new ideas and lesson plan ideas for adding innovation to your course. Have a special request? Email Kristin Harrell for more information: kharrell@sc.edu. We're excited to help!
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, log-in at Try the Tools: Visual AI and Image Creation. (Zoom Session).
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
Mark Morrow: "Photographing Southern Writers"
USC's Spring Writers Series was an event organized in 1979 by writer-in-residence William Price Fox and George Geckle, the USC English chairperson at the time. The series that ran through 1984, featuring more than 37 world-renowned novelists, poets, playwrights, literary critics and essayists who participated in public readings, met with students and recorded one-on-one interviews that were broadcast on SCETV, Columbia’s local public television station.
Mark Morrow became the official photographer for the USC Spring Writers Series, photographing a good portion of these writers for the English Department. This exhibition displays, for the first time, these photographs integrated in chronological order with the portraits Morrow took concurrently of Southern writers for his Images of the Southern Writer book.
While working on the Southern Writers project, Morrow photographed many of the authors who participated in the USC Spring Writers Series and these portraits are part of this exhibition. Most have…
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Koger Center Upstairs Gallery.
The Side Deck Gaming Cafe Table
, The Side Deck Gaming Cafe We buy and sell Yugioh, Pokemon, and Magic trading cards, playmats, and gaming accessories, in our unique Gaming Cafe.
5060 Sunset Blvd, Lexington, SC 29072
info@thesidedeck.com, 803-520-7414 Join us at The Russell House Today.
Admission Cost: 0.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Davis Field I - RHUU Side Space 3.
Zoom With Your Students!
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM,
This comprehensive training session is designed to help educators effectively use Zoom and Blackboard together to enhance their online teaching experience. Whether you are new to Zoom or looking to optimize your use of these tools, this training covers everything you need to know. Participants will learn how to set up and use Zoom and its features right from their Blackboard course; how to schedule and manage Zoom meetings; how to manage recordings after your Zoom sessions, and more!
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
See event description for more details.
Introduction to Integrative and Experiential Learning
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM,
During their time at USC, our undergraduate students enroll in courses, participate in cocurricular engagements, hold down jobs while preparing themselves for their future careers, engage with the community, and manage their own personal challenges (AAC&U/Carnegie Foundation, 2004), but how do they make sense of these varied experiences and realize how they all interconnect? Integrative learning provides students with strategies to make connections between these within and beyond the classroom activities to help them apply their skills to new and complex problems and challenges. This presentation explores teaching strategies and philosophies that encourage students to engage in activities beyond the classroom and then have students relate those experiences to their courses and curriculum. We will review current research and practices on integrative and experiential learning and how the Center for Integrative and Experiential Learning supports IL and EL,…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Introduction to Python Using Anaconda
This workshop will introduce users to the Python programming language. Python is an easy-to-learn, extensible, high-level programming language which has the simplicity and readability of its code as its core design principles. As a result, Python is one of the most widely used programming languages for scientific data processing and many other applications. Python libraries and applications are available for a wide range of applications, including natural language processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.
Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14882593.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
See event description for more details.
Research Data Management Basics
Good data management practices can help ensure that your research data are findable, accessible, and re-usable long-term. In this session, learn useful tips to help you manage your data. Topics include best practices for file management, documentation, storage, preservation, and more. Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14830819.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI (GenAI) CoP: Generative AI in Higher Education
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM,
The Generative Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice (GenAI CoP) at the University of South Carolina is a collaborative initiative designed to explore and discuss the implications of GenAI in higher education. This community brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students to share insights, strategies, and experiences related to the integration of GenAI across administration, research, teaching, and learning.
This is an virtual only meeting; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the meeting, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
USC Symphony Orchestra: Florence Price & Dvorák
USC Symphony Orchestra with Scott Weiss, Music Director and Conductor, presents “Florence Price & Dvorák,” featuring violinist Melissa White. The program includes Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Dvorák - Symphony No. 8.
Conductor Scott Weiss will lead a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m. Koger Center for the Arts Grand Tier.
Tickets are available in-person at Koger Center Box Office (803-251-2222, Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or online at KogerCenterForTheArts.com.
Admission Cost: General public - $30
Seniors/military / USC faculty and staff - $25
Children under 18 and non-USC students with ID - $8
USC Students - free with student ID.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Koger Center for the Arts.
Applying the Principles of Active Learning to Your Course
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM,
Active learning is a student-centered approach in which pre-planned activities are used to engage the student as an active participant in their learning. Techniques such as think-pair-share, one-minute paper, concept mapping, and others have been shown to improve student learning, retention of material, and enhance student engagement and success (Freeman et al 2014, Eddy & Hogan 2017). However, active learning strategies can be difficult for instructors to implement because they require preparation and skills in guiding and moderating the activity. This workshop examines the three key student learning benchmarks integrated into active learning techniques and outlines the planning system necessary to incorporate such activities. Numerous examples from the facilitator’s own teaching will be provided to illustrate these, and attendees will participate in several active learning techniques applicable to a wide range of classroom settings. You will learn helpful…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Thesis and Dissertation Workshop (In Person)
This semester, graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend at least one workshop. Register today for an in-person workshop in which you will learn the required policies and procedures relating to your thesis or dissertation. This workshop will also discuss the upcoming federal requirements for digital accessibility and how they pertain to your thesis or dissertation.
Register HERE for a workshop.
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Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Close-Hipp 363.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Friday, September 26, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Capstone Scholars: Prague Maymester Info Session
The Capstone Scholars Program is leading two Maymester programs in 2026. We are hosting an information session for our Prague Maymester for students to learn more about the application process, timeline, and itinerary.
Admission Cost: 0.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Russell House University Union 303.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, September 29, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Understanding Today’s Students
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM,
This interactive session will explore the needs, demographics, and attitudes of today’s first-year students, both nationally and locally. Through a facilitated discussion and game show format, participants will learn more about the realities and needs of students entering college in 2025.
This workshop is a required session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Fix Your Content: Universal Design as an Empowerment Tool
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM,
In this workshop, you will learn how to enhance your courses in Blackboard's Ultra Course View. This session will guide you through setting accommodations for students, making your content more accessible, and applying universal design best practices. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be equipped with practical strategies to create a more inclusive and effective learning environment for all students. Don't miss this opportunity to make your courses better for everyone!
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, log-in at Fix Your Content: Universal Design as an Empowerment Tool. This is a Microsoft Teams Session.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Tinkering with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Are you curious about the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence to transform teaching and learning? In this webinar, we will explore the world of Generative AI, a powerful technology that can generate text, translate languages, write different creative content, and answer your questions with human-like responses. With prompt writing, the art of crafting effective instructions for Generative AI, you will discover how to write prompts that produce meaningful responses.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Define and explain Generative Artificial Intelligence and prompt writing.
, Explore four popular large language models, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot
, Identify the various ways Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning.
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This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence digital badge.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Introduction to MATLAB
MATLAB is a feature-rich programming language for scientific and numerical data processing for which USC has a university-wide site license. MATLAB also has many application toolkits available for use in diverse fields of research. This workshop will introduce users to the MATLAB programming language, with a focus on reading spreadsheet data into MATLAB, processing the data using matrix operations, writing the processed data to a spreadsheet, and visualizing the data. A MATLAB license and an installed version of MATLAB are recommended but not required to attend this workshop.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14720362.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 2:50 PM – 4:05 PM.
See event description for more details.
Today’s Decisions for Tomorrow’s Schools': 70th Anniversary of Chester Travelstead’s Speech on Desegregation of S.C.
“Today’s Decisions for Tomorrow’s Schools”
70th Anniversary of Chester Travelstead’s speech on desegregation of South Carolina Schools
Chester Travelstead, former College of Education dean at USC, gave a speech in 1955 in which he advocated for compliance with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Please join us for a reading of his speech followed by a panel discussion by College of Education faculty member Danielle Cook Sumpter that will include founder of the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum Cecil Williams and Derek Black, professor of law at USC.
When: Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.
Where: Museum of Education, Wardlaw College
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Research Data Management Basics
Good data management practices can help ensure that your research data are findable, accessible, and re-usable long-term. In this session, learn useful tips to help you manage your data. Topics include best practices for file management, documentation, storage, preservation, and more. Register online at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14830822.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
SRNL Day at USC
SRNL Day at USC is a student-focused event connecting University of South Carolina students with scientists, internship program leaders and recruiters from the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). Hosted by the USC National Laboratory Office (NLO), this one-day experience provides a deep dive into research, internship pathways and career opportunities in national laboratories.
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Russell House Ballroom.
Virtual Environments Community of Practice (VECoP)
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM,
The Virtual Environments Community of Practice is planning ways to integrate virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality into teaching and learning environments at USC. Meetings are open to faculty, staff and students.
This is an online only meeting; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the meeting, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Create and Manage Your Video Content with Panopto
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM,
Panopto is an all-in-one video management platform built into Blackboard Learn. In this session, attendees will learn how to create and manage video learning content in Panopto that can be easily integrated into Blackboard courses.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
From Theory to Action: Applying Constructivism and Connectivism to Your Teaching
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
How do you conceptualize learning? How do you guide your students toward integrating new knowledge and skills into their existing ideas and abilities? In this session, you will review key principles of cognitive constructivism, social constructivism, and connectivism and strategies to apply them to our teaching to enhance student learning. You will then reflect on how these strategies could affect your students’ learning experience and how you might apply them to your own teaching practices.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Journey Grant for Early Researchers Workshop
This workshop is for students interested in the Journey Grant for Early Researchers. For additional information and to register, please visit: https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/undergraduate_research/funding_opportunities/our_funding/early-researchers/index.php.
