Clemson irrigation specialist Jose Payero is installing weather stations and soil-moisture sensors at farms across South Carolina and developing the online platform that will allow farmers to use the collected data to conserve water and energy. Payero received a $75,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to install weather stations at farms in each […]
Former NASA astronaut Mae C. Jemison gave the keynote address in Clemson’s opening convocation in August. Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space, flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in September 1992. Jemison described her life growing up in Chicago in the 1960s, saying that as a girl she could see unlimited possibilities for herself through […]
After nearly seven years of service, Clemson’s bomb-sniffing dog, Doc, has retired. Doc began his work at Clemson in 2010, aiding the Clemson University Police Department (CUPD) in their efforts to keep campus safe. The black Labrador retriever has investigated bomb threats at Clemson and also helped sweep such major venues as Memorial Stadium before […]
Brooks Center Director Lillian U. Harder, set to retire in 2017, reflects on her 44 years at Clemson. One year. That’s how long Lillian “Mickey” Harder, director of the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, and her husband planned to stay in Clemson when they arrived in 1972. Sitting in her office 44 years later, […]
Clemson Class of 1977 alumni Larry Dyches, Joel Atkinson and Lawson Jowers spent a week in Xcaret Mexico. 39 years after graduating together, they remain close friends. Atkinson and Jowers have known each other since 4th grade. They roomed together in Johnstone, 2nd floor for freshman and junior years. They met Dyches junior year. About […]
It seems that no matter where you go in the world, from Timbuktu to Turbeville, you meet someone with a Clemson connection. Tigers are spread far and wide, and if you wear something with a Tiger Paw, they’re sure to comment on it.
Cardiologist Waenard L. Miller ’69 has spent his career on the cutting edge of medicine, raising the level of care for patients higher and higher. Now the gift that he and his wife, Sheila, of Frisco, Texas, have given will ensure that future Clemson graduates can do the same. The two have donated $2 million […]
Though decades apart in age, Chris Ray and Roy Ogle formed a strong bond over a shared love of Southern peas, plant breeding and Clemson.