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Instructions to Obtain Clemson Self Check Out Application

The Emeritus College is a book pick up/drop off hub for University Libraries. Today, we set up access to self-checkout. Therefore, you may use your ID to enter the Regulatory Building, go to the Library Self-Service desk in the Emeritus College suite, pick up your book, and scan the Clemson Library barcode to check out your book. This change allows you to pick up a book while staff is not in the office.  You must have Clemson Libraries Meescan application which you may download onto your device from your Google or Apple store.

If you drop off a book, send me a quick email to let me know.

General Help Guides

Watch Video for Instructions:

https://clemson.app.box.com/s/atek862fdztixgrrlhes8ld3hwyzq88z

Read Directions to Order Materials Online

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We hope this makes life a little easier for you! If you have any questions, please ask!

Professor Emeritus Thomas Kuehn’s legacy celebrated by global academic community in ‘Festschrift’ of medieval Italian history

New Emeritus Faculty Members Recognition

On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the Emeritus College celebrated its 23rd Emeritus Day with a special ceremony and reception. President Robert Jones and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Cole Smith welcomed 32 new emeritus/a faculty members to the college (one posthumously) and 7 Affiliate Members to the college.

New Emeritus Faculty

Lisa Bodenheimer

Librarian Emerita of University Libraries

Johnell O. Brooks

Professor Emerita of Automotive Engineering

Brenda Burk

Librarian Emerita of University Libraries, Posthumous

Vernon Burton

The Judge Matthew J. Perry Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History

Edward Barry De Iulio

Principal Lecturer Emeritus of Business

Lawrence Fredendall

Burlington Chair Emeritus of Supply Chain Management

David L. Freedman

Professor Emeritus of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Julia M. George
Associate Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences

Judson Robert Jahn

Principal Lecturer Emeritus of Legal Studies

Roy Irving Jones

Provost’s Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership

Julie B. Lassiter

Senior Lecturer Emerita of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Nancy Ward Leininger

Senior Lecturer Emerita of Graphic Communications

Leslie A. Lewis

Lecturer Emerita of Educational and Organizational Leadership

Nora Arostegui Logue

Senior Lecturer Emerita of Languages

John Russell Madray

Senior Lecturer Emeritus of the School of Accountancy

Patricia Guerra Marcondes

Senior Lecturer Emerita of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Science

Jeff Marshall

Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning

Johnny McGregor

Professor Emeritus of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences

Melva Marguerite Persico

Senior Lecturer Emerita of Spanish

June J. Pilcher

Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology

William Michael Pulley

Senior Lecturer Emeritus of English

Charles D. Rice

Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences

Harlan Russell

Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Matthew J. Saltzman

Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Sara Moir Sarasua

Associate Professor Emerita of the School of Nursing

Rajendra Singh

Houser Banks Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Mark Anthony Small
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Director, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life

John Robert Smith

Senior Lecturer Emeritus of World Cinema

David Lee Stegall

Principal Lecturer Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion

Elizabeth A. Stephan

Principal Lecturer Emerita of General Engineering

Ellen Vincent

Principal Lecturer Emerita of Plant and Environmental Sciences/Horticulture

Denise Woodward-Detrich
Senior Lecturer Emerita of Fine Arts and Director of Lee Gallery

New Affiliate Members

Michelle Marie Deem

Family Nurse Practitioner Clemson Rural Health, Retired

Daniel Michael Howard

Distinguished Extension Agent, Retired

Ralph Philip Landreth

Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Operations, Retired

Tina LeMay

Associate Creative Director, Marketing and Communications, Retired

Sandra Piazza

CCIT Systems Programmer, Retired

Della Annette Baker Sprowl

State Program Leader in Extension, Retired

Cairencross C. Withington

Director, Program Review and Effectiveness, The Graduate School, Retired

Pictured: New Emeritus and Affiliate Members, 2026

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Kathy Headley, Professor Emerita of Literacy and Chair of the Emeritus College Advisory Board, and Mr. Chip Egan, Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts Chair-Elect of the Advisory Board served as the keynote speakers this year delivering What a Year and What A Year to Come, respectively . Dr. Headley featured all the remarkable achievements accomplished throughout the past year while Mr. Egan promised more to come.

Dr. Robert Hogan, Professor Emeritus of Architecture who served as Associate Chair of the School of Architecture, Chair of the Emeritus College’s Award Committee, announced the annual award recipients.

The Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeritus Award was established by the late John Kenelly to recognize emeritus faculty members who have made outstanding contributions to the Emeritus College, Clemson University, the greater Clemson community, and to society. In addition to recognition by the Emeritus College, the award provides $500 toward a donation to a Clemson University program of interest to the awardee in the recipient’s name.

