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<\/a>May 7, 2015 – Chapman Leadership Scholars graduation reception in Sirrine Hall.<\/p><\/div> \u201cIf you believe in the future, you\u2019ve got to invest in something that builds the future. And there\u2019s nothing I know that\u2019s any better than our young people.\u201d Those were Tom Chapman\u2019s words at a reception for the young people who have benefited from his investment. While others were preparing for Commencement, the Class of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[685,2850,2991],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-14047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-clemson-forever-summer-fall-2015","tag-summer-fall-2015","tag-thomas-f-chapman-leadership-scholars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/Forever-ChapmanScholars.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14047"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=14047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cIf you believe in the future, you\u2019ve got to invest in something that builds the future. And there\u2019s nothing I know that\u2019s any better than our young people.\u201d Those were Tom Chapman\u2019s words at a reception for the young people who have benefited from his investment.
\nWhile others were preparing for Commencement, the Class of 2015 Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars gathered for a reception honoring them and recognizing Chapman\u2019s generosity. Established in 2009, the\u00a0Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars Program\u00a0identifies freshmen in the College of Business and Behavioral Science who show leadership potential, and it nurtures those qualities throughout their Clemson career.
\nThe program is based, in part, on a leadership theme developed by former Equifax CEO and board chair Thomas F. Chapman \u201965 that uses the analogy of\u00a0The Wizard of Oz<\/i>\u00a0characters \u2014 the scarecrow, lion and tin man \u2014 to communicate the traits of leadership.
\nView a video about the Chapman Scholars:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"