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-First colors were red and blue -Clemsons mascot the “tiger” was based on Princeton’s mascot -Tigerama was created after a similar event that Joe Sherman saw at University of Florida

Citation “The High Seminary”.Published by Clemson University Digital Press (USA).2011. 

On the University of Tennessee Wiki page there was interesting subheadings under the "student life" main heading

-Activities- informs people who look at the page where students hang out on campus and popular academic building where big events our held

-Campus layout- identifies the building of the main campus and also what buildings are specific to majors

-school colors- Inform people on how we got our school colors as well as the history behind it

-school mascot- The story behind the "Tiger" mascot

I think all of these subheadings would be a great addition to the Clemson webpage under "student life"

Tiger Pushups
During the football games, the Clemson tiger mascot does pushups that equal the total number of points on the scoreboard at the time. The tiger is in full mascot attire and has been known to lose 12 pounds in a single game. The Tiger pushup tradition began in 1978 by the Tiger mascot at the time-Zack Mills. The Tiger mascot outfit weighs in at 45 pounds, with the head weighing 20 pounds.

First Friday Parade
Clemson starts off the football season with the annual First Friday parade. The parade includes Fraternities, sororities, the Clemson band as well as the university president. It goes right through Main Street and concludes at the amphitheater, where the first pep rally of the year is held.

Tiger Paws
The Tiger paw became the official "logo" for Clemson University in 1970 in replace of the tiger. This change was inspired by President Robert Edwards in aims to “upgrade the image of the university”. The company hired for creating the new logo actually contacted the museum of Natural History in Chicago asking for a plaster imprint of the tiger paw. The paw is now used football helmets, bumper stickers and painted all over the football field. The tiger paw is now painted all over campus as well as the highway leading into Clemson University.

Clemson Colleges
In July 1955, the four schools that made up Clemson: Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Engineering and Textiles transformed into nine colleges.

College of Architecture
The desire for Clemson to have its own Architecture college began in the post World War II period. South Carolina was going through rapid industrialization and was in need of better-trained architects. The South Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects was the main backing of this new development and showed their willingness by creating a foundation that would provide money to supplement the available resources of the college. The School of Architecture was established on July 1st, 1958 with Professor McClure as its first Dean. Professor Dean, originally from University of Minnesota, began to change the basic curriculum almost immediately. He changed the undergraduate program from four to five years and strengthened the Masters Program by adding a two-year internship. Within the college of Agriculture there was the department of Building Science and Management, Planning and Fine Arts were added to enrich the education of the architects. The architectural foundations major accomplishment was the overseas center in Genoa, Italy where many graduate students are very active in the local community.

College of Arts and Sciences
In 1969, the Board of Trustees approved the administration’s recommendation that the College of Arts and Sciences be separated into The College of Liberal Arts and the College of Sciences. This decision was based on the number of students and departments increasing as well funding for research being denied due to lack of adequate strength in the one college.

College of Liberal Arts
The Liberal Arts program was growing rapidly from 1950- 1969 in terms of population as well as quality. When liberal arts became a separate college in 1969, Dr. Morris Cox was appointed Dean. English and Modern Languages, History, Sociology, and Political Science were the departments in the Liberal Arts College. Music was shortly removed from Education and placed into the Liberal Arts College.

College of Sciences
Dr. Clayton Aucoin served as the first Dean of the College of Sciences until replaced in 1971 by Dr. Vogel. His first mission was to transfer departments from the College of Agriculture to the College of Sciences. The departments were Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology. Another major organizational change was in 1978 when Computer Science was established as a separate department.

College of Commerce and Industry
The College of Commerce and Industry was created in 1962 and is on of the largest Colleges existing in Clemson University. Many years before Clemson was founded, textiles were the major industry in South Carolina. Greenville, South Carolina came to be known as “ Textile Capital of the World”. The College of Commerce and Industry includes two schools and four departments in addition to an Office of Research, Office of Professional Development and an Office of Small Business Development.

College of Education
Clemson University’s College of Education is also one of the largest. In 1965, the School of Education was established led by Dean Dr. Landrith. The College of Education was in desperate need due to lack of quality classroom teachers and restoring the image of teaching to what it once was to attract and interest the students. A recent major import to the College of Education has been the renovation of Tillman Hall during 1980-1981. After the library was completed, it was decided that the best use of Tillman hall was to house the College of Education.

College of Engineering
The college of Engineering was developed in 1862. When Clemson decided to take on the training engineers, it essentially took the responsibility of serving as the state’s source of quality education. The engineering College of Clemson has very close ties to the state of South Carolina. In the mid1950’s the construction of the Olin hall was complete to explore the vast mineral sources that could support a ceramic industry. Other work from this department found glass sands near Columbia, SC that formed the basis of the fiberglass industry here in South Carolina. Today the different departments of the College of Engineering are: Agricultural Engineering, Ceramic Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Technology, Environmental Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering.

College of Forestry and Recreation Resources
The college of Forestry and Recreation Resources were formed in 1970, which included two departments: Forestry and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. This college is an example of Clemson’s responsiveness to the state of South Carolina and was formed because of independent actions taken by the United States Congress and the State legislature. The Park, Recreation and Tourism Management department is based off of the program at North Carolina State University.

College of Nursing
The College of Nursing was designated as a college in 1972. In the early 1960’s a very serious health problem was going on in South Carolina which included shortage of nurses and lack of proper nurse training to meet the needs of post World War II era. The obvious solution to this problem was adding nurse education programs at collages and universities. The college of Nursing now has five departments and is one of the highest respected programs in the nursing position.

Homecoming and Tigerama
Every year Clemson students enjoy the festivities of Homecoming and Tigerama. This Clemson Homecoming tradition began in 1914 and has been a big part of Clemson University since. Every year, preceding the first game different organizations build and create Homecoming floats that will be displayed on Bowman field and will be judged on game day. Since 1957, every Friday homecoming night Clemson holds "Tigerama". One of the nation's largest student-run-pep rallies averaging about 40,000 people. This Clemson event includes crowning of Miss Homecoming, different skits by academic organizations as well as a firework show.