Tag: Celebration

  • Welcome, AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

    Welcome, AmeriCorps VISTA Members!

    Engage Upstate is excited to announce that its team has expanded to include two new members, Sam Reinhardt and Corentez Cannady! Sam and Corentez are engaging in a year of service as AmeriCorps members in the VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. You may be wondering what AmeriCorps is all about. AmeriCorps is a…

  • 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 hear from both students and instructors. Come to support our students. Come to support your colleagues. Come to hear amazing stories. Come to learn! Date: Friday, April 7, 2023 Time:…

  • 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 students working the welcome table at the Upstate Research Symposium on Friday, 3/31. Thanks to collaboration from all these folks, the leftover breakfast & lunch boxes from the Symposium were…

  • 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 SL/CE. SL/CE courses offer students significant benefits including increased GPAs, higher retention, higher satisfaction, enhanced critical thinking, and heightened self-awareness. Instructors also report benefits from SL/CE courses including more engaged…

  • 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 for yourself!Then NOMINATE a colleague, student, or community partner for an award.  Questions? Email DMarlow@uscupstate.edu The Office of Service-Learning and Community Engagement is excited to recognize the outstanding service of…

  • SL/CE in U101 in Fall ’22

    Support U101. Visit the Sharing our Service event Thursday 11/17. U101 peer leaders share posters about their section’s community projects! Great things are happening in University 101: Introduction to the University. Every U101 section does ~4 hours of service. The U101 program has a whole will celebrate their experience with an event open to all.…