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National Scholars: News
Latest News :
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Second-year Scholar part of national ethics champs (posted
Spring 2008)
Second-year Scholar Rahul Loungani is part of the Clemson University Intercollegiate
Ethics Bowl team that won the national championship in February. Click
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Scholar grad shines in law school (posted
Spring 2008)
Brian Eyink, a 2006 economics graduate and current second year law student
at Duke, recently won two significant recognitions. First, he was elected
executive editor of the Duke Law Journal in early February. A week later,
he won the Duke Dean's Cup Moot Court competition, arguing in front of
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, Judge Jose Cabranes of the 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals, and Judge William Pauley of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York. Click
here for more information. |
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April showers Scholars
with awards (posted Spring 2007)
National Scholars have won a record number of spring awards and
other recognitions this Spring, including the following
| Jill
Allen |
Rudolph
E. Lee Award (architecture)
Clemson University's All Academic Team (varsity swimming) |
| Damon
Andrews |
Carl
Donner Nelson Jr. Award for Most Outstanding Junior in Mechanical
Engineering |
| Ali
Barkett |
Outstanding
Graphic Communications Academic Achievement Award |
| Jeff
Clinkscales |
Phi
Beta Kappa |
| Shannon
Edd |
Department
of Mechanical Engineering Scholastic Achievement Award |
| Colleen
Gleeson |
Phi
Beta Kappa
Roger B. Rollin English Essay Award |
| Stephen
Gosnell |
Phi Beta Kappa
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Award
Omicron Delta Kappa Member of the Year
Phil Prince Student Personal Development Award
Who's Who/Order of the Blue Ridge (student leader award)
Outstanding Senior in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and
Life Sciences
Biology Faculty Award
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| Laura
Hart |
Phi
Beta Kappa
Outstanding Senior in Biochemistry
Outstanding Senior in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life
Sciences
Who's Who/Order of the Blue Ridge (student leader award) |
| Kate
Hicks |
Athletic
Director's Award of Excellence
ACC Academic Honor Roll |
| Lori
Pindar |
Roderick
Duncan Geddes Award for Diversity in Communication |
| Rachel
Rhyne |
Eugene
T. Moore School of Education Graduate Certificate of Excellence |
| Christen
Smith |
Miranda White
Diversity and Collaboration Award
Marian L. Harris Award for Excellence in Economics
Who's Who/Order of the Blue Ridge (student leader award)
Department of Public Health Science Scholastic Achievement Award
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| Lauren
Smith |
Student
Affairs Advisory Board Ambassador Award
Thomas C. Breazeale Award (finance)
Wallace Dabney Trevillian Merit Award (College of Business and Behavioral
Science)
Who's Who/Order of the Blue Ridge (student leader award) |
| Ryan
Spurrier |
Phi
Beta Kappa
John Charles Harden Award |
| Lillie
Stewart |
Most
Outstanding Student in an Introductory Level Chemistry Course |
| Ben
Ward |
First
place: 2007 J.T. Barton Jr. Ethics Essay Competition |
| Suzanne
Weaver |
Phi
Beta Kappa
Who's Who/Order of the Blue Ridge (student leader award) |
| Yousef
Yasin |
Phi
Beta Kappa |
| Amanda
Youell |
Phi
Beta Kappa
Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award |
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Reighard selected as national finalist for Truman Scholarship
(posted Spring 2007)
Third-year Scholar Chelsea Reighard will soon compete for the Truman Scholarship
as a national finalist. The Truman offers graduate school funding for
students who plan careers in public service. A double major in genetics
and language & international health, Reighard is currently studying
abroad at the University of Granada in Spain. |
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Smith named national finalist for Rhodes Scholarship (posted
Fall 2006)
Senior Scholar Christen Smith was recently named a national finalist for
the Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious post-undergraduate scholarship
for American undergraduates. The Rhodes provides funding for study at
Oxford University. A native of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Smith is a double major
in public health sciences and economics, and has interned in Kenya with
a medical mission group; in Oaxaca, Mexico, with publich health education
program; and in Washington, D.C., in the Africa burea of the US Agency
for International Development. |
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Meet the 2006 Scholars! (posted Spring
2006)
Eight women and five men comprise the 2006 class of National Scholars.
Learn more about this group by clicking here. |
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The current National Scholars will intern and research around
the world during summer 2006. Below is a partial listing of some Scholars
summer plans. (posted Spring 2006)
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Damon Andrews: Co-op at an intellectual property law firm,
researching patents and helping write opinions.
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John Dixon: REU in materials science at Washington State
U.
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Rob Dixon: REU in computer science at Iowa State U.
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Stephen Gosnell: Research on the evolution of sexual dimorphism
in turtles with Biological Sciences at Clemson.
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Laura Hart: Internship with the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT)
department at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
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Kate Hicks: REU in neuroscience at U. of Minnesota.
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Nathan Kwan: Electrical engineering research with Duke Energy
in Charlotte, N.C.
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Stephen Lareau: Honors College grant-funded internship with
the Progress and Freedom Foundation in Washington, D.C., conducting
public policy research.
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Chelsea Reighard: Honors College grant-funded internship
in Tanzania with Global Service Corps, where she will train as an
HIV/AIDS community health educator, and learn Swahili.
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Christen Smith: Honors College grant-funded internship with
the United State Agency for International Development in Washington,
D.C., for USAID's Africa Bureau
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Lauren Smith: Internship with GE Transportation in a financial
management program in Erie, Penn.
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Ryan Spurrier: REU in math and statistics at Valparaiso
U.
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Suzanne Weaver: Internship with the Pediatric Oncology Education
Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.
