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From professors receiving top honors to students traveling the globe, CBBS closed the spring semester with a number of events and accomplishments. We honored our top students, faculty and alumni in several ceremonies held in April, and the semester culminated on May 9 as CBBS students graduated in the afternoon commencement ceremony. A number of CBBS students were actively involved in this year's commencement exercises: Michael Garcia, marketing major, provided the invocation; Amanda McDonald, marketing major and winner of the Clemson Cup Speech Competition, provided this year's student speech; and Kristin Purvis, psychology major, was awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, which is given annually in recognition of the recipient's influence for good, excellence in maintaining high ideals of living and genuine service to others. Jason Moss also received the first doctoral degree awarded from the human factors psychology program, and Dr. Daniel Benjamin, professor in The John E. Walker Department of Economics, was named Alumni Master Teacher.
We met with a record number of alumni through our alumni receptions and luncheons this semester. We will continue to meet with more of our alumni as we travel across the country this summer and fall. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.
Claude C. Lilly, Dean
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Business Semester in Brussels
For the first time, CBBS is offering a semester-long study abroad program in Spring 2009 at The Thomas Green Clemson University Brussels Center (CUBC) in Brussels, Belgium. The international experience is open to all business majors and business administration minors. Courses will be taught in English by Clemson and approved Belgian faculty. The city of Brussels and its surrounding areas offer countless resources for students to anchor their business courses within a broader perspective through business visits and travel to other European cities.
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Vogel Leads Students on Peruvian Dig
Under the direction of Clemson anthropologist, Dr. Melissa Vogel, several Clemson students took part in Clemson's first season in an archaeological dig on the north coast of Peru. The goals of Project El Purgatorio are to investigate the changing face of Andean cities, the dynamic role of religion in the development of ancient Peruvian states, to identify Casma sociopolitical organization and to understand relationships between Casma and neighboring polities over time.
Project El Purgatorio was established by Vogel and Peruvian co-director Percy Vilcherrez under the auspices of UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. Summer 2008 will mark Clemson's second season of participation and the international research team's fourth season at the site. Thanks to National Science Foundation support, the group will devote the next three field seasons to studying the ancient urban environments.
To learn more about the students' experiences in Peru, see the summer issue of the CBBS Magazine.
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 Top Students Honored in Awards Ceremonies
Over 60 students were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the business honor society, along with faculty honoree Dr. Frances Kennedy, professor of accountancy, and alumna, Kim Wilkerson, president of Bank of America South Carolina. The 31st annual induction ceremony was held at Clemson House. To be eligible for membership, a student must rank in the upper 7 percent of the junior class, upper 10 percent of the senior class or upper 20 percent of the masters class. Inductees are elected to membership and publicly recognized during the spring term.
The following morning, over 70 students were honored for their academic, research and community service achievements at the annual Honors and Awards ceremony. The annual ceremony, which is held during the University's Honors Week at the Madren Center. Dr. Frances Kennedy was the featured speaker for the event.
The Department of Graphic Communications held its 16th Annual Awards Banquet on April 8 at the Madren Center. Clemson alumni Casey Clark of the United States Printing Office provided the keynote address and served as Master of Ceremonies. Seventy-six graphic communications and packaging science students received printing excellence awards from a number of technical and professional organizations. Four companies received Corporate Appreciation Awards, and seven individuals received awards for contributing time, effort, support, knowledge and encouragement to the department.
Prior to the commencement exercises on May 9, CBBS hosted a reception for all Spring 2008 graduates and their families. The event, which was held in Sirrine Hall, welcomed over 500 attendees.
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 Muth Receives Humboldt Award
Eric Muth, professor of psychology, received a Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Foundation. Muth will work with his German sponsor, Paul Enck, director of research in the Department of Internal Medicine, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Hospitals Tübingen. Muth and Enck will research eating disorders.
The foundation is a non-profit organization established by the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of international research cooperation. It enables highly qualified scholars not living in Germany to spend extended periods researching in Germany and promoting the ensuing academic contacts. The fellowship will support a year of research.
To learn more about Dr. Muth's research, visit his website at http://people.clemson.edu/~muth.
