Category: For Instructors

  • ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE

    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…

  • 2023 Premier Fair Recap

    2023 Premier Fair Recap

    At the Engage Upstate Premier Fair table this year, our VISTAs talked with over 75 students about Service Learning and Community Engagement here on campus. With our newly refreshed table setup, many students stopped to learn more about Engage Upstate, collect SLCE gear, and/or take the survey that we designed specifically for the event. Despite…

  • Welcome, AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

    Welcome, AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

    Engage Upstate is excited to announce that its team has expanded to include two new members, Sam Reinhardt and Corentez Cannady! Sam and Corentez are engaging in a year of service as AmeriCorps members in the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. You may be wondering what AmeriCorps is all about. AmeriCorps is a…

  • SL/CE Spring Showcase

    On Friday, 4/7, from 12:00-2:30, 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 to learn! Date: Friday, April 7, 2023 Time:…

  • Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Food

    A quick shout-out to Symposium organizers, Kim Shorter & Josh Ruppel – together with Jim Shecter, SODEXO Director, Shay Carr in Student Affairs, and multiple students working the welcome table at the Upstate Research Symposium on Friday, 3/31. Thanks to collaboration from all these folks, the leftover breakfast & lunch boxes from the Symposium were…