Author: Nicole Hanewald

The Emeritus College extends their gratitude to the following emeriti for their generous loans of bound publications or creative works for display. These displays make the Emeritus College suite a truly special place!

John Acorn (Gallery)

James Barker (Gallery)

John Bednar (Bound Publication)

Harold Cheatham (Bound Publication)

Jan Comfort (Gallery-Quilt)

Lynn Craig (Bound Publication)

Sydney Cross (Gallery)

Tom Dimond (Gallery)

Skip Eisiminger (Bound Publication)

M. David Egan (Bound Publication)

Lew Fitch (Gallery-Music CDs)

Robert P. Green, Jr. (Bound Publication)

Wm. Michael Hood (Bound Publication)

Debra Jackson (Bound Publication)

Steven Katz (Gallery-Framed Prose)

Del Kimbler (Gallery and Bound Publication)

Sandy King (Bound Publication)

Yuji Kishimoto (Gallery)

Del Kimbler (Gallery and Bound Publication)

Michael Kohl (Bound Publication)

Jerry Lambert (Bound Publication)

Rob Roy McGregor (Bound Publication)

Don McKale (Bound Publication)

John Morse (Bound Publication)

James Navratil (Bound Publication)

Tom Parks (Bound Publication)

B. Merle Shepherd (Bound Publication)

Fred Sias (Bound Publication)

Dolores Stegelin (Bound Publication)

William Stringer (Bound Publication)

David Stroup (Gallery)

Karyna Szmurlo (Bound Publication)

David Tillinghast (Bound Publication)

Sam Wang (Gallery and Bound Publication)

Donations to the Emeritus College have been made in memory of the following faculty members:

Dr. I. Dwaine Eubanks, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and EC Director

Dr. John and Charmaine Kenelly,  Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences

Mary Taylor Haque, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Horticulture, retired in 2010. She has been very busy since her retirement and remains an example of staying engaged after retirement!

Book Details: 2021:  Currently working on editing a textbook and writing the Foreword for The Placemakers Academy by Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA.

Published Writing:
2021:  Haque, Mary Taylor. The Saluda Riverwalk and its Sentinel Destination: Boyd Island Sanctuary. The Midlands Master Naturalist Association Newsletter. Winter Issue 2021. Pages 14-17.
2021: Haque, Mary Taylor. The Saluda Riverwalk. The Upstate Master Naturalist Association Newsletter. Spring Issue 2021.
2019:  Bauknight, Deana. “A Flock of Birders” featuring Taylor and Haque family. Columbia Metropolitan Magazine. March 2019.
2014:  “Reflections on a Seabird Rookery-Deveaux Bank”.  Article by Mary Haque featuring work of Dana Beach, founder of the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and author of Deveaux Bank.  The Upstate Naturalist. Vol. 4, Issue 4, August 2014 page 3&6.

Award Details since retirement: 
2018:  Inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Council of Fellows: “Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service. The designation of Fellow is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time.” (ASLA)

2016: Silent Footprinter Award. Presented by the South Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Student’s Honors and Awards Since Retiring:
2010:  Creative Inquiry Advisee Thomas Baker won Best Creative Inquiry category in the Clemson University E-Portfolio contest. Landscape Design of a Vertical Plane: The Clemson University Green Wall Project. March 2010.

2010:  Independent study students Christa Jordan and Erin Cooke were awarded the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology Program Fellowship to work on a green roof project as a collaborative effort between Friends of Lake Keowee (FOLKS) and Clemson University 2009-2010. They presented “Demonstration Green Roof that Encourages Participation, Education and Action”  at the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Conference in 2010.

