Emerging Scholars touted as impactful program

The Clemson University program Emerging Scholars, now 20 years old, is seen by the university as impactful and the type of flagship program that allows Clemson to fulfill its land-grant mission of serving the underserved across South Carolina.  The objective is to establish the desire to go to college among students in families from the state’s rural areas on the I-95 corridor.  It operates in seven high schools:  Allendale-Fairfax, Bamberg-Ehrhardt, Denmark-Olar, Wade Hampton (Varnville), Estill, Dillon, and Marlboro County.  Students are brought to campus each summer to experience the university atmosphere while attending workshops on academic enrichments, developing leadership skills, and increasing college preparedness.