Bits and bytes missing from USC Upstate
Computer thefts now number 58 since August
FEBRUARY 14, 2010 12:28 p.m. 
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University of South Carolina Upstate has two or three “persons of interest” in a string of classroom computer thefts that began in August.
USC Upstate Police Chief Klay Peterson said while authorities have identified the persons of interest, he’s not ready to name them suspects or to say arrests in the case are imminent. Continue reading...
Growing here: Physician education
Greenville Hospital System, USC team up to expand training here
APRIL 9, 2010 6:11 p.m. (0)
Steve Sloate’s job is to live 15 years in the future, then figure out how to get there.
What he envisions for Greenville is an expansion of medical training in an empty shell of a $20-million building on the campus of the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center. Continue reading...
Brick and mortarboards
MAY 21, 2010 12:35 p.m. (0)
The best minds in business don’t need to be hidden in an ivory tower miles from Spartanburg’s commercial district, University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides said.
They need to be brought to Main Street – or at least in this case, St. John Street. Continue reading...
It's that time of year...
South Carolina football starts back up
AUGUST 26, 2010 10:04 a.m. (0)
Clemson and South Carolina fans have set high expectations for their teams once again.
Dabo Swinney led Clemson to the ACC Championship game in his first full season as head coach, and moving forward, the bar will be set high for his Tigers. Continue reading...
Warhol is here
Exhibitions boost city's cultural possibilities
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 1:53 p.m. (3)
Jane Nodine almost threw away the University of South Carolina Upstate’s chance at owning a collection of photographs by famous pop artist Andy Warhol.
Back in 2007, Nodine was cleaning papers off her desk when a letter with the Andy Warhol Foundation’s return address caught her attention. Continue reading...
He's taking it all in stride
For Gilbert Kemboi, it's an education
NOVEMBER 2, 2010 8:46 a.m. (0)
It was a long way from his school to the safety of home and he’s a long way from there today.
He grew up outside of Eldoret, Kenya. His small community was a place of subsistence farms and large families; of few paved roads and many footpaths. Continue reading...
The week in pictures: 11/06/10
Look who's in the Journal
NOVEMBER 7, 2010 3:12 p.m. (0)
The George
It's already paying off
NOVEMBER 19, 2010 12:45 p.m. (0)
“I can’t provide numbers this early on,” says Patty Bock, the economic development director of the City of Spartanburg, “but the USC Upstate Business School has definitely made a positive economic impact on the city, and it goes beyond our downtown.”
She says between faculty, staff and students, the school known as “The George” brings in nearly 1,000 people into downtown every day. Continue reading...
The week in pictures: 12/03/10
Look who's in the Journal this week
DECEMBER 3, 2010 3:58 p.m. (0)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate held their second annual Clemson/Carolina Pep Rally at Embassy Suites Hotel. The Clemson Tiger and USC Cocky mascots were on hand as well as former players for both teams. The event featured game highlights, live and silent auctions and live music by Rick Conner and Groove Planet.
South Carolina defeats Clemson 29-7 in the last game of the regular season. Continue reading...
The higher cost of education
Pay raises at Clemson, USC, have some asking why layoffs, budget shortfalls continue
APRIL 29, 2011 10:25 a.m. (0)
School officials say the salary supplement situation is a reflection of years of state funding cutbacks.
“Two thirds of our senior faculty and staff are being paid at below-market rates,” said Chris Byrd, USC’s vice-president for human resources. Continue reading...
New USCU chancellor takes helm in August
MAY 23, 2011 1:11 p.m. (0)
As a child, Moore moved a lot with his family. He recalls six or seven moves before his father settled in at a church in North Alabama for an extended stay that saw the young man through high school.
“College was where I began to see and understand the concept of ideas as a driving force in life,” Moore said of his undergraduate career at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. “You have to remember this was the height of the Civil Rights era and I was living in Alabama (arguably the epicenter of the movement in the South).” Continue reading...
Nurses are in demand
Two Upstate colleges are partnering to fill in the nursing gap
JUNE 16, 2011 12:04 p.m. (0)
Converse College will be partnering with Vanderbilt University to give students the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in nursing that could lead to careers as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives and nurse executives.
And the Mary Black School of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Upstate is working on a direct entry program that would allow people with baccalaureate degrees in other fields to pursue a master’s degree in nursing. Continue reading...
Med school becomes No. 136
Greenville Hospital System, USC earn preliminary approval for The University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville, joining the ranks of the nation's 135 other medical schools
OCTOBER 7, 2011 10:03 a.m. (0)
The University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville had earned preliminary approval — the biggest hurdle in the effort to expand doctor training in Greenville.
Youkey, the dean of what is now the nation’s 136th medical school, started emailing. Mike Riordan, president and chief executive officer of the Greenville Hospital System. Spence Taylor, the medical school’s senior associate dean for academic affairs and diversity. Harris Pastides, president of the University of South Carolina. Michael Amiridis, USC provost. Continue reading...
BMW pro-am enlists help from local college students
BMW tournament organizers hope to broaden event's appeal with a little help from college students here
OCTOBER 7, 2011 10:35 a.m. (0)
“This needs to become a more prominent event for everybody,” said Holgate, president of American Credit Acceptance, who organized a program to bring the heft of four Spartanburg colleges to increase interest in the Pro-Am in Spartanburg, which tournament organizers said has remained stagnant.
The tournament is held at Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, Thornblade Club in Greenville and this year, the Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer Course has been added. Continue reading...
USC Upstate makes another try for a Greenville campus
School learned lessons from protests, questions that doomed 2005 attempt
MARCH 29, 2012 11:27 a.m. (1)
Then-Chancellor John Stockwell’s plan was dropped just a few months later after lawmakers expressed concern over what would happen to the University Center – a consortium of colleges that offer classes in part of the old McAlister Square on Pleasantburg Drive – without the school that offered the lion’s share of undergraduate classes at the facility and how the school proposed to pay for it.
Now, six years later, there’s once again talk of USC Upstate about building a campus in Greenville. Continue reading...
Professor’s short music lessons go viral
YouTube videos on history of rock music draw worldwide audience
MARCH 22, 2012 1:06 p.m. (0)
And now Akkerman’s short video lectures on the history of rock and music business have gone viral.
Akkerman has uploaded to YouTube 40 video lectures on music topics ranging from motion picture music, punk rock, MTV and hair bands to publishing music, touring and who does what in a record company. Continue reading...
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