Admission Cost: $0.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM.
Petigru College 212.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
A Night In Nashville Season Finale
A Night in Nashville with SJ McDonald, Regan Stewart, MackMartin, Joe Major, and Blake Weinbach
A Night in Nashville – An Intimate Songwriter Experience,
Step into the heart of Music City without ever leaving town. A Night in Nashville brings the soul-stirring magic of the legendary Bluebird Cafe straight to Columbia.
Join us for a one-of-a-kind songwriter showcase where the stories behind the songs take center stage. Featuring a lineup of Nashville’s top rising artists and songwriters, this intimate, acoustic-style performance reveals the true power of music.
Whether you’re a country music fan or simply love a great story well told, A Night in Nashville delivers an authentic taste of southern charm, heartfelt lyrics, and world-class talent — all in a cozy setting that makes you feel like you’re sitting front row in the heart of Nashville.
Don’t miss this night of music, stories and unforgettable moments.
VIP Ticket – $38,
The ULTIMATE Nashville experience! Arrive early for an exclusive…
Admission Cost: $35 - $50.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Upstairs Gallery.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Best Practices for Grading Objectively & Efficiently
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM,
The responsibilities of all educators typically include grading student work. Yet ensuring that grading is both objective and efficient involves specific strategies and reflection on important considerations in advance, including aspects of which one may not be aware. Educators at any level need to define what their “grading philosophy” is for the course, and use practices, strategies, and techniques best suited for the specifics of the course and the purpose of the assessment itself. Grading should be viewed and valued as a method for providing constructive feedback to students, with feedback types differing depending on the assessment type. How to develop your grading philosophy, incorporate relevant techniques while grading different types of assessment styles, and provide effective feedback will be discussed in this workshop.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
See event description for more details.
Accessible Learning Experiences: Practical Guidance for Inclusive Course Content
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Are you equipped to provide accessible content that meets the needs of all your students? Come prepared - with your laptop (if possible) - to gain hands-on experience of applying digital accessibility best practices during this session.
This workshop will provide guidance for applying accessibility practices to your documents appropriately and how to prevent potential barriers people experience due to disabilities. An overview of disabilities and the challenges they cause will be provided including types of assistive technologies (AT) that help alleviate those challenges.
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be touched on related to its part in developing accessible content. Integrated automated accessibility checkers of Microsoft and Blackboard platforms will also be covered. These automated tools can identify accessibility issues and provide guidance to resolve them.
Attend with curiosity to help lead toward innovative and inclusive content design…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Text Analysis for Beginners
Do you have a textual data for qualitative analysis! This session is perfect for anyone looking to transform unstructured text data into meaningful insights.
Key topics include:
Introduction to text analysis: What is it and why it matters?
, Reading and preprocessing text: Cleaning and preparing data for analysis.
, Extracting insights like word frequency and word count.
, Tools and techniques: Overview of Python libraries (e.g. NLTK) and other user-friendly platforms
, Hands-on work with real text and python notebook
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By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a foundational understanding of text mining concepts and practical experience working with basic tools and techniques. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or professional, this workshop will equip you with the skills to start your text analysis journey!
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14866294.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM.
See event description for more details.
University of South Carolina Trivia Night
Think you know the most about USC?
Want to hold that knowledge over your friend's heads? Prove it!
Join us at the South Caroliniana Library for USC trivia. All of the questions will be based off of our own University Archivist’s trivia book!
Enjoy some free food while you and your team answer some questions all about USC. Oh, and did we mention it’s totally free?
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Extracting Data From Websites Using APIs
Unlock the power of APIs to efficiently extract and utilize data from websites! This hands-on workshop is designed for beginners and intermediate learners who want to gain practical skills in API integration. Participants will learn the fundamentals of APIs, how to access and interpret API documentation, and techniques for extracting structured data for analysis. We will cover the following topics:
What is an API and its role in data extraction?
, How to make requests and handle responses?
, What are API keys ?
, How to parse the JSON and other data formats?
, New York Times API example for extracting data
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By the end of this workshop, you’ll have the basic understanding of APIs for tasks like gathering data for research and analysis.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14950450.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 10:10 AM – 11:10 AM.
See event description for more details.
Climbing the Mountain: Guiding Students to Reflect on Research
Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM,
Ever wonder what students are truly learning through their research experience? Want to help guide them in that process of self-reflection? Undergraduate research is a well-established high-impact educational practice, and the more that students reflect on the experience, the more impactful it will be. In this roundtable session, we will focus on how research advisors can support student reflection at appropriate and meaningful points in their students' experience. It will introduce the three domains of learning and their application to student reflection at each stage of the Seven Ps of Research. Using these tools, participants will reflect-in-action to develop tangible ideas for promoting a unique and personalized learning experience for each student.
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Live Outside: J Roddy Walston & The Automatic Band
Join us for the 2025 season of Koger Center Presents Live Outside! Now on Fridays at 5 p.m. we’ve got a great lineup of free entertainment to kick off your weekend on the Plaza Stage at the Koger Center.
There will be an opening number featuring the Music Industry Studies Commercial Music Ensemble.
J.Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like “Heavy Bells” are a war cry, then the deep cuts like “Boys Can Never Tell” are a tactical cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transformative in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that’s been buried too long.
It’s not about thinking; it’s about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradictions: Kurt Cobain’s fury, Nilsson’s fractured sweetness, Zeppelin’s power, and somewhere in there a nod to William Obyeabor’s lonely calculator funk. Critics try to box him in, but Walston can’t be contained–he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his…
Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Koger Center Plaza Stage.
Columbia Classical Ballet: Once Upon an Evening
Witness the timeless magic of storytelling as ballet brings two of the world’s most beloved fairy tales to life: Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella!
Educational outreach performances are also available to purchase tickets for. Visit Columbia Classical Ballet’s website for more information; the outreach tickets are sold through the ballet, not the Koger Center.
Purchase Tickets at,
https://secure.kogercenterforthearts.com/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=C251709E-82E0-4A0C-BFEC-40F1FB1E4DB6.
Admission Cost: $20 - $42.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Auditorium.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Friday, October 3, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Piazzolla 100: El Nuevo Tango
Leonardo Suarez-Paz, a many-time Latin Grammy Award nominee and multifaceted “virtuoso extraordinaire” (Wynton Marsalis), shares his vision of tango by breathing new life into the stories he experienced while growing up alongside his mentors who revolutionized 21st-century music—the Argentine-born and New York-raised composer Astor Piazzolla and his lyricist, Horacio Ferrer.
Following in the footsteps of his mentors, Suarez-Paz demonstrates tango as an evolving, daring, artistically complex and emotionally moving art form with a groundbreaking new style of music and dance, “superb,” “harmonically sophisticated arrangements” (Gramophone, UK) and multimedia. The stories transcend cultural boundaries and beckon to embark on an immersive, emotional journey through the struggles and triumphs of life and art. Suarez-Paz delivers another “magnificent performance” (All About Jazz) along with a 16-member cast featuring Nuevo Tango Ensemble with Grammy-winning soloists, Nuevo Tango Ballet, stunning visual art…
Admission Cost: $35 - $50.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Auditorium.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
The Seeing Place
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September 26 - October 5, 2025, The Seeing Place, by Lauren Wilson, Directed by Marybeth Gorman Craig and Lauren Wilson, Longstreet Theatre
This new play by USC Theatre Assistant Professor Lauren Wilson is a ghost story inspired by the “haunted" reputation of our most notable performance venue. In the face of budget cuts and theatre closures, directing student Sam and their cast sneak into a long-abandoned Longstreet Theatre to stage a renegade production of Hamlet. The play imagines Longstreet, an 1855 building once used as Civil War hospital and morgue, in an advanced state of disrepair, having been closed for a decade for safety reasons. Undaunted by the theater’s flickering lights and creeping mold, director and cast throw themselves into the project – that is, until spirits of the building’s past begin to stir. By turns funny, frightening, and poignant, The Seeing Place is a theatrical homage to the theatre and its artists, who carry compassion forward like a flickering spark through a world…
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Symphonic Winds: Catalyst
Jay Jacobs, Conductor, Brenna Curtis, Guest Conductor,
Dooley, Boom Goes the Dynamite,
Oquin, A Solemn Place,
Hanson, Chorale and Alleluia, Brenna Curtis, conductor,
Frantzen, Catalyst Symphony.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Koger Center for the Arts.
USCDM Push Day
USCDM Push Day.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
RHUU Greene Street.
Data Visualization - The Essentials - History, Concepts, and Principles
Most of us live in a visual world. As technologies have developed, more of our world has become more visual. This is no less true in our learning, teaching, and research world as it is in our personal living world. Data visualization, the use of charts, graphs, plots, maps, etc. to explain and explore data, has now become an essential literacy as well as an expected application skill in growing areas of academia and work. This learning session provides a foundation for developing a fundamental understanding of data visualization. We will discuss five essentials:
What data visualization is and why it's important
, Where data visualization came from and how continues to evolve
, Some of the science explaining why and how data visualization works
, Foundational principles that help to define effective and ineffective data visualizations
, Crucial ethical and accessibility issues related to data visualization use
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Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14770898.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:50 AM.
See event description for more details.
