The George

It's already paying off

NOVEMBER 19, 2010 12:45 p.m. (0)

George Dean Johnson Jr. College of Business and Economics at USC Upstate is winding up its first fall semester and the impact of the school on the City of Spartanburg is already evident.

“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...

 

New USCU chancellor takes helm in August

MAY 23, 2011 1:11 p.m. (0)

For Thomas F. Moore, the son of an itinerant Alabama Methodist minister, college was a revelation.

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)

There’s a push around the country to increase the number of nurses with advanced degrees and two Spartanburg colleges have a part in that.

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...

 

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)

YouTube helped University of South Carolina Upstate music professor Dr. Gregg Akkerman battle the short attention spans of college students.

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...