University of South Carolina Upstate
The
University of South Carolina Upstate is located in
Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is one of four accredited four-year schools in the
USC System and is home to approximately 4,300 students.
Colleges and Schools
- College of Arts and Sciences\n*Mary Black School of Nursing\n*School of Business Administration and Economics\n*School of Education
History
After the Spartanburg General Hospital decided to discontinue its degree program for nurses, local politicians decided to create a separate University for the region. In 1967 the Spartanburg Regional Campus was opened as a two-year college with an initial enrollment of 177 student. \nBecause of increased popularity, the school became a four-year institution in 1975 and was renamed the University of South Carolina Spartanburg. During the following years, both the campus and the scope of the University expanded. In the summer of 2004 the USC Board of Trustees voted to change the name to USC Upstate to better reflect its mission to educate the people of South Carolina's upstate region.\nAside from its presence in Spartanburg, USC Upstate has become the largest educational provider in the University Center of Greenville, a consortium of seven institutions of higher learning in Greenville, South Carolina.\nIn recent years the U.S. News and World Report has ranked USC Upstate as one of the top five public liberal arts colleges in the South.
Athletics
USC Upstate sponsors 11 collegiate teams that are currently knows as the Rifles. However a new nickname is expected by the end of the summer of 2004. The school colors are green, white, and black. The teams compete in the Peach Belt Conference and Division II of the NCAA. These sports are men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, baseball, softball, and women's volleyball.
Alumni
The University has a living Alumni base of over 15,000. According to the school, over 80% of them still live and work in the upstate region.
External link
\n*USC Upstate Homepage
Category:Universities and colleges in South Carolina\nUpstate Campus
