{"id":16177,"date":"2016-09-02T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=16177"},"modified":"2016-09-02T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T00:00:59","slug":"richardsons-support-emerging-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/richardsons-support-emerging-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Richardsons support Emerging Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clemson Trustee Mark Richardson and his wife, Kathryn, present a check at the Spring Game representing their $1 million gift in support of Emerging Scholars students.<\/p><\/div>\n

Businessman and Clemson trustee Mark Richardson and his wife, Kathryn<\/span>, and family have given $1 million for a scholarship fund to help ensure that all\u00a0Emerging Scholars\u00a0students accepted into Clemson University can attend with financial aid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2002, the University\u2019s Emerging Scholars program has made higher education a reality for students at five high schools along the I-95 corridor who may not have seen college in their future. Selected rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors attend the residential program on the Clemson campus in three separate summer experiences. They enroll in courses and workshops that prepare them to graduate high school and apply for college.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the academic school year, these students participate in college-access workshops and exercises at a local community college.\u00a0They also visit colleges and universities in South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina. To date all of the program\u2019s students have graduated from high school. Ninety percent of them attend college or join the military their first year out of high school.\u00a0The Richardson gift is designated to help the students who are accepted into and decide to attend Clemson.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am\u00a0grateful to Mark and Kathryn for their support of our Emerging Scholars students,\u201d said President Clements. \u201cThis gift will make a Clemson education accessible to generations of students who may not have thought that college was in their reach. The Richardsons are truly making a difference for these students and for Clemson.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy family and I believe that every student, regardless of financial need, who wishes to develop their greatest abilities through education should have that chance.\u00a0This gift is the beginning of an effort to ensure that any Emerging Scholar who wants to come to Clemson University can,\u201d Richardson said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirteen alumni of the Emerging Scholars program have attended and graduated from Clemson. Six more are currently enrolled. With the help of this scholarship, 13 incoming freshmen have been admitted for this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chuck Knepfle, Clemson\u2019s associate vice president for enrollment management, said, \u201cThe Emerging Scholars program does a fantastic job of preparing their students for college. With the help of this gift, we now can recruit them to Clemson without worrying about it being affordable. The Richardson gift, along with a significant scholarship commitment made by the University, greatly reduces, and for some students eliminates, the financial barrier for the next 10 years, but a sizable endowment is needed for the financial support to continue forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Emerging Scholars Program Manager Amber Lange acknowledged the impact of the Richardsons\u2019 generosity. \u201cThe goal of Emerging Scholars is not only to change a student\u2019s life but to make college accessible in communities where there is not always a clear path to success,\u201d she said. \u201cThis gift from the Richardsons will help our students attain a valuable Clemson degree and make sure the financial burden they often feel is lifted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The gift is a part of the successful $1 billion Will to Lead\u00a0for Clemson campaign to support students and faculty with scholarships, professorships, facilities, technology and enhanced opportunities for learning and research.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Businessman and Clemson trustee Mark Richardson and his wife, Kathryn, and family have given $1 million for a scholarship fund to help ensure that all\u00a0Emerging Scholars\u00a0students accepted into Clemson University can attend with financial aid. Since 2002, the University\u2019s Emerging Scholars program has made higher education a reality for students at five high schools along […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[994,1080,1871,2534,2851,2854],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-16177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clemson-forever","tag-diversity","tag-emerging-scholars","tag-mark-richardson","tag-scholarships","tag-summer-fall-2016","tag-summer-fall-2016-forever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Forever-Richardson-Emerging-Schl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16177","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16177"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}