Upcoming Presentations/Outings

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 14, 2024, (Thursday), 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, Hybrid, SC Prison Education Interest Group with Dr. Elaine Richardson. The focus is planning for the August 2024, Symposium. The interest group is an outgrowth of the direction of the Emeritus College Advisory Board and state-wide symposium on higher education in SC and incarcerated individuals. The Mission statement is: Exploring ways for the Emeritus College to support higher education for incarcerated persons in South Carolina. With the goal of providing support to ongoing South Carolina programs for higher education for incarnated persons. Our monthly meetings include programs on higher education and incarcerated individuals and explore ways in which emeritus faculty might contribute.

March 15, 2024, (Friday), 9:30 am -10:00 am, In-Person, Harmonica and Health with Vince Jackson. The Harmonica for Health class will meet at 9:30 am at the Emeritus College followed by the Coffee House Music Sessions. Everyone is invited to attend. We will continue our discussions of how to play harmonica. Remember, 15 minutes a day of practice will make you a skilled harmonica player in short order.

March 15, 2024, (Friday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, In-Person, Coffee House Music Sessions with Vince Jackson & Dave Scherepp. The same great fun with music we enjoy each month. Come on over to the Emeritus College Seminar Room and enjoy some light snacks, good friendships, and great musical fun! Please bring your portable musical instrument and/or a song or two to perform for the sing-along as usual. See you there!

March 19, 2024, (Tuesday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Hybrid, Virtual Tour of Reggio Emilia, Italy, Dr. Dee Stegelin. Nestled in north central Italy, the Emilia Romagna region is vibrant, robust, and historically significant. Known for its famous Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, textile factories, rich agricultural economy, famous automobiles, and renown schools, the city of Reggio Emilia is a beautiful and authentic Italian city in the middle of this region. This presentation captures the essence of this famous city and region, including many photographs and a narrative about the city’s history, cheese making, architecture, cathedrals, globally recognized schools, and quality of life. Bring a favorite beverage and join us for a vicarious journey through this town and region. Reggio Emilia is a special place to visit for you and your family!

March 20, 2024, Title: “Golden Passports: Global Mobility for Millionaires,” with Dr. Kristen Surak, Virtual presentation from the London School of Economics. Citizenship has become a hot commodity.  Now over a dozen countries allow wealthy individuals to naturalize in exchange for a set donation or investment, and more than 50,000 people use such citizenship by investment programs acquire “golden passports” each year.  Through six years of fieldwork on four continents, Kristin Surak discovered how the initially dubious sale of passports has transformed into a full-blown citizenship industry that thrives on global inequalities. A groundbreaking study of a contentious practice that has become popular among the nouveaux riches, The Golden Passport takes readers from the details of the application process to the geopolitical hydraulics of the citizenship industry. It’s a business that thrives on uncertainty and imbalances of power between big, globalized economies and tiny states desperate for investment. In between are the fascinating stories of buyers, brokers, and sellers, all ready to profit from the citizenship trade.

March 25, 2024, 10 am, Executive Committee Meeting

March 26, 2024, (Tuesday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, ZOOM ONLY, Marty’s Memoirs Interest Group. In addition to our usual conversations about our current memoir projects, we will explore prior topics, such as first/worst job, life changers, the sixties, holiday stories, random memories, or the 300-word gems. We welcome new participants in our group and look forward to your joining us!

March 29, 2024, (Friday), 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Hybrid, Solar Eclipse with Dr. Meriwether 

March 30, 2024, (Saturday) Class of ’39 opens the Caboose, 1-4 pm

Mark Your Calendar for April Events

April 3, 2024, (Wednesday), 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Virtual Tour of Egypt with Dr. Peter Cohen

April 5, 2024, (Friday), 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Skip’s EC Trivia with Dr. Skip Eisiminger

April 10, 2024, (Wednesday), 10:00 am to 11:30 am – Advisory Board Meeting

April 11, 2024, (Thursday), 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm, SC Prison Ed Interest, Dr. Elaine Richardson

April 17, 2024, (Wednesday), 11:30 am to 2:00 pm, Emeritus Day Events, Madren Center

April 19, 2024, (Friday), 9:30 am to 10:00 am, Harmonica for Health with Vince Jackson

April 19, 2024, (Friday), 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Coffee House with Vince and Dave

April 22, 2024, (Monday), 10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Executive Committee Meeting

April 24, 2024, (Thursday), 10:00 am – Tour of Woodland Cemetery

April 30, 2024 (Tuesday) Marty’s Memoirs at 10 am Zoom only (changed just this month)

May 3, 2024, (Friday), 10:00 am to 11:30 am, Skips EC Trivia with Dr. Skip Eisiminger

 PAST PRESENTATIONS:  A FULL LIST OF HYBRID PROGRAMS AND ACTIVE LINKS MAY BE FOUND ON OUR PAST PROGRAMS PAGE