Tag: Community Engagement

  • Service Stories Archive: Spread Awareness, Not Disease

    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.…

  • Service Stories Archive: College of Nursing Virtual Outreach

    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…

  • Service Stories Archive: Water Ecology Center reaching local schools and monitoring local streams

    Service Stories Archive: Water Ecology Center reaching local schools and monitoring local streams

    USC Upstate’s Watershed Ecology Center, founded by the late Dr. Jack Turner, seeks to promote scientific research on the watershed ecology of the region, community outreach, and educational programming for local schools. The Center reaches children in grades K-8 with hands-on standard based science education at no cost to the schools thanks to the generosity of…

  • Service Stories Archive: Jesse Boyd Elementary School and Addressing Reading and Writing Problems (EDRE U444)

    Service Stories Archive: Jesse Boyd Elementary School and Addressing Reading and Writing Problems (EDRE U444)

    Dr. Brooke Hardin’s Addressing Reading and Writing Problems class partners with Jesse Boyd Elementary School. The mission of JBES is to inspire and equip all young people to become lifelong learners and productive community members through a challenging and supportive environment which promotes academic excellence, confidence, and creativity. Dr. Hardin’s service learning project, “We Write…

  • Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST 101)

    Service Stories Archive: SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition and Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (WGST 101)

    This article was originally published in Spring 2019. SHRCC is now known as Project R.E.S.T. SHRCC & WGST 101 Dr. Esther Godfrey’s Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies classes partner with the SAFE Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition. The coalition seeks to “use our collective voice to address the impact of domestic and sexual violence by providing…

  • Upcoming Event:  Arbor Day & Engage Green Celebration – December 1st, 2023

    Upcoming Event: Arbor Day & Engage Green Celebration – December 1st, 2023

    On Friday, December 1st, join us as we celebrate Arbor Day with our final Engaging Green Fall ’23 cleanup day for a closing ceremony at the Upper Chinquapin Greenway, where we will enjoy stories, company, hot cocoa and smores! This event is free and open to everyone. Our celebration has been graciously incorporated into an…