{"id":23837,"date":"2021-06-04T11:12:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=23837"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T15:12:08","slug":"summer-2021-club-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/summer-2021-club-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2021 Club News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCleanup Crew<\/b><\/span>
\nThe Golden Isles Clemson Club is responsible for keeping a 1.5-mile stretch of Kings Way, a major gateway into St. Simons Island, Georgia, free from litter. \u201cOur goal is to collect as much litter as possible along both sides of the road,\u201d wrote Skip Harvey \u201971, \u201cincluding paper, bottles, cigarette butts, metal cans, plastic containers and even car parts!\u201d On March 16, 2021, Harvey and fellow club members Sean Huckeba \u201908, Blase Grady \u201987, Marlisa Grady \u201988, Kim Sumner \u201989* and Meghan Ozamiz \u201909 spent about an hour and a half collecting seven garbage bags of litter.
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\nCulinary Tour<\/b><\/span>
\nThe Baltimore\/Washington, D.C., Clemson Club organized a culinary tour of Lebanese culture and cuisine on March 25, 2021, via Zoom. Owners of Lebanese Taverna, Grace Shea and Dany Abi-Najm, took the 27 participants through a chef-inspired tasting menu, including wine and dessert. The menu featured hummus, kibbeh, grape leaves, m\u2019saka, tabouleh, ouzi and baklava. Proceeds supported the club\u2019s local partner restaurants and their scholarship fund.
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OTHER CLUB HAPPENINGS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Meal Clubs<\/b><\/span>
\nThe Alumni Association created a virtual version of their annual Meal Clubs events, which began in fall 2020 and continued into 2021. The Meal Clubs include the Greenville Luncheon Club, Second Century Club, Clemson in the Lowcountry and Hub City Friends of Clemson. Davis Babb, IPTAY CEO; Graham Neff, deputy athletic director; Delphine Dean, director of the Clemson COVID-19 Testing Lab; Dean Cox, the dean of libraries; and Leslie Hossfeld, dean of the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, were just a few of the speakers who participated in the events, which covered topics ranging from pandemic updates to college overviews to Clemson Basketball.<\/span>
\nFall into Fitness<\/b><\/span>
\nClemson\u2019s Women\u2019s Alumni Council led \u201cFall into Fitness\u201d in fall 2020, which encouraged activity and exercise in the name of the University. Proceeds of the program benefited the Women\u2019s Alumni Council Endowed Scholarship, a Presidential Scholarship that provides several Universitywide scholarships each year that support students who might not otherwise be able to attend Clemson.<\/span>
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