fall 2014 nsp scholar stories

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Clemson University National Scholars Pr(864) 656-6160

www.clemson.edu/national_scholars232 Brackett Hall Clemson, SC 29634-5

Celebrating 15 years...5Norris Medalists, CUannual award for topgraduating senior

6National Science Foudation Graduate ResearFellows

2Fulbright ScholarsNSP Alumni

34 engineers and scresearchers26 economists, busileaders, and entrepre22 doctors16 professors, adviseducators, and teache6 lawyers5public policy, healtenvironmental leader3 architects and urbaplanners2ministers1 actor1veterinarian

H LARstories588 NSP nalists161 National Scholars1507 average SAT ofNational Scholars

31 retreat team members22 countries visited onNSP study trips

Belgium, Belize, Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Canada, England, France,

the Galapagos Islands,

Germany, Iceland, Ireland,Italy, Montenegro, theNetherlands, Russia,

Scotland, Serbia, SouthAfrica, Wales, Sweden,

Turkey, plus U.S. locationsincluding Denali, Grand

Canyon, Yellowstone, andZion National Parks.

74 Awards of Distinctionpresented to mentors

15 National Scholarsinducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Director Jamie Williams

Assistant DirectorKatie Maxwell

Graduate AssistantMegan Morgan

Faculty FelloMichael LeM

Sarah WinslDirector

Calhoun Honors Bill Lasse

Fall 2014

..and $260,624.21

To be a national uni-

rsity, we must have ational-caliber scholar-ip program, and thisit.President Emeritusmes F. Barker saidese words soon afters 2000 inauguration.This was theational Scholars Pro-am, and though heid this before the firstational Scholar set

ot on campus, he hadclear vision of whate NSP could mean toe Clemson community.That vision, it is safesay, has been exceeded

ith the investment in 161p high school students

from throughout the

United States paying off with leaders in every areaof campus. National Schol-ars have excelled in the

classroom and in researchlabs, in the Calhoun Hon-ors College, and in studentgovernment, student me-dia, service organizations,fraternities and sororities,intramurals, and more.

NSP alumni have accept-

ed positions at Fortune500 companies and en-rolled at top medical, law,professional, and graduate

schools around the world. As Clemsoncelebrates beingnamed a top 20 publicuniversity, the NSPlikewise celebrates 15

years of being a driverof achieving that goal,shaping the Clemson

academic experience intoone that attracts remark-able students to enroll andengages them with topprofessors and communityleaders.

The Natty Cup GivingCompetition has

inspired Scholars,alumni, and NSP

parents to donate morethan a quarter million

dollars to the NSPExcellence Foundationsince its 2009 launch.More than 130 friends

of NSP gathered onOct. 11 for the sixth

annual NSP Reunion

ailgate to celebrate thismilestone.

Parent Winners,2014 Parents

Congratulations also tothe Alumni winners of

the 2014 Natty Cup, the

2002 Scholars.

Pres. Jim andMrs. Beth

Clements joinedthe NSP Reunionon October 11.

National Scholars and NSP Finalists have comethroughout the U.S., as well as Indonesia, Spain, and Ge

15 YEARS by t num

Scholar Winners,2012 Scholars


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SUMMERSTORIEfteen Scholars visited Bhutan in May to meetith government and environmental leaders, fol-wing a spring course on wildlife preservation andatural resource management with Clemson Director for Parks Dr. Bob Powell. Another nine studied abroad in South Africa

June and July after a spring course on African history and culture with history professor Dr. James Burns. Later in theummer, Scholars pursued service, research, and internships around the world.

OUTH AFRICA |Hiking theDrakensberg Mountains

SOUTH AFRICA |Visiting the ConstituCourt in Johannesburg

SOUTH AFRICA |Entering the South-western Township to visit the NelsonMandela Home and Hector PietersonMemorial and Museum

BHUTAN |En route to visit TaktsangPalphug Monastery at Tigers Nest, aBhuddist shrine and temple

BHUTAN |Meeting withgovernment ofcials inThimphu

ALL NSP

es. Jim andMrs. BethClementshosted ant. 28 lunchr rst-yearScholars.

More than 20 Scholars and NSP staffvolunteered Sept. 13 for a morningof service at a local Habitat forHumanity build.

Author ofvilege: Theaking of anAdolescene

EliteandColumbiaUniversity

sociologistDr. Shamushan led thefreshman

seminar on

ov. 18 priora campus-ide lecture.

AUSTIN HERBST |Volunteered in the DominicanRepublic with the Foundation for InternationalMedical Relief of Children (FIMRC)

OLIVIA KEANE |Received an HonorsCollege grant tointern with FIMRCin Costa Rica

JENNY WILSON |Received a National

Science Foundation REU to conductresearch in St. Louis

KATIE STAHEL |Taught

computer skills inNamibia


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The graduating Scholars presented the2014 Awards of Distinction to the advi-sors and professors pictured below andlisted at right who made a significantimpact on their intellectual, personal, andprofessional development.