What's New in Blackboard Learn
Monday, October 6, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM,
Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View (UCV) is the newest version of the Blackboard Learning Management System. With new improvements being made monthly to Ultra Course View there are exciting changes which instructors may not have seen. This is a short presentation about the most recent updates that have occurred in Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View and will include information on how to stay up to date on future improvements.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Career Champions Level 1: Career/Major Outcomes
Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM,
The Career Champions training educates and empowers campus faculty and staff on best practices to have career conversations with students. Career Champions Module 1 serves as a foundation, reviewing career development, our roles in a career ecosystem, and resources.
The learning outcomes for Level 1 are as follows:
Gain a basic knowledge of the career development theories, career decision making process and employability.
, Gain a foundation of basic helping skills to best assist students with career planning
, Learn how to assist students with goal setting regarding their career development
, Learn how to make an effective referral to the Career Center
, Learn the professional and ethical guidelines as outlined through the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE)
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This workshop is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.
Career Center Classroom, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Explorance Blue Compiler Meeting
Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM,
This session is designed for course survey compilers to discuss reporting needs for the upcoming cycle in a collaborative group setting. We’ll review available report formats, address common data requests, and provide guidance to ensure you have the tools and information needed to support your departments effectively.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
2025 Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies in the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to welcome Shannon C. Eaves for the 2025 Adrenée Glover Freeman lecture. Please register here: bit.ly/2025Freeman
Eaves is an Associate Professor of African American History at the College of Charleston specializing in slavery and gender in the antebellum American South. Eaves is the author of Sexual Violence and American Slavery: The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South and has held postdoctoral research fellowships from Rutgers University and the American Association of University Women. The lecture, “Sexual Violence and American Slavery: A Local Examination of the South’s Rape Culture" will be held at 1705 College Street, Columbia, SC in the Close-Hipp Eastview Room (8th floor) on Oct. 7th from 6-7:30 p.m.
Drawing from her recently published book, Sexual Violence and American Slavery: The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South, Eaves will explore how South Carolina…
Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM.
Close Hipp 841 Eastview.
Staying Scholarly: Navigating Predatory Publishing, Citation Manipulation, and Research Fraud
It’s essential to know how to identify and avoid bad research and publishing practices. This virtual workshop equips attendees with the tools to recognize and steer clear of predatory publishers and conferences, understand how citation manipulation (including citation cartels and inflated profiles on platforms like Google Scholar) can distort scholarly impact, and spot warning signs of fraudulent research. Through real-world examples and practical strategies, participants will learn how to safeguard their scholarly integrity and make informed decisions about where and how they publish and present their work.
Register online.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
See event description for more details.
Become an AI Champion in Blackboard!
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM,
Discover how to harness Blackboard Ultra’s built-in AI tools to save time, spark creativity, and enhance student engagement. This hands-on workshop will introduce powerful features like the AI Design Assistant, AI Test Generator, and AI-powered Rubric Generator. We’ll provide a live demo and plenty of time for questions, so you can explore how to confidently integrate AI into your own courses. Join us and take the first step toward becoming an AI-savvy educator!
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Creating Engaging Content Using Generative Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Enhance your teaching approach with innovative content creation and course design. This webinar offers educators practical insights into using Generative Artificial Intelligence to develop lectures, instructional materials, and course structures tailored to the needs of 21st-century learners. From reimagining traditional content delivery methods to incorporating creativity and interactivity into materials and course frameworks, participants will explore innovative approaches that utilize the power of Generative AI. Discover how Generative AI can enhance engagement, foster deeper understanding, and inspire interest in your students.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Apply prompt writing in the context of course content and course design.
, Utilize Generative AI tools to generate dynamic and interactive course content.
, Create effective and meaningful learning experiences that facilitate student success.
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This is a required…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Explore Creating a Website for Your Research
Technology has allowed for scholarship to be created and shared in new and exciting ways. Consider a whole new audience for your research. In this workshop, you’ll learn the possibilities when you decide to share your research online. We will discuss possible web hosting options and tools that can help bring your research to life on the web.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14857540.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Addressing Common Violations
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 10:50 AM - 11:40 AM,
In this session we will discuss the academic misconduct trends we are seeing online and in person with our students. Additionally, we will discuss how to identify and address these common violations while maintaining a productive instructor/student relationship.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Fostering Proactive Learning Environments.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Explore Creating a Website for Your Research
Technology has allowed for scholarship to be created and shared in new and exciting ways. Consider a whole new audience for your research. In this workshop, you’ll learn the possibilities when you decide to share your research online. We will discuss possible web hosting options and tools that can help bring your research to life on the web.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14857686.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Silent Book Club at Thomas Cooper Library
Love reading and talking about books? Come join us! Select a book from our browsing collection or bring your own. We'll read in silence, then end with optional discussion time. Like the book you started? Check it out and take it with you!
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Data Visualization - The Essentials - Application Principles and Processes
Data visualization literacy is already an essential knowledge requirement for our academic environment as well as generally. Data visualization application knowledge and skills are becoming increasingly valuable and even required in more and more of the academic and work world. To create and use data visualizations in our academic and work worlds we first must answer a couple of questions. We then need some basic understanding of how the predominant data visualization tools function. In this learning session we will consider and discuss five essentials for applying data visualization:
How do we determine the appropriate data visualization type(s) to use?
, How do we decide which data visualization tool or product to use?
, How do the three predominant data visualization tools (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau) compare in terms of usage?
, Why, when, and how might we use programming languages such as R and Python for creating data visualizations?
, How might we use tools such as ArcGIS and…
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Journey Grant for Early Researchers Workshop
This workshop is for students interested in the Journey Grant for Early Researchers. For additional information and to register, please visit: https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/undergraduate_research/funding_opportunities/our_funding/early-researchers/index.php.
Admission Cost: $0.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM.
Petigru College 212.
Universal Design for Learning CoP
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) community of practice provides an intentional space for discussion regarding accessibility in teaching and learning at the university. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
The Good, the Bad & the Naked of USC History: Historic Horseshoe History Tour
Have you ever been strolling along the Historic Horseshoe bricks and found yourself wondering about the history of Carolina and its traditions? Well, you're in luck! Meet University Archivist Elizabeth West in front of the Caroliniana for a Horseshoe history tour. Learn the origins of the Tiger Burn and what national record Gamecock students set in 1974! Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 9, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street.
Koger Center presents Live Outside! The Ramblers, with opening act: The Cahn Brothers
Join us for the 2025 season of Koger Center Presents Live Outside! Now on Friday evenings at 5 p.m. we’ve got a great lineup of free entertainment to kick off your weekend on the Plaza Stage at the Koger Center.
In the case of inclement weather, the concert will take place on the Koger Center Grand Tier Lobby.
Hailing from the heart of Columbia, South Carolina, The Ramblers are a powerhouse Southern Country Rock band born from the collaboration of seasoned musicians. Think the storytelling of Tyler Childers, the grit of Jason Isbell, the anthemic punch of Kings of Leon, and the timeless soul of The Allman Brothers—all woven into something uniquely their own. With a rapidly rising profile and undeniable chemistry, The Ramblers are on a fast track to becoming a staple of the Southern rock revival.
The opening act of the evening is by The Cahn Brothers.
Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, October 10, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Koger Center Plaza Stage.
Desi Banks: The Elevation Tour
Desi Banks is the ultimate triple threat – actor, stand-up comedian and entrepreneur -- who’s taking the entertainment world by storm. Having built a strong social media influence, he’s amassed an immense following of over 19 million fans across various platforms and is swiftly becoming a household name known for his razor-sharp wit and hilarious comedic timing. As an executive, he’s the CEO and founder of Desi Banks Productions.
His organic rise as a stand-up comedian is unparalleled as he quickly climbed the ranks and cemented his status as a tour de force in just a few short years. With the highly popular ‘The Purpose Chaser Tour’ concluding in 2024, Desi is currently on his all-new ‘The Elevation Tour’ in 2025 this fall.
Must be 18+ to attend this performance.
Admission Cost: $41 - $150.
Saturday, October 11, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Auditorium.
Fanfiction: Combining Creativity and Disciplinary Identity in the Classroom
Monday, October 13, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
Fanfiction, although often reserved for extracurricular spaces, allows writers to create new identities, narratives, and meanings by repurposing stories, themes, and characters. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to fanfiction as a meaning-making tool and engage with strategies that encourage learners to take ownership of their learning through storytelling. Leveraging fanfiction in the classroom can encourage students to internalize course information through reflection and increase the relevancy of course concepts to their lived experiences.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI - The Essentials - GenAI is Different!
Although it has only been three years since the introduction of ChatGPT, most of us have heard more than a little about artificial intelligence (AI) and more specifically generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). It seems everything in our current world has some connection to AI and/or GenAI. At the same time, there is still a great deal of misunderstanding about GenAI; what it is, how it works, if we should use it, how we can use it effectively, etc. This session will discuss five essentials regarding GenAI:
GenAI is fundamentally different than traditional information and information search systems with which we are familiar
, Our interactions with GenAI need to be different than our interactions with traditional information systems in order to be effective
, Our uses and expectations of GenAI systems and tools need to be different than how we have used and what we have expected from our traditional systems
, We are still in the early stages of development, evolution, application, and adoption of…
Monday, October 13, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, October 13, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Thesis and Dissertation Workshop (In Person)
This semester, graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend at least one workshop. Register today for an in-person workshop in which you will learn the required policies and procedures relating to your thesis or dissertation. This workshop will also discuss the upcoming federal requirements for digital accessibility and how they pertain to your thesis or dissertation.
Register HERE for a workshop.
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Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
Russell House University Union 303.
