University of South Carolina Sumter
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | Clemson-1966; USC-1973 |
| Dean | Michael Sonntag |
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Academic staff
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75 |
| Undergraduates | 1,088 |
| Address | 200 Miller Road, Sumter, SC, USA |
| Campus | Urban, 50 acres (20.2 ha) |
| Colors | Garnet and White |
| Athletics | NJCAA |
| Nickname | Fire Ants |
| Mascot | Blaze |
| Website | www.uscsumter.edu |
The University of South Carolina Sumter is a public university located in Sumter, South Carolina. One of the four regional USC campuses which make up Palmetto College. USC Sumter is an accredited two-year school in the University of South Carolina System, it is home to approximately 1,500 students. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1965 the Sumter County Commission on Higher Education, desiring to fulfill its purpose of starting or bringing a public college to Sumter, entered into an agreement with Clemson University to establish an academic branch of Clemson in Sumter at the old Sumter Airport site on Miller Road. This was Clemson's first such branch. The original campus consisted of four buildings and was designed to accommodate 550 students. The initial enrollment of 97 had grown to only 245 by 1973. In 1973, upset by this poor growth rate, the Commission successfully negotiated with Clemson and USC to terminate the Sumter branch's relationship with Clemson and to become a branch of the USC System.
USC Sumter now has an enrollment of more than a thousand. USC Sumter confers two-year associate degrees and also offers baccalaureate degree programs in business administration, elementary education, nursing, early childhood education and interdisciplinary studies.
The University of South Carolina Sumter announced on Monday, October 30, 2006 the return of intercollegiate athletics to the campus. Competitive sports have not been on campus since the 1970s, when the mascot was The Partisans and the school colors were purple and white.
University of South Carolina Sumter now sponsors four collegiate teams known as the Fire Ants. The athletic department colors are garnet and white, while the university's colors are garnet, black, and white. The teams compete in Region X of Division I in the NJCAA. These sports are men's baseball, women's softball and men's and women's tennis. The USC Sumter Fire Ants began playing in the 2007-2008 academic year with baseball and softball. The University plans to add more sports as the support grows for its teams.
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