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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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…
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Spring ’24 Class List
Put your learning into action. We are excited to announce ~40 SL/CE courses for Spring 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 Human Performance Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Nursing Sciences —– Key…
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Engage Green Recap – Fall ’23
The point in a service project is to help those around you or even just help beautify where you live. Although you are going into the service expecting to help someone or something, you come out helping yourself just as much. Take the time and do a good deed because I promise it will be…
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University 101 Celebration of Service – Fall ’23
Engage Upstate would like to recognize the amazing work that our University 101 students have completed this semester! Arranged by U101 Peer Leader Coordinator Amber Puckette, a showcase-style Celebration of Service was held on November 16th, 2023. Student Peer Leaders created poster boards to tell about their various service projects that are at the heart…
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Upcoming Event: Arbor Day & Engage Green Celebration – December 1st, 2023
On Friday, December 1st, join us as we celebrate Arbor Day with our final Engaging Green Fall ’23 cleanup day for a closing ceremony at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway, where we will enjoy stories, company, hot cocoa and smores! This event is free and open to everyone. Our celebration has been graciously incorporated into an…
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