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On May 9, Jason Moss received the first doctoral degree granted in Human Factors Psychology. His dissertation, Characteristics of Head Mounted Displays (HMD) and Their Effects on Simulator Sickness, investigated typical display features of an HMD virtual environment and their effects on simulator sickness and presence. Rather than using a computer generated virtual environment, Moss' dissertation examined these characteristics within a real-world captured scene that is displayed via an HMD.
Moss was awarded the 2007 Clemson University H. W. Close Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, which is awarded annually to two outstanding graduate students. He was also the 2005 recipient of the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) doctoral-level scholarship. I/ITSEC promotes cooperation among the armed services, industry, academia and various government agencies in pursuit of improved training and education programs, identification of common training issues and development of multi-service programs.
Read more about Moss' research at http://people.clemson.edu/~muth/Jason.htm
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Richard Dull, an associate professor of accountancy, was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and research at the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Dull will study strategies to improve learning in accounting classrooms. He plans to work to increase students’ repertoire of cognitive learning tools and measure students’ awareness of their learning methods. While in Croatia, Dull also will teach accounting for non-accounting majors. The course will include extensive technology examples as well as ways to use an accounting system to detect fraud.
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Bank of America Makes Gift
Kim Wilkerson, president of Bank of America South Carolina and CBBS alumna, delivered more than words of wisdom during the 31st annual induction ceremony of Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society. Wilkerson presented a check for $125,000 to support five programs at Clemson including the Bank of America Annual Scholarship, the Bank of America Annual Travel Grant, the Bank of America Global Forum, the Bank of America Current Project and the Bank of America/Clemson University Global Partnership Endowment. This gift brings Bank of America South Carolina support to over $1,000,000. Dr. Raju Balakrishnan, associate dean of undergraduate programs, accepted the check on behalf of the University.
Read more about Kim Wilkerson's career and Clemson experience in the Summer 2008 issue of the CBBS magazine.
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The Wall Street South Investment Club provides students with experience in trading securities (stocks, bonds, options) and understanding how capital markets work.
According to advisor Kerri McMillan, the group’s mission is for students to gain experience by performing portfolio simulation. Each student is given a mock portfolio of $100,000 to manage over two semesters. Trading begins in September and ends in April. The top ten portfolios are posted weekly, and the top three portfolios are rewarded at the end of the year.
In addition to managing portfolios, the group’s activities include presentations from investment professionals in the field such as portfolio managers, brokers and investment analysts. Past presentations included representatives from UBS Securities, The Investment Center and Vanguard Mutual Fund Services. The club also visits the CU Trading Room to learn techniques such as stock screens.
The Wall Street South Investment Club is open to all majors at Clemson University. Currently, the club has 70 members; membership is open to students in the fall.
“This is a high-energy group of students who learn it is tough to beat the market, which in our case is the S&P 500 as a proxy for the stock market. Students learn a lot about risk and putting ideas into action. It is very gratifying to me to be the faculty advisor for this distinguished group of students,” said McMillan. |
Pershing Rifles Wins 5th Straight National Champions
Clemson University’s Pershing Rifles won its fifth straight National Championship in the three-day event at Embry Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Fla. The team competed against 18 other teams from all over the country. It is the team’s seventh title in nine years. Clemson has twenty-one active members in the Pershing Rifles. Of those members, sixteen competed in various events.
“Since our founding at Clemson in 1939, Company C-4 has a long history of being the best at what we do. All our members have put forth a tremendous amount of effort this year, and it’s a great honor for us to continue this tradition of excellence by bringing home another national championship,” said Pershing Rifles Capt. Douglas Wells.
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Celebration of Alumni Entrepreneurs
Bill Masters and Joe Turner, both Clemson University alumni, were recognized for their entrepreneurial spirit at the third annual Celebration of Clemson Alumni Entrepreneurs. The event was held on April 10 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Greenville. The event is a Clemson Renaissance Center activity and is sponsored by the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Masters is president, owner and/or partner in several businesses, including two kayak companies, Kinetixx, Inc. and Evolution Kayaks, and several real estate development operations. From 1974 to 1978 he was the owner and founder of Perception Kayaks in Easley, during which time Perception became the largest kayak manufacturer in the United States. Masters is a 1974 Clemson graduate with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
Turner, a 1971 alumnus with a bachelor's degree in industrial management and a master's degree in management (1977), is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of First Sun Management Corp., one of the largest Wendy's franchise owners with 50 restaurants in the Southeast. First Sun Management is listed in the Monitor 200 as one of the 200 largest franchised restaurant operators in the country. The company also is listed among the 100 largest privately held businesses in South Carolina.
