Outside the classroom, forest resource students have an
opportunity to get to know one other by becoming involved
in the following student Organizatons
Clemson Student
Subunit of the American Fisheries Society
Clemson University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Forestry
Club
Natural
Resources Graduate Student Association
Society
of American Foresters - Clemson's student chapter
Student Society of Arboriculture
Xi Sigma Pi - the forestry Honors Society
Clemson
Student Subunit of the American Fisheries Society
is the subunit of the South Carolina Chapter of the American
Fisheries Society.This organization represents many of graduate
and undergraduate students that have an interest in fisheries,
ichthyology, and aquatic ecology. In addition to the mission
of the parent society, the subunit focuses on professional
development, promotion of student participation in research
and meetings, and service to our community. Currently membership
in the Clemson University Student Subunit of the American
Fisheries Society is free and requires only student status
at Clemson University and attendance of their monthly meetings.
Faculty Advisor - Jeff
Isely
The CU Student Chapter is an affiliate of The Wildlife Society.
TWS, founded in 1937, is a non-profit scientific and educational
organization dedicated to sustainable management of wildlife
resources and their habitats. The CU Student Chapter of
The Wildlife Society provides events and activities to engage
undergraduates and graduate students in issues involving
wildlife, fisheries and forestry. Monthly guest speakers
in the past have included subjects about radar research
of neotropical migratory birds, cougar sightings in South
Carolina, and the life and philosophy of Aldo Leopold.Visit
their website
to read more
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Rickie Davis
For
information on the Forestry Club, check the new
Forestry Club/SAF
web site.
The
NRGSA
is committed to create, develop, and foster interaction
between graduate students, staff, and faculty in different
Departments and disciplines within the field of natural
resources. Officers also strive to represent the interests
of graduate students in natural resources and related fields
to the Administration and the University at-large through
the Graduate Student Government, and to disseminate information
to graduate students in natural resources and related fields.
Becoming an active participant of the NRGSA not only helps
you excel professionaly and academically, but also introduces
you to students you may not otherwise meet.
The
Clemson Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters
consists of approximately 140 members. For the past several
years, the Clemson Student Chapter has led the nation's
Forestry schools in both the number and percentage of students
who are SAF members. The Chapter is very active, meeting
biweekly with the Forestry Club. During the year, we invite
several outside speakers who represent the Appalachian Section
of SAF, the South Carolina Division of SAF, forest industry,
and others to present programs. Student members work hard
to present a good image of Forestry--they pick up litter
along a stretch of highway on the Clemson Forest, they assist
the student recruiter in locating summer and permanent jobs
for students, and they perform community service projects,
e.g. helping a needy family at Christmas. The Chapter also
sends members to the national and regional SAF conventions.
The SAF faculty advisor
is Dr. Larry Gering.
Check
the new Forestry
Club/SAF web site for timely updates on the chapter's
activities.
The
Student
Society of Arboriculture is one of five Professional
Affiliates of the International
Society of Arboriculture (ISA). It's purpose is
to link students in the forestry, horticulture, landscape
architecture, and other departments with the inter-disciplinary
field of arboriculture/urban tree care.
Clemson's
newly-formed chapter of SSA is off to an active start.
Last school year, members attended the National Arborist
Association's TCI Expo in the fall and the ISA Southern
Chapter's conference in the spring. Tree pruning,
inventory, and hazard assessment jobs in the local community
have given students excellent practical experiences as well
as sources of funding for the chapter. In addition
to bi-weekly meetings, training days in tree climbing, pruning,
and removal are held every two months in conjunction with
volunteer work at the South Carolina Botanical Garden's
Shoenike Arboretum.
SSA's
faculty advisor is Dr.
Don Ham.
The
objective of Clemson's Alpha Beta Chapter of Xi Sigma Pi
is to secure and maintain a high standard of scholarship
in forest resource management education and to work for
the improvement of the forest resource management profession.
Undergraduates who have completed 74 semester hours (at
least 10 in forest resource management courses) and have
an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better are eligible
to become members. Graduate students with 10 or more semester
hours in forest resource management and and overall grade
point average of 3.5 are also eligible.
Each
year the Chapter holds an informal dinner at which new candidates
are initiated into the club and welcomed by existing members,
faculty, and staff. A telethon is held each spring wherein
prospective forest resources freshmen are called by members
and given an official welcome. This gives these prospective
students and their parents a chance to ask questions concerning
the Department and our curriculum and get student oriented
responses. Also in the spring, Xi Sigma Pi sponsors the
Department's annual Honors and Awards Banquet. Members of
the club set the agenda, secure the location and speakers,
and host the entire event. Other student clubs (Forestry
Club, SAF Student Chapter, and Wildlife Society Student
Chapter) likewise participate in this annual event.
Xi Sigma Pi's faculty
advisor is Dr. Vic
Shelburne.
