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1 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 2 They had several “ floor plans with features that fit our lifestyle. And they were very knowledgeable in Content helping us choose SUMMER-FALL 2012 Volume 66, Number 3 CLEMSONCWORLDWMAGAZINE among a variety of design options, Features rather than limiting us to specific 15 A heart to help packages with no Making a difference doesn’t have to wait. substitutions.” 19 Just being neighborly — Don and Mary Ross Patrick Square residents How one alumna is changing the world for since October 2011 millions of animals. 23 Playing by the rules Creative Inquiry class teams up with President Barker to examine NCAA rulebook. 25 The YES that changed my life Hear about the transformative nature Departments of a Clemson education. President’s View 5 27 Campaign wrap-up Upfront 7 Clemson alumni and friends have Clemson Family demonstrated they have what it takes. Lifelong Tigers 29 Landmarks & Legends — 33 Heisman Bible reveals the rules of the game. EXTRAS ON THE WEB Giving Back 35 View Clemson World online with lots of Web extras at clemson.edu/ . My Clemson — 37 clemsonworld William Craig’s education has been Get Clemson World’s tablet issue. Just go to the Apple more than he bargained for. App Store, Android Marketplace or Amazon Appstore and download the free Clemson World app. Get the Alumni Association’s mobile app for your CW DYK? “Did You Know” facts smartphone at clemson.edu/alumni/app. Home. Town. Classic. about Clemson University Check out the University’s social networks page for Traditional in architecture, Southern in Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, news and calendar feeds, and much more at clemson.edu/campus-life/social-media/index.html. charm, Patrick Square is a thoroughly See the University’s FLICKR site at fl ickr.com/photos/ walkable village linked by a series of clemsonuniversity/collections for photos from campus, vintage collections, regional events and more. front porches, shared ideals and state- Join us on Facebook at facebook.com/clemsonalumni and facebook. of-the-art amenities. Come by for a visit com/clemsonworld. soon — and make yourself at home. New homes from the $230s to the $390s Cover photo: Betsy Saul (see story on page 19). Photo by Craig Mahaffey. Now building in Phase III PatrickSquare.comPATRICKSQUARE.COM 3 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL578 Issaqueena 2012 Trail • Clemson, SC 29631 • 864-654-1500 • Models Open Daily SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 4 CW Executive Editor CW President’s View Dave Dryden Art Director Celebrating America’s — Judy Morrison Editor and Clemson’s — Nancy M. Spitler 864-656-0737

Classes Editor & Advertising Director land-grant heritage Sallie Culbertson 864-656-7897 ur nation celebrated an important birthday in July — the 150th anniversary of the encourage a knowledge-based Contributors “For more than 120 Morrill Act, the legislation that established our nationwide system of public land- economy for South Carolina, to Dale Cochran grant colleges. strengthen existing industry Debbie Dunning years now, Clemson has Along with the GI Bill, it was, in my opinion, the best idea America ever had. clusters and support their private Catherine Sams O Media Relations provided generations of It opened the doors of the nation’s colleges and universities to the children of farmers and sector job creation. working people — anyone with the brains and the determination to succeed. That effort began with the Creative Services professional expertise as It was the very opposite of an elitist idea. The result was an unprecedented, historic automotive industry, and the Photographers expansion of higher education, research and innovation, individual opportunity and Clemson University International Patrick Wright our state grew from its economic vitality. Center for Automotive Research Craig Mahaffey Clemson is a proud member of this system. This fall, we begin a yearlong celebration (CU-ICAR) in Greenville is the 19th century economic of Clemson’s land-grant heritage. most visible result. It is not simply University Offi cials base in agriculture, cotton a research park, however. Its President A heritage of agriculture, engineering, research and service foundation is in graduate James F. Barker and textiles to include, education, which is exactly what The Clemson seal shown Clemson people speak often of our founders Thomas and Anna Calhoun Clemson. It was their industry partners like BMW told us they needed and asked us to provide. in the picture was Board of Trustees created by Tracey Young David H. Wilkins, chair today, some of the most shared vision that the property and fortune she inherited be used to establish a school to What CU-ICAR is doing to support the automotive cluster in the ’90, M ’91, using fi ve Robert L. Peeler, vice chair teach agricultural science and the mechanical arts (engineering). Upstate, the Clemson University Restoration Institute is doing in the different woods: Bill L. Amick advanced automotive and But it is also worth noting that our founding faculty member was a chemist, Mark Bernard Lowcountry for advanced materials, the environment, and sectors related purpleheart, aspen, David E. Dukes Hardin, whose fi rst job was not teaching but research-based public service. aviation manufacturing to energy, power systems, logistics and transportation. maca, myrtle and curly Leon J. Hendrix Jr. Fertilizer testing began at Clemson in 1890, before the fi rst cadet ever arrived on campus. The Zucker Family Graduate Education Center at the Restoration yellow cypress. Ronald D. Lee facilities you’ll fi nd Why? Because farmers had an urgent need to know whether the fertilizer they were buying Institute will help South Carolina develop the highly educated workforce Louis B. Lynn was real or fake. Clemson faculty analyzed the materials and certifi ed them. The sale of demanded by the future. It will also be the home of the Clemson Center Patricia Herring McAbee anywhere in the world.” these fertilizer “tags” — really a fertilizer tax — was a key source of public revenue to build for Workforce Development, which is partnering with the state’s technical colleges and K-12 John N. McCarter Jr. the college. schools to prepare students for the job opportunities of the 21st century. South Carolina is E. Smyth McKissick III My point is this: Research and service in support of private sector prosperity have always attracting and creating these good jobs. It is up to us, as educators, to prepare our young William C. Smith Jr. been a part of Clemson’s mission. In fact, they predate our instructional efforts, which soon people to fi ll them. Joseph D. Swann = caught up. Kim Allen Wilkerson A continuing conversation A statewide campus ©2012 Clemson University At a celebration of the Morrill Act in Washington, D.C., this summer, Microsoft founder Clemson World is published three times a year Clemson’s early curriculum focused on agriculture and engineering, along with the arts and Bill Gates said the top U.S. universities are still, by far, “the very best in the world when it for alumni and friends of Clemson University humanities, which are important for every educated person. Mr. Clemson explicitly granted to comes to research, teaching and learning. The education you provide is the key to the future by the Division of Advancement. Editorial trustees the power to change the curriculum to suit changing times and a changing economy. students want.” offi ces are in the Department of Creative For more than 120 years now, Clemson has provided generations of professional expertise Yet he also outlined concerns about rising costs, accessibility and the appropriate role of Services, Clemson University, 114 Daniel Dr., as our state grew from its 19th century economic base in agriculture, cotton and textiles to technology in an education model that blends online and face-to-face learning — still “the Clemson, SC 29631-1520 (FAX: 864-656- © include, today, some of the most advanced automotive and aviation manufacturing facilities best way to learn,” he said. 5004). Copyright Creative Services, Clemson you’ll fi nd anywhere in the world. Gates advised us to make need-based student aid and innovation top priorities. We should University. Story ideas and letters are welcome, but publisher assumes no responsibility for The entire state of South Carolina is our campus, and always has been. start a conversation now about what is our higher purpose, he said. Clemson’s Public Service division is responsible for statewide regulatory services like return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. This is a conversation Clemson has been having. It is refl ected in the priorities of our Send address changes to Records, Clemson fertilizer inspection and pesticide control. Livestock-poultry health staff help producers and Clemson 2020 plan. Now we need to carry it beyond our campus and the Clemson family. University Foundation, 155 Tiger Park, Ste. ensure the safety of the state’s meat and egg supply for consumers. How do we adapt the 19th century land-grant educational model to support the needs of 105, Clemson, SC 29633 (FAX: 864-656-1692), The Cooperative Extension Service still operates in every county, offering research-based the 21st century economy? or call 1-800-313-6517. information to farmers, land managers, food processors, gardeners, homeowners and families. And, most importantly, does the public still share and support Thomas Green Clemson’s Research on agriculture and natural resource problems and questions takes place on vision of a public university that makes access to a quality education possible and affordable CLEMSON WORLD campus and at fi ve research and education centers in the Midlands, PeeDee and Lowcountry. for ordinary South Carolinians? Corporate Sponsors Thank you for joining me on this important journey of thought and action. Go Tigers! ARAMARK Strategic partnerships Coca-Cola Company College of Architecture, Arts and About a decade ago, we began a strategic undertaking to add focused innovation campuses to Humanities these existing centers. Clemson became a partner in the public-private effort to support and Patrick Square James F. Barker, FAIA President

