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Páez Invited To Participate In The World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy Dr. Doris Páez , director of the Metropolitan Studies Institute at USC Upstate, has been invited to participate in the prestigious Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) 2 nd World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy on "Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies" which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey during June 27-30. Who’s going to the forum and what will they be talking about? Read here for all the details.



The Personal is Political at Upstate
The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) will unveil “The Personal is Political at Upstate!” today and tomorrow from12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in the HPAC Lobby. This event is being held in an effort to raise consciousness on the Upstate campus about the many “silences used to keep us isolated from one another, and most of all, to keep us from realizing the political issues at the root of our travails.” The CWGS invited students, faculty and staff to anonymously break their personal silences on postcards throughout the spring semester. Now the secrets are being revealed in a collective work of art. Come raise your consciousness by reading Upstate’s secrets and see if you can find the political in the personal.

 

Conflict Resolution the Topic for USC Upstate’s Friday Focus
The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at USC Upstate will continue its monthly nonprofit information lunch series “Friday Focus” with guest speaker Dr . Rachelle Prioleau on Friday, May 18 starting at noon. Anyone with an interest in conflict resolution strategies is invited to attend. “Conflict is an inevitable part of our lives,” says Prioleau. “Effective management of conflict requires skill and commitment to resolving disagreements peacefully. At this workshop I’ll discuss and illustrate the process of dispute mediation, and will offer several ways to prevent tensions or disagreements from festering and escalating out of control.” For all the event details, read here for more …

 

Advisor Needed
 WritersINC, our student literary magazine, is in need of an advisor. The Media Board would like to invite all full-time faculty and staff to apply. The position is a three year term. The responsibilities include:

  • advising and assisting the student editor concerning staffing, budgets, publication specifications and appropriateness of materials for publication.
  • serving as an ex-officio member of the USC Upstate Student Media Board. 
Compensation is negotiable (release time in the spring semester or an equivalent stipend in monthly supplements are options). If interested, please send a letter of intent to Astrid Rosario in Smith 405 by Friday, April 27.The Media Board will interview candidates on Tuesday, May 1

Week in Pictures


Exhibition by Graduating Seniors in Graphic Design
Five seniors exhibited a collection of their work at USC Upstate’s annual Exhibition by Graduating Seniors in Graphic Design in the University Gallery April 10-30. A public reception was held Tuesday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center. The five seniors completing their bachelor’s of fine arts degree with an emphasis in graphic design are Calvin Armatige of Greer, Mollie Brown of Campobello, J. Caleb Clark of Blacksburg, Paloma Castillo of Dominican Republic, and Amanda Cox of Greenville.

Spring Fest

 

 

 

 

 

Special Olympics Bake Sale

 

 

Career Expo
The Career Center’s annual Career Expo Week, April 9-13, provided students with valuable contacts in the fields of business, criminal justice, nonprofit, health and technology communication, sales and marketing. Student turnout was high, and many high profile recruiters came to meet students and collect resumes. Among those represented throughout the week were Milliken, BMW, Erwin-Penland, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, UPS, Denny’s, Morgan Stanley, Mary Black Health System, and CVS Pharmacy. For the full story, here is the media release.

Photos and media release courtesy of Thomas J. Wolfe, Career Center intern.

 

Training Opportunities

For a complete description of all of the Spring 2007 technology training courses listed below, click here.

  • Getting Started: Online Course Development Basics, April 25 – May 18
  • Moving the Laboratory Online, April 18 - 27
  • Dynamic Collaboration, Discussion and Facilitation Practices, May 23 – June 1

Planning and Organizational Development has the following seminars coming up. It is important to reserve your spot early by contacting Jeanette Reeves.

Academic Reminders

Please let students know about this opportunity to travel to Quebec, Canada this summer. The application deadline has been extended to Wednesday, April 11. Students who do not have passports but who would like to apply must allow 10 weeks for passport processing or 3-4 weeks (and an extra fee) for expedited processing. In order to qualify for the trip, students must have a 2.5 GPA and 60-90 credit hours. An application, personal essay and one recommendation from a professor are also required. Please see the attached flyer for further details.

