{"id":5344,"date":"2022-02-04T22:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olympusmascots.com\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2024-03-26T20:08:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:08:30","slug":"chaser-the-spartanburg-community-college-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olympusmascots.com\/our-projects\/chaser-the-spartanburg-community-college-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaser – Spartanburg Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Picking The Right Mascot<\/h2>

Spartanburg Community College<\/a> found itself in a unique scenario. In 2020, Doctor Michael Mikota was hired as president and tasked with leading the school into the future. Throughout his career, President Mikota had a long standing record of being able to bring students, faculty, and community together through school pride. After some thought, he came to a realization, Spartanburg needs a school mascot.<\/p>

Upon recognizing this need, Spartanburg Community College assembled a mascot implementation team. This team, made up of staff and students, represented multiple disciplines throughout the school. After some discussion, an operations manager at the school had a brilliant idea. What about using a dog? Specifically, a Border Collie.<\/p>

Now, let me clue you in on what makes a Border Collie a special breed of dog. Border Collies are herding dogs and are therefore extremely smart. There have been many famous Border Collies<\/a> over the years.<\/span> In fact, Spartanburg happens to have a famous Border Collie of their own\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Perfect Pair<\/h2>

That\u2019s when it hit, the perfect name: Chaser<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>

Chaser was a female Border Collie that belonged to Doctor John W. Pilley, a Professor of Psychology at Wofford College in Spartanburg. Dr. Pilley was a professor at Wofford while President Mikota was attending as student. Dr. Pilley was best known for his research into canine cognition and language learning. His dog Chaser was not only his personal companion, but the subject of his research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>

Over the years, Chaser learned to identify 1,022 toys by name, a feat which is not only extremely<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>impressive, but also a world record. Chaser was recognized as having the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. A recognition that catapulted the pair to worldwide acclaim and stardom.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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