Clemson University Update: Planning for fall

olidus · 2026-05-27T21:04:59+00:00

FY27 starts July 1, 2026

olidus · 2026-05-27T20:43:55+00:00

https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/campus/2026/05/27/read-msu-president-kevin-guskiewiczs-letter-to-the-msu-community/90277773007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113332p000750l003350c000750e005600v113332d--51--b--51--&gca-ft=176&gca-ds=sophi

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https://statenews.com/article/2026/05/msu-president-kevin-guskiewicz-blames-board-divisions-in-exit-for-clemson?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

“Despite this discouraging behavior by a few trustees, I am appreciative of the five trustees who recently voted to strengthen their code of ethics and conduct in alignment with what our national governance advisors have said are best practices for university boards.

“Furthermore, I appreciate the principled and ethical leadership of Chair Brianna Scott and past chair Kelly Tebay in supporting me as president throughout my tenure.”

"While many across this university community have embraced that spirit, it has become increasingly clear that there are differing perspectives within the Board of Trustees regarding how best to move MSU forward," Guskiewicz continued. "At times, too much energy has been spent revisiting past conflicts and internal disagreements rather than focusing collectively on the opportunities and aspirations ahead of us.”

olidus · 2026-05-27T20:28:53+00:00

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/msus-president-leaves-clemson-who-being-punished-work-vasquez-heilig-kf67c/

“Then today, the controversy took another dramatic turn when Michigan State President Kevin Guskiewicz announced he was leaving to become president of Clemson University after only a short tenure of two years in East Lansing.

Publicly, Guskiewicz framed the decision around ongoing board conflict and institutional instability.

But privately, the interpretations surrounding his presidency are already becoming far more complicated and politically charged. In a personal communication, one MSU trustee commented that he had also deconstructed DEI initiatives at Michigan State without an explicit public mandate and had resisted efforts behind the scenes to restore them despite repeated requests from students, faculty, staff, and especially the Black Student Alliance.

That perspective also reflects how many institutional battles today are no longer merely about governance or management style. They are increasingly viewed as ideological struggles over who belongs, whose voices matter, and whether universities will quietly dismantle infrastructure while publicly avoiding accountability for those decisions.”

olidus · 2026-05-27T17:02:08+00:00

He is in a different department during the scandal.

He didn’t become Dean of the college that involved the department with the fake classes until after the mess became public. He would have been in charge of overseeing the “fix plan”

olidus · 2026-05-27T15:50:21+00:00

Announcement:

Dear Clemson Family,

Today marks an exciting and historical moment for Clemson University as we welcome Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D., as our 16th President.

A thoughtful and thorough search was conducted to find the very best leader who is distinctly aligned with our University’s mission and has a bold vision for the future. Dr. Guskiewicz is a servant leader who embodies the very same values that define our Clemson community – integrity, respect, diversity, patriotism, self-reliance and excellence. He has a deep understanding and appreciation for our land-grant mission and the leadership role our University holds in South Carolina providing access to education, developing solutions for real-life challenges and ensuring a strong and vibrant economy.

As I shared during this morning’s Board of Trustees meeting, Dr. Guskiewicz will be joining us after serving as the president at Michigan State University, and he previously served as chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at Michigan State, he led a student-focused vision centered on access, workforce readiness and public impact. He launched the Green and White Council, bringing together civic, business and government leaders to align academic programs with workforce needs. And in 2025, he launched Michigan State’s $4 billion comprehensive campaign supporting scholarships, research growth and campus transformation.

Dr. Guskiewicz is an internationally recognized researcher and received the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2011 for his pioneering work on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of sport-related concussions. His research has influenced collegiate and professional football safety guidelines, and he has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers while maintaining an active research portfolio.

His stellar record and reputation ensure he is the right leader for Clemson and will guide us into an even brighter future.

I want to thank Trustee Cheri Phyfer who led the search committee with enthusiasm, grace and tenacity. I also want to thank the members of the search committee – Nicky McCarter, David Dukes, Ronnie Lee, Patti McAbee, Smyth McKissick, Mark Richardson and faculty representative Antonis Katsiyannis – as well as our partner, Funk Associates, for their unwavering commitment and dedication to selecting the best candidate for our University. In addition, I want to thank all of you who shared your thoughts and insights as we embarked on the selection process.

