Education and General Budget Priorities

• Post-pandemic, the need to provide network resources to support teaching and core mission activities has increased demands on the University’s network, requiring additional investments.
• At the same time, a national and international increase in cybersecurity threats has necessitated investments to secure the campus network.
• IT network upgrades:

• • Completing the modernization of Clemson’s IT network environment, ensuring a reliable, high-performing network to serve our students’ increasing requirements for connectivity — $10M.
  • Additional tools and technology that will allow Clemson to address and counter the ever-increasing, ever-changing nature of cyberattacks — $5M.

• These projects were identified by the University as high-priority planned maintenance projects through a system-by-system inventory of every E&G building on campus and are part of the University’s 10-year renovation and renewal plan.
• Planned maintenance ($15M):
  • HVAC – Six projects totaling $7,488,000
  • Electrical – Three projects totaling $1,513,000
  • Miscellaneous (including building envelope, site prep, hardscape, plumbing, elevators) — Nine projects totaling $1,720,000

• Will drive efficiency and productivity growth in advanced manufacturing through technological innovation.
• Will provide 143,000 square feet of interdisciplinary research laboratory and teaching spaces for chemistry, material science and engineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering programs.
• Will support 300 research faculty and graduate personnel and accommodate more than 12,000 students a week in laboratory space.
• Supports our statewide partnership with the University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University and industry partners in connection with the Savannah River National Laboratory.

• The School of Computing and the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering house Clemson University’s strongest programs and the fastest-growing research and educational enterprises in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.
• Current requirements for these disciplines far exceed the quality and quantity of existing space, much less address the total projected enrollment growth to approximately 3,000 students by 2030.
• Provides teaching, learning and research opportunities for 7,100+ students in the college and houses all supporting faculty and staff.
• Supports state industries, ranging from advanced manufacturing, health care and human services, energy, supply chain and transportation to agriculture, automotive, aerospace and business analytics.
• Will further cement Clemson’s reputation and impact, becoming the driver for creating the next generation of computing workforce and innovation.

• To mitigate tuition costs and continue to ensure affordable education opportunities for in-state students.
• $4.8M — Offset increases in state-mandated and other inflationary costs and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including utility commodity increases.
• $4M — Critical faculty hires to support growth in business, STEM, public health and general education programs.
• $3.2M — Factors in potential 1 percent COLA impact after considering the funding the state provides.
• $0.1M — Bring fire/EMS staffing levels up to improve safety and security to align with national NFPA standards.

• In the past 20 years, 100 percent of Emerging Scholars students (over 1,000) have graduated from high school, and 82 percent go on to enroll in two-year and four-year colleges.
• Seeking to partner with underserved and rural communities by expanding reach into new high schools in PeeDee region (Florence County, District 1).
• Expansion of current program, including funding two FTE program coordinators who live around program schools, and academic and operational costs of program.

• Expansion of program that provides multiple opportunities for students to participate in learning activities outside of the classroom, such as study abroad, cooperative internships, on-campus work experience and a nationally recognized undergraduate research program called Creative Inquiry.
• Provides matched funding for industry and corporate partners through the Clemson Industry Experience Program — will help provide scholarships and experiential learning opportunities in partnership to benefit students.
• Allows expansion of Creative Inquiry to increase accessibility — goal of doubling undergraduate participation to 8,000 students.

Disburse funding to Clemson Rural Health to develop and deliver innovative health care services, outreach programs and training opportunities that will help to better meet the needs of medically underserved communities throughout the state.

• Post-pandemic, the need to provide network resources to support teaching and core mission activities has increased demands on the University’s network, requiring additional investments.
• At the same time, a national and international increase in cybersecurity threats has necessitated investments to secure the campus network.
• IT network upgrades:

• • Completing the modernization of Clemson’s IT network environment, ensuring a reliable, high-performing network to serve our students’ increasing requirements for connectivity — $10M.
  • Additional tools and technology that will allow Clemson to address and counter the ever-increasing, ever-changing nature of cyberattacks — $5M.

• These projects were identified by the University as high-priority planned maintenance projects through a system-by-system inventory of every E&G building on campus and are part of the University’s 10-year renovation and renewal plan.
• Planned maintenance ($15M):

• • HVAC – Six projects totaling $7,488,000
  • Electrical – Three projects totaling $1,513,000
  • Miscellaneous (including building envelope, site prep, hardscape, plumbing, elevators) — Nine projects totaling $1,720,000

• Will drive efficiency and productivity growth in advanced manufacturing through technological innovation.
• Will provide 143,000 square feet of interdisciplinary research laboratory and teaching spaces for chemistry, material science and engineering, and chemical and biomolecular engineering programs.
• Will support 300 research faculty and graduate personnel and accommodate more than 12,000 students a week in laboratory space.
• Supports our statewide partnership with the University of South Carolina, South Carolina State University and industry partners in connection with the Savannah River National Laboratory.

• The School of Computing and the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering house Clemson University’s strongest programs and the fastest-growing research and educational enterprises in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.
• Current requirements for these disciplines far exceed the quality and quantity of existing space, much less address the total projected enrollment growth to approximately 3,000 students by 2030.
• Provides teaching, learning and research opportunities for 7,100+ students in the college and houses all supporting faculty and staff.
• Supports state industries, ranging from advanced manufacturing, health care and human services, energy, supply chain and transportation to agriculture, automotive, aerospace and business analytics.
• Will further cement Clemson’s reputation and impact, becoming the driver for creating the next generation of computing workforce and innovation.

• Supports hiring of initial staff, operational costs for curriculum development and facility design work.

• • Six FTEs: dean, two associate deans, two administrative coordinators and one assistant academic program director.

• Total comprehensive capital cost estimates from all sources to complete the capital portion of the project is $285M within the next three to four years.
• Provide resources for important steps in obtaining a “letter of reasonable assurance,” which is the first step toward accreditation with the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education.
• Completion of design and construction documents as well as complete site preparation.
• Separate Clemson PSA requests.