UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE

Seven hundred students will receive their diplomas when the University of South Carolina Upstate holds its May Commencement on Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Andrew A. Sorensen, president of the University of South Carolina System, will be the commencement speaker.

Gloria M. Ward has been a named director of the Upward Bound program at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where she previously served as a student program coordinator in the Mary Black School of Nursing.

Tom Fields, a graduating senior at the University of South Carolina Upstate, has been awarded a selective internship with the Santa Fe Opera Company for the summer.

Dr. Lisa Johnson was recently named the 2008-09 president-elect for the Southeastern Women's Studies Association (SEWSA).

The University Police Department at the University of South Carolina Upstate announced several important initiatives recently that will enhance the overall effectiveness of the 17 officer department.

USC Upstate and its partners are hosting a Diversity and Inclusion Day Luncheon on Friday, May 9 in the Campus Life Center Ballroom at USC Upstate. Mayor Barnet will also declare May 9 as Diversity and Inclusion Day in Spartanburg.

The George Dean Johnson, Jr.  College of Business and Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate will host the second annual William S. Moore Memorial Lecture in Business on Monday, May 19.