Clemson University

Clemson University’s Fike Recreation Center is offering Tiger Fish Swim School this spring for beginning to intermediate level swimmers age 3 to adult. 



Clemson University Trustee Thomas C. Lynch Jr. of Clemson is retiring from the Board of Trustees, effective immediately, citing personal and health-related reasons.

William Kilgallin, head of investigative legal and outreach for the National Science Foundation’s Office of Inspector General, is the 2008 Presidential Colloquium speaker at 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, in the Self Auditorium of the Strom Thurmond Institute at Clemson University.

Young scientists put on their lab coats, get to work and share experiments Feb. 25 at the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Regional Science Fair at Clemson University’s Madren Conference Center.

Clemson University has tapped Jane E. Johansen to take the reins of the university’s budget division.

Clemson will host several events in celebration of Black History Month.

Sean Carroll, professor of molecular biology and genetics from the University of Wisconsin will be the featured speaker for Clemson University’s 2008 Charles Darwin Week celebration.

His lecture, titled “The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution,” will be 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, at Brooks Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Clemson University trustees Thursday approved increases to campus housing and meal plan rates, effective next fall semester, to make facility and equipment improvements as well as meet rising inflationary costs.

Clemson University’s Littlejohn Coliseum will play host to the South Carolina Upper State High School Basketball Finals Feb. 22-23.

LEGO-mania will once again hit Clemson University’s Littlejohn Coliseum as the S.C. FIRST LEGO League will hold its state finals there Saturday, Feb. 16.

The recipients of the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Excellence in Service recently were announced during the 26th Annual MLK Commemorative Service.

Illinois senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama will hold a “Stand for Change” rally at Clemson University on Friday, Jan. 25 at the outdoor theater. The public will be admitted at 2:30 p.m.

Barack Obama holds a seven-point lead over Hillary Clinton in South Carolina ahead of the Democratic primary in South Carolina, according to the Clemson University Palmetto Poll. However, nearly 40 percent of the voters surveyed still are uncertain which candidate to support.

Every pre-schooler’s favorite animal rescuer will make an appearance at Clemson University’s Littlejohn Coliseum in the “Go, Diego, Go Live!” show at 7 p.m. March 5.

James Bottum, vice provost and chief information officer at Clemson University, has been reappointed to two advisory committees with the National Science Foundation (NSF).