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Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences - University of South Carolina

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Business Hours
Baruch Institute Columbia Campus 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday.  Baruch Marine Field Laboratory 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Monday - Friday. 

Arrangements can be made to access the BMFL facility and nearby sites by contacting the appropriate staff via one of the methods indicated below.

 

Address & Phone

Baruch Columbia Campus Telephone/Fax: Phone:  (803) 777-5288
Fax:  (803) 777-3935
Baruch Columbia Campus Address: The Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences
607 EWS Building
Columbia, SC  29208
BMFL Postal address: Baruch Marine Field Laboratory
PO BOX 1630
Georgetown, SC 29442
BMFL Shipping address: 2306 Crab Hall Road
Highway 17 North, Hobcaw Barony
Georgetown, SC 29440
BMFL Telephone: (843) 546-3623 or 546-6219
BMFL FAX: (843) 546-1632

Columbia Directory
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Baruch Columbia Campus Directory  (803 area code) Office
Jim Morris, Baruch Institute Director | Website

EWS 609A

Margaret Bergin, Business Manager  EWS 607
Teresa Donelan, Business Associate   EWS 607
  Warren Hankinson, Research Specialist SUM 209D
Jeff Jefferson, IT Specialist  

SUM 216A

Anne Miller, Information Specialist EWS 610A
Dwayne Porter, Assistant Prof. | Website SPH 401
Jay Poucher, NERRS Program Coordinator II SUM 239
Mary Beth Sawyer, Administrative Assistant  EWS 609
Virginia Shervette, Res. Asst.. Prof. | Website PHRC 206B

Marine Field Lab Directory
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  Baruch Marine Field
           Laboratory (BMFL)

  Administration

BMFL Telephone:  (843) 546-3623 or 546-6219

Direct Line (843)
Diana Aguilera, Administrative Assistant 904-9023
Dennis Allen, Lab Director | Website 546-3623 ext 1
Scott Neubauer, Assist. Lab Director | Website  904-9030
  BMFL Support Staff
Jan Blakely, Administrative Specialist 904-9024
Janine Cline, Custodian 904-9024
Stephen Forehand, Facilities 904-9040
Paul Kenny, Senior Research Resource Specialist 904-9028
Liana Nichols, Research Specialist 904-9031
Ginger Ogburn-Matthews, Data Manager 904-9032
Nick Stines, IT & Network Management 904-9036
Karen Sundberg, Research Specialist II 904-9037
Teddy Thomas, Facilities 527-8866
 
 North Inlet-Winyah Bay
    National Estuarine
       Research Reserve (NERR)
Wendy Allen, NI-WB NERR Manager 904-9026
Tracy Buck, NERR Research Specialist II 904-9027
Ben Lakish, NERR Research Specialist II 904-9029
Jennifer Spicer Plunket, NERR Stewardship Coord. 904-9033
Nicole Saladin, NERR CTP Program Coordinator 904-9034
Erik Smith, Research Coord/Assist. Res. Professor 904-9035
Beth Thomas, NERR Education Coordinator 904-9016
Lindsay Thomas, NERR Education Specialist 904-9017
Amy Willman, NERR Research Specialist II 904-9038
  NERRS Centralized Data
     Management Office (CDMO)
Dwayne Porter, NERR CDMO Director | Website   (803) 777-4615
Tammy Small, NERR CDMO Manager 904-9002
Brooks Folk, CDMO Web Developer 904-9005
Melissa Ide, NERR CDMO Data Analyst 904-9003
Jennifer Keesee, NERR CDMO Data Analyst 904-9004
Lee Shutt, NERR CDMO Programmer 904-9006
         Baruch Affiliates Directory
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  Baruch Affiliates   Telephone
SC Algal Ecology Lab Dianne Greenfield, Research Assistant Professor, Hollings Marine Lab, Charleston (843) 762-8889
USC Longleaf Program Amy Weinmeister, Education Coordinator, Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center, Georgetown, SC (843) 762-8889
     
Directions to the Columbia Office
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The Columbia Office of the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and  Coastal Sciences is on the 6th floor (Room 607 EWS) in the Earth & Water Sciences Center (Map Number 89) which is located between the Coker Life Sciences Building (Map Number 100, Sumter Street) and the Jones Physical Science Center (Map Number 90, South Main Street).

