SPECIAL
EMERITUS COLLEGE MUSIC EVENT – OCTOBER 18TH
Event: Interview Mac Arnold and enjoy
Mac’s music along with one band member
Date:Friday, October 18, 2024, at
10:00 am (Coffee House Music Session)
Place: Emeritus College Seminar Room
Cost: Free (donations are welcome!)
The
Clemson University Emeritus College has arranged for legendary Blues performer
Mac Arnold to discuss his career and provide musical entertainment during our
regularly scheduled Coffee House event on Friday, October 18, 2024, beginning
at 10 AM.
You may
be familiar with Mac, but here is a brief bio: Born in Ware Place, SC to a
family of sharecroppers, he and his brother, Leroy, taught themselves how to
play guitar by fashioning a broom stick and a gas can into an instrument. As a
teenager, Mac formed a band with James Brown playing the piano. In 1965, he
moved to Chicago to be close to the electric blues scene and became a part of
Muddy Waters’ band. By the 1970s, Mac was in Los Angeles and began coordinating
music on the TV show Soul Train, later playing bass on the theme song for the
extraordinarily successful television show Sanford and Son, starring Redd
Fox. Mac became remarkably busy doing recording work with Otis Redding, B.B.
King, Bill Withers, and others. In the 1980s, he returned to South Carolina to
become an organic farmer. Mac eventually formed the Plate Full O’Blues band,
and they toured together.
We will
interview Mac about his career and enjoy a jam session with a member of the
Plate Full O’Blues band. Please invite friends and family who would appreciate
getting to know this South Carolina treasure. He is a very humble and
approachable man. Please feel free to ask him questions as this will be very
informal and lots of fun. Sponsored by The Debbie and Vince Jackson Endowment
for Music and your contributions, which make music events at the Emeritus
College possible.
[Please hold control and right click to access the link above and allow time for the form to load] Register early as space for in-person attendance is limited. Thank you!
The 2024 Symposium is the second bi-annual symposium on prison education hosted by Clemson University’s Emeritus College SC Prison Education Interest Group. Symposium participants may attend in person or online by Zoom. Location: Clemson University Emeritus College – 511 Westinghouse Rd. Pendleton, SC 29670. Please register and indicate whether you will attend in person or virtually.
Contact: Dr. Elaine Richardson, Clemson University Professor Emerita and former Director, Academic Sucess Center; Chair, SC Prison Education Interest Group, Emeritus College IDE Fellow, at emerituscollege@clemson.edu
Please forward the Registration Link to all who may be interested.
Zoom IMAGE: 2022 Dr. Elaine Richardson, 2022 Symposium on Prison Education
Dr. Elaine Richardson, Chair of the South Carolina Prison Education Interest Group, at Clemson University’s Emeritus College, cordially invites you and your colleagues to attend the 2024 Symposium on August 9, 2024. Event and registration details forthcoming.
SC Prison Education Interest Group
2024 Symposium (Hybrid)
“Connecting the Dots: The status of Higher
Education in SC Prisons and Understanding the Landscape and Needs of Prison Education.”
Save the Date!
August 9, 2024, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Clemson University Emeritus College – 511 Westinghouse Rd. Pendleton, SC 29670 or online by Zoom
Contact: Elaine Richardson, Professor Emerita and IDE
Emeritus College Fellow, Chair, South Carolina Prison Education Interest Group at
the Emeritus College through emerituscollege@clemson.edu
Clemson University
Emeritus College South Carolina Prison Education Interest Group
Mission Statement: Exploring ways for the
Emeritus College to support higher education for incarcerated persons in South
Carolina. Goal: Support ongoing South Carolina programs for higher
education for incarnated persons. Objectives: 1. Identify details
about specific programs South Carolina public and private universities related
to incarcerated persons. 2. Explore potential areas for support and/or linkages
between emeritus faculty and current programs and services. 3. Identify
commonalities, strengths, and opportunities between and among SC programs
designed to enhance higher education. opportunities for incarcerated persons.
4. Discuss support of and for private and state organizations promoting higher
education for incarcerated persons.