The 2026 Kenelly-Voss Distinguished Emeritus Award was presented to Dr. Joel Greenstein forhis outstanding contributions to the college.  While Board Chair, Dr. Greenstein was able to encourage gifts to the Kenelly-Voss Endowment ensuring it was completely funded.  He is currently the college’s liaison to the Association of Retired Organizations in Higher Education.  He continues to serve on key committees and is a member of the Emeritus Coffee House musicians who meet monthly providing music for all emeritus faculty to enjoy.

(Pictured left to right: Dr. Kathy Headley, Chair, Advisory Board, Dr. Joel Greenstein, Kenelly Voss Distinguished Emeriti of the Year, Dr. Debbie Jackson, Director, Emeritus College)

The I.D.E. Emeritus College Fellows designation was created to honor emeritus faculty members each year who steadily render valuable service to the Emeritus College and to Clemson University without compensation. It is named in honor of I. Dwaine Eubanks, a former Executive Director of the Emeritus College. The 2026 Class of IDE Fellows:

Dr. Karen Kemper, Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Public Health Sciences.

In service to the Emeritus College, Karen has served as the Emeritus College representative to the University Faculty Senate.  She has also been an active member of the Well Being Committee and has provided multiple presentations for the Emeritus College focusing on fitness and balance.  Karen is actively engaged in a grant funded program to assess and improve balance.  She is mentoring two junior faculty members while working with them on a Balance Camp course for seniors, including members of the Emeritus College.   

(Pictured Class of 2026 Emeritus College Faculty Awards left to right: Kenelly Voss Emeritus of the Year, Dr. Joel Greenstein; IDE College Fellows Dr. Karen Kemper, Ms. Donna Reiss, Dr. Bonnie Stevens, Dr. William Stringer)

Donna Reiss, Associate Professor Emerita of English

In service to the Emeritus College, Donna has been an integral part of the Creative Works Committee for several years. She is unsurpassed in her participation and commitment to the committee’s goals. She is a strong advocate for enhancing recognition of creative works by Clemson’s retired faculty. In addition to her efforts with the Creative Works Committee, Donna has participated with the Memoirs Writing group and designed the artwork for one of the books. A quiet force, Donna brings added value to the work of the Creative Works Committee and to the Memoirs Writing Group.

Dr. Bonnie Stevens, Senior Lecturer Emerita of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management

In service to the Emeritus College, Bonnie has served on the Advisory Board as a board member. She has also served as an officer on the Advisory Board, including Chair Elect, Chair, and Past Chair. While serving as the Chair, she was instrumental in working with a local vendor to get college members access to Emeritus College swag. These hats, shirts, and vests have helped promote our college across campus to many that did not know of our existence.  She was also an original member of the Promotions Committee.  Bonnie continues to serve the Emeritus College as a member of the Revenue Task Force and the Creative Works Committee.

Dr. Bill Stringer, Associate Professor Emeritus of Agronomy and Soils

In service to the Emeritus College, Bill served on the Emeritus College Advisory Board between 2018-2022. In that time, he served as the Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair.  As Chair of the Community Outreach Committee, Bill initiated the Speaker’s Bureau website and grew the participation in this program. He has provided many informative presentations related to World War II and plant life in the Carolinas to members of the college, and he continually supports programming at the Emeritus College.

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Emeritus College Scholars Scholarship Program

Each year the Emeritus College awards one or more deserving undergraduate students a scholarship. Each recipient is named an Emeritus Scholar and introduced at our annual Emeritus Day event. The scholarship is awarded to the student with the highest GPA without other scholarships. The generous donations of the emeritus faculty support the awards each year for undergraduate students. This past spring, Dr. Elaine Richardson, Professor Emerita of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and past Director, Academic Success Center, initiated an endowed Emeritus College scholarship fund to ensure that in the future many more Clemson University undergraduate students receive a scholarship.

Emeritus Scholar, 2026

(Pictured left to right: Dr. Debbie Jackson, Director Emeritus College, Carson N. Johnson, Sophomore in Accounting, Dr. Kathy Headley, Chair Advisory Board)

Our Emeritus Scholars scholarship recipient this year is Carson Johnson who is a sophomore from Belton, South Carolina, majoring in accounting with a minor in biology. Carson was inspired by his mom, a CPA, who sparked a passion in him when he was very young to attend Clemson and follow in her footsteps. He is actively involved in the Clemson University FCA Athletics Leadership group. On this team Carson organizes events for athletes on campus. He is also a member of the Clemson Cheer Team which participates in football and basketball games and, at the end of the season, competes at the national level. Carson shared that these experiences have strengthened his leadership, teamwork, and time management skills. Looking ahead, he strives to become a leader within a public accounting firm where he can make a meaningful impact through his expertise as well as his strong leadership. In his free time, Carson enjoys stunt cheering, working out, and spending time with his friends.

Please join the Emeritus College on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 10:00 am – 11:30 am, hybrid, for a special program about Clemson University’s Great Class of 1939, with Excellence Award Winners, Mr. Chip Egan (Inducted 2000; currently Class Treasurer), Dr. Cecil Huey (Inducted 1994), and Dr. Don McKale (Inducted 2006).

