Duke Energy Foundation gift supports students and teachers
Four programs at Clemson will be enhanced this year by a $115,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. PEER (Programs for Educational Enrichment and Retention), which helps freshman minority students adjust to college life; WISE, which supports females in engineering and science majors; EMAGINE!, which encourages middle and high school students to consider engineering as […]
Clemson at the State House
In what has become an annual spring event, Clemson alumni and friends turned the State House orange on March 3 for “Clemson at the State House.” Clemson’s governmental affairs office held informational sessions about legislation that affects Clemson and how Clemson impacts the state. Both the Senate and the House proclaimed the day “Clemson Day […]
Duckenfield Scholars return to campus to host symposium
Ten years ago, Clemson’s first Duckenfield Scholar, Lindsay Green-Barber, went abroad to study at Oxford. This spring, she and the 16 other Duckenfield Scholars have traveled back to Clemson to return the favor. The group of alumni planned and executed a Clemson Global Symposium, held in March, to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of […]
Haircuts and History
The Clemson House Barber Shop is a nondescript one-room establishment nestled firmly in the heart of Clemson University. It is a hub of social activity – maybe the hub of social activity – and like all Clemson institutions it has roots that dig back not for years, or decades, but generations. Tucked away in one […]
Watt Family Innovation Center adds two founding partners
In the heart of campus, strategically located next to the R.M. Cooper Library and across from the Class of 1956 Academic Success Center, a new building is taking shape. It’s not tied to a particular college or department but rather designed to be an incubator of creativity and innovation. The Watt Family Innovation Center, projected […]
Our Mission: Loving the Land
“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 […]
Zucker Family Graduate Education Center to bring engineering education to Charleston
It wasn’t your typical groundbreaking, but Jonathan Zucker certainly broke ground with a giant black and yellow excavator, marking the official beginning of construction of the $21.5-million Zucker Family Graduate Education Center in North Charleston. Located at the Clemson University Restoration Institute on the site of the former naval shipyard, the approximately 70,000- square-foot center […]
Clemson fans turn Orlando orange for Russell Athletic Bowl
Thousands of Clemson fans came from near and far to cheer the Tigers on at the Russell Athletic Bowl in January. The Alumni Association, IPTAY and the Orlando Clemson Club sponsored a variety of events to welcome the faithful to Orlando. The night before the game, more than 300 fans invaded Miller’s Ale House for […]
Clemson trustees approve infrastructure, athletic plans
At their meeting in February, Clemson trustees approved the initial concept plan to replace and upgrade the main campus electrical distribution system. The project is estimated to cost $75 million, to be paid for with maintenance and stewardship funds and state institution bonds. Brett Dalton, vice president for finance, said, “Replacing and updating the antiquated […]