DATE: 8/15/05

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Aug. 22

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on South Carolina ETV Radio for the week of Aug. 22. The program airs from noon to 1 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in questions during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859.

MONDAY, AUG. 22 –-Financing Education in South Carolina .Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University talks with Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, the co-author with Ada Louise Steirer of A Citizen’s Guide to Education Financing in South Carolina. An Alumna Professor Emerita of Economics at Clemson University and Senior Fellow of the Strom Thurmond Institute, Ulbrich has co-authored two other Citizen’s Guides: Local Governments and Home Rule in South Carolina andPaying for Government in South Carolina.

What makes a welcoming school? Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University talks with Principal Karen Chambers of Sue Cleveland Elementary School and Joyce L. Epstein, director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University.

Working Knights. Catherine Paul of the Clemson University Department of English talks with Dr. Edwin Leap, an emergency room physician at Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca, and author of a collection of essays on his ER experiences: Working Knights. Dr. Leap’s columns can be found in the Greenville News, the Seneca Daily Journal-Messenger, and Emergency Medicine News.

A visit to an upstate geology museum . Dyana Daniels takes us on a tour of the Bob Campbell Geology Museum in the SC Botanical Garden at Clemson University with curator David Cicimurri.

TUESDAY, AUG. 23 –A live call-in segment on lawn and garden issues. Charleston County Extension agent Brian Smith takes your questions. For additional gardening advice, contact the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center.

A live call-in segment on insects and other household pests. Charlotte Holt hosts Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation, and Eric Benson, Clemson Extension urban entomologist. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

W EDNESDAY, AUG. 24 – Edamame . Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science, visits with Mary Jo Wannamaker of Wannamaker Seeds in St. Matthews to learn about this green vegetable form of soybean harvested at the peak of ripeness before the beans harden.

A live call-in segment on petcare issues. Host Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is joined by Anderson veterinarian Bobby Long of Magnolia Veterinary Clinic. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, AUG. 25 – A National Trust for Historic Preservation. Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future talks with Joseph McGill, program officer for the Southern Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a participant in “Blueprint for Success,” South Carolina’s 6 th annual statewide historic preservation conference.

Balsamic grilled South Carolina quail with ragout of Vidalia onion, chanterelle mushrooms, and smoked bacon on fontina grits. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science , visits with Chef Jim Spratling of Saltus River Grill in Beaufort.

What makes enduring great companies? Jon Keith talks with Jim Collins, author or co-author of four books, including Built to Last, a Business Week bestseller for over six years, and the New York Times bestseller, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Economist, Fast Company, USA Today, Industry Week, Business Week, Newsweek, and Harvard Business Review.

A unique approach to drop-out prevention . Roy Scott talks with Colleton County Extension Agent Alta Mae Marvin about a Learn and Serve program and the Veteran’s History Project of the Library of Congress.

Blogging: what is it, who does it, and why? Eric Rodgers gets some answers from prolific blogger Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications.

For more information on these programs, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458.

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