The Pursuit
The Pursuit is Blue Key’s philanthropy event that is held in the Spring semester every year. It began in 2012 when Kathleen McKissack took a vision and made it an amazing event. All of the proceeds benefit the Student Emergency Fund at Clemson University.
"I designed The Pursuit loosely based on a scavenger hunt event held at Mississippi State in the early 1970s. Though there were many goals in the design of the event, first and foremost I wanted to create something that would be fun. In my opinion, there are too many spring philanthropy events at Clemson in which students participate based on some commitment to an organization, person, or cause; but few that sell themselves based on the merit of the activity."
Our event last year, in 2014, was a huge success! We were able to raise over $3,000 for the Student Emergency Fund. Our Pursuit Director, Kate Schneider, worked hard to plan a fun and exciting 3-day event for students to compete in challenges all around campus.
Our current Pursuit Director, Drew Costa, is hard at work planning this year's pursuit.
For more information on The Pursuit and the Student Emergency Fund:
The Pursuit is Blue Key’s philanthropy event that is held in the Spring semester every year. It began in 2012 when Kathleen McKissack took a vision and made it an amazing event. All of the proceeds benefit the Student Emergency Fund at Clemson University.
"I designed The Pursuit loosely based on a scavenger hunt event held at Mississippi State in the early 1970s. Though there were many goals in the design of the event, first and foremost I wanted to create something that would be fun. In my opinion, there are too many spring philanthropy events at Clemson in which students participate based on some commitment to an organization, person, or cause; but few that sell themselves based on the merit of the activity."
Our event last year, in 2014, was a huge success! We were able to raise over $3,000 for the Student Emergency Fund. Our Pursuit Director, Kate Schneider, worked hard to plan a fun and exciting 3-day event for students to compete in challenges all around campus.
Our current Pursuit Director, Drew Costa, is hard at work planning this year's pursuit.
For more information on The Pursuit and the Student Emergency Fund:
