My Freshman Year
Many people have asked me what I learned during my “freshman year” at Clemson. Most of what I learned confirmed what I already knew. Our University has world-class faculty, dedicated staff, smart students, loyal alumni, great traditions, a proud history and unlimited potential. In 2014, the rest of the country caught on to this truth […]
Tiger Band Practice Field Dedicated
After five years of planning, design and construction and more than $1 million in fundraising, the John H. Butler and Bruce F. Cook Tiger Band Plaza was dedicated during Homecoming weekend. Band alumnus and lead donor Keith Snelgrove, along with his wife, Risse, named the plaza in honor of the two former Tiger Band directors, […]
DeAndre “Nuk” Hopkins
S.M.O.O.O.T.H. operator Former Clemson football standout and now starting wide receiver with the NFL’s Houston Texans, DeAndre “Nuk” Hopkins has always been a smooth operator on the football field. But he can be just as smooth off the field. Hopkins teamed up with his mother, Sandra Greenlee, and founded S.M.O.O.O.T.H Inc. — Speaking Mentally, Outwardly […]
Tiger Mascots
Celebrating 60 Years of The Tiger Sixty years ago, the Clemson family grew by one, one who quickly became one of the most recognizable, lovable and iconic members of the family: the Tiger mascot. He’s been to every football game since his welcome to the Clemson family, done thousands of push-ups, visited hospitals and even […]
Matthew C. Reinhart ’94
“Pop-up” Engineer Take a biology major, mix in a portion of art training and a large serving of creativity, and what do you get? A pop-up engineer! That’s the combination that resulted in a successful career for author, illustrator and paper engineer, Matthew Reinhart. Reinhart began his Clemson experience with intentions of becoming a physician, […]
ClemsonLIFE Students in the Spotlight
If you’ve attended football games, you may have seen student equipment manager David Saville on the sidelines. Saville, who has Down Syndrome, hit the national spotlight this past year when he was featured in ESPN commentator Holly Rowe’s “Front Rowe” series as well as being a keynote speaker at the National Down Syndrome Congress Convention. […]
Kendall G. Cochran ’12
A Ring Story Kendall Cochran has a lot to be thankful for. In July, when he was on his way to work, an oncoming SUV crossed over into his lane and hit him head-on. Trapped in his truck with smoke filling the cab and the engine on fire, he managed to climb out the window. […]
Soccer Dad by Day, Star-Gazer by Night
Astrophysicist Sean Brittain straddles two worlds Sean Brittain has used some of the world’s most powerful telescopes to study the chaos swirling around a young star about 335 light years from Earth. Huge chunks of rock are slamming together to form what could be the first planets of a budding solar system. Back home in […]
SPANDEX
Alumni return to Brooks Center with “super” production If you saw a bolt from the blue last October, it wasn’t Superman. It was Clemson alumni of the Wishbone Theatre Collective, swooping in to perform their super hero-themed play, SPANDEX, at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The Chicago-based theatre company spent a week in […]