USC Upstate News

Chris Bender Receives Volunteer of the Year Award

April 20, 2018 at 6:01 pm

Chris Bender, associate professor of chemistry, received the American Chemical Society (ACS) Local Section Volunteer of the Year award for the Western Carolinas ACS Section. Bender has been active in the local section since arriving in the Upstate 19 years […]

Six Criminal Justice Students Inducted Into Alpha Phi Sigma

April 20, 2018 at 4:40 pm

The University of South Carolina Upstate’s Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Women’s Studies inducted six new members into Alpha Phi Sigma, the national criminal justice honor society that recognizes academic excellence by undergraduates, as well as graduate students, of […]

Nuclear Arms, Global Security in the 21st Century

April 16, 2018 at 10:43 am

The University of South Carolina Upstate will welcome Brigadier General Hans Ilis-Alm, senior national representative for Sweden and chairman of the Coalition Forces at U.S. Central Command Coalition, for a public lectures promoting peace and stability in a time of […]

Theatre for Youth Presents “Cinderella, Cinderella”

April 13, 2018 at 12:19 pm

Theatre for Youth presents “Cinderella, Cinderella,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2018 in the Studio Theatre. The audience will assist in “Cinderella, Cinderella.” Groups of children will help Cinderella scrub the house and assist a very absentminded Fairy Godfather […]

Thursday Afternoon Acting Group Presents “Searching for David’s Heart,” April 20-21

April 13, 2018 at 12:18 pm

The Thursday Afternoon Acting Group (TAAG) at the University of South Carolina Upstate will present their spring semester play, “Searching for David’s Heart,” April 20-21, 2018. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 and at 11 a.m. […]

Panel to Discuss Freelance Writing, Publishing Opportunities

April 12, 2018 at 12:48 pm

The life of a writer sounds glamorous, right? You can set your own schedule, write in your pajamas and pen whatever your heart desires. Wrong. Writing is a lot of work and you want to get paid for it, eventually. […]

Alpha Mu Gamma Inducts New Members

April 10, 2018 at 4:38 pm

The Nu Iota Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society held its induction ceremony on Wednesday, April 4 in the Sansbury Campus Life Center, Room 309. Thirteen students were inducted. Student inductees were: Adán Alva, Beverly Adamson, […]

USC Upstate Commercial Music Spring Showcase Set for Sunday, April 15 at Chapman Cultural Center

April 3, 2018 at 5:25 pm

Join the University of South Carolina Upstate as the Commercial Music Program presents its Spring Showcase at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 15, 2018 at the Chapman Cultural Center, 200 E. Saint John St., in downtown Spartanburg. The free concert will […]

Senior Art Exhibit to Focus on Art Education

April 3, 2018 at 4:12 pm

The University of South Carolina Upstate will showcase the work of six art education majors as part of a group exhibition called “Values” from April 6 – May 4 in the Curtis R. Harley Gallery, located in the Humanities and […]

Longtime Theatre Professor Directs “London Road” in Final Show Before Retirement in June

April 3, 2018 at 3:55 pm

Forty-five years and 10 months. That’s how much time will have passed when Jimm Cox retires in June. It’s a lifetime of experiences that Cox, a longtime professor of theatre at the University of South Carolina Upstate, looks back on […]