The Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) Blog

Wonder What Helps Youth Succeed? This Clemson Researcher Can Help with That.

Clemson youth development researcher and Associate Professor Dr. Ed Bowers has always had a natural curiosity about other people and cultures, particularly why people do what they do. “I’ve always been interested in how people think and act in different environments and situations, and how the cultural context they live in can influence their beliefs […]

Clemson Students and Faculty Bring Junior Wheelchair Basketball Tournament to the Upstate

Clemson’s Recreational Therapy (RT) Club, led by students in the university’s recreational therapy program, are working with the Clemson Adaptive Sport and Recreation Lab and Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation Hospital to help junior wheelchair basketball teams compete in the upstate. The group raised the money needed to host a competition this weekend in Spartanburg, where […]

Two Young Girls Are Helping to Save Clemson’s Tigers in the Wild

At first glance, Haley Plumley and Lauren Grubbs may not have a lot in common, other than their age (they’re both 12 years old). They also live in different states – Haley lives in Florida and Lauren in North Carolina – and have different connections to Clemson. If you look a little deeper, however, you’ll […]