{"id":19194,"date":"2018-06-14T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=19194"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:40:09","slug":"abney-foundation-provides-life-changing-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/abney-foundation-provides-life-changing-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Abney Foundation Provides Life-changing Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19391\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/06\/Abney-Scholars_Luncheon-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Emma Clements \u201918 is one of the more than 170 students \u2014 172 to be exact \u2014 who are attending Clemson this year with the help of the Abney Foundation. She spoke at a luncheon in February of this year for the Abney Foundation trustees and the recipients of their generosity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Clements (no relation to the University president), a communication major from Aiken who has been putting herself through Clemson, shared the memory of receiving an email notifying her of the need-based scholarship: \u201cI was given breathing room that day,\u201d she said. \u201cSo many of us are used to being so independent and knowing that struggle is not a stranger. I was reminded of generosity and reminded that I am not doing this alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more than four decades, students like Clements have been receiving life-changing support from the Abney Foundation, which has created the largest endowed scholarship program at Clemson, targeted at South Carolina residents with demonstrated financial need. The foundation has scholarship endowments at 13 other colleges and universities in South Carolina as well. The foundation has helped more than 15,000 students obtain a college education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Clements \u201918 is one of the more than 170 students \u2014 172 to be exact \u2014 who are attending Clemson this year with the help of the Abney Foundation. 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