Engage Upstate

Tag: Professional Development

  • Institute on Teaching Social Action

    If you’re interested in developing a class utilizing social action, please consider applying for this virtual Summer Institute on Teaching Social Action on June 6-8 (12-4 each day). FREE. Application required. This three-day virtual institute will introduce faculty and staff to an experiential learning approach for incorporating social action campaigns into either a semester-long course…

  • Apply NOW: SE in GE Bootcamp

    The AACU IEIL Experiential Learning in Gen Ed taskforce, in cooperation with the Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement, CAIFS and the Provost’s office, invites you to apply to join a summer 3-day bootcamp in preparation including service in your GE course for Fall 2023. Apply by March 1, 2023 for priority consideration Anticipated…

  • SL/CE Briefs

    Short on time, but want to know more about why SL/CE is important? Five briefs, published in 2023, from North Carolina Campus Engagement make the case for the benefits and value of higher education SL/CE. The 5 briefs are: Civic-Learning-Overview, Empathy, Student Success, Faculty Flourishing, and Sustainability & a Sense of Place. Read one or…

  • Workshop Invitation – Getting started with SL/CE

    Join us Tuesday, November 2 from 2:30-3:30 for a Getting Started with SL/CE workshop. We’re celebrating our new normal with a (safely socially distanced) face-to-face conversation. Planned topics include: NEW Community-Engaged course designation SL/CE as a RETENTION strategy Of course, you are encouraged to bring any thoughts, ideas, and or questions you may have relating…

  • Barbara Holland Workshop

    October 5, 2021 @ 2:30. Register to receive meeting link & submit questions Internationally known community engagement expert Dr. Barbara Holland will join us on October 5th for a virtual conversation. Dr. Holland co-founded our new Collaboratory Community Engagement (CE) data repository. She will share her insight and ideas about community engagement work in a…

  • Carnegie Engaged Campus Initiative

    USC Upstate has sought to serve our community for more than 50 years. We seek to transform the lives of our diverse students, their families, and communities – advancing social and economic mobility throughout the Upstate region. To promote institution-wide collaboration in this effort, we are pursuing the Carnegie Community Engagement (CE) Classification. The Carnegie…