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National Scholars: Bios
Bios: National
Scholars of 2004
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Jill
Allen
Major:
Architecture and Economics
Birmingham, AL
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Varsity Swim Team, American
Institute of Architecture Students (president), Dixon Fellows, Relay
for Life, 2005 Achim von Arnim Award for Excellence in German Literature,
Emerging Green Builders, Rudolph E. Lee Award (architecture), Clemson
University's All Academic Team (varsity swimming), Design Build Team
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
- Internship with Clemson
University Campus Planning Office (Summer 2006)
- AIAS Grassroots Leadership
Conference, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2006)
- Summer Architecture
Scholar Program at Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company in Norfolk,
Virginia (Summer 2007)
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Damon
Andrews
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Charlotte, NC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Clemson Student Senate,
Student Funding Advisory Board, Intramurals
(flag football, soccer, softball, dodgeball, ultimate Frisbee), Dixon
Fellow, Clemson Guide Association (president, vice president),
The Tiger Newspaper (columnist), 2005 Nick Lomax Rising Star Award,
Leadership Council, Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key Honor Society (vice
president, historian), Carl Donner Nelson, Jr. Award for Most Outstanding
Junior in Mechanical Engineering, Alumni National
Council, Order of Athenas Mortar Board, LeaderShape Institute
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
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Internship with Dority and
Manning, P.A., an intellectual property law firm in Greenville (Summer
2006)
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Internship with the Institute
for Field Research Expeditions in Cusco, Peru, working at a shelter
teaching English to underprivileged children (Summer 2007)
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Juston
Brown
Major:
Civil Engineering
Orangeburg,
SC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Clemson
University Gospel Choir (director), Clemson University Jazz Ensemble
(lead alto saxophone for four years),
Intramurals (flag football), Student Affairs Advisory Board, 2005
Intercultural Achievement Award, Clemson Wesley Foundation (Bahamas
Mission Team 2007) American Society of Civil Engineers
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
Alternative Spring Break with Wesley Foundation, Bahamas
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John
Dixon
Major:
History
and Ceramic and Materials Engineering
Idaho Falls, ID
Campus
Involvement and Leadership:
Intramurals (flag football, soccer), Freshman Council, Dixon Fellow,
Student Judicial Board, Phi Alpha Theta national history honor society,
Pi Delta Phi National French honor society, Relay for Life, Men's Glee,
Code Elementary/Calhoun Honors tutoring program, Material
Advantage, Keramos (president), Keramos Outstanding Rising Junior
in Materials Engineering Award, Keramos Outstanding Rising Senior in
Materials Engineering Award, Tau Beta Pi engineeing honor society,
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
- REU
in materials science at Washington State U. (Summer 2006)
- Internship at Idaho National Laboratory, conducting thermal modeling
of a friction bonding process (Summer 2007): paper presented at COMSOL
conference
Research:
Synthesis and Analysis of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Visible Light Active
Antimicrobials (Spring 2006)
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Colleen
Gleeson, Phi
Beta Kappa
Major:
English
Harrington, DE
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: UPAC, Outdoors
Club, Intramurals
(flag football, soccer), National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Fellowship
of Christian Athletes, Dixon Fellows, The Tiger student newspaper (associate
editor, Opinions section editor, columnist), Reformed University Fellowship,
Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society), Roger B. Rollin English Essay
Award, LeaderShape Institute
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
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Nathan
Kwan
Major:
Electrical Engineering and Physics
Greenville, SC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Dixon
Fellow, Habitat for Humanity (fundraising co-chair), Outdoors Club,
Relay for Life, 2005 Intercultural Achievement Award, 2005 Best Sophomore
in ECE
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
Intern at Duke Energy, conducting electrical engineering research in Charlotte,
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Stephen
Lareau
Major:
Engineering
Charlotte, NC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Student
Government (University Services Chair,
Assistant Director of Research and Development, Traffic and Parking
Committee), IT Student Advisory Council (Founding
Chair), The Tiger (photographer), Clemson Sports Car Club, Intramurals
(flag football),Land Use Task Force, Alpha Lambda Delta, Beta Theta
Pi (Scholarship Chairman), Pi Tau Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Golden
Key National Honor Society, Outstanding Sophomore Achievement in Mechanical
Engineering Award, Tau Beta Pi, Student Code of Conduct Review Committee,
IT Council
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
- Intern
with the Progress and Freedom Foundation in Washington, D.C., conducting
public policy research (Summer 2006)
- Intern with General Electric-Energy, redesigning and testing a combustion
cap for the 9FB-1A series gas turbine (Summer 2007)
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Colby
Mistovich
Major:
Marketing
Covington,
GA
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Clemson Outdoors
Club, Catholic Student Association (leadership team, social chair),
Student Alumni Association, intramurals (soccer), Alpha Lamda Delta
Honor Society, Clemson Tour Guide, Association, Fellowship of Christian
Athletes, Clemson Fund, Children's Miracle Network Dance Marathon (executive
committee member, entertainment committee chair), LeaderShape Institute,
Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
- Marketing
research on consumer equity with Dr. Michael Dorsch, Clemson U.
- Marketing
intern for Littlejohn Coliseum Major Events
- Board member, public relations specialist
for Upstate SC Supply Chain Coalition
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Chelsea
Reighard
Major: Genetics
and Language & International Health
Clemson, SC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Truman Scholar
national finalist, Habitat for Humanity (president, vice president,
fundraising co-chair), Relay for Life, Semantics, Intramurals (flag
football, softball), Reformed University Fellowship, Code Elementary/Calhoun
Honors tutoring program, Alpha Lambda Delta freshman honor society (service
and publicity chair), National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Omicron
Delta Kappa, Reformed University Fellowship International, Dixon Fellow,
Student Health Advisory Committee, Costume Technician at Brooks Center
for the Performing Arts
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
- Internship in Tanzania
with Global Service Corps, training as an HIV/AIDS community health
educator, and learning Swahili (Summer 2006)
- NIH-funded epidemiology
research project, "Reducing High Risk Drinking Among First-Year
College Students" (Fall 2006)
- Study abroad, Universidad
de Granada (Spring 2007)
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Ryan
Spurrier, Phi
Beta Kappa
Major:
Mathematical Sciences
Irmo, SC
Campus
Involvement and Leadership: Intramurals (Ultimate
Frisbee-captain, flag football-captain, soccer-captain, basketball),
Dixon Fellow, Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, Clemson Wesley Foundation
(staff member, social coordinator, Bible study leader, Bahamas Mission
Team (2005, 2007), 2006 Mission Team to New Orleans, Clemson United
Methodist Church Council member, Golden Key National Honor Society,
Mortar Board honor society, Central Elementary English as a second language
tutor, 2006 Alice Gray Fulmer Award from Mathematical Sciences, 2007
John Charles Harden Award from Mathematical Sciences, Pi Mu Epsilon
(Mathematical Sciences Honor Society), College of Engineering and Science
Ambassador, LeaderShape Institute
Internship/Research/Learning
Experiences:
REU in math and statistics at Valparaiso U., researching the quantitative
meaning of the phrase beyond reasonable doubt (Summer 2006)
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