Centers and Institutes
CBBS offers a dynamic educational experience for our students. With a fully engaged support network, research labs equipped with the latest technology and opportunities for hands-on learning, our students gain competitive skills while also gaining all-important confidence.
But our reach extends beyond the Clemson campus and into surrounding communities. Downtown Greenville not only functions as the student’s living laboratory — with access to international companies, business and civic leaders and enriching educational activities — but also as a community classroom, where the CBBS presence is strong.
Through relevant seminar programs, assistance for entrepreneurs and small businesses, executive education programs, and conferences and seminars where international experts stimulate dialogue and inspire positive action, CBBS fulfills its mission to develop leaders — both on campus and throughout the community.
Centers/Institutes with Outreach Missions
Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
The mission of the Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial
Leadership is to support educational, research and outreach programs
that promote entrepreneurial activity and economic development of the
region, state and nation. The focus is on wealth creation through
entrepreneurial activity.
Center for China Studies
Formed
in 2007, the Center for China Studies promotes a better understanding
of the U.S.-China relationship, China’s economic development and its
impact on the world. The center sponsors and organizes a variety of
programs, including a speaker series that brings various experts on
China to the Upstate and campus. The center also assists in arranging
scholarships and study-abroad programs to provide students with
opportunities to study at top Chinese universities.
Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
Founded in the fall of 2005 with a generous grant from the BB&T
Charitable Foundation, the Clemson Institute for the Study of
Capitalism is dedicated to exploring the moral, legal, constitutional,
political and economic foundations of capitalism. The Clemson Institute
is particularly devoted to fostering a serious examination of a free
society.
Institute for Research in Human Factors and Ergonomics
At
Clemson University, human factors and ergonomics faculty conduct
research into human behavior and performance in a variety of contexts
and settings including health care delivery environments, automobiles
and home settings, in interactions with technology in general and
computers in particular, and in high stress conditions such as military
combat and other high risk environments.
Renaissance Center in Downtown Greenville
In keeping with Clemson University’s core values and aspiration to be a
Top-20 public university, the Clemson Renaissance Center in downtown
Greenville — a unit of CBBS — is the center for entrepreneurship,
experience-based graduate education and a portal to the dynamic
Greenville business community. The center enables graduate students and
faculty to work directly with area firms, entrepreneurs and leaders in
innovative ways that both enrich and accelerate learning experiences.
Small Business Development Center
The Frank L. Roddey Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of South
Carolina is a consortium of four universities and operates a state
office and 15 regional/area centers located throughout the state. These
centers offer a variety of services and management training courses
tailored to meet the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses. SBDC
consultants at each site provide management and technical assistance to
those wishing to start or expand an enterprise.
Student Service Centers
Academic Advising Center
The Academic Advising Center creates and administers a network of high-quality informational, guidance and support services that facilitate the optimal intellectual and personal development of CBBS students. The center’s mission reflects the core values of both Clemson University and CBBS by providing a student-oriented infrastructure of services that foster enhanced student academic, scholarship and leadership experiences.
Student Professional Development Office
The CBBS Student Professional Development Program Office (SPDP) helps CBBS students become effective leaders, entrepreneurs and globally competitive professionals through programs that enhance their leadership capabilities and career-readiness. Through SPDP, students receive assistance with professional development and careers; finding internships; resume review, full-time job search advice and interviewing skills; leadership opportunities; and study abroad information.
Labs for Student Learning
Manufacturing Management Lab
The Manufacturing Management Laboratory promotes active learning
involving modern principles of manufacturing management, leading-edge
enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, team work and leadership.
The Clemson Trading Room offers students an opportunity to gain real-time trading experience using sophisticated technology. Undergraduates use the Trading Room for projects ranging from corporate finance to portfolio management.