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Alumni Events Bring Together Past and Present
A series of CBBS receptions and luncheons reconnected alumni with their alma mater and with our current students.The events were coordinated by the CBBS Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of Student Professional Development.
Dean Lilly was the featured speaker for the Clemson Alumni
Luncheons and Dinner Clubs throughout South Carolina. During stops in Charleston, Augusta, Columbia and Greenville, Lilly shared
the College's strategic plan and answered alumni questions about the future of CBBS.
The Washington, DC reception was held at The Fund for American Studies, one of the College's partner organizations. One of the featured speakers for the evening was political science major Aaron Gentry, who recounted his experiences from the previous summer spent as a Congressional intern. He thanked the alumni for providing the current student body with access to meaningful internship and career opportunities. The CBBS Office of Student Professional Development works closely with our alumni base to cultivate internships and job leads for students.
The New York-area reception was hosted by Kathy Dillon Goldstein and Bryn Smith. Marketing majors LaBruce Boggan and Brianna "Bree" Moore told the attendees of their trip to New York with the Marketing Gateways program. The program brings marketing majors to New York for a week each spring to visit major corporations and learn more about careers in marketing.
Smith said, "The New York area is filled with alumni who long to feel close to the University and are eager to help Clemson leave its mark on this great city. Events like the CBBS reception not only help our NYC Alumni reconnect with the college and its current missions; it also provides an opportunity to reach out and assist students looking for internship and employment opportunities in the Metropolitan area."
To find out more about alumni events in your area, please visit our Alumni Calendar.
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Featured Alumni: Dave Jenkin and Jane Todd
Dave Jenkin Named Partner
Dave Jenkin has been named partner at Alexander Haas Martin & Partners, Inc. Previously, Jenkin was Associate Vice Chancellor for University Development at North Carolina State University and Assistant Vice President-University Development at Tulane University. He was also Clemson University’s first Director of Foundation and Corporate Development, where he developed a program as part of the University's first comprehensive campaign, which earned the CASE/USX Foundation AIMS Award for Corporate Development, the institution's first-ever award for excellence in corporate relations.
Jenkin is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, having served as Vice President/CFO on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Chapter Board. He is a frequent presenter and lecturer, conducts workshops and seminars in fund-raising & board leadership, and is a Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) "heavy hitter" award-winner. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Planned Giving Council, and is a Past President of the Board of Directors of Leadership-Charlotte. He was named to Charlotte's prestigious "40 Under 40" by the American City Business Journals.
He earned a bachelor's degree from Clemson University and studied tax and finance at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington. He also contributes to an award given to a Department of Finance student at the CBBS Honors and Awards Ceremony held each April.
Jane Todd Receives Quest Award
Jane Todd, administrative manager at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, received the Association of Legal Administrators' Quest Award during its 37th Annual Educational Conference and Exhibition in Seattle.
ALA's Quest Award recognizes a new member who is involved in a number of association activities. The award recipient demonstrates traits from a successful quest and from the association’s Performance Objectives for Members. Todd was selected from among 924 eligible candidates and 22 finalists.
A native of Saluda, South Carolina, Todd is a 1984 graduate of Clemson University with a bachelor of science degree in administrative management. She directs office activities in multiple locations of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, including responsibilities for managing offices in three North Carolina cities and Boston, Massachusettes, as well as her role in managing projects in the firm's other office locations. In addition to her leadership in the South Carolina chapter, she has been active in ALA chapters in North Carolina by her participation in their meetings, conferences and networking with the Charlotte and Raleigh chapters.
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 Share Your Stories & Photos!
During our trip to New York, marketing students Brianna "Bree" Moore and LaBruce Boggan talked with honorary hosts Steve and Kathy Dillon Goldstein (alumna), and Art and Joan Spiro, benefactors of the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
We love to receive stories and photos from CBBS alumni. E-mail your news, announcements and achievements to bbsalum@clemson.edu.
To find out more about alumni events in your area, please visit our Alumni Calendar.
Meredith Mims McTigue
Director of Alumni Relations
Toll Free Phone: (866) 583 CBBS (2227)
Office Phone: (864) 656-3747
Email: bbsalum@clemson.edu
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