Clemson Downs’ Business Office run by TCTC Graduates

Eight years ago when Business Services Director Donna Busha had a position to fill at Clemson Downs, she reached out to Tri-County Technical College accounting instructors to find candidates who could hit the ground running. A 2002 accounting alumna herself, Busha knew the accounting curriculum and the caliber of graduates it produced, individuals academically prepared to enter the workforce or to transfer to a college or university like she did. Kayla Gibbs, at the time a senior accounting major from Easley, responded to instructor Brenda Mattison’s announcement in class about the job opening and applied. “It was natural to reach out to Tri-County to help us fill that position,” said Busha. “Kayla was the best candidate we interviewed. She was our pick. We knew the quality of her education.” Gibbs earned degrees in both Business Technology and Accounting in 2008. In fact Tri-County alumna make up one third of the workforce at Clemson Downs, working in positions ranging from health care providers, to administrative assistants, to business office managers, to one of the marketing specialists. “Tri-County Technical College produces graduates who share Clemson Downs’s commitment to excellence, both in the expertise they display and the compassionate care they deliver to our residents,” said Dr. John LeHeup, executive director for Clemson Downs. “As we expand our skilled nursing center to include private rooms and open the Upstate’s first-ever standalone Memory Care Center, we anticipate our friendship with Tri-County to become even more mutually beneficial,” he said.