SUMMER 2024


New Honors College Set to Debut in Fall 2025


The Board of Trustees recently gave university administrators the green light to launch by fall 2025 a leadership-focused Honors College. With the aim of producing the next generation of leaders, the college would be a high-impact workforce talent incubator for the region.


Winthrop currently has an Honors Program offered through its University College.


Honors College students, regardless of their major, will hone their leadership acumen by participating in a required series of leadership development seminars, events, and mentor- ship sessions to include economic develop- ment and community leaders.


Professor of Chemistry Nick Grossoehme was recently named the college’s inaugural dean.


Isaiah Venning ’95, ’00


Venning Re-elected to Board of Trustees


Alumni selected Isaiah “Reggie” Venning ’95, ’00 to serve for a second term as the alumni repre- sentative to the Board of Trustees. He begins a six- year term on July 1.


The Rock Hill resident earned his B.S. in business


administration and his M.B.A. at Winthrop. He is a self-employed stock trader.


Venning gives freely of his time on the Winthrop campus to give tours and attend various events. He was selected as the university’s 2021 Alumni Distinguished Service Award recipient and, more recently, as one of the Rock Hill 2024 Come-See- Me Community Service Merit Award recipients.


Winthrop Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Coeducation


On March 19, 1974, then- S.C. Governor John C. West, who was surrounded by members of the General Assembly and members of the Winthrop Board of Trustees, signed the Winthrop coeducation bill into law. Prior to that, the General Assembly had al- lowed limited admission of


males, primarily as graduate students, to Winthrop. Now, 50 years later, Winthrop celebrated the historic coeducation milestone with an exhibit and April 11 reception. The Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections created the exhibit “Redefining


experiences.


Look for additional coverage of the 50th anniversary of integration in the fall edition of the Winthrop Magazine.


Golf and Esports Teams Capture Championships Winthrop Welcomes Two Administrators Sebastian van Delden


Sebastian van Delden, for- mer dean of the School of Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering at the College of Charleston, joined Winthrop in January as provost and vice president for academic affairs. He re-


placed Interim Provost Peter Judge, who came out of retirement as professor emeritus of religious studies, to lead the division until a permanent provost was named.


He earned a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Central Florida. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on artificial intelligence.


16 Karen Oremus


Professor Karen Oremus, interim dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will assume the position as permanent dean, effective Aug. 1. Oremus was named interim dean in 2022, and feedback from the commu-


nity on her performance has been overwhelmingly positive. She will oversee fine arts, design, music, theatre, dance, arts administration, the Arts in Basic Curriculum Institute and the Winthrop Galleries.


She received her B.F.A. in printmaking with a minor in Roman archaeology at Concordia University and an M.F.A. in printmaking from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University.


The men's golf team captured the first Big South Conference Championship in program history on April 20. Head Coach Kevin Pendley ’98 became the first former Big South individual champion (1997, 1998) to win a team championship as a head coach. The Eagles ended this season May 13-15 in the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional.


Winthrop Esports Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and League of Legends teams won national championships at the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) and the National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC) competi- tions in Arlington, Texas, in May. Winthrop also received the CECC School of the Year Award, and computer science major Bharat Chintipall earned the MVP Award for his stellar play in the SSBU competition.


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Winthrop: The South Carolina College for Women Confronts Coeducation” that highlighted histor- ic photographs, newsprints, docu- ments and artifacts that illuminated Winthrop’s 20-year journey toward coeducation. At the reception, five male graduates – Moe Bell ’73; Joe Osborne ’74; Steve Penland ’71; Dennis Stamper '72; and John Hiott ’76 – spoke about their Winthrop


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