Most of our events are in a hybrid format (in-person and on Zoom). If you would like the Zoom link to join an event virtually, please contact Victoria Musheff at vmushef@clemson.edu or 864-656-3990. Click HERE for easy instructions for joining a Zoom presentation.
Upcoming Presentations/Outings
March 7, 2025, (Friday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Hybrid, Skip’s EC Trivia with Dr. Skip Eisiminger. February 7, 2025, (Friday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Hybrid, Skip’s EC Trivia with Dr. Skip Eisiminger. Please mark your calendar, so you do not miss one of the best monthly events at Clemson. Eat Susan’s delightful homemade brownies (Dr. Wainscott’s wife!) while you compete alongside goodhearted, friendly folks while having fun with our host Dr. Skip Eisiminger! Do not miss the fun! Trivia has been defined as “things you either know immediately or not at all.” Skip’s trivia is like that. You can learn interesting stuff by participating on Zoom (no brownies that way!) or by joining in person. Some of the most interesting information is shared in conversation after each answer is revealed. EC folks are well-versed in countless topics. Skip occasionally features questions curated from presentations delivered at the Emeritus College. We continue to have the best conversations as a group of friends. Each session, participants contribute a small amount to benefit deserving college students.
March 11-13, 2025, Adventure to Charleston
The Emeritus College is planning a two-night trip to Charleston, SC March 11-13, 2025 (Tuesday-Thursday). Our last outing to Charleston was a wonderful event. For 2025, the plans are for a more flexible trip with one day spent in the downtown Charleston area. More details will follow on the specific activities if you register for the trip. Thursday, we will plan a visit to the Avian Conservation Center and lunch at SeeWee in Awendaw (just done the road from Mount Pleasant).
March 18, 2025, (Tuesday), 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, MMII Support Meeting, In Person The committee for the Moments and Memories II book project is hosting a monthly writing support session. Moments and Memories, Volume II writing sessions are designed to inspire your thinking about your time at Clemson, engender topics and episodes to write about, provide time to write, and solicit feedback from other Emeritus College participants. Our sessions will be held the third Tuesday of each month from 2 PM – 3PM, alternating between face-to-face sessions at the EC and virtual sessions on Zoom. Join us!
March 20, 2025, (Thursday), all day, In Person, Tour of Jumpstart followed by Soteria. March 20, 2025, SC Prison Education Interest Group Hosts Tours of JUMPSTART and SOTERIA CDC, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm (See attachment for tour details)
You are invited to join the Emeritus College SC Prison Education Interest Group on a visit to two highly successful re-entry programs for Incarcerated men and women to support their transition back into society. Formerly incarcerated men founded each of these faith-based programs. JUMPSTART, Wellford, SC, has three programs: an Inside Program with Mentors prepares the prisoners for the residential Transitional Program. Upon successful completion, men and women move into the Workforce Development Initiative. JUMPSTART’s second-chance employer partnerships extend to over 40 companies in the Spartanburg area. Lunch will be provided by JUMPSTART’s Culinary Arts students. A donation is suggested for lunch. SOTERIA CDC, our second stop (afternoon) is in Greenville, SC. SOTERIA CDC provides individuals with housing, education, employment, affirmation, and advocacy. We will tour their newest transitional house for women as well as the recently rebuilt woodshop. The shop turns out beautiful custom furniture and other items. This outing is limited to 25 participants. JUMPSTART: Arrive at 11:00 am – depart at 1:15 pm, includes lunch provided by JUMPSTART Culinary Arts students (donation suggested for lunch) SOTERIA CDC: Arrive at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Contact vmushef@clemson.edu for registration details.
March 21, 2025, (Friday), 9:30 am – 10:00 am, In Person, Harmonica for Health with Vince Jackson. February 21, 2025, (Friday), 9:30 am – 10:00 am, In Person, Harmonica for Health with Vince Jackson. New folks are invited to join the fun. As we grow older many of us find we no longer have the lung capacity we once did. All is not lost. There are ways to increase lung capacity and restore breathing levels that may have diminished. Playing a wind instrument is one of those ways, and a harmonica is among the easier musical instruments to learn. In 2025 the Emeritus College will continue to provide instruction for those interested in music and improving their health. Join us for some good fun and fellowship. You do not need to read music or be musical. You will be surprised at how soon you can play a harmonica tune. Class meets at 9:30 am the 3rd Friday of each month in the EC Seminar room. Contact me for more information—vincejackson529@att.net.
March 21, 2025, (Friday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, In Person, Coffee House Music Sessions with Vince Jackson and Dave Scherrep. Members of the Harmonica Class get the added benefit of staying over and participating (or becoming part of the audience) in the Coffee House Music Sessions beginning at 10 am, 3rd Friday of each month. The Sessions are open to ALL members of the Emeritus College, friends, and family. Bring your portable musical instrument to the EC Seminar room for a jam session with talented musicians from the Emeritus College. WE play all types of music; blues, gospel, soft rock, country, and other genres, with all levels of talent represented. This is not an intimating experience. It is a lot of fun! Coffee and snacks are provided. Hope to see you there.
March 25, 2025, (Tuesday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Zoom Only, Marty’s Memoirs with Marty Duckenfield. The Memoir group begins its fourth year of sharing the stories of our lives, stories for ourselves, our friends, and especially family members. We invite you to join us the 4th Tuesday of each month via Zoom. Members share written stories of their childhood years and college days, various adventures and everyday happenings, experiences in historic times, and while doing so, prompt others to their own recollections—some which end up being written stories, too. The group gives thoughtful feedback when asked, and we all leave inspired and entertained!
March 27, 2025, (Thursday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, ZOOM ONLY, Adam Gussow leads a discussion on his book My Family and I: A Mississippi Memoir. Copies of the book will be available at the EC.
“An inspiring memoir about the author’s lifelong quest for racial reconciliation, the love that sustains his interracial family in contemporary Mississippi, and the ‘Yes we can!’ hope for American renewal that fades after the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and the despair-driven rise of Black Lives Matter.”
“What has happened to the dream of beloved community embraced by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement of the early 1960s—the vision of a just, humane, and colorblind America, a nation of “black and white together” animated by the spirit of mutual respect and strengthened by the bonds of brotherly love? As Adam Gussow shows in this urgently needed new book, the dream, although pressured on every front, remains alive. My Family and I gifts the reader with hope for a future beyond America’s seemingly insoluble racial dilemmas.”
Adam Gussow, Professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and a noted blues scholar, is the author of seven books, including Whose Blues? Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music.
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