November 15, 2024
Please mark your calendars for a special Coffee House Music Session: Holiday Sing Along on Friday December 20, 2024, 10:00 am-11:30 am!
November 12, 2024
The Annual Holiday Social is always a favorite event within our Emeriti community because it’s a party – hanging out together, meeting new people and catching up with old friends, and just having some good old-fashioned fun – no agendas, no awards, no business. We hope to see you there. Please register in advance REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE
EMERITUS COLLEGE HOLIDAY SOCIAL – See you there!
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Place: Palmettos Catering and Event Center
October 1, 2024
Hurricane Helene’s impacts resulted in the need to reschedule our Fall Picnic from Oct 1st to Oct 29. Everyone must reregister for the new date of the picnic:
September 4, 2024
Members of the Emeritus College truly enjoy getting together for the Annual Fall Picnic and Business Meeting! Come on out to Palmettos Event and Catering Center at 11:30 am on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Bring a guest (suggested donation of $20 per guest). Registration is required. Thank you. See you then!
July 24, 2024
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.
July 24, 2024
June 19, 2024
[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.
May 14, 2024
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.
May 8, 2024
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Time: 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Emeritus College at 511 Westinghouse Rd. Pendleton, SC 29670
Registration Link for Catered Lunch: REGISTER HERE
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!
May 8, 2024
Date: June 6, 2024
Time: Forest open 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Hiawassee, GA
Trip Registration: REGISTER HERE
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!
Please contact Vince Jackson for details VinceJackson529@att.net.
Driving
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.
