Service Projects
Mother of the Year
Since 1949, Clemson University has celebrated a “Mother of the Year.” For many years this award was given during the annual Mother’s Day celebration and parade which was one of the college’s most attended events on campus. Today, the Mother of the Year is recognized in Memorial Stadium where she participates in the “dotting of the i” during Clemson’s annual Homecoming festivities each Fall.
The Mother of the Year is selected by the Clemson Student Alumni Council and Tiger Brotherhood. The Mother of the Year is someone who loves Clemson, shows a great passion for the community and lives a life that exemplifies the Clemson spirit.
RC & Moonpie Downhill Mile
The RC & Moonpie Downhill run is a one-mile down hill run that starts at the President’s house and finishes just outside the Esso Club where participants indulge in fruit, refreshments and a traditional moon pie. The run was an annual event sponsored by Tiger Brotherhood that raises money for various charities each year and is named to recognize former Clemson President Dr RC Edwards and his wife Louise “Moonpie” for the enormous amount of time and energy they have given to make Clemson the place it is today. Proceeds have gone towards many causes including preserving and maintaining the Woodlands Cemetery better known to the Clemson family as “Cemetery Hill.” This graveyard located just beyond Death Valley is the burial grounds for former distinguished members of the Clemson Community.
Clemson Stone Gates
Also known as "The Gates of Clemson", they are a series of three stone gates built by the Tiger Brotherhood from 1939 to 1980. The gates were built on Highway 93 in honor of the class of 1928. The first gates were made of stone and stood over 10 feet tall, as an entrance to campus.
The two other gates were constructed as an expansion to the project, in order to cover the other main entrance to campus. One was built on Cherry Road next to The Walker Course while the other was built outside the Botanical Gardens on Perimeter Road.
Littlejohn Tiger
Yet another physical representation of Tiger Brotherhood is outside Littlejohn Coliseum. Right outside the complex stands a tiger statue on a piece of stone titled "Brotherhood of the Tiger". The statue features a few lines of text that inscribe the last line of the Alma Mater on the side of the stone.
Woodland Cemetery
The Woodland Cemetery on Cemetery Hill is arguably the most historically significant location on Clemson's campus. Many men and women who have helped shaped the Clemson known and loved today are buried on these grounds. The Calhoun Cemetery sits atop the hill surrounded by an iron fence. On January 24, 1924, Clemson President Walter Merritt Riggs was laid to rest outside the Calhoun plot and became the first non-Calhoun buried there. During campus sweep each year, members of Tiger Brotherhood work to clean the cemetery.
Remembering the Fallen with Flags on Bowman
In 2003, a future memebr of Tiger Brotherhood and Army ROTC cadet began the annual tradition of planinting a flag for each member of Clemson's Scroll of Honor the weekend of the Military Appreciation Day game. Today, Clemson students and alumni commemorate the fallen with flags planted at the Scroll of Honor Memorial outside of Memorial Stadium.