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Cleanup Day Recaps: October 23rd & 24th, 2023
October 23rd, 2023 The fall weather continues to make work at the Greenway cooler than ever! On October 23rd, a group of 25 students, joined by SPACE’s leadership team, Lynn and Sam, cleared invasives from a huge swath of land, finally allowing trailgoers to see all the way to the edge of the beautiful stream…
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Cleanup Day Recaps: October 6th & 10th, 2023
On this second week of October, we finally felt things cooling off at the Greenway! With the heat of the summer behind us, the weather was perfect for our work removing overgrown plants from the understory near the trail. As we continue our work at the Greenway with SPACE, we get to walk with students…
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Cleanup Day Recap: September 29, 2023
On Friday, Sept 29, over 25 students were joined by instructors Amanda Karls, Dr. Tracey Woodard and Dr. Courtney McDonald to help SPACE with another successful Greenway cleanup! For our second cleanup day on the trail, land manager Lynn Rhodes met our student group and showed them the important work that they are helping with…
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ENGAGE 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 first ever ENGAGE GREEN Greenway Cleanup day in partnership with Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE). The foundational effort of a multi-year revitalization project, this semester over 11 general education teachers will…
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A very successful National Voter Registration Day on campus!
Over 165 students are newly registered voters and more than 230 students talked with each other about the importance of voting on Tuesday, September 19th, 2023, during Upstate’s National Voter Registration Day event here on campus! This is all thanks to our new Civic Engagement Coordinator, Tammy Pike. By planting the seeds of civic participation…
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2023 Premier Fair Recap
At the Engage Upstate Premier Fair table this year, our VISTAs talked with over 75 students about Service Learning and Community Engagement here on campus. With our newly refreshed table setup, many students stopped to learn more about Engage Upstate, collect SLCE gear, and/or take the survey that we designed specifically for the event. Despite…