Clemson Day

2025-2026 Bill 967: Clemson Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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S. 967
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Senate Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Alexander, Peeler, Turner, Martin, Massey, Kennedy, Elliott and Chaplin
Document Path: SR-0555KM-VC26.docx
Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2026
Currently residing in the Senate
Summary: Clemson Day
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/26/2026

Senate

Introduced and adopted (
Senate Journal-page 5
)

3/4/2026

Scrivener's error corrected

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/26/2026
03/04/2026

A
senate
RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE March 3, 2026, AS "Clemson DAY" IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.

W
hereas, Clemson
University was founded in 1889 through a bequest to the State of South Carolina
from Thomas Green Clemson, a Philadelphia-born, European-educated engineer,
musician, and artist who married John C. Calhoun's daughter, Anna, and settled
at her family estate in South Carolina; and

W
hereas, Clemson's
campus is the entire State of South Carolina, with the university having a
presence in every county in South Carolina: agriculture research centers from
the Piedmont to the Coast, youth programs that serve more than one hundred
thousand young people per year, and innovation campuses devoted to research and
economic development in Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, and North Charleston
to support both existing and emerging industry clusters ranging from
agribusiness and manufacturing to aviation and advanced materials; and

W
hereas, Clemson's
annual economic impact is over six billion dollars, resulting in over
thirty-seven thousand jobs statewide and generating more than one hundred
fourteen million dollars in annual tax revenue according to a recent external
study; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University is designated as a Tier 1 Research Institution by the Carnegie
Foundation, which puts it among the top universities in the nation in research
output; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University continues to be a highly ranked public university in America and has
also earned top rankings for graduation rates, value, efficiency and return on
investment while maintaining an outstanding student experience; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University is home to the State's first-ever Veterinary School, the Harvey S.
Peeler, Jr. College of Veterinary Medicine, which is expected to enroll its
inaugural class in the Fall of 2026; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University received more than sixty-five thousand applications for enrollment
this year and offers a path to a Clemson degree to more than ninety percent of
South Carolina applicants each year; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University was ranked as the top college in South Carolina and number twenty in
the South in Forbes 2026 America's Top Colleges list, and it was named the Best
College in South Carolina in Niche's 2026 Best College Rankings, earning top
marks for Best Academics, Best Professors, and Best College Athletics among all
universities in the Palmetto State; and

W
hereas, Clemson
University is part of a national system of land-grant universities and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, providing statewide research, extension, and
regulatory programs (Public Service Activities) to enhance economic growth in
South Carolina's agribusiness and forestry industries through a continuous flow
of knowledge to farmers, foresters, and land managers; and

W
hereas, for more than one
hundred thirty years, Clemson University has continued to fulfill the covenant
between its founder and the people of South Carolina as a high seminary of
learning and improving the economy of the State through its historical
land-grant responsibilities of teaching, research, and extended public service.
Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the
Senate
:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
Senate
, by this resolution,
recognize March 3, 2026 as "Clemson Day" in South Carolina.

B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the interim president of Clemson
University, Robert H. Jones, Ph.D.

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