Student Excellence and Success
20 Years of Duckenfield Scholars
Meet this Year’s Dixon Global Policy Scholars The 2025 scholars represent 13 majors and 7 academic colleges.
Two Honors students spent their summer studying English literature at Oxford University, one of the world’s most prestigious institutions, through the Honors College’s Christopher J. Duckenfield Scholars program. Political Science and Economics double major Ellie Cucullu and Economics major Ellie Groves were selected in recognition of their extraordinary talent, motivation, commitment, and ability to attend St. Peter’s Summer School at Magdalen College. Cucullu studies the human side of economic principles and theories. Her Oxford studies allowed her to explore some of history’s great thinkers through the university’s tutorial system, a learning method where students meet with their professor to discuss their work, receive in-depth feedback, and develop critical thinking skills. Groves said that she would add majors in English, history, and political science to her economics degree all at once if she could. As a Dixon Global Policy Scholar (GPS), she brought those interests together, exploring political history and how societies memorialize the past through the GPS study abroad in Europe before her sophomore year. According to Groves, opportunities like the Dixon Global Policy Scholars and Duckenfield programs were key reasons she decided to apply to Clemson. Marty Duckenfield and her family created the Christopher J. Duckenfield Scholars Program in memory of her husband, who worked at Clemson for 26 years. He last served as Clemson’s Vice Provost for Computing and Information Technology. The program, which celebrates its 20 th year in 2025, is a partnership between the Honors College and the Duckenfield family that has sent more than 30 Honors students to travel to, study at, and experience Oxford University in England.
Sydney Artlip Architecture
Julia Holzbach Computer Information Systems Sam Marcus Financial Management and Accounting Alexis Ash English Michaela Bramlett Environmental & Natural Resources Nadia Chestnut Data Science Leila Jane Davis Biological Sciences and Political Science Samantha Morin Industrial Engineering Olivia Oefinger Economics and Philosophy: Law, Liberty, and Justice Elizabeth Perkins Language and International Business: Chinese Cort Schroder Mechanical Engineering
Jozie Stone Political Science
Ellie Groves and Ellie Cucullu
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