South Carolina S 967: American Legion, Post 52 of Easley

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2025-2026 Bill 967 Text of Previous Version (Mar. 04, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 967

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A senate RESOLUTION

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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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

Whereas, 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,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

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

Be 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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