SC Works Upstate, formerly Upstate Career Source and the Employment Security Commission, provides job seekers and employers of Cherokee, Spartanburg, and Union Counties a central location to receive a wide array of workforce services. For the employer, some of these services include access and assistance with recruitment and pre-screening, using the state's largest jobs database at no cost to the employer and access to local, current labor market information.  For the job seeker, some of these services include guidance with the unemployment insurance claims process, resume development, career and education planning, and a variety of workshops at no charge.

By working with SC Works and other partner agencies, customers are provided with valuable resources and services to fulfill their individual workforce needs.  The primary goal of SC Works Upstate is to provide services to facilitate the attainment of meaningful employment, accomplished through making the connection between job seekers and employers.


SC Works Upstate, under the direction of the Upstate Workforce Investment Board, is a coalition of agencies integrating all workforce development services.  Serving residents and businesses of Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union Counties and the Greater Greer area, SC Works Upstate provides workforce support to both employers and job seekers.  More information about SC Works Upstate visit www.scworksupstate.com.  SC Works is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
 

SC Works Spartanburg will hold a recruitment event for American Credit Acceptance on Thursday, April 5th from 9:00 - 12:00 pm  

for Inside Sales Representatives in the Spartanburg/Greer/Greenville area.   

Prior non-retail sales experience required. 10 positions are currently available. 

 
Please bring your resume and be dressed for success.  

Save the Date: 

SC Works Upstate Spring Job Fair
May 22, 2012
Summit Pointe Spartanburg SC
8:30am - 1pm
www.scworksupstate.com  

SC Works Upstate
Bringing Employers and Job Seekers Together
Office: 864-562-4184
Cell: 864-809-8704
 
"An equal opportunity employer / program"
"Auxiliary aids and services available upon request to individuals with disabilities"     

Back by popular demand! 

Tuesday, April 24, 4:00 - 8:00 pm.

YOGAlicious Yoga Studio
147 E. Main St., Suite A
Downtown Spartanburg
YOGA-licious.com  

It's that time again.  We are raising money for the March of Dimes. 

We will be having our Annual Bake Sale on Friday, April 6th in the bank lobby from 9:00AM until sold out.  (We close at 6:00PM) 

We will have our Annual Hot Dog Sale on Friday, April 13th (more info to follow).

Spring is in the air and the Duncan Estate is in full bloom!  Located one mile from downtown Spartanburg, the historic Duncan Estate is a picturesque venue for outdoor weddings, special events, and photography sessions.  Our open vendor policy allows you to create a truly customized event. 

Due to our mild winter and early Spring, the Duncan Estate's dogwoods & azaleas are in bloom NOW, perfect for Easter photography.  Easter portraits are BYOB - Bring Your Own Bunnies! 

Contact us to schedule an event consultation and site tour.  

Duncan Estate 

www.DuncanEstate.com   

You asked for workshops, and we are listening!

We are hosting workshops on terrarium building and edible container gardens in April. These will be interactive workshops; each participant will build and take home their very own terrarium or container garden. 

Terrarium Workshop

Thursday, April 12, 6:30 pm

and

Saturday, April 28, 5:30 pm 

How it works: Each participant will select their container, plants and accessories for their terrarium.  One of our designers will teach, and coach the class on how to put all these parts together, to create the terrarium that you want. Each person will have choice of the containers we have in supply and we will have a fresh shipment of terrarium plants, just for the class.   

Cost:  $10 per person plus the supplies you use in the store the night of workshop.

Each terrarium container is individually priced.  Plants are $3.99 for 2 inch, $4.99 for 3 inch and $6.99 for 4 inch.

Special Earth Day Workshop ~ Edible Container Garden    

Hosted by friend and local business owner Julie Thompson Adolf

Thursday April 19th, 6:30pm   

Each participant will build their very own edible container garden, to celebrate Earth Day.  This workshop will be directed by our friend and local organic heirloom vegetable plant guru, Julie Thompson Adolf. Julie is the proud owner of a local business call Garden Delights. You will have the choice of containers in stock at The Urban Planter and the plants for the garden will be  provided by Garden Delights.  Please take a look at www.gardendelights-sc.com to see the beautiful plants, all heirloom, all raised from seed each season.  

The cost of the workshop is $10.00/person, plus the supplies that you use in the store the night of the workshop. Each container is priced individually, but the plants are all the same price, $4.95 each.  There will be a lot of different plants to choose from: different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, herbs etc.  If  you'd like specific plants for your container garden that you've seen on the Garden Delights website, please be sure to include that list when you contact us either via email or phone to sign up for the workshop. 

If you would like to join us for a workshop, promptly email us at theurbanplantersc@gmail.com  The workshops will be limited to 10 spaces.  Once we have confirmed your space for the workshop you can mail a check to our store, stop in and pay the $10.00 or call us and we can process your payment over the phone. Remember, space is limited, so act now if you would like to join us. The workshops are open to adults and/or children. If you sign up for the class and for some reason cannot participate, don't worry, you have not lost your money. We will reserve your spot in the next class. You will be put on the list before anyone else is added to be sure that you get your space.
 
