Clemson University will take steps to further promote gender diversity and support female faculty through Tiger Advocates, a program that will provide training for male faculty members who seek to be proponents of gender diversity. The initial training session will take place March 30, with plans to make the program a permanent fixture on campus. […]
Clemson University Tiger Advocates program to promote gender diversity and support female faculty
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Clemson University MLK celebration includes Commemorative Service featuring Walter M. Kimbrough
Noted author and university President Walter M. Kimbrough will be the keynote speaker at Clemson University’s 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.
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Let’s Talk About It: Clemson leadership, faculty and students embrace the diversity dialogue.
Honest conversation. Constructive dialogue. These terms are used often with regard to diversity and inclusion initiatives. But without constructive dialogue and an atmosphere in which that dialogue is enabled and encouraged, diversity efforts can be viewed as fleeting, rather than a constant force that shapes and moves a college community forward. Clemson University’s 35th annual […]
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Clemson establishes soccer residency program for students with cerebral palsy, brain injury
Clemson University is initiating a new tuition-assistance program that will attract incoming student athletes with neurological impairments who want to continue playing soccer during their collegiate careers.
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Women engineers discuss ‘Hidden Figures’ and lingering challenges
The non-fiction book and its film counterpart “Hidden Figures” revealed the genius behind the American space race in the 1960s: a cohort of black women who, despite segregation and discrimination, applied their genius in math and engineering to help send our rockets and astronauts into space and bring them back safely.
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Hernandez joins Clemson as associate director for Hispanic outreach
Julio Hernandez has joined Clemson University’s Office of Inclusion and Equity staff as associate director for Hispanic outreach.
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Clemson celebrates Black History Month with talks, food and music
Clemson University is sponsoring a series of events to celebrate Black History Month, including a night focused on spoken word artistry, a cultural dance presentation, dining nights and an address by nationally known author Lawrence Ross. The community is invited to participate.
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College of Education faculty member serves as co-editor of new book on black women and college success
Natasha N. Croom, assistant professor of higher education and student affairs in Clemson’s College of Education, served as co-editor of a recently released book that acts as a collection of scholarship on the college experiences of black women. The book, “Critical Perspectives on Black Women and College Success,” was published by Routledge and includes chapters […]
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Clemson doctoral student produces rap album for dissertation; it goes viral
Clemson University doctoral student A.D. Carson is many things — poet, activist, and rap artist to name a few — but “typical Ph.D. candidate” is not one of them. So when it came to writing a dissertation, he couldn’t simply write a traditional one. Instead, he produced a 34-song rap album that already has the internet buzzing.
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Clemson to model new research cyberinfrastructure with Southeastern universities
Clemson University has launched a collaborative cyberinfrastructure project working with four historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) to enhance their research capacity and to transform the way research is done on those campuses.
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Clemson University hosts Southern Margins Film Festival
The Southern Margins Short Film Festival Friday and Saturday at Clemson University will showcase innovative short works depicting the experiences of marginal persons and communities in the South.
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Participant turned counselor reveals why Clemson Career Workshop succeeds with prospective college students
The Clemson University Charles H. Houston Center will host the Clemson Career Workshop this summer for rising high school seniors. The summer residential workshop combines learning opportunities with sessions on college preparation and life skills that will increase the likelihood of success for a diverse population of eventual underclassmen. Students will attend the workshop from […]
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Third Walk for Veterans to kick off Clemson’s Spring Game tailgate
Clemson Tigers fans will have a chance to take a stroll across campus and tailgate with some real American heroes as the Clemson Undergraduate Student Government along with the Student Veterans Association hold the third annual Walk For Veterans at 10 a.m. Saturday. The event benefits the Clemson Veterans Scholarship Endowment, a scholarship fund for military veterans attending Clemson.
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Adrina Patterson is becoming the change she wants to see in the world
CLEMSON – At just 19 years old, Adrina Patterson has big goals in mind, and she’s already on her way to achieving them. The sophomore Language and International Health major plans to attend medical school and specialize in dermatology. She believes her major has given her a holistic view of the healthcare industry by providing […]
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Clemson’s chief diversity officer to receive Peace and Dialogue Award
The South Carolina branch of the Atlantic Institute will honor Clemson University Chief Diversity Officer Lee Gill during its annual awards and friendship dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 20 at Furman University’s Younts Conference Center.
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Meet a Tiger: Julio Hernandez
This Tiger has had a lot going on in the three short months that he’s been with Clemson. In addition to his everyday role working with students, faculty and staff, he is the co-chair of the inaugural Men of Color National Summit, which will be held this week. Meet Julio Hernandez. Title: Associate Director for Hispanic […]
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Clemson student leads fundraising to take classmates to visit progressive Atlanta school
When Damian Williams set his mind to raising the five-figure sum required to get him and 54 of his fellow students to the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, he didn’t overthink it. He just asked for it.
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Clemson takes leadership role in closing the ‘achievement gap’ with inaugural Men of Color National Summit
More than 1,600 college students, government officials, community activists, educators and industry leaders from 24 different states are joining approximately 400 African-American and Hispanic male ninth- through 11th-graders from Greenville, Spartanburg, Pickens and Anderson counties, as well as schools along the Interstate 95 corridor, at the inaugural two-day Men of Color National Summit in Greenville, South Carolina, Thursday and Friday.
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Charles H. Houston Center moves to Office of Inclusion and Equity
In keeping with Clemson University’s commitment to promote diversity and inclusion on campus, the university’s Charles H. Houston Center will move to the Office of Inclusion and Equity, effective July 1, 2017. The research center, which focuses on the experience of African Americans in higher education, had previously been housed in the College of Education. […]
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From Clemson to Cambridge: Two architecture undergrads head to Harvard
Rayshad Dorsey and Brayton Gregory made the most of their time at Clemson by getting involved and excelling in the classroom. This fall, the two will pursue their master’s degrees from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and both will be attending on full-ride scholarships.
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