Clemson University is not large, compared to most of its peers among the nation's top-30 public universities, but it has become a research powerhouse with a rapidly growing graduate program and thoroughly engaged undergraduates who participate in real research across the curriculum. Clemson's location, size, community, academic organization and tradition offer an unmatched culture of collaboration.
A project to increase the number of African American men teaching in South Carolina elementary schools has grown well beyond its original aspirations. Once an idea to place 200 African American men in the classroom, Call Me MISTER® (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) is up and running in Pennsylvania and Virginia, while Georgia, Florida and Missouri are deep into talks about licensing the program. » READ MORE
Imagine having real-time data to monitor environmental health—water quality, storm-water runoff, even tree growth rate—from any Internet access point to improve watershed management. Clemson's Center for Watershed Excellence, established in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to foster cost-effective watershed management programs for S.C. communities, is developing the model for remote environmental sensing. » READ MORE
A new model for economic development in South Carolina—matching Clemson's strengths in automotive engineering with the state's strong automotive industry cluster—called for a new model for collaboration. » READ MORE
Clemson Computing and Information Technology is playing a leading role in creating an environment in which great things can happen, on campus and around the world, by expanding and strengthening the University's cyberinfrastructure. » READ MORE
The highly detailed nanoworld of electron microscopy is the vehicle for exploring surprising relationships that both drive and inform interdisciplinary research. Thanks to Clemson's state-of-the-art Electron Microscopy facility, more and more researchers are using the lab to facilitate the understanding of materials, their properties and how they function in different applications. » READ MORE
Hold the Date: January 25-27, 2009 This conference offers a "how-to" approach that focuses on the nuts and bolts of programs with a proven record of success, and attracts the country's top leaders and advocates for black students. We invite you to attend or send in a proposal to be one of this year's featured speakers.
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Creative Inquiry Team Tackles Challenge of the Sphinxes
Clemson students are helping to preserve humanity's distant past in Luxor, Egypt. As part of an ambitious push to restore and rejuvenate the Luxor and Karnak temples, as well as the Avenue of Sphinxes and the surrounding city of Luxor, government officials in 2006 invited Clemson students to join students from Ain Shams University in Cairo to collaborate on a master plan for the city of Luxor.
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Collaborative Efforts Help Clemson
Collaborative efforts have allowed Clemson to: Offer Small Classes—48% of classes have fewer than 20 students. Student-to-faculty ratio is 14-to-1.
Focus on Student Success—Freshman retention rate is more than 90%. Graduation rate exceeds 78%.
Attract Top Students—52% of freshmen were in top 10% of their graduating class. Average SAT:1221.
Garner More Research Funding—NSF Expenditures ranks Clemson 19th among public universities without medical schools and 17th based on engineering expenditures.
Unmatched Culture of Collaboration