5 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 6 CW Upfront Zucker gift to help build CW DYK? Second volume of graduate education center Clemson history out this fall HARLESTON BUSINESSWOMAN Eleven Clemson and philanthropist Anita Zucker and students The High Seminary, Cher family have made a $5 million Volume 2: A History Will to Lead campaign gift to help build have received of Clemson University, the Zucker Family Graduate Education National Science 1964-2007 looks at Center at the Clemson University Clemson’s modern Restoration Institute (CURI) on the Foundation history as a major former Navy base in North Charleston. research university. Zucker, chair of The InterTech Group, graduate research joined with Clemson President James fellowships The new volume is Barker and others in June to announce written by University Memorial Park dedicated the gift. She explained how the project and six others historian Jerome N MAY 3, STUDENTS AND VETERANS, ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, faculty with its goal of providing education is a earned honorable V. Reel, published and staff gathered to dedicate Memorial Park, located on Williamson Road between natural outgrowth of the Hebrew concept by the Clemson Othe Scroll of Honor Memorial and Fike Recreation Center. The park pays tribute to the of , or “repairing the world,” tikkun olam Anita Zucker with President Barker mentions in University Digital thousands of Clemson alumni and friends who have served the state and nation in fi elds ranging that her family strives to live by. Press and distributed from agriculture to the military. “Creating a workforce with the right skills is fundamental to the state’s success and its the national through the Alumni A project of the Clemson Corps, an alumni group chartered to perpetuate the University’s economic vitality,” Zucker said. “Centers like this will help place South Carolina at the forefront military heritage, Memorial Park honors past generations of servant-leaders while challenging fellowship Association. Its release of innovation.” emerging leaders to identify how they will contribute. is scheduled for this President Barker compared CURI and the Zucker Center to the Clemson University International competition. “While the Scroll of Honor Memorial is a tribute to those members of the military who have Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in the Upstate, stressing that the same kind of fall, when it should made the ultimate sacrifi ce in service to our country, Memorial Park recognizes those who collaboration between academics and industry will result in vibrant economic development in This is a record become available at have served our country in a broad array of ways — in science, medicine, education, industry, the Lowcountry. number of hearusroarstore.com. agriculture, government, religion and other professions as well as the military,” said Danny “The Zucker Family Center at CURI will become the go-to place for innovation in advanced Or call the Alumni Rhodes, co-chair of the Memorial Park Committee. materials, the environment and sectors related to energy, power systems, logistics and NSF fellows Association at 864- In the park a walkway leads to a refl ection point overlooking the Scroll of Honor barrow, which transportation,” Barker said. 656-2345. Copies of lists the names of Clemson alumni killed while in the military. On the walkway, the paving stones The Restoration Institute already has garnered $120 million in investment for research and for Clemson. Volume 1 are also still are inscribed with such questions as “What do you believe?” “What will you give to?” and “What development, directly fueling the knowledge base critical to the future of South Carolina’s available. will you leave?” Between the refl ection point and the Scroll of Honor are boulders inscribed with economy. It is expected to open in 2014. the phrase, “How will you serve?”

Two Clemson engineering students CW DYK? Once just wasn’t enough selected for Washington internship Three participate in Climate Change fellowships Three alumni and two current FOR SUSANNE PARKER, A PH.D. CANDIDATE, A FACULTY MEMBER AND t h e fi r s t Clemson students competed in track an undergraduate traveled to Colombia to student to win a coveted and fi eld events at the 2012 participate in Climate Change Fellows, an fellowship through the exchange program funded by the U.S. Kennedy Center Olympics in London: George Department of State Bureau of Educational American College Kitchens ’05, United States, and Cultural Affairs and implemented by Partners of the Americas. Theater Festival men’s long jump; Patricia (KCACTF), once just Matthew Brownlee, a Ph.D. student in parks, recreation and tourism management, and Anand wasn’t enough. Parker, Mamona ’11, Portugal, women’s Researchers visit an innovative water Jayakaran, assistant professor in the School of a French and performing triple jump; and Cydonie treatment system. Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, arts double major, won Mothersill ’01, Cayman Islands, were chosen by representatives of the U.S. the national award for dramaturgy at KCACTF in 2011. Embassy in Colombia, USAID and other State Department offi cials in conjunction with members of This year, she was one of three students awarded a fellowship to women’s 200 meters; and Partners of the Americas. ROSS BEPPLER (JOHNS CREEK, GA.) AND KATE GASPARRO (Fountain represent the nation at the Critics Institute of the O’Neill Theatre Center. Brownlee’s research examines how interactions and attachments to climate-sensitive and Valley, Calif.) participated in the Washington Internships for Students students Marlena Wesh, Haiti, She received a full scholarship to work in the Institute for Theatre climate-infl uenced resources infl uence visitation and tourism behavior, climate change perceptions of Engineering, a paid 10-week summer internship in Washington, D.C. women’s 400 meters; and Journalism and Advocacy in Washington, D.C. and attitudes toward sustainable tourism. Jayakaran researches the effects of human- and Participants are third- and fourth-year engineering students selected climate-induced change on coastal watersheds. from a nationwide competition. During the program, interns observe Warren Fraser, Bahamas, men’s Larissa Clarke, a junior conservation biology major from Charleston, participated in the Climate the public policy process and see how engineers can be involved in 100 meters. Change Fellowship as part of the S.C. International Research program. making policies.

7 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 8 CW Upfront David Dukes ’81 named trustee; McTeer moves CW DYK? Clemson engineering students make a difference to emeritus status Three Clemson AVID E. DUKES OF COLUMBIA, CHAIR of the executive committee and former student-athletes Dmanaging partner of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP, has been — Seth Broster selected to serve as a Clemson trustee. “I am honored to have this opportunity (swimming), to serve my alma mater. My education and experience at Clemson provided a solid Alyssa Kulik and foundation for me to pursue opportunities in the law and business world. I look forward Kim Ruck to being able to give back to Clemson,” (track and fi eld) said Dukes. Dukes succeeds Thomas B. McTeer ’60, Honors College marks 50 years — were recipients also of Columbia, who retired after more than 35 years of service — making him one of the HEN THE HONORS COLLEGE AT CLEMSON BEGAN IN 1962, QUALIFIED of NCAA longest-serving trustees in Clemson history. students could take one honors seminar per semester in general education. Fifty He served one term as chair of the board and served on the presidential selection Wyears later, nearly 1,200 high-achieving students from 41 states and 10 foreign postgraduate committee that led to the appointment of President Barker. countries enjoy the Calhoun Honors College’s wide variety of courses and programs both on Dukes has been an active and engaged student and alumnus, having previously and off campus as well as abroad. scholarships. TWO STUDENT ENGINEERING GROUPS TRAVELED ABROAD, served on the University’s Board of Visitors and the President’s Advisory Board. The summer before freshman year, Honors students can participate in EUREKA! He is a longtime supporter of IPTAY and the Clemson Fund. (pictured above), a fi ve-week on-campus program that enables them to conduct research This is the fi rst one to begin construction of a project in Nicaragua and the other to celebrate completion of a project in Haiti. He earned his bachelor’s degree in fi nancial management from Clemson in with faculty and get a jump start on their Clemson education. Students can live together Engineers Abroad, a Creative Inquiry team that 1981 and his law degree from the University of South Carolina Law School in an Honors College living-learning community. Throughout their four years, other time the Tiger has several projects under way domestically and in 1984. programs like the Dixon Global Policy Scholars provide opportunities to develop a deeper athletic program internationally, traveled to Nicaragua to construct understanding of global politics and policies through seminars, mentoring and study-travel, community buildings for the children in the Athletics wrap-up: winning on the fi eld often funded by Honors College grants. More than $100,000 in grants was awarded in has had three community of La Pintada. They built an offi cial baseball 2011 to support travel and research. and in the classroom fi eld for the community that included a new fence, Additionally, the Honors College offers advising for prestigious national fellowships award winners benches and real bases, and began the construction of and scholarships such as the Rhodes, Truman, Marshall, Fulbright and National WHEN THE HURDLERS FROM THE WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM WENT TO THE ACC INDOOR in the same a new school building. The group also donated school Championships, they didn’t just win; they dominated. They came into the meet with the top fi ve Science Foundation. supplies and taught an engineering lesson with the Clemson’s Norris Medal, given to the best all-around graduating senior, has been times in the conference, then became the fi rst ACC academic year. schoolchildren using toothpicks and marshmallows. team to have hurdlers fi nish in the top fi ve positions. awarded to an Honors student for the past eight years. Eighty percent of Calhoun Honors The group returned in May and completed construction students graduate from Clemson with a fi nal grade point average of 3.7 or higher. The In addition, the team as a whole swept the ACC of the school; they also did testing for a future water indoor and outdoor championships for the third average SAT of incoming Honors freshmen is 1420, and the average high school class rank purifi cation system. straight year and went on to tie for fourth in the is in the top 3 percent. Clemson Engineers for Developing Countries NCAA Outdoor Championships and for fi fth at the traveled to Haiti for the dedication of a water system Indoor Championships. They ended the year with 22

they have been involved in designing and building Media Brown/IPTAY Rex total fi rst- or second-team All-Americans. Preserving summer fl avors over the past year. The turbine-driven water pumping Shotgun Club wins big They weren’t alone in their successes. The football and fi ltration system serves the greater Cange area and a LEMSON EXTENSION AGENTS OFFER team captured the ACC Championship with a victory population of nearly workshops across South Carolina to over Virginia Tech. And six of 19 teams fi nished with 10,000 in an area Cteach consumers how to keep summer top-25 national rankings. fruits and vegetables available year-round that has been plagued by cholera Success didn’t end on the fi eld of play. Clemson was Jasmine Edgerson was the 2011 ACC indoor through canning and preserving. Eight champion in the 60-meter hurdles. since the 2010 the only BCS school to win a football conference Extension food safety agents offered 47 earthquake that championship and rank in the top 10 percent of workshops last year and this year trained 43 leveled the country’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. And Tiger football and golf rank among the top 10 percent canning coaches who, along with the agents, capital. It is the fi rst of all programs nationally in terms of APR scores. The golf team, which made the NCAA can share the skills with friends and neighbors. chlorinated tournament for the 31st straight year, boasts a perfect APR score of 1000 for the sixth time in The S.C. Department of Agriculture provided municipal water system in the central plateau of Haiti. eight years. funding for workshop equipment and supplies The six students and their faculty adviser, Jennifer to encourage sales of locally grown produce. Ogle, also participated in the dedication of the Centre de CW DYK? Formation Fritz Lafontant vocational school where intern Four recent graduates received prestigious Fulbright grants to THE CLEMSON SHOTGUN CLUB WON FOUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE Michael Ladue teaches English to Haitian students. Unions International Target Championships at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, The group will continue to work in the region helping conduct research or teaching abroad. Two students were awarded this spring. Competing in the event were 57 colleges and 520 individual shooters. to improve water quality, sanitation and waste the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Science, The Clemson team won national championships in International Skeet, International Trap, American management systems. Mathematics and Engineering; two others received an honorable Skeet and American Trap events. The team placed second in Sporting Clays and 5-stand. The team was runner-up in the overall Division III National Championship (all events combined). mention in the competition.

