“Dr. Nicole Garrison: Women in Academia” Meeting
The Upstate Center for Women's Studies & Programs invites you to attend a special all-campus convocation titled "Women in Academia," on Thursday, March 16 from 2:00--3:30 p.m. in the University Readiness Center Great Room. The guest speaker/facilitator is Dr. Carole Garrison, Chair, Department of Police and Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. For more information, e-mail Deborah Louis or call ext 5724.
Spring Educator’s Forum
On Friday, March 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the University Readiness Center, the USC Upstate Career Center and the School of Education are sponsoring a Spring Educator's Forum followed by an Education Recruitment event. The Educators Forum is designed to provide insight for graduating education majors into district hiring practices. Hiring officials from at least three districts will be on hand to answer students' questions. Following the forum, students will proceed to the recruitment event with resumes in hand to speak with recruiters from North and South Carolina and Georgia. For more information, contact Sherry McAdams or Cheryl Moore.
 Walk for a Good Cause
Join the USC Upstate Greenville campus in the American Heart Association Upstate Heart Walk on March 18. The event will be held at the Falls Park by the Reedy River in Downtown Greenville. The walk is also being held in Spartanburg at Spartanburg Technical College on March 11. The walk begins at both locations at 10:00 a.m.
The event was a great success last year with our team raising over $1,000. Please join our 2006 team and participate in the walk as well as raise critical dollars for heart disease, stroke research and community education. This event is important because so many of us know someone or have been personally affected by heart disease or stroke, our number 1 and 3 killers in the United States.
Follow this link to join the USC Upstate Heart Walk team. Registering online will allow you to walk at either the Greenville or Spartanburg location. If you have any trouble joining online or have questions, call team leader Michelle Batson at x 5766 or contact by e-mail at mbatson@uscupstate.edu. For those of you who are unable to participate in the walk but are interested in making a donation please Follow this link. All donations are tax deductible. Red Dress pins and Heart Healthy cookbooks are available by request.
ScanSource Interviews
ScanSource will be on campus on March 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in CLC 309 to present two informational sessions about their summer internship programs in seven different areas. Students can pre-register for these sessions by calling Betty Guzzo in the Career Center at ext. 5118.
Excellence in Scholarly and/or Creative Activities Award: Call for Nominations
Each year, the University of South Carolina Upstate recognizes a faculty member who has distinguished himself or herself by scholarly and/or creative activities during the preceding year. The award, which carries with it a monetary value of $500.00, is given during the spring commencement exercises in concert with the USC Upstate Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching.
One of the responsibilities of the Teaching Excellence Committee (TEC) is to solicit nominations for and select the recipient of the Excellence in Scholarly and/or Creative Activities Award. Nominations may be made by any University faculty member (including self-nominations) or by an administrator. The nominator should send a letter of intent to nominate to the TEC chair prior to March 14, 2005. Once a nomination is accepted, the faculty member must submit the material for consideration by March 15, 2006.
Questions concerning the award and the nomination and selection procedures should be addressed to Dr. Chioma Ugochukwu, Chair, Teaching Excellence Committee (Journalism and Mass Communications, ext. 5352).
Richard Dawkins to Discuss Urban Gospel at USC Upstate
Richard Dawkins, owner and operator of Praize 103.3 FM, will visit USC Upstate on Friday, March 17 from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. in Tukey Theatre. He will discuss the cultural significance of urban gospel in today’s society. A native of Taylors, S.C. Richard is currently the first Elder of the Antioch S.D.A. Church in Greenville. He is the recipient of the 1999, 2000, and 2001 Gospel Personality of the year award from the National Black Programmers Coalition and he received the 2005 Broadcasting Award from the Upstate Gospel Coalition. Dawkins hosted WJMZ-FM Morning Inspiration which aired each morning from 4:00 – 6:00 a.m. and Sunday Morning Gospel from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Before moving to WJMZ in 1997, Richard held a position as Regional Promotion Manager at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, Calif. and Program Director at WOKJ/WJMI-FM in Jackson, Miss. Richard is a founder of the Young Black Programmers Coalition.
This event is part of the Rhetoric of Music Series sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts & Communication Studies, USC Upstate Research Advisory Council and the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg.
 Date-Rape Survivor Program
Katie Koestner, an outspoken date-rape survivor and sexual assault prevention advocate, will share her experiences with students at USC Upstate on Monday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Campus Life CenterBallroom. She will present her acclaimed program, entitled “No/Yes,” which will be followed by a question and answer session. Full story…
Spring 2006 Nurse Recruitment
Attention May nursing graduates! The Career Center expects over 40 employers to participate in the spring 2006 nurse recruitment event to be held on Monday, March 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the CLC Ballroom. For further information contact Sherry McAdams or Cheryl Moore.
The Holocaust: A Reflection and Remembrance
Dr. Catherine Canino, assistant professor of English, and Dr. Robert McCormick, assistant professor of history, have partnered with Rabbi Yossi Liebowitz D.D. of Congregation B’nai Israel to offer a national speaker and a film series to enlighten participants on the persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The films “The Revolt of Job,” “Anne Frank Remembered,” and “Conspiracy,” will be shown on March 21, 23 and 25 respectively, and Dr. Karl A. Schleunes, a leading Holocaust scholar, will deliver the keynote address on March 28. For the full story… |
On January 30, Rebecca Stevens, School of Education, presented a paper titled “Considering the Vision of Public Education: Adding Social Justice to the Professional Program” at the 2006 Annual American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education meeting in San Diego, Calif. This teacher research project - positioned across the fields of teacher preparation, philosophy of education, and social justice education - was a summary and analysis of candidate learning.
