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Student Affairs and Academic Support

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Student Success

The University of South Carolina offers expertise to facilitate students' transitions into and through college, services to support students’ academic achievement, early interventions to ensure no students fall through the cracks and tools to help students prepare for lifelong learning.

Offices and Initiatives

Ensures that courses and support programs are of high quality by overseeing course assessments, service evaluations and quality improvement initiatives for the Student Success unit

Contact: Carrie Van Haren
Email: carriew@mailbox.sc.edu 

Prepares students for lifelong career management by helping them discover careers, develop their employability skills and connect with employers.

sc.edu/careercenter
Phone: 803-777-7280

Serves as a coordinating office in support of USC students and their four-year (or transfer equivalent) comprehensive experience through an emphasis on community support and career connections.

Contact: Amber Fallucca
Email: fallucca@mailbox.sc.edu

Combines best practices from national research with USC’s own institutional data to identify and assist at-risk students.

Contact: Liz Carmon
Email
: carmonme@mailbox.sc.edu

Leads and serves as a clearinghouse for scholarship, policy and best practice for all postsecondary student transitions.

sc.edu/fye
Phone: 803-777-1440
Email: fye@mailbox.sc.edu

Provides course-specific and general study skills assistance, as well as services for transfer and veteran students.

sc.edu/success
Phone: 803-777-1000
Email: sassc@mailbox.sc.edu

Encourages students to engage in deep learning on focused topics in four academic seminars.

sc.edu/university101
Phone: 803-777-6029  
Email: U101@mailbox.sc.edu 

 

Leadership Team

Amber Fallucca

Amber Fallucca

Director, Carolina Experience

Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman

Assistant Vice President, National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and University 101 Programs

Helen Powers

Helen Powers

Director, Career Center

Dana Talbert

Dana Talbert

Director, Student Success Center

Carrie Van Haren

Carrie Van Haren

Director, Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement

 


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