9 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 10 CW Upfront Center for Emerging Technologies opens at CU-ICAR Symphonic Band and Great thinkers and doers LEMSON OFFICIALLY Jazz Ensemble perform opened its fi rst multi- during Olympics Clemson’s faculty are always making headlines, whether it’s for their effectiveness in the classroom, Ctenant building at the their innovations in technology and industry, or their infl uence in the marketplace. Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in May. The Center David Allison ’78, M ’82, professor of architecture, was Stephen Moysey, assistant professor of environmental for Emerging Technologies named one of the eight most infl uential people in health engineering and earth sciences, won a prestigious provides offi ce, administrative and laboratory space for the care design by Healthcare Design Magazine. National Science Foundation CAREER Award to support his research project, “Advancing the mechanistic transportation, technology and Cutting the ribbon at the Center for Emerging Technologies are Paul Christopher Anderson (history), Robert Kosinsky understanding of fi eld-scale preferential fl ow and transport energy sectors where emerging (from left): George Biediger, Clemson University Real Estate (biological sciences), Robin Kowalski (psychology), Karen processes in soils using geophysics.” The CAREER Award or established companies can Foundation chair; H. Philip Paradice, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Clemson Pressprich (chemistry) and Stephen Schvaneveldt is the highest honor given to young faculty by the National expand and develop technologies President James F. Barker; Roy Abercrombie, Clemson University (chemistry) are profi led in “The Best 300 Professors.” Science Foundation. that complement Clemson faculty/student research. Real Estate Foundation board; and Charles Dalton, president, The Princeton Review partnered with RateMyProfessors. IT WASN’T THE NORMAL AUDIENCE FOR THE The 60,000-square-foot Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. com to develop the roster, which includes top educators Michael Padilla, education professor and director of the Clemson Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble. state-of-the-art Center for Emerging Technologies represents an investment of in more than 60 fi elds from 122 colleges and universities Eugene T. Moore School of Education, was honored by the This summer, the groups traveled to London for $11 million. The Clemson University Real Estate Foundation received $3 million across the nation. National Science Teachers Association with the Robert the 2012 Summer Olympics and had the honor of from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration Carleton Award, which recognizes outstanding performing outside the various venues throughout The National Council on Independent Living used and a $740,000 zero-interest loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. contributions to and leadership in science education at the city. Prime III, an electronic, accessible voting system created John Kelly, Clemson vice president for economic development, said the center’s the national level and to the National Science Teachers They performed a variety of American music by computing professor Juan Gilbert, to elect offi cers in success is testament to CU-ICAR’s reputation as the premier location for the Association in particular. in this English setting, a theme Director of Bands its national election in June. The state of Oregon used automotive technology sector. Mark Spede called the “Sounds of America.” the system for its primary elections earlier this year. Richard Stolen, distinguished visiting professor in More than a dozen companies and groups are established in the center, including “It was a great chance for Gilbert, chair of the human-centered computing division materials science and engineering and faculty member in Sage Automotive Interiors, a spinoff company started by former employees of Milliken Clemson to be showcased on an in the School of Computing, is directing a three-year, the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering and Co. who purchased the company’s automotive fabric division. Sage will occupy international stage,” said Spede. $4.5 million project funded by the U.S. Election Technologies, has been elected to the National Academy approximately 16,000 square feet of space in the center. “People from all over the world Assistance Commission to increase accessibility of “new, of Engineering. Stolen is a pioneer in engineering methods In less than a decade, CU-ICAR has become a model for economic development, heard our students perform, and existing and emerging technological solutions” in the to harness light. with 19 corporate partners, 30 research partners and 775 employees across 760,000 they certainly represented the design of voting systems. constructed square feet. University well.” Tom Waldrop ’78, M ’80, Southern Research Station “CU-ICAR is an automotive ecosystem that helps companies make connections President and Mrs. Barker Bill Havice, associate dean of the College of Health, research forester, received the U.S. Forest Service Deputy and build relationships,” Kelly said. “The Center for Emerging Technologies is the traveled to London with the group. Education and Human Development, received the Chief’s Distinguished Science Award for 2011. Waldrop is embodiment of that business model, and we are eager to see our newest partners International Technology and Engineering Educators recognized for sustained research productivity, fl ourish.” Association Lockette/Monroe Humanitarian Award. contribution of major impact on science technology, He also received the Technology Teacher Educator of scientifi c leadership, application of benefi ts of research Rural heritage meets the 21st century the Year Award from the Council on Technology and and service. Graphic communications students N THE DAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATED Engineering Teacher Education. recognized at industry conference Jillian Weise, assistant professor of creative writing, South Carolina’s rural heritage, Clemson marked 100 Professor of physics Miguel Larsen was principal received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award for her new Oyears of service in the Pee Dee. During a ceremony in STUDENTS FROM THE GRAPHIC investigator for a NASA study that launched fi ve collection, The Book of Goodbyes, which will be published April at the 2012 Rural Heritage Celebration, offi cials from communications department suborbital sounding rockets from its Wallops Flight by BOA Editions Ltd. in fall 2013. Clemson’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center said the won the Helmut Kippan Cup for Facility in Virginia in March. Each rocket released a center’s role today is as important as it was a century ago. overall best student journal chemical tracer that created milky, white clouds at the Elaine Worzola, professor of real estate and director of the The land- publication at the 64th annual edge of space. Tracking the way the clouds move can Richard H. Pennell Center for Real Estate Development, grant university international conference of the help scientists understand the movement of the winds received a Distinguished Service Award from The system in the Technical Association of the some 65 miles up in the sky, which in turn will help American Real Estate Society. U.S. combines Graphic Arts. create better models of the electromagnetic regions of research and From left, Mary Vaughn Williford, Liam O’Hara, Jessie Thompson Josh Boland and Jessie Thompson. space that can damage man-made satellites and disrupt Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus of the College of Business education to (Ooletewah, Tenn.), Mary and Behavioral Science and Alumni Distinguished speed innovation Vaughn Williford (Rock Hill)

communications systems. Hull Peter Professor Emeritus of Economics, received the Adam to market, said and Josh Boland (Lexington) Desmond Layne, professor in the College of Agriculture, Smith Award from the Association of Private Enterprise Bruce Fortnum, represented the team of students who produced the journal. The Clemson team Forestry and Life Sciences and state peach specialist, Education for his lasting contributions to perpetuation of the center’s put together a bound book featuring undergraduate and graduate research. won fi rst place in Communications Award-Audio the free market. director. While crops and research have changed during the Among the papers presented, packaging science graduate student Alexandra Hartman was recognized with the Dusty Rhodes Graduate Paper Award. Recordings from the National Association of County Pee Dee center’s 100 years, its primary function remains The journal was created using several processes including fl exography, offset Agricultural Agents for his entry, “Sweet Lessons from Valerie Zimany, assistant professor of art, was a fi nalist economic development. lithography and digital printing. The team also created an analog animation a South Carolina Peach Professor.” in the NICHE Awards Competition for her work, Chigiri-e The center is recognized for research in tobacco, cotton, to showcase their creativity and skill. (Good Birds Bad Words). The competition recognizes turfgrass and biofuels, and regularly welcomes visiting The Helmut Kippan Cup is given for the school that displays technical the best contemporary design by American and scientists from around the world. Canadian artisans. prowess, content, design and production quality in a fi eld of schools from across the U.S., Canada and France. CW Upfront Clemson’s economic impact

You don’t have to be a resident of Clemson when the students on average $1.65 billion in output in the state economy per return each August to realize the tremendous impact the year. The total impact on output for that 10-year period was University has, not only on the city itself, but on the surrounding approximately $16.5 billion. dream big counties and even statewide. And that impact is greater than the • Sporting events generate some 1,200 jobs per year in the University’s almost 20,000 students and 8,000-plus employees. Tri-County area due to spending by attendees who travel A recent economic impact study by researchers in the Strom from outside the Clemson area. Thurmond Institute shed some light on the topic. Key points of • Clemson’s activities in Greenville have directly and indirectly the study include: generated over 400 jobs in Greenville County since 2001. • Since 2001, Clemson’s estimated total impact on net state • Clemson’s activities in Anderson County have directly and $1,000,000,000 government revenues has exceeded state appropriations by indirectly generated over 430 jobs in Anderson County an average of $31.1 million annually, and by $77.4 million since 2001. in 2010. • Clemson’s Conference Center and Inn has a $14 million The new goal for the Will to Lead campaign is $1 billion. • More than 31 percent of jobs in Pickens County, over 12 average impact on the local economy, and more than 345 percent in the Tri-County area, 6 percent in the four-county jobs are maintained through operations and patron spending. That’s a huge goal, a goal never undertaken by a public university region (including Greenville County), and more than One striking illustration of Clemson’s economic impact on 1 percent in the state were directly or indirectly attributable the area can be seen as it’s broken down to each home with an alumni base the size of ours. to Clemson University, its students and visitors in 2010. football game. Each home game results in an average of • Between 2001 and 2010, Clemson University, through $733,000 of state government net revenue. But it also affects both direct output and all “spillover” effects, generated employment, output and local revenue. But we can do it.

