Dominion Energy provides $175,000 to support Emerging Scholars and The Men of Color National Summit.
September 23, 2022
Dominion Energy generously donated $150,000 to support the Emerging Scholars Program. The Program’s mission is to establish a college-going culture among students from South Carolina’s economically disadvantaged areas. For the 2022-2023 school year, 154 students across five counties are supported and provided with tools and resources for academic enrichment, developing leadership skills, and increasing collegeRead More »
Ford Motor Company to Sponsor Students in Automotive Engineering
February 28, 2019
Ford Motor Company generously donated more than $80,000 in February to establish scholarships and fellowships in Automotive Engineering. The Ford Motor Company Scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students pursuing a Certificate/Minor in Automotive Engineering. Ford will help selected scholars gain industry insights and will participate in the annual CU-ICAR Awards Ceremony. This gift establishes FordRead More »
Hitachi High Technologies committed $125,000 to support graduate students
December 7, 2018
Hitachi High Technologies originally established the Electron Microscopy Fellowship in 2014 and has recently committed to the continuation of the fellowship for five years. The purpose of this gift is to provide an annual fellowship for one graduate student enrolled in the College of Science or the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences. TheRead More »
Fluor supports Clemson University with a $60,000 donation for campus programs and student associations.
September 19, 2018
Fluor, a long-term corporate partner and supporter of Clemson University has donated $60,000 to support initiatives on campus and student organizations. As part of this donation, Fluor will join the Michelin Career Center as a Platinum Tiger Partner. They have been an important partner, historically, with the Career Center, and have supported Clemson’s programming andRead More »
Engineering Information Foundation supports CU-WIN math program for Lowcountry girls
July 31, 2018
Supported by a $15,000 grant from the Engineering Information Foundation, based in New York, NY, Clemson hosted the CU Women in Numbers (CU-WIN) summer camp for middle school girls in Charleston, SC this month. The two-week camp introduced participants to mathematical theories, applications, and role models in order to inspire greater persistence among women inRead More »
Upstate students engineer self-driving boats through Bosch Community Fund-sponsored summer camp
July 27, 2018
Upstate elementary, middle, and high school students participated in an Autonomous Boat Summer Camp for Ocean Conservation led by automotive engineering professors Srikanth Pilla and Yunyi Jia at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Sponsored by the Bosch Community Fund, the camp provides students with opportunities to engineer their own small self-driving boatsRead More »
Clemson celebrates Wells Fargo’s ongoing investment in education programs in South Carolina
July 25, 2018
On Wednesday, July 25, representatives from Wells Fargo visited the Clemson campus to celebrate the company’s longstanding support of the Call Me MISTER and Emerging Scholars programs, which spans more than ten years. Call Me MISTER (CMM) was founded in 2000 to address the low numbers of African American men teaching in South Carolina publicRead More »
Duke Energy Foundation continues longstanding support of Clemson’s PEER & WISE programs
July 3, 2018
The Duke Energy Foundation gave $85,000 to Clemson University to continue support of two summer programs that are aimed at increasing diversity in the pipeline that carries talent from academia to the workplace. The foundation granted $45,000 to Project WISE and $40,000 to PEER/WISE Summer Experiences. Project WISE offers hands-on mini courses designed to develop middle school girls’Read More »
Katerra joins Clemson’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute as Founding Partner
June 21, 2018
Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute (WU+D) has added California-based company Katerra to its member program. Katerra joined the institute as a Founding Member, giving $50,000 toward the institute’s mission of researching, educating and providing resources for industry stakeholders in a variety of disciplines to advance wood-based products. “Clemson is delighted to have Katerra as one of its foundingRead More »
BMW continues support of Call Me MISTER and German Language programs at Clemson
June 8, 2018
BMW has continued its longstanding support of Clemson’s Call Me MISTER and German Language programs with two new $50,000 gifts. BMW has supported the Call Me MISTER program annually since 2002. Call Me MISTER pairs a traditional educational curriculum with supplemental seminars in topics such as character development, community service, and teacher efficacy so thatRead More »