Undergraduate Accolades

Tony Webb

Tony Webb, a junior elementary education major, has been selected as a Campbell Scholar for 2007-8. Tony serves as President of the Call Me MISTER cohort. Campbell Scholars tutor eight hours a week in elementary and middle school programs in the Clemson area, and receive a scholarship up to $6,000 a year.

Tony tutors at Kellett Elementary in Seneca for Campbell Scholars program and in the Easley Housing Authority Project for Call Me MISTER. He also served as a mentor for Project Middle Passage, a summer residential camp for 6th and 7th grade African American males.

Amanda Pinson

Amanda Pinson, senior special education major, attended the two-week NASA Pre-service teacher institute in Maryland last summer and she has been selected to be an ambassador at their Winter meeting, February 13-16. This is a special honor and certainly is a wonderful testimony to the excellence
of our program, faculty, and students.

Tecoya Brantley

Tecoya Brantley, a freshman secondary education - history major in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, was singled out in this press release from Park Seed Co. regarding a unique Creative Inquiry Team of which she is the first member.

TECA Conference — Spring 2007

Eleven students participated in the annual TECA conference in Virginia Beach, VA. Students competed in 7 contests and placed in 4. Below is a list of students that went and the contests they placed in.

• Wes Ballard  1st time attendee
• Daniel Baker
• LB Bowers  1st time attendee
• Lucius Culpepper  1st time attendee
• Jamie Farnum
• Paul Gauche
• Mike Gibson  1st time attendee
• Jesse Hughes  1st time attendee
• Nick Messer  1st time attendee
• Brandon Wolfe
• Jason Young

Teaching Lesson — 3rd place — Mike Gibson
Transportation — 3rd place — Daniel Baker, LB Bowers, Nick Messer
Elementary Technology — 3rd place — Jesse Hughes, Jason Young
Manufacturing — 2nd place — Wes Ballard, Lucius Culpepper, Paul Gauche, Jason Young  (this is the first year we have EVER placed inmanufacturing.)

Alex Arconti — Spring 2007

Alex Arconti,a senior majoring in special education was selected to present a Creative Inquiry Project, Assessment of Direct Instruction on Athletic Skill Development, directed by Assistant Professor Joe Ryan at the 2007 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference hosted by the University of Virginia (http://www.acciac.org/meetingofminds.htm). This is an impressive accomplishment and award for Alex; only four student proposals were selected to represent Clemson University. Alex will present the findings of a study that investigated the potential benefits of using explicit instruction to assist with the development of athletic skills for young children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder who participated in the Challenger Baseball League program (http://people.clemson.edu/~jbryan/ChallengerLeague). 

Arconti, A., N. & Ryan, J., B. (April, 2007). Assessment of direct instruction athletic skill development. Paper to be presented at the 2007 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference, Charlottesville, VA.