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Journalism fund studies business, high finance

Journalism alumnus Ken Baldwin, '49, has provided an endowment to help Carolina journalism students keep a keen eye on money matters affecting the state and nation. To help shape careers in business reporting, Baldwin, a former business editor now retired and living in Blythewood, has given a $500,000 endowment to the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications: the Baldwin Business and Financial Journalism Endowment Fund.

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The College of Mass Communications and Information Studies is growing—in numbers, scope, and ambition. It consists of two schools: Journalism and Mass Communications, and Library and Information Science. Each is integral in providing our students with undergraduate through graduate-level education in an increasingly digitized society. The College is preparing our graduates to collect, synthesize, and disseminate informed communication which adds to our knowledge. 

About Journalism and Mass Communications

The School of Journalism and Mass Communications endeavors to improve and strengthen the societal roles of the profession. Four degree programs are offered: BA and MA in Journalism, Master of Mass Communications, and a Ph.D to prepare students for research and management careers with mass media organizations. Bachelor's students major in advertising, public relations, journalism, and visual communications.

More than 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled. The program is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

HALLMARKS & RANKINGS
  • Cocky's Reading Express is a successful literacy outreach collaborative among SLIS, the SC Center for Children's Books and Literacy, and USC Student Government.
  • I-Comm Week brings distinguished professionals to campus in the digital marketplace of news, information, and ideas.
  • SLIS continues its No. 2 national ranking for School Library Media.
  • The IFRA Newsplex is a multimedia laboratory empowering students to deliver news in different formats.

About Library and Information Science

The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at the University of South Carolina is one of the nation's youngest and most distinguished schools of library and information science education. Areas of emphasis include children's literacy, school library media, and health communication.

Degree programs offered: a Bachelor of Science in Information Studies; a Master of Library and Information Science as well as dual degrees combining library and information science with English or history; a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science; and a specialist certificate. The school, accredited by the American Library Association, is located at Davis College.

College Priorities

Your philanthropic support for the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies will equip us for challenges of the 21st century. It will provide students with endowed scholarships and fellowships, unrestricted gifts resulting in program enhancements, help to ensure continued recruitment of excellent faculty, and turn capital projects into completed facilities.

The School of Journalism and Mass Communications has initiated a campaign goal of $7 million to outfit its future home at the corner of Sumter and Greene streets. Also a priority are graduate and faculty research funds.

The School of Library and Information Science seeks additional support for Cocky's Reading Express, a statewide literacy outreach initiative, and the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy. The school is also committed to strengthening research opportunities for graduate students and award-winning faculty.

For more information, contact:

Elizabeth Quackenbush Senior Director of Development

College of Mass Communications and Information Studies
Carolina Coliseum Room 4000C Columbia, SC 29208 USA
Phone: 803-777-6898
Fax: 803-777-4103
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