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The state’s first school for autistic children, The Good Shepherd Catholic School at Mercy, initially will provide special services for 20 children when it opens Aug. 22 on the hospital campus.

The number of people with autism is estimated at 1 percent of the population. The numbers have been increasing nationally and statewide, with a state study showing Oklahoma’s incidence more than tripled from 2003 to 2007, whether from increased prevalence, improved reporting or diagnoses.

“It’s overwhelming, overwhelming,” said Mary Sweet-Darter, the director of the University of Central Oklahoma behavioral and learning clinic.

“Parents are receiving earlier diagnoses of autism for their children and have no place to go for their services.”

Some Oklahoma parents of autistic children were given money to find services under a research project. But Sweet-Darter said parents returned the money because they couldn’t find the behavioral therapy services determined most beneficial for autistic children by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That prompted the state Legislature to ask the university to help autistic children and train behavioral therapists specializing in autism. The university borrowed a couple of rooms to provide limited training and teaching for children whose parents could sometimes afford no more than one hour of therapy. It costs about $21,000 for a year of therapy for autistic children in Oklahoma.

More impetus for a real autism school came about a year ago, when residents attending a Mercy round-table requested both an autism school and improved rehabilitation services.

“How do we do a better job as health care providers in meeting the needs of our community?” said Jim Gebhart, president of Mercy Health Center. “It’s an all new age for us in regards to health care reform, health care financing. And it should be in health care delivery, as well. So we’re looking for innovative ways to try to do that.”

Group effort

The autism school idea became a hot topic among the university, Mercy and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Now, the university is providing staffing; Mercy is providing the building; and the archdiocese is providing the school accreditation so parents of autistic children can take advantage of a state law that allows special needs children to attend an accredited private school through a state-funded scholarship.

“None of us could do it by ourselves,” Sweet-Darter said.

Tom Edelstein, vice president of mission and ethics for Mercy said research looked at autistic children playing and learning with children without autism.

“Research shows everybody benefits from that,” he said.

Consequently, the autism school for ages 2 to 10, also will have child care services for nonautistic children in separate classrooms in the school across from Mercy on Meridian. Plans are to expand when possible.

“We’re really quite excited,” Edelstein said.

Sweet-Darter said applications for enrollment are available by emailing dkearns@uco.edu.

The $25 million project includes the school, along with a 50,000-square-foot, 50-bed rehab hospital at Memorial Road and MacArthur Boulevard. The hospital will provide inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for patients with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations, strokes and other conditions. It will feature pet therapy, an outdoor garden, walking trail and private rooms. Work on the hospital is scheduled to begin Aug. 16 and end in the fall of 2012.

It’s all part of about $772 million Mercy plans to invest in Oklahoma over a decade.

Clemson University trustees approve 2011-12 budget

Published: July 15, 2011

CHARLESTON — Clemson University’s trustees Friday approved the school’s fiscal year 2011-2012 budget at their summer quarterly meeting in Charleston. The $815 million annual budget includes an approximate 2.2 percent overall increase in total revenues and expenditures. 

Chief Financial Officer Brett Dalton said, “This modest increase in total resources and expenditures is less than the Consumer Price Index estimate of 3.6 percent inflation for the most recent 12 months.”

Additional permanent cuts in state appropriations and the loss of more than $19 million in stimulus funding were offset by additional generated external revenue, grants and contracts, and a 3.8 percent increase in tuition and fees.

Dalton said the university continues to invest most heavily in its core academic and academic support areas. Funding for scholarships and fellowships is projected to increase again this year, reflecting the focus on affordability and access for South Carolina families. The budget also reflects reductions in expenditures for total wages and benefits, primarily because of fewer administrative and support positions.

The trustee approval of the budget endorses the administration’s commitment to fund the Clemson 2020 plan through new revenue generation and internal reallocations. The Clemson 2020 Road Map is a 10-year strategic plan that calls for investments in faculty hires, student engagement, upgraded facilities and technology, and faculty and staff compensation — with most of the funding to come from existing resources and new revenues.

Provost Dori Helms reported that applications for freshman admission already had surpassed last year’s record. As of June 24, freshman applications totaled 17,019 — 5,885 in-state and 11,134 out-of-state. Transfer applications totaled 2,225, also an increase from 2010. Graduate applications were up 3.3 percent, to 6,121, as of July 1.

In other action, the board approved:

• termination of a substance abuse certificate program and a master’s degree in early childhood education, both of which have had low enrollment.
• a new concentration in entrepreneurship and innovation for Master of Business Administration (MBA) students. Classes will be taught by Clemson business faculty and by professional entrepreneurs who serve as adjunct instructors.
• a Six Sigma Certificate the industrial engineering department will begin offering this fall to undergraduate students who want to focus on statistical quality control, design of experiments, process analysis and quality engineering techniques.
• the final phase for an addition to Freeman Hall, funded by self-generated revenue from the industrial engineering department, that will add 24,000 square feet of office, classroom and research space.
• concept phases for Littlejohn Coliseum annex and wastewater treatment plant upgrades. The coliseum project will provide quality practice facilities for the men’s and women’s basketball teams with two additional practice gyms and offices. Private donations from IPTAY, the Clemson University Foundation and other non-state sources will finance the annex addition.
• concept and final phases for graduate student housing at the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science in Georgetown.
• a naming request for the university soccer stadium in connection with a fundraising goal of $1million for renovations.

Former South Carolina legislator and U.S. Ambassador to Canada David H. Wilkins was unanimously reelected chairman of the board of trustees for a two-year term. He has served on the board since 2007.

