Home – A SL/CE of Upstate!

Welcome to our blog, A “SL/CE” of Upstate! This is the place for keeping up with all the latest SL/CE happenings, on campus and in our community.

On the SL/CE for Instructors page, you’ll find helpful information about SL/CE: celebrations & awards, professional development opportunities, and ways we can collaborate to better reach our students and our community!

SL/CE for Students shares content for our student audience.

SL/CE Stories center around the theme “we care and are doing something about it.” Topics & styles vary. SL/CE enthusiasts are invited to author their own stories. Stories matter!

Recent Blog Posts

• ENGAGING 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 … Read more
• 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 … Read more
• 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 … Read more
• Walk MS Spartanburg 2023 – USC Upstate
  Volunteers (as well as participant fundraisers and donors) are needed for the Walk MS Spartanburg 2023 on Saturday 4/22. Students, staff, faculty, & families are … Read more
• Fall ’23 Class List
  Please join me in celebrating the resurgence of SL/CE courses for our students. As of this writing, we have 31 unique sections officially designated as … Read more
• Summer Bootcamp on Experiential Learning in General Education (SE in GE)
  A few open seats remain the SE in GE bootcamp scheduled for July 11-13. Use this application form if you’re interested! Overview: – Live meetings … Read more
• Institute on Teaching Social Action
  If you’re interested in developing a class utilizing social action, please consider applying for this virtual Summer Institute on Teaching Social Action on June 6-8 … Read more
• SL/CE Awards
  Help Us Celebrate! Deadline Wednesday, March 15 Calling for applications & nominations for the 2023 Celebration of Service. Please APPLY for one or more awards … Read more
• Apply NOW: SE in GE Bootcamp
  The AACU IEIL Experiential Learning in Gen Ed taskforce, in cooperation with the Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement, CAIFS and the Provost’s office, … Read more
• SL/CE Briefs
  Short on time, but want to know more about why SL/CE is important? Five briefs, published in 2023, from North Carolina Campus Engagement make the … Read more