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Clemson featured in Google college expeditions virtual reality project

May 4, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy Spitler

Clemson is one of the featured participants in Google’s Expeditions Pioneer Program, a virtual reality project that will enable children in schools across the world to visit colleges and universities without ever stepping foot on the campuses. One of the locations the Google virtual campus tour will take students is Clemson’s historic Bowman Field. Clemson […]

Construction begins on football operations facility

May 4, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

Ground was broken in November for a new football complex that is expected to open in early 2017. The new 140,000 square foot, $55 million project, located next to the indoor practice facility and existing practice fields, will be financed completely by the athletic department and IPTAY, including $19.5 million of athletic revenue bonds, along with […]

Telling the tales that make Clemson unique — and Solid Orange

May 4, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

In Death Valley, a knitted tiger hat crowns one fan’s head. The student has painted a giant Tiger paw on her face, the only interruption on it being her giant smile. A camera click later, she will be a face of Clemson as part of an admissions brochure. She will show her Clemson spirit to […]

New video series puts discussion ‘On the Table’ and in your pocket

May 4, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy Spitler

Clemson has launched a new video series that puts experts on your screen when and where you want them. “On the Table,” a public policy series from ClemsonTV, tackles such tough subjects as concussions in sports, the role of technology in our lives and health screening disparities, providing in-depth discussion from leading researchers and scholars who are members […]

Clemson Celebrates 100 Years of ROTC

May 4, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

Clemson University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps celebrated the ROTC’s 100th anniversary on Bowman Field. The ceremony named two outstanding former Army cadets – retired Lt. Gen. Gene Blackwell and retired Col. Ben Skardon – to the Clemson ROTC Hall of Fame. Former outstanding cadets were also named patrons to each training unit. Each patron’s story […]

Toal receives honorary degree

May 2, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal is the latest recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Clemson. The degree was bestowed on her at the December 2015 graduation ceremony in Greenville for her devotion to law, public service and the people of South Carolina. In 1988, Toal became the first woman […]

Clemson moves into top tier of research universities

May 1, 2016 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

This spring, Clemson met another strategic goal when the Carnegie ClassificationTM released their latest rankings of U.S. colleges and universities. Clemson was classified in the top tier for research activity with the R1 designation of “Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity.” President Clements credited the work of faculty over many years and addressed the benefits […]

Cadence Count: Touchdown!

April 28, 2016 / in Cadence Count, In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy Spitler

Cadence Count

December 29, 2015 / in Cadence Count, In These Hills / 2 Comments / by: Jon Harp

The 2015 Freshman Class Every August, the campus is energized by the arrival of curious, intelligent and engaged freshmen from towns as close as Six Mile and far away as Hong Kong. These freshman, even as they’re learning what it means to be a member of the Clemson family, are bringing their talents, abilities and […]

Research project preserves veterans’ stories

December 29, 2015 / in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Jon Harp

Expect to be impressed when you meet a Marine, but when that Marine is a 95-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor who challenges you to a pull-up contest, prepare to be blown away. This is one of many things Will Hines of Spartanburg has learned in conducting the Veterans Project, an ongoing undergraduate research project to collect […]

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