USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Clemson University: Services & Facilities

Clemson University

105 Sikes Hall
Clemson, SC 29634

Basic services offered:: health service, health insurance
Remedial learning services offered:: N/A
Counseling services offered:: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control

Career services include:: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Within six months of graduation:: N/A
Within one year of graduation:: 70%
Within two years of graduation:: N/A
Firms that most frequently hire graduates:: Army Corps of Engineers; Crown Cork and Seal USA; Dargan Construction Company; Denso Manufacturing; FBI; General Electric; Harris Corporation; Holder Construction; Lyondell; Marine Corps; Michelin North America; Milliken; Navy; Sherwin Williams; Tindall

School has a library on campus?: Yes
School is a member of library consortia?: Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:: 1,259,281
Number of current serial subscriptions:: 26,204
Number of microforms:: 1,169,104
Number of audiovisual materials:: 188,958
Number of E-books:: 21,116
Additional library facilities:: The artifact collection grew out of the Clemson Museum collections that were displayed in the University Library from the 1930s to the 1950s, as well as items that were donated as part of manuscript collections or came from various university departments and offices. Among the over 3,000 artifacts in the collection are Clemson College cadet uniforms from the 1890s-1950s and Clemson University Tiger Band uniforms from the 1950s-1980s.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:: Fort Hill is a historic house museum on the Clemson campus and it has endured for 200 years. It is the residence of John C. Calhoun, US Statesman, and vice-president. A full-length portrait of South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun hangs in the lobby near the entrance to the R. M. Cooper Library. It was completed around 1900 by Tennessee artist Oliver Branson, having been commissioned by the Clemson University Board of Trustees as a copy of the G. P. A. Healy painting.

Students required to take a computer course?: No
Students required to lease/own a computer?: Yes
Number of computers available to all students:: 7,500
Internet access available to all students?: Yes
E-mail accounts available to all students?: Yes
Computers available for student use in:: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

In the library (excluding computer labs):: 308
In classrooms:: 3,579
In computer labs:: 711
Elsewhere in the school/university:: 6,098
Does the school have a wireless network?: Yes
Areas where wireless network is available:: in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in all classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing; in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing; in all school buildings and on all school property
Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:: 24,840
Recommended computer operating system on campus:: Microsoft Windows
Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:: 100%
Student webpages permitted?: Yes
Is online registration for classes available?: Yes

Campus safety and security services offered:: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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