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Construction of a new building for the College of Business will redefine the center of Clemson University’s campus while creating a state-of-the-art think tank environment for the college’s growing student population.
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Budding entrepreneurs presented their ideas for the next best thing in smartphone apps, medical devices, water disinfection and many more innovations at the 3rd annual Pitch Smackdown, sponsored by the Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
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A stint in the Army, including nine months as an infantryman in Afghanistan, has taught Dillon Sizemore some valuable life lessons that he says are benefiting him today, and will last long into the future. “Everything about the ROTC program is focused on leadership and how to become an effective leader,” he said. “The program is adding another dimension to what I learned as an enlisted man."
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Katrina Meeks is following in her daughter’s footsteps today, a path she would have chosen had circumstances been different when she was considering college choices years ago. Daughter Courtney is in her second year of the MBA program at Clemson, where she earned an undergraduate degree as well.
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Despite the negativity many associate with fracking, the controversial technique for extracting oil and natural gas from the earth had a positive impact on mortgage defaults in areas where fracking occurred, according to research by Lily Shen, Department of Finance professor.
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Robert Fleck and Andrew Hanssen, professors in the John E. Walker Department of Economics, analyzed nearly a century of data on U.S. films and film roles to determine whether there is systematic evidence of gender and age bias among actors and actresses as many in the film industry have claimed.
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Clemson has been recognized by Financial Planning magazine as having one of the top 75 programs in the nation for students pursuing financial planning careers. According to the CFP Board, there are more than 370 registered financial planning programs in the U.S. and approximately 75,000 certified financial planners nationwide.
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Jamie Patterson, who leads career services and the student experience for Clemson’s MBA program, has been named to Greenville Business Magazine’s 2016 Best & Brightest 35 and Under. Honorees were chosen based on the impact they’ve made in the Greater Greenville area through professional achievement and volunteer engagement.
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Clemson has a strong support system to help incoming freshmen adjust to the unknowns of college life. But few are as encompassing as the College of Business living-learning communities. Organized activities acclimate new students to all that’s available to them on campus and upperclass students have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills.
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Welcome new mentors and mentees to the Office of Student Enrichment's Tiger Ties Mentorship Program — now more than 600 members strong! Check out photos from the fall reception at the Watt Center. College of Business alumni and students, click here to find out more and learn about how you can be a part of this transformative program.
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“Providing students first-hand experience through an internship like this is invaluable to someone interested in pursuing a career in marketing research,” says marketing professor Danny Weathers. “Creating a university-community partnership with a well-regarded research firm like Sparks Research is a great example of how Clemson strives to educate beyond the classroom.”
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The Godfrey's is an award for the best student-produced video in the GC3400 class. Each video is conceptualized, planned, shot, edited, and presented by groups of three-four graphic communications students.
The videos will be screened from 2 to 3 p.m.
in the Hendrix Student Center's McKissick Theater.
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Robert Crandall,
senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and renowned author and expert on the economics of government regulation, will speak from 4-5:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium of Tillman Hall. The Tullock Lecture is part of the Big Ideas about Information Lecture Series, sponsored by the Information Economy Project.
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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of ROTC and the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, there will be game day activities including Army National Guard equipment and vintage military vehicles displayed on Bowman Field, flag Exchange at the Scroll of Honor in Clemson's Memorial Park, tailgate for all ROTC alumni and their families, parade from central campus to the stadium, and game ball parachuted in by Army Special Forces.
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Come
to a free info session from 5:30 to 7 p.m. to learn about the various
MBA options, application requirements and schedules available
through Clemson's MBA Program, including full-time, part-time, and the
new MBA in Business Analytics. Enjoy a short presentation followed by a Q
& A session. Please register as space is limited.
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José Piñera, a Harvard educated Chilean economist and former minister of Labor and Social Security, will be the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism’s guest lecturer for the Fall 2016 Pope Lecture series. He will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the Strom Thurmond Institute’s Self Auditorium.
Piñera is credited with structural reforms in Chile that led to reducing poverty from 50 to 8 percent of the population.
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