GRANT grads growing

A while ago, Research and Health Sciences and its SAM (Sponsored Awards Management) unit announced the graduation of the pilot GRANT (Gamecock Research Administrators Networking and Training) program class. Now, several classes later, more than 70 USC staff members representing most of the schools and colleges across the Columbia campus are now GRANT graduates.

Referring to their important role in faculty proposal development, Provost Mark Becker said, "Research administrators’ support of faculty sponsored research efforts is key to USC's continued development as a top-tier research university.”

At the most recent graduation ceremony, Vice President for Research and Health Sciences Harris Pastides said, “All our GRANT graduates are to be commended for the standards of excellence they have set for future program participants. The energy they’ve expended and the expertise they’ve acquired while maintaining their daily work responsibilities clearly demonstrate their commitment to advancing our University’s research profile.”

The College of Engineering and Computing's GRANT graduates include:

• Nancy Bové, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fall 2005
• Kay Dorrell, Chemical Engineering, Spring 2005
• Sheron Gause, Electrical Engineering, Fall 2006
• Ruth Heacock, Dean's Office, Fall 2006
• Hope Johnson, Electrical Engineering, Spring 2005
• Shannon Lackey, Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2005