Division of Development and Alumni Relations

Support the Promise
of USC Salkehatchie

The Salkehatchie campus was established in 1965 as a regional center of the University of South Carolina as the result of local civic commitment and momentum.  The academic program started with eight part-time faculty and 76 students. Today, approximately 1,100 students enroll each term and are taught by 25 full-time faculty.  As the campus has grown, so has its educational, cultural, and economic impact on the rural Lowcountry.  

About USC Salkehatchie

The University of South Carolina Salkehatchie -- created to encourage higher education access in the counties of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton and Hampton -- opens up important opportunities to students who are placebound or desire to attend college closer to home.

Salkehatchie expects to continue to make a difference in the lives of local citizens as the institution enters its fifth decade of service to rural South Carolina. 

Students at USC Salkehatchie are enrolled in the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science programs, plus the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the Bachelor of Liberal Studies, the Bachelor of Organizational Leadership (in partnership with USC Columbia) and the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (in partnership with USC Aiken).  Student enrollment has increased more than 30 percent over the past five years.

USC Salkehatchie has an outstanding faculty who receive recognition within their disciplines and from their peers.  Faculty members have been chosen as a finalist for the Governor’s Professor of the Year award for six of the past eight years, have been awarded the Carolina Trustees Professorship, the first Aedanus Burke Distinguished Irish Carolinian Award presented by the South Carolina Irish Historical Society, and the inaugural John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award for the USC Regional Campuses. 

Cultural diversity and freedom of thought are valued at USC Salkehatchie. It's a learning environment that develops respect for racial, geographical, intellectual, and economic diversity and an awareness of individual, societal, and global responsibilities, USC Salkehatchie promotes courses, activities, and attitudes which influence the life of the mind in men and women and instill in them a thirst to continue learning throughout life.

USC Salkehatchie strives to be recognized as a model rural “Community University” that plays a major role in enriching the cultural, educational, and economic opportunities of the communities it serves.  In addition to academic coursework, the mission of the campus includes non-credit courses, seminars, and workshops made available to the community for cultural enrichment and professional development.

Reinforcing its role as a model community university, the campus has two major outreach programs—the Salkehatchie Leadership Institute and the Salkehatchie Healthy Communities Collaborative.  The Salkehatchie Leadership Institute was previously awarded the “Innovator’s Award” from the Southern Growth Policies Board in recognition of its role in regional development.

In 2008, the Salkehatchie Healthy Communities Collaborative’s diabetes education program was recognized by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration as one of nine best practices out of 90 HRSA grant-funded programs nationwide.

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In order to serve the growing educational and opportunity needs of surrounding communities, USC Salkehatchie invites needed funding support to boost student scholarships, faculty teaching, academic facilities, and innovative programs that improve lives.