Service Learning & Community Engagement @ USC Upstate.
Show me, and I will forget. Teach me, and I will remember. Involve me, and I will learn.
Chinese proverb
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Recent Posts
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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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Engage Upstate Boot Camp – Summer 2024
In Fall, our first Engage Green instructor cohort led 238 students to blend course content with contributing more than 700 hours serving with the Spartanburg Area Conservancy (see recap). We now invite our second cohort to join this fun and meaning-filled effort! Engage Upstate, together with CAIFS and the Provost’s office, invites you to apply…
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Fall ’24 Class List
Put your learning into action. We are excited to announce ~40 SL/CE courses for Fall 2024.Build career skills, support our community, and do something real! Course numbers and names are listed below, followed by their section number (when applicable). Arts & Communication Behavioral Sciences Business Education Humanities Interdisciplinary Studies Nursing Sciences University —– Key to Acronyms —–…
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Call for Student Nominations: 2024 Community Engagement in Education Awards
Do you know a student who has done outstanding work in their SL/CE courses this semester? Give them a chance to be recognized with an award at our 2024 Celebration of Community Engaged Education! Read on for event details and full nomination instructions for student awards. For faculty/staff and community partner award information, click here.…
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Faculty Focus: Celebration of Community in Education
Let’ s Celebrate! Join us for our 2024 Engage Upstate – Celebration of Community in Education. Thursday, April 4 from 3:00-5:00 in the Smith Boardroom of the Health Education Complex. BUT FIRST, we need applications & nominations. Please apply for one or more awards for yourself! Nominate a colleague, student, &/or community partner. Changes for…
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Volunteer with SPACE on MLK Day of Service
Sign up here! The Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) is hosting a volunteer work day at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway on Monday, January 15 for this year’s MLK Day of Service, and we would like to extend the invitation to attend to any and all interested faculty, staff, and students! USC Upstate will provide transportation via shuttle…
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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: Spread Awareness, Not Disease
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 2020. SPREAD AWARENESS, NOT DISEASE SPREADING AWARENESS OF VARIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND METHODS OF DISEASE CONTROL.…
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Service Stories Archive: Alternative Spring Break 2020
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 2020. ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK 2020 REMEMBERING THE DAYS BEFORE ENFORCED SOCIAL DISTANCING This Service Story focuses…
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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.…
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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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