Tag: Clemson University

STEM

AAC&U Announces Schools to Participate in Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty Institute

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced the ten schools chosen to participate in its 2021 Institute on Reframing Institutional Transformation to Include Non-Tenure-Track STEM Faculty. The schools are California State University, Monterey Bay; Clemson University; North Carolina Central University; Providence College; Syracuse University; University of Minnesota Duluth; University of Puerto Rico […]

June 8, 2021

News Roundup

Clemson University Students Demand Tuition Freeze

Student protesters are urging Clemson University to freeze tuition for the 2021-2022 school year due to the financial impact of COVID-19, WYFF4 reported. Last year, in response to the pandemic, students did not face an increase in tuition fees. The University of South Carolina, alongside other institutions in the state, have recently announced a tuition […]

April 2, 2021

News Roundup

Clemson University Received $71 Million in Research Grants in 2020

Clemson University received $71 million total in research grants in the second half of 2020, marking an 18% increase from the previous year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenville News reported. Many of the grants pertain to engineering, manufacturing and technology. One is for $18 million to help create an autonomous electric vehicle for the U.S. military, […]

January 26, 2021

LGBTQ+

Clemson University Will Open First LGBTQ Residential Community Next Fall

Clemson University is opening its first LGBTQ “living and learning community” in fall 2021, a project ten years in the making, according to LGBTQ students.

December 9, 2020

African-American

Clemson University Works to Identify 604 Unmarked Graves in Campus Cemetery

Clemson University is working to learn the identities of those buried in 604 unmarked graves on its campus’ Woodland Cemetery, Greenville News reported. The graves may date back more than 200 years ago and may belong to “enslaved peoples, domestic workers, sharecroppers and convict laborers who lived, worked and died on the university’s land in […]

November 4, 2020

Home

A Program in Memory of Tyrone Gayle, Sen. Kamala Harris’s Press Secretary, Strives to Diversify the Political Landscape

The Tyrone Gayle Scholars Program, which started in 2019, funds two Clemson University students from underrepresented minorities to intern in in politics every summer.

August 26, 2020

News Roundup

Clemson U to Remove Name of Pro-Slavery Political Leader From its Honors College

Clemson University will remove the name of John C. Calhoun, a pro-slavery political leader and a former U.S. vice president, from its Honors College, in a move consistent with a nationwide outcry against racism since the death of George Floyd due to police brutality. Calhoun Honors College, named so since 1982, will now be called […]

June 12, 2020

COVID-19

Clemson University Says Students Gathering on or Off Campus Subject to Code of Conduct

A Clemson University student last week hosted a party with 100 attendees at their rented home in downtown Clemson, flouting social distancing guidelines issued to curb the spread of the coronavirus, reported Greenville News. Police broke up last Friday’s party after neighbors complained, and on the following Wednesday, the university released a message saying students […]

April 9, 2020

Students

Research on STEM Graduation and Enrollment Rates to be Discussed at Clemson Summit

Clemson University’s Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education recently published an infographic highlighting graduation and enrollment rates among underrepresented males in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields.

March 3, 2020

Students

How Colleges Are Making Work-Study Programs More Equitable

A lot of students work to pay for college, many through work-study programs. The problem is work-study jobs often involve little professional development to help students prepare for future careers. But what if work-study wasn’t just about paying for college? What if it was a more intentional part of a student’s education?

January 29, 2020

Sports

Elliot Charles Named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Chicago State University

Chicago State University (CSU) announced that Elliot Charles will be the university’s new director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Charles, who has more than 14 years of athletic leadership experience at Clemson University (CU) and Florida A&M University, will succeed Eric Hyman on Dec. 16. “Elliott rose to the top as a candidate in our search for […]

November 20, 2019

News Roundup

Diverse Co-Founder to be Honored at Clemson University

Co-founder and publisher of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Frank L. Matthews will be honored at his alma mater, Clemson University on Sept. 23. Matthews, a 1971 Clemson graduate will speak at the fall 2019 President’s Forum on Inclusive Excellence. He’ll share his 35 years of covering diversity, equity and inclusion stories and how his […]

September 17, 2019