This award was established by the Office of the Provost in 1999 to honor outstanding faculty and staff who have made significant contributions to academic life at Clemson. Nominations are confidential, and nominees should not be apprised of their nomination. Priority will be given to nominees who have not previously received Clemson University-wide awards. The award includes $5,000 to be evenly divided between the recipient and the Clemson University Libraries. Recipients of the award also receive a plaque, and their names are added to the perpetual Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence plaque, which is on permanent display in the lobby of the R.M. Cooper Library. The monies donated to the Libraries will be used to purchase new materials to be added to the Libraries' collection, and these purchases will include a personalized donor plate honoring the award recipient.
The nomination form is available below. Completed nomination packets should be sent to the Office of the Provost, 206 Sikes Hall. Nominations are accepted throughout the year.
The Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence Nomination Form
Thomas Green Clemson Award Recipients
2020
Greg Yarrow (faculty)
Sue Lasser (staff)
2019
Margaret Ann Wetsel (faculty)
Serita Acker (staff)
2018
Ronald Chrestman , (staff)
Cynthia Haynes, (faculty)
2016
Kim Arp , Director of Development for the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
2015
Marvin Dixon , Parking Operations Manager
Sherrill Biggers, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
2014
Robert Brookover, Senior Lecturer, Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Karon Donald, Program Director of the Staff Senate
2013
Elham B. Makram, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Verna Howell, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs
2012
Sandy Edge, Department of Management
Robert Horton, Professor, Secondary Mathematics Education
2011
Jack McKenzie, Advancement
Robert Lippert, Associate Professor of Soil Sciences and statewide Hispanic 4-H coordinator
2010
Michael Coggeshall , Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Elizabeth Crockett, Student Services Program Coordinator and Adviser in Engineering and Science
2009
Barbara S. Rogers, Administrative Coordinator, Office of Undergraduate Studies
Elizabeth Carney, Professor, Department of History
2008
John T Warner, Professor of Economics
Carla Rathbone, Executive Director of Customer Relations and Learning Technologies
2007
Mike Vatalaro, Chairman of the Art Department
Elizabeth Milam Lomas, Associate Director of Financial Aid
2006
Nancy Leininger, Senior Lecturer in Graphic Communications
JoVanna King, Senior Director of Gift and Estate Planning
2005
Linda K. Cocke, Student Services Program Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jerome V. Reel Jr., Senior Vice Provost and University Historian, Office of Undergraduate Studies
2004
Stanley B. Smith, University Registrar, Records/Registration
Charlie R. White, Director of the Outdoor Laboratory, Department of PRTM
2003
Mark Charney, Interim Chair and Professor, Department of English
Ronald T. Herrin, Director of Payroll and Benefits, Human Resources
2002
W. Kirby Player, Coordinator of Alumni and Student Services, College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences
Lois P. Sill, Life Sciences and Agriculture Librarian, University Libraries
2001
Lynda H. Brock, Assistant to the Dean, Administrative and Research Support
Lillian U. (Mickey) Harder, Director of the Brooks Center, Department of Performing Arts
2000
Sylvia B. Moore, Administrative Assistant II, Department of Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this award is to recognize and honor a Clemson University faculty, staff, and/or administrator who has promoted initiatives in the field of credit or noncredit continuing education in a worthy and exemplary manner. The award will be presented to the recipient by the Provost on behalf of the President of Clemson University at the University Awards Ceremony in May. In addition to a cash stipend, the recipient’s name will be affixed to a permanently displayed plaque in the Clemson University Madren Center.
2015 