Acclaimed Appalachian novelist and Clemson alumnus Ron Rash will keynote Clemson University’s Upstate Symposium on April 4-5 at the Barnes Center.
 

Through a series of round table discussions by cross-disciplinary panels of Clemson staff, faculty and students, the event will explore how Clemson’s location in the Upstate of South Carolina can and should influence its research and student experience.
 

Upstate Symposium Agenda

Thursday, April 4

9:30 a.m. | Welcome from Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Brown
9:45 a.m. | Introduction by College of Arts and Humanities Dean Nicholas Vazsonyi
10:00 a.m. | Session 1 — ‘Place’ | Moderated by School of Architecture Director Jim Stevens
11:30 a.m. | Session 2 — ‘Land’ | Moderated by School of Architecture Associate Professor Paul Russell
12:30 p.m. | Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. | Session 3 — ‘What is the Upstate?’ | Moderated by Judge Matthew J. Perry Distinguished Professor of History Vernon Burton
3:00 p.m. | Keynote Talk | Ron Rash

Friday, April 5
 
9:30 a.m. | Welcome from Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Brown
9:45 a.m. | Introduction by Interim Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Construction George Petersen
10:00 a.m. | Session 4 — ‘Who is the Upstate?’ | Moderated by Interim Dean of College of Architecture, Art and Construction George Petersen
11:15 a.m. | Session 5 — ‘Upstate Culture’ | Moderated by Department of Art chair Valerie Zimany
12:30 p.m. | Lunch break
1:00 p.m. | Session 6 — ‘Clemson and the Upstate’ | Moderated by Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Brown
2:00 p.m. | Closing Discussion | Associate Professor of Architecture Timothy Brown