Service Learning & Community Engagement @ USC Upstate.
Show me, and I will forget. Teach me, and I will remember. Involve me, and I will learn.
Chinese proverb
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Recent Posts
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Arts & Comm. SL/CE Classes Spring ’25
Engage Upstate is excited to announce ~35 SL/CE opportunities for Spring 2025.Build career skills, support our community, and do something real! Course numbers and names are listed below, followed by their section number (when applicable).
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Spring ’25 Class List
Engage Upstate is excited to announce ~50 SL/CE opportunities for Spring 2025.Build career skills, support our community, and do something real! Course numbers and names are listed below, followed by their section number (when applicable). Arts & Communication Behavioral Sciences Business Computer Science Education Honors Interdisciplinary Studies Languages Nursing Sciences —– Key to Acronyms —– Use the…
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Rebuilding our Space with Spartanburg Area Conservancy
Edit 11/06/2024: Our Engage Green program wraps up for the semester this month, but check out SPACE’s social media for announcements about ongoing volunteer events and stay tuned for next semester! While the aftermath of Helene and its massive impact on the landscape of Spartanburg Area Conservancy’s well-loved properties like the Cottonwood Trail, Glendale Shoals,…
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Sam Reinhardt, Community Engagement Specialist
Sam Reinhardt, United Way of the Piedmont’s AmeriCorps VISTA of the year 2023-24 will be joining us as our new Community Engagement Specialist. She will support Engage Upstate (Office of Service Learning & Community Engagement) efforts and report to Dave Marlow. At the UWP awards ceremony, Dr. Bennie Harris observed that, “Sammantha exemplifies the spirit…
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Spring Retrospective – One Year of ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE
Now that the Spring semester has concluded (and along with it, our first successful year of Engage Green), we have had over 300 students serve for 1200 hours at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway, with many of those students choosing to participate more than once!
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Recap: Celebration of Community Engaged Education 2024
Edit April 18, 2024: This post has been updated to recap our 2024 Celebration of Community Engaged Education event, where we celebrated esteemed community partners and members of our faculty, staff, and student body who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to service within the Upstate. Find original event and program information at…
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Engage Upstate Boot Camp – Summer 2024
In Fall, our first Engage Green instructor cohort led 238 students to blend course content with contributing more than 700 hours serving with the Spartanburg Area Conservancy (see recap). We now invite our second cohort to join this fun and meaning-filled effort! Engage Upstate, together with CAIFS and the Provost’s office, invites you to apply…
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Fall ’24 Class List
Put your learning into action. We are excited to announce ~40 SL/CE courses for Fall 2024.Build career skills, support our community, and do something real! Course numbers and names are listed below, followed by their section number (when applicable). Arts & Communication Behavioral Sciences Business Education Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Nursing Sciences University —– Key to Acronyms —–…
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Call for Student Nominations: 2024 Community Engagement in Education Awards
Do you know a student who has done outstanding work in their SL/CE courses this semester? Give them a chance to be recognized with an award at our 2024 Celebration of Community Engaged Education! Read on for event details and full nomination instructions for student awards. For faculty/staff and community partner award information, click here.…
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Faculty Focus: Celebration of Community in Education
Let’ s Celebrate! Join us for our 2024 Engage Upstate – Celebration of Community in Education. Thursday, April 4 from 3:00-5:00 in the Smith Boardroom of the Health Education Complex. BUT FIRST, we need applications & nominations. Please apply for one or more awards for yourself! Nominate a colleague, student, &/or community partner. Changes for…
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