2007 Scholars

Ben Boone
Mechanicsville, VA
Major: Economics

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Undergraduate Student Senate (Academic Affairs Chairman, Finance and Procedures Vice-Chairman), Theta Chi Fraternity (President, Scholarship Chairman), General Education Task Force (Chairman), Honor Code Task Force (Chairman), Council on Undergraduate Studies, University Library Advisory Committee, Summer Calendar Committee, Academic Calendar Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Collegiate SERTOMA Club (Vice-President of Fundraising), CBBS Student Advisory Board Representative, National Scholars Program (Retreat Team Leader, News Discussion Leader), Economics Book Club, Intramurals (Indoor volleyball), Tiger Marching Band (Section Leader), Clemson Jazz Ensemble, Dixon Fellows Program, Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Fraternity, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: Internship with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in the Public Affairs Department (Summer 2009); Internship with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in the Statistics Department (June 2010); Internship with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in the Corporate Planning Department (July-August 2010); Colloquium for Undergraduates at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, MT (June 2010)

Judith Crews
Dayton, TN
Major: Architecture

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Dixon Fellows Program, Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity (Administrative Secretary, Recruitment Chair), American Institute of Architecture Students, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Golden Key Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Holmes Hall Advisory Committee, Order of Omega Honor Society, Received the Rudolph E. Lee Award for academic excellence in undergraduate architecture

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: Internship with Elemi Architects in Chattanooga, TN (Summer 2009); Study Abroad at the Charles E. Daniel Center for Building Research and Urban Studies in Genoa, Italy (Spring 2010); Internship with TWH Architects in Chattanooga, TN (Summer 2010); Independent study on designing communities to improve the quality of life (2010-2011); Independent study on influencing a healthy mind and body through architecture (2010-2011) 

Jessica Dean
Summerville, SC
Major: Psychology

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity Vice President of Administration, Service Chair), Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society (President, Vice President), Mortar Board (Miss Clemson Pageant Co-Chair, Membership Chair), CBBS Student Advisory Board (Psychology Senior Representative), Psychology Department Student Advisory Board (Chair), Calhoun Honors College Ambassador, Habitat for Humanity (Former President), Clemson Philanthropy and Service Council, Order of Omega Greek Honors Society, Relay for Life Captain (2009), Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Intramurals (indoor volleyball), Received the Eugene Galluscio Award for Undergraduate Leadership from the Clemson Department of Psychology, 2010 Burtner Scholarship, Student Representative for 2010 Department Chair Search Committee in Psychology, 2009 New Member of the Year Award (Fraternity and Sorority Life), Phi Kappa Phi Certificate from CBBS, Ernest Jewell Hardesty Moore Award from Psychology (Distinguished Senior), Matt Locke Award (Division of Student Affairs)

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: EUREKA! Summer Honors Research (Summer 2007); Creative Inquiry: "Renewable Resource Polymers for Biomedical Applications" (Fall 2007); Creative Inquiry: "Teasing and Bullying," "Secret revelation" (Fall 2008-present); Intern with Foothills Alliance in Anderson, SC (Fall 2009); Volunteer in Zacapa, Guatemala for Habitat for Humanity (Summer 2009); Intern with Calhoun Honors College (Summer 2010-Present); Assistant Sight Program Supervisor with Talisman Summer Programs (Summer 2010); Honors Thesis Research: "Bereavement: A Silent Epidemic on Clemson University's Campus"

Caitlin Foulser
Melrose, MA
Major: Mathematical Sciences

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity (President; Vice President Public Relations), Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Fraternity (Membership Chair), VOX Planned Parenthood (Co-President; Secretary), Copy Editor of The Tiger, Dixon Fellows Program, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Mathematical Sciences Faculty Senior Award

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: Intern with National Network of Abortion Funds in Boston, MA as Administration and Summit Coordination Intern; Teacher for 3-week program preparing rising high school freshman in the Academic Youth Development Program at Chelsea High School in Chelsea, MA; Mathematics REU at SUNY Potsdam/Clarkson, Linear Chaos Research Group; Presented REU at the Young Mathematicians Conference in 2010; Creative Inquiry in analytic number theory

Susie Irizarry
Palm City, FL
Major: Environmental and Natural Resources
Minor: Political Science

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority (Standards Chairwoman; Dance Team Co-Captain; Vice President of Education), Student Speaker for the "Will to Lead" Capital Fundraising Campaign, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society (Vice President of Initiation), Woman's Leadership Initiative (Co-Chair of Fundraising for the Women's Leadership Conference), National Scholars Program (Retreat Team Leader; Team Member); Calhoun Honors College Student Development Committee, Clemson University Guide Association (Tour Guide), Catholic Student Association, Dixon Fellows Program, IPTAY, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Order of Omega Greek Honors Society, Students for Environmental Awareness, Conservation Biology Senior Scholar Award 