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Amanda Youell: Internship in mathematical sciences for the
federal government
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Several Scholars win spring
awards (posted Spring 2006)
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Matt Clemmens: James H. Sams Award for Most Outstanding
Senior in Mechanical Engineering
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John Dixon: Keramos Outstanding Rising Junior in Materials
Engineering
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Rob Dixon: Outstanding Senior in Computer Science
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Stephen Gosnell: Matt Locke Award for Student Service
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Casey Hancock: The Order of the Blue Ridge/Who's Who Among
American Universities and Colleges
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Jamie Kearns: Samuel B. Earle Award for Most Outstanding
Student in Engineering, Outstanding Senior in Chemical Engineering
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Lesli Kiedrowski: Nick Lomax Rising Star Award
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Laura Kulikowski: Outstanding Student in General Chemistry
Award
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Stephen Lareau: Outstanding Sophomore Achievement in Mechanical
Engineering
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Ahmed Mohiuddin: Algernon
Sydney Sullivan Award, Susan Delony Student Academic Achievement
Award
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Rachel Rhyne: Marion Harris Award for Excellence in Economics
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Christen Smith: Phil Prince Student Personal Development
Award
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Ryan Spurrier: Alice Louise Gray Fulmer Award for Sophomore
in Mathematical Sciences
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Amanda Youell: Faculty Award for Outstanding Junior in Mathematical
Sciences
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Gosnell wins campus, national recognition (posted
Spring 2006)
In March, third-year Scholar Stephen Gosnell won a run-off election
to serve as the 2006-2007 Clemson Student Body President (he previously
served as Vice President and Student Senator). A week later, Gosnell was
named a 2006 Goldwater Scholar, the top award for undergraduates pursuing
majors in engineering and the sciences. |
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Smith named Truman finalist (posted
Spring 2006)
Third-year Scholar Christen Smith has been named a national finalists
for the Truman Scholarship. The Truman is awarded to college juniors who
have demonstrated a commitment to community service and plan a career
in the public service arena. Christen will interview in Washington, D.C.,
on March 17 for the award.
A public health sciences major, Christen has worked in international public
health in Kenya and Mexico. Closer to campus, Christen co-founded the
Clemson chapter of the Foundation for the International Medical Relief
of Children, and is active in several mentoring and English-language tutoring
efforts. |
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Meet the Scholars! (posted Spring 2005)
Seven women and six men from ten different states comprise the 2005 class
of National Scholars.
Learn more about this group by clicking here. |
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| Graduating seniors honor two professors with Awards of Distinction
(posted Spring 2004) |
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On the eve of their graduation, the inaugural class of National Scholars
honored two professors for their commitment to this group's intellectual,
professional and personal development with the first-ever National Scholars
Program "Awards of Distinction."
English professor Alma Bennett and psychology professor Patricia Connor-Greene
received the awards at an April 21 celebration dinner in the President's
Box at Memorial Stadium.
Bennett was praised for her work as the senior fellow for many of the
Scholars participating in the Dixon Fellows Program. Matt Kerr said
"[her] significant knowledge and experience helped us interrelate
the things we’d seen both with each other and, more importantly,
with our own disciplines,” Kerr said.
Connor-Greene was recognized for her devotion to helping students learn.
Elizabeth Ward cited Connor-Greene as “the most dynamic, energetic
professor I have had. She loves teaching and inspiring her students.
Every student in her class enjoyed coming to class every day and doing
the work.”
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| Sams, Young named 2004 Goldwater Scholars
(posted Spring 2004) |
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Will Sams and Jeffrey Young (both NS 2001) have been awarded the 2004
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship,
the top award for students in science, engineering and mathematics.
Only 310 scholarships were awarded in 2004, and 1113 college sophmores
and juniors were nominated by their schools.
Two other Clemson students were also named 2004 Scholars, giving Clemson
more Goldwaters in 2004 than Georgia, Georgia Tech, UNC-Chapel Hill,
NC State, Virginia Tech, Cal Tech and UC-Berkeley. Clemson matched the
tally of four (the max awarded to any school) with Yale, Princeton,
Harvard, Virginia, Stanford, and MIT.
Since 2002, nine Clemson students have been named Goldwater Scholars,
and five of them have been National Scholars.
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| 3 seniors finalists for top scholarships
(posted Fall 2003) |
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Three seniors from the
inaugural class of Scholars each were named national finalists in competition
for three top scholarships
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Joseph
Godsey - Truman Scholarship
Matthew Kerr - Marshall Scholarship
Chris Welch - Rhodes Scholarship
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| Kerr, Ziska win 2003 Goldwater Scholarships
(posted Spring 2003) |
Matthew Kerr (NS 2000) and Joseph Ziska (NS
2001) have been awarded the 2003 Barry
M. Goldwater Scholarship, the top award for students in science, engineering
and mathematics. Only 300 scholarships were awarded in 2003, and 1093
college sophmores and juniors were nominated by their schools.
Christopher Welch (NS 2000, Campobello, SC) won the 2003 Goldwater Scholarship.
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| Spink wins journalism award (posted
Spring 2003) |
| Will Spink (NS 2001)
won second place in the South Carolina Press Association's Collegiate
Contest for his article "Freshman class cracks 1200 on SAT."
Spink is the news editor of The Tiger. |
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Welch Wins Goldwater Scholarship
(posted Spring 2002)
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| Christopher Welch (NS 2000) recently
was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of only 309 awarded this
year. More than 1,100 mathematics, science, and engineering students from
all 50 states and Puerto Rico applied for the prestigious award. Recent
Goldwater Scholars have been awarded 44 Rhodes Scholarships (6 of the
thirty-two awarded in the United States in 2002), 39 Marshall Awards,
and numerous other distinguished fellowships. |
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