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EUREKA! Participants | 2017

For more information on

the EUREKA! Program: 
Please contact Susan Falendysz:

(864)-656-3363

eureka@clemson.edu

Or visit the website:

www.clemson.edu/cuhonors/eureka

EUREKA!
The Calhoun Honors
Cory and Rachael Wallace | Alumni College Research
"EUREKA! was one of the best programs we
participated in at Clemson.  The research
Program
program offered a great head start to the college
experience.  We also found each other and many
lifelong friends that summer.  We’re so glad we
were a part of it!" EUREKA! Counselors | 2017
 Dr. Rachel Getman | Rebecca Jones | Genetics

WHY PARTICIPATE? Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering  E xperience Anchorage, Alaska

Undergraduate
R esearch
The EUREKA! Program brings approximately 33 incoming

freshman students, who have been accepted into the

E xploration and
Calhoun Honors College, to Clemson for a five-week period

during which they actively participate in research projects or

"EUREKA! is the easiest way to make
other scholarly activities and have the opportunity to get

acquainted with some of the University's most renowned

K nowledge yourself stand out academically and
socially. After six weeks of adventure,
faculty and administrators. Students also get a head start on

campus living by meeting other incoming Honors students

“EUREKA! is an exceptional program. The A dvancement you will have real-world, resume-
boosting experience and 32 new best
and participating in a full schedule of social activities. In
research aspect provides participants with a
way to significantly strengthen their problem friends that will make the transition
addition to the advantages offered by the active participation

solving abilities, and the social aspect into college a breeze!"

in research, EURKEA! students are strong candidates for the

Rhodes, Goldwater, Marshall, Truman and Fulbright

establishes a sense of closeness that is
scholarships.
invaluable in today's challenging society."

ELIGIBILITY
To participate in EUREKA! you must be an incoming

freshman and an accepted member of the Calhoun Honors

College. Students must be enrolled as a full-time student at

Clemson for the semester following the EUREKA!

experience.

Dr. Thompson Mefford |

Materials Science and Engineering 

Aparna Mahendranath | General Engineering

Venkata Chaluvadi | Electrical Engineering  Brice Martin | General Engineering 

RESEARCH PROJECTS SOCIAL ACTIVITES

Research projects range from math, science and engineering EUREKA! participants are provided on-campus housing, but

to the social sciences and humanities. Some participants work will not be provided a stipend or wages. In addition to their

with a faculty member in a one-on-one mentored research activities the participants will attend speaker

relationship, while others may be a part of a research team, luncheons on various topics designed to orient them to

involving faculty, graduate students and other academic life on campus and provide them with the basic

undergraduates. Past research projects include: skills needed to perform research in a broad range of areas.

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over the five-week period of the program allows for a connection What Happened to Conservatism (Political Science) with the Clemson football team, whitewater rafting, hikes,

that last for the entire time they are at Clemson. EUREKA! is the Nodulation Regulation in a Model Legume (Genetics and cultural and sporting events.

launching pad to many other opportunities.”  and Biochemistry)