BUZZ: Nikki Haley making first appearance at USC Darla Moore econ conference

Gov. Nikki Haley will make her first appearance at the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business 33rd annual Economic Outlook Conference next week.

Haley speaks after 2014 forecasts by USC economists Doug Woodward and Joey Von Nessen. Other governors, including Jim Hodges and Mark Sanford, have come the economic outlook events in the past, a USC spokeswoman said.

Haley replaced the business school's namesake, Lake City financier Darla Moore, on the USC board of trustees with a campaign donor soon after the Lexington Republican took office in 2011.

Moore, USC's largest benefactor, is not scheduled to attend the conference on campus on Monday, the school said. A $106.5 million new business school is scheduled to open on Assembly and Green streets in the spring.

After Haley, who is seeking re-election next year, speakers at USC's economic outlook conference include:

This story was originally published December 4, 2013 at 3:22 PM with the headline "BUZZ: Nikki Haley making first appearance at USC Darla Moore econ conference."