On Television

Putting Health in Your Own Hands
 Join Upstate TV host Julie Phillips as she addresses personal healthcare choices in the Upstate with three experts in the field: Dr. Martin Lutz, emergency room physician with the Greenville Hospital System; Paul Smith of the Smith Therapy Group; and Scarlett Conway, instructor with the USC Upstate School of Nursing.

Day Time Channel
April 17 12:30 p.m. 14
April 19 7:30 p.m. 14
April 22 7:00 p.m. 14

Podcasts

The correlation between compassion towards women and compassion towards animals was explored last week at the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies Women In … Series: Feminist Ethics and Animal Treatment. In case you missed it, you can listen to the podcast here.

Activities and Events

Appalachian Mountain Books
Tuesday, April 17 … 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. … USC Upstate Library
George and Connie Brosi will be in the Library between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday with a wide selection of new and used books for sale. The Brosis are the owners of Appalachian Mountain Books of Berea, Ky. and George is a well-known Appalachian scholar.  Everyone is welcome to come, browse, chat and maybe even buy! Here is an event flyer to print and post. Their website is http://appalachianbooks.com/.

 Summer 411
Wednesday, April 18 … 3:30-5:00 p.m. … CLC Ballroom
 Louise Ericson (Center for Student Success) and Kim Jenerette (Office of Financial Aid) are offering an informational session for students entitled SUMMER 411. Many students are unaware or confused about what they need to do during the summer if they are short on the requirements to keep their scholarships, how to calculate and forecast their GPA, etc.  Also, many students don’t fully understand all the nuances of attending summer school, whether they attend here or at another institution. Please encourage your students to attend this important informational session. View the flyer for more details.

 Annual Student Print and Art Sale
Thursday, April 19 … 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. … HPAC Lobby
 15% of sales will go to the VA Student Scholarship Fund and the balance to the artists. For further information, contact Jane Nodine.

“The Personal is Political at Upstate!” is Unveiled
Monday, April 16 and Tuesday, April 17 … 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. … HPAC Lobby
In an effort to raise consciousness on the Upstate campus about the many “silences used to keep us isolated from one another, and most of all, to keep us from realizing the political issues at the root of our travails,” the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies invited students, faculty and staff to anonymously break their personal silences on postcards throughout the spring semester.  Now . . . the secrets are being revealed in a collective work of art.  Come raise your consciousness by reading Upstate’s secrets, and see if you can find the political in the personal. 

Webinar: Building Great Places to Work
Thursday, April 19 … 3:00 p.m. … Rampey Center
Each year, various publications and companies name the country’s best places to work. Nearly every industry, with the exception of higher education, appears regularly on these lists. During this Webinar, explore themes, traits and practices found in the “nation’s best employers” and how these characteristics can help institutions of higher education create a better campus culture that not only enhances student learning, but also results in higher employee retention, productivity and simply having a lot more fun. Presenter: Scott Cawood, president, ModernThink LLC. RSVP to Jeanette Reeves.
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Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce will host "Business After Hours" on USC Upstate Campus
 Thursday, April 19 … 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. … Susan Jacobs Arboretum
Faculty and staff are invited to meet and mingle with members of the business community at a casual outdoor “Business After Hours reception in the Susan Jacobs Arboretum. The University co-sponsors the event - a drop-in to introduce the business community to our campus - with Bell South (now known as AT&T) and the Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce. We invite you to represent your department and meet someone new in a lovely outdoor setting. Please rsvp to Susan Holland.
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The Eternity Portfolio And Planned Giving Are Topics For USC Upstate’s Nonprofit Friday Focus
Friday, April 20 … 12:00 p.m. … Mary Black Foundation, 349 East Main Street, Suite 100, downtown Spartanburg.
What would happen if we gave our “giving portfolio” the same attention as our retirement portfolio, saw planned giving as a form of investment, and viewed the vision of the kingdom of God as the ultimate long-term investment? USC Upstate’s Center for Nonprofit Leadership will host a discussion of these questions, led by certified financial planner Joe E. Hines, Jr. and Janet Yusi, gift planning representative with Miracle Hill Ministries, at the monthly nonprofit information noon lunch series “Friday Focus.” For the full story …
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Coming Up …

