{"id":2091467,"date":"2025-10-14T22:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2091467"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:48:13","slug":"david-and-nicole-tepper-gift-5-million-to-south-carolinas-sport-and-entertainment-management-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-and-nicole-tepper-gift-5-million-to-south-carolinas-sport-and-entertainment-management-department\/","title":{"rendered":"David and Nicole Tepper gift $5 million to South Carolina\u2019s sport and entertainment management department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">South Carolina\u2019s foremost decision-makers gathered in Columbia on Tuesday to announce a $5 million gift from the David and Nicole Tepper Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">The donation, for which the Teppers were on-site to discuss and celebrate, will see South Carolina\u2019s department of sport and entertainment management take on the couple\u2019s names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">Those in attendance included members of South Carolina\u2019s board of trustees, AD Jeremiah Donati, President Michael Amiridis and former AD Ray Tanner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">\u201cThe student success is the university success and that goes unmatched [at South Carolina],\u201d Nicole said. \u201cI\u2019ve been to a lot of different places, a lot of different universities, and they really put time and effort into it. That just draws people like Dave and I in to say, \u2018We want to invest, and we want to be a part of it.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">The Teppers have long been involved with South Carolina on varying levels. For one, Nicole\u2019s daughter is a graduate of the school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">The couple have also supported the \u201cTepper Scholars Program,\u201d placing multiple cohorts of students in internships and jobs at places like ESPN, the NCAA and the Carolina Panthers since 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/university-of-south-carolina-names-department-of-sport-and-entertainment-management-in-honor-of-david-and-nicole-tepper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.panthers.com\/news\/university-of-south-carolina-names-department-of-sport-and-entertainment-management-in-honor-of-david-and-nicole-tepper\">The gift announced Monday<\/a> will create an endowment to sustain the Tepper Scholars program in perpetuity, along with establishing the Tepper Professors of Practice within the school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-colleges \">\u201cAs Nicole said, success builds on success and you want to invest in success,\u201d David said. \u201cNicole\u2019s the driving force on some of the things that we have done in the past that have helped lead to the current success. The doubling down, so to speak, will lead to more and bigger success in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.sportsbusinessjournal.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina\u2019s foremost decision-makers gathered in Columbia on Tuesday to announce a $5 million gift from the David and Nicole Tepper Foundation. The donation, for which the Teppers were on-site to discuss and celebrate, will see South Carolina\u2019s department of sport and entertainment management take on the couple\u2019s names. 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