For driving directions to the Columbia Office please click this link which will take you to mapquest.com.  Scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your starting address in the, "Get Directions to Above Location from:" field.

Once you arrive in Columbia enter into the Coker Life Sciences Building on Sumter Street or the Jones Physical Science Center on South Main Street and proceed to the 6th floor.  Follow the signs to the Earth & Water Sciences Building, Room 607.  If you have questions please call the office at (803) 777-5288.

Directions to the Kimbel Center & Marine Field Lab in Georgetown, SC

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    From the North
    (Myrtle Beach)

 

Follow Highway 17 South (Bypass 17 is recommended).
About seven miles south of the South Causeway traffic light in Pawley's Island, begin looking for DeBordieu Colony on the left.  After passing the DeBordieu turnoff, the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory turn off is approximately 1.0 mile on the left.  Look for the "Hobcaw Barony" sign. The Baruch Marine Field Laboratory is located on Hobcaw Barony.
    From the North
    (Conway)
Follow Highway 701 South
Once in Georgetown, go to the 17N intersection and follow signs to the beaches. This will be a left hand turn.As you leave Georgetown you will cross two rivers.  After crossing the second bridge (Waccamaw River & Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way), watch for the entrance to Hobcaw Barony approximately one mile on the right.  The Baruch Marine Field Laboratory is located on Hobcaw Barony.
    From the South
       (Charleston)

 

Follow Highway 17 North
Once in Georgetown, you will pass over the Sampit River Bridge and go through three traffic lights (not including flashing light).  At the 4th light, STAY IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE AND FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE BEACHES -- 17 NORTH WILL VEER TO THE RIGHT.  As you leave Georgetown you will cross two rivers.  After crossing the second bridge (Waccamaw River & Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way), watch for the entrance to Hobcaw Barony approximately one mile on the right.  The Baruch Marine Field Laboratory is located on Hobcaw Barony.
   From the West
    

 

Follow Highway 521 East
Take 521 into Goergetown. Approx. 4 miles inside the city limits turn slight left onto Church Street / US-17 ALT and follow signs to the Beaches; Church St becomes US-17N.  As you leave Georgetown you will cross two rivers.  After crossing the second bridge (crosses Waccamaw River part of Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way), watch for the entrance to Hobcaw Barony approximately one mile on the right.  The Baruch Marine Field Laboratory is located on Hobcaw Barony.
 

 

Once turning into the Hobcaw Barony Parking Area from Highway 17

 ....you have two choices. Turn right through the parking lot to go to the Kimbel Center, Dorms, and Cottages or proceed to the lift gate arm to access the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory.

At the Hobcaw Property Lift Gate to Access the USC Baruch Marine Field Laboratory

     Pull up to the electric gate, dial "010" on the gate phone to reach the lab.  If you have not been to the lab before, see directions given in next paragraph.  The gate phone is on a timer and after 30 seconds, it will cut off.  Dial again if necessary.
     Proceed through the gate and stay on the main road, Hobcaw Road.  You will pass the Clemson Baruch Coastal Ecology Laboratory on the left. Continue on Hobcaw Road 0.2 miles until you come to a three way intersection at which point you will veer left on Crabhaul Road.  Drive approximately 2.2 miles until you reach the lab.  Please drive slow and be careful with oncoming traffic, the road is narrow and the shoulders are soft and swampy. There are only a few safe places to pull off Crabhaul Road.

Please park in the lot on your left as you approach the Field Laboratory complex.

 

 Click to enlarge the Map below for the facilities offered at the lab and their locations.  If you have any questions please call us at (843) 546-3623.

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