Entering Mentoring: Promoting Professional Development
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
A key goal of mentoring is to help mentees identify and achieve both academic and professional objectives. While learning to conduct disciplinary research is an important academic outcome in research mentoring, there are many other factors that will shape a mentee’s future career. Mentors should intentionally support their mentees in achieving these broader outcomes as well.
This is an elective session for the Entering Mentoring certificate of completion.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View 101
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM,
This workshop familiarizes attendees with Blackboard Learn’s Ultra Course View. eLearning Services will demonstrate how instructors can navigate a UCV course, communicate with students, add content, find and utilize Blackboard tools, and grade assignments.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Research Ethics and the Bigger Picture
The Office of Undergraduate Research is honored to welcome Dr. Jordan Lewis, assistant research professor in USC's Department of Biological Sciences, for a professional development workshop on Research Ethics and the Bigger Picture. This workshop will provide a crash course in research ethics and give students a working understanding of how to think critically about ethical dilemmas in research. The interactive workshop will include case studies based on real-world scenarios. The workshop is designed for undergraduate students who are engaged in or interested in research.
Admission Cost: 0.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 2:50 PM – 4:05 PM.
School of Journalism & Mass Communications 106.
Generative AI - The Essentials - Conversations with GenAI
While we don't want to anthropomorphize GenAI any more than it already is, there is something to be said for communicating with GenAI tools in a more human conversational manner. After all, conversational AI is a key component in most GenAI tools and the way they are designed to work is based on machine learning and machine communication being more like how we believe humans learn and communicate. Just as there are skills and techniques one can learn to communicate more effectively with our fellow humans, there are also skills and techniques one can learn and apply to communicating and conversing with GenAI tools. The popular technical term for this is prompt engineering. During this session we will consider five essentials related to communicating effectively with GenAI tools:
GenAI tools are designed to use conversational AI to both understand our inquiries and respond in an understandable manner
, There is both a skill and an art to effectively communicating with GenAI tools
, GenAI tools are…
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
USC All Majors Career & Internship Fair (Day 1)
All Majors Career & Internship Fair,
Day 1: Wednesday, October 15, 2025: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Day 2: Thursday, October 16, 2025: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Russell House University Union Ballroom, Columbia SC 29201,
The USC Career Center invites you to the Fall 2025 All Majors Career & Internship Fair!
Recruiters from a broad range of industries and graduate institutions will attend this event to showcase their full-time roles, internship opportunities, and graduate/professional school programs.
Pre-Registration through your Handshake account is encouraged, but not required, to attend our in-person career fairs. This event is open to USC students and alumni only.
Dress: Attire is flexible for this fair. While business/professional is encouraged, students can also attend in casual class clothes. Employers have been notified that they should expect a range of clothing from casual to professional as students come by between classes. Please visit the Gamecock CommUnity Shop if you are looking for…
Admission Cost: FREE.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Journey Grant for Early Researchers Workshop
This workshop is for students interested in the Journey Grant for Early Researchers. For additional information and to register, please visit: https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/undergraduate_research/funding_opportunities/our_funding/early-researchers/index.php.
Admission Cost: $0.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM.
Petigru College 212.
Just-in-Time Blackboard Data Analysis and Course Improvement
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
In this second of three webinars about Blackboard analytics, explore opportunities for making just-in-time course improvements and giving students support during the semester. Blackboard provides a number of options for collecting and understanding student data to make just-in-time adjustments to meet students' needs. In this session, participants will become familiar with the types of reports and tools in Blackboard to support student success in addition to how to leverage those reports and tools during the semester.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Book talk with Manisha Sinha
Join the South Caroliniana Library and the History Center for a book talk with Manisha Sinha, the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Sinha will be speaking on her latest book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920. Books will be available for purchase. A book signing and reception will follow the talk. This even is co-sponsored by the History Center at USC.
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
Koger Center Presents MOMIX: Alice
Travel down the rabbit hole MOMIX-style with Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland. As Alice’s body grows and shrinks and grows again, Pendleton’s dancers extend themselves by means of props, ropes and other dancers.
A magical journey inspired by a classic. Under the visionary direction of Moses Pendleton, MOMIX is celebrated for its exceptional inventiveness and breathtaking physical beauty. For over 40 years, MOMIX has captivated audiences worldwide by transforming the human body with clever use of light, shadow, and props.
Their newest creation, Alice, draws inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s beloved classic, Alice in Wonderland. Prepare to be enchanted as MOMIX seamlessly blends illusion, acrobatics, magic, and whimsy to bring Alice’s fantastical journey to life. Watch as dancers embody Alice’s changing size, extending their forms with props, ropes, and the help of other performers.
Moses Pendleton shared his artistic approach, stating, “I don’t intend to retell…
Admission Cost: $45 - $72.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Koger Center Auditorium.
USC All Majors Career & Internship Fair (Day 2)
All Majors Career & Internship Fair,
Day 1: Wednesday, October 15, 2025: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Day 2: Thursday, October 16, 2025: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Russell House University Union Ballroom, Columbia SC 29201,
The USC Career Center invites you to the Fall 2025 All Majors Career & Internship Fair!
Recruiters from a broad range of industries and graduate institutions will attend this event to showcase their full-time roles, internship opportunities, and graduate/professional school programs.
Pre-Registration through your Handshake account is encouraged, but not required, to attend our in-person career fairs. This event is open to USC students and alumni only.
Dress: Attire is flexible for this fair. While business/professional is encouraged, students can also attend in casual class clothes. Employers have been notified that they should expect a range of clothing from casual to professional as students come by between classes. Please visit the Gamecock CommUnity Shop if you are looking for…
Admission Cost: FREE.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Introduction to R Using RStudio
This workshop will introduce users to the R programming language using RStudio. R is an easy-to-learn programming language often used for scientific and statistical data processing. RStudio is an integrated development environment for and graphical user interface to the R language which greatly simplifies programming in R. Together they combine to provide a free and convenient programming platform for data analysis and visualization.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14882707.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
See event description for more details.
Balancing the Multiple Roles of Graduate Students
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM,
Graduate students must handle a myriad of responsibilities during the span of their graduate studies (e.g. teaching, research, coursework, etc.). Meeting the high expectations of these academic demands is challenging at best, and for many, stressful, overwhelming, and guilt-inducing due to the competing demands of their professional and personal life. How to balance and find time for each of these facets is not a skill that graduate students automatically know! Learning how to realistically define both short-term tasks and long-term goals and how to prioritize are key to beginning to find your balance. This workshop will help you learn to recognize different levels of stressors in your life by interactively applying the Covey Time Management Matrix and other reflective-thinking tools to your own situation. Advice for managing your workload, prioritizing your responsibilities, and identifying personal traits and time-sinks that may be contributing to… .
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
See event description for more details.
Small Changes, High Impact: Practices to Support Integrative Learning
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM,
Utilizing integrative learning principles, the presenters will share examples of how high impact practice (HIP) characteristics are incorporated across different disciplines and identify classroom assessment techniques (CATs) that can be applied across a variety of academic settings. Participants will have opportunities to share examples of reflection and integrative learning principles in the design of assignments and appropriate assessment methods for their classroom.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
The Business of Publishing
Critical professional and life decisions on the part of early-career scholars occur within the economy of higher education. Academic publishers (of both books and journals) are a part of that economy and, as gatekeepers in processes of hiring, tenure, and promotion, presses play a major role in scholarly careers inside and outside the academy. To make informed decisions, it is necessary to understand the business of academic publishing.
This workshop will provide a practical overview of publishing trends, from the business practices that shape academic publishing to the ways that technological innovation are reshaping the industry. As an early-career scholar, understanding these trends will help you make informed career decisions as you engage with the world of publishing.
Michael J. McGandy is director of University of South Carolina Press. Prior to arriving at USC, he worked at Cornell University Press, where he was Senior Editor and Editorial Director of the Three Hills imprint. He has also…
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM.
See event description for more details.
Third Thursday Art Night: Colleen Cannon-Karlos
As a member of the Vista Guild, the Koger Center for the Arts partnered with The Jasper Project to open The Nook, a new rotating art space, in celebration of Third Thursday Art Night. This month’s featured artist is Colleen Cannon-Karlos.
Artist Bio: I have studied many forms of art, both formally and informally including painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, fabric design, ceramics, sculpture and jewelry making.
I consider my work an amalgamation of many years of experimentation with different forms of media and creative expression coupled with my philosophical interest in metaphysics as well my love of physics. Over the years I have exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, South Carolina, Albuquerque, NM, Hawaii and North Carolina. As both an artist and educator I combine Art and Science in my personal work and have designed a unique STEAM course that I taught at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. The “Art, Science and Technology” course uses…
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.
Koger Center Upstairs Gallery.
Oktoberbest: A Symposium On Teaching
Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM,
The 16th Annual Oktoberbest Symposium celebrates teaching success at USC, actively engages attendees in professional development sessions that enhance innovative teaching practices, and establishes and fosters meaningful connections. The Oktoberbest agenda features engaging sessions, led by your USC colleagues, on innovative approaches to teaching, assessments, course design, and creative student learning opportunities.
Oktoberbest is free to all who teach or support teaching at USC, but is not open to the general public. Register here to attend.
The Oktoberbest Keynote Address will be given by Thomas J. Tobin, Ph.D. Senior Teaching and Learning Developer, Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University Conference Center, 1705 College Street, Close-Hipp Building, Suite 800, Columbia, SC 29208.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM.
Close-Hipp 830B Reception.
