The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Diane Smathers
Ed.D.
Society President-Elect
Emeritus College
E-304 Martin Hall
Clemson University
Clemson , SC 29634
Phone: 864-656-3990
Fax: 864-656-4187
E-mail: dsmthrs@clemson.edu

Dr. Diane G. Smathers is Associate Vice Provost and Director of the Emeritus College and a professor in family and community studies at Clemson University.

She will serve as president-elect for two years and succeed to the presidency of the national honor society in 2012. As president-elect, Smathers will chair the budget, budget advisory and review, programs and awards review, and convention planning committees.

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“I look forward to honoring the traditions and leading the transitions of the Society as we continue to make heroes out of scholars,” Smathers said.

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Previously, Smathers served as Society Vice President, chairing the Marketing and Member Benefits Committee and serving as a member of the Budget Committee and Vision Statement Work Group. She is also the author of a Phi Kappa Phi White Paper, Phi Kappa Phi and the Distance Learner.

Smathers received her B.S. degree in home economics, magna cum laude, from the University of Kentucky and her M.S. degree in home economics, also from Kentucky. She received her Ed.D. from the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, as well as a graduate certificate in Gerontology.