APPLICATION PROCESS: Visit www.uscupstate.edu/jobs for additional information and online application submission instructions.

STAFF/ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS:

Library Technical Assistant
(State Title: Library Technical Assistant)
Library Services
Requisition No. 042227
Online applications accepted through Monday, July 24, 2006

Publications Coordinator
(State Title: Public Information Coordinator)
Enrollment Services
Requisition No. 042240
Online applications accepted through Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Academic Affairs Budget Manager
(State Title: Accountant/Fiscal Analyst II)
Academic Affairs
Requisition No. 042237
Online applications accepted through Monday, July 31, 2006

Preschool Teacher (State Title: Associate Teacher/Center Director) Burroughs Child Development Center
Requisition No. 042264
Online applications accepted through Monday, July 31, 2006

The Watershed Ecology Center is looking for an individual to teach 3 days a week in the schools in Spartanburg County and the Greer area schools. The Center runs a hands-on outreach science based program that is free to the schools in these areas. The programs are all related in some way to water. The individual needs to have classroom experience and must have their own transportation in order to travel to different schools in the region. Inquires should be directed to Dr. Jack Turner, Director of the Watershed Ecology Center at USC Upstate, 502-5711 or e-mail jturner@uscupstate.edu.

"The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or veteran status."

Lori Holtmann , formerly of the Opportunity Network office, is the new Coordinator of Student Success Initiatives for the Center for Student Success. Her e-mail is the same – lholtmann@uscupstate.edu - and her new phone number is ext. 5049.

Sandra McLendon
Nursing Student Advisor
School of Nursing
Ext. 5464

Vacation Reminder

With the summer months, many of us are taking vacations. This is a gentle reminder to update your phone’s voice mail message and e-mail out-of-office-auto-reply, so that fellow co-workers will know your whereabouts. Thanks.

Undeclared Students
Please note that all paperwork and inquiries (change of major forms, transient permission forms, phone calls, etc.) that involve undeclared students are to be directed to Dr. Warren Carson in the Office of Academic Advising.  His office phone is 503-5634 and his office location is Smith 215.

Also note that the Center for Student Success no longer houses undeclared student folders.

Podcast of the Week
Dr. Jagdish Bhagwati, listed as one of “World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals,” was interviewed recently by Dr. James Reese, professor of economics at USC Upstate, on www.RadioEconomics.com. Questions covered include: Do we have an immigration problem? Do you think our immigration problem is a Mexican problem? Should we build a great wall along the Mexican-US border? Do you agree with Lou Dobb’s proposal to “secure the border”? Should we encourage skilled immigrants and discourage unskilled immigrants? What should Congress do?

Jagdish Bhagwati, currently University Professor, Economics and Law, at Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, was born in 1934 and raised in India. He attended Cambridge University where he graduated in 1956 with a first in Economics Tripos. He then studied at MIT and Oxford, returning to India in 1961 as Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, and then as Professor of International Trade at the Delhi School of Economics. He returned to MIT in 1968, leaving it twelve years later as the Ford International Professor of Economics to join Columbia. Until 2001, he used to be Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at Columbia.

Radio Economics is an economics podcast which features recorded audio interviews and discussions with economists worldwide. It is produced by Dr. James Reese, an economics professor at the USC Upstate. The full range of economics subjects are covered and extended interviews with world famous intellectuals, discuss subjects at length.

Ask Me Buttons
In an effort to create a warm and friendly environment on campus for our new students, the Center for Student Success is providing green “ASK ME!” buttons to any faculty and staff who would like one.  We encourage faculty and staff to wear these buttons during the first week or two of school in August or any time you feel it is appropriate. Our new students will feel more inclined to ask for help knowing that person is definitely willing to be approached. The buttons have both a pin as well as a magnetic option for wearing. If you’d like one of these buttons, please request one e-mail emillwood@uscupstate.edu. Please make sure to include your office mailing address. We appreciate your willingness to participate in this endeavor.

USC Upstate Students Travel To Ukraine To Attend A Cultural Camp
Eight students from USC Upstate will travel to Ternopil, Ukraine where they will attend a 10-day cultural camp as part of a collaborative agreement with the Ternopil State Medical University. The USC Upstate students will be joined by students from Russia and Kazakhstan, which should make this event a true international educational experience for our students.

During their stay, each country will be providing cultural and educational information about their own country. Topics to be covered include the formation of leadership, medicine in emergent states and summer schools for international students. The trip also includes excursions to Zbarazh Castle, the Carpathian Mountains and Pochayiv, Krementz. Upon their return, the students will give presentations of their experience for the campus community. For the full story …

USC Upstate Completes Large Landscaping Project
Spring, the traditional time for planting, has been busy for USC Upstate Landscape Services. The department has planted 102 trees on East Campus Boulevard and Valley Falls Road, on the edges of the Spartanburg campus. The trees were donated to USC Upstate from Dr. Michael Dirr, a professor at the University of Georgia – Athens and well-known author of more than 300 scientific publications and seven horticulture books. Dirr donated these trees in honor of the Noble Tree Foundation and in celebration of the city’s 175 th Anniversary Celebration. Spartanburg’s Noble Tree Foundation, founded by Roger Milliken in 1999, assisted with site planning and design. Site planning was orchestrated by Rick Puncke, facilities director at USC Upstate, and Bruce Suddeth, landscape director at USC Upstate. For the full story …

Superintendent of Grounds, Robert Easler, examines a tree struck by lightning in last week’s storm. Debris was thrown up to 100 feet from the point of impact.

Health Education building construction grading continues…

Photo courtesy of Mike Bruce