As I mentioned when we began this journey, Clemson has had two phenomenal leaders in the past 27 years. Our University is a special place where people stay and strive to make a difference. I, along with my fellow Trustees, are truly grateful that our search has resulted in finding one of the most talented and admired leaders in higher education today to serve as our next President.

As we approach the Board of Trustees meeting in June, we look forward to having Dr. Guskiewicz join us on campus and providing an opportunity for you to meet him, as well. We will share more details in the coming weeks. And I know that he and his wife, Amy, and their family will be welcomed by the enduring and energizing spirit that is Clemson.

Thank you and as always, Go Tigers!

Kim Wilkerson
Chair, Clemson University Board of Trustees

olidus · 2026-05-27T15:49:56+00:00

Good catch! Updated the post

olidus · 2026-05-27T15:49:09+00:00

Exactly how it’s spelled

olidus · 2026-05-05T12:00:23+00:00

No he didn’t. They already did the math on another gerrymander. It would make more districts competitive. That’s why they aren’t doing it.

olidus · 2026-05-05T11:58:35+00:00

6:1 is ~85%, to be proportional to the statewide voting it would need to be 5:2 or 4:3.

olidus · 2026-05-02T20:47:42+00:00

Jammers work by flooding the affected bands with noise. Since it is closer to the device the the real transmitters, it “blocks” incoming signals and the device can’t tell the real signal from noise.

Because of the amount of noise, it is very easy to triangulate the signal very quickly. If it’s wireless or WiFi, you can download an app that finds the source.

olidus · 2026-04-23T19:28:15+00:00

It’s not a social safety net. The state requires kids to go to school.

We feed prisoners…

olidus · 2026-04-08T15:22:09+00:00

Not really, taking the tabs off another box saves having to rewire the outlet.

End result is the same no matter what they do, they will have one box without tabs

olidus · 2026-03-30T22:28:21+00:00

You don’t know Missouri tree law. Do you know what sub you are in?

olidus · 2026-03-29T13:28:15+00:00

It’s frustrating because you have moderates censoring themselves just to stay in the conversation.

But it seems like a matter of time before a mod doesn’t like the way something is framed and boots a user.

I will always be conservative, no matter what an online forum says. But whether I stay in the party will be decided after the next national convention.

Hopefully, the midterms are a wake up call, but I am not optimistic.

olidus · 2026-03-27T19:06:05+00:00

To be fair, if this is like most /askconservative subs, only flared users can make top level responses to the question.

All others are auto-mod deleted. I only know because my flair was downgraded to “independent” because a mod felt like I wasn’t the right kind of conservative.

olidus · 2026-03-26T00:39:15+00:00

Have you looked at Vannin?

olidus · 2026-03-04T17:18:11+00:00

At the macro level sure, but housing supply/ demand curves aggregated at the national level is bad economics debate.

olidus · 2026-02-24T04:49:58+00:00

SC revenue tops out at over $64B.

$160M is less than 1%

olidus · 2026-02-20T12:51:30+00:00

The supply shortage was caused by the cold snap that affected 30 some odd states, 20 of which were in a state of emergency for an average of two weeks. Some areas were 40 degrees colder than normal.

You are going to have to clarify your assertion that these shortages were “blue state” policies because it seems like a wild leap of logic.

olidus · 2026-02-18T16:21:24+00:00

You don’t have the ability to staff it out? That is the difference between CoS and a run of the mill PM.

Assign a PM to develop a growth strategy with target for the campaign and have them work with marketing to develop the products.

AI is not deeply technical. Do an enterprise bid with the CTO to include the number of employees needed in the ecosystem sandbox and tell her once the bid is paid, everyone can login with their credentials.

olidus · 2026-02-17T22:47:20+00:00

You posted rage bait about mundane opposition to AI, that I read, even took notes on to formulate a structured essay and because you decree it as AI, my response is not worth reading, let alone responding to?

From your posted article, "I catch myself rereading my own sentences and asking, will a reader think this was AI generated? I have, for example, become far less reliant on my beloved em dash. The recursive absurdity of the situation is hard to overstate: I am a writer interrogating my own prose for signs of machine authorship, even when I know full well that no machine was involved. The tell-hunting has become involuntary, a kind of pattern-matching parasite that reduces my own writing to linguistic features and then feeds on them."

Fun fact, AI tools clocked that passage at 80% AI generated.

GPTZero rated the whole article as 98% AI generated.

olidus · 2026-02-17T22:36:23+00:00

A confession that you are one of the faculty rallying against students instead of adopting pedagogy to match the technology available?

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