Teaching and Advising:
2015: Served on the Program Planning Committee for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
2011 to 2015: Served on the design team for the Children’s Garden at the South Carolina Botanical Garden (SCBG) and participated in plans to involve children in nature-based learning through the redesign and installation of an expanded Children’s Garden. This team worked with the SCBG board who successfully raised $2 million for the Children’s Garden.
2014: Planned and organized a public event featuring Dana Beach to educate and fundraise for bird habitat in South Carolina. Birding benefit proceeds exceeded three thousand dollars and drew visibility to help grow the membership and support base of seven participating organizations including The South Carolina Master Naturalist Program, the South Carolina Botanical Garden, The Coastal Conservation League, the Keowee Clemson Bird Club, The Foothills Group of the Sierra Club, the South Carolina Master Gardener Program, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
2013: Served on the state committee to plan and host the Master Naturalist State Conference and silent auction, helped organize the poster sessions, and recruited and introduced the keynote speaker.
2012: Served as a “client” for Angelina Oberdon’s business writing class at Clemson University to prepare marketing brochures, a website, and a Facebook page for the Foothills Group of the Sierra Club.
2011: Spring Semester: Substitute taught tennis classes at Clemson University for Dr. Gina McLellan.
2011: Served as guest critic for Professor Scott Schiff’s Civil Engineering CU class project to design a “Road Diet” for Highway 123 in Clemson, SC.
2011: Served as “client” for Joey Burton’s exit project in Landscape Architecture.  Design of an education center for the SC Wildlife Federation property on Congaree Creek in Cayce, SC. Final presentation December 9.
2011: Served as “client” for Nick Myer’s exit project in Landscape Architecture.  Design for the Clemson University Calhoun Field Lab and Aquaculture Facility. Final presentation December 9.
2010: Taught a Horticulture Creative Inquiry Class at Clemson University.  Thomas Baker.  Eric Healy.

Conference Presentations Since Retiring in 2010
2021: Humphries, Ann-Chadwell, Mary Taylor Haque, and Christina Xan. Inclusive Spaces + Empowering Places: The Poetry of Leadership. Women in Leadership Conference. March 6. Clemson, SC.
2016:  Haque, Mary Taylor and Betsy Corn. Rethinking the Design of a Public Children’s Garden. American Horticultural Society National Children and Youth Gardening Symposium. July 14. Columbia, SC.
2013: Haque, Mary Taylor. Promoting Environmental Education through Volunteer Service as Program Coordinator for the Foothills Group of the Sierra Club. South Carolina Master Naturalist State Conference. Poster Presentation. May 24. Clemson, SC.
2013: Haque, Mary. Landscape Design for Energy Efficiency. South Carolina Horticultural Industry Annual Conference and Trade Show. February 6. Myrtle Beach, SC.
2013:  Haque, Mary. “Connecting Children to Nature”. South Carolina Master Naturalist State Conference.  May 24. Clemson, SC.
2012:  Haque, Mary. Designing Outdoor Environments for Children. South Carolina Horticultural Industry Conference and Trade Show. February 2. Myrtle Beach, SC.
2010:  Baker, K. Thomas, Mary T. Haque, and Dr. James Brown-Faust. Landscape Design of a Vertical Plane: The Clemson University Green Wall Project. Southern Region, American Society for Horticultural Science Annual Meeting. February 7. Orlando, Fla.
2010:  Healy, Erik J., Renee K. Byrd, Mary T. Haque, Tyler Miller, and Karl Muzii. The Petty Residence: A Landscape Design Based on Principles of Sustainability. Southern Region, American Society for Horticultural Science Annual Meeting. February 7. Orlando, Fla.

Selected Invited Presentations Since Retiring in 2010:
2013: Haque, Mary.  Landscape Design Criteria for Children’s Gardens.  Presentation and consultation with South Carolina Botanical Garden staff on their Children’s Garden design. December 3 and 11. Clemson. SC.
2013: Haque, Mary. “Designing Outdoor Environments for Children.” Lake and Hills Garden Club. April 12. Salem, SC.
2012: Haque, Mary. Designing Outdoor Environments for Children presentation and consultation with garden staff on their Children’s Garden design. Brookgreen Gardens. February 24 and again on June 12. Litchfield, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Designing Outdoor Environments for Children.  Master Gardeners. South Carolina Botanical Garden. November 7. Clemson, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Principles of Landscape Design. Clemson University Hort. 461/661 Guest lecture for class taught by Galen Newman. January 24. Clemson, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Elements of Landscape Design. Clemson University Hort. 461/661 Guest lecture for class taught by Galen Newman. February 1. Clemson. SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Planting Design. Clemson University Hort. 461/661 Guest lecture for class taught by Galen Newman. February 8. Clemson, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Topiary Artist Pearl Fryer. Clemson Garden Club. South Carolina Botanical Garden. February 28. Clemson, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Gardening with Children. Pickens Garden Club. September 6. Pickens, SC.
2011: Haque, Mary. Landscape Transformations. Edge Expo. Urban Ag Council, Gwinnett Center. December 7. Duluth, GA.
2010: Haque, Mary, Lolly Tai. Designing Outdoor Environments for Children.  Southern Spring Show. March 5.  Charlotte, North Carolina.
2010: Haque, Mary. Decorative Fall Plants. Garden Club. October 5. Seneca, SC.