On Saturday, June 8, 2024, the Emeritus College is catering
a Lunch Social beginning at 11:30 am in the Break Room at 511
Westinghouse Rd., Pendleton, SC 29670 – the Emeritus College. After lunch, at
1:00 pm, we proudly present one of our own, Chris Benson, and the band KREW in
the Seminar Room for a concert featuring classic rock songs of the 50s, 60s and
70s. A fun time guaranteed for all! The concert is FREE. Please bring your
family and friends for an afternoon of good vibrations brought to you by the
Debbie and Vince Jackson Endowment for EC Music. Your donations make the continuation
of these music programs possible in the future. Please register (link above)
for our luncheon so that our caterer provides enough food and drink. Thank you!
Located within the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests,
the Brasstown Bald Visitor Information Center is the highest point in
Georgia, rising 4,784 feet above sea level and just a short drive from
Blairsville, Hiawassee, and Helen. On the Bald you’ll find picnic areas with
great views; a general store with locally made products; three trailheads just off
our parking lot; a mountaintop natural science & history museum, and
observation deck that offers a spectacular 360° view of the surrounding area,
including four states (GA, TN, NC, & SC) and if you’re lucky, the skyline
of Atlanta!
Participants drive to the parking area below the Bald and
then can walk up (steep, better to plan on walking down) or ride a shuttle ($8
both ways) to the observation area where you will find a historical museum and
other interesting displays. The Bald was once a special location for Native
Americans who called it something that sounded like “Brass-town” to
English-speaking people, thus the name. Brass was never produced there as some
might think.
Overnight Option
Participants can go up the day before and stay overnight at
several different hotels/motels or camping is also available. Please make your
own arrangements. Debbie and Vince plan to drive up on Wednesday and stay over.
The Bald is administered by the U.S. Forest Service and
does not open until 10:00 am each morning. Birders, there is a great area
around the parking lot to see birds much earlier than opening time, so come
early. We will be in the parking lot—just look for us. Hikers may want to
leave early and hike up!
Hiawassee is an easy drive from Clemson. Hiawassee is
straight up US Highway 76 West. However, Brasstown Bald is harder to GPS. Some GPS units may display an incorrect
location for Brasstown Bald since there is no physical address
for the facility. We suggest using the longitude and latitude
coordinates for the intersection of Highway 180 and Spur 180
which will provide the most accurate GPS directions. The coordinates
you use are N34.847894,
W83.798567. While these coordinates are accurate, this is no
guarantee that your GPS unit will calculate a route accurately. The signage is
clear.
New Emeritus Faculty Members Recognition, April 17, 2024
On Wednesday, April 17, 2023, the Emeritus College celebrated its 21st celebration with a special ceremony and luncheon. President James Clements and Senior Vice President and Provost Bob Jones welcomed 18 new emeritus/a faculty members to the college, five retiring faculty, and four affiliate members. We honored three professor emeritus faculty posthumously, H. Roger Grant, Kevin Lee James, and Joseph Earl Stewart with their families and colleagues.
Sterling K. (Skip) Eisiminger, Professor Emeritus of English and an I. Dwaine Eubanks Fellow was the honored speaker for the day, Reflections on Aging and Clemson Trivia. Skip arrived in Clemson in 1968, and his only move during his time at Clemson was across town. His publications include a book of verse, a book of word games, a children’s book, and two collections of essays. In his forty-two years as a teacher at Clemson, he taught over nine thousand students in twenty-nine different courses. In retirement, he participates in the Conversations with International Student program and its testing of English language competency. Has served in the CU Veterans’ Writing Project and has offered classes at OLLI since 2012. At the Emeritus College he hosts a monthly EC Trivia morning with all proceeds directed toward the Emeritus College Undergraduate Student Scholarship, and provides weekly puzzles for EC Happenings, a weekly college newsletter.
New Emeritus Faculty
Jean A. Bertrand
Professor Emerita of Animal and
Veterinary Sciences, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Interim Dean for
Undergraduate Studies
Thomas Edford Cousins
Professor Emeritus of Glenn
Department of Civil Engineering
Julia Alice Frugoli
Alumni Distinguished Professor
Emerita of Genetics
H. Roger Grant
Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon
Professor Emeritus of History
(Posthumously)
David James Hartmann
Professor Emeritus of
Performing Arts
Kevin Lee James
Professor Emeritus of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and Founding Director of School of Mathematical
and Statistical Sciences (Posthumously)
Karen A. Kemper
Associate Professor Emerita of
Public Health Sciences
Harry Delos Kurtz, Jr.
