Clemson University Reflecting Pool HDR Photography

Clemson University Reflecting Pool | Clemson | SC | High Dynamic Range Photography
Nikon D90 | f/16 | 1/60 sec | ISO 200 | 18-70 mm Nikkor Lens

Students Speak: Clemson University College of Health, Education, and Human Development

Imagine being incoming college freshman majoring in, say, education, health sciences, nursing, or maybe parks, recreation, and tourism management. It's summer orientation. You and your parent of choice are lead around the campus by in-the-know students carrying silly signs that avoid loss of trailing ducklings. It's hot, South Carolina Hot.

You're handed a map and told to follow along as you learn the ins and outs of dinning locations, dorm rooms, and Clemson University history. Along the way, the lead student makes the entire group take a vow to forever praise the almighty Danny Ford, teaches you why you must rub the rock in Frank Howard's Death Valley, and explains to parents that the Esso Club is not a gas station.

If you're lucky, you might learn that there is no "P", "Z", or "U" in the proper pronunciation of the university name.
Finally, you are directed to an auditorium near Edwards Hall that is full of like-major acquaintances. These people will soon become some of your best friends, but not before you get to view my latest piece of higher education propaganda for the Clemson University College of Health, Education, and Human Development.

Clemson University Tillman Hall

Clemson University Campus | Tillman Hall | Eugene T. Moore School of Education | August 2006

Believe It

I was tasked to visually represent the six Learner Dispositions for the Clemson University College of Health, Education, and Human Development. These six qualities or values are not written in any text book. They are learned through exercise and experience, and are instilled in all students who graduate with a degree from the College of HEHD.



HEHD will prepare professionals who, in addition to content knowledge and skills, hold these six dispositions:

• Possess skills necessary to work collaboratively with individuals, families, and community groups from diverse backgrounds;
• Possess skills necessary to lead effectively and creatively in complex and changing environments and to become agents of change;
• Demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and adaptability, caring, ethical decision-making and ethical conduct;
• Possess knowledge of organizational behavior and how governance and systems work;
• Engage in professional development for continual growth and life-long learning; and
• Attain a global perspective and level of knowledge and skill necessary to succeed in a complex global economy.
  

The Believe It video is my visual representation of these six dispositions.

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Barak Obama Visits Clemson University

Barak Obama Visits Clemson University - January, 26 2008

I realize that some viewers are expecting face shots of Obama. I have some but they aren't nearly as pretty as this shot taken from outside of the main library on Clemson's Campus. For those of you who want some additional photos of Barak's Visit to Clemson, here are a few others that I shot on that same day:
Holding a Clemson University T-Shirt | Tight Shot Speaking to the Crowd | Change We Can Believe In