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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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Volunteer with SPACE on MLK Day of Service
Sign up here! The Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) is hosting a volunteer work day at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway on Monday, January 15 for this year’s MLK Day of Service, and we would like to extend the invitation to attend to any and all interested faculty, staff, and students! USC Upstate will provide transportation via shuttle…
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Service Stories Archive: College of Nursing Virtual Outreach
Serving the Upstate during the COVID-19 Pandemic Senior Nursing Instructor, Latasha Gooden with the support of the Mary Black College of Nursing, has partnered with the Charles Lea Center and Palladium Hospice & Palliative Care to initiate the COVID-19 Virtual Interaction Outreach program. From May 2020, the program has provided nursing students and faculty volunteers the opportunity to virtually connect…
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Service Stories Archive: Spread Awareness, Not Disease
This article was originally published in 2020. Spreading Awareness of Various Infectious Diseases and Methods of Disease Control Students in Dr. Ginny Webb’s Microbiology course (BIOL U330) aim to spread awareness of various infectious diseases and methods of disease control. They regularly partner with Oakland Elementary School where microbiology students teach hands-on lessons to kindergarten…
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Service Stories Archive: Alternative Spring Break 2020
This article was originally published in 2020. ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK 2020 REMEMBERING THE DAYS BEFORE ENFORCED SOCIAL DISTANCING This Service Story focuses on service completed by 16 students and two staff members in Tampa, FL from March 7-13. Every year, Associate Director of Leadership and Service, Dr. Deb Kladivko works with a student leadership team…
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Service Stories Archive: Communication as Environmental Advocacy (SPCH U347)
This article was originally published in the ’19-’20 academic year. Dr. Renu Pariyadath has been connecting SPCH U347: Environmental Communication classes with her research in both local and global communities since she joined us in Fall 2016. As an environmental advocate, it just made sense for her to bring students into partnership with community organizations…
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Service Stories Archive: Translating Holocaust Documents (GERM U311)
Introduction to German Translation (GERM U311) was taught for the first time in USC Upstate’s history to eight students in Fall 2019. The focus of the course is on the essential goal of the translator, which is to transmit a living voice from one language, culture and moment to another. By using hands-on teaching techniques, students…
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Service Stories Archive: Marketing Communication Plans (MKTG U352)
This article was originally published in the ’19-’20 academic year. Kim Land’s MKTG U352 – Marketing Communications class services six local small businesses or non-profits in our community every semester through extensive research, evaluation and recommendations that are developed into a full Integrated Marketing Communication plan for their business. Since Fall of 2016, Land and…
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Service Stories Archive: Community and Public Health Nursing (NURS U461)
This article was originally published in the ’19-’20 academic year. Students in multiple sections of Community and Public Health Nursing (NURS U461) work with a variety of community partners to explore health issues in our Upstate community. In addition to serving alongside nurses in public schools, in hospice agencies, in home health agencies, and at detention centers, NURSU461…
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Service Stories Archive: December Graduates Who Serve (December 2019)
Upstate students do great things both in the classroom and out. This week’s story highlights the service outside the classroom of three December graduates. Whitley Farmer is a Nursing student and mother who runs an annual coat drive from November through the beginning of January. She credits her recently deceased parents with teaching her to caring,…
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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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