Tag: Students

  • Cleanup Day Recap:  September 29, 2023

    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…

  • ENGAGE GREEN with SPACE

    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…

  • 2023 Premier Fair Recap

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Homelessness to Opportunity

    by Suzanne Floyd, Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies Follow one student’s journey from homelessness to serving the homeless community in service learning course, WGST 101. If you need help, connect with our Community Resource Coordinator! From Homelessness to Serving with Opportunity Housing I had no home when I moved to South Carolina in fall 2011 from the…