Clemson University’s College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences has launched CECAS Global Scholars, a new fellowship program designed to support select incoming master’s students.
The inaugural cohort includes five students who began their graduate studies at Clemson this fall. Global Scholars receive a fellowship stipend and a reduction to in-state tuition rates to help support their studies.
The program is administered through the CECAS Office of Graduate Studies and is intended to help the college recruit and support highly qualified graduate students.
The inaugural Global Scholars were recognized Sept. 9 at Orange Horizons, a new fellowship recognition event at the Barnes Center. They were honored alongside new and continuing Dean’s Scholar Fellows, Ph.D. students who receive a $5,000 fellowship stipend in addition to an assistantship offer.
“These fellowships recognize what they have already accomplished, but they are also an investment in what comes next: the research they will pursue, the connections they will make and the impact they will have at Clemson and beyond,” said Melissa Smith, associate dean for graduate studies.
2026 Global Scholars
Sumter Archer, industrial engineering
Joshua Hoggatt, materials science and engineering
Taylor Hopkins, biosystems engineering
Quincey Miller, automotive engineering
Madison Smith, biomedical engineering
New Dean’s Scholar Fellows
Shane Abercrombie, bioengineering
Robert Lowery, chemical engineering
Ben Simon, materials science and engineering
Steven Szachara, human-centered computing
Aidan Wolynn, industrial engineering
Continuing Dean’s Scholar Fellows
Tiffany-Marie Baako, bioengineering
Colleen Clarke, chemical engineering
Kylie Folkes, chemical engineering
Bryson Hedrick, materials science and engineering
Sara Henry, bioengineering
Azrin Jamison, bioengineering
Mengdi “Hansen” Li, human-centered computing
Arabella Stockdale, materials science and engineering
Tianke “Kirk” Wang, industrial engineering

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