Award for Excellence

The Board of Trustees is proud to recognize the achievements and contributions of Clemson University’s faculty and staff. The purpose of the Board of Trustees Award for Excellence is to identify and acknowledge faculty and staff whose vision, accomplishments, and efforts have brought honor to Clemson University.

2018 Faculty Awards Winners
- Robert Hewitt
  
  National Teaching Award
- Luiz Jacobsohn
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Sophie Joerg
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Anjali Joseph
  
  Exceptional Health Design Research
- Antonis Katsiyannis
  
  Exceptional Publication and Awards
- Amin Khademi
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Michael LeMahieu
  
  American Council of Learned Societies (ALCS) Fellow
- Ashok Mishra
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Beshah Ayalew
  
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow
- Simona Onori
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Hugo Sanabria
  
  Superior Research, Teaching and Service Impact
- Marissa Shuffler
  
  National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Aga Skrodzka
  
  Fulbright Scholar
- Marek Urban
  
  American Institute of Chemists Chemical Pioneer Award
- John Wagner
  
  American Society of Automotive Engineers Fellow
2018 Staff Awards Winners
- Cora Allard-Keese
  
  High Seminary
- Jennifer Arblaster
  
  Clemson Family
- Rick Bagby
  
  Sports Video Group College Pioneer Award
- Megan Fallon
  
  Student Choice
- Tina Fiore
  
  Tiger Teammate
- Daniel Harris
  
  Clemson Family
- Julie Jones
  
  Something in These Hills
- Shawn Jones
  
  Clemson Family
- Julie Newman Biggers
  
  Clemson Family
- Patricia Nigro
  
  Student Choice
- Nic Pangborn
  
  Clemson Family
- Kate Radford
  
  The Will to Lead
- Rhonda Reigers Powell
  
  Clemson Family
- Tonyia Stewart
  
  The Will to Lead
- Elizabeth Team
  
  Clemson Family
2017 Faculty Awards Winners
- Fadi Abu-Farha
  
  2016 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
- Peter Adler
  
  High Achievement in Scholarship
- CC Bates
  
  Excellence in Sponsored Program Funding in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2013-2017
- David Blakesley
  
  Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Fellow and 2016 George E. Yoos Distinguished Service Award
- Saara DeWalt
  
  Top Publication
- Feng Ding
  
  Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Rachel Getman
  
  Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Eileen Kraemer
  
  2016 Cloud International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Faculty Award
- Robin Kowalski
  
  American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow
- Jim Martin
  
  2017 Cloud International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Faculty Award
- Joe Mazer
  
  High Achievement in Scholarship
- Bert McCarty
  
  American Society of Agronomy (ASA) and Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) Fellow and Fred V. Grau Award
- Matt Macauley
  
  Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians from Simons Foundation
- Laine Mears
  
  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow
- Maribel Morey
  
  Andrew Carnegie Fellow
- Eric A. Morris
  
  2016 Charley V. Wootan Award
- Marisa Orr
  
  Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Richard Chong Pak
  
  American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow
- Brandon E. Ross
  
  Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Wayne A. Sarasua
  
  2016 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award
- Sapna Sarupria
  
  American Chemical Society (ACS) 2016 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Computational Chemistry
- Andy G. Tennyson
  
  Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Jason Thatcher
  
  Excellence in National Academic Leadership
- Victor J. Vitanza
  
  Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Fellow
- Naren Vyavahare
  
  Excellence in Sponsored Program Expenditures, 2013-2017
2017 Staff Awards Winners
- Christine Babb
  
  Clemson Family
- Roberta Balliet
  
  Tiger Teammate
- Laura Blakely
  
  Clemson Family
- June Brock Carroll
  
  The Will to Lead
- Charles Cook
  
  Clemson Family
- Beth Crocker
  
  National Agricultural Alumni and Development Association's Above and Beyond Partnership Award
- Leslie Doss
  
  Clemson Family
- Joe Dodson
  
  Tiger Teammate
- Karon Donald
  
  The Will to Lead
- Billy Edwards
  
  High Seminary
- Jorge Luis Fogaca de Carvalho
  
  Heart of the Tiger
- Jim Kerr
  
  Tiger Teammate
- Stephen Lance
  
  The Will to Lead
- Chad McMahan
  
  The Will to Lead
- Thomas Messervy
  
  Telly
- Cynthia Mihalchick
  
  Clemson Family
- Kim Counts Morganello
  
  National Communication Award for Publication
- Eric Rodgers
  
  Telly
- Patsy Smith
  
  High Seminary
- Tonyia Stewart
  
  High Seminary
- Jonathan Tarver
  
  Tiger Teammate
- Linda Tindal
  
  Student Choice
- Kristin Walker
  
  The Will to Lead
- Tina White
  
  Telly
- Nora Gail Woods
  
  Tiger Teammate