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Dear Extension Family, We are starting to put the dog days of summertime behind us, which means the South Carolina State Fair is right around the corner! We occupy a large exhibit space in the Ellison Building that we populate with as many Extension employees as possible to greet the endless stream of visitors throughout […]

The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s 39th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference will be held November 2–4 at the Durham Convention Center in Durham, NC. Thanks to support from the USDA Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education Program (Southern SARE), Extension personnel and agricultural specialists at Clemson University and SC State University may access a limited […]

The South Carolina 4-H and FFA Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Teams traveled to the National WHEP Competition in Brownwood, Texas, at the end of July. WHEP is a 4-H and FFA youth natural resource program designed to teach wildlife and fisheries habitat management to junior- and senior-level (ages 8-19) youth in the United States. […]

The 2024 SC State Fair runs from Wednesday, October 9, through Sunday, October 20. Each program team has an assigned day for staffing the Cooperative Extension exhibit space, which will be located in the Ellison Building (view the fairgrounds map). If you are not signed up to work a shift yet and would like to, […]

Many of you may be aware we have a generic survey that is automated and connected to each of your programs. When your program is marked as “complete” within Salesforce, Qualtrics will send a general survey to the participants who attended. Although we have just started collecting this information, your hard work and service to […]

Dear Extension Family,  I am proud to announce the completion of the final stage of our Strategic Plan regarding our administrative structure. We have successfully established five equal-sized regions, and we are pleased to welcome Ms. Terasa Lott as the 5th full-time District Extension Director. In line with this structural enhancement, I have also implemented […]

Southern: Achievement Awards The purpose of the Achievement Award Program is to encourage and recognize excellence in the field of professional Extension for members with less than ten years of service. Mallory Maher Sarah Scott Southern: Distinguished Service Awards The purpose of the Distinguished Service Award Program is to encourage and recognize excellence in the […]

Dear Extension Family,     Our first Joint Extension Conference in December 2022 was an amazing accomplishment. It invigorated perspectives about our purpose, sparked creativity, extended fellowship and fostered strategies to instill the framework for a vibrant network between Clemson University and South Carolina State University. The outcome proved that such an event is indeed worthy […]