Experience Magazine

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Living on campus is the best way to receive
the full college experience. From taking on
leadership positions as a resident assistant (RA)
to always being in close proximity to events
taking place on campus, bonding with the rest
of the community is much easier and more
convenient. Since our campus is a home away
from home for our students, the Division of
Student Affairs encourages students to reside,
dine and study within the community in order
to strengthen the familial atmosphere. RAs
are trained with these ideals in mind, utilizing
the goals of the Residential Experience Model.
These goals include
1. self-exploration: a student’s process of gaining
personal awareness and understanding of
who they are as individuals,
2. living in community: a student’s ability
to meaningfully interact and form positive
relationships with others,
3. intellectual engagement: a student’s ability
to connect to resources and find value in
becoming a lifelong learner and
4. global citizenship: a student’s awareness
of issues impacting the community and
the world as well as the capacity and desire
to take action to make positive, sustainable
change.
By keeping these goals in mind, RAs
successfully achieve the division’s mission
in creating and maintaining supportive and
challenging environments that enrich and
nourish lives.
Because of our goals and mission, we need
donors who are willing and committed to
investing in the Division of Student Affairs.
Our donors contribute in multiple ways to
the student experience of campus life, creating
opportunities to foster student friendships
and relationships with faculty, which they
will never forget.
Clemson’s Circle of Gratitude is united, thankful
and loyal to all who go out of their way to give
to the University. There are always more ways to
get involved and further develop the success of
students and meet their on-campus needs. There
are promenade spaces, lounges and dining hall
facilities within the Douthit Hills project that are
currently unnamed. These gathering places will
serve as important leisure spaces for students
in between and after classes.
Unrestricted gifts allow Residential Life
programs to maintain the University’s 23 living-
learning communities (LLCs), providing students
with access to peers who are like-minded and/
or have the same major. Residential Life also
houses faculty-in-residence in many areas, which
creates external learning opportunities outside
of the classroom. Gifts to these programs would
provide the following:
• Provisions for LLC study breaks
• Marketing materials for high school counselors
• Dinners with faculty and advisers
• Guest speakers for lectures within the LLCs
• Programming funds
• LLC community retreats
• In-community tutoring and academic support
• Excursions connected to the student’s major
or service area
Why GIVE?
• Creation of an RA Scholarship Fund
• RA staff team development retreats
All of these programs are essential to each
student’s Clemson Experience, and with your
help, students will benefit from your decision
to give for years to come. Your donation also
gives you an opportunity to be a part of this
lasting legacy.
HOW TO GIVE
To find an opportunity that is right for you,
please contact Brandy Page, senior development
officer, at page5@ .
THANK YOU
Giving to Clemson University — and specifically,
the Division of Student Affairs — allows parents,
students, alumni and friends of Clemson to
become part of a unique group of people who
understand the power that accompanies giving
to the University. While tuition, room and board
cover the majority of costs to keep students as
safe as possible and enjoy campus benefits,
the gifts given to the division allow students to
extend learning from beyond the classroom and
explore possibilities that were once not possible
without our donors’ generosity.
The Division of Student Affairs encompasses
virtually every department outside of the
classroom, from housing and dining to safety
and health services. Gifts to the division have
allowed for the purchase of evening shuttle
transit vehicles, recreation/fitness equipment,
paid internships, alternative break trips,
leadership conferences, alcohol and other drug
educational programs, late-night, on-campus
events and facilities (such as new recreation
complexes), student leisure spaces and
housing accommodations.
Our unique programs that take place within
the walls of our new facilities are what benefit
our students most. Gifts to our residence hall
programs, such as living-learning communities
and resident assistant programs, ensure a
long-lasting legacy is left on campus.
Giving to promenade spaces and lounges
ensures students will enjoy innovative and
modern spaces for recreation, impromptu
discussions and study time for years to come.
The Division of Student Affairs thanks you for
your gifts, your kindness and your unwavering
commitment and dedication to our students.
THE
POWER
OF
GIVING