The Spartanburg, South Carolina, native is best known for his long-running and award-winning
ETV series "NatureScene." Sponsored by the Friends of Dacus Library, the 6:30 p.m. event will be held in the
Tuttle Dining Room.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Rudy Mancke, a well-known Palmetto State naturalist, will regale the Friends of Dacus Library with his stories about the state's flora, fauna and crawlin', slitherin' critters
on Oct. 2 at Winthrop University.
Sponsored by the Friends of Dacus Library, the 6:30 p.m. event will be held in the Tuttle Dining Room.
The Spartanburg, South Carolina, native is best known for his long-running and award-winning
ETV series "NatureScene." Winthrop presented him an honorary degree in 1993 and he has since retired as Distinguished
Lecturer in Natural History from the University of South Carolina's School of the
Environment in 2008. He continues to teach the S.C. natural history course for the
university.
Mancke also is a former curator of natural history at the S.C. State Museum, director
of science and nature programming at SC ETV, and founder of the S.C. Association of
Naturalists.
His honors are numerous and have included:
Regional Director's Conservation Award of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2003)
William C. Everhart Award (2001)
S.C. Broadcasters Association Masters Award (2001)
Charles H. Townes Award (2000)
Lucy Hampton Bostick Award of Richland County Library (1999)
Best Friend of Libraries (1998)
South Carolina Hall of Science and Technology Inductee (1997)
Margaret Douglas Award of The Garden Club of America (1995)
Order of the Palmetto (1993)
South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award (1992)
Tickets are free for Friends' members, $25 for nonmembers and $15 for students. Sponsorship
for tables for six are available for $125.
For more information, contact Mark Herring of Dacus Library at herringm@winthrop.edu, or 803/323-2262.
