University of South Carolina Sumter

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city =Sumter
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logo =The University of South Carolina Sumter is a public university located in Sumter, South Carolina. One of the 7 regional USC campus and is currently an accredited two-year school in the University of South Carolina System, it is home to approximately 1,500 students. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Colleges and Schools

*College of Arts and Sciences
*School of Nursing
*School of Business Administration
*School of Education
*School of Interdisciplinary Studies

History

In 1965 the Sumter County Commission on Higher Education, desiring to fulfill its purpose of starting or bringing a public college to Sumter, entered into an agreement with Clemson University to establish an academic branch of Clemson in Sumter at the old Sumter Airport site on Miller Road. This was Clemson's first such branch. The original campus consisted or four buildings and was designed to accommodate 550 students. The initial enrollment of 97 had grown to only 245 by 1973. in 1973. Upset by this poor growth rate, the Commission successfully negotiated with Clemson and USC to terminate the Sumter branch's relationship with Clemson and to become a branch of the USC System. [ [http://www.uscsumter.edu/about/history.shtml University of South Carolina Sumter History ] ]

USC Sumter now has an enrollment of over 1,000 per academic year. USC Sumter confers two-year associate's degrees and also offers baccalaureate degree programs in business administration, elementary education, nursing, early childhood education, and interdisciplinary studies

Athletics

The University of South Carolina Sumter announced Monday, October 30, 2006 the return of intercollegiate athletics to the campus. Competitive sports have not been on campus since the 1970s, when the mascot was The Partisans and the school colors were purple and white.

University of South Carolina Sumter now sponsors two collegiate teams known as the Fire Ants. The athletic department colors are garnet and white. While the university colors are garnet, black, and white. The teams compete in the Division X of Region I in the NCJAA. These sports are men's baseball and soccer, and women's soccer and softball. The USC Sumter Fire Ants are expected to begin playing in the 2007-2008 academic year. The University plans to add more sports as the support grows for its teams.

The school recently announced it will compete in Region I of the National Junior College Athletic Association starting in the 2007-2008 academic year.

The softball and baseball teams' home field is pending. The soccer field is likely on campus or at Dillon Park in the northern section of the City of Sumter.

The baseball team recruited in South Carolina mainly, but they ventured into North Carolina for two five-star recruits, Parker Price and Michael Caddell.

References

External links

* [http://www.uscsumter.edu University of South Carolina Sumter]
* [http://www.sc.edu/bulletin/Sumter/university.html University of South Carolina Sumter Academic Bulletin]