Generative AI - The Essentials - Building a Basic Toolbox
We began with ChatGPT as THE GenAI tool, and for many, that may still be the only GenAI product they have ever used. In the time since its inception, however, many other GenAI products and tools have been developed. As with most tools and technologies, rarely is there one that does everything we need or want. During this session, we will build a GenAI toolbox that will be useful in our academic and general endeavors. Using the research lifecycle as a functional guide, we will consider five essential areas and mention a tool or tools relevant to those areas:
General purpose GenAI chatbots
, GenAI search tools
, Citation-mapping GenAI tools
, Data analysis/visualization GenAI tools
, GenAI writing assistants
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We will also briefly mention non-text (image, video, sound) GenAI products.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14778600.
Friday, October 17, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Freeman Sundays @ 3 Concert
The USC School of Music’s renowned music faculty performs fresh and vibrant chamber music programs that pair canonic masterpieces alongside brand new works.
Admission Cost: $15 adults; $10 seniors, USC faculty and staff; $5 students. Free for USC School of Music students, staff and faculty.
Tickets available at Koger Center for the Arts Box Office or at the door.
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Strategies for Active Learner Engagement
Monday, October 20, 2025, 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM,
Do you want to learn techniques for involving your learners in your course? In this session, you will discuss strategies for active learning and student engagement that will help advance learning for everyone, such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL). You will engage with small teaching strategies to design learning activities that can enhance engagement as soon as your next class!
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, October 20, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, October 20, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Career Champions Level 2: Experience Outcomes
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM,
The Career Champions program was created to educate and empower campus faculty and staff on best practices to have career conversations with students. Level 2 Provides engaging and enlightening information on how to engage students in conversations about experiential education opportunities that align with their Career goals.
The learning outcomes for Level 2 are as follows:
Gain knowledge around experiential education
, Identify different opportunities in the Career Center and beyond available for students to gain experience
, Identify ways to help students discover what opportunities they are interested in and know where to find them
, Gain knowledge in how to support students while they are involved in their experience to make it more impactful
, Articulate ways on how to encourage reflection during and after the experience
, Identify ways on how to handle concerns that can arise while a student is participating in an experiential education…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
See event description for more details.
Active Learning with Generative AI-Powered Activities
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Engaging students through interactive and dynamic activities is essential for fostering a stimulating learning environment. In this webinar, educators will explore how to leverage Generative Artificial Intelligence to enhance their teaching practices and create impactful activities for 21st-century learners. From designing collaborative projects to incorporating AI-generated prompts and feedback, participants will discover innovative ways to integrate Generative AI into their instructional activities.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Apply prompt writing in the context of learning activities.
, Design interactive activities that leverage Generative AI to enhance student engagement and participation.
, Identify opportunities for further integration of Generative AI into instructional activities to enhance student learning outcomes.
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This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Introduction to AI and Machine Learning
This workshop is introductory session for students and researchers who wish to gain a basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). The workshop will focus on the basic concepts and underlying algorithms of AI and ML, typical applications such as computer vision and object classification, commonly used software packages, and the use of hardware accelerators.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14882765.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
USC Wind Ensemble: Consorts
Brenna Curtis, conductor, Benjamin Pouncey, conductor, David Warren, conductor,
The intimate setting of the Koger Center Black Box provides the perfect opportunity to hear the USC Wind Ensemble in a chamber setting, with works for 10-18 players spanning more than four centuries of music history. From brass choir works by Gabrieli and Husa, to the charming Consort for expanded Harmonie ensemble, to contemporary works by Viet Cuong and Gala Flagello, there is certain to be something for everyone on this unique program.
Program:
Gabrieli, Sonata Pian’e Forte, Gabrieli, Canzona per sonare No. 2, Spittal, Consort for Ten Winds, Cuong, Bull’s Eye, Husa, Divertimento for Brass and Percussion, Flagello, Modern Legacy,
Location: Koger Center Black Box.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Koger Center Large Rehearsal Room 128.
Teaching on Purpose: Using Reflective Practice to Shape Instruction
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM,
Even the most seasoned instructors can lose sight of the original spark that brought them to teaching. This session invites participants to pause, revisit their teaching philosophy and name the core values that guide their instructional choices. We will introduce the Educator Reflection Wheel, a practical tool that encourages reflection in seven key areas: Student Engagement and Inclusion, Pedagogical Clarity, Celebration, Environment, Professional Identity, Feedback and Assessment, and Time Management. Guided activities will move us through three stages. First, a brief free write helps each participant reconnect with the personal and professional purpose that shapes their work. Second, small groups use the Educator Reflection Wheel to map strengths and growth areas. Finally, individuals draft one concrete action step that will bring their values to life in an upcoming course. Participants leave with a refreshed sense of purpose and a simple plan for…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
See event description for more details.
Donuts with the Dean of Students
Donuts with the Dean of Students are an informal way to connect with the Office of the Dean of Students. Stop by our table in the Russell House University Union for a chat and snack with the DoS staff or just grab a free donut. We want to hear your voice as your Gamecock experience is important to us.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
RHUU Russell House 2nd Floor Lobby Space 01, RHUU Russell House 2nd Floor Lobby Space 02.
Cleaning Messy Data with OpenRefine
This workshop will be held in person at Thomas Cooper Library. Before it can be analyzed or visualized, inconsistencies and errors in data need to be fixed. If you'd like to learn how to prepare your data for analysis, please register for this session. OpenRefine is a free tool for cleaning and transforming messy tabular data. In this workshop, participants will learn about OpenRefine and get hands-on experience with basic data cleaning.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14830842.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
First-Gen Networking Event
Free Networking Event for First-Gen Students!
Majors included in this event:
Hospitality, Retail, and Sports Management, Communication and Information Science; Pharmacy, Public Health, Nursing; Education, Music, Social Work, Sociology, Theatre, Psychology, Women & Gender Studies,
Check in starts at 6:30 p.m.
, Event Time: 7-8 p.m.
, Location: Capstone Campus Room
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Deadline to signup is October 13th.
Students must sign up in Garnet Gate,
Faculty & Staff must sign up using this link: Faculty & Staff Signup .
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI (GenAI) CoP: Integrating Generative AI into Teaching and Learning
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM,
The Generative Artificial Intelligence Community of Practice (GenAI CoP) at the University of South Carolina is a collaborative initiative designed to explore and discuss the implications of GenAI in higher education. This community brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students to share insights, strategies, and experiences related to the integration of GenAI across administration, research, teaching, and learning.
This is a virtual only meeting; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the meeting, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Can AI Rewrite the Classics? 2.0
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 2:50 PM - 4:05 PM,
We're at it again, discussing whether AI can rewrite the classics! If you say “yeah!” or “certainly not!” or “maybe?” come try it out! We’ll start with a demonstration of source-grounded AI programs such as NotebookLM and how they can be adapted for the classroom. Participants will test generative AI’s capabilities for identifying genre, characters, and plot points of classic novels. Original editions of works will also be on display. There will be time for participants to share results, tweak prompts, and decide for themselves whether AI can (or CANNOT) rewrite the classics. Bring a laptop! A Collaboration between Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and Center for Teaching Excellence “Try the Tools” series.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 2:50 PM – 3:40 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
The Grown-Ups
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The Grown-Ups, by Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox, Directed by Hannah Magner, Benson Theatre,
Produced in conjunction with student group Ghost Light Productions, this critically acclaimed play invites you to pull up a seat around the fire with the counselors at summer camp Indigo Woods, who meet nightly to strategize about the next day’s activities without the kids finding out about…well, you’ve seen the news. As an increasingly volatile outside threat gets closer to their safe haven, the counselors struggle with how to preserve the fun while keeping their campers – and themselves – alive. The Grown-Ups explores how to mold the leaders of tomorrow in a dangerous world you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for. “An apocalyptic play... part satire, part scary story.” – The New York Times,
Contains language and situations that may not be appropriate for young audiences.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $10.
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Benson 214.
Blackboard Ultra Gradebook: A Deeper Look
Friday, October 24, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM,
This workshop is designed for Blackboard users who are familiar with the new Ultra Course View but want a more intensive look at the UCV Gradebook. In this 60-minute session, a consultant from eLearning Services will share best practices and tips & tricks for setting up a Gradebook that works for you, present a live demonstration, and answer questions.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, log-in at Blackboard Learn UCV Gradebook. This is a Microsoft Teams Session.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, October 24, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
See event description for more details.
The Grown-Ups
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The Grown-Ups, by Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox, Directed by Hannah Magner, Benson Theatre,
Produced in conjunction with student group Ghost Light Productions, this critically acclaimed play invites you to pull up a seat around the fire with the counselors at summer camp Indigo Woods, who meet nightly to strategize about the next day’s activities without the kids finding out about…well, you’ve seen the news. As an increasingly volatile outside threat gets closer to their safe haven, the counselors struggle with how to preserve the fun while keeping their campers – and themselves – alive. The Grown-Ups explores how to mold the leaders of tomorrow in a dangerous world you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for. “An apocalyptic play... part satire, part scary story.” – The New York Times,
Contains language and situations that may not be appropriate for young audiences.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $10.
Friday, October 24, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Benson 214.