Shoestring Players to Present: Nunsense
April 19-22 … Humanities and Performing Arts Center
The entire cast of Nunsense is comprised of USC Upstate students. Nunsense begins when the Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters, and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth grade production of “Grease.” Here we meet Reverend Mother Regina, a former circus performer; Sister Mary Hubert, the Mistress of Novices; a streetwise nun from Brooklyn named Sister Robert Anne; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who is a wannabe ballerina; and the delightfully wacky Sister Mary Amnesia, the nun who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head.
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Your Blood is Needed
Monday, April 30 … 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. … CLC
Blood donations are at a critical level! Consider donating blood to help save a life.

Community Events

 March of Dimes
USC Upstate is partnering this year with the March of Dimes in the “Walk America” event on Saturday, April 28 at Barnet Park at 9:00 a.m. Click on the link provided to make a financial contribution and to sign up to be on the Upstate “Spartan” walk team. Our campus goal is $1000……please become a part of our team and walk for March of Dimes and USC Upstate.

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Healthy Upstate Carolina

The Power of Recycling
At USC Upstate, when you throw away paper in appropriate recycling bins, the Facilities Management staff takes the paper to the large mixed paper bin at the Facilities Management Center. From there it is picked up by Spartanburg EVS and becomes part of the tonnage that the city recycles. Here is a report that tracks the University’s efforts to recycle mixed paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, waste oil, florescent bulbs, batteries and trees/compost, over the past decade.

The city of Spartanburg takes our paper to Southern Paper Stock or it is hauled to Pratt Industries. According to Mary Lynn Eddie, Spartanburg County’s Recycling Coordinator, in February, mixed paper was up to $61/ton and cardboard $86. “That's a long way from when we used to have to pay to get rid of it!,” she says.

Eddie also adds that Spartanburg County has not only met, but has surpassed the state's recycling goal of 35 percent. Last fiscal year, according to South Carolina Solid Waste Management's Annual Report, the county’s rate was 43.6 percent. Waste prevention and recycling can result in significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The county recycled 176,831 tons of MSW resulting in an environmental impact equivalent to:

  • eliminating electricity usage by 83,232 households for one year;
  • growing 16,625,137 tree seedlings for 10 years;
  • or conserving 73,847,418 gallons of gasoline.

Although we recycled 3.6 pounds/person/day; the county still disposed of 4.7 p/p/d. Eddie adds, “There will always be more work to do.”

Sources: Kent Orr, Mary Lynn Eddie, Jack Turner

Contest

At last weekend’s Staff Council sponsored Easter Egg Hunt, the Easter Bunny met and mingled with many, including Jeanette Reeves (Planning and Organizational Development). Can you guess who might be behind the big floppy ears chewing on a carrot? The first one to guess correctly will receive a Celebrate Community gift of their choice. Email your response to Claire Sachse.

From ITS

1) If a member of your department or staff leaves the University for other employment/retires, etc., please notify the Help Desk at Information Technology Services at ext. 5257 or by email to helpdesk@uscupstate.edu. ITS will remove that person’s profile from the employee database.

2) In a continuing effort to improve our service to the University, the Client Services Department within Information Technology and Services is asking that you take the time to fill out the Client Survey located here.

The link will also be accessible from within the “Completed Work order” email message University faculty and staff receive from the Help Desk upon completion of a request. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey, we appreciate and value your input.

