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Celebrating our 2025 Graduates Nine exceptional Honors students — four National Scholars and five Breakthrough Scholars — celebrated their graduation this year, marking an important milestone as the first class of Breakthrough Scholars completed their Clemson journeys. Among this year’s graduates, three Breakthrough Scholars are pursuing advanced degrees, two continuing at Clemson and one attending Stanford University, while two are launching careers with Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA. All four National Scholars are advancing to graduate study at Yale, Utrecht University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Rice University, carrying forward Clemson’s tradition of academic excellence and global impact. In addition to the graduating scholars, 16 students from eight states and one from Brazil were also recruited for the 2024-25 school year. These students are established small business owners, published researchers, award-winning performing and visual artists, and community organizers who have already demonstrated their ability to make impacts on the local and global community. Scholars receive personalized support to help them grow their leadership abilities, specialized knowledge, and professional experience. They also engage in cross-cohort mentoring and community-building activities throughout their time at Clemson. The impact of these programs also extends beyond undergraduate study, with nearly three-quarters of alumni from the National Scholars Program earning graduate degrees, half of which are doctorates, in fields ranging from law and medicine to engineering and the humanities. Incoming scholars join that tradition of academic excellence and are poised to make their own mark on campus and beyond.
The graduating cohort of National Scholars and Breakthrough Scholars.
Breakthrough Scholars Program Recruits top in-state scholars whose academic excellence and passion for discovery position them as future STEM leaders committed to strengthening South Carolina’s undergraduate talent pipeline in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
National Scholars Program Serves students from all majors who demonstrate a unique combination of academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, leadership ability, and demonstrated impact on their local and global communities.
Read the program’s annual report.
Read the program’s annual report.
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