The Grown-Ups
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The Grown-Ups, by Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox, Directed by Hannah Magner, Benson Theatre,
Produced in conjunction with student group Ghost Light Productions, this critically acclaimed play invites you to pull up a seat around the fire with the counselors at summer camp Indigo Woods, who meet nightly to strategize about the next day’s activities without the kids finding out about…well, you’ve seen the news. As an increasingly volatile outside threat gets closer to their safe haven, the counselors struggle with how to preserve the fun while keeping their campers – and themselves – alive. The Grown-Ups explores how to mold the leaders of tomorrow in a dangerous world you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for. “An apocalyptic play... part satire, part scary story.” – The New York Times,
Contains language and situations that may not be appropriate for young audiences.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $10.
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Benson 214.
The Grown-Ups
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The Grown-Ups, by Simon Henriques and Skylar Fox, Directed by Hannah Magner, Benson Theatre,
Produced in conjunction with student group Ghost Light Productions, this critically acclaimed play invites you to pull up a seat around the fire with the counselors at summer camp Indigo Woods, who meet nightly to strategize about the next day’s activities without the kids finding out about…well, you’ve seen the news. As an increasingly volatile outside threat gets closer to their safe haven, the counselors struggle with how to preserve the fun while keeping their campers – and themselves – alive. The Grown-Ups explores how to mold the leaders of tomorrow in a dangerous world you’re hopelessly, tragically not prepared for. “An apocalyptic play... part satire, part scary story.” – The New York Times,
Contains language and situations that may not be appropriate for young audiences.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $10.
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Benson 214.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, October 27, 2025, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Mutual Expectations Discussion: Artificial Intelligence on the College Campus
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM,
Join us for a Mutual Expectations Discussion on exploring the topic “Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the College Campus” in our October session. This discussion will explore what participants think about how AI should be used on campus. When is ChatGPT appropriate and when it is not? What is being used today beyond ChatGPT? Should we have common expectations as a campus community on what and when we will use AI for? Join this fun discussion with fellow students and faculty! Free lunch is provided and RSVP required! Sponsored by the Carolina Experience, the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity,
This workshop is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations.
Russell House, Room 322, 1400 Greene Street,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Reimagining Assessments with Generative Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Assessments just got a major upgrade! This webinar explores how Generative Artificial Intelligence can transform your assessments from rote memorization exercises to engaging experiences that promote deeper learning. Discover how to generate assessments that align with your course learning outcomes to foster creativity, critical thinking, and personalized learning experiences.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
Differentiate between traditional assessment methods and generative AI-powered assessments.
, Apply prompt writing in the context of assessments.
, Design effective assessments that measure student mastery and promote meaningful learning outcomes.
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This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence digital badge.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Book talk with Andrew Johnson
Join the South Caroliniana Library and the History Center for a book talk with Andrew Johnson, author of Enslaved Native Americans and the Making of Colonial South Carolina. Books will be available for purchase. A book signing and reception will follow the talk.
Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street.
USC Symphony Orchestra : Wynton Marsalis’ Trumpet Concerto
USC Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor and music director Scott Weiss, welcomes trumpeter Rex Richardson. The program Oscar Lorenzo Fernández’s Batuque, James Stephenson’s Symphony No. 2 “Voices” and Wynton Marsalis’ Trumpet Concerto performed by Richardson.
Join conductor Scott Weiss at 6:45 p.m. in the Koger Center Grand Tier for a pre-concert talk.
Tickets are available in-person at Koger Center Box Office (803-251-2222, Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or online at KogerCenterForTheArts.com.
Admission Cost: General public - $30
Seniors/military / USC faculty and staff - $25
Children under 18 and non-USC students with ID - $8
USC Students - free with student ID.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Koger Center for the Arts.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
Career Champions Level 3: Career Readiness Outcomes
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM,
Join us for the 3rd module of Career Champions. In this session we'll learn about the career competencies employers are looking for within our students and how to incorporate those into our academic lessons, student employment, internships, etc. You'll also know how to help students see these competencies within themselves and how to advocate for themselves and articulate their talents, abilities, and experiences.
Learning outcomes for Level 3 are as follows:
Explain the importance of career readiness competencies in preparing students for successful transitions into the workforce.
, Develop strategies to embed career competencies into everyday student interactions and advising conversations.
, Empower students to reflect on their experiences and confidently communicate how their skills align with employer expectations.
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This workshop is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.
Career…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
Unpacking USC Data to Support Experiential Learning and Career Readiness Across Transfer, Sophomore, and Junior Year Exp
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM,
This session will primarily focus on transfer and sophomore college year experiences, with some additional emphasis on junior year students. With the recent launch of Carolina Experience in 2024, a heightened emphasis is placed on continuity across the entirety of USC student experiences through increased sense of belonging and career readiness. To help in these endeavors, longitudinal qualitative and quantitative data collected from the Student Success Center has been instrumental in better understanding these target populations. What are the experiences of transfer and sophomore college students? What are the biggest challenges they face and what do they most look forward to? How does this align with the national research on these populations? And most importantly- how can this scholarly literature, theoretical context, and localized data be used to support the overall USC student experience at USC and in support of engagement, including experiential… .
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
See event description for more details.
HIDOC and Seek: The Blueprint for Highly Effective Online Course Design
Friday, October 31, 2025, 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM,
How can online course design foster meaningful interaction and lasting learner engagement? Effective online learning begins with intentional design. This session introduces the HIDOC framework—a practical, eight-part model for creating clear, aligned, and accessible online courses. Participants will explore each component of HIDOC and gain actionable strategies for designing courses that are intuitive to navigate, promote sustained student investment, and simplify course management for instructors.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, October 31, 2025, 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement for Graduate Students
Friday, October 31, 2025, 11:45 AM - 1:10 PM,
A teaching philosophy statement provides a concise description of an instructor’s teaching approach, methods, and experience. Colleges and universities request a teaching philosophy statement from applicants for faculty positions, and some higher education institutions require one as part of the tenure and promotion consideration process. What is your teaching philosophy? What should you write or include? What if you have limited teaching experience? This webinar will help you articulate your teaching philosophy in a concise, effective essay. We will discuss the statement’s purpose, different aspects of your teaching experiences that can be included, and best practices and strategies for composing the statement. NOTE: This is a working webinar, requiring that you do some reflective writing in advance, so that the webinar itself can include individual writing, group discussion, and feedback. Participants will leave with an outline of their statement, written…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Friday, October 31, 2025, 11:45 AM – 1:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Developing Online Courses That Promote Deep Learning
Monday, November 3, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
This session focuses on developing modules in Blackboard that are intuitive, accessible, well-organized and in alignment with learning outcomes. Participants will explore how to structure content, build consistency across course themes and select activities that promote active learning and retention.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Support Zone 1
Monday, November 3, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
The first half of the Support Zone training focuses on providing context for the necessity of faculty and staff being well-versed in recognizing and responding to students experiencing mental health distress. The facilitator will review definitions, national and local statistics about mental health in college students and discuss how stigma affects help-seeking behaviors. The facilitator will also discuss how COVID-19 has exacerbated the aforementioned issues. This session will also cover crisis support protocol, how to recognize signs of distress, warning signs of suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, and how to respond and intervene to a student of concern.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, November 3, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Data Visualization - The Essentials - History, Concepts, and Principles
Most of us live in a visual world. As technologies have developed, more of our world has become more visual. This is no less true in our learning, teaching, and research world as it is in our personal living world. Data visualization, the use of charts, graphs, plots, maps, etc. to explain and explore data, has now become an essential literacy as well as an expected application skill in growing areas of academia and work. This learning session provides a foundation for developing a fundamental understanding of data visualization. We will discuss five essentials:
What data visualization is and why it's important
, Where data visualization came from and how continues to evolve
, Some of the science explaining why and how data visualization works
, Foundational principles that help to define effective and ineffective data visualizations
, Crucial ethical and accessibility issues related to data visualization use
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Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14771401.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
See event description for more details.
From Quiet to Connected: Engaging Learners Through Online Course Delivery
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 10:05 AM - 10:55 AM,
This session focuses on evidence-based practices that promote authentic engagement in asynchronous courses. Participants will explore strategies for increasing instructor presence, designing purposeful interactions and delivering feedback that builds trust and fosters learner motivation. Whether you are refining an existing course or preparing a new one, this session offers practical tools to enhance connection participation and student success in fully online settings.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 10:05 AM – 10:55 AM.
See event description for more details.
Entering Mentoring: Maintaining Effective Communication
uesday, November 4, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM,
Good communication is a key element of any relationship, and the mentoring relationship is no exception. As mentors, it is insufficient to say we know good communication when we see it. Participants will learn how to identify the key characteristics of effective communication and practice these skills with other participants. At the end of workshop, participants will be better prepared to provide constructive feedback to mentees, engage in active listening, communicate across diverse dimensions (disciplines, ethnicities, positions of powers), and formulate strategies for improving their own communication style.
This is an elective session for the Entering Mentoring certificate of completion.
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
Take Your Blackboard Ultra Course from Drab to Fab: Organize and Customize Your Content to Add Some Pizzazz!
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM,
In this session you'll learn how to transform your Blackboard Learn Ultra course from ordinary to extraordinary! Discover how best to organize your content to make your course visually engaging and user-friendly and then take it a step further with customization to add some pizazz. Whether you're looking to streamline your course structure, add some creative touches, or both, this session will give you the tools to make your course stand out.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
First-Gen Celebration Week Recognition Ceremony
Celebrate all things First-Gen during the 2025 First-Gen Celebration Week Recognition Ceremony. Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni will be recognized for their unique contributions to USC and beyone!
Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Capstone 101 - Campus Room.
Motivation Matters
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM,
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Do you have a desire to help your learners become more motivated to do well and persist through challenges? Join us to learn how to leverage motivation and emotion to create positive, engaging learning environments. You will analyze motivational theories and strategies to determine what might be able to best help your learners in your context.
