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Service Stories Archive: Marketing Communication Plans (MKTG U352)
This article was originally published in the ’19-’20 academic year. Kim Land’s MKTG U352 – Marketing Communications class services six local small businesses or non-profits in our community every semester through extensive research, evaluation and recommendations that are developed into a full Integrated Marketing Communication plan for their business. Since Fall of 2016, Land and…
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Service Stories Archive: Translating Holocaust Documents (GERM U311)
Introduction to German Translation (GERM U311) was taught for the first time in USC Upstate’s history to eight students in Fall 2019. The focus of the course is on the essential goal of the translator, which is to transmit a living voice from one language, culture and moment to another. By using hands-on teaching techniques, students…
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Service Stories Archive: Spread Awareness, Not Disease
This article was originally published in 2020. Spreading Awareness of Various Infectious Diseases and Methods of Disease Control Students in Dr. Ginny Webb’s Microbiology course (BIOL U330) aim to spread awareness of various infectious diseases and methods of disease control. They regularly partner with Oakland Elementary School where microbiology students teach hands-on lessons to kindergarten…
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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 U347)
This article was originally published in the ’19-’20 academic year. Dr. Renu Pariyadath has been connecting SPCH U347: Environmental Communication classes with her research in both local and global communities since she joined us in Fall 2016. As an environmental advocate, it just made sense for her to bring students into partnership with community organizations…
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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…