Students will benefit from scholarships, additional experienced faculty and new state-of-the-art classroom space thanks to the continuing investment of Joe Erwin \u201979 and his wife, Gretchen.
\nThe co-founders of Greenville-based advertising and marketing firm Erwin Penland gave two new gifts totaling $1.08 million to benefit the University\u2019s Erwin Center for the Study of Advertising and Communication, $800,000 to further the center\u2019s programming and $208,000 to establish the Eugene and Valerie Getchell Scholarship Endowment. Named for Gretchen Erwin\u2019s parents, the endowment allows Clemson to offer two need-based scholarships each year to students studying in the Erwin Center, beginning this year.
\nThe gifts are part of Clemson\u2019s Will to Lead campaign. The Erwin Center was created in December 2012 when the Erwins gave a lead gift of $1.05 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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