The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) Blog

Clemson recreational therapy program gives, receives help from Upstate leisure program to adapt during COVID-19 challenges

Two programs in need have created a valuable partnership indeed. Pressures brought on by COVID-19 have led to an innovative partnership that is providing a lasting impact for both Clemson University Recreational Therapy program students and an Upstate organization that serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Last fall, the Rainbow Gang, a free community […]

Creating opportunity: Clemson University alumna Lee Hilderbrand Blakely

According to the U.S. Department of Education, almost a third of undergraduate students in associate’s and bachelor’s degree programs change their major at least once. That was the case for Clemson University alumna Lee Hilderbrand Blakely (2008), who shifted her undergraduate degree focus from chemistry to communication, before a travel and tourism minor helped her […]