This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with Phyllis Thompson Hyatt, and Elsie White Springs for his history project on Emmett Scott High School. The school was the segregated high school for African Americans in...
Carol Marchel, an associate professor of education in the Richard W. Riley College of Education, will help develop service-learning sites at area schools as Winthrop's third Thompson Scholar.
The native of Kobe, Japan, said that she has grown dissatisfied with the theory textbook she has used and wants to create her own book that incorporates technology and literature by non-Western composers. Deguchi will use her...
Spanish professor Pedro Muñoz has been chosen as the new Thompson Scholar. Muñoz, a native of Spain, will spend a year researching service learning courses for at-risk Hispanic students.
Phil Moody, photography, has been named the inaugural Thompson Scholar. Moody will direct a digital photography project with rural S.C. students in 2006-2007.
Bob Thompson elected by General Assembly to Winthrop's Board of Trustees. Thompson, along with Karl Folkens and Donna Tinsley, will serve six-year terms.
Toshia Shaw's talk will be at 7 p.m. on April 19 in Dina's Place. It is a free cultural event. This is the 15h installment of the Dorothy Perry Thompson Colloquium.
Helf, an assistant professor of reading in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, has participated in the statewide literacy reform discussions for the past three years and followed the passage last summer of the Read to...
The lecture will be in Whitton Auditorium, located within Vivian Moore Carroll Hall. It is a free cultural event and is open to the public. The evolution of racism in America's schools is the focus of Winthrop University's 13th...
This article re-examines E. P. Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class (London: Gollancz, 1963) as an attempt to resolve problems of Communist cultural thought that were derived from literary modernism, centring upon...
Inside this issue:
At a Glance
Letter from Kaela Frenchman '24 and Olivia DeFusco '24
Letter from Jack Thompson '24
Honoring Dr. Scott Deacle and Investment Team Updates
UCIMCO Investment Performance and Analysis
Endowment...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many implications for the lives, health, and well-being of Indigenous and racialized queer individuals and communities across the globe. In this article, three queer social workers (two Indigenous...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had many implications for the lives, health, and well-being of Indigenous and racialized queer individuals and communities across the globe. In this article, three queer social workers (two Indigenous...
Philosopher Jeremy Weissman theorizes a new approach to social media surveillance by utilizing a familiar theoretical model: the Panopticon. In effect, Weissman argues that social media has transformed ordinary people into...
Skillification is a powerful concept that can drive better outcomes for students, employers, and institutions of higher education (IHEs). Successful use, however, requires IHEs to adopt a systems thinking mindset more than...
J. Terrell May, Laurie Nortz, Teleia White and Amanda Stewart have assumed new positions within Winthrop's Development Office. The new positions are part of a departmental reorganization.
In 1971 Natalie Zemon Davis published a seminal article in the pages of Past and Present, entitled ‘The Reasons of Misrule: Youth Groups and Charivaris in Sixteenth-Century France’. A study of the carnivalesque rituals of...
Spring Rush '23 Ursinus Reacts to an Eagles Loss The Hunt for a New English Professor Dominating Diabetes Meet Amanda Laucks '23 Opinions: What are the Lovers of Ursinus Doing This Valentine's Day? Spring Sports are Back ...
Research from one large public university highlights that on average, of the 10,000 students who graduate, 650 students, or 8% of participating graduates, indicate ‘volunteering' or ‘taking time off' as their immediate next step...
New York Times sportswriter William C. Rhoden is keynote speaker for the ninth annual Dorothy Perry Thompson Colloquium April 12. The colloquium honors late English professor Dorothy Perry Thompson.
BACKGROUND: Studies in adult intensive care have highlighted the importance of insulin and improved glucose control on survival, with 32% reduction in mortality, 22% reduction in intensive care stay and halving of the incidence...
Amanda Floyd earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance and wants to teach dance with the ultimate goal of working in choreography. The Tillman Award is the university's highest academic honor. Established in 1940 to honor former...
William Sterling Battis lectures Varsity letters awarded Freshmen victorious Concert by Handel Choral Society Kerr Thompson to lead 1911 football team Seminary notes Birthday surprise