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7 sustainable points for after the game

November 24, 2010 | Homepage Feature

While it’s a term that’s being thrown around a lot, sustainability is more than just recycling newspapers or turning out the lights when you leave a room. Those items are important and integral to the idea, but sustainability means changing our methods of consumption and operation to avoid compromising the needs of future generations.

Building a healthy community from the ground up

November 16, 2010 | Homepage Feature

A small, determined group — that calls itself Clemson Dirt to Food Project — has set out to teach the upcoming generation how to grow its own food. Among them are local community members and Clemson students, faculty and staff. The vision is to build a healthy community — including campus — from the ground up.

Giving a home to S.C. history

October 27, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Few people realize that there are three historic homes on University property that paint a picture of South Carolina’s history — Hopewell Plantation, home of Revolutionary War hero Gen. Andrew Pickens, Hanover House, the second oldest wooden structure in the state, and Fort Hill, home of John C. Calhoun and Thomas Green Clemson.

While students learn, others heal

October 19, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Faculty and staff of the Joseph F. Sullivan Center know their focus — serving vulnerable populations and teaching future professionals how to meet community needs. When not working in the clinic on Clemson University’s campus, professionals and students are identifying gaps in health care and meeting community needs.

Tracking the Tiger Paw's history

September 3, 2010 | Homepage Feature

When the Tiger Paw was announced as the official logo in July 1970 — replacing the Fighting Tiger emblem — everyone didn’t exactly welcome it with open arms. Now, 40 years later, the Clemson Tiger Paw is one of the most recognizable college emblems in the United States.

New Immersion Semester big-time experience for parks, recreation and tourism management sophomores

August 17, 2010 | Homepage Feature

For 132 parks, recreation and tourism management students (PRTM), spring semester 2010 began with an impending disaster and fear of utter forthcoming destruction. Or at least that’s what they imagined. In actuality, the semester began a new era of curriculum in their department, and they were the pilot group. The idea came from a desire to change the way students were being taught, but what actually came out of the semester encompassed much more than just a learning experience for students.

Envisioning WISEdom — Building scientists, engineers and one funky solar crab

July 12, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Science is near and dear to every teen girl’s heart. It beats in the electronic pulse of her cell phone. It’s woven into the fabric of her trendiest jeans. It oozes through the very essence of her makeup. For a week, young teen girls take over labs on Clemson University’s campus to learn all about it.

Clemson’s Conference Center and Inn's economic impact is unmistakable — more than $15 million per year.

June 21, 2010 | Homepage Feature

For 15 years, the Conference Center and Inn at Clemson University has given thousands of guests a place to meet and eat, stay and play. But the impact of the complex, which comprises the Madren Conference Center, Martin Inn and Walker Golf Course, touches the lives of many more people, extending beyond the borders of campus to the city, the county and Upstate South Carolina.

Class of 2010 graduates reflect on time at Clemson as they prepare for their next steps

May 6, 2010 | Homepage Feature

This spring’s graduating class includes some amazing Clemson undergraduate and graduate students. This is just a sampling of the graduates who are stepping out into the working world — some for the second time. Though they’ll miss the Clemson campus, these men and women get it, and they’re ready to make their mark.

TAPS: A hundred years. Thousands of memories.

April 22, 2010 | Homepage Feature

TAPS was started in 1908 and has published continuously since then, except for three years in the mid-1940s when World War II halted production. The 100^th volume was published this spring and is now available for purchase. In a time when many college yearbooks are shutting down because of a lack of interest or lack of budget, TAPS continues to succeed, not only as a strong Clemson tradition, but also as a model for other college yearbooks.

Behind every name etched on the Scroll of Honor Memorial is a story of heroics and sacrifice.

April 15, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Under construction at the corner of Fort Hill Street and Williamson Road, the Scroll of Honor memorial will honor those Clemson students and alumni who have made the ultimate sacrifice by dying in active military service. Inspiring the project was the Scroll of Honor, a list of the 470 alumni who have died in service to their country.

Understanding and awareness start with a conversation about differences and beliefs

April 12, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Understanding starts with a question. Respect starts with a conversation. As the world gets smaller and smaller because of new technology, it’s more and more important for Clemson graduates to be global citizens, and One World Project is just another way to facilitate that.

Poetry from around the world will be read in its original language during upcoming Multicultural Poetry Night.

April 1, 2010 | Student Profile

On April 8, you have the chance to hear poems in at least 14 languages at the first annual Multicultural Poetry Night. Several foreign language professors wanted to celebrate diversity, and poetry is a great way to do that as it is so diverse itself, in emotions, cadence, pentameter and how everyone expresses or receives the poem.

From life to legacy — Thomas Green Clemson

March 26, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Clemson was born in Philadelphia in July 1807. Son of a wealthy merchant and his wife, he lived a privileged and adventurous life, acquiring a scientific education and credentials that led to his profession as a mining engineer in the years before his marriage.

Clemson alumni making their mark on the S.C. economy.

March 26, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Clemson alumni are starting growing businesses based on more than just money; they’re providing a place for the community to go, a reason for the community to gather. And they’re giving back — a lot.

Robot invasion: High schoolers’ sport for the mind

March 18, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Clemson is once again hosting the Palmetto Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at Littlejohn Coliseum on March 25 through 27. This year’s game, titled “Breakaway,” is a soccer game of sorts, with robots trying to score goals while at the same time defending against opponent robots. People coming to watch the competition for the first time might be a bit surprised by the action.

Virtual gaming worlds offer new perspectives of political, social and cultural ideologies.

March 12, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Games like “Jeopardy” and “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” can excite the class while also teaching students concepts in new and innovative ways. For two professors at Clemson, so can some video games or virtual worlds like World of Warcraft. They hope to bring the learning through gaming concept into the world of academia at Clemson.

Despite its simple beginnings, the Clemson gospel choir remains a force on and off campus

March 12, 2010 | Student Profile

Decades after it began, the Clemson University Gospel Choir is still going strong, performing more than 20 times a school year. The choir also makes it a point to collaborate with other groups to give their members a cross cultural experience.

Students uncover more than old wallpaper through a recent preservation project at the Lunney House Museum

February 26, 2010 | Student Profile

Transforming the classroom into a hands-on experience, professor Christa Smith organized a collaboration between her geographic preservation class and the Lunney House Museum in Seneca so that her students could put their preservation skills to work.

After 10 years, a look back at the impact of Call Me MISTER^®

February 19, 2010 | Homepage Feature

Where Misters teach, their influence on the school has been obvious. About 50 Misters are teaching in the state’s elementary schools, and 150 more are enrolled, from freshmen to graduate students. When they start teaching, half of the black men in the state’s elementary schools will be Misters, with more on the way.