@Claflin: Homecoming Survival Pack, Student Focus on Academics and more

October 9, 2020

The World Needs Visionaries

The Claflin Fund is the University's Alumni, Family, and Friends Campaign created to support scholarships and program enhancements initiatives. These are essential needs that contribute to the University's capacity to recruit and retain high-achieving scholars; maintain prestigious national accreditations and rankings; attract accomplished, student-focused faculty; and technology upgrades which improve the efficacy of remote teaching and learning. Our goal is to raise more than $1 million and surpass the 50 percent mark in alumni annual giving. Claflin is here because of you and we need you more than ever during this exciting, new chapter of our illustrious University "On a Hilltop High." Click here to give today to the Claflin Fund.

Order Your Homecoming Survival Pack Today!

HBCUs are rich in culture and fond memories. One tradition that stands out is the HBCU homecoming experience. It is true, the pandemic has caused us to alter the way we "meet and greet." However, it has also caused us to be creative in our approach to every Claflin event during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Claflin Homecoming Survival Pack is among the special features of the University's first-ever virtual homecoming. "The Pack" contains items guaranteed to enhance your enjoyment during this truly unique Claflin Homecoming experience.

Proceeds from the Homecoming Survival Pack will support scholarships for the next generation of visionary leaders at Claflin University. Order now and save $25 (offer valid for the first 500 customers). The regular price is $150.

Don't be left out. Click here to order your Homecoming Survival Pack today.

If you are paying by check, please make payable to Claflin University. Please put t-shirt size on the memo line. Mail to:

Claflin University

Attn: Marcus Burgess

400 Magnolia Street

Orangeburg, SC 29115

For more information, please call (803) 535-5348.

Claflin Students Focus on Academics, Virtual Learning and Career Goals Despite COVID-19 Disruption

Most of the nation’s colleges and universities have begun classes for the 2020 fall semester with an extensive use of hybrid and virtual learning and teaching platforms, due to the COVI-19. Despite myriad disruptions, classes at Claflin started in August and nearly 400 freshmen, transfers, and returning students checked into the University’s residence halls in September.

Freshmen Nyasia Argrow (left), a biology major from Orangeburg, S.C.; Justice Bell (right), a Charlotte, N.C. native majoring in biochemistry; and Noah Thomas (not pictured), an African-American Studies major from Moncks Corner, S.C., are among the outstanding scholars in the Class of 2024 who represent Claflin’s next generation of globally-engaged visionary leaders. All three received prestigious scholarships and are members of the Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College. Additionally, Argrow and Bell are Presidential Scholars, the highest university scholarship awarded to an incoming freshman. MORE

Claflin to Host 19th Annual Conference on Contemporary English and Language Arts Pedagogy

Claflin University will host its 19^th annual Conference on Contemporary English and Language Arts Pedagogy in Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions on October 28-29, 2020. This year’s theme is “Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum: Digital Literacies, Equity and Access.” Due to the pandemic, sessions this year will be held virtually. Click here to register.

Speakers for the two-day conference include Dr. Eric J. Paulson, associate dean of The Graduate College and professor in the College of Education at Texas State University and Dr. Robbie Melton, associate vice president for the SMART Global Technology Innovation Center and graduate dean and tenured professor at Tennessee State University. The two-day conference is sponsored by the Claflin University Department of English and Foreign Languages. Pedagogy is the study and process of teaching.

For more information about the conference, call Dr. Mitali Wong at (803) 535-5221 or e-mail wong@claflin.edu.