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Category: SL/CE Stories

  • University 101 Celebration of Service – Fall ’23

    University 101 Celebration of Service – Fall ’23

    Engage Upstate would like to recognize the amazing work that our University 101 students have completed this semester! Arranged by U101 Peer Leader Coordinator Amber Puckette, a showcase-style Celebration of Service was held on November 16th, 2023. Student Peer Leaders created poster boards to tell about their various service projects that are at the heart…

  • SL/CE Course Showcase – Fall 2023

    SL/CE Course Showcase – Fall 2023

    Stories teach. Stories encourage. Stories engage. Stories matter! On Friday, 11/10, from 12:00-3:00, 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…

  • 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…

  • Homelessness to Opportunity

    by Suzanne Floyd, Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies Follow one student’s journey from homelessness to serving the homeless community in service learning course, WGST 101. If you need help, connect with our Community Resource Coordinator! From Homelessness to Serving with Opportunity Housing I had no home when I moved to South Carolina in fall 2011 from the…

  • SL/CE in U101 in Fall ’22

    Support U101. Visit the Sharing our Service event Thursday 11/17. U101 peer leaders share posters about their section’s community projects! Great things are happening in University 101: Introduction to the University. Every U101 section does ~4 hours of service. The U101 program has a whole will celebrate their experience with an event open to all.…

  • GSP Mock Disaster Press Conference

    Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Disaster Drill Communication students and faculty (and a few other Upstate folks) participated in a press conference as part of a training-focused mock emergency at GSP in early October. Students served as members of the press corps for the communications division at GSP, asking questions relevant to the mock disaster and making notes…