University of South Carolina

Give to the Honors College

We are pleased that you are interested in making a gift to support innovative undergraduate education at the South Carolina Honors College. Your gift will help support student scholarships, student research opportunities, and special course needs.

Ways to Give

There are a number of ways you can give to the Honors College, including online donations, traditional pledges, and more. Details are provided below:

• Give online. The University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Honors College are pleased to present donors with the opportunity to give online. It is a convenient and secure option that also helps cut down on gift processing costs, so more of the money raised goes to where it is needed most.  Click here to give online.
• Send a check. Checks should be made payable to the "USC Educational Foundation." Please include your gift designation in the "Memo" area of your check.  Gifts without a designation will be applied to the Carolina Fund of the University of South Carolina Honors College. More information about gift designations is available below. Mail your check to:



Chappell Wilson
Director of Development
Honors College, Harper 220
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

• Other forms of giving. Cash is not the only form of support. Among other forms, you can also donate through gifts of real estate, charitable remainder trusts, stocks, securities, bonds, and mutual funds.

Gift Designations

You may designate your gift to any of the funds described below.

• Carolina Fund of the South Carolina Honors College. Allows the college to use the gift in the area of highest need. At this time most unrestricted gifts are used to support student scholarships. Click here to give online.
• William A. Mould / Peter C. Sederberg Scholarship Fund. In honor of the founding deans, this scholarship is for current honors students who receive little or no other financial aid. Click here to give online.
• Bernard and Arline Ramsdale Endowed Fund. Community service support for activities or social needs research by honors students. Click here to give online.
• David D. Brown Endowment Scholarship Fund. Scholarship for a student whose major is in the Moore School of Business and who demonstrates both merit and need. Click here to give online.
• James Gadsden Holmes IV Scholarship. Scholarship for an incoming student. Click here to give online.
• The Connie and Bill Timmons Scholarship. Scholarship for an incoming student whose major is in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Click here to give online.
• Edmund Martin Foley Fund. Senior thesis grant for projects in cognitive science or those that are unique in style: creative, thoughtful and provoking discussion of innovative solutions to the challenges of the contemporary world. Click here to give online.
• John S. Herin Scholarship Fund. Scholarship for an out-of-state student who is at least a sophomore in the Honors College. Click here to give online.
• Ryan Family Bicentennial Fund. Research grant for a current student in the Honors College enrolled in the Moore School of Business or the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. Click here to give online.
• Michael A. Hill Outstanding Honors College Faculty Award. Award recognizing distinguished teaching with a $1000 prize for the faculty member selected annually by honors students. Click here to give online.
• James L. Stiver Scholarship Fund. Scholarship for a student who demonstrates intellectual curiosity and shows exemplary academic success. Click here to give online.
• Honors College Undergraduate Research Fellowship Fund. Fellowships for honors students participating in independent study under the guidance of USC faculty members. Click here to give online.
• Catherine N. and Frances J. Dutton, Jr. Undergraduate Research Fund. Fellowship for an honors student participating in independent study under the guidance of a USC faculty member. Click here to give online.
• Patricia Ann Tangney Dumiak Scholarship. Scholarship for an incoming student whose major is in the Department of Political Science and who demonstrates academic excellence. Click here to give online.
• Waverly Center Volunteers Support Fund. Support for students who are providing after-school activities, tutoring and other related Services at the Waverly Center for elementary age children in Columbia’s Waverly Community, including supplying computers, craft supplies, tutoring materials, etc. Click here to give online.
• First Year Honors Passport Award. Award covers the cost of the passport application fee for first year Honors College students who wish to study abroad, but have not previously applied for a U.S. Passport. Click here to give online.

For more information about giving to the Honors College, contact:

Chappell Wilson
Director of Development
803-777-7511
cswilson[at]sc.edu