Estimated impact of average Clemson home football game In the middle of a recession, the Clemson Family and friends raised more than $608 million for Clemson, exceeding our goal. These vital funds met many, many of the University’s most immediate needs. Employment* Output** Total jobs created statewide 198 Total money spent by fans $10,273,000 But this is about the future. $ Anderson County $1,679,000 Anderson County 42 Funds are needed for additional scholarships, fellowships, professorships and endowed chairs $ Oconee County $595,000 to benefit our current students and faculty, and to attract even more top talent. Oconee County 13 $ Pickens County $1,976,000 New facilities are needed to replace aged and inadequate academic and athletic structures. $ Greenville County $4,394,000 And dollars are needed to provide the kind of unique experiences that create Pickens County 54 the marketplace-ready graduates that Clemson prides itself in. Greenville County 73 Net local government revenue*** The challenge to raise $1 billion is the most ambitious ever undertaken Local government total revenue $542,000 = 10 jobs by a public university with an alumni base of our size. $ Anderson County $102,000 The campaign must move forward in order to make sure *Employment is the number of jobs created by $ Oconee County $40,000 Clemson continues to be all that is Clemson — bold, proud, outstanding, determined spending by fans and all “ripple effects.” **Output is the dollar value of all goods and services $ Pickens County $93,000 and willing to work hard to reach a big goal, a really big goal. produced within each county as a result of fan spending. $ Greenville County $198,000 ***Net local government revenue is the revenue collected by county and city governments, minus expenses, as a result of spending by fans.

For the full study, go to sti.clemson.edu.

13 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 14 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 14 Driven to make a difference Visiting the orphanage during a mission trip, Phillips was overwhelmed with a desire to start an orphanage in this country, for these children. The leaders of the group he was traveling with — called Choose to Invest — had the same desire. Together, they’re working to make this orphanage a reality.

In addition to being a full-time student, Phillips worked 20 to 30 hours a week the past year to get the orphanage — called Kimbilio (the Swahili word for refuge) — started. He’s been making plans, fundraising and organizing events. For Phillips, Kenya has seemed like an extended family that wants to teach him about All without being paid a dime. its culture and to learn about his.

“It’s been diffi cult. Most of my friends are hanging out, and I am at home reading Kenyan “I believe that she really saw my potential government documents and developing as a student and wanted to help in any way fundraising materials,” said Phillips, who possible,” Phillips said. “When I went to see graduated in May. her she talked about life, not just school. She constantly checks in about the orphanage A to see how things are going and if she can Education for life help out.” heart Phillips came to Clemson from Lynchburg, S.C., And Jones loved seeing this thoughtful, driven as a special education major. Then he switched young man connect his classroom lessons to to parks, recreation and tourism management his greater aspirations and callings. (PRTM) with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation. Finally, he landed in communi- “That’s ultimately what we hope for out of cation studies. these students,” she said. “He’s part of a growing culture of students to help When he walked up to the concrete Kenyan who are making sure their orphanage in 2010, the lessons from those education means something three majors began to meld together. and is connected to hen Edward Phillips walked “I feel like being in all three majors equipped something bigger.” 147 million orphans me for many different areas of life. I knew I had into a cramped, dirty worldwide. a passion for children with disabilities. Special Kenyan orphanage two education and therapeutic recreation provided Partners in change years ago, he felt a call to knowledge of children — especially those Working with Phillips is 2.6 million orphans help. Didn’t matter that he with disabilities. And communication studies fellow Clemson student has taught me how to explain the vision of Chase Robinson, who is was just 19 years old. Didn’t matter that he was in Kenya. W the project.” doing the architectural a rising junior at Clemson. Didn’t matter that he drawings for Kimbilio. lived almost 8,000 miles away. 1 Clemson student with Encouraging potential a heart to help. He had to help. Now. Professors like Karyn Ogata Jones, interim chair of the communications studies depart- ment, helped Phillips tailor his classes “I knew I could do something now; you don’t to subjects that would benefi t his work by Crystal Boyles O have to wait to make a difference,” Phillips said. experience on his journey.

15 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 16 “We’re pushing through and really having faith — we’re 22, we’re not professionals, but we can do this,” said Robinson, a senior architecture student.

Robinson and Phillips might not be professionals, but their professors are. “Professor Dan Harding has taught me so much within a short period of time,” said Robinson. “His for the Eyes and the Palate knowledge and heart for community development serve as motivation for me to learn more in architecture. And his own architectural style on previous projects has influenced the design of Kimbilio.” Robinson, who’s from Spartanburg, Making words less... ugly? dreams of being able to use his architecture degree and his childhood Clemson alumni share a determination to make the world a by desire to sketch on everything he better place. Adrienne Burris is working in her “off hours” Rebecca touches to serve people, to impact in much the same role as Edward Phillips: an entrepreneur Shepherd the world. for good.

Planning for the future fter graduation, I feel that beneficial relationship with writing, and it’s a Clemson student’s job it’s such a necessary skill for success As the project takes off and funds to take the energy, creativity in our society.” That’s when she got start coming in, Phillips is already “A A Feast and determination that permeate the inspired to pursue a project she’d idly planning for the future. He has ‘Clemson bubble’ and extend it to the dreamed about for a while, and she spoken with professors in both world,” says Adrienne Burris ’10. named it “Ugly Words.” special education and PRTM about sending teams and study abroad When Burris attended Clemson, she “Ugly Words empowers Upstate children Enjoy the sensations of a uniquely students over to Kenya to work with took part in a Creative Inquiry (CI) ages 6-18 to write frequently and Clemson dining experience. the children in the orphanage, which project in the English department that confidently through a combination of he hopes will be up and running in resulted in The Rapscallion, a student- workshops and one-on-one tutoring,” Seasons by the Lake restaurant three years. run humor publication. Now she’s started explains Burris. “Our main focus is to offers picturesque views of an Upstate initiative to encourage kids remove the fear, dread and general “I’d like to say Edward’s one of a Hartwell Lake and savory to like writing and allow themselves to sense of hatred that tend to accompany kind, but I don’t want to say that explore their imaginations. the writing process.” Southern fare. For a true taste of because I’d love to see more students like him who are committed to “It all started as a CI course on humor “It’s all about breaking down the Clemson ambience and delicious making a difference in this world,” writing, and after a semester of analyzing steps into their smallest components regional favorites, Seasons by the Jones said. comedians, humorous essays and joke and meeting the little author ‘where Lake is the choice to make. structure, The Rapscallion was born,” he is.’ If he can’t write a story, start If you’d like to be a part of the she remembers. with a paragraph. If he can’t write a Kimbilio project or would like to paragraph, work on writing a sentence. know more, email Edward Phillips at Seasons is located lakeside After she graduated, Burris got a job If a sentence isn’t possible, make a list [email protected]. working with autistic children, and was of ideas,” Burris continues. at Clemson University in the struck by the reaction of one of her Conference Center and Inn. students when she presented him with a “At the end of the day, we want every piece of paper and a pencil. “The young child or young adult to leave our boy burst into tears and crawled into a workshops feeling like Rocky at the top corner,” she recalls. “It reminded me that of the stairs.” FREE not all people — autistic or not — have a Present this coupon for a free dessert item with your purchase of an entrée.

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® “I’ve always loved county road, we would bring him home, fi x him animals deeply,” says up and fi nd him a home.” Saul, founder of Petfi nder. It wasn’t that her family was consciously com. “I’ve also been “rescuing” animals, she says. “We were just amazed that such intense being neighborly — responsible. Having a sense regard can cross species of responsibility as part of the family culture was and language boundaries. hugely formative for me.” It makes me feel like a part of something so large and universal to be able Social entrepreneurship to attract the love of a In 1995, Saul had completed her course work for pooch, the good humor her master’s degree at Clemson and was working of a horse or the trust of in New Jersey’s urban forestry program while a chicken.” she completed her thesis with Professor Tom So how did she go Williams. She and her then-husband, Jared Saul, from a 12-year-old in made a New Year’s resolution to use the power Joplin to being listed in of the Internet to implement a project — not for the company of Michelle profi t, but for some social good. The issue of Obama, Hillary Clinton, homeless pets seemed a natural one to tackle. Angelina Jolie, Maria Estimates at that point were that the U.S. was Shriver and Marian Wright euthanizing more than 16-20 million pets in Edelman, among other shelters per year. He built the search engine and notables? she learned to code HTML; they spent evenings It was a somewhat building a database of homeless pets. circuitous route, but it “During the day, I was putting that good was by way of Clemson. Clemson forestry department information to work and helping develop educational material and A responsible citizen programs to get folks interested in protecting and preserving their street trees,” says Saul. “But Saul did her undergraduate work at Missouri while I was at work, pet lists were arriving in Just being For Betsy Banks Saul, that includes the pets. Southern State University. After college she my mailbox, my inbox and on my neighbor’s fax worked as a park ranger in Alaska at Wrangell- machine. I went home every night and entered St. Elias National Park, “a very cool and primitive homeless pets from local shelters into the brand park,” as she describes it. From there, she new database we’d built. It was exciting, but ven as a kid growing up in Joplin, Mo., E came to Clemson to pursue a master’s degree in I remember feeling torn because I really was neighborly Betsy Banks Saul M ’96 was always bringing forestry, focusing on groundwater contamination. serious about my fi eld of study and my ‘real’ job.” All of those things speak to Saul’s connection home animals. At 12, she started volunteering That project was the seed for Petfi nder.com, with the world and her understanding of what it a database of over 350,000 adoptable homeless by Nancy M. Spitler with a woman who rescued pets. That experience means to be a responsible citizen of that world. pets at more than 14,000 animal welfare with Animal Aid, and the revolving menagerie It’s an understanding that was formed early in organizations in North America. Photos by Craig Mahaffey her life. Petfi nder might seem a far stretch from of animals she encountered, made a lasting “We always had pets in our home,” she says, a graduate program in forestry, focused on ß ß impression. It planted the seed of an idea “but I think I was less infl uenced by having pets groundwater contamination, but Saul credits that would result in her being named one of than by the fact that my family always had an her experiences at Clemson with preparing her open door for anyone in need. If we encountered for life as an entrepreneur. She speaks fondly of “50 women who are changing the world” by an old stray dog, hungry and covered with mange, professors B. Allen Dunn and Tom Williams and Women’s Day magazine. while we were out picking blackberries along the her colleagues from across campus.

