{"id":23013,"date":"2020-10-15T12:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=23013"},"modified":"2020-10-15T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T16:40:30","slug":"2020-welcome-back-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/2020-welcome-back-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Welcome Back Festival Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23017\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Welcome-Back-Festival-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For the last 35 years, the Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Council have sponsored the Welcome Back Festival in downtown Clemson, with local vendors offering a variety of merchandise and food. The event raises approximately $18,000 each year for student scholarships through the Student Alumni Council Scholarship Endowment Fund.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Due to COVID-19, the Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Council made the difficult decision to postpone this year\u2019s Welcome Back Festival in the hope of hosting a similar event in the spring of 2021.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">To support the Student Alumni Council Scholarship Endowment Fund, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/iamatiger.clemson.edu\/giving\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b><i>iamatiger.clemson.edu\/giving<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a> and use the \u201cSearch for a Fund\u201d feature to search \u201cStudent Alumni Council (S.A.C.) Scholarship Endowment.\u201d A gift of any amount can make a difference in the lives of Clemson students.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last 35 years, the Alumni Association and the Student Alumni Council have sponsored the Welcome Back Festival in downtown Clemson, with local vendors offering a variety of merchandise and food. The event raises approximately $18,000 each year for student scholarships through the Student Alumni Council Scholarship Endowment Fund. 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