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Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM.
See event description for more details.
Virtual Environments Community of Practice (VECoP)
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM,
This is an online only meeting; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the meeting, register here.
The Virtual Environments Community of Practice is planning ways to integrate virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality into teaching and learning environments at USC. Meetings are open to faculty, staff and students.
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Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
Dealing With the Unexpected: Classroom Disruptions
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM,
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Engaging in conflict is challenging whether you are an experienced instructor or new to your role. A common strategy is to ignore the behavior due to our own discomfort, concern over retaliation or fear that our intervention may cause more harm or disruption. We will identify what our fears are about classroom disruption and use case study examples to practice strategies to stretch participants' comfort zones. This workshop will also explore Gerald Amada's research from Coping with Misconduct in the College Classroom and provide participants with tangible strategies to prevent and respectfully address disruptive behavior.
This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Fostering Proactive Learning Environments.
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Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 10:05 AM – 11:20 AM.
See event description for more details.
Metacognition and Your Students
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 11:40 AM - 12:55 PM,
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Are your students sometimes mystified by their grades, or perhaps lacking motivation to take ownership of their learning? Have you ever wanted to help your students become more effective learners? Today’s students come to college with widely varying academic skills, unaware of the study skills needed to meet college-level expectations for learning. Metacognition is the practice of “thinking about thinking”: the awareness and ability of learners to identify their cognitive processes and make changes to their learning behaviors (Lovett, 2008). Promoting metacognition can increase students' understanding of how learning works, teaching students how to understand what caused their successes or failures and direct their own learning (Brownlee, Purdie, & Boulton-Lewis, 2001). This webinar will go beyond the basics of… .
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 11:40 AM – 12:55 PM.
See event description for more details.
Data Visualization - The Essentials - Application Principles and Processes
Data visualization literacy is already an essential knowledge requirement for our academic environment as well as generally. Data visualization application knowledge and skills are becoming increasingly valuable and even required in more and more of the academic and work world. To create and use data visualizations in our academic and work worlds we first must answer a couple of questions. We then need some basic understanding of how the predominant data visualization tools function. In this learning session we will consider and discuss five essentials for applying data visualization:
How do we determine the appropriate data visualization type(s) to use?
, How do we decide which data visualization tool or product to use?
, How do the three predominant data visualization tools (Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau) compare in terms of usage?
, Why, when, and how might we use programming languages such as R and Python for creating data visualizations?
, How might we use tools such as ArcGIS and…
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 2:50 PM – 4:05 PM.
See event description for more details.
Betsy Blackmon Dance Company Fall Concert
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November 6-7, 2025, Betsy Blackmon Dance Company, Fall Concert, Koger Center for the Arts,
7:30pm nightly,
Experience a first-rate evening of classic and contemporary ballet featuring an original work by Susan E. Anderson Artist-in-Residence Kathryn Morgan (New York City Ballet), a reprise of works set on the Betsy Blackmon Dance Company by The Joffrey Ballet last April (including Gerald Arpino's Viva Vivaldi and Birthday Variations, and Camellia by Xavier Núñez), plus original works by USC dance faculty Jennifer Deckert and André Megerdichian.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Veterans Day Breakfast
Veterans and military service members are cordially invited to join the Office of the President, the Division of Administration and Finance, and Veterans and Military Affairs in honoring those who have served our country at the 15th annual Veterans Day Breakfast. Join us for breakfast and remarks from Lieutenant Kegan Gill (Ret), US Navy, F/A – 18E Pilot.
Space is limited. Priority registration for veterans and service members will be available through November 1.
, Friday, November 8, 2024, 7:30 a.m. Russell House Ballroom,
RSVP here.
Free parking will be available in the Bull Street Garage. Enter at gate 3 (visitor entrance).
Questions may be directed to the Office of Special Events at 803-777-6568.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 7:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Russell House University Union 200 Lobby - Special Event.
Extracting Data from Websites Using APIs
Unlock the power of APIs to efficiently extract and utilize data from websites! This hands-on workshop is designed for beginners and intermediate learners who want to gain practical skills in API integration. Participants will learn the fundamentals of APIs, how to access and interpret API documentation, and techniques for extracting structured data for analysis. We will cover the following topics:
What is an API and its role in data extraction?
, How to make requests and handle responses?
, What are API keys ?
, How to parse the JSON and other data formats?
, New York Times API example for extracting data
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By the end of this workshop, you’ll have the basic understanding of APIs for tasks like gathering data for research and analysis.
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14866148.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 10:10 AM – 11:10 AM.
See event description for more details.
Research Center for Child Well-Being Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker: Warren Binford, JD, EDM - University of Colorado,
Topic: Preventing Online Child Abuse,
If you plan to attend in person, fill out this RSVP form: https://forms.gle/mBmcnMdsSxRvVwev5,
To access the event via Zoom, visit the RCCWB webpage for our Distinguished Speaker Series: https://rccwb.sc.edu/news-events/,
The Research Center for Child Well-Being hosts a monthly Distinguished Speaker Series focusing on the dual prevention of unhealthy lifestyle and social-emotional behavioral problems during childhood, as well as associated statistical and methodological issues. The event will be hosted at the RCCWB, located at 1400 Pickens St. Suite 400. For more information, check out https://rccwb.sc.edu.
Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
See event description for more details.
Betsy Blackmon Dance Company Fall Concert
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November 6-7, 2025, Betsy Blackmon Dance Company, Fall Concert, Koger Center for the Arts,
7:30pm nightly,
Experience a first-rate evening of classic and contemporary ballet featuring an original work by Susan E. Anderson Artist-in-Residence Kathryn Morgan (New York City Ballet), a reprise of works set on the Betsy Blackmon Dance Company by The Joffrey Ballet last April (including Gerald Arpino's Viva Vivaldi and Birthday Variations, and Camellia by Xavier Núñez), plus original works by USC dance faculty Jennifer Deckert and André Megerdichian.
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Opera at USC present The Consul
Opera at USC brings the best of the lyric theatre — opera, operetta and musical theatre —to stages across campus. The ensemble’s fall production is The Consul, a musical drama by Spoleto Festival founder and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti.
Purchase tickets online at sc.edu/music/opera or at the door. Please note that online sales end at 3:00 p.m. on opening day. Purchase tickets at the door one hour before show. No refunds. Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10,
Drayton Hall Theatre.
Admission Cost: Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
See Description for Event Location.
The Importance of Being Earnest
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November 7-16, 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Dustin Whitehead, Longstreet Theatre
Meet Jack Worthing, a socialite leading two lives. He’s the respectable “Jack” at his country estate, but pretends to be his imaginary brother, the freewheeling “Ernest,” in the city. When his good friend Algernon discovers the deception, he decides to get in on the action, coming to Jack’s country estate as the fictional brother. This complicates not only Jack’s designs on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Algernon’s own desire for Jack’s young ward, Cecily. Filled with absurdist plot twists and Wilde’s acerbic wit, this “trivial comedy for serious people” is a masterpiece of farce that The Telegraph said “has a claim to being the most perfect high comedy in the English language.”
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Opera at USC present The Consul
Opera at USC brings the best of the lyric theatre — opera, operetta and musical theatre —to stages across campus. The ensemble’s fall production is The Consul, a musical drama by Spoleto Festival founder and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti.
Purchase tickets online at sc.edu/music/opera or at the door. Please note that online sales end at 3:00 p.m. on opening day. Purchase tickets at the door one hour before show. No refunds. Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10,
Drayton Hall Theatre.
Admission Cost: Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10.
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM.
See Description for Event Location.
The Importance of Being Earnest
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November 7-16, 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Dustin Whitehead, Longstreet Theatre
Meet Jack Worthing, a socialite leading two lives. He’s the respectable “Jack” at his country estate, but pretends to be his imaginary brother, the freewheeling “Ernest,” in the city. When his good friend Algernon discovers the deception, he decides to get in on the action, coming to Jack’s country estate as the fictional brother. This complicates not only Jack’s designs on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Algernon’s own desire for Jack’s young ward, Cecily. Filled with absurdist plot twists and Wilde’s acerbic wit, this “trivial comedy for serious people” is a masterpiece of farce that The Telegraph said “has a claim to being the most perfect high comedy in the English language.”
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Opera at USC present The Consul
Opera at USC brings the best of the lyric theatre — opera, operetta and musical theatre —to stages across campus. The ensemble’s fall production is The Consul, a musical drama by Spoleto Festival founder and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti.
Purchase tickets online at sc.edu/music/opera or at the door. Please note that online sales end at 3:00 p.m. on opening day. Purchase tickets at the door one hour before show. No refunds. Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10,
Drayton Hall Theatre.
Admission Cost: Adults: $25; Seniors, USC Faculty & Staff, Military: $20; Students with ID: $10.
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
See Description for Event Location.
The Importance of Being Earnest
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November 7-16, 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Dustin Whitehead, Longstreet Theatre
Meet Jack Worthing, a socialite leading two lives. He’s the respectable “Jack” at his country estate, but pretends to be his imaginary brother, the freewheeling “Ernest,” in the city. When his good friend Algernon discovers the deception, he decides to get in on the action, coming to Jack’s country estate as the fictional brother. This complicates not only Jack’s designs on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Algernon’s own desire for Jack’s young ward, Cecily. Filled with absurdist plot twists and Wilde’s acerbic wit, this “trivial comedy for serious people” is a masterpiece of farce that The Telegraph said “has a claim to being the most perfect high comedy in the English language.”
