The Source: From land-grant education to exponential opportunity, remembering the man who earned Clemson’s first graduate degree

In the early 1920s, Patrick Henry Hobson was a young man seeking opportunity beyond the fields of his family’s Sandy Spring farmland. One hundred years after he graduated with Clemson’s first master’s degree, the land-grant education of Pat Hobson has grown into exponential opportunity.


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Stars: Two Clemson grads, lifelong friends reach rarified air in the military 

George Bresnihan ’91 and Louis Mitchell ’92 grew up together in Charleston in the 80s, attended Clemson University together, and rose to the highest echelons of military service, becoming two of less than 25 African American general and flag-grade officers in the Army Reserve and Navy, respectively.

Clemson launching new initiative to bring the power of STEM to SC schools

Through a new partnership with STEM Global Action, Clemson University’s Division of Community, Engagement, Belonging and Access, will launch the STEM South Carolina (STEM SC) initiative as part of the University’s mission to enhance educational access to all students for success in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

Clemson continues to rank among best colleges nationally in recent Niche, The Princeton Review rankings

Clemson has again been named a top institution nationally in rankings announced by Niche and The Princeton Review. Niche provided Clemson with an overall A rating and named it the No. 1 college in South Carolina. The Princeton Review included Clemson in its Best Value, Best 390 Colleges and Best Colleges of the South lists.



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