Claflin News

Arien Atterberry, a soon-to-be Claflin University graduate, will literally be more than half a world away this fall teaching English to students in China.

The commonly used acronym “IDK” stands for the phase “I don’t know”. Graduating senior Jordan Coburn, the reigning Mr. Claflin 2011-2012, wants the people who wear his clothing line Ignorance Driven Knits –idk for short - to say that they do know about what’s going on in the world.

Students from Claflin University have raised $100,000 themselves in support of the institution’s $96.4 million capital campaign. Claflin student leaders made the benchmark official on Friday, April 27 by presenting President Dr. Henry N. Tisdale with a check.

On the golf course, Seattle native Quincy Allen often slices his drive to the right. But at Claflin University, Allen says he has struck a hole-in-one in educational experience that has taken him everywhere from Wall Street to the Eiffel Tower.

By Gene Sapakoff, The Post and Courier ORANGEBURG — The bright banner hanging from a Claflin University light pole between the Leadership Development Center and Trustee Hall has an orange and maroon message for students: “The world needs visionaries.”