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: Creative Inquiry: Political Science- Congressional Voting Trends, Presented "Senate Responsiveness to Public Opinion on Environmental Issues" at the Midwestern Political Science Association (April 2010); NSF REU Summer Research Internship through Duke University at La Selva Biological Station: Developed research project "Impacts of Land Use Changes and Phosphorus Levels on Abundance and Reproductive Success of Macrobrachium olfersi" (Summer 2010); NSF REU Summer Research Internship through Harvard University, Harvard Forest: Developed research project, "Resilience of Acer rubrum Growth After Sustaining Damage Caused by an Experimental Blowdown" (Summer 2009) Rocky Mountain Field Ecology course, Yellowstone National Park (Maymester 2008)

Jennifer Moffitt
Moore, SC
Major: Chemical Engineering

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Campus Crusade for Christ, Holmes Hall Resident Assistant, Calhoun Scholars Program, Dixon Fellows, Calhoun Honors College Ambassador, Student Assistant to the Provost for Academic Affairs, Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honors society), Relay for Life Team Leader (2008), Pickens County Election Poll Manager, 2009 Goldwater Scholar, Received the Eastman Chemical Company Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: EUREKA! Summer Honors Research (Summer 2007), Creative Inquiry (Fall 2007-Spring 2008), Joint Research with Virginia Tech (Summer 2008): Fuel Pellet Comprising Polymer Coated Paper, Chemical Engineering Departmental Honors Research: Preparation and Synthesis of Cellulose Nanocrystals

Zach Musgrave
Greensburg, PA
Major: Computer Science and English

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Calhoun Scholars Program, WSBF-FM 88.1 (General Manager, Computer Engineer, DJ), The Tiger student newspaper (Copy Editor, Assistant Section Editor), SERTOMA, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Intramurals (sand volleyball), Sigma Tau Delta (English majors honor society), Upsilon Pi Epsilon

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: Creative Inquiry: Online Systems for Pedagogy (Spring 2009) resulting in poster presentation: Musgrave, Z.T. and Pargas, R.P. "Scheduletastic: Heuristic-based Time Management and Collaboration for Undergraduates" ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2010; Duke University Talent Identification Program at Texas A&M University: Teaching Assistant, Web Design (Summer 2009); REU Summer Research Program: Created new software for applied bioinformatics allowing the use of processor time across large campus grids, resulted in poster presentation: Musgrave, Z., Emrich, S.; Thain, D. "Parallelization of a genome annotation pipeline using a master/worker model" at the University of Notre Dame's Collaborative Computing Lab (Summer 2010); Departmental honors research under Dr. D.E. Stevenson in computer science involving Common Lisp and the Semantic Web (Spring 2010-Fall 2010)

Reid Sanders
Horse Shoe, NC
Major: Mathematics and Physics

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Clemson Fencing Club

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: EUREKA! Summer Honors Research (Summer 2007), Creative Inquiry: Quantum Information Theory

Ray Smith
Birmingham, AL
Major: Chemical Engineering

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Calhoun Scholars Program (advisory board member), Men's Glee, Dixon Fellows Program, Honors College Ambassador, Calhoun Honors College Committee, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, National Scholars Retreat Team, Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honor society), Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi, EUREKA! Advisory Board, Tau Beta Pi (engineering honor society) departmental liaison, 2009 Sophomore Excellence Award for Academic Excellence in Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Ambassador, Student representative for 2010 Department Chair Search Committee in Chemical Engineering, Jerome V. Reel Award of Academic Excellence from Omicron Delta Kappa

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: EUREKA! Summer Honors Research: Protein Production Using Highly Reduced Genome E. coli. (Summer 2007), Summer study in Ecuador - language and culture immersion program (Summer 2008), Research/Internship: Developing more efficient processes for biomass-to-fuel conversions at the Natinoal Renewable Energy Lab (Summer 2009), Departmental honors research in chemical engineering involving computer modeling of polymer systems (beginning Spring 2010); Internship at University of Texas at Austin in Chemistry Department working on developing software for chemical simulations (Summer 2010) 

Joshua Von Fange
Columbia, SC
Major: Industrial Engineering and Modern Languages- Chinese
Minor:Business Administration

Campus Involvement, Leadership and Recognition: Navigators, Intramurals (soccer), Chinese-English Corner

Internship/Research/Learning Experiences: BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina- Business Process Consultant intern (Columbia, SC; Summer 2007); Lean and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) certification program; Six Sigma- Black Belt certification program; "Outstanding Performance in Chinese Studies" scholarship awarded by Chinese Government (April 2009); Dalian University of Technology- Intensive Mandarin Language Program (Dalian, China; May 2008-July 2009); KPMG Advisory Services- Business Effectiveness Intern (Atlanta, GA; Summer 2010); Capital Projects Supply Chain Research in conjunction with Fluor Corporation and Clemson University's Department of Industrial Engineering (Fall 2010)