What inspires you? - University of South Carolina Upstate

Inspiring stories succeed best when they are located in inspiring settings. And fewuniversities in the Upstate can inspire you more with its facilities than USC Upstate. Takeour 150,000-square-foot Health Education Complex, for example, which is situated ontop of a hill overlooking the beautiful Susan Jacobs Arboretum. It is not simply the largestbuilding on our 330-acre Spartanburg campus but a gleaming, state-of-the-art metaphorfor a university that continues to grow and evolve to match the changing needs of today’sstudents. Walk in, and you will discover that it is also a central hub of student activity,offering smart classrooms, advanced laboratories and computer labs, a learning resourcecenter that replicates the real-world nursing environments found at modern hospitals,a comprehensive Wellness Center, beautiful open gathering areas as well as a heavilyfrequented coffee bar and deli.As the home for USC Upstate’s Mary Black School of Nursing and the School of Education,the Health Education Complex also enables both schools to increase the number ofgraduates they produce (and place across the Upstate) and enhance the quality of academicprogramming and the learning experiences they offer, thus impacting the health, wellnessand economic development of the entire region.The best way to live your USCUpstate story is to live oncampus. Your options include:The Villas, our apartmentstyle,upperclassmen housingcomplexThe distinctive, suite-style, $15.5million Palmetto House forfreshmen and upperclassmenthat features everything fromkeyless entry, cable televisionaccess, and a completelywireless environment to on-sitetutoring, writing workshops andgroup-study areasMagnolia House, our newesthousing addition, is a $15.5million, 105,000-square-footsuite-style residence hall forfreshmen that can house up to352 students in its 87 suites,including single or double roomsand handicap-accessible units.Most USC Upstate stories begin at our beautiful, high-tech 330-acrecampus in Spartanburg, South Carolina—a college town along thethriving economic I-85 corridor within driving distance of beaches,the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as all the professional,cultural, and lifestyle possibilities offered by Atlanta and Charlotte.With a rich history of intellectual achievement, the convenient, comfortable and technologically advanced USCUpstate Library lies at the heart of the academic experience we offer. Established in 1967, the 30,000-squarefootlibrary is open 82.5 hours per week with reference assistance available 80 hours per week. The library hasa 24-hour computer lab accessible with student ID/swipe card; a general use computer lab of 35 stations; 16other public use computers; holdings of more than 233,000 books, journals, microforms and media; and offersover 26,600 e-books and more than 30,000 electronic full-text journals via 200-plus databases.