The Urban Planter
916 E Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
864-804-6256
theurbanplantersc@gmail.com
M-F 10am-6pm
Sat. 10am-5pm
 
Find us on Facebook:   

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Urban-Planter/204460606293297 

 COME JOIN US FOR MORE LIVE SOUNDS AFTER MUSIC ON MAIN! 

Thursday April 12 at Cribb's Kitchen on Main

"An Evening with Melodious Earth: Smooth Jazz & Classic Swing"

Live Jazz from 8 to 11pm

Food & Drink Specials

*Front Dining Room by Reservation Only

(864) 699-9669

226 B West Main St., Spartanburg SC 29306

NEW HOURS FOR SPECIALTY GIFTS!!!

  DUE TO CUSTOMER SHOPPING TRENDS,
SPECIALTY GIFTS HOURS WILL NOW BE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 10-6
SATURDAY 10-4  

1413 W.O. Ezell Blvd.
864.595.5060  

COMING UP AT THE PLAZA ON MAIN!

 Stress Management 10:00- 11:30 AM 

Taught by Dr. Helen Wells Foster PHD, Licensed Family and Marriage Counselor      Fee: $25  

11-12:30 PM, 1-2:30 PM, 2:20-4PM 

The Plaza On Main is pleased to announce retail massage therapy! 

Each Friday Gail will draw a name from the basket located at the check-out counter and the winner will receive a FREE 30 minute massage.      

The Knights of Columbus Council 6076 is hosting their Sixth Annual Golf Outing to benefit St. Paul The Apostle Catholic School.   

The 1 PM Shotgun Start will be held at the Woodfin Ridge Golf Club in Inman  

on Friday, April 20th.   

The entry fee of $75 includes Greens Fee, Cart, Range Balls, Lunch,  

Beverages and Cookout.   

Contact Cindy at St. Paul School at 864-582-6645 for registration  

and/or sponsorship information.
   

Art Exhibitions
Julia Elizabeth Tolbert, Paintings and Drawings
April 13 - June 1, 2012 - Reception, Friday, April 13, 4 - 6 p.m.
Sandor Teszler Library Gallery
Julia Elizabeth Tolbert was a native of Ninety Six, S.C. She earned the M.A. from the University of Georgia where she studied under Lamar Dodd.  Because she was not interested in selling her work or even showing it very much, except for a few museums, such as the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C., and Atlanta's (Ga.) High Museum, she is now unknown. In 2011, the Tolbert family donated nearly the entire life-work corpus of her art to Wofford College. This exhibition of a very small portion of the collection is the first of several intended to bring a worthy artist back to the public eye. 

Roxi Tolbert, Paintings
April 13 - June 1, 2012 - Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery, Campus Life Building
Roxi Tolbert is a native of Fort Mill, S.C., and holds a B.F.A. from Winthrop University. She is now a doctoral student at Kent State University. This exhibition of her recent paintings will run concurrently with the showing of works by her great-aunt, Julia Elizabeth Tolbert, continuing the legacy of Tolbert family artists.
Second Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Tuesday, April 24 - Friday, May 11, 2012 - Reception: Tuesday, April 24, 4 - 6 p.m.
Great Oaks Hall, Roger Milliken Science Center
These works by current Wofford students have been produced in fulfillment of a class assignment or independently, outside of class, or any time since September 2010. No work in the exhibition was made prior to a student's enrollment at Wofford.

Foreign Film Series
Taking Father Home (Bei Ya Zi de Nan Hai)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building
Director: Ying Liang - China, 2005; 100 min.; Sichuan dialect with English subtitles
Seventeen-year-old Xu Yun leaves the Chinese countryside to search for his father and finds instead a nightmare vision of survival in the modern city. Traveling with no money and only two ducks as collateral, Xu Yun walks into an urban jungle of gangsters and thieves, throwing his life into danger. He earns the sympathy and support of streetwise hustler Scar and a cynical policeman. Both help Xu Yun find clues to the whereabouts of his father, but their efforts are dashed by a 24-hour flood warning that forces the sudden evacuation of the entire city. Will Xu Yun find his father in time, and if so, will he bring his father back home?

The Troubadour Series
Carlos Pérez
Friday, April 13, 2012, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
This event is being co-sponsored by The Music Foundation of Spartanburg.
Chilean guitarist Carlos Pérez has given recitals in more than 30 countries in North, Central, and South America, as well as Europe. He has been awarded prizes in international competitions in Europe and America, winning top prize in five majors, and has recorded eight CDs and two DVDs.

Theatre
Wofford Theatre presents "Silence" written by Moira Buffini
Thursday, April 19 - Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25 - Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8 p.m.
Tony White Theater, Campus Life Building - Directed by Dan Day
Set at the end of the first millennium, Silence tackles issues of identity, sexuality, freedom, marriage, religion and war during a hilarious road trip filled with fateful dreams, Viking raids and true love.

The Chamber Series
The Vega Quartet with Eun-Sun Lee, viola and Christopher Rex, cello
Monday, April 23, 2012, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
The performance will include Brahms Sextet, Op. 18 and others.