Associate Professor Emeritus of
Biological Sciences
Walter Batchelor Ligon, III
Associate Professor Emeritus of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pamela E. Mack
Associate Professor Emerita of
History and Geography Coordinator of Science and Technology in Society
Anthony Louis Pometto, III
Professor Emeritus of Food,
Nutrition and Packaging Sciences
Gwynn M. Powell
Associate Professor Emerita of
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Margaret Barlow Ptacek
Professor Emerita of Biological
Sciences
E. Jeffery Rhodehamel
Professor Emeritus of Food, Nutrition and Packaging Sciences
Edward Joseph Rock
Associate Librarian Emeritus of
University Libraries
Raymond D. Sauer
Professor and Chair Emeritus of
Economics
Benjamin R. Stephens
Professor Emeritus of
Psychology
Joseph Earl Stewart
Professor Emeritus of Political
Science (Posthumously)
Lonnie Lee Thompson
Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
Bruce Allen Whisler
Professor Emeritus of
Performing Arts
Brett A. Wright
Dean Emeritus College of
Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences and Professor Emeritus of Parks,
Recreation and Tourism Management
Retired
Clemson Faculty
James H. Blake
State Director of the SC Master
Naturalist and Senior Extension Associate, Retired
Rita Mae Haliena
Senior Lecturer of Food,
Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences, Retired
Rebecca Ferraccio Kaminski
Senior Lecturer of Literacy,
Retired
Vladimir Matic
Senior Lecturer of Political
Science, Retired
David Schmueser
Senior Lecturer of Automotive
Engineering, Retired
Clemson University Affiliate Members
William Hiott
Executive Director
and Chief Curator, Historic Properties, Retired
James Pepin
Chief Technology Officer,
Retired
Flora Riley
Executive Director
Michelin Career Center, Retired
Curt Russell
Information Resources
Consultant I, Retired
Debra Sparacino
University Registrar,
Retired
Associate
Members, Emeritus/a
William Bruehl
Professor Emeritus of Theatre, Stony Brook
University
Jere Lee Hodgin
Associate Professor Emeritus of
English and Theatre, University of Montana
Kathleen Tiemann
Dean and Professor Emerita, Merrimack College
Honorary
Members
Vince Jackson
Honorary Member of the Emeritus College
Robert Hogan, Professor Emeritus of Architecture and served
as Associate Chair of the School of Architecture announced the Emeritus
College’s annual awards recipients.
The Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeritus Award was
established by the late John Kenelly to recognize emeritus faculty members who
have made outstanding contributions to Emeritus College, Clemson University,
the greater Clemson community, and to society. The 2024 Kenelly-Voss
Distinguished Emeritus Award was presented to Dr. Dolores A. Stegelin.
Dee retired
in 2017 and currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina. You would not know she was not in Clemson.
She never misses an important Emeritus College event. She and her husband,
Forrest, participate in person and by Zoom. Dee’s contributions to the Emeritus
College include Serving as the Chair of the Advisory Board from 2022-2023, as a
member of the Emeritus College Staff Search Committee (twice) and as the chair
of the Fundraising Committee, which she proposed and implemented during her
year as chair of the Advisory Committee. Her strategies for fundraising to
support emeritus faculty have made a significant difference in our programming
and services. Dee is also an active member of several key interest groups in the college
including the memoir, prison education, and speaker bureau. She continues to contribute to the college
with her seminars. This year she initiated a Task Force to improve the
relationships between academic colleges and their emeritus faculty using her
own College of Education as a pilot program. Dee’s
contributions to the University include continuing her graduate teaching and
service on an advisory board for the University of South Carolina. She
continues to stay involved in research projects, the play coalition
conferences, and the Partners of the Americans, SC Chapter Executive Committee.
She currently advises Clemson Education faculty advisors for the Reggio Emilia
study abroad program. Dee represents the College of Education on the US Play
Coalition Steering Committee; and serves as a liaison between the college and
the Institute for Child Success Conference.
Dee is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC) and the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young
Children. She provides leadership for
the Global Healing Curriculum Project Co-Leader with Dr. Edgar Klugman,
Professor Emeritus- Wheelock College.
Dee also provides leadership for a study group of 20 professionals
across the US. and Brazil to develop curriculum learning activities for use in
community settings that strengthen intergenerational relationships. In
addition, Dee had three major publications in 2023.
