The South Carolina Review is a literary journal published by Clemson University. It was founded in 1968 as Furman Studies, edited by Professor Al Reid at Furman University and moved to Clemson in 1973, where it was initially co-edited by Richard J. Calhoun and Robert W. Hill. Early Managing editors were G. William Koon, Carol Johnston, and Frank Day.
Clemson University is a public, land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2017 semester, the university enrolled a total of 19,402 undergraduate students and 4,985 graduate students, and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1. Clemson's 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and sits next to Lake Hartwell. The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research, education, and recreation.
Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became a secular university in 1992, while keeping Christo et Doctrinae as its motto. It enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students, representing 46 states and 53 foreign countries, on its 750-acre (304 ha) campus.
Richard Wilson Riley is an American politician, the United States Secretary of Education under President Bill Clinton and the 111th governor of South Carolina. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Riley is the only Democrat to serve two consecutive terms as governor in the time since the state constitution was amended to allow governors to serve consecutive terms.
The Furman University Asian Garden is an Asian-style garden located on the campus of Furman University at 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, South Carolina. It is open daily without charge.
Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).
Raritan is a literary and intellectual quarterly that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey. The magazine was founded by Richard Poirier in 1981 and is currently edited by Jackson Lears. Lears began to edit it in 2002.
Art Baker is a former American football coach. He served as the head coach at Furman University (1973–1977), The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (1978–1982) and East Carolina University (1985–1988). Baker is a 1948 graduate of Edmunds High School in Sumter, S. C. and a 1953 Presbyterian College graduate and also was a former assistant football coach there. Baker played football for the Blue Hose from 1950 to 1952, starting at halfback his last two years. He was a member of Mu chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Baker is a recipient of Presbyterian's Bob Waters Award. He was an assistant coach for Frank Howard at Clemson from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1972, Baker was an assistant coach at Texas Tech. Baker succeeded Bob King at Furman for the 1973 season. As head coach at Furman Baker hired Dick Sheridan, Jimmy Satterfield and Bobby Johnson as assistants and all later became head coaches at Furman. Baker was an assistant coach in 1984 for Bobby Bowden at Florida State. He was Associate Athletics Director for Development and Gamecock Club Director at the University of South Carolina for 6 and a half years, retiring on June 30, 1995.
The Greensboro Review, founded in 1966, is one of the nation's oldest literary magazines, based at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina. It publishes fiction and poetry on a semi-annual basis. Work from the journal is featured in such anthologies as New Stories from the South, the O. Henry Prize Stories, and the Best American Short Stories. Founded by poet Robert Watson, the journal was edited for many years by Jim Clark during his tenure as director of the MFA program; it is currently edited by MFA director Terry L. Kennedy. The original design of the magazine was updated in 1989 by then-MFA in Poetry candidate S. P. Donohue, who served as the poetry editor and production manager from 1989–90.
Scott Owens is an American poet, teacher, and editor living in Hickory, North Carolina.
William Lawrence Laval was an American minor league baseball player, baseball manager, and college baseball, football, and basketball coach. He held head coaching positions at the University of South Carolina, Furman University, Emory and Henry College, and Newberry College. He is the only South Carolina football coach to have produced seven consecutive winning seasons. In 2009, The State called him "the greatest collegiate coach" in the history of South Carolina.
The 1896 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College in the 1896 college football season. Professor Walter Riggs brought the game to Clemson from his alma mater, Auburn, where he was a member of Auburn's first football team. The Tigers completed their first season with a record of 2–1, with wins over upstate neighboring colleges Furman and Wofford, and a loss in the first installment of the rivalry with South Carolina. All games were played in the opposing school's home city. The rivalry matchup with South Carolina was held on Thursday morning at the South Carolina state fair, a tradition that would endure until 1960. Riggs served as the team's coach while R. G. Hamilton was the first captain.
The 1925 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson Agricultural College as a member of the Southern Conference during its 1925 football season. In its third season under head coach Bud Saunders, Clemson compiled a 1–7 record, tied for last place in the conference, was shut out in five of its eight games, and was outscored by a total of 160 to 18. The team played its home games at Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina.
Tony Elliott is an American college football assistant coach at Clemson University, serving as the offensive coordinator and running backs coach under head coach Dabo Swinney.
The literature of South Carolina, United States, includes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Representative authors include Dorothy Allison, Daniel Payne and William Gilmore Simms.
Robert William Smith was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach (1946–1947) and head men's basketball coach (1935–1942) at Furman University.
Bobby Roberts was an American college basketball coach for Clemson University from 1962 to 1970.
The 1947 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Robert W. Smith, the team compiled a 2–7 record, tied for 13 place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 205 to 68. The team played its home games at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.
Archie Paul "Dizzy" McLeod was a collegiate athletics coach. He served as the head football coach (1932–1942), basketball coach (1929–1933), baseball coach, and athletic director (1932–1945) at Furman University.
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