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Service Stories Archive: LGBTQ Oral Histories (SOCY U391 / WGST U398)
This article was originally published in Fall 2019. This spring for the third year running, Dr. Lisa Johnson will teach a special topics course which includes an oral history project offering students an opportunity to connect with the LGBTQ community in the upstate of South Carolina, providing the LGBTQ community a means to share their…
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Service Stories Archive: Water Ecology Center reaching local schools and monitoring local streams
USC Upstate’s Watershed Ecology Center, founded by the late Dr. Jack Turner, seeks to promote scientific research on the watershed ecology of the region, community outreach, and educational programming for local schools. The Center reaches children in grades K-8 with hands-on standard based science education at no cost to the schools thanks to the generosity of…
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Service Stories Archive: Jesse Boyd Elementary School and Addressing Reading and Writing Problems (EDRE U444)
Dr. Brooke Hardin’s Addressing Reading and Writing Problems class partners with Jesse Boyd Elementary School. The mission of JBES is to inspire and equip all young people to become lifelong learners and productive community members through a challenging and supportive environment which promotes academic excellence, confidence, and creativity. Dr. Hardin’s service learning project, “We Write…
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Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST U101)
This article was originally published in Spring 2019. SHRCC is now known as Project R.E.S.T. Dr. Esther Godfrey’s Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies classes partner with the SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition. The coalition seeks to “use our collective voice to address the impact of domestic and sexual violence by providing quality services to those…
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Service Stories Archive: Oakland Elementary School exploring germs with Microbiology (BIO U330)
This article was originally published on May 2, 2016, on USC Upstate’s News page. Enlightening the World of Five-Year-Olds: Hand Washing Activity Shines Light on Germs MAY 2, 2016 AT 9:32 AM Wide-eyed students at Oakland Elementary School got a lesson in hygiene, while also having some fun. It’s a lesson on microbes and germs…
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Service Stories Archive: Making English documents more available through Spanish Translation (SPAN U311)
This article was originally published on March 11, 2016, on USC Upstate’s News page. It began as part of the Spanish U311 translation class in 2013. Maria Monteso, a full-time instructor in the Languages, Literature and Composition Department, believed providing her students with a practical way to demonstrate the value of translated documents would also…