Alumni Spotlight

Keep in touch!
The Advancement Office maintains a database for alumni, friends and corporations of the University. If you have news about one of the constituent groups (employment changes, marriages, new addresses), please e-mail alumni@uscupstate.edu with information.

Athletics

Saturday Night Fever
USC Upstate Athletics will hold its 14 th Annual Athletics Benefit Auction – “Saturday Night Fever” – on Sat., April 28 in the Hodge Center.  The retro 70’s theme will be topped off with disco lighting and your favorite 70’s music.  Enjoy wonderful food and beverage, great music, and terrific auction items.  Tickets are $50 and can be purchased in advance.  Please call ext. 5144 for more information.
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Men’s Baseball
 Friday, April 20 v. Atlantic State
7:00 p.m. Harley Park
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Saturday, April 21 v. Armstrong Atlantic State
1:00 p.m. Harley Park
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Women’s Softball
Tuesday, April 17 v. Brevard
4:00 p.m. Home Game
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Faculty & Staff Briefs

Ray Merlock , Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, chaired a panel “The Western as Entertainment: Meddlin’ with the Medium” and delivered a paper “Through the Western Darkly:  Jonah Hex and Loveless and the History of Western Comic Books” at the 2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference in Boston, April 4-7.  Merlock also served as recorder for a Journal of American Culture Advisory Board meeting.  

 William Koehler , instructor at the Mary Black School of Nursing has been invited to contribute as a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Restraint and Seclusion Task Force. A 23-member steering committee will synthesize input from the larger consultant group to determine what is needed to update the APNA publication, Seclusion and Restraint: Position Statement and Standards of Practice.  Members of this Committee will research literature, write additions, may provide leadership to smaller workgroups that address setting or population specific issues, and will prepare final recommendations for consideration by the APNA Board of Directors. The widespread interest in this project is evidence of its critical importance to psychiatric mental health care. To fulfill the Task Force responsibility and charge, specific areas of concentration will be:

  • Consider changes to align with current Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Joint Commission standards
  • Consider changes that would address special populations and/or settings such as children and adolescents, older adults, people on forensic status, people receiving services in settings such as schools, emergency rooms, and residential settings.
  • Consider describing best practices in more specific detail
  • Integrate literature associated with the concepts of Recovery and Trauma

Koehler currently teaches psychiatric and mental health nursing on the Greenville campus, facilitates in-patient and out-patient clinical experiences for nursing students in the area of mental health nursing, and teaches Introduction to Professional Nursing at the Spartanburg campus.


Denise Levereaux and Nick Catto (Communications) attended a conference on accessibility on the USC campus in Columbia in March. The conference was about building websites that were accessible to people with different disabilities.

Employment Opportunities

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

STAFF/ADMINISTRATION POSITIONS:

Director of Disability Services & ADA Coordinator
(State Title: Program Coordinator II)
Student Affairs
Requisition No. 043120
Online applications accepted until position is filled.

HUMAN RESOURCES REMINDERS
HR has two important memos regarding pay schedules during summer school: 2007 Summer School Pay Schedule
2007 Faculty Summer School Pay Schedule

Miscellaneous

Mochapelli’s & Subconnection’s last days to serve you for the semester will be Friday, May 4th

The CLC Dining Room will continue to serve you up until dinner on Tuesday, May 8th

The dining staff will look forward to serving you again on August 23rd!

2007 Faculty/Staff Telephone Directory The 2007 Faculty/Staff Telephone Directory is now available for you to download and/or obtain from Printing Services. Visit the Printing Services web site to place your order. Each directory costs $3.09 and will be charged to the ordering department. Please note that all information in the directory is available online, and the online information is updated continuously throughout the year. University Communications encourages the use of the online directory primarily to conserve paper and printing costs, but also to reduce the number of internal calls to the switchboard operator.

Download the directory here. This is a large file and will take several seconds to download. Please note that as updates are made online, the directory you download will reflect the changes.