USC Upstate Hires New Staff

SPARTANBURG, SC – January 13, 2011 – The University of South Carolina Upstate is pleased to announce three recent additions to its staff.

Dr. Kathleen Miller has been hired as the assistant director of disability services in the Student Affairs Division. Miller will take leadership of the coordination of academic accommodations for students with disabilities, as well as spearhead a new Academic Coaching program to help students with disabilities acquire time management, organizational, study, and self-management skills.  Prior to coming to USC Upstate, Miller worked at Converse College as the director of academic success.

Veronica Quick (pictured right) and Benjamin Remick have both been hired as graphic designers in the Office of University Communications. In their roles, they will create and manage the creation of original concepts and designs, and the production of electronic layouts for an extensive University publications program, Website and advertising. Quick, a graduate of USC Upstate, has been working part-time as a graphic design assistant at the University since 2008. Remick, who earned a master’s of art from Savannah College of Art and Design, previously worked as a graphic designer at Erwin Penland.