Follow Winthrop students during late August and early September as they track the presidential nominating conventions:
Press releases:
* Class and Plans Underway for Upcoming Political Conventions
* Convention Watch Parties Feature Candidates' Favorite Foods
Schedule of activities
Candidly Winthrop Photo Galleries
* The Johnsonian
* Flickr
Blogs by students and faculty -
* Claudia Smith Brinson, Columbia College
Twitter feeds - #WinthropLEAD
@JohnCWestForum
@Kambrell
@DThackham
WUTube Videos -
* Day One
* Day Two
* Day Three
Celebrity sightings
* Wolf Blitzer, CNN
* Jeff Greenfield, television journalist
* Al Sharpton, civil rights activist and television/radio talk show host
* Jesse Jackson, civil rights leaders and S.C. native
* Bob Schieffer, CBS newsman
* Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton
* Chuck Todd, NBC political director and MSNBC host
* Kal Penn, actor and civil servant in the Obama Administration
* Alfre Woodard, film, stage and television actress
* America Ferrera, television actress and producer
* Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
* Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D- Calif.)
* Jessica Alba, actress
* Sam Stein, political reporter for Huffington Post
* Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
* Michelle Obama, First Lady
* Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden
* U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
* Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, former Democratic National Committee
chair and former Presidential candidate
* Jack Lew, White House chief of staff
* Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball
* Ed Miliband, leader of the British Labour Party
* Morgan Tsvangirai, prime minister of Zimbabwe
By the numbers
Faces of the Convention
* Speakers' quotes
CNN iReport
Media Attention
* Winthrop Students to Participate in DNC
WCNC, Thursday August 2
* Big Upside to Democrats in Charlotte
The Times and Democrat, Thursday, August 16
* Political Science Students Get Their First "Taste" of Political Conventions
WRHI, August 29
* Winthrop Class Takes Students Up Close at the DNC
The Herald, August 30
* SCSU Student, Prof to Experience Democratic Convention Firsthand
The Times and Democrat, September 2
* Winthrop Students Explore DNC
Fox Charlotte, September 3
* S.C. College Students Go to Charlotte to Learn U.S. Politics Firsthand
S.C. Radio Network, September 3
* S.C. Students Get Lessons from the Convention
Post and Courier, September 4
* British Lord Stuart Wood at DNC
Heraldonline.com, September 5
* Winthrop Students Dive into Politics with RNC, DNC
WRHI, September 6
* CN2 compilation of videos
* A Learning Experience
The Greenwood Index-Journal, September 11
* Students Experience Presidential Election Through Convention, Candidate Visits.
Winthrop Magazine, Spring 2013.
