Author: Sam Reinhardt

  • Service Stories Archive: Water Ecology Center reaching local schools and monitoring local streams

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Jesse Boyd Elementary School and Addressing Reading and Writing Problems (EDRE U444)

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST 101)

    Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST 101)

    This article was originally published in Spring 2019. SHRCC is now known as Project R.E.S.T. SHRCC & WGST 101 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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Oakland Elementary School exploring germs with Microbiology (BIO 330)

    Service Stories Archive: Oakland Elementary School exploring germs with Microbiology (BIO 330)

    Because of the upcoming introduction of a new University website design, existing Service Stories on the site are being migrated to our Service Learning Blog so that they will remain in our archive. 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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Making English documents more available through Spanish Translation (SPAN 311)

    Service Stories Archive: Making English documents more available through Spanish Translation (SPAN 311)

    Because of the upcoming introduction of a new University website design, existing Service Stories on the site are being migrated to our Service Learning Blog so that they will remain in our archive. This article was originally published on March 11, 2016, on USC Upstate’s News page. OSLCE SPOTLIGHT: ANSWERING THE “WHAT IF” QUESTION MARCH…

  • Spring ’24 Class List

    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…