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7. Stay student-centered.
Ever wonder why so many rankings and surveys say Clemson students are among the nation’s happiest, most engaged and satisfied? Since 2000, Clemson has added:
- Hendrix Student Center – 2000
- Academic Success Center – 2001
- Stadium Suites residence hall – 2001
- Rutland Institute for Ethics – 2001
- Renovations to the Fike Recreation Center/Swann Fitness Center – 2003
- Summer Reading Program – 2003
- Class of ’41 Studio for Student Communication – 2004
- Civics and Service House – 2005
- Fraternity Quad – 2005
- Creative Inquiry – 2005
- EUREKA! summer undergraduate research program – 2006
- Bridge to Clemson seamless transfer program – 2006
- Thomas Green Clemson Brussels Center – 2007
- Phi Beta Kappa Chapter – 2007
- Library 100 – 2009
2010 Princeton Review rankings:
No. 1 Town-Gown Relations
No. 2 Happiest Students
No. 3 Career Services
No. 5 Everyone plays intramural sports
No. 10 Quality of Life
No. 20 Administration “runs like butter”
2009 National Survey on Student Engagement
| CU | Top 20 | Carnegie Peers | |
| If I could start over, I would come to my school – Seniors | 91% | 88% | 83% |
| If I could start over, I would come to my school – Freshmen | 93% | 90% | 85% |
| Evaluate educational experience (% good or excellen) – Seniors | 94% | 90% | 85% |
| Evaluate educational experience (% good or excellen) – Freshmen | 95% | 91% | 87% |
In the past two years, Clemson has been ranked:
- No. 22 among national public universities in U.S.News & World Report
- No. 33 best values in public education by Kiplinger’s
- No. 8 in return on investment (ratio of income to tuition paid) by SmartMoney.com
- No. 1 emerging technology research park (CU-ICAR) by AURP
- No. 6 among academic institutions in the country and
- No. 60 worldwide on the TOP500 Supercomputing Sites
Since 2000, Clemson research has generated
- More than $1.25 billion in research awards
- 830 jobs, not counting Clemson employees
- 11 spinoff companies
- 87 active patents with 37 licenses generating $2.8 million a year
- Partnerships with 18 private technology-based companies that either have licensed Clemson intellectual property or are located in University-based facilities
- More than 140 grants and contracts over $1 million
Highlights of the “One Clemson” Decade
- TIME magazine’s Public College of the Year
- Two SACS commendations (institutional effectiveness, collaboration)
- Awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
- Ranked a “best place to work” in academia (The Scientist, Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 150 faculty positions added
- 20 Goldwater Scholars
- 31 faculty received NSF CAREER awards
- 15 faculty elected Fellows of national or international academic societies
- 22 Fulbright Scholars
- Nearly 40,000 degrees awarded
- 1 million square feet of facilities space constructed or renovated
- Adopted U.S. Green Building Councils LEED rating system for all new facilities
- 1st public LEED Silver-certified building
- 1st public LEED Gold-certified building
- 6 more have met criteria or are under review
- Recognized as national model for Living-Learning Communities
- Named Institute for International Sport All-American Sportsmanship School