Inside Clemson

Two new services offered by Clemson’s Office of Human Resources earn praise from new employees

Joining Clemson University’s ranks has never been easier thanks to two significant upgrades to services provided by the Office of Human Resources (OHR).

First, Clemson’s onboarding program is a service that allows newly hired faculty and staff to quickly become acclimated to their work environment and gain an appreciation for the university’s objectives and culture. Research shows that employees who participate in a thorough onboarding program are more likely to transition smoothly into their new positions, exhibit improved job performance and remain employed at the organization through the transition-laden first year.

Throughout the onboarding pilot program, new members of Clemson’s faculty and staff (and their supervisors) realized positive results. According to Jameka Jackson, a recent hire in Student Financial Services, “Clemson University’s onboarding program was such a collaborative effort with everything condensed and covered well.”

A key element to the success of this new program is Tigers at Work, an enhanced website that gives new hires a wealth of information to guide them through their first year at Clemson. Click HERE for more information.

Second, Clemson’s international faculty, staff and students and their supervisors will benefit greatly from International Employees at Work, the University’s new online reference tool. The site’s visa-specific, online toolkits provide:

1) all the required resources, forms, and step-by-step processes, and
2) lists of all required forms and documents.

Navigating the complex processes required to seek work authorization in the United States just got easier. Click HERE for more information.

Clemson fights to protect wild tigers from extinction

Wild tigers, the embodiment of the Clemson spirit, face extinction.

Habitat destruction, human conflict, poaching and climate change have reduced the global population of wild tigers to just 3,200, barely equal to the number of freshmen at Clemson.

Through groundbreaking research and passionate advocacy, the Clemson family is rallying to protect tigers and tiger habitat from further destruction. Clemson faculty and students are shaping international tiger conservation policy, as well.

Clemson will host Tigers Always Conservation Week September 23–27 to bring attention to the plight of wild tigers and help ensure their survival.

The weeklong series of tiger-centric happenings will be highlighted by the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Global Tiger Forum secretary general Dr. Rajesh Gopal and Clemson University President James P. Clements.

A Creative Inquiry team led by Clemson’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism has partnered with the Global Tiger Forum to bring global awareness to the plight of wild tigers, and Clemson’s Institute for Parks provides tiger conservation training and tiger habitat connectivity analysis to the tiger range country of Bhutan.

Since its inception in 1997, Clemson’s Tigers for Tigers (T4T) Club has been on the leading edge of tiger conservation through an array of innovative initiatives, including establishing the National Tigers for Tigers Coalition and creating a spring semester course on Biodiversity and Conservation in India that involves overseas trips to learn about tigers.

“Wild tigers are in dire need of protection from poaching and habitat destruction,” Clements said. “Because of our expertise in wildlife biology, conservation and natural resource management, as well as our passion for our tiger mascot, it makes sense for Clemson to join the Global Tiger Forum in the fight to preserve this iconic animal.”