Exhibitions Since Retiring in 2010:
Co-sponsored Exhibit on Charleston Renaissance Artist “Anna Heyward Taylor: Intrepid Explorer” at the Gibbes Museum of Art. Charleston, SC. January 18-May 12, 2019.  Her work was also exhibited at the Greenville Museum of Art May 26-July22, 2018, and at the Charleston Museum in 2019.

Professor Emerita and Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School, Dr. Felder retired in 2017 after many years of service to Clemson.

Frankie had begun her reconnection with the University since retirement and returning to the area after living nearly two years in Hout Bay, South Africa. This year (2021)she is pleased to announce that she has completed and self-published her book, OURstory Unchained and Liberated from HIStory, a narrative of her ancestors in the context of the history of the times in which they lived, primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana, prior to and during the Civil War, during Reconstruction, and into the Jim Crow era. Dr. Felder has also joined the Development Board of the Graduate School and will begin a three-year term on the Advisory Board of the Emeritus College.

Exhibition Details:  Not an “invited lecture” but “book talks” on her book, OURstory Unchained and Liberated from HIStory. It is resonating with those who have read it. She will speak to a small group in Milwaukee, WI this upcoming week, and have been asked to present in Atlanta and in Spartanburg, and will formally launch the book in Greenville at the Upcountry History Museum, September 26, 2021. Once the books are received in South Africa, Dr. Felder will do a Zoom presentation with the book club that she was a member of while living there, and will present to the Emeritus College via a hybrid session on October 26, 2021. Her ancestors included slaves, a US Colored Troop soldier, Confederate soldiers, and slaveholders.

Dr. Almeda Jacks, VPSA retired, Member of the Clemson University Emeritus College

Book Details: Working on a book from my personal experiences having reported directly to 7 presidents. “Higher Education: The Good, Bad and the Truth” (Working with Presidents and Governing Boards)

Other Details:  Currently in a pool for Interim Vice Presidents but not looking for permanent. I continue to do some consulting but truly enjoying my free time after 44 years in Higher Education!

Donna Reiss, Associate Professor Emerita of English

After retiring from teaching, writing, and editing, Donna has been learning watercolor painting, bookmaking, and mixed media collages and assemblages. Her collages have been been exhibited at the Anderson Arts Center, Artists Collective in Spartanburg, Metropolitan Arts Center, and Greenville Center for Creative Arts. Examples are on her Instagram feed, search dreissart.

Volunteer Details: She is a frequent volunteer at Metropolitan Arts Council and Greenville Center for Creative Arts. Donna has volunteered at Safe Harbor for over ten years. 

Ms. Reiss has  been making  journals and sketchbooks in a variety of formats, including hardcover and softcover. Examples are on my Instagram feed, search dreissart.

Visit http://wordsworth2.net to view her past academic and other career activities.

On April 27, 2021 the Emeritus College held it’s annual Emeritus Day event at the Owen Pavilion. Emeritus Faculty were able to visit safely in-person for the first time in several months! Mr. Charlie White, Associate Professor Emeritus and Director, CU Outdoor Lab and Dr. John Morse, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, were recognized as the 2021 Distinguished Emeriti recipients. The College also recognized the 2021 I. Dwaine Eubanks Fellows for their service to the College (Dr. Skip Eisiminger, Mrs. Lucy Eubanks, Dr. Hoke Hill, Dr. Calvin Shoulties, and Dr. Jerry Trapnell).  