19 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 20 “Being one of only a few women in the forestry years and 20 million adoptions later, we aim to department (and a tree-hugger, at that) was a help save over 200,000 lives a month this year,” foreshadowing of what was to come,” she says. says Saul. Petfinder is now responsible for 70 “There used to be a wide gap between the animal percent of all pet adoptions in this country, and control officers and the ‘rescue’/foster community, the number of euthanized pets will be less than just as there can be a wide gap between traditional 4 million this year. “Still too high,” says Saul, foresters and environmental protection groups or “but amazing progress by the animal welfare utility tree trimmers and local tree commissions. community in 16 years.” Facilitating collaboration has been a constant since my days in graduate school. At Clemson, I ended The lessons live on up making a diverse group of friends from all over the campus (the best of which were from wildlife Saul now lives in Florida and has a small farm and engineering). We hung out at the Esso Club. with rescued farm animals in North Carolina, Those extracurriculars, the relationships with folks a combination that brings her near Clemson from other departments and perspectives, and when she drives back and forth with her family interactions with the professors probably most and shepherd mix, Jake. “I fell in love with the prepared me for life in business.” Southeast when I was at Clemson,” she says. Saul shares her home with her husband, Determined to make a difference Ed Powers, and two teenagers, plus 20 or so formerly homeless pets ranging in size from a It was no small thing at the beginning to get box turtle (Sydney) to cows (Harriet, Juliette and shelters on board with the online idea. The World Missy). Although Discovery Communications Wide Web was brand new, and people didn’t trust acquired Petfinder in 2006, Saul remains the audience yet. There was no spare money for extremely involved with both Petfinder and advertising. But one at a time, shelters began to the Petfinder.com Foundation, established in fax and email their lists of adoptable pets, and the 2003 to assist animal welfare organizations in idea caught on. time of need. Saul also serves on the advisory “I still have my first newspaper article about board of Tufts University’s veterinary college Petfinder, back when the website address was and the Alliance for Contraception of Cats and www.clemson.edu/~betsy/petfinder.html,” says Dogs (looking for nonsurgical solutions to spay/ Saul. Her first goals sound almost laughable now. neuter). Last year, she was named alumna of the “I told myself that if we could reliably help save year of Missouri Southern State University in her a life a month, then I’d have to consider making hometown of Joplin. Petfinder more than an after-hours hobby,” There’s no doubt that those lessons of she says. responsibility and being neighborly she learned In 1998, the site went national; in 2000 the early in life continue to yield results. addition of Canada took it international. “Sixteen

Saul and her husband, Ed Powers, along with her granddaughter, Azalyn Broca, and Jake.

21 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 22 hen President Jim Institute for Ethics. Together they paper topics and studying for tests was rules,” Wueste said. “Principles and rules developed a one-semester Creative something I needed to work through are devices for safeguarding values, like Barker was asked to Inquiry (CI) class in the Department of myself and reach a conclusion. fences or locks. The difference is that help simplify and Philosophy and Religion that would However, in this class we were — unlike fences and locks — rules rely improve the Division I engage a small group of students from encouraged to try to help everyone on obedience, compliance. By obeying W across the campus in the rules succeed. Some of my best ideas came the rules, we demonstrate our values, our rulebook for the National evaluation. Eight students worked with from conversations with other people in code of conduct.” Collegiate Athletic Association Wueste and Barker over the course of the class, and I like to think I helped the spring semester to delve into the some others in progressing their ideas.” When silly rules, like the cream cheese (NCAA), he fi rst asked a question rulebook, looking not just for answers, rule, are allowed to stand, says Wueste, but also for the right questions. Bill Maker, chair of the Department of then it’s easy to dismiss all the rules as that he has asked many times Philosophy and Religion, said, “The silly. The stakes are high. When one before — “How can we make this The students did not pull any punches. department prides itself on engaging player breaks the rules, all are hurt. a teachable moment?” They asked if the top priority of philosophy, bringing the philosophical When one school’s reputation is intercollegiate athletics is consistent mindset to bear on everyday concerns, tarnished, all feel the sting and suffer with the main values of the NCAA. just as Socrates did in ancient Athens.” the backlash. Appointed as chair of one of four working groups Is it fair to punish an entire team or charged with recommending changes to improve university when the violators are often The method is an the culture and operation of Divison I inter- long gone without ever being punished? effective one. collegiate athletics, Barker was tasked with How do we align the noncommercial According to examining the 500-page rulebook and looking ethics of college sports with commercial student Doug for ways to make the regulations easier to practices such as merchandising? Margison, understand and follow, not to mention easier a junior majoring to enforce. Topics of discussion ranged from in philosophy from education of student-athletes to the West Hartford, Accepting the challenge, Barker said, “Our rules university’s responsibility to uphold the Conn., “Reading a need to focus on integrity and the serious highest ethical standards in recruitment news story on problems we face. They must be clear and easy PLAYING and booster fundraising. The CI students ESPN about what to understand and enforce. That’s what this dug deeply into the rulebook, looking we discussed in working group will try to deliver.” past the often-laughable examples class and having BY THE (re: bagels and cream cheese) to study real insight into President Jim Barker and Professor Dan Wueste lead a class discussion. how an ethical, just organization the problems at The Task at Hand should behave. hand was very cool for me. “Working with this CI group has helped One of the overarching goals is to make the This was an unforgettable experience, us move forward in several crucial ways,” rulebook more concise. Barker originally asked Half the students in the group are and hopefully one day I will be able to said Barker. “The students teased out members of his working group to consolidate philosophy majors (or were, some have look back and say I had one of those some of the most important questions, their core NCAA values onto a single page. When graduated), the rest seeking degrees conversations that changed the game.” and explored the answers with rigor and the rulebook revisions are complete, he hopes in educational leadership, business imagination. But more importantly, their the 500 pages will shrink by at least half. administration, fi nancial management engaged conversation and debate shed Another goal — focus on the big picture, as and management. light on this topic in ways that would not opposed to minutiae. Rules like the one that have been likely otherwise. This is what One student hopes to work for ESPN, Thinking Critically allows giving a student-athlete a bagel — but Why are NCAA violations such a hot a university is supposed to do. Teach, while two foresee law school in their disallows giving a student-athlete a bagel with button topic at the moment? Wueste, but also learn.” cream cheese — should be tossed. futures. Another student is intrigued Barker and their students suggested by economics and studies television that, fi rst and foremost, the economy At the conclusion of the CI class, the What was needed, Barker realized, was a return contracts and the visual rhetoric that has put more focus on how money is students presented their research to not just to common sense but to the core values plays into athlete portrayal on the big being spent within universities. Also, Barker and other members of his working of ethical behavior that should guide decision- screen. Others are athletes themselves. college sports affect a huge national group — University of Nebraska-Lincoln making within any organization. How do All share a common bond: the love of audience, from avid fans to parents of Chancellor Harvey Perlman and North institutions of varying size, wealth and RULES sports and sports-related topics. pee wee ball players, who shell out Carolina Central University Chancellor opportunity establish ethical guidelines fair enormous amounts of money for Charles Nelms. Those three university to everyone? “I think the most valuable thing I leaders have their work cut out for them learned from the class that I will carry number-branded jerseys and cross their as they prepare to make recommendations by Jeannie Davis with me into my career after Clemson is fi ngers that this year’s MVPs will set the right kind of examples. to the NCAA sometime next year. and The Teachable Mome nt that there is nothing wrong with asking Mary Parker From the outset, Barker looked for a way to for help from others around you,” “The challenges the NCAA faces in But in the meantime, the path forward involve students in this important endeavor. according to Matt Jordan, a senior from making, enforcing or revising rules are may be a bit clearer thanks to the hard He turned to colleague Dan Wueste, professor of Piedmont, majoring in philosophy. “In like those encountered by any work and creative inquiry of eight very philosophy and director of Clemson’s Rutland all of my other classes, I always felt like organization that seeks to govern with special Clemson students.

