National Scholars Program

Spring 2006

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Scholars win national recognition, campus awards

March was a very good month for several service. Academic Achievement Award. Finally, Casey
National Scholars who received major national Senior Scholar Jamie Kearns received the Hancock was inducted into the highly selec-
recognition and prestigious campus awards. Samuel B. Earle Award from Clemson, present- tive Order of the Blue Ridge.
Third-year Scholar ed to the “most outstanding
Stephen Gosnell was elect- senior in engineering on the Seniors honor mentors
ed Student Body President basis of scholarship and
on March 9. Two weeks lat- character.” at awards dinner
er, Gosnell was named a The Clemson division of
2006 Goldwater Scholar. student affairs recognized
The Goldwater is the top four scholars with top lead-
award for undergraduates ership and service awards.
Student Affairs award winners Kiedrowski,
majoring in the sciences. Smith, Mohiuddin and Hancock. Lesli Kiedrowski was
Another third-year named the Nick Lomax Ris-
Scholar, Christen Smith, was named a nation- ing Star. Smith won the Phil Prince Student
al finalist for the Truman Scholarship, award- Personal Development Award. Senior Ahmed
ed to college juniors planning careers in public Mohiuddin received the Susan Delony Student

NSP unveils new web site The 2006 National Scholars Program
graduating class honored five Clemson
http://www.clemson.edu/national_scholars professors at an April 4 awards dinner
The Program launched an updated web with the 2006 Award of Distinction, pre-
site in January that includes: sented “for their tireless commitment to the

An animated front page with an National Scholars’ intellectual, professional
interactive calendar and news and personal development.”
updates

A listing of current alumni pursuits Recipients were:

A link to a blog with photos from NSP
Caye Drapcho, Biosystems Engineering
programs, classes and trips
Jeff Love, Languages

More detailed information on the
Todd May, Philosophy
selection process and the program’s
Robert McCormick, Economics
offerings
Mark Thies, Chemical Engineering

16 Scholars selected for 2006 10 women, 6 men come from 5 states, represent majors
in all 5 CU colleges

Alexandra Brent Elizabeth Paul Blichmann Christine Allison Benjamin Lucas Hurd
Barkett Berkompas Billheimer Monroe, NC Chong Foreman Hamner Surgoinsville, TN
Lawrenceville, GA Franklin, TN Summerfield, NC Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Mt .Pleasant, SC

Donovan Jones Rahul Loungani Bethany Moore Erica Morrison Meredith Jennifer Rahn Emily Lillie Stewart
Sumter, SC Columbia, SC Columbia, SC Jacksonville, FL Myers Ehrhardt, SC Robertson Marietta, GA
Concord, NC Columbia, SC
 Internships take Scholars around the globe
NS alumni DAMON ANDREWS Co-op
at an intellectual prop-
College grant-funded
internship with the
Service Corps, where
she will train as an
math and statistics at
Valparaiso U. and at-
erty law firm, re- Progress and Free- HIV/AIDS community tending National

UPDATE searching patents and

helping write opinions.
dom Foundation in
Washington, D.C., con-
ducting public policy
health educator, and
learn Swahili.
Leadershape Confer-
ence.

Darcy Austin, ‘04 J O H N D IXON REU in research. LAUREN SMITH InternshipSUZANNE WEAVER Intern-
Darcy and her husband Josh materials science at with GE Transportation ship with the Pediatric
welcomed Cordelia "Corrie" Laine Washington State U. CHELSEA REIGHARD Hon- in a financial manage- Oncology Education
Austin (the first Scholar baby) into ors College grant- ment program. Program at St. Jude
the world on January 28, 2006.
STEPHEN G OSNELL Re- funded internship in Children’s Research
Katherine Chisholm, ‘05 search on the evolu- Tanzania with Global RYAN SPURRIER REU in Hospital in Memphis.
Pursuing MPH in Global Public Health tion of sexual dimor-
phism in turtles with
at Emory.
Working with the Rwanda Zambia Biological Sciences at
NS seniors anticipate law, med school
HIV Research Group, studying HIV The NS seniors are Three graduates Matt Clemmens
Clemson.
transmission. spending their days will soon be in has accepted a po-
deciding among top doctor’s scrubs -- sition as a technol-
LAURA HART Internship law and medical Ahmed Mohiuddin ogy consultant for
Joseph Godsey, ‘04 with the Ear, Nose, and schools, or planning
Working for General Electric after will attend MUSC; Charleston-based
Throat (ENT) depart- to begin their ca- Amanda Cheung software company
completing a GE executive leadership
ment at Cincinnati reers. has been accepted Blackbaud.
training program.
Project Leader for Wind Energy, Children’s Hospital. Brian Eyink is cur- to USC and MUSC; No doubt, the
implementing a wing-to-wing ERP rently weighing law and Jamie Kearns is graudates will con-
system. NATHAN KWAN Electrical school offers from considering, among tinue their extraordi-
engineering research Duke, Virginia, UNC, others, Columbia nary records of suc-
Mark Gramling, ‘05 with Duke Energy. Cornell, and and Washington U. cess.
Pursuing PhD in Immunopathology at Vanderbilt. of St. Louis.
UNC-Chapel Hill as a Royster Fellow. STEPHEN LAREAU Honors
Studying thrombin generation as it
relates to blood coagulation, During Spring 2006, Scholars met with leaders in ecology,
looking to understand thrombin
generation in the absence of
diplomacy and international economic development
vascular injury. Left: Several
Scholars and
Jacob Hicks, ‘05 Dixon Fellows
Pursuing PhD in Computer Science at met with Dan
UNC-Chapel Hill. Flinter, former
Conducting fluid simulation research director of En-
and robotic motion planning. terprise Ireland,
to learn about
Ashley Neal, ‘04 changes in the
Pursuing MD at Yale Irish economy in
Collaborated with a pediatric the last decade.
endocrinologist examining endothe The Global
lial dysfunction using peripheral Leadership
tonometry in a cohort of obese Above: Former State department chief of mis- Forum dinner
adolescents with impaired glucose sion to Belgrade Richard Miles talks with se- was sponsored
tolerance participating in a random nior Scholar Brian Eyink. Miles met with a by the Clemson
ized controlled trial of metformin group of Scholars in preparation for the Center for Inter-
(glocophage). National Scholars Maymester Educational national Trade
Enric hment Expedition to Brussels and and Bank of
Mike Stadnisky, ‘05 Belgrade. America.
Pursuing PhD in Infectious Diseases at
Virginia. Right: Hank Fischer, the wildlife ecologist who
Researching viral immunity, led the effort to repopulate wolves in
investigating specifically how the Yellowstone National Park, discusses his book
immune system’s “first responders” Wolf Wars with another group of Scholars
interact with infected cells. who are travelling to the Park in May.

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Mailing Address: Director:

NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM 232 Brackett Hall William Lasser, lasser@clemson.edu
864.656.6160 Clemson University Assistant Director:
Toll Free: 1.866.850.9413 Clemson, SC 29634 Jamie Williams, jamwill@clemson.edu