High school and college students will have an opportunity to explore the field of mass communications and journalism when the Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies at USC Upstate hosts its first Media Day on Saturday, November 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Campus Life Center Ballroom.
The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the University of South Carolina Upstate will continue its monthly nonprofit information lunch series “Friday Focus” with a book review and discussion led by guest speaker Dr. Ron Romine on October 17 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Rare Books and Special Collections at USC's Thomas Cooper Library will be taking its medieval manuscripts on the road in a traveling exhibition called "Pages from the Past: Highlights from USC's Collection of Medieval Manuscripts."
John Lane, writer, poet, and English professor at Wofford College, will be the next guest in the University of South Carolina Upstate’s Authors@Upstate visiting writers series.
The University Gallery at the University of South Carolina Upstate will host an exhibition of paintings by the late Curtis R. Harley from October 2 to 31. Entitled, A Sense of Place, the collection is of portraits and landscapes from Harley’s family, friends and experiences in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The Watershed Ecology Center at the University of South Carolina Upstate will host a three-part water quality lecture series entitled “Healthy Water, Healthy You” at the USC Upstate Community Outreach and Education Center.
The Accounting Club at the Johnson College of Business will sponsor an employment and internship fair for accounting majors and company recruiters at the University Center of Greenville.
University of South Carolina Upstate senior Stacey Haney has been invited to present her research at the annual Popular & American Culture Associations in the South conference in Louisville, Ky. on October 9 and 10, 2008.
Dr. James Reese, an associate professor in the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics at the University of South Carolina Upstate, is putting four fundamental questions about the current financial crisis to experts around the world.
Supporters of the Amethyst Initiative argue that lowering the drinking age below the current 21 would actually help combat alcohol abuse and curb underage and binge drinking. Opponents, however, say the move would increase deaths, brain damage, addiction, and other serious consequences to young people.
University of South Carolina Upstate Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Reid C. Toth wrote several chapters for, and has co-edited a book just published by Pearson Education/ Prentice Hall, called In the Margins: Special Populations and American Justice.
Political experts say voter turnout has really nothing to do about race, or how much money you make. “The biggest indicator that we find is between education. As your level of education goes up, you’re likelihood to vote also increases,” says Dr. Allison Clark at USC Upstate.