Clemson trustees approve plans for new Charleston facilities, academic programs
October 24, 2011
CHARLESTON, SC – October 21, 2011 – At its quarterly meeting,Clemson University’s board of trustees approved program plans forbuilding a permanent home for the university’s architecture center inCharleston. The plans call for design and construction of anapproximately 31,000-square-foot, three-story building at 292 MeetingSt. in the heart of the city’s historic district.
The facility, expected to cost $15 million, will allow Clemson toconsolidate, grow and increase interaction among Charleston-basedprograms in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regionalplanning, and real estate. The center also will house a graduate programin historic preservation offered with the College of Charleston.Funding will come from state institution bonds and private gifts. (See related article.)
The trustees approved the naming of the new Osher Lifelong LearningInstitute (OLLI) at Clemson University after an alumnus. The land andbuilding, named the Charles K. Cheezem Education Center, is a gift tothe Clemson University Foundation and OLLI from Patrick Square LLC andthe Cheezem family. The property and building, at the Patrick Squareresidential neighborhood in Clemson, are valued at $1.275 million.
In the academic arena, the trustees approved four new degree programsand a new certificate: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science inanthropology, Master of Engineering in systems engineering andEducational Specialist in counselor education and a certificate inbioengineering medical device recycling and reprocessing.
Also approved were the Institute for Sustainability Education, Centerfor Aviation and Automotive Technology Education and theinterdisciplinary School for Community and Life Enrichment.
Other facility project approvals included:
- naming the drive leading up to Larry Penley Golf Facility on campus after former Clemson golfer Lucas Glover,
- the final phase of the S.C. 93 pedestrian safety improvements project,
- the concept and final phase of a campus electrical system project,
- a resolution to refund athletic facilities and housing revenue bonds and
- an Army Corp lease-out request for Hartwell Lake dock installation at Seneca Creek.
Robert L. “Bob” Peeler was unanimously elected vice chairman of theboard of trustees. He has been a trustee since 2003. He served aslieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1995 to 2003. Peeler iscurrently a manager of community and municipal relations for WasteManagement Inc. in Lexington. A Gaffney native, Peeler earned a B.S.degree from Clemson.
The trustees reappointed Municipal Judges Deborah Culler and Richard Mattox and Ministerial Recorder Teresa Daniel.
