Arizona St. President to provide Keynote Address at Clemson Convocation

Clemson University will formally begin its 122nd academic year at the 2014-15 Victor Hurst Convocation at 9am Tuesday at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, will provide the 2014-2015 Convocation keynote address. Clemson University President James Clements serves on several national organizations with Crow, and has been very impressed by what he has seen in his transformational leadership. His speech is sponsored by Clemson’s College of Engineering and Science. The university will also recognize a professor with the Phil Prince Award for Innovation in Teaching. The Prince Award, named for Clemson President Emeritus Philip Prince, recognizes outstanding teachers who demonstrate creative and novel teaching methods to the classroom.