DATE: March 20, 2008
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Brian O’Rourke, (864) 656-5658
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Susan Polowczuk, (864) 656-2063
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Engineering and Science dean establishes endowment
CLEMSON – Esin Gulari, dean of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University, has established a Dean’s Leadership and Service Award Endowment with a $25,000 pledge. The endowment provides awards for leadership and service to faculty and department chairs within the college. Gulari also made an additional gift to create an annual award this year.
"It is an honor for me to do this,” said Gulari. “There are so many worthy recipients within our college. There are many hard-working faculty and department chairs that deserve to be honored for the work they do over and above what is required of them. I am very proud of my department chairs and the faculty in the college.”
“This generous donation is a wonderful gesture by Dean Gulari,” said Clemson University Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Brian O’Rourke. “While the endowment was set up to further leadership and service, it is Dean Gulari who is leading and serving by example.”
The first award will be issued in Spring 2008 and will be determined by committee.
Gulari was named dean in the College of Engineering and Science in July 2006. She previously served as the department chairwoman of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Wayne State University and as director of the Chemical and Transport Systems Division and acting assistant director for engineering at the National Science Foundation.
For more than 100 years, the disciplines of engineering, science and textiles have been at the heart of Clemson University as it strives towards excellence and leadership. Today, Clemson is a nationally recognized research university where approximately 5,500 students are enrolled in engineering and science undergraduate and graduate courses. There are 350 faculty in the College of Engineering and Science. Connect to http://www.ces.clemson.edu/ for more information.
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