Sodexo Presents: Helping Hands Across America
Now through Thursday, November 12 … USC Upstate Dining Hall
Please take part in Sodexo’s effort to help neighbors in need. Stop by the Upstate Dining Hall anytime between November 1, 2009 and November 12, 2009 and donate non-perishable food items or cash. Help Sodexo provide food to the community.
Reel Genders Film Series Presents: Talk to Her
Thursday, November 5 … 7:00 p.m. … Tukey Theater
After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco’s girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them towards an unsuspected destiny. The communication gap between the sexes is not easily resolved when your partner is in a coma. Or is it? Come find out! After the movie there will be an informative discussion/talk-back. Want to know more? Contact Lisa Johnson.
Upstate College Republicans Present: Congressman Bob Inglis
Monday, November 9, 2:30 p.m. ... Media 220
Congressman Bob Inglis will speak to the College Republicans on Monday, November 9, 2009. Everyone is invited to attend. Call Jim Griffis for further information at 503-5660.
Upstate Social Science Club Presents: Hub City Co-Op Director Ashley Campbell
Tuesday, November 10, 4:30 p.m. ... CASB 144
Director of the Hub City Co-Op, Ashley Campbell, will be speaking about the workings of the Hub City Co-Op, and how to get involved.The Co-Op is a newly forming grocery store owned by its members that will be located in downtown Spartanburg. If you support buying local, then this event is for you! Come show support!!
USC Upstate Presents: The Fifth Leadership Issues Series "Creating Our Place in the New Economic Environment"
Thursday, November 12, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. … Carolina First Center, Greenville
Are you tired of all the negative news about the recession? Will the landscape of the United States recover from this economic period? Are there ways to enhance the Upstate’s position in this period of financial uncertainty? If you want to know more about these issues, come to The Fifth Leadership Issues Series Event, “Creating Our Place in the New Economic Environment.” There will be speakers and a reception immediately following. This event is free to the public; however, registration is required to reserve your space. To register for this event or for more information, visit the Leadership Issues Web site or see the event poster.
Campus News
Watch Shot's Fired, When Lightning Strikes Active Shooter Training Video
Gunshots are the last thing you would expect to hear at USC Upstate. We enjoy a very safe campus, and though it is highly unlikely you will ever have to face an active shooter situation, this violent event has become a reality in schools across the country. Today, anyone can become a victim of an active shooter, however, injury and death do not have to be the inevitable outcome. The key to survival is a proper mindset, knowledge and awareness, which enables action with purpose in this high-stress situation. Shot's Fired, When Lightning Strikes is a video created to prepare students in the event of an active shooter on campus. To watch the video, USC Upstate Network log in is required. Watch the Watch the video now...
Attention Graduates: Save $5 Off Your Graduation Photo Order
Registering your graduate with GradTrak® provides them with the information that they need to deliver your graduation proofs to you in a timely manner. Giving them an accurate mailing address and email address will allow them to get your proofs to you on the first try. You may also provide them with email addresses of up to six friends and family members to allow them to celebrate in the accomplishment. Click here to register with Grad Trak.
The College Access Challenge, Now Through February 27, 2010
The College Access Challenge is an online video contest for South Carolina college students. Students across the state are invited to make short videos (3 minutes or less) telling people why they should go to college. The College Access Challenge is open to students enrolled at the time of the contest in a college or university in South Carolina. All participants in the contest must be at least 18 years of age at the time of their contest submission. The grand prize winner will receive a shiny new 17-inch Apple MacBook Pro, complete with Apple’s professional video editing software suite: Final Cut Studio! The second place winner will receive a new 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro, pre-installed with Final Cut Express! The third place winner will receive a new 13-inch Apple MacBook Pro, pre-installed with Final Cut Express! Thehonorable mention award recipients will each receive an Apple iPod Touch! For more information, visit the College Access Challenge Web site.
Attention Students with Tuition Payment Plans:
The final balance on your tuition payment plan is due November 9th. The remaining balance may be paid online, in the cashiers office or left in the drop box outside of the cashier window if the office is closed. Please check the Web site or call our the office at (864) 503-5326 with any questions.
November Dining Services Calendar
The November 2009 Dining Services Calendar is now available. To view the calendar, click on the image to the right.
Community Events
Visit Chapman Cultural Center and Receive a “Student Rush” Discount on Center Stage Series Performances.
For live performances in the Center Stage Series at Chapman Cultural Center, there is a “student rush” discount. In this program, students can purchase tickets to a performance for only $5 within two hours of the performance. For example, starting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, students can buy tickets to Hubbard Street 2 at 7 p.m. for only $5 each (provided there are any tickets left to buy). This offer is only good for Center Stage live performances. For more information, please call the box office at (864) 542-ARTS.
Bean & Bailey Acoustic Comedy Show
Wednesday, November 11, 8:00 p.m. … Camak Auditorium, Spartanburg Methodist College
Bradley Bean and Jackson Bailey will be performing their comedy show live at Spartanburg Methodist College on November 11. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Kim Day or see the event flyer.
Chapman Cultural Center presents "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North"
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. ... Chapman Cultural Center
"Traces of the Trade" tells the story of first-time filmmaker Katrina Browne's New England ancestors, the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. At Browne's urging, nine fellow descendants of her prominent family agree to journey with her to retrace the steps of the Triangle Trade. They travel to slave forts in Ghana where they meet with African-Americans on their own homecoming pilgrimages. Then they visit the ruins of a family-owned sugar plantation in Cuba. At each stop the family grapples with the contemporary legacy of slavery, not only for black Americans, but also for themselves as white Americans. Browne pushes them forward as they make their way through the minefield of race politics and debates about reparations. They also come face-to-face with their love/hate relationship with Yankee culture and privilege and struggle with how to take public action given all that they now know. The cost of this event is $5. For more information or purchase tickets call (864) 542-ARTS or visit the Chapman Cultural Center Web site.