The 2024 Class of I.D.E. Emeritus College Fellows was created to honor emeritus
faculty members each year who steadily render valuable service to the Emeritus
College and to Clemson University without compensation. It is named in honor of I. Dwaine Eubanks, a
former Executive Director of the Emeritus College.
Dr.
Pamela A. Havice
Pam retired in 2019 after serving
Clemson for 19 years as a Professor of Educational and Organizational
Leadership. In service to the Emeritus
College, Pam currently serves on the
Emeritus College Advisory Board, the Undergraduate Support Committee, the
Membership Task Force and the Task Force charged with the development of the
college’s Purpose Statement. She has
also participated in several panel discussions.
This semester Pam is serving on a Task Force to develop strategies for
connecting emeritus faculty with her home College of Education.
Dr. Kathy N. Headley
Kathy
retired in 2021 after serving Clemson for 34 years as a Professor and Senior
Associate Deam in the College of Health, Education and Human Development. In
service to the Emeritus College, Kathy is currently a member of the Advisory
Board and since joining the Emeritus College.
As a member of the Moments and Memories task force, she served as an
editor for the book and was instrumental on its successful publication. She
also served on the By-Laws Revisions Taks Force, and the 20th
Anniversary Celebration Task Force.
Kathy chaired the Task Force to develop guidelines and procedures for
membership applications and is currently a member of the task force to develop plans for improving relationships between
emeritus faculty and their home departments and college.
Dr.
Thomas J. Kuehn
Tom Retired in 2020 from Clemson as
a Professor and former Chair of the Department of History. In service to the
Emeritus College, Tom currently serves as a member of the EC Advisory Board,
the Awards Committee, and the Programming Committee. He also presented a virtual tour, which was
the highlight of last fall’s series. In service to the University: Tom was
instrumental in the development of a Phi Beta Kappa Society here at Clemson and
served as an officer in the society from its conception until his retirement.
Dr.
Rosanne H. Pruitt
Rosanne retired in 2018 after
serving Clemson for 17 years as a Professor of Nursing, former Director of the
School of Nursing and Associate Dean of The College of Health, Education and
Human Development. In service to the Emeritus College: Rosanne serves as a
member of the Advisory Board, the Programming Committee, and the Membership
Task Force. She always volunteers to help at the Emeritus College events
from setting up, selling EC sway, to cleaning up afterwards. Her willingness to
volunteer and to serve the college makes a significant difference in the
programs, services, and commitment to the emeritus faculty and college. In service to the University: Rosanne
was named a Clemson University Service-Learning Fellow and received the Elliott
Award for Outstanding Service to Off-Campus, Distance and Continuing Education.
David
V. Scherrep (Lt. Col. Retired)
Dave retired in 2002 after serving
Clemson as an Associate Director of Cooperative Education. He is also a retired Lt. Col. In the US
Army. In service to the Emeritus
College: Dave co-developed the exciting Coffee House series which occurs each
month for emeritus faculty to gather and share music. The
program hosts additional music events throughout the year as well and helps to
promote and increase the numbers of faculty who participate. In service
to the larger community, Dave
is active in the Clemson, Anderson, and Oconee communities. He and his partner
in the New Tricks Trio engage residents in nursing homes and assisted living
communities across the area. Dave has found that music brings people together
and music for older adults is joyful.
Dr.
Diane G. Smathers
In service to the Emeritus College,
Diane
began her association with the Emeritus College as the Emeritus College
founding director in 2004. She adopted the initial creation and organization of
the Emeritus College concept as initiated by Jerry Reel. Diane’s additional 10
years of hard work resulted in the formation of our highly successful Emeritus
College. She worked tirelessly to solicit administrative and financial support
in the early years, working with other colleges and university units to
emphasize the critical role that the Emeritus College could play in the
university community. Diane sought
opportunities for promoting the Emeritus College on campus and seeking
opportunities for retired faculty to continue to support academic endeavors and
continue their invaluable service to students and the university community. She
is currently serving as Chair of the Emeritus Faculty Creative Works Display
Committee. Diane’s contributions to
Clemson University include being selected the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished
Member for the Clemson Chapter as well as serving as National President of Phi
Kappa Phi, serving on the national board for 9 years and as inaugural chair of
the Foundation Board of Trustees for 2 years.
