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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Cleanup Day Recap: November 6th, 2023
On Monday, November 6th, we had yet another great cleanup day with biology instructor Julie Smoak and her students. During their work time, the group made an awesome discovery: an extremely rare plant, the dwarf-flowered heartleaf, which makes its home only on a small swath of land near the border of North and South Carolina!…
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SL/CE Course Showcase – Fall 2023
Stories teach. Stories encourage. Stories engage. Stories matter! On Friday, 11/10, from 12:00-3:00, 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…
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Upcoming Event: Grateful for Each Other Get Together
Join the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies for warm food and great discussion on Friday, November 17th for their upcoming event, “Grateful for Each Other Get Together: A Friendsgiving Gathering of Good Ideas.” This event is an installment in the CWGS’s Silver Anniversary Speaker Series, a dynamic and informative speaker series put on to…
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Cleanup Day Recaps: November 3rd & 4th, 2023
November 3rd, 2023 Last Friday was a busy day at the Greenway, with both a morning and afternoon cleanup on the schedule. With only three cleanup days left to round out the semester, having a large number of students out on Friday helped to move our progress along quickly! In the morning, two different classes…
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Cleanup Day Recaps: October 26th & 27th, 2023
October 26th, 2023 On Thursday, Dr. Esther Godfrey joined us at the Greenway once again to support another productive day of removing invasives from the trail! October 27th, 2023 On Friday, advisor Amber Puckette joined us for a late afternoon cleanup along with her class of tenacious University 101 students! University 101 students are typically…
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Cleanup Day Recaps: October 23rd & 24th, 2023
October 23rd, 2023 The fall weather continues to make work at the Greenway cooler than ever! On October 23rd, a group of 25 students, joined by SPACE’s leadership team, Lynn and Sam, cleared invasives from a huge swath of land, finally allowing trailgoers to see all the way to the edge of the beautiful stream…
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Announcement: Summer Learning Abroad Opportunity for Education Majors
Announcement brought to you by the College of Education in partnership with Engage Upstate (The Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement) & the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, US Dept. of Education. Learn in Costa Rica & the Dominican Republic – June 2024 Read below to learn more about an immersive 30-day education, culture,…
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Cleanup Day Recaps: October 6th & 10th, 2023
On this second week of October, we finally felt things cooling off at the Greenway! With the heat of the summer behind us, the weather was perfect for our work removing overgrown plants from the understory near the trail. As we continue our work at the Greenway with SPACE, we get to walk with students…
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Cleanup Day Recap: September 29, 2023
On Friday, Sept 29, over 25 students were joined by instructors Amanda Karls, Dr. Tracey Woodard and Dr. Courtney McDonald to help SPACE with another successful Greenway cleanup! For our second cleanup day on the trail, land manager Lynn Rhodes met our student group and showed them the important work that they are helping with…
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ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE
Last Friday, over 30 students, faculty, and staff gathered at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway in Spartanburg, only a mile from campus, to kick off Upstate’s first ever ENGAGE GREEN Greenway Cleanup day in partnership with Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE). The foundational effort of a multi-year revitalization project, this semester over 11 general education teachers will…
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