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The summer and fall of 2015 brought several changes to the National
Scholars Program. After 13 years of tremendous service to the NSP,
Jamie Williams left to become Director of the Undergraduate Scholars
Program at the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Jamie arrived at Clemson
in 2002 as the Assistant Director of NSP, became Associate Director of
the Calhoun Honors College in 2009, and was promoted to Director of the
National Scholars Program in 2010. Jamies numerous contributions
to NSP include overseeing the NSP Excellence Foundation, which has
raised over $300,000 since its inception in 2009; coordinating study
abroad and Maymester trips to over 20 countries; and mentoring and
supporting over 150 National Scholars toward their academic, personal,
and professional goals. Current and alumni
National Scholars, faculty, and friends of
NSP celebrated Jamies contributions at a
farewell reception in August. We will miss
him tremendously at Clemson and wish
him the best of luck in his new position.
Dr. Sarah Winslow, previously NSP
Faculty Fellow, assumed the position of
Interim Director of NSP in August. An
Associate Professor in the Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, Dr. Winslow
came to Clemson in 2006 after earning her Ph.D. at the University
of Pennsylvania. Dr. Winslow also serves as Faculty-in-Residence in
the Honors Living-Learning Community and brings over a decade of
experience in teaching, advising, and undergraduate program oversight
to her new role with the National Scholars Program.
Katie Maxwell, who joined us as Assistant Director of NSP and the
Calhoun Honors College in 2013, has been promoted within the Honors
College to the new position of Director of Advising and Recruitment.
Katie will remain with the National Scholars Program through the 2015
2016 academic year before transitioning to her new role, in which
she will grow and develop the Honors Colleges advising programs and
capacity to better serve all students. Although NSP will be sad to see
Katie go, we congratulate her on this promotion and look forward to her
sharing her many talents with all Honors students.
Interim Director
Sarah Winslow
Assistant Director
Katie Maxwell
Graduate Assistant
Megan Morgan
Faculty Fellow
Michael LeMahieu
Director
Calhoun Honors College
Bill Lasser
SUMMER STORIES
Seventeen Scholars visited Ireland in May, following a spring course with history professor Dr. Michael
Silvestri, to explore the history, society and culture of Ireland with a particular focus on how Irish
people, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, have attempted to come to terms with
complex and often divisive legacies of Irelands history. Another thirteen Scholars studied abroad
in South Africa in June and July after a spring course on African history and culture with history
professor Dr. James Burns.
IRELAND I Hiking and touring castle ruins,
Northern Ireland
2015 GRADS
Kerry Smith
Genetics & Biochemistry
Vladimir Matic
Political Science
Tamara McNealy
Biological Sciences
Petrea Warneck
Performing Arts
Windsor Sherrill
Public Health Sciences
Cheryl Ingram-Smith
Genetics & Biochemistry
David Freeman
Environmental Engineering
& Earth Sciences
Michael LeMahieu
English
2015 AWARDS
Brittany Avin Outstanding Senior in Genetics, Phi Kappa Phi Merit Award, Norris
Welcome to NSP
The NSP welcomed 11 new Scholars at an August retreat planned by Sarah
Waldvogel, Zach Hawks, Casey Young, and Caroline Hensley. The team leader was
Katelyn Ragland.
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