The 2025 SC Humanities Awards on October 16 was a day of celebration, honoring outstanding scholars, public humanists, and community leaders across South Carolina. But this day was so much more than the awards themselves. It was a gathering made possible by a network of generosity, creativity, and partnership and we want to say thank you.
To our event sponsors:
College of Charleston, The Citadel, Coastal Carolina University- College of Humanities & Fine Arts, Francis Marion University, International African American Museum, The Jeffcoat Firm, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences @ USC, Wofford College, Randy L. Akers, Jennet Robinson Alterman & Jack Alterman, Burkett, Burkett & Burkett, Bill & Nancy Comer, Friends of Cal McMeekin, Jennifer Gunter, Historic Columbia, Morgan Stanley, Bill Schmidt, Bob & Margaret Seidler, SC Academy of Authors, South Carolina Archives & History Foundation, SC African American Heritage Commission, South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, Darlington County African American Museum, SC Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, University of South Carolina-Aiken, Center for Civil Rights History & Research @USC, The University of South Carolina Press, WEGOJA Foundation, Write for Change, Clemson College of Arts & Humanities, Francis Marion University, Lander University, South Carolina Arts Commission, SC State University, and University of South Carolina- Union
Your support uplifted every moment.We are deeply grateful to all the sponsors who stood with us this year. Your financial backing and institutional confidence allowed this event to go beyond mere logistics and become a true celebration of the humanities across South Carolina. Because of you, we shine a spotlight on voices, ideas, and communities that matter.
To our Silent Auction donors:
Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina, Athenaeum Press, Ballet Spartanburg, Belton Area Museum Association, Brenton Brown, Brookgreen Gardens, Charleston Gaillard Center, Charleston Literary Festival, Columbia Museum of Art, Greenville Zoo, Heyday Coaching, Historic Columbia, Magnolia Plantation, Myrtle Beach Art Museum, Nelson Chandler, Newberry Opera House, Prepared to Impact, Richland Library, SC Civil Rights Museum, SC Maritime Museum, SC State Museum, SC Tobacco Museum, Timrod Library, Trader Joe’s, and Upcountry History Museum
Your contributions of tours, signed books, cultural experiences, original art, museum memberships, and more gave our guests wonderful opportunities to bid, discover, and support the humanities in meaningful ways. Every auction item enriched our event, highlighted local treasures, and reinforced how much people care about arts, heritage, and dialogue.
To Carolyn’s Flowers:
Your gracious donation of the floral arrangements brought natural beauty and warmth to the event. The bouquets made our venue feel alive, elegant, and celebratory, and that matters.
As the host of the South Carolina Awards in the Humanities, we know that recognizing and sustaining cultural work requires collective commitment, and you answered that call.
Thanks to everyone, sponsors, donors, artists/videographers, florists, and guests, for helping make the 2025 Humanities Awards a success. Because of you, the day was memorable, uplifting, and deeply connected to our mission of honoring stories and ideas that bind us together across this state.
With immense gratitude,
South Carolina Humanities