Honors and Awards at Clemson

The CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence was established in 2004 and honors only 20 programs per year. Clemson's Advanced Writing Program garnered one of the first awards given. See the criteria for the award on the NCTE web site and read on for more information about the Advanced Writing Program at Clemson.

The Client-Based Program for Advanced Writing Classes, headed by Dr. Summer Smith Taylor, has been recognized with publication in the Campus Environment Yearbook of the National Wildlife Federation. Scroll down the listing for Clemson University.

Also, see our Current Projects page for a list of upcoming faculty and clients who will be involved in the Client-Based Projects Program in 2005.

For the fourth straight year, US News & World Report (2005) named Clemson as one of the top universities in the country for promoting writing across the disciplines. US News & World Report ranked Clemson as 32nd among public doctoral-granting universities. In 2004, Clemson ranked 35th. See the full story...

The AAHE Assessment Research Forum and the Pearce Center are co-sponsoring the National Research Coalition on Electronic Portfolio Learning. For each of the next three years, a group of up to 10 institutions will collaborate on research projects that explore and document the learning encouraged through electronic portfolios. Specifically, colleagues from across the country will have the opportunity to (1) identify key questions about the impact of eportfolios on learning, (2) determine appropriate methodologies for pursuing answers to these questions, and (3) implement and report the research.

We have begun the process of establishing an annual cycle for the coalition. Our initial planning meeting was held at the AAHE Assessment Conference in June. The follow up meeting for the first cohort was held on Clemson's campus in the new Studio on August 5 and 6, 2004. Members will be meeting again at the National Conference on Higher Education in Atlanta (March 2005). Applications for the second cohort will be available this fall. Please check back frequently. If you have questions about the Research Coalition, please contact Barbara Cambridge (bcambridge@aahe.org) or Kathleen Yancey (kyancey@clemson.edu).

The Client-Based Program for Advanced Writing Classes, headed by Dr. Summer Smith Taylor, has been recognized with publication in the Campus Environment Yearbook of the National Wildlife Federation. Scroll down the listing for Clemson University. And check out the Client-Based Project's web site for information about how Pearce Team members are becoming involved in Clemson's goal "to maintain a campus environment that is healthy, safe, and attractive." (See the Clemson University Environmental Committee's web site for more information about these goals.)

In 2002, US News & World Report ranked Clemson 6th for emphasis on writing across the curriculum.

In 2001, Time magazine named Clemson the #1 Public College of the Year, largely because of the university's emphasis on Communication Across the Curriculum. Read the article...