Celebrating Life
Ten years after Clemson opened its doors to young adults with intellectual disabilities, the University and the community have come to embrace a program that equips students with skills to live more complete lives.
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Chris Waldrop
Articles by Chris Waldrop
Lindsays’ ‘Inspirational Generosity’ Supports College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
/ in Clemson Forever, My Clemson / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropFor Ron ’80 and Jane ’80 Lindsay, giving back to the University, its students and the community is a large part of who they are. The Lindsays mentor students through their church, opening their Lake Keowee home for student retreats. They are involved in providing financial-literacy counseling for people with long-term financial problems. Ron Lindsay […]
Tackling Dementia
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropThe team huddles, gathering strength for the battle ahead. They face no ordinary opponent today, but then again, they are no ordinary players. They are residents of Brookdale Senior Living Solutions; the opponent is their own failing memory.
The Best Medicine
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropEach summer, Clemson students trade in their summer jobs and internships to spend two weeks on the hillsides of Costa Rica and Panama, conducting house visits and creating pop-up clinics in the most impoverished areas.
Tailgating Recipes
/ in Web Exclusive / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropStumphouse Tunnel Sleuths
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropBats are dying off at alarming rates due to white-nose syndrome. Researchers are exploring how to foster bat populations to survive this disease.
Not Taking No For An Answer
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropNearly deaf and blind, Miriam Lozneanu thrives through perseverance and a positive attitude.
Witness to War
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Chris WaldropInjured troops could receive better care and benefits with new research aimed at better documentation on the battlefield.
Clemson Bands Sings for the President
/ in Landmarks & Legends / 13 Comments / by: Chris WaldropIn 1960, both John Fitzgerald Kennedy and I reached enviable positions of power, he to the presidency of the United States, I to the position of director of bands at Clemson College.
Coral Crusader
/ in Features / 3 Comments / by: Chris WaldropCoral reefs in the Florida Keys, Caribbean and throughout the world are in dramatic decline. Kylie Smith, a graduate student from Clemson, has made it her mission to help restore one of the ocean’s most endangered species.