23 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 24 The YES that changed I have a favorite picture. nonrefundable down payments: one Taken at my high school for Clemson, and one for the school my everyone thought I’d be attending in graduation in Westfi eld, Mass., the picture shows me the fall. with three close friends, our FINDING SOMETHING heads tilted close, our mortar- life WE COULD AGREE ON boards almost touching. We In late April my parents and I took a all look right at the camera by Steve Caldes ’01 tour of the “other” school and they even though there are girls loved it. It was small and insulated, Steve Caldes everywhere. Somehow we all beautiful and safe, quiet and quaint (second from look acne-free. Somehow this and picturesque with Jesuit monks the right) picture, taken before I had walking the green grounds in their ever laid eyes on Clemson University soil, screams traditional brown garb. Even I had to admit – begrudgingly, of I strengthened my understanding of simply saying yes. Our experiences were Clemson University. Somehow I will try to explain. course – that it seemed quite all right. The picture captures a respect, friendship and love. It was at individual, but their inception was the The picture captures a moment of pure elation at the Four weeks later, a week after graduation, the three of us Clemson that I realized that up until this moment of pure elation same. They all started with Clemson saying end of high school. But this picture is really about beginnings, took another drive, this time down to South Carolina. The drive point I’d had it all wrong. YES. All I can say in return is “Thank you.” for before it hands out diplomas, college hands us all shiny, down was long and hot, the air conditioner in the ’93 Mercury at the end of high school. I came to Clemson a Secondary Thank you for believing in me, Clemson. clean slates. Sable working intermittently. As we drove onto campus, I paid more attention to my parents’ perusing of campus than of Education major, but after one semes- But this picture is really I believe in you too. ter in Jean Kuehnel’s English composi- I graduated from Clemson University on A CHANCE DISCOVERY the campus itself. We drove past Death Valley, and a hush about beginnings, for came over the car. Finally, my father softly said, “Wow.” tion class I knew that if I was going May 11, 2001, a different person, humble To this day I still cannot believe Clemson accepted me. I was I audibly exhaled. to teach, I was going to teach college. before it hands out but self-assured, questioning but confi dent. immature, lacked drive, and had a visible disdain for all things The four years that followed found me I didn’t return to Clemson for eight years. Clemson took my parents off my hands and treated them diplomas, college hands authoritative. My high school grades were “good” (at best); my like, frankly, I feel they’d never been treated before. I was busy working to attach myself to the English When I fi nally returned, feelings of college entrance essay was titled “My Best Friend the Pen” registering for classes (fi ngers-crossed), hanging out in the Department. The young creative writers us all shiny, clean slates. thankfulness washed over me the entire (really); my community service was non-existent; and I had dorms with kids whose accents I couldn’t understand, attending – Brock Clarke, Keith Lee Morris, Jean weekend. My friends and I rented a lake little extracurricular connection to my school, save four years rallies and orientation lectures and, of course, learning the fi ght Kuehnel – with no books between them house and fi lled it with our younger selves, on the swim team (one of the most individual of team sports). song. It was truly three magical days. It’s funny, there was never (now there’s nine and counting), sharing our loved ones and our Coors Light. Looking back at my high school self, I realize that an “Okay, you can attend Clemson” conversation. Instead, on their passion and work ethic; the storytelling veterans – Harold We visited all our favorite spots, watched Clemson blow a my gregariousness rarely came off as genuine, rather as the last day, the three of us were all just standing together in Woodell, Bill Koon, Wayne Chapman, Beth Daniell – dispensing fourth quarter lead (“Just like old times, guys!”) and tried obnoxious, arrogant or both. This, compounded with my height the TigerOne card offi ce and that was that. Before we left I wisdom to the uninitiated; the brilliant new blood – Catherine hard to relive our halcyon pasts. One late morning after our (high), my hair (large), my voice (loud), my joie de vivre (too bought an orange Clemson t-shirt. I wore it all summer. Paul, Lee Morrissey – talking just over the heads of the stu- hangovers had worn off, we strolled across campus. joie for most people’s vivre), was an equation that equaled dents, yet low enough to still grasp at; and Mr. 3-hours of sleep We admired the fact that while we were different, loneliness. I belonged only to my notion of not belonging. DISCOVERING FAST-PACED CONVERSATIONS AND FRIED PICKLES himself, Mark Charney, stoking creative fi res wherever they Clemson, guided by tradition but not glued to it, was still One winter afternoon my senior year, sitting alone in the happened to burn. relatively the same. Same in the way that it still seemed in Westfi eld High library, I came across a Clemson brochure, a The day I left for Clemson, my parents walked me to the air- I now teach in the English Department at The University fl ux, still seemed to be growing, still fi nding itself, forever glossy barrage of orange and purple, brick and Helvetica. port gate and wished me luck. My mother was bawling, my of Colorado – Boulder, and every day at least one of these evolving, just like when we’d attended. Just like it inspired its That evening I typed “Clemson, SC” into MapQuest and father stoic. He and I shook hands, but after a few pumps my professors’ words, actions or wisdom blinks brightly in my mind, students to do as well. learned it was exactly 1,000 miles from Westfi eld. So in mother pushed him towards me from behind and we embraced, inspiring me to do the same for my students. And all this for just saying yes. secrecy I applied. I accepted their letter of acceptance sight albeit awkwardly. unseen. In fact, I only told my parents about a week after It was at Clemson I discovered that I was a good student. THE POWER OF YES Steve Caldes is currently an adjunct writing and literature I mailed in my response. My parents, not thinking much of Clemson calmed my nerves, awoke my intellectual mind and If you’re holding your breath for a detailed account of specifi c professor at The University of Colorado – Boulder. His work the news because I had already agreed to another college, helped me discover my love of fast-paced conversations and The Cincinnati Review McSweeneys.net changes, you’re going to pass out. This is about the change – in has appeared in , and smiled and went back to whatever they were doing. Later, questions without answers. It was at Clemson that I discovered Puerto del Sol my life, in the thousands of lives every year – Clemson makes by . after some pleading I’m sure, my parents decided to send two my love for life, invention and fried pickles. It was where

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hen the Will to Lead: A Campaign for Clemson was launched, it was Of the total cash raised during the a bold step for the University. And its successful completion marks campaign period, $73 million the largest university fundraising effort ever achieved in our has been directed to endowment history, surpassing the $600 million goal! from individuals and corporations. Over one million square feet have been or will be It’s time to celebrate that great achievement, even as we look to impacted through new construction or renovation Wthe future. The generosity of Clemson Family and friends has done great things for due to campaign funds, including: the students and faculty, changing lives and adding to the economic opportunity of Ranking of alumni endowments Watt Family Innovation Center the entire region. participation among 348have been established/created WestZone over the campaign period. national public Class of 1956 Academic Success Center During the Will to Lead campaig n ... universities: Consistently Scholarships and Thomas F. Chapman Grandstands at GO ranked in the Doug Kingsmore Stadium TIGERS! fellowships funded: 357 $608,839,594 TOP FIVE. Harris A. Smith Building Zucker Family Graduate Education Center was given to Clemson in support of: Endowed chairs, Lee Hall Unrestricted giving professorships P Number of donors to the campaign: 69,683 and other faculty Scholarships and fellowships To reach the goal, Clemson raised: P support created: P Faculty endowed chairs and professorships Number of unique $101,473,266 every year P Student engagement gifts to the campaign: 201,537 $8,456,105 every month Facilities P 95 $277,8 82 every day Economic development Size of the average gift P $11,578 every hour Other University initiatives during the campaign: $5,186 P $193 every second

