Number 22
All Clemson graduates have something to be proud of this day. Since President Barker has taken the helm of Clemson University he has made a pledge to mold Clemson into a “top 20” public university which grants doctoral degrees. The national standard for this measure of achievement is according to US News and World Report. This year Clemson has moved from their no.27 ranking in 2008 to no. 22 for 2009.
“It is truly great news for Clemson that we are now ranked No. 22 among national public universities and second on a new list of ‘up and coming’ institutions,” said Clemson President James F. Barker. “What this means to our students and alumni is that their Clemson degree is more valuable now than ever. For faculty and staff it means we will continue to recruit great students and be even more competitive for grants and so forth. “What it means to all of us is that Clemson can work together to achieve anything,” Barker added. “We set our sights very high, and we are close to making our vision a reality. For that I have to thank all parts of the Clemson family.”
I remember, while at Clemson, Barker pushing for this initiative. Behind closed doors, It was considered long term, required the supports of every student, organization, faculty member, alumni and friend of Clemson alike. Becoming a top 20 University seemed to be an impossibility within the timeline which was set. This is now becoming a reality and I can not be more proud of the school which I hold a degree from. More and more I am hearing the schools UNC Duke and Clemson used in the same sentence. Receiving this news just make me want to return to campus even sooner this season. What a wonderful place to have spent 5 years of my life.
Yep. Purnell has really gotten the basketball team moving in the right direction.
I kid. I kid.
#1 in Universities where draft beer is poured in cinderblock buildings with orange shag carpeting on the walls.
I just tried to read the Alabama pre-game notes on tigernet . . . it’s a freaking book. Good luck making it to the bottom without your head exploding. Also, part of you has to like Alabama because that’s where Howard, Ford, and others all went to school. This is going to be a helluva game.
I just finished a meeting (not an hour after my post) with a developer that was relocted to Charlotte from Florida a few years ago. This is a soccer family to put it lightly. He was telling me his kids got excited when they found out they were moving to NC becasue now their dream of playing soccer for UNC, Duke or Clemson could become a reality. I then let him know that I was a CU grad. How ironic that not an hour after I mention these three schools, I hear them in conversation in the same sentence.
5 years…..you obviously weren’t trying hard enough. I spent 6 glorious years in the institution and every year since, I look at the current student population and realize that there would be no chance in hell of getting into Clemson nowadays. We will just have to get our kids on athletics scholarships!!
It’s even worse than that. I was in a 5 year program.
It’s crazy to see the way the campus is shaping up right now with all the construction. We’d probably do even better if Sanford didn’t keep cutting funding, but that might also be because the state is completely broke.
No, the state just wants Clemson to become private so that they won’t feel so guilty for continuously pumping cash into the Gamecocks.