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Nancy Spitler
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A Clear Solution
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerSafe water and sanitation are considered basic needs for people all over the world. In most of the United States, we turn on the faucet and expect clean water. We walk down the hall to a bathroom with a toilet, sink and soap. We take those things for granted.
News Briefs
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerClemson and S.C. State to provide STEM education for at-risk youth Clemson and South Carolina State University have received a five-year, $1.28 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to improve after-school programs for at-risk youth in rural South Carolina through the delivery of an evidence-based STEM curriculum. Additionally, students in third through eighth […]
The Roots of a Student Bluegrass Ensemble
/ in Features / 13 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerIt began with a student’s idea but culminated in an official Performing Arts ensemble: Tigertown Roots
Celebrating the Class of 1968
/ in Lifelong Tigers / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerThis year’s Golden Tiger Reunion focused its attention on the 50th reunion class, 1968. Each member of the class of ’68 was inducted into the Golden Tiger Society and presented with a lapel pin and certificate by Unviersity President Jim Clements, Alumni Association Executive Director Wil Brasington and Alumni Association Board President Sandy Edge. The […]
Goodman Family Establishes Endowment in Memory of Their Parents
/ in Lifelong Tigers / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerThe family of Robert and Wanda Goodman — children, grandchildren and their spouses — holds 19 degrees from Clemson University to date. To honor the memory of their parents, the Goodman children and their spouses have established an endowment. The family is pictured here, including Robert and Wanda Goodman, seated, as well as Gary and […]
Career Resources at Your Fingertips
/ in Lifelong Tigers / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerIf you’ve been out of school at least a year, Alumni Career Services is available to provide career assistance that ranges from job boards and assessment tools to mentoring and networking/recruiting events. If you’re an employer looking to hire well-qualified employees, Alumni Career Services offers resources for you as well. Available resources include: Clemson job […]
A Tiger’s Guide to Tailgating
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerDuring football season, there is no place like Clemson. No other place that’s so wall-to-wall with alumni and fans. No other place where you can find anything — and I mean anything — in orange.
Orange campers festooned with Tiger Paws roll into town on Thursdays and Fridays; orange tents are set up pole-to-pole on Saturday mornings; orange grills are lit; and Clemson-themed drinks are mixed in parking lots and fields across the campus and the town. Orange-clad fans you’ve never met before will pull up a chair, add some drinks to the cooler, and watch the game with you outside the stadium. It’s a party like nowhere else.
My Clemson: Bennie Lee Cunningham Jr.
/ in My Clemson / 0 Comments / by: Nancy SpitlerBennie Cunningham was one of the greats of college and professional football. Yet, while his fame may have come from his prowess on the football field, his legacy was the many lives he touched and changed in those years and the years since.