June 26, 2024
Dr. David Knox earned his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (2004), where he then served as Director of Technological Academic Initiatives for the University of Georgia Graduate School. Dr. Knox joined Clemson in 2004 where he is now the Director of the University Testing and Education Center (UTEC) and the Founding Director of the Clemson Thinks2 (CT2) […]
June 7, 2024
Tom Kealy, Ph.D., has been named Clemson’s first director for faculty awards and honorifics. In this role, Kealy reports to Senior Associate Provost Amy Lawton-Rauh to direct and manage workflows and networks supporting internal and external awards recognizing faculty excellence in teaching, service, scholarly pursuits, and leadership across the University. How does your previous experience […]
May 28, 2024
This month, we are featuring Dr. Leslie Warlick, a lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts. She holds performance degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Florida State University. Dr. Warlick has had the pleasure of studying violin with Elaine Richey, David Updegraff, Donald Weilerstein, and Gary Kosloski. […]
May 1, 2024
The Office of Faculty ADVANCEment (OFA) hosted its inaugural Faculty Grow Workshop on April 9 th, 2024. With approximately 50 faculty participants, and through the lens of a “charette-style” workshop, we began to create a shared vision of the future of faculty success at Clemson. With speakers, a faculty panel, and active engagement and conversation, […]
May 1, 2024
In 2017, with support from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program, Clemson University’s Advance grant team and Dr. Patrick Rosopa, the team’s Social Science Research Lead, developed and distributed a faculty survey to better understand Clemson’s institutional culture and climate for all faculty. Post COVID-19 and with the 2023 launch of Clemson’s Office of Faculty […]
April 2, 2024
As you (faculty) matriculate through your career, you will need to continually increase your knowledge, evolve your skills, and perhaps even shift your focus areas. To help you, the Clemson Libraries now offers a guide that highlights faculty resources (click here). This makes it easier for you to locate books that provide productivity tips for […]
January 16, 2024
We welcome you to join the ADVANCEment team in open discussions about ideas that are important to you. Please drop in and have a conversation over a cup of coffee with these months’ featured speakers, and learn about initiatives that are institutional practice today and priorities moving forward. Mon, January 29th – Meet Angie Leidinger, Senior Vice President […]
November 30, 2023
Dr. Elliot Ennis (Chemistry) teaches his Creative Inquiry class on pseudoscience. What is a teaching philosophy statement and how it can be evaluated? If you have ever asked yourself these questions, it would be important to point out that teaching philosophy statements are ideally not just a few paragraphs describing existential issues linked to the classroom or […]
November 10, 2023
Join us for our first book club where we will be discussing Success After Tenure, Supporting Mid-Career Faculty by Dr. Vicky Baker (Albion College). This activity, which is co-sponsored by the Clemson Libraries, aligns with the aim to support the development of mid-career faculty at Clemson. We are offering a free copy of the book to the first 50 faculty […]
October 19, 2023
While the NSF-funded TIGERS ADVANCE grant wrapped up this summer, the impact of their work has permanently impacted Clemson. It led to many institutional changes, one of which was the creation of Clemson’s first ever Office of Faculty ADVANCEment. We also saw changes in our faculty’s diversity over the course of this program. The representation of women faculty among STEM assistant professor […]
