University of South Carolina

treat cancer you must understand the underlying mechanisms that it presents with. Attending the Honors College at the University of South Carolina would give me that exact opportunity. As the number one public honors college in the country the education that I would receive would be topnotch. After I graduate from the University of South Carolina, I am determined to attend the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The rigors associated with attending the Honors College at USC would far and away

present in South Carolina during the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. One of the more famous incidents has been called the Orangeburg Massacre of 1968. “28 students were injured and three were killed- most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest” (zinnedproject.org). Orangeburg, South Carolina was home to two black colleges, South Carolina State University and Claflin University, and a predominately black population. Colleges such as South Carolina State

The history and culture of the state flag The south and especially the state of South Carolina is a place where tradition and heritage is almost as important as the people that live in it. It is these cultural inclinations that bring certain groups together. And for this reason the South Carolina state flag is a symbol that represents the long lasting history that this state is known for. A lot of stress has been brought to South Carolina about its flags and its history, but history is exactly what

Poverty in South Carolina is an issue for all citizens. The issue is particularly acute if you are a citizen living in poverty, but the issue is of critical importance to those citizens that must support those areas stricken by persistent poverty. Unbeknownst to many South Carolinians is the persistent poverty corridor in which certain counties struggle much more than others long I95. Allendale County stands out even amongst its peers as a county that is struggling to address multigenerational

I am a senior Accounting major student. I will receive Bachelor of Science- Business degree in May 2014. I am now applying for the graduate degree in Accounting at Clemson University. I transferred to Winthrop University in South Carolina last year through a joint University undergraduate program. I think I have seized the great opportunity in my life to study in USA because USA has high quality education and I am excited to experience different culture. Since this is my second year in USA,

early days of May in Greenville, South Carolina, when I was born to two very loving parents. My birth did not come without any obstacles; I was born with a backwards heart. My father, Scott, is the Worldwide Sales Manager of a company that cleans circuit boards called Aqueous. My mother currently works with DSS and is working on obtaining her master’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University. I have an older brother named Jack who is a freshman at Costal Carolina, a younger sister named Natalie

TV, and watch their home town team the North Carolina Tar Heels play. Sammy Jordan’s dream has always been to play for the University of North Carolina and then be drafted into the National Basketball Association. Sammy Jordan was born on November 1, 2002. He was twelve years old and played for his home town AAU team, the North Carolina Stars. Sammy was the youngest kid on the team because he played with the highs school group. Now the North Carolina Stars weren’t you average basketball team. They

plantation in St. Lukes Parish, South Carolina. He is named Thomas Heyward. Jr. because his father named his older sibling as well, so gave him the Jr. at the end of his name to make a distinction between the two. He grew up pretty wealthy, with his father being one of the wealthiest rice planters at the time. Heyward’s dad wanted what was best for his three children’s education so Heyward got an education at home, then went to England to study law at Cambridge University. Heyward’s father was also

Antebellum South Carolina was a period considered to be between 1790 and the American civil war in 1861. In 1786 the cotton gin was created causing the cotton industry to increase its labor demand due to the increased harvest size on the plantations. Not only was the cotton industry in high demand but also so was rice harvesting causing South Carolina to become a heavily slave populated state. Image A and B both represent two periods of slavery during the antebellum South Carolina. Image A shows

Poverty in South Carolina is an issue for all citizens. The issue is particularly acute if you are a citizen living in poverty, but the issue is of critical importance to those citizens that must support those areas stricken by persistent poverty. Unbeknownst to many South Carolinians is the persistent poverty corridor in which certain counties struggle much more than others along Interstate 95. Allendale County stands out even amongst its peers as a county that is struggling to address multigenerational