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Community Engagement 2024: A Year in Review
Despite Hurricane Helene imposing her will on Spartanburg and the areas surrounding the Upstate, community engagement events post-storm have been successful and have given a sense of perseverance and resolve. Making landfall September 26th and bringing the region to a halt with countless downed powerlines, incapacitated roads, hundreds of thousands without power for a week,…
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Fall 2025 Courses Engage Students with Non-Profits and Community Partners
This fall, students in 35 courses and 71 unique sections are participating in Service Learning and Community Engagement (SL/CE) opportunities with community partners throughout the Upstate and beyond. Through these courses, students gain hands-on experience applying skills they learn in class to solve problems and meet community needs. Find more information on these courses by…
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Rebuilding our Space with Spartanburg Area Conservancy
Edit 11/06/2024: Our Engage Green program wraps up for the semester this month, but check out SPACE’s social media for announcements about ongoing volunteer events and stay tuned for next semester! While the aftermath of Helene and its massive impact on the landscape of Spartanburg Area Conservancy’s well-loved properties like the Cottonwood Trail, Glendale Shoals,…
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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: Communication as Environmental Advocacy (SPCH 347)
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 in the ’19-’20 academic year. COMMUNICATION AS ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY Thanks in part to the efforts of Dr.…