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Clemente Coalition president Veronica Rohtert won a $5000 South Carolina Federal Credit Union scholarship . She plans to pursue a degree in graphic design, which she wants to use to help support the causes she believes in. To win the scholarship, she completed an application and an essay, which you can read here . Veronica Rohtert is a native of Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Charleston, SC in 2014. She graduated with honors Magna Cum Laude from Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN. She has worked as a Facility Liaison for Ricoh Americas Corporation where she used her knowledge of copiers and office management to facilitate two buildings for United HealthCare. Veronica started two family businesses and was the Office Manager for both Tennessee Laser Express and Sumner Gun & Supply.   Since moving to South Carolina she decided to dream a new dream and return to college. This new dream is in commercial graphic design and she intends to use this degree to aid ...

The Charleston Clemente Course will hold its spring graduation ceremony in the Downtown Palmer Campus Amphitheater on April 26 at 6 pm.  In January of 2005, Trident Technical College launched its groundbreaking Charleston Clemente Course Project, offering courses during the fall and spring at Palmer Campus. Students receive free tuition, meals, books, bus passes, mentoring and refurbished computers. In HSS 101, students embark on a study of art and American history. Students passing this course can then take HSS 102, which combines the study of literature, philosophy and writing. In this class, students are exposed to the Western paradigm through the works of Sophocles, Plato, Shakespeare, Kant and Mill and to the Eastern paradigm through excerpts pertaining to Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism. In addition to the classroom, Clemente students participate in other activities, including a play. Many of Clemente graduates go on to complete their associate and bachelor’s degrees. Some obta...

NEH ANNOUNCES $96,000 GRANT TO THE CLEMENTE COURSE IN THE HUMANITIES TO SUPPORT COURSES FOR VETERANS IN THREE LOCATIONS New York, NY (April 9, 2018) -- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that the Clemente Course in the Humanities is among its 2018 grant recipients, awarded $96,000 to expand its work in the NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War initiative. Projects funded through NEH Dialogues on the Experience of War grants will support humanities-based programs for military veterans and their families. This is the second consecutive NEH grant Clemente has received to support the Clemente Veterans Initiative (CVI), which was developed in 2014 to provide a meaningful intellectual community to veterans who are struggling to adapt to civilian life. CVI is based on the idea that guided discussion of humanities texts and images can provide veterans with an opportunity to reflect on their military experiences and support their transition to post-military life. D...

Come to Palmer room 104 on January 31st between 1:00-3:00 to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Palmer Campus PTK Grocery Vault 2-Downtown. The TTC Vault, either on Main or Downtown, is open to all students and staff in need. Admissions Officer Gregory Cushing hosted an Angel Tree leading up to the Holiday Break during which our campus community donated the food that is currently on the shelves. If you missed out on that opportunity but would still like to donate,  you can bring donations to the Admissions Office and put them in the big green can.  Want to help further? Volunteers are needed to stock and staff the PTK Grocery Vault 2-Downtown. Orientation for volunteers is January 25th, 2-4 pm in Palmer room 107.  Dr. Mary Ann Kholi and the Clemente Coalition will be joining PTK in staffing and supporting the new Grocery Vault 2-Downtown.    Thanks to Admissions Officer Gregory Cushing for all his hard work getting this project off the ground, and Facilities Off...