donors made gifts of In the last year alone, Clemson raised $115,534,368. 667 $50,000 or more. That’s the largest amount ever raised from philanthropy of alumni in a single year in the history of the University. donated of these made … But the needs of Clemson continue, over the 391their fi rst-time gift. New course endowed and an even bigger challenge lies ahead. of the were fi r s t - t i m e chairs The Will to Lead campaign is campaign. 62% 41.29% major donors. created: 21 stretching toward a new goal — $1,000,000,000. View the campaign videos at clemson.edu/giving/campaign. S27 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 28 CW Lifelong Tigers family The 2012-13 Clemson Alumni Rao and Grover recognized Association Board for research Ann W. Hunter ’80, M ’82, president, Greenwood, Apparao Rao, the R.A. Bowen Professor of [email protected] Physics, and Varun Grover, the William S. Danny E. Gregg ’71, president-elect, Lee Distinguished Professor of Information Clemson, [email protected] Systems, were presented with the Alumni James A. “Jimmy” Kimbell III ’87, past- Award for Outstanding Achievement in president, Anderson, Research. Rao and his team invented a [email protected] way to make tiny, shock-absorbing carbon Sonya Ables ’75 springs that Greenville, [email protected] can protect Todd Ballew ’91 delicate Buford, Ga., [email protected] electronics Wayne Bell ’68 like cell Greenwood, [email protected] Lanham named 2012 Alumni phones Janine Anthony Bowen ’89 Master Teacher and have Stone Mountain, Ga., Left to right: Joe Hood, Heather Mitsopoulos, [email protected] A surprise reception was held April 17 to advanced Heather Simmons Jones, Mac Renfro, Mary Ann Prater. Michael Coakley ’91 honor the 2012 Alumni Master Teacher, the Not pictured: Michael Coakley Arlington, Va., [email protected] Joseph Lanham. The Alumni Master Teacher develop- Award for outstanding undergraduate ment of Charles Dalton ’64, IPTAY Greenville, [email protected] classroom instruction is presented annually electro- to a faculty member nominated by the mechanical Tigue Garick ’03 Hoover, Ala., [email protected] Meet your new directors Ann W. Hunter Danny E. Gregg student body and selected by the Student nano- Alumni Council. Lanham is a professor of sensors Joe Hood ’97 The Clemson Alumni Association Board of Directors wel- in Clemson’s School of Accountancy and Legal Studies. Past Apparao Rao wildlife ecology in the College of Agriculture, that can Atlanta, Ga., [email protected] comes new offi cers and six new board members. The board chair of the Women’s Alumni Council, she was named Alumni Forestry and Life Sciences. warn of Heather Jones ’97, M ’12 has 23 members and is the governing body for the Clemson Association Volunteer of the Year and received the 2011 Alumni His research interests include songbird toxic chemicals in the air. Columbia, [email protected] Alumni Association. Master Teacher Award. ecology and conservation, integration of Heather Mitsopoulos ’03 Ann Harvin Whetstone Hunter of Greenwood takes the Michael Coakley, a 1991 management graduate, is the game and nongame wildlife management Grover has Fort Mill, [email protected] reins as president. A 1980 and ’82 chemical engineering owner of C.J. Coakley Co., an interior construction fi rm in Falls and the African-American land ethic and its published graduate, Hunter served as the chair of the reunion and Church, Va. He has been an active member of the Baltimore/ Harry G. Moore ’70 role in natural resources conservation. Visit extensively Richmond, Va., [email protected] special events committee and the honors and awards com- Washington, D.C. Clemson Club and is a regional chair of the the Alumni FLICKR page for photos from in the mittee for the alumni board of directors and was named Will to Lead campaign. Mary Ann Prater ’78, M ’83 the presentation. information Clemson, the Volunteer of the Year in 2009. She has served on the Joseph “Joe” H. Hood Jr., a 1997 civil engineering graduate, [email protected] Women’s Alumni Council and has been an IPTAY represen- is a managing consultant with IBM in Atlanta. He is serving as systems Mac Renfro ’87 tative for 14 years. Hunter also has served on the Clemson the national president of the Clemson Black Alumni Council fi eld, with Cincinnati, Ohio, Athletic Council. She is on the board of directors for the and also sits on the Humanities Advancement Board for the Call for nominations more mfrenfro@initiatorfi rst.com Greenwood Clemson Club. College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities. He has served as than 200 G. Graham “Goz” Segars Jr. ’66 Danny E. Gregg of Clemson has been chosen president- president of the Atlanta Clemson Black Alumni Council and We need your help in selecting publications Foundation, Hartsville, [email protected] elect. A 1971 industrial education graduate, Gregg is a vice president of the Atlanta Clemson Club. outstanding alumni for the Clemson in refereed fi nancial adviser and vice president with Merrill Lynch in Mac Renfro, a 1987 industrial management graduate, is a Alumni Association Board of Directors. journals. He Larry Sloan ’74 consistently Seneca, [email protected] Clemson. He was active in the Columbia and Charleston founding partner of Initiator, a new product and innovation We’re looking for candidates with Varun Grover Clemson clubs before moving to Clemson and now is a consultancy based in Cincinnati. He started a Clemson Club ranks Thompson Smith ’75 exceptional judgment, strong work member and past president of the Fort Hill Clemson Club. in Cincinnati in 1991-92 before moving to Winston-Salem. among the Pelzer, [email protected] Heather Mitsopoulos, a 2003 graduate in secondary edu- Now back in Cincinnati, he is an active member of the ethic, leadership qualities and the top fi ve information systems researchers Lynn West ’84 cation, is vice president and investigative services manager Cincinnati Clemson Club and has represented the University vision to advance the goals and in the world based on the number of Charleston, [email protected] with Bank of America in Charlotte. She is a member of the at college fairs in the city. objectives of the Alumni Association. publications in the top six information Ex-Offi cio members include: Women’s Alumni Council and the Student Affairs commit- Heather Simmons Jones, a 1997 graduate in English, is Please note: The deadline for systems journals. He recently was ranked Wil Brasington ’00, Alumni Relations tee of the Will to Lead campaign, president of the Charlotte founder and president of Opus 3, a fi rm specializing in nominations has moved up to as one of the most infl uential researchers senior director, Clemson, Clemson Club and a former member of the Student Affairs economic development, human resources and labor relations in the world based on the citation impact [email protected] Dec. 1. To nominate a candidate, Advisory Board. based in Columbia. She was a charter member and offi cer for of his work, which focuses on how John N. “Nicky” McCarter Jr. go to Mary Ann Prater, a 1978 accounting graduate with a mas- both the Coosawhatchie and Anderson Area Clemson clubs and cualumni.clemson.edu/ information technologies can be used Board of Trustees, Columbia ter’s in industrial management, runs a small-business, pay- is a board member of the Columbia Clemson Club. . boardnominations effectively within and across organizations. Brian J. O’Rourke ’83, M ’85, roll and bookkeeping consulting fi rm and is a senior lecturer Development and Alumni Relations executive director, Clemson, [email protected]

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Record numbers attend ring ceremony MARK YOUR CALENDAR Having fun a nd getting it done On March 12, 420 stu- dents received their offi cial Clemson rings. Guest speakers shared the his- tory and legacy of the ring, TigerRoar performed and President Barker presented rings to each individual student. The event is held each spring and fall and is sponsored by the Student Alumni Association. Find out more about the ring or the next ring ceremony CAFLS Tailgate – Oct. 6 at clemson.edu/alumni/ring. The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences annual tailgate is Clemson Alumni Society for Equality and Clemson scheduled for Oct. 6 for the Georgia Tigers celebrate 2012 Reunion Weekend Gay Straight Alliance gather Tech game. For details, contact Sennah Honea at schonea@clemson. Alumni Week of Service Members of the Clemson Alumni Society for Equality (CASE) met members of The Class of 1962 celebrated its golden anniversary during 2012 Reunion edu or 864-656-8998. The Charleston Alumni Club entered a bed Weekend in June. If you’d like to relive the moments of Reunion 2012 (or get the Clemson Gay Straight Alliance (CGSA) for dinner in downtown Clemson in in the 3rd Annual Bed Race benefi ting a glimpse of the fun times you missed), you can enjoy the slideshow at the February. CASE members Chip Dukes Camp Happy Days – Kids Kickin’ Cancer University’s FLICKR page. Mark your calendar now to join us next year! See ’92, Brian Cave ’97 and Jackie Payne ’98 shared stories of what campus life as part of “Every Tiger Cares.” Members of page 46 for news on the Class of 1962’s reunion gift. Tigerama & Clemson clubs and groups across the country was like for them as gay and lesbian participated in “Every Tiger Cares” events Tigers brought their daughters students. They also discussed plans Homecoming that spanned the nation the week of April to Clemson! to raise $50,000 to fund a scholar- – Nov. 9-10 10-17. Activities ranged from helping with ship for a Clemson student involved in The Women’s Alumni Council hosted Plan to attend charity walks and hosting events for retired GLBT equality work. their 14th Annual Bring Your Daughter to the 56th annual veterans to feeding and clothing the homeless Clemson weekend event May 18-20. The Tigerama and cleaning up walking and biking trails. theme of the event was “The Clemson Homecoming Start planning now for your local group to Travel with Clemson Alumni Fever Caught ’er at Bring Your Daughter.” pep rally at participate next year! Girls ages 6-18 participated in various From Alaska to Italy to France and beyond, travel with fellow alumni Littlejohn activities all over during 2012. To see what exciting PASSPORT Adventure destinations Coliseum, spon- campus including are awaiting you now, go to clemson.edu/alumni or contact Randy sored by Blue tours of historical Boatwright at [email protected] or 864-656-5671. Key, on Nov. 9 and enjoy the colorful landmarks and student display competition on activities with professors to learn more about the Bowman Field, sponsored by the diverse majors offered at Clemson. View photos on Alumni Association. And, of course, the Clemson Alumni Flickr page. cheer on the Tigers as they take on Maryland. See clemson.edu/alumni for the latest in game-day plans.

Find your Clemson Third Annual Alumni Young Alumni Fall Band Party Alum ni Association on Challenge Golf Tournament Mark your calendar and join us Nashville Club teams up for Country Music Marathon Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr Compete for bragging rights to be the best Clemson Alumni Oct. 19, 7-11 p.m., at Tiger Park golf foursome and the chance to represent Clemson on for a Young Alumni Fall Band Party. The Nashville Area Clemson Club teamed up with alumni members from the national stage. The Third Annual Clemson Alumni For more information, go to Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Mississippi State, Tennessee and South clemson. Challenge Golf Tournament will be held Friday, Sept. 14, edu/alumni. Carolina to serve more than 33,000 participants at Water/GU Station #7 at Walker Golf Course. The tournament is limited to 20 at the 10.2-mile marker of the 2012 Country Music Marathon on teams, and the winning team will represent Clemson in April 28. The event benefi ted St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. the Acura College Alumni Team Championship, Nov. 1-4. Contact Randy Boatwright at [email protected] or 864-656-5671.

31 — CLEMSON WORLD SUMMER-FALL 2012 SUMMER-FALL 2012 CLEMSON WORLD — 32 Containment: CW Landmarks & Legends The Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibit “Heisman Bible” October 3-November 7, 2012 This inaugural biannual exhibition asks artists to explore “containment” through the lens of functional ceramics. The goal of this year’s reveals rules exhibition is to showcase a diverse collection of ceramic tableware and functional objects, while attracting a broad range of contemporary B.H. Lawrence of the game voices from across the country.

