Expats moving to South Carolina, or to anywhere in the USA, for that matter, encounter what feels like insurmountable dangers and challenges. One of the biggest challenges of moving to America is simply all the unknowns. How can I get a driver’s license in the USA? How do I find a house? Where can…
Several weeks ago the Upstate had a visit from an unassuming man, tirelessly journeying across 45 cities in 50 days, to build partnerships for a vision of opportunity in Nepal. Mahabir Pun has spent the past 26 years, since graduating from the University of Nebraska, on building community projects around the idea that innovation is…
Tires, passenger vehicles, and kazoos. What do these items have in common? South Carolina leads the nation for exports of these products, with customers overseas creating livelihood opportunities for our state, which exported more than $32 billion of South Carolina-made products in 2017 and has seen export increases in each of the last eight years.…
Sometimes, “membership” sounds a little scary. To me, it sounds like money, time commitments, and cliquey social groups — all things that, as a senior in college, I can’t afford. But then I started working at Upstate International (UI), and my perspective on membership changed. As an intern, I’ve gotten to see a side…
Upstate International’s 5th annual kick-off party for Upstate International Month will certainly not disappoint. Who doesn’t want to RSVP to an evening of cocktails, appetizers, sambas, mambos and more? I think few would turn down a chance to dance a martini and sip the twist… or something like that. But this event, while promising to be a night…
April 2016 From The Greenville News JOHNNA MALICI, Guest Columnist 1:04 a.m. EDT April 2, 2016 I am the Principal of As-Sabeel Academy, Greenville’s Islamic elementary and middle school. In our school we teach our students about the great ideals on which our country rests — the equality of man before the law, freedom of…