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Call to Order and Approval of Minutes  \nPresident Andrew Sorensen called the meeting to order and asked for corrections to the minutes of the April 26, 2006 General Faculty Meeting. There were no corrections and the minutes were approved as written.  \nIII. Report of the President  \nPresident Sorensen began by recounting his adventures helping students move into their new quarters in the fall. Since he remains somewhat incognito by not announcing his name and title to each family, he is treated to interesting conversations while acting as a veritable pack mule. “But it was a wonderful experience,” he said.  \nThe president introduced Dr. Jerry Odom, former USC Provost, who was recently named Executive Director of the University Foundations.  \nPresident Sorensen reported the following:  \n• US News and World Report has ranked USC Aiken number one in the category of“Comprehensive Public Colleges in the South.” USC Upstate was ranked number three in that category.  \n• A Center for Teaching Excellence is being developed. Recruitment is underway for a new Vice Provost for Faculty Development, who will oversee this project.  \n• A Student Success Center is also in development and will be housed in Thomas Cooper Library in the fall. Professor Jed Lyons (Mechanical Engineering) will serve as the Center’s Director.  \n• A second cohort of USC’s Magellan Scholars was recently named. USC has more than 66 Magellan Scholars with over $180,000 in university-funded support for their research projects. These projects span all academic disciplines and are supervised by faculty mentors. A third round of Magellan scholars will be announced in the spring.  \n• This past year was a banner year for USC students with regards to scholarshipsand fellowships. USC had a Truman scholar, four Fulbright Scholars, two Goldwater Scholars, three National Science Foundation Fellows, a Udall Fellow, and a Madison Fellow. Faculty are encouraged to direct promising students to the Office of Fellowships and Scholar Programs.  \n• The President commended Dr. Mickey Myrick’s efforts in the development of his company, Ometric Corporation. This success story serves as an example of the myriad research opportunities within the University and the state of South Carolina.  \n• The Educational Lottery scholarships are encouraging more and more of South Carolina’s top high school seniors to attend USC. 98.5% of our incoming freshmen receive some form of lottery scholarship. 80% of USC’s undergraduates are South Carolinians. The quality of freshmen at USC is at its  \nbest; average SAT score is 1171 (up seven points from last year, while the rest of the nation shows a 7 point drop) .  \n• 310 students have enrolled in the highly selective South Carolina Honors College (average SAT score is 1398 for this group) .  \n• Capstone Scholars number 550 (average SAT score: 1304)  \n• 22% of USC students received a Pell Grant. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education reports that USC has the highest proportion of African American students of any public flagship university in the U. S.  \n• The South Carolina College of Pharmacy welcomes this fall its first class of 190 students, 110 of whom are on the Columbia campus. Competition for these slots was very stiff.  \n• Enrollment for the USC School of Medicine has become increasingly competitive. The entering class has the highest average MCAT and GPA scores of any class since the school’s inception. There were over one thousand applicants for 78 openings.  \n• The Law School reports that its entering class has the highest average LSAT scores in the school’s history.  \n• USC was recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a research institution of very high research activity. USC was the only university in the state of South Carolina given this top designation.  \n• The legislature awarded USC two million dollars for this fiscal year to establish an Environmental Ge","cbCaiuaZOE6jvg2Z","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuaZOE6jvg2Z","pdf",35320,"English","# I. 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