Professor Emeritus Of Political Science Organizing Trip to Normandy and Belgium

Steve Wainscott, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Director of the Honors College and his classmate, Bob Taylor, are arranging an exciting trip in October. Steve has led 14 study abroad programs to Belgium where he and his students learn about the European Union, visit numerous historical sites, and eat way too many fries. (Don’t call them French fries!) He is an amateur expert on the First World War (emphasis on amateur). Bob also has had an interesting career following a stint in professional baseball, including some years in the major leagues, Bob became a sportscaster in Charlotte and for the past 30 years he has engaged in a second career as a travel writer. He founded his own company, Magellan Travel Club, and has been all over the world. He has led many tour groups to Normandy. Steve and Bob are planning the trip October 10-22, 2018 to Normandy and Belgium.

In Normandy the group be staying at a 1000-year-old chateau. The emphasis, of course, will be on the D-Day invasion. In Belgium, participants will stay in an 18^th century guesthouse and visit numerous sites related to the First World War.

Steve and Bob would like to make this opportunity available to others who may share their wanderlust and spirit of adventure. Contact Steve if you are interested in more information or would like to book the trip!! Click HERE for more detailed information about the trip.

Steve Wainscott
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Director of the Honors College
864-654-4542
shwns@clemson.edu

Clemson Convergence: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Science, and Technology
March 8 from 10am to 12:30pm
in the Watt Center Auditorium and Atrium.

The event will kick off with an interactive panel discussion including panelists from across campus (4 colleges represented!) discussing their personal journeys in entrepreneurship and innovation. The audience will be given the opportunity to ask questions and join the conversation! Following the panel discussion there will be a networking reception that includes representatives from CURF, Creative Inquiry, Corporate Learning, and others. Light refreshments will be served during this opportunity for everyone to meet each other and forge friendships and collaborations.  The event was developed by doctoral student and graduate assistant Grant Allard. Grant is in the Policy Studies Program and came up with the idea for this event because he was interested in meeting researchers who are looking at these topics from different angles. As he met new and different people, he kept hearing a similar story that there are a lot of people teaching, researching, and practicing entrepreneurship and innovation  at Clemson but they rarely gather as a community. With the help of Greg Pickett and Chad Navis and the support of his supervising professor, Bruce Ransom, he set about changing this through Clemson Convergence. RSVP via this link and come and support this terrific student-led initiative!!

Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Visual Arts Syd Cross Honored at CAAH Dean’s Gallery

We all know that emeritus faculty have continued impact on students even after they retire!! After 33 years at the University, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Visual Arts Syd Cross continues to have a legacy on campus. From 1996-2000, she served as vice president and then president of the Southern Graphics Council, the largest printmaking society in North America. She also has been awarded residencies at respected institutions around the world. A group of Syd Cross’s former students were selected to develop a print based on something they learned from Cross, whether it be about printmaking, art or life in general. Click HERE for more information about the exhibition.

The Association for Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE)  has published it’s January Newsletter- AROHE MATTERS.  Clemson University Emeritus College is featured on Page 6 of the publication. The article was submitted by Lucy Eubanks, Lecturer Emerita, and focuses on the fantastic work stations and meeting space for emeritus faculty at the CAT Building in Pendleton. The Emeritus College would once again like to thank Provost Jones for his dedication and commitment to the over 750 retired Clemson University faculty.

What is AROHE?

AROHE is a dynamic member network that advocates for, educates and serves campus-based organizations for retired faculty and staff. By promoting a culture that values and encourages retirees’ continuing contributions to campus and community life, AROHE helps colleges and universities to harness the remarkable talents of their retired faculty and staff to further the missions of their institutions.

Dr. Bill Stringer, Professor Emeritus of Agronomy and Soils, was recently made aware of the USDA-FS proposal to eliminate recreation areas (camping, hunting camps, etc.) in the Enoree and Long Cane districts in South Carolina many of which was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Dr. Stringer has written a personal response to these closings and encourages anyone interested to respond.

To see a list of the planned decommissioning of recreation facilities in the Enoree and Long Cane Districts of Sumter National Forest click HERE.

Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts Tom Dimond is busy in his retirement!!

His current project is participating in the inaugural exhibition of an arts center in Westminster, SC. The Gateway Arts Center  is an all volunteer art exhibit and education organization that relies entirely on donations, grants and fees to offer services to the public. The center is located in the renovated old post office at the corner of Highway 123 and Highway 76.

It is the Center’s goal is to make a wide variety of art, history and culture accessible to people of all ages and from every walk of life. The Center seeks to engage the community by offering public participation events free of charge alongside formal exhibits and classes.

Through active collaboration with the Westminster Music Centre, Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau, Westminster Depot and other local non profit arts organizations; by establishing an active membership; and with a well -rounded schedule of yearly events that complements established venues: it is their mission to help open the doors of creativity to everyone.

