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1801
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South Carolina College chartered |
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1805
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South Carolina College opens |
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1848
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Engineering classes taught in senior year |
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1861
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Civil War begins; SC College closed |
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1865
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Civil War ends; SC College becomes University of South Carolina with engineering, argiculture, law and medicine taught |
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1866
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E.P. Alexander is first professor of engineering |
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1877-1880
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School closed |
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1880
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South Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts opens. Engineering taught within this college. Degrees given in civil and mining engineering. |
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1894
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South Carolina College offers unauthorized BS in Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering; since then, engineering degrees offered continuously |
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1902
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Physics/Engineering professor Benjamin Sloan becomes President of South Carolina College
Prof. Colcock (college dean, 1908-1912) becomes responsible for SC College's (now USC) mascot being called the "Game Cocks." |
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1908
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Department of Engineering created; graduate degrees offered in Civil and Electrical Engineering added -- awarded for total of five years study |
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1909
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School of Engineering created; Civil Engineer F. Horton Colcock named first dean.
Classrooms in Davis College and New Science Building (Barnwell) |
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1912
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Civil Engineer M. Goode Homes becomes "Professor in Charge" of School of Engineering |
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1917
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Five-year "Cooperative Engineering Degree" begins |
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1926
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Civil Engineer Robert L. Sumwalt hired |
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1942
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Sumwalt named dean |
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1950
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Master's degree is offered |
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1952
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New engineering building is buit, later named for Sumwalt |
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1955
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Research activity begins |
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1959
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Sumwalt becomes president of the University; Electrical Engineering buys School's first computer for $55,000 |
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1961
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Doctoral program established |
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1962
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School of Engineering renamed College of Engineering |
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1966
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First PhDs awarded in Engineering to Samuel Lee Torrence (chem) and Tsung-Ming Tai (chem) |
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1969
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APOGEE (A Program of Graduate Engineering Education) started, credited for forging close relationships between University and industry |
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1987
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Swearingen Engineering Center built, adding more than five acres of floor space to USC's engineering |
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1993
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Renovations to SCE&G annex completed (300 Main building); adds 65 labs and 165,000 sq. feet |
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1994
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SCE&G buildings renovated and occupied by the College of Engineering |
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1999
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February 25 -- College of Engineering becomes College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) |
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2000
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Department of Computer Science moves from the College of Science and Mathematics to COEIT and becomes the Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
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2007
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April 20 -- College of Engineering and Information Technology becomes the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC).
September -- John Swearingen ('38, ChE and building namesake) passes away at the age of 89. |
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2008
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CEC introduces ECELS (Engineering and Computing Expanded LIFE Schlarships) -- the first program of its kind in the state |
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2009
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May 16 -- CEC celebrates 100th Anniversary with guest speaker Andrew Card ('71, Civil) |
