Andrew Sorensen Quotations

As a member of the Southeastern conference, whose institutions have been so deeply affected by Hurricane Katrina, the University of South Carolina feels a special obligation to help those schools, as well as everyone in the region who has suffered loss.

We have opened our hearts, our homes and our university to families and individuals displaced by this disaster. But as the relief effort moves from despair to hope and destruction to rebuilding, all of us are being called on to share our blessings in this unprecedented undertaking to rebuild communities and help those in need put their lives back together again.

We are getting a huge proportion of those students staying in South Carolina today. If we didn't have this scholarship program, that might be a very different story. I don't think the value of this program can be overstated.

A number of our faculty have offered their homes for faculty from the Gulf Coast.

The fruits of our collaboration are here with us today.

Carolina takes seriously its obligation as a NCAA member institution, and we shall continue to pursue with vigilance and honesty our goal of full compliance with all NCAA policies and procedures.

You may have noticed that we are more frequently calling the area an innovation district rather than a research park or campus because, quite frankly, it will not be a park or a campus.

With his record in fundraising and foundation management, Brad has earned the respect of leaders in higher education and the corporate sector across the country.

He's doing an outstanding job. We're in 100 percent agreement on the terms of his service.

Jack Pratt has the character, the leadership skills and the qualities to inspire confidence and optimism.