Flyer Link Here

Curious about Clemson University’s only perpetual class – The Great Class of ’39? Come on out to the Emeritus College or join online to demystify! [Pictured below, Senior Platoon, 1939]

Excellence Awards Winners, Special Friends, and Others, Class of ’39 Memorial, SCBG, May 1, 2026

On Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Hybrid, Bert Fox, retired photo editor for the National Geographic (1996-2007) will present “Celebrating the First Ascent of Mt. Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay” at Clemson University’s Emeritus College 511 Westinghouse Rd, Pendleton, 29670. Open to the public so bring your friends and family!

Bert Fox will discuss producing the visual content for National Geographic Magazine’s 50th Anniversary edition celebrating the first ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Bert was responsible for the entire visual production of the May 2003 issue of the magazine. His fieldwork included travel to New Zealand to meet Sir Edmund Hillary, and to Nepal to retrace the British trek to the summit and contact several Sherpa families. Upon his return to National Geographic’s offices in Washington DC, he directed the selecting, editing, and arranging of the visual content for the issue. 

Bert Bio
Bert Fox was a photo editor for National Geographic from 1996 – 2007, during which time he edited the visual content for over 100 stories from ideas to print – procuring, negotiating contracts, overseeing work, editing the photographs, and selecting those that would be included in the magazine. Bert began his 40+ year career as a newspaper photographer. He was a photo editor and Sunday Magazine art director at the Philadelphia Inquirer from 1982-1996. Over the course of his career he was a five-time winner of the prestigious “Photo Editor of the Year” prize awarded by the University of Missouri and National Press Photographers Association in their “Pictures of the Year” International competition. In 2007 he and his wife Nanine Hartzenbusch moved to Charlotte to raise their son Charles, and they relocated to the Upstate in 2019.

Pamela Havice PhD, professor emerita of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development in the Emeritus College at Clemson University was inducted into the Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) Gavel and Gravel Society. This distinction was awarded to Dr. Havice at the SACSA conference in Louisville, November 2025. The SACSA Gavel and Gravel Society recognizes outstanding professionals whose enduring contributions have shaped both the field of student affairs and the SACSA community. Dr. Havice exemplifies the highest standards of service, scholarship and commitment to the advancement of higher education. She has demonstrated a lifelong dedication to supporting students, mentoring colleagues, and elevating the profession. Read Here

Bill Havice PhD, DTE, professor emeritus of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development in the Emeritus College at Clemson University, was awarded membership to the International Technology and Engineering Academy of Fellows at the ITEEA conference, March 27, 2026, Virgina Beach VA. The Academy of Fellows induction is based upon documented evidence of leadership roles in ITEEA and other affiliate organization(s), presentations, and professional development activities at local through international levels, and recognition by peers. The award is presented to an individual who has established a sustained record of outstanding service in the field of technology and engineering education and gained prominence in and brought honor to the profession of technology and engineering education.

Have you heard the fabulous news about the Emeritus College’s new endowed scholarship fund – a special initiative to permanently provide funds for undergraduate scholarships? The Emeritus College provides one or two scholarships annually; however, it is a non-endowed fund which we replenish each year. Participants in Skip’s Trivia always donate a few dollars to play trivia. This is one of the ways the Emeritus College funds student scholarships. Recently, Dr. Elaine Richardson initiated the process to set up an endowed undergraduate student scholarship fund and is asking our emeritus faculty to make gifts to the new endowment for Give Day 2026 – now through April 8.

• Read Dr. Headley’s Letter
• Direct Link to EC Scholarship Endowment (last box lower right) 
• Emeritus Scholars

Dr. Elaine Richardson

New Endowment for Undergraduate Scholarships

Join the Emeritus College on a tour of Susan Lenz’ Mouse House Studio [ Register below!]

Cateechee was once an active, self-contained mill village with a church serving those who labored in the Norris Cotton Mill, the first big manufacturing plant in Pickens County. The village included a company store, school, post office, cafe, barber shop, hotel, and more than ninety houses. The mill closed and the village declined. In 2023, the church was purchased by Susan Lenz and Steve Dingman and renovated into their home and sanctuary-sized fiber arts studio.  They moved from Columbia in March 2024. The tour will include both the studio where artwork is for sale and the two-story living space that was once Sunday school rooms and office space. Susan’s artwork has been part of both the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Smithsonian Craft Shows. She has pieces in the permanent collections of the Textile Museum and the Department of Interior Museum, both in Washington, DC.  Susan creates a variety of artwork, from inexpensive but original greeting cards to wall-hanging work that is also carried by the Grovewood Gallery in Asheville North Carolina and Spiralis Gallery in Easton, Maryland.

Place: Mouse House Studio [Cateechee Mill Church]

Date: April 8, 2026

Time:  Meet at the church at 9:45 am

Park:  Parking is on the grass on the left side of the structure

Bring: Cash and card in case a piece of art catches your eye

Register Here