Osher Foundation awards $1 million to Clemson’s OLLI program
The Bernard Osher Foundation made a $1 million gift to Clemson’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), a continuing education and membership program for older adults. The gift — a $950,000 endowment gift and $50,000 in operating funds — is the foundation’s second $1 million gift to OLLI at Clemson and a recognition of the institute’s contributions […]
ClemsonTV launches “Policy Matters” series
“Policy Matters,” a new grassroots-initiative webcast, is one of the newest series available for viewing on ClemsonTV. The series focuses on providing resources to assist schools and school districts, as well as communities, states and the nation, to tackle challenging issues of helping students succeed in school. The series is a collaborative effort of departments […]
Mobley receives Class of ’39 Award
Anyone who pays attention to the news knows that STEM education and environmental sustainability are hot topics, deemed crucial to our country’s ability to remain competitive and to our long-term economic prospects. Since long before these topics started generating headlines, this year’s Class of ’39 Award for Excellence recipient has been applying her expertise to […]
Catie Sacks Rabun ’08
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 […]
The Will to Lead Executive Committee, 2014-2016
Philip H. Prince ’49, HD ’95, Honorary Chair E. Smyth McKissick III ’79, Chair Kelly C. Davies ’86, Co-Vice Chair Richard “Rich” Davies ’86, Co-Vice Chair James F. Barker ’70 Marcia Barker HA ’01 James E. Bostic Jr. ’69, Ph.D. ’72 Jan E. Childress James P. Clements James P. Creel Sr. ’60 Carolyn Creel ’61 […]
Kimberly P. Johnson M ’10
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 […]
Clemson team to compete in international Solar Decathlon
For the first time, Clemson will be among the 20 teams selected from universities around the world to compete at this fall’s international Solar Decathlon, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The competition, held every two years in Irvine, California, challenges teams to design and build […]
Raymond E. Jones ’86
Problem solver on an international scale What Raymond Jones learned in mechanical engineering at Clemson was how to learn and how to solve problems. And he’s doing that at ExxonMobil Development in a big way. A vice president with ExxonMobil Development Company, his region of the world is Asia Pacific (Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, […]
Mayberry Scholarship brightens Egan’s future
Robert P. “Bob” Mayberry Jr., who passed away in 2012 after a battle with cancer, was a member of Clemson’s much-touted 1981 National Championship football team. When his friends and family remember him, however, it’s not for his exploits on the field. They remember the way he went about helping other people. “Quietly and without […]