“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” — Aldo Leopold I suppose I’m one of those folks who can’t live without wild things. Neither am I one who takes a burnt orange and northwest purpling October sunset or the joy of walking through the riotous kaleidoscope of leaf-turning in […]
Paving the way for fellow entrepreneurs Returning to her hometown of Aiken, Catie Rabun was inspired to invest in the city’s quaint but slightly sleepy downtown. Rabun majored in marketing, which afforded her a semester in Washington, DC, studying international business and trade, and enabled her to participate in a joint program in venture entrepreneurship […]
Johnson pictured with members of the Friendship 9. From left, civil rights activist David Boone, who took part in 1960s sit-ins, and Friendship 9 members Clarence Graham, James Well, Willie McCleod and W.T. “Dub” Massey. CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Righting History In 1961, nine young African-American college students were arrested for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at […]
Using technology to improve quality of life for children with special needs Adam Kern ’12 was working with autistic students as a behavioral therapist when he found himself frustrated with the lack of technological tools to help his clients. “Every day I went to work, knowing that technology exists that could improve my clients and […]
New film shines light on Clemson’s Hollywood connection One jellyfish fires projectiles from a sunken airplane, and another retaliates with a blast from a ship’s canon. What caused all the fuss? A jar of peanut butter that had fallen off a boat and drifted to the coral reef below. The animated short, “Peanut Butter Jelly,” showcases the increasing […]
Building Futures If you’ve been on campus lately, you’ve noticed a lot of construction fences, cranes and re-routed traffic. That’s because Clemson University has embarked on one of the largest campus development projects in at least half a century — maybe in history. We call it Building Futures — a capital improvement plan to ensure […]
From senior design class to entrepreneurial success When Riley Csernica and Chelsea Ex-Lubeskie were bioengineering seniors, they were assigned to a senior design group with the orthotics and prosthetics division at Greenville Health System. They worked with research scientist Chuck Thigpen to design a shoulder brace for shoulder dislocations. At the end of the class, […]
Meg Langston Wilkins ’84, visited Zermatt, Switzerland, for a spring vacation. She’s pictured showing Clemson Pride in front of the Matterhorn!