Gateway intends to do this as a “green” organization by reducing our environmental impact and setting a positive example- from continuous recycled art projects, paperless gallery procedures and reuse of building materials to solar power panels and car charging stations.

The gallery’s grand opening will be January 12th with an exhibition called “Oconee Artists of Distinction”. Below are photos of two of Tom’s works that will be on display!!

GATEWAY ARTS CENTER
213 E. Windsor Street (76/123)
Westminster SC 29693
Phone:  864-613-2211
gatewayartscenter213@gmail.com

                           
 Bouquet -T. Dimond                                                Turning -T. Dimond

John Acorn’s  work will be on display at the Anderson Arts Center from January 12-February 16, 2018 as part of Espana Conexiones de Arte (A Spain Inspired Exhibition) in association with the Anderson International Festival.  The opening reception will be held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at 6:30 pm. See John’s description of the exhibition works below:

            The large low relief paintings are in honor of Joaquín Torres-García.  He was a Spanish artist who painted in the first half of the twentieth century.  When I visited Madrid about twenty-five years ago I saw his work in the Museum of Reina Sofía.  I enjoyed the everyday subjects and the directness of his work.  I purchased the exhibition catalog.

            When Kimberly Spears (Anderson Arts Commission) asked me to exhibit art works that had a relationship to Spain I realized an opportunity to recognize Torres-García as well as Picasso. My connection to Spain is with a family whose daughter, Ana, lived with my family as an exchange student at Pendleton High School. 

            The black and white relief paintings are titled Homage to Torres-Garcia.  I have shared his use of common objects with my interest in common objects.  I have also tried to use and share the structure of his paintings.

            The steel sculpture in the exhibition is titled Homage to Picasso’s Guernica. The fish head is looking upward as bombs are being dropped on the City of Guernica in WWII by the Nazis.  The fish head was first made of wood with the intent of reproducing it in plate steel.  This was done locally by CSI, Consolidated Southern Industries in Anderson, SC. 

            The large wooden sculpture is obviously a larger version of the fish head.  I have interest in also having it reproduced in plate steel sometime in the future.

John T. Acorn

   John began his career as an assistant professor at Clemson University in 1961 and retired as Department Chair in 1998. Click HERE for more information about John and to see his works displayed at the Emeritus College Suite in Pendleton, SC. We are proud to call John a member of the emeritus faculty and encourage folks to visit the exhibition.

Torres-Gracia Artwork-Constructivo De Gris Y Negro Con Centro Rojo

(Notice the initials JTAG in the upper left-hand….John’s full name is John Thomson Acorn and the Torres-Garcia artist’s full Spanish name is Joaquin Torres-Garcia)

Focus-Discussion Lunches for Spring 2018

One thing that distinguishes us as academics is the general aversion to always sitting quietly (more or less) listening to someone else’s thoughts. We like to talk through big ideas with other generally-well-informed people. And nothing beats the lively exchange when there are contrasting viewpoints!

Now that EC faculty members have a great, configurable space in which to meet, we’re organizing twice-monthly focused-discussion brown-bag lunches. The idea is that the topic will be set and announced in advance of each discussion over lunch, giving participants the opportunity to bring materials that relate to the topic. A tentative discussion topic is set for each meeting, although those can be modified and augmented as we go. There’s no enrollment, and no required preparation. Pack a lunch or grab something on the way to the EC. Don’t worry about a beverage. We’ll have water and coffee ready, and there’s a soft-drink machine close by. Mark your calendars for 11:30 am on these Tuesdays:

Click on the topic links for more information about the  focused-discussion

January 9: Defining Democracy

January 23: Crypto-Currency and the IRS on Crypto-Currency

February 13:  Rules-based International Order – What is Liberal International Order? and The Internationalists Review

February 27: Consumer Applications of Technology

March 6: Brainstorm Emeritus College Programming

March 27: Climate Science:Fact and Fiction

April 3: Fair Taxation

April 24: GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) Foods

May 8: Changing Social Norms

May 22: Pros and Cons of Euthanasia

Beginning in January, a series of trainings will be offered to familiarize emeritus faculty with all the software on the EC’s workstation computers!  Visit the Computer  Trainings for EC Faculty page on the blog or click HERE for more information!! We are thankful to our friends at CCIT for teaching these courses!

Upcoming Seminar

• April 11, 2018 at 2:00pm – Changing American Culture presented by Melissa Vogel. There’s no doubt about it. Somebody keeps moving our cheese. What we once thought were integral components of the social fabric are scarcely recognizable anymore. What do evolving attitudes and behaviors have to say about what’s now considered normal? Melissa Vogel, Clemson Professor of Anthropology, will help us figure out how to cope with the new, sometimes disquieting, society in which we live.

*All seminars will take place in the Emeritus College Meeting Room at the CAT Building   511 Westinghouse Road   Pendleton, SC 29670