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Fall of 2024 Dean’s List

A diverse crowd of students crossing the road at a traffic light on a fall day, and Old Main is in the background.

Fall of 2024 President’s List

Fundraising efforts hit a new record high at Clemson University

CUF welcomes three to board, announces chair and vice chair for 2024

Spring of 2024 President’s List

Spring of 2024 Dean’s List

Clemson Tiger mascot holds sign that reads Give Day. He is standing in front of an outdoor tent.

Ninth annual Give Day finishes with over $2M

Students walking around campus in the fall. A towering oak with lots of fall leaves stands above students at a crosswalk.

Fall of 2023 Dean’s List

Students walking across a bridge walkway at campus in the fall. Evergreen trees flank the left side of the crossway and brick buildings are in the background.

Fall of 2023 President’s List

Five women in a green reflective pull over talk with a man in a green reflective pullover.

Clemson paves the way in tailgating sustainability

Clemson University shatters fundraising record with unprecedented philanthropic support

Diverse body of students walking campus grounds on a spring day. Photo for Spring 2023 Dean's List.

Spring of 2023 Dean’s List

A diverse group of students walking outdoors on campus on a spring day. Photo for 2023 President's List.

Spring of 2023 President’s List

A group of eight people standing in alongside a large wall monitor/tv - four people on each side - in a school library setting. Clemson president and Susan Barker each have an end of a large poster that names the Barker Presidential Scholarship Endowment.

Charlie Barker family’s generosity creates new Presidential Scholarship Endowment for underserved students

A diverse group of students stand in front of the 2023 Give Day booth.

Another successful Give Day ends with nearly $1.9M raised by 4,182 donors for 2023

A pan of roasted vegetables including tomatoes, onions, artichokes, herbs and cracked black pepper.

Put down the salt shaker and other recipe modifications for National Nutrition Month

neon sign that spells tax, located inside a window of a business, drawing attention for 2022 tax filing season

Hold on to your wallet — 10 things to know before filing 2022 taxes

A graphic that reads week of gratitude, along with a tiger paw icon

2022 Week of Gratitude begins November 14

A multi-racial male student and female student pose with the Tiger Cub mascot while holding Give Day t-shirts they received from making a gift. Behind them, on the lawn, stands a tent over a table and smiling students all around.

Clemson Family breaks record for gifts on annual Give Day

An older couple, philanthropists Billy and Ann Powers, are standing in front of a long, concrete sign that stand about four feet from the ground and is slightly curved towards a new brick and glass building. The building is a part of the newly built business school, and the sign reads Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business, named after the philanthropic couple standing in front of it. The day is slightly windy and a little overcast. There is a rock garden in front of the sign that leads to a curb. Behind the sign, in front of the building, is a small garden with a tree as its center. The couple gave Clemson its largest philanthropic gift to date.

A year in review: Clemson’s largest philanthropic gift makes lasting changes

Man in his mid-fifties with longer hair, wearing a tux and sneakers, is standing in a mid-crouch with his right hand in his front pocket and left arm around a woman in a cocktail dress, standing with her left leg crossed in front of her right. They are outside an old, neglected industrial brick warehouse with rusted steel doors. The both have happy, friendly smiles, and his smile looks a little mischievous. They are Clemson University alumni, husband Brook and wife Pam Smith of Kentucky.

Building entrepreneurial ventures: $2.5M gift to launch first-of-its-kind entrepreneurship space at Clemson University

Three men (two from McCall Farms) are standing among rows of lettuce and kale on a farm, discussing vegetable breeding. The day is overcast, and in the distance, a line of trees border an unplanted field as if it's hugging it.

McCall Farms bolsters vegetable breeding research through $3M contribution

a virtual world or globe made up of technological lights being held in a person's hand

A new world: innovating global learning at Clemson

Clemson forever - O is a tiger paw

Clemson Family gives record-breaking $202M+ for scholarships, fellowships, endowments and more

Five new board members selected for Clemson Alumni Association

Emily Wallace, a Clemson graduate from the class of 1972, stands outdoors in front of a metal sculpture in the shape of a mathematical pi symbol. She is wearing business casual attire.

$1.25M for Endowed Directorship in the College of Science, supporting next generation of mathematicians, scientists

Three members join CUF board, Board Leadership enters second year

Laura and Bill Pelham standing in front of a bush.

$3M Academic Cornerstone supports the Clemson University School of Architecture

Building tomorrow’s road map, today — why Clemson’s Master of Transportation Safety Administration is a game-changer

Outdoor view of the rear elevation of the Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center with the Lake Hartwell shoreline in front of it.

How Clemson helped innovate the South Carolina wood industry and influence design

Micky Scott speaking from behind a podium with Amy Scott and President Jim Clements standing behind him.

First $2.5M Academic Cornerstone for Clemson’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences to support scholarships

$2.8M in gifts launches Clemson urban entomology initiative

TransDigm creates 150 Doug Peacock Scholarships for underrepresented students

TransDigm creates 150 Doug Peacock Scholarships for underrepresented students

Tax season expert Lynn Martin, woman who gave tax filing and tax return tips for taxpayers, smiling and standing in front of a brick wall on the outside of the business school.

Surviving 2020 tax season: tips for taxpayers

Zoom conference call screenshot of three rows of three photographs, consisting of eight students and professor in their own environments

Clemson professors admit distance learning was anything but distant

A group of students standing on a cliff on the side of a mountain holding a square tiger rag with the Clemson paw on it

U.S. Department of Education awards Fulbright-Hays grant to support global learning and engagement