B-Note June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019
Greetings fellow Tigers!
Your support to Clemson and our students is a testament to our collective devotion to future generations. Your gifts are creating unforgettable moments for our students that are making a powerful impact on their success today, tomorrow and forever. Together, we are forever changing their lives and providing them with a strong foothold toward their future.
The students and programs across our campus are consistently demonstrating the impact of your support – such as the Emerging Scholars Program. This program was created with the goal of intertwining diverse families into the fabric of Clemson. For three sets of brothers — the Figueroas, the Polites and the Orrs — the program helped Clemson become a vital part of life for entire families that never would have envisioned being Tigers a few short years ago. Since its inception, the program has been consistently steering high school students from South Carolina’s Interstate 95 Corridor — a chain of predominantly poor, rural counties running from the North Carolina border down through South Carolina to its southern tip at the Georgia border — into attending college. The Emerging Scholars Program aims to establish a college-going culture among selected program participants through academic enrichment, developing leadership skills and increasing college preparedness. The results have been impressive: 100 percent of the Emerging Scholars students (more than 700) have graduated from high school, with 90 percent going on to attend college or join the military the next year. You can read more about Emerging Scholars and these three sets of brothers here.
B- Proud!
Have you accepted the challenge to demonstrate your commitment to Clemson by making your annual gift? There’s still time – you have until June 30! And don’t forget to encourage your fellow Tigers to do the same!
If you make your annual gift by the end of this fiscal year, you will receive a free national championship decal. Visit our website or call 864-656-5896 to make your gift by this SUNDAY and help us create memorable moments for our Clemson Tigers!
As this fiscal year ends, I am reflecting upon the many successes at our university and taking the time to express how PROUD I am to be a part of the Clemson family. We are consistently ranked among the best – academically and athletically. Because we are recruiting and retaining the best faculty, we are also attracting the brightest students. All of this culminates into successful alumni who are impacting our state, our nation and the world!
With the upcoming national holiday, please take the opportunity to celebrate our independence and express how PROUD you are to call America your home. As our University celebrates the holiday, the B-Note will also be taking a break next week, but I would like to wish you all a happy and safe Fourth of July!
Go Tigers!
Brian O’Rourke