As an emeritus faculty member and appreciate being able to maintain your
Clemson e-mail and ability to get a FREE parking permit … thank Diane.
Jonathan D. Black ,
2024 Emeritus College Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient
Jonathan D. Black, a senior psychology major from Charleston, South Carolina was honored as the 2023—2024 scholarship recipient. During his time at Clemson, he has been a member of the Clemson University Symphony Orchestra and has participated in Dr. Kaileigh Byrne’s Creative Inquiry Lab, where the research focused on online privacy decision making. After graduating in May, Jonathan will begin preparations to apply to graduate school, with the hopes of eventually obtaining a doctorate and pursuing psychology research. The Emeritus College faculty contribute annually to fund undergraduate students.
You may have received emails from the University about the annual Give Day, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. We hope that you will consider a gift to the Emeritus College. Your gifts do make a difference to the Emeritus College and directly to the Emeritus Faculty. You may donate HERE. Unrestricted gifts support major events and an array of programming. In addition, you may contribute to the Emeritus College’s Scholarship fund or one of our two endowments.
We have added panel discussions and coffees to welcome new emeritus faculty to the EC facilities in the CAT Building, expanded programming to include music, special interest groups, and added excursions for emeritus faculty. The College’s goal is to facilitate retiring faculty to be actively engaged in the college, the community, and the university, a place to encourage and facilitate creativity, continued engagement, and crossing boundaries among and between disciplines.
You can donate online (click HERE) or you also may mail or hand-deliver a check to the Emeritus College Office (511 Westinghouse Road, Pendleton, SC 29670). Make your check out to Clemson University Foundation with Emeritus College in the memo line. Every donation counts and enables the Emeritus College to provide essential benefits to the emeritus faculty and the university!
Our annual celebration, Emeritus Day, is April 17th and we hope you will join us to welcome new colleagues into the Emeritus family.
Dr. Bonnie Stevens Chair, Emeritus College Advisory Board
Clemson,
SC – Clemson Emeritus College is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Kristin
Surak, Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the London School of
Economics and Political Science, titled, “The Golden Passport: Global
Mobility for Millionaires,” on March 20, 2024, (Wednesday), 10:00 am to
11:30 am. This is a hybrid program meaning people are welcome to join us in person
in the Seminar Room at The Emeritus College located at the corner of
Westinghouse and Lebanon roads in Pendleton, SC Room (511 Westinghouse Rd.
Pendleton, SC).
Dr.
Surak will share her research and book “Golden Passports: Global Mobility
for Millionaires” (Harvard University Press, 2023). 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 is 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.
Prof. Surak joined
the London School of Economics in 2020 as an Associate Professor in Political
Sociology who specializes in the politics of global mobility. Her research on
elite mobility, international migration, nationalism, and Japanese politics has
been translated into half-dozen languages. She publishes in major academic
journals and writes for popular outlets, including the London Review of
Books, Washington Post, The Guardian, New Statesman, and Wall Street
Journal. She also comments regularly for global sources, such as the BBC,
Bloomberg TV, Huffington Post, Channel News Asia TV, and Sky TV News.
She has held
several internationally recognized positions, including Richard B. Fischer
Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Fung Global Fellow at
Princeton University, Sainsbury Fellow at the Sainsbury Institute for Japanese
Arts and Cultures, and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.
She is a Lifetime Fellow of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge and an
Academic Peer of Hitotsubashi University and has been a visiting professor at
the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and at New York University in Abu Dhabi.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science has recognized her
scholarship, which has been funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG),
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Japan Foundation, Fulbright-Hays
Foundation, and Leverhulme Foundation, among others.
Please contact
Victoria Musheff at vmushef@clemson.edu
for the Zoom link to attend Dr. Kristin Surak’s seminar online.
Thinking about
retiring? Please join the Emeritus College for an informal session with a panel
of emeritus faculty and representatives from Clemson’s Office of Human
Resources and SC PEBA.
You may have
questions about the process of retirement, selecting the right time to retire, related
decisions, and retirement paperwork. Or you may be wondering what happens after
you retire – what do you do after breakfast that first morning?
Learn about the
advantages of participation in the Emeritus College and the support available
for emeritus faculty. Emeritus faculty will be available to answer questions
you have about what to expect when retiring and opportunities post-retirement!
