Service Stories

Stories teach
Stories encourage
Stories engage
Stories matter

Here you’ll find stories about SL/CE at Upstate. The topics will vary. The style will vary. The authors will vary. The core message will always be: “we care and are doing something about it.” <see also our SL/CE Updates>

  • Service Stories Archive: Water Ecology Center reaching local schools and monitoring local streams
    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 2019. WATERSHED ECOLOGY CENTER USC Upstate’s Watershed Ecology Center, led by Dr. Jack Turner, seeks to promote…
  • Service Stories Archive: LGBTQ Oral Histories (SOCY 391 / WGST 398)
    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 Fall 2019. LGBTQ ORAL HISTORIES This spring for the third year running, Dr. Lisa Johnson will…
  • Service Stories Archive: December Graduates Who Serve (December 2019)
    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 December 2019. DECEMBER GRADUATES WHO SERVE Upstate students do great things both in the classroom and…