Howdy! Here's a rundown of what is in this edition of Chaser's Chatter:

• Live to Chase Initiative Information
• Fall Festival Pictures
• A Fire Drill Reminder
• Info About SCC First-Gen Week
• A Link to the SCECHS Newsletter
• An Update on the OneSCC Campaign
• A Message from the Research and Development Coordinator
• Birthdays!

Saturday's SCC Fall Festival was a huge success with multitudes of guests coming to our Giles Campus and celebrating that fall spirit!

A huge thank you goes out to everyone involved for volunteering and offering your support!

Check out the photos from the event here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sccsc/albums/72177720312156004

By now, everyone surely has seen the various marketing campaigns advertising free tuition at SCC. What is being advertised is a concept and that concept is made reality through aid programs.

The first free tuition program launched in 2021 was called the Free Tuition Initiative (FTI), and the current program is the Live to Chase Initiative (LCI). Both these programs make free tuition possible, but they each have distinct rules. 

Below is a chart that shows the differences between the two programs.

One crucial thing many students fail to understand is that ALL other aid must be applied towards charges before the LCI fund will be applied.

The LCI funds are NEVER applied first unless the student doesn’t have any other aid awards.

Students should be encouraged to review the LCI FAQ so they will understand the rules they must follow to be eligible or retain eligibility.

During the week of October 23^rd – 26^th, SCC will be conducting state-mandated Fire Drills. Below you will find the fire drill schedule for each campus.

OCTOBER 23RD, 2023

P DAN HULL BUILDING 8:45 AM

HEALTH SCIENCE BUILDING 10:00 AM

JACK A POWERS BUILDING 11:00 AM

OCTOBER 24TH, 2023

GAULT BUILDING 8:45 AM

LIBRARY 10:00 AM

LEDBETTER BUILDING 11:00 AM

OCTOBER 25TH, 2023

DAN L TERHUNE BUILDING 9:00 AM

DOWNTOWN CAMPUS 10:00 AM

UNION CAMPUS 11:00 AM

OCTOBER 26TH, 2023

TYGER RIVER CAMPUS 10:00 AM

CHEROKEE COUNTY CAMPUS 10:00 AM

Please familiarize yourself with the Fire Evacuation Plan and Evacuation Plan Assembly Areas located under SCC Resources >>> Campus Police on the MySCC Portal.

*** REMEMBER, DURING A FIRE ALARM, EVERYONE NEEDS TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING.***

Greetings Chasers! We are excited to announce the first-ever SCC First-Gen Week, brought to you by the SCC First-Gen Committee! The week will take place November 6^th to November 9^th. National First-Generation Day is November 8th. 

A formal definition of a first-generation college student is a student whose parent(s) did not complete a four-year college or university degree. The purpose of this week is to create and help build a community and establish relationships for first-generation college students here at SCC. 

First-generation faculty and staff members are encouraged to visit the TRIO office (P. Dan Hull Building, Room 44) for a first-generation Chaser pin that they can wear to increase awareness about the upcoming events. 

See below for a flyer for the upcoming events, and a picture of the first-generation Chaser pin.

Click the image below to view the SCECHS Newsletter, but together by our talented Early College students!

Thank you, OneSCC! You have OneSCC Jeans Day for the entirety of next year.

Thanks to every one of our donors AND you an extra special thank you to Brittney Sutton for the gift that put us over the top and secured 80% participation.

We not only met, but EXCEEDED our fundraising goal as early as Tuesday, October 3^rd thanks to the many generous donors that made their pledge at the All-College Meeting and so early in the campaign.  

The campaign is not the end but the beginning. In the coming year we’ll partner across the campus and community to strategically invest your gifts and make the greatest impact on student success, program enhancements, and employee recognition.  

Please look forward to news from the Foundation on how YOU are providing us with the support necessary to make a Spartanburg Community College education a one-of-a-kind experience for students and our community. 

We will announce our fundraising total at the Rick Teal Campus Walk on October 27^th!

Good Morning Everyone!

Thank you for all your participation in the All-College Satisfaction Survey! The summary report for the survey has been completed and sent to the meeting organizers. 

Summary results were compiled by using a combination of rating scales and organizing open ended comments by topic. I carefully reviewed your answers, broke comments into main points and overarching subjects, and tagged them as topics. Individual tags were counted per question and divided by the total number of comments to create a topic response percentage. 

These feedback results were summarized and shared with meeting organizers to help plan and develop future All-College Meetings.  

Thank you again for your participation and please let me know if you have any questions! 

Cassie Martin

Research and Development Coordinator 

martinc@sccsc.edu 

Happy Birthday to the following Chasers this week!

Natalia Popov - 10/24

Eddie Wyatt - 10/27

Sabrina Sims - 10/28

Shawn Watterson - 10/28

Dexter Manuela - 10/29

Stevie Bryson - 10/29

Cassie Martin - 10/30

This newsletter relies on YOU!

If you have items you'd like to see included in next week's Chaser's Chatter, please click here to visit the Strategic Communications page on the SCC Portal and use the submission form to share information about an upcoming event, highlight, or other form of good news.

Alternatively, you can send information anytime to Colton Grace, SCC's Director of Strategic Communications by email at gracec@sccsc.edu.