Tag: Celebration

  • Sam Reinhardt, Community Engagement Specialist

    Sam Reinhardt, United Way of the Piedmont’s AmeriCorps VISTA of the year 2023-24 will be joining us as our new Community Engagement Specialist. She will support Engage Upstate (Office of Service Learning & Community Engagement) efforts and report to Dave Marlow. At the UWP awards ceremony, Dr. Bennie Harris observed that, “Sammantha exemplifies the spirit…

  • Spring Retrospective – One Year of ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE

    Spring Retrospective – One Year of ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE

    Now that the Spring semester has concluded (and along with it, our first successful year of Engage Green), we have had over 300 students serve for 1200 hours at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway, with many of those students choosing to participate more than once!

  • Recap: Celebration of Community Engaged Education 2024

    Recap: Celebration of Community Engaged Education 2024

    Edit April 18, 2024: This post has been updated to recap our 2024 Celebration of Community Engaged Education event, where we celebrated esteemed community partners and members of our faculty, staff, and student body who have gone above and beyond in their commitment to service within the Upstate. Find original event and program information at…

  • Call for Student Nominations:  2024 Community Engagement in Education Awards

    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.…

  • Faculty Focus: Celebration of Community in Education

    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…