Jeffrey FinePolitical Science

Rusty GuillBlue Key Honor Society

Leidy KlotzCivil Engineering

Meredith McCarroll English

Elizabeth StephanGeneral Engineering

Julie WilkersonArchitecture

David ZumbrunnenMechanical Engineering

he 2014 graduates pursuing graduate school were accepted to top pro-ams, including Carnegie Mellon University, the Georgia Institute ofchnology, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, the Mas-chusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, the Scrippsesearch Institute, and the University of Slovenia.

2014 AWARDSBrittany AvinBarry M. Goldwater ScholarRoss Beppler Samuel B. Earle Award for Outstanding Senior in Engineer-ing from the College of Engineering and Science NationalScience Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, honor-able mentionKristin Buhrow Department of Sociology andAnthropology Travel Grant AwardAaron Gordon Alpha PhiOmega J. Lawrence and Renee P. Keese Award from AlphaPhi Omega service fra-ternity Named a CEDCScholar Lauren Harroff(12) National ScienceFoundation Graduate Re-search Fellowship Shan-non Kay Janine AnthonyBowen UndergraduateScholar Award from theDepartment of Industrial

Engineering Jessica Lau National Institutes ofHealth Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, national nal-ist National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fel-lowship, honorable mention Kelly Moran Outstanding Juniorin the Sciences Award from the College of Engineering andScience Jenny Tumas James F. Byrnes Award in AmericanGovernment from the Department of Political Science MostMeritorious Research Award from the College of Businessand Behavioral Science Outstanding Debater Award fromthe Department of Communication Studies

WELCOMETONSP

Congratulations tNSP Faculty FellDr. Michael LeMhieu on being nama Faculty Fellow a

Yale University inGilder Lehrman Cfor the Study of SResistance, and A

tion. LeMahieu will spend spring 2015 conducting research for his next book project

Civil War memory in contemporary literatThis project emerged from LeMahieus 20to 2013 NSP freshman seminars on the Civ

War and the Civil Rights Movement.

LeMahieu hosted aseries of lunches

with Scholarsbefore departingfor his fellowshipat Yale in spring2015.

2014 GRADS

At MaymencemProvostAziz pre Jenny Twith thegernon Sullivanone of tsenior a

Sociology professor Dr.Sarah Winslow joinedthe NSP this fall as Fac-ulty Fellow. She teaches

the freshman seminar,focusing on class andprivilege, and mentorsnew Scholars. Winslowresearches gender,class, work, and family.Winslow also serves asFaculty in Residencein the Honors Living-Learning Community inHolmes Hall.

Winslow (w ith hammer)atthe September NSP Habitat

for Humanity build day.

Megan Morgan joinedthe NSP in August asour newest graduate

assistant. Megangraduated from

Clemson in 2014 withdegrees in psychologyand sociology, and ispursuing a mastersdegree in Industrial-

OrganizationalPsychology.

The 2014 ScholarKristin Fuller,DaphneZachary Girvin,SimpsGrace Glenn,Mt. PlePatrick Gorospe, RoNeha Kumar,Simpso

Joseph Litts,FloreKillian McDonald,ColTyler Rodgers,Charl

Ansley Sackett,GreensbJessica Schnorr, Mt. P

Sarah Timmins,MemphSarah Waldvogel,Ce

Casey Young,St. Leon

Eric Zuberi,Lincoln

The NSP welcomed the 14 new

Scholars at an August retreat plannedby Andrew Carlin, Caroline Hensley, PaigePribonic, Katelyn Ragland, and ZacharyWhiteman and team leader Katie Stahel.

The Retreat incorporated a

half-day of service at a localHabitat for Humanity site.

Perennial retreat favoritehula hoop challenge

2014 graduatesand honorees


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232 Brackett HallBox 345108Clemson, SC 29634-5108

Gifts to the NSP ExcellenceFoundation support the life-

changing educational enrichmentand professional development

experiences that are the hallmark ofthe National Scholars experience.

In recent years, donations have helpedbring to Clemson speakers like The LaramieProject playwright Moises Kaufman, authorand senior editor of The Atlantic magazineTa-Nehisi Coates, authors Tayari Jonesand Shamus Khan, and German Ministerof Parliament Harald Leibrecht who haveshared their visions and expertise withClemson students.

Donate to the NSP ExcellenceFoundation account at

http://tiny.cc/SupportNSP

Donations to the NSP are tax deductible.

Support the

NSP Honors, NSP build towards 2016 In collaboration with UniversityHousing, the Calhoun Honors Collegeand the NSP are helping build the newCore Campus project.

For Honors students, this meansdouble the number of beds currentlyavailable in the Holmes Hall Living-Learning Community (including single-room options for upperclassmen) and

triple the meeting and study space in

the current Honors Center. For the NSP, we will have more thtwice the space that we long ago outgrew in Brackett Hall. Below are renderings of the overalCampus project and a peek inside. Fdesign is subject to change before CoCampus opens in fall 2016.

Honors Housing will be located in tmiddle and north towers. Honors ansuites will be located in the north to

Follow the progress of the Core Campus project athttp://housing.clemson.edu/initiatives/core

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