The  2020-2021 emeriti were honored at the beginning of the ceremony by President Clements and Provost Jones for their over 200 years of combined service to the university! A fantastic lunch was enjoyed and Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics, provided the keynote address with an update on Clemson Athletics! Click HERE for the Order of Program as well as for information about the keynote speaker. We thank President Clements and Provost Jones for attending the event as well as several deans and department chairs.

Clemson Educator Receives William E. Dugger Exemplary Collaboration Award in Technology and Engineering Education

Clemson University educator William “Bill” Havice, PhD, Distinguished Technology Educator (DTE) received the 2021 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) William E. Dugger Exemplary Collaboration Award at its Virtual Conference held online March 22-27, 2021.

This award was established to acknowledge Dr. William E. Dugger’s life’s work and collaborative efforts to advance the mission of technological literacy for all. This award is presented annually to an individual or collaborative group who has established a sustained record of outstanding service to the field of technology and engineering education. To qualify for this award, the recipient must be an ITEEA member and have made significant contributions and resulting impact to ITEEA or technology and engineering education.

Go to: ITEEA – William E. Dugger Exemplary Collaboration Award

Dr. Havice, a professor emeritus of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development in the Clemson University Emeritus College, was selected for his many years of outstanding work as a technology teacher educator and for significant contributions to Technology and Engineering Education through collaboration.

Dr. Havice co-developed a career leadership and professional development initiative titled “Twenty-first Century Leadership Academy Program” that enhances leadership and professional development opportunities for junior faculty in ITEEA. For the past fourteen years, the program has provided an opportunity for rising technology educators from across the world to develop as professional leaders, develop community and have experiences related to the promotion of technology and engineering education and technological literacy in schools.

Go to: ITEEA – Special Recognitions Awards Videos

Dr. Harold Cheatham awarded ACPA Lifetime Achievement Award

American College Personnel Association (ACPA) – headquartered in Washington, D.C. at the National Center for Higher Education, is the leading comprehensive student affairs association that advances student affairs and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery.

ACPA, founded in 1924 by May L. Cheney, has nearly 7,500 members representing 1,200 private and public institutions from across the U.S. and around the world. ACPA members include graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in student affairs/higher education administration programs, faculty, and student affairs educators, from entry level to senior student affairs officers, and organizations and companies that are engaged in the campus marketplace.

The ACPA 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Harold Cheatham, Professor Emeritus of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences and Dean, at their virtual conference in March.

The ACPA lifetime Achievement Award Recognizes individuals who have extraordinary long-term involvement and service to the field od student affairs in higher education. The recipient will have a recognized level of significant scholarly productivity and/or exemplary leadership at one or more institutions of higher learning as a student affairs or higher education administrator or faculty member.

Congratulations to Dr. Cheatham for this prestigious award. You may view the video by clicking HERE (starting at 13:13)! Click HERE to see Dr. Cheatham’s story in Our Clemson.

John Morse, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Named SFS Fellow

The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) is an international organization whose members study freshwater organisms, biotic communities, physical processes that affect ecosystem function, linkages between freshwater ecosystems and surrounding landscapes, habitat and water quality assessment, conservation and restoration.

SFS fosters the exchange of scientific information among its membership, and with other professional societies, resource managers, policymakers, educators, and the public.

SFS advocates for the use of best-available science in policymaking and management of freshwater ecosystems.

Clemson Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Dr. John Morse, has been named a 2021 SFS Fellow. Dr. John Morse is an internationally renowned caddisfly systematist studying the identification, biology and evolution of Trichoptera worldwide since 1967. He is a SFS Distinguished Service Awardee and a founder and Co-chair of the SFS Taxonomic Certification Committee. He maintains the frequently cited Trichoptera World Checklist. He and his 42 former graduate students have investigated the identification, ecology, and distribution of other aquatic insects, also, and the use of insect communities to monitor water pollution. He has taught courses on these topics at Clemson University, the Highlands Biological station in North Carolina, in several other states ad in 10 Asian countries for more than 46 years.