SL/CE Spring Showcase

On Friday, 4/7, from 12:00-2:30, come hear fantastic stories of service happening in SL/CE courses around campus. Following SLCE ‘Best Practice”, this year, we will hear from both students and instructors. Come to support our students. Come to support your colleagues. Come to hear amazing stories. Come to learn!

student at service location

Date: Friday, April 7, 2023

Time: 12:00 – 2:30
(Lunch @ 12:00; Student Presentations @ 12:30; Instructor Presentations ~ 1:30)

Location: CLC 309;
In-person attendance is highly valued, but we can accommodate remote folks (remote lunches NOT provided 🙂 )

Tentative Schedule

12:00 Lunch

12:30 Student Presentations

  • Mallory Stoop & Lauren Henderson (History)
    Preserving the Past: Women & WWII Letters
    — Mentor: Tammy Pike
  • Devin Cooper (English)
    Diversity, Inclusion & AAPI: Using photos to fight discrimination
    — Mentor: Esther Godfrey
  • Shelby Pereira (English – Palmetto College)
    Serving from a Distance: Applications of Virtual ESOL through ENSL 351
    — Mentor: Dave Marlow
  • Susanne Floyd (Interdisciplinary Studies)
    Opportunities through Homelessness: Serving through WGST 101
    — Mentors: Esther Godfrey & Michele Garland

1:45 Faculty & Staff Presentations

  • Nick Karls (Landscape Services)
    Involving our students in beautification and conservation on campus
  • Amanda Karls (Institutional Research & UNIV 101)
    Bee Campus USA
    & Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  • Tammy Pike (History)
    Students and Digital Archiving
  • Tasha Thomas (English)
    Students & Digital Storytelling

This year, our SL/CE Showcase will be a USC Upstate GREEN Certified event. Come hear more about this as part of Amanda Karls’ talk about our efforts with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)