Editing Clemson University (section)

===Clemson University===
In 1964, the college was renamed Clemson University as the state legislature formally recognized the school's expanded academic offerings and research pursuits.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=The History of Clemson University |url=http://www.clemson.edu/about/history.html |access-date=June 20, 2007}}</ref> The university manages the nearby {{Convert|17,500|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[Clemson Experimental Forest]] that is used for research, education, and recreation.{{cn|date=March 2024}}

In 2015, students protested against [[Tillman Hall at Clemson University|Tillman Hall]] being named for [[Ben Tillman]]. Tillman was a South Carolina Governor and United States Senator and was a white supremacist during the [[Reconstruction era]] as well as a member of the [[Red Shirts (United States)|Red Shirts]] and a known associate of the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. The board of trustees voted against renaming the building.<ref>{{cite news|title=UNC students demand new name for building honoring a KKK leader|first=Susan|last=Svrluga |date=March 26, 2015 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/03/26/unc-students-demand-new-name-for-building-honoring-a-kkk-leader/}}</ref> In the summer of 2020, following the [[murder of George Floyd]], the trustees petitioned the state legislature to remove [[Ben Tillman]]'s name from the building and restoring the original name ("Old Main"), at the same time it renamed the honors program, which had been named for [[John C. Calhoun]]. {{As of|2025|04}}, no changes have been made toward renaming the building.<ref name=Connolly/>