Clemson University is a public, land-grant institution of higher learning in Clemson, South Carolina. The campus lies on land that was once the plantation of statesman John C. Calhoun. Thomas Green Clemson, Calhoun’s son-in-law, willed the plantation and a donation to South Carolina to establish an agricultural college. The state established Clemson Agricultural College in 1889, the year following Clemson’s death, and classes began in 1893. The military-style school admitted only men until 1955, when it became a civilian, coeducational institution. The university adopted its present name in 1964.
The university’s facilities include the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and the Robert Muldrow Cooper Library. Clemson is also home to the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs, named for one of the school’s best-known graduates, the long-time United States senator from South Carolina. The university’s athletic teams are called the Clemson Tigers.
The university’s website at https://www.clemson.edu/ offers additional information.
