USC UPSTATE

A group of 25 students is headed to London this summer for a unique opportunity at Kingston University and the International Youth Arts Festival.

Dr. Bernard Omolo, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, has been invited to participate in the Visiting Scholars Programme of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) with Strathmore University in Kenya.

Brigitte Neary’s abstract, titled “Grobalization: The Case of Heidelberg, Germany,” has been accepted for presentation at the European Sociological Association 2013 Conference in Torino, Italy.

Bernard Omolo has been invited to visit the Centre for Applied Research in Mathematical Sciences (CARMS), Strathmore University, Kenya, under the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Visiting Scholar Programme.

The Embassy of the Peoples’ Republic of China in Washington, DC has approved 25 Chinese Government Scholarship awards exclusively for American undergraduate students attending AASCU member colleges and universities.

The “center of gravity” in the Christian world is shifting from Europe and North America toward areas called the Global South – the nations of Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia. How will this shift affect global Christianity?

USC Upstate senior distance runner and multiple A-Sun individual champion Gilbert Kemboi from Eldoret, Kenya, was one of the 58 fall student-athletes from all NCAA member institutions encompassing Divisions I, II and III to earn the prestigious postgraduate scholarship from the association.

The Nu Iota Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society invites the campus to “World Languages & Cultures: Meeting the Needs of Globalization” and “A Taste of French Culture” on March 6 and 7.

USC Upstate announces its fall 2012 Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, freshmen students must earn a 3.25 or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 course hours, and upperclassmen must earn a 3.5 or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 course hours.