All exhibitions in the Lee Gallery are free. Clemson cadet’s multitasking memorialized. For gallery hours, visit the website: clemson.edu/cva. ertram Hook Lawrence came to Clemson in 1899, bringing with him his Bible, a gift from his mother on his 14th birthday in come see us 1896. The inscription in the front reads, “As a reward for his faithful attendance at Sunday School. May he always be fond of the study of the Bible.” ...... BThat Bible did get a lot of use at Clemson, but maybe not in the way his mother imagined. Lawrence, an electrical and mechanical engineering major who graduated in The at CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 1903, was one of the early Tigers, playing football under ARTS legendary coach John Heisman. He had to balance his time More than 800 works of art and 75 performances this year. Make your picks, find your seats, and among academics, athletics and military duties. He evidently found a way to multitask during Chapel by studying football rules and plays he follow us online at clemson.edu/brooks and clemson.edu/cva. Or connect with us on Facebook: had inscribed in the back of his Bible, resulting in the Bible being look for the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts and the Center for Visual Arts at Clemson. dubbed “the Heisman Bible.” Alongside the “Double through center” and “End run rt.,” he listed Coach Heisman’s rules of the game, two pages of “Always,” which began with “Always play with your head” and ended with “Always win ...... the game.” Following that were two pages of “Don’ts,” which began with “Don’t lose your head” and ended with “Don’t lose the game.” A gift from Bobby and Christi Couch in honor of Dabo and Kathleen Swinney and Rich ’86 and Kelly Carr ’86 Davies funded the conservation of this piece of Clemson history. It, along with many other rare books, resides in Special Collections, a part of the Clemson University Libraries located in the Strom Thurmond Institute building. Esperanza Spalding Many more titles need conservation to permit them to be accessible — for now and the future. You can write your own Wednesdsay, October 17, 8 p.m. chapter on rare books and help save history. To learn about $35 adults / $20 students these and many more interesting items or to see how you can help in their conservation, contact Michael Kohl at Special From the beginning of her life to her current Collections, 864-656-3031 or [email protected]. success as a creative musician, Esperanza Spalding has charted her own course. The young bassist/vocalist/composer was one Editor’s note: Learn more about the many treasures in Clemson’s of the biggest breakout stars of 2011 — Special Collections in the Summer 2012 Clemson World Tablet not just in jazz, but in all genres of music. issue. Download the app for iPads and Android tablets and enjoy Her 2011 Grammy for “Best New Artist” two more issues a year of Clemson World. was unprecedented— the first time a jazz musician won the award. Spalding continues to make the unprecedented her norm.

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Shaw establishes professorship in nuclear engineering Will to Lead events honor donors he Shaw Group has funded the Toshiba Endowed Professorship at Clemson with a $1.5 million gift in honor Tof Toshiba Corp. president and CEO Norio Sasaki. The Shaw Group, a Baton Rouge, La.-based engineering services company ranked No. 336 among the Fortune 500 in 2011, provides engineering and construction services in piping, energy, chemical and both fossil fuel Golden Tigers honor Clemson presidents as well as nuclear power projects. Shaw and Toshiba have collaborated in busi- Patrick McMillan, Jim Caughman ’62 and Thomas Green ness ventures around the world, including the Clemson cut the ribbon as the Class of 1962 celebrated Major donors breakfast construction of nuclear power units in the United its 50th anniversary by kicking off fundraising efforts At the conclusion of Reunion 2012, donors got a taste States and China. Shaw also has been tapped to for a new garden and brick walkway in the S.C. Botanical of bacon, eggs and the bold future of the University. build two new reactors in Georgia’s Plant Vogtle Garden. The Class of 1962 Presidents Garden will be Chapman Scholars reception and two new reactors at the V.C. Summer site in the Clemson Heritage Gardens, 10 acres of specialty Prior to their graduation ceremony, the inaugural class of outside Columbia, the fi rst new U.S. reactors to Timothy DeVol gardens, such as the Caboose Garden and the Cadet Life the Thomas F. Chapman Leadership Scholars was recognized be ordered since the 1970s. Garden. The new ADA-accessible brick walk will connect by the program’s founders, as they and their families joined all of them. Timothy DeVol (pictured at right), director of the University’s Center Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Chapman for brunch. for Nuclear Environmental Engineering Sciences and Radioactive Waste The brick path also leads to the proposed Presidents Plaza area, a part of the Presidents Garden that will Management in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Orange Glove event Sciences, has been named the University’s new Toshiba Endowed Professor feature each University president and his contributions of Nuclear Engineering. to the school and the state. The plaza will have four Enjoying an opportunity for an up-close look at Clemson’s nuclear environmental engineering and science graduate swings, an entry arbor and 14 plaques — one for each items from the Clemson University Libraries’ program is focused on preparing graduates who are “capable and qualifi ed of Clemson’s presidents — with pictures and reliefs. The rare book collection, guests donned their to take future leadership roles in the nuclear environmental community,” plaza also will include space to honor future presidents. gloves at a series of Orange Glove events DeVol said. “The role of nuclear environmental engineering is to ensure that Donors’ names and a roster of the class members will be across the region. activities involving nuclear materials are safe and environmentally sound.” noted in the plaza.

Sealevel pledges endowment, scholarship Senior Class honors veterans When Thomas Green Clemson ealevel Systems Inc. has created an endowment and U.S. Coast Guard medallion will penned the will bequeathing his Sscholarship fund to benefi t students in the College complete the set of those signify- land to establish the University, of Engineering and Science. The $50,000 endow- A ing military branches at Memorial he could not have foreseen ment will establish the Sealevel Systems Inc. Annual Stadium and the Scroll of Honor Scholarship. Sealevel also has pledged $3,000 per year Memorial, thanks to the Class of the incredible effect. Today for fi ve years to fund the scholarship until the endow- 2012. The class has chosen the thousands have felt the impact ment is fully established. installation of the last service seal as of his decision and benefi ted Sealevel is a family-owned company in Liberty its senior project; they have raised that develops new products leveraging emerging $13,000 with a goal of $20,000. from his vision. technology. Founded in 1986, the company provides hardware and software products that enable computer As the effort to raise funds for connectivity and control. Many Sealevel employees Clemson Corps are Clemson graduates, and the company’s CEO, Tom the future continues, estate O’Hanlan, serves on the board of directors of Clemson’s presents the colors The results of a gifts become even more Research Foundation. t Reunion Weekend, important. What effect might “Greenville and its surrounding areas are recognized Arepresentatives from the planned gift among the best locations in the nation for engineers,” Clemson Corps presented your future gift have on the said Tony Martin, Sealevel director of research and President Barker with a fl ag can change University and generations to development. “Clemson is an invaluable asset to the fl own over the Scroll of Honor come? To learn more about area’s growth as they train the engineers of tomorrow. Memorial. Pictured from left generations to come. During the past 25 years, Sealevel has recruited top are Ann Hunter, president of planned giving, contact JoVanna Clemson engineering graduates and benefi ted from the Alumni Association; Hap King at 864-656-0663 or the University’s state-of-the-art facilities for research Carr, co-chair of the Scroll of Honor Memorial Committee; President [email protected]. and development.” Barker; Ed De Iulio, chair of the Clemson Corps; and Frank Cox, vice chair of Clemson Corps.

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Clemson gives you more than you bargained for. William Craig

hese special hills have far exceeded Thomas Green Clemson’s initial vision and large imagination. When I arrived here as a freshman, I also had a vision of where I thought Clemson would take me in four years. After three years, my aspirations have already been far surpassed by my experiences, and still, I have (at least) one year left!

As challenging as this architecture degree has been to pursue, the work has doubled the value. Aside from design studio itself, Clemson has allowed me to guide my own education through channels like minors, electives, study abroad and Creative Inquiry. Adding sociology allows me to understand the people I will design for. Courses like product design help me understand the Tergonomics that function between the building and the person. And I don’t have to explain the value of seeing and experiencing the great European works of architecture firsthand during study abroad.

Even more incredible is the opportunity to participate in a real-life, design/build Creative Inquiry. Serving the Student Organic Farm at Calhoun Fields, our team was able to simulate the workings of a real firm with a real budget, timeline, design limitations and client with real needs. And there’s something wonderful about working on the fields that were so central to TGC’s original vision for the school, and using them 150 years later to push South Carolina agriculture into the future and learn about architecture and ourselves in the process.

Outside of the curriculum, Clemson has allowed and encouraged me to step up and lead. Before my first semester World Domination Skills was complete, I found myself as a director over one of the largest organizations on campus, Central Spirit. That leadership experience gave me the courage in the next year to become a founding father of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. And if that wasn’t enough, this past year I was incredibly honored to be selected for the Blue Key Honor in Five Friday Sessions Society and serve Clemson in even more ways. I now find myself waving the Clemson flags, designing homecoming floats and making sure Tigerama is a success, all because Clemson allowed me to grow more than I imagined. Clemson’s Mini MBA Certificate Program is seeking a few business rockstars, radical thinkers, gamechangers and world dominators. I’m William Craig, a nd this is MY Clemson. In five Friday seminars you will CLEMSON AT THE FALLS sharpen your leadership skills, GREENVILLE, SC William Craig is a senior architecture major from Lexington, S.C. learn advanced marketing techniques, build ROI decision Fall Session: Sep 14 - Oct 12, 2012 making processes, develop Spring Session: Feb 1 - Mar 1, 2013 methods for successful project execution and devise a successful business strategy. Register now at think.clemson.edu or call 864-656-2200 for full details.

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