Lectures/Events
Foothills Civil War Roundtables
"A Living History Presentation of the Submarine Hunley"
Speaker: Wayne E. Sirmon, University of Mobile, Past Master Texas Lodge of  

Research
Monday, April 16, 2012, 6 - 8 p.m. (Dinner: 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. Program: 7:15 - 8 p.m.)
Montgomery Room, Burwell Building
Cost of dinner and program is $23. Program only $5. Checks payable to Foothills Civil War Roundtable. RSVP to Juanita Pesaro at pesarojb@wofford.edu or 864-597-4207.
"The Computer Graphics Grand Challenge: How Much Realism is Enough Realism?" - Speaker: Dr. James Foley 

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 11 a.m., Olin Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building
Dr. James Foley is a professor in the college of computing, and professor in the school of electrical and computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foley went to Georgia Tech in 1991 to establish the Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center, which in 1996 was ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report for graduate computer science work in graphics and user interaction. In 1996, he became director of Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab in Cambridge and in 1998 chairman and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric ITA. He returned to Georgia as executive director and then CEO of Yamacraw, Georgia's economic development initiative in the design of broadband systems, devices and chips. 

Lee Hagglund's Last Lecture
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 4 - 5 p.m., Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building
Lee Hagglund's Lecture is an opportunity for Dr. Hagglund to address the Wofford community one final time before he retires. This year, he has been studying mathematics and music, two of his passions, and he will talk about some of the fascinating connections that he has discovered.
"What Literature and Economics Have to Teach Each Other"
Speaker: Dr. Paul Cantor. Clifton Waller Barrett Professor English, University of Virginia  

Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 4 p.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Paul A. Cantor is a wide-ranging American literary critic inspired by the Austrian School of Economic Thought. He attended Ludwig von Mises' seminars and went on to receive his A.B. and Ph.D. in English literature at Harvard. He is the Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Santee Cooper Lecture Series: Tim Palmer, Photographer and Award-Winning Author
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium. Main Building
Tim Palmer will discuss Sustainability and Rivers. He is a photographer and award-winning author of 20 books on rivers, conservation and the environment.
"Objects on the Move: Collections, Museums and the Spaces of Natural History"  

Lecture
Speaker: Irina Podgorny, 2012 Lewis P. Jones Visiting Professor
Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 4 p.m. Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building
Irina Podgorny has been a research scholar at the Max-Planck Institute for the History of Science since 2009. She received her B.A. from Universidad Nacional de La Plata in the field of anthropology, her M.A. from Universidad de Buenos Aires in social history and the history of ideas, and her Ph.D. from Universidad Nacional de La Plata in the field of anthropology. Podgorny specializes in the emergence of Palenque as an archaeological object and the trade of ruins and fossils.
Phi Beta Kappa Convocation
Dr. Philip N. Racine, Speaker
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 11 a.m. Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Dr. Philip N. Racine taught history at Wofford from 1969 until he retired in 2009. He held the Kenan Professorship of History and served as chairman of the department.


 

 Diane C. Parker, RN, MSN, NE-BC, CHPN is the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Hospice Care of South Carolina.  

She originally began her nursing career in critical care. She has over 20 years of Nursing Education and Nursing Executive experience.  

Over the past 5 years, Diane and her colleagues have held 3 ELNEC training courses, which have led to 500 interdisciplinary team members in her community and state being trained to provide better care for those with life limiting illness in 2011 alone. Her commitment to end-of-life care (EOL) is demonstrated not only by her board certifications including Nurse Executive and Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse, but also through her commitment to the advancement of EOL care across the lifespan. Recognizing a special need for a comprehensive pediatric service, she developed the Hands of Hope Comfort Care Program as a pediatric service of Hospice Care of South Carolina and moves forward in the development of community based Pediatric Palliative Care and Perinatal Hospice Care Programs for the state's best practice. She formed an internal interdisciplinary pediatric resource team to serve as a support statewide to the organization and integrated the principles of ELNEC-Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC) as a framework, building the state's only comprehensive pediatric hospice and palliative care program.  

Diane is an ELNEC-PPC, ELNEC-Core, and ELNEC-For Veterans trainer. As a result of her commitment to provide excellence in EOL care, The National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN) has awarded Hospice Care of South Carolina the NBCHPN 2012 Employer of the Year Award. Diane represents South Carolina on the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Pediatric Policy Networking Group and Public Policy Committee and is currently working with regulatory and legislative professionals to change the face of pediatric care and reflect true patient-centered, family focused care.  

Diane took an entire leadership team to the ELNEC Summit in San Diego in January 2011. The goal was to develop faculty to teach all ELNEC courses and improve education not just on a local level but as a statewide resource. Having faculty available to teach any ELNEC course or its components reflects the organization's mission and is a vehicle to use in many ways. "ELNEC has helped change the way we think, learn, communicate, and collaborate. It is now our culture. We don't settle for anything less than excellence," stated Diane.  

If you would like to contact Diane, she can be reached at diane.parker@hospicecare.net.