Category: SL/CE Stories

  • Service Stories Archive: Marketing Communication Plans (MKTG U352)

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Translating Holocaust Documents (GERM U311)

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Spread Awareness, Not Disease

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: College of Nursing Virtual Outreach

    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…

  • 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 U101)

    Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST U101)

    This article was originally published in Spring 2019. SHRCC is now known as Project R.E.S.T. 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 quality services to those…