'Expeditions' wins Southeastern Emmy

Published: June 22, 2011

CLEMSON — "Expeditions with Patrick McMillan" won a Southeastern Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for outstanding achievement in television programming excellence.

“Expeditions” is a nature series that airs at 7:30 p.m. Sundays on SCETV and is distributed nationally to PBS affiliates.

Two episodes were nominated for the awards; both featuring aspects of the Great Plains. The Emmy for informational/instructional programs went to “Ghosts of the Plains,” which tracks research on black-footed ferrets, kit foxes and other endangered species on the Great Plains. The Emmys were presented June 18.

Award winners are Patrick McMillan, naturalist and series host, and David White, director and videographer.

The series is produced by Clemson University Video Production Services to educate the public about the connections between humans and the natural world.

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