Cemetery Project in the Media
Press Releases
Construction to begin on Woodland Cemetery enhancements
Clemson News | February 13, 2023
Clemson University Board adopts policy governing future interments at Woodland Cemetery
Clemson News | October 24, 2022
Trustees Approve Academic Program Updates, Facilities Projects, and Woodland Cemetery Policy at Fall Quarterly Meetings
Clemson News | October 21, 2022
Trustees’ Winter Quarterly Meeting focuses on future, facilities
Clemson News | February 2, 2022
Additional unmarked graves located in Clemson University's Woodland Cemetery
Clemson News | February 5, 2021
Completed Testing Reveals 604 Possible Unmarked Graves in Clemson University’s Woodland Cemetery
Clemson News | October 23, 2020
Testing reveals possible locations of unmarked graves in Woodland Cemetery
Clemson News | August 17, 2020
Newspaper Articles
Clemson board explores Woodland Cemetery updates, sets new burial guidelines
The Post and Courier | February 2, 2022
After unmarked graves found, Clemson urges cremation as one alternative to on-campus burial
Greenville News | June 10, 2021
Clemson professor seeks to tell stories of 604 people buried in unmarked graves on campus
Greenville News | January 5, 2021
Plans to memorialize unmarked graves of the enslaved at Clemson cemetery months away
The Post and Courier | November 18, 2020
Clemson finds 600 unmarked graves on campus. But who were they? Researchers race to find out
Greenville News | October 29, 2020
Radar scan of Clemson cemetery complete but answers on unmarked graves may take years
The Post and Courier | September 25, 2020
Clemson historians searched for unmarked graves. They found dozens for enslaved people owned by a U.S. Vice President
The Washington Post | August 18, 2020
Clemson discovers graves of dozens of people enslaved by John C. Calhoun
The Post and Courier | August 17, 2020
Clemson students to honor unmarked burial ground for slaves, convict laborers on campus
Greenville News | March 26, 2020
TV Segments and Other Media
At Clemson, unmarked slave graves highlight plantation past
Associated Press News | April 7, 2021
Additional unmarked graves located in Clemson University's Woodland Cemetery
WSPA News | February 5, 2021
Clemson researchers prepare for next steps after more than 600 possible unmarked graves found
WSPA News | October 26, 2020
Radar detects possible 200+ unmarked graves from 1800s at Clemson University
WSPA News | August 17, 2020