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Symphonic Winds: With Hope
Jay Jacobs, conductor, Brenna Curtis, guest conductor,
Program,
Maslanka, Mother Earth (A Fanfare),
Stephenson, there are no words,
Pitts, downside-up Brenna Curtis, conductor,
Coleman, Jubilee! ,
Reed, Russian Christmas Music .
Admission Cost: FREE.
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
Koger Center for the Arts.
Generative AI - The Essentials - GenAI is Different!
Although it has only been three years since the introduction of ChatGPT, most of us have heard more than a little about artificial intelligence (AI) and more specifically generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). It seems everything in our current world has some connection to AI and/or GenAI. At the same time, there is still a great deal of misunderstanding about GenAI; what it is, how it works, if we should use it, how we can use it effectively, etc. This session will discuss five essentials regarding GenAI:
GenAI is fundamentally different than traditional information and information search systems with which we are familiar
, Our interactions with GenAI need to be different than our interactions with traditional information systems in order to be effective
, Our uses and expectations of GenAI systems and tools need to be different than how we have used and what we have expected from our traditional systems
, We are still in the early stages of development, evolution, application, and adoption of…
Monday, November 10, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
What's New in Blackboard Learn
Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM,
Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View (UCV) is the newest version of the Blackboard Learning Management System. With new improvements being made monthly to Ultra Course View there are exciting changes which instructors may not have seen. This is a short presentation about the most recent updates that have occurred in Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View and will include information on how to stay up to date on future improvements.
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
Stargazing at the Melton Observatory
This historic observatory adjacent to the Horseshoe of the USC Columbia campus (1429 Greene Street) is currently open to the public on clear Monday nights from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST (9:00 pm to 11:00 pm during EDT), weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to come by and observe through the 16-inch Cassegrain telescope in the dome and other small telescopes on the observatory deck. See the Moon, planets, stars, clusters and more through our telescopes free of charge! For updates regarding weather reports and possible cancellations on Monday nights, please visit http://uof.sc/melton.
Admission Cost: Free and Open to the Public.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Melton Observatory 201.
Support Zone 2
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:05 PM,
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
The second half of the Support Zone training focuses on participants learning how to refer students of concern experiencing varying levels of distress (mild, moderate and severe), what to do if a student refuses a referral, how to maintain the students' privacy, and how to follow-up with the student. This session includes role-plays and other interactive activities to help participants practice their recently acquired skills. The facilitator will also discuss the how responding to students of concern affects faculty/staff mental health and how to respond accordingly. This session includes a review of resources specific to faculty/staff needs and tips on dealing with COVID-19 related stressors. Lastly, the facilitator will review campus and community resources to ensure participants have a thorough understanding of what is… .
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM.
See event description for more details.
Career Champions Level 3: Career Readiness Outcomes
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM,
Career Center Classroom, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L513,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Join us for the 3rd module of Career Champions. In this session we'll learn about the career competencies employers are looking for within our students and how to incorporate those into our academic lessons, student employment, internships, etc. You'll also know how to help students see these competencies within themselves and how to advocate for themselves and articulate their talents, abilities, and experiences.
Learning outcomes for Level 3 are as follows:
Explain the importance of career readiness competencies in preparing students for successful transitions into the workforce.
, Develop strategies to embed career competencies into everyday student interactions and advising conversations.
, Empower students to reflect on their experiences and confidently communicate how their skills…
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM.
See event description for more details.
Generative AI - The Essentials - Conversations with GenAI
While we don't want to anthropomorphize GenAI any more than it already is, there is something to be said for communicating with GenAI tools in a more human conversational manner. After all, conversational AI is a key component in most GenAI tools and the way they are designed to work is based on machine learning and machine communication being more like how we believe humans learn and communicate. Just as there are skills and techniques one can learn to communicate more effectively with our fellow humans, there are also skills and techniques one can learn and apply to communicating and conversing with GenAI tools. The popular technical term for this is prompt engineering. During this session we will consider five essentials related to communicating effectively with GenAI tools:
GenAI tools are designed to use conversational AI to both understand our inquiries and respond in an understandable manner
, There is both a skill and an art to effectively communicating with GenAI tools
, GenAI tools are…
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10:50 AM – 11:40 AM.
See event description for more details.
Silent Book Club at Thomas Cooper Library
Love reading and talking about books? Come join us! Select a book from our browsing collection or bring your own. We'll read in silence, then end with optional discussion time. Like the book you started? Check it out and take it with you!
Admission Cost: Free.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Leveraging Blackboard Learning Analytics During Course Redevelopment
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:20 PM - 3:10 PM,
This is an online only webinar; there is no in-person attendance option.
To attend the webinar, register here.
In the final of three webinars about Blackboard analytics, review your course for the spring based on data available in Blackboard. During this presentation, we will review where to access information in your Blackboard course that you can use while planning for your next offering and provide examples of holistic course revisions you could make. Participants will practice drawing conclusions regarding course changes based on sample data sets and set a plan for reviewing their own courses at the end of the semester.
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Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM.
See event description for more details.
Student Senate Weekly Session
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
Russell House Theater.
The Importance of Being Earnest
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November 7-16, 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Dustin Whitehead, Longstreet Theatre
Meet Jack Worthing, a socialite leading two lives. He’s the respectable “Jack” at his country estate, but pretends to be his imaginary brother, the freewheeling “Ernest,” in the city. When his good friend Algernon discovers the deception, he decides to get in on the action, coming to Jack’s country estate as the fictional brother. This complicates not only Jack’s designs on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Algernon’s own desire for Jack’s young ward, Cecily. Filled with absurdist plot twists and Wilde’s acerbic wit, this “trivial comedy for serious people” is a masterpiece of farce that The Telegraph said “has a claim to being the most perfect high comedy in the English language.”
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
Mutual Expectations Discussion: Developing Professional Relationships Between Students and Faculty
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM,
Russell House, Room 322, 1400 Greene Stree,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
This Mutual Expectations discussion will focus on the benefits and practical steps that faculty/staff can take on developing meaningful professional relationships with one another. How students can approach faculty, why developing professional relationships matters, how this may be different than a mentor relationship and more. Join this fun discussion with fellow students and faculty over a free lunch! Sponsored by the Carolina Experience and the Center for Teaching Excellence,
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM.
See event description for more details.
The Good, the Bad & the Naked of USC History: Historic Horseshoe History Tour
Have you ever been strolling along the Historic Horseshoe bricks and found yourself wondering about the history of Carolina and its traditions? Well, you're in luck! Meet University Archivist Elizabeth West in front of the Caroliniana for a Horseshoe history tour. Learn the origins of the Tiger Burn and what national record Gamecock students set in 1974! Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
South Caroliniana Library 910 Sumter Street.
Text Analysis for Beginners
Do you have a textual data for qualitative analysis! This session is perfect for anyone looking to transform unstructured text data into meaningful insights.
Key topics include:
Introduction to text analysis: What is it and why it matters?
, Reading and preprocessing text: Cleaning and preparing data for analysis.
, Extracting insights like word frequency and word count.
, Tools and techniques: Overview of Python libraries (e.g. NLTK) and other user-friendly platforms
, Hands-on work with real text and python notebook
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By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a foundational understanding of text mining concepts and practical experience working with basic tools and techniques. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or professional, this workshop will equip you with the skills to start your text analysis journey!
Register at https://libcal.library.sc.edu/event/14866289.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM.
See event description for more details.
Brave Conversations, Safe Foundations: Reimagining the Spaces We Share
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:50 PM - 4:05 PM,
Center for Teaching Excellence, Thomas Cooper Library, Level 5, Room L511,
This is an in-person event that requires physical attendance; register here to attend.
Are you unsure how to create a learning environment suitable for having challenging conversations? Do you want to encourage and support your students to be more comfortable with discomfort? In this session, we will discuss how your learning space can emphasize personal and academic growth through challenge and discomfort while maintaining respect. You will learn about the concept of brave spaces, reflect on your own biases, comfort levels, and practices around supportive discussion facilitation, and develop actionable strategies to create or maintain brave spaces.
This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.
Admission Cost: Free, Register to Attend.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 2:50 PM – 4:05 PM.
Thomas Cooper Library L511.
The Importance of Being Earnest
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November 7-16, 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Dustin Whitehead, Longstreet Theatre
Meet Jack Worthing, a socialite leading two lives. He’s the respectable “Jack” at his country estate, but pretends to be his imaginary brother, the freewheeling “Ernest,” in the city. When his good friend Algernon discovers the deception, he decides to get in on the action, coming to Jack’s country estate as the fictional brother. This complicates not only Jack’s designs on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, but Algernon’s own desire for Jack’s young ward, Cecily. Filled with absurdist plot twists and Wilde’s acerbic wit, this “trivial comedy for serious people” is a masterpiece of farce that The Telegraph said “has a claim to being the most perfect high comedy in the English language.”
Get Tickets.
Admission Cost: $15 - $22.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Longstreet Theatre 219.
University Chorus Concert
Under the baton of Dr. Augusto Gil, University Chorus presents "Let the Soul Sing," a concert in five sets exploring the power of music in each season of life. This program will feature music by Byrd, Finzi, Haydn, Hagen, Tin, and others, and will uplift listeners in song and community. The concert is free and open to the public.
Shandon Presbyterian Church (607 Woodrow St, Columbia, SC 29205).
Admission Cost: FREE.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM.
See Description for Event Location.