The Greenville native earned his undergraduate degree in history from Clemson in 1968 and his law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1971. He is a partner at the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP.

Kim A. Wilkerson of Cayce, who was selected as life trustee in 2010, assumed the seat vacated when Life Trustee Dr. John James “J.J” Britton of Sumter became an emeritus trustee at this meeting.

Britton, a leader in the Sumter community, was first elected to Clemson’s board of trustees as a legislative trustee in 1981 and again in 1988. He was selected as a life trustee in 1995, serving the board with distinction for 27 years, including two terms as vice chairman.

“J.J. Britton has given countless hours of outstanding service to Clemson University,” said Wilkins. “Clemson is a better university because of his dedication and commitment. Our challenge was to identify a successor who is as intelligent, accomplished and passionate about higher education in Clemson University.”

Wilkerson, who graduated from Clemson in 1980 with a bachelor of science in financial management, was named president of Bank of America South Carolina in 2005. She has a long history of service to Clemson, including as a member of the Board of Visitors and the Clemson University Foundation board of directors.

Clemson University is governed by a 13-member board, including six trustees elected by the state legislature and seven life members, as provided by the will of Thomas G. Clemson, whose bequest to the state led to the institution’s founding.

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UC Davis is now accepting Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) scores from applicants to the Graduate School of Management.

Traditionally, graduate business school applicants take and submit the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), but more MBA programs, such as Harvard’s, Yale’s and New York University’s, have started accepting GRE scores as well.

UC Davis decided to accept the GRE because, according to a university press release, it tests the same skills MBA programs are looking for in prospective students as the GMAT does.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management has started accepting GRE scores for the upcoming fall Working Professional MBA programs in Sacramento and in San Ramon, and will accept the scores for the applicants for the full-time MBA program class of 2012.

For more information, contact the UC Davis Graduate School of Management at www.gsm.ucdavis.edu.

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While attending East Montgomery High School, Biscoe teen Jhansi Nandipati began taking classes at Sandhills Community College.

When she graduated from high school in June, she had completed 23 semester credit hours, thanks to the dual enrollment and Learn and Earn Online programs.

“I heard about Sandhills Community College through my father’s colleagues,” Nandipati said. “We immediately went to the college’s website. We found information about distance learning classes and contacted Lauren Holland, coordinator for high school relations, about registering. Sandhills had just what I needed to extend my high school education and jump-start my college education.

“While talking to Ms. Holland, she mentioned the college’s nursing program and the information session that the college was hosting, which helped us greatly into exploring the associate degree in nursing (ADN) program. After attending the session, we decided that with my credits, I could graduate high school one year early and apply for the ADN program.

“I would greatly suggest using the opportunity of taking college classes in high school. As a dual-enrolled student, my tuition at Sandhills was completely free.”

This was a savings of at least $6,000 had she taken these classes at an N.C. university.

Her proud father appreciates the educational opportunities that Sandhills provides students.

“We emigrated here from India, and we have very high aspirations for our daughters,” Raju Nandipati explained. “We were happy to find out that Jhansi could start college while in high school.”

Nandipati was recently accepted into Sandhills’ nursing program.

“I am very happy to be accepted into the nursing program,” she said. “I absolutely think I have an advantage by already completing several college courses. For the most part, I have gotten my humanities courses out of the way, and the only courses I have left are the science and nursing courses. It feels great to have so many under my belt so nursing will not be that stressful.”

Nandipati said she looks forward to completing the ADN program at Sandhills and then transferring to a four-year university to complete a bachelor’s degree on her career path to becoming a cardiologist.

Sandhills Community College offers four programs for high school students — dual enrollment, Huskins, Learn and Earn Online and SandHoke Early College High School.

Dual enrollment allows public and nonpublic high school students who are at least 16 years old to enroll in community college courses on the college campus. While tuition is waived during fall and spring semesters, students are responsible for purchasing their own textbooks. Dual enrollment students may also enroll in the summer semesters, but they must pay tuition and purchase textbooks.

With the Huskins program, Sandhills Community College provides Moore and Hoke County public school students the opportunity to enroll in college courses on the high school or college campus during the regular school day. Qualified students can earn high school and college credit for the course under the Huskins program. College tuition and fees are waived for high school students, and the local school district provides college textbooks for its students.

The Learn and Earn Online (LEO) program provides distance learning college courses for high school students during or after the school day. Tuition is free for all high school students in the fall and spring semesters. In the summer, students must pay the cost of tuition and fees.

SandHoke Early College High School is a partnership between the Hoke County school system and Sandhills Community College. At the conclusion of the five-year plan of study, which begins when Hoke County middle school students are in the eighth grade, graduates will receive a high school diploma from the Hoke County school system and an associate in arts degree from Sandhills Community College.

In addition to completing courses required by the Hoke County school system for the high school diploma, students will also complete the required plan of study for the associate in arts degree.

“Recent legislative changes have mandated that beginning with the 2011-2012 fall and spring semesters, Huskins, dual enrollment and LEO students at Sandhills will be limited to STEM courses, or those courses which are math, science or applied science,” Holland said. “For the summer semesters, though, high school students may enroll in any course for which they are qualified to take.”

Anyone wanting more information about the Huskins Program, dual enrollment or LEO programs can visit the college’s website at www.sandhills.edu or contact Holland at hollandl@sandhills.edu or (910) 695-3713.

Anyone needing more information about SandHoke Early College or Huskins courses in Hoke County can contact Eric Richardson, early college director, at richardsone@sandhills.edu or (910) 246-4976.