Traditions
Students can purchase this after earning at least 60 credit hours.
University Ring
What year were the first classes held at Carolina?
1805
Was once the Library, but is now the visitor center.
McKissick Museum
One of the only women to have a business school named after her.
Darla Moore
True are false: we are called UofSC in all of our brandings.
False. We are USC again as of today.
Finish this line of the Alma Mater: Here's a health, Carolina,...
Forever to thee!
This program was introduced to Carolina in 1972 as an educational experiment in response to the 1970 social justice riots held by students.
University 101
This is the oldest building on campus.
Rutledge College
She led Carolina to its first women's basketball national championship.
A'ja Wilson
What Bowl Game did the Gamecocks play in last year?
The Dukes Mayo Bowl
In 1902, Clemson military cadets created a battle formation on Sumter Street because Carolina Students created an "offensive banner." Carolina Students burned the banner, and the Clemson cadets left. This was the begging of what tradition?
Tiger Burn
Who was the first African American faculty member at Carolina?
Richard T. Greener
This building is now a restaurant that is run by the Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management students.
McCutchen House
Grammy award-winning musicians that formed at Carolina.
Hootie and the Blowfish
What is the official name of our Fight Song?
"The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way."
The tradition of Sandstorm began on September 24th, 2009, when the Gamecocks defeated this ranked team.
Ole Miss
What was the first branch campus of UofSC?
Francis Marion University
The grave of former University President J. Rion McKissick is in front of this building.
South Carolinian Library
Television celebrity, radio personality, three-time Emmy winner for her self-named talk show, and Alzheimer's advocate
Leeza Gibbons
Other than basketball, what other team has won two national championships at Carolina?
The Carolina Girls Dance Team
The University seal bears the Latin motto "Emollit mores nec sinit esse feros," What is the meaning? (I will accept a close answer).
"Learning humanizes character and does not premit it to be cruel."
Who was the first female student admitted to Carolina?
Frances Gibbes
This building is known as "The most elegant building on the Horseshoe."
The President's House
Retired chairman of Standard Oil Company, Indiana
John Swearingen
What way is the seal on your Carolina Ring supposed to face while you are still a student?
Towards you