Former State FFA President
TYNER FEATURED IN CLEMSON WORLD MAGAZINE
Packaging Science senior Stephen Tyner of McBee, SC, a McBee FFA alumnus who served as state FFA president in 2005-06, was recently featured in an article in the Clemson World magazine about the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Clemson University, according to John W. Parris, state director of public affairs with the SC FFA Association.
The article shared how Tyner traveled from his home in McBee to Pleasanton, California, last year for an internship with the Clorox Company. While there, he helped design a package that saved the company a bundle—estimated at $25 million. And just as sweet, the new design is a boost to environmental sustainability.
“My dream is to help bring about a new age of truly sustainable packaging by developing packages that have a positive end use,” says Tyner, “whether it be natural degradation or by utilizing a more efficient recycling system.” The article further states that he is well on his way. “And as a recipient of several University scholarships, he’s grateful for the opportunity to begin his dream at Clemson”.
The article continues by reporting that “the Clemson Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics is all about ‘getting it right’. And with its new Harris A. Smith Building, state-of-the art equipment, industry support, across the campus collaboration and a well established reputation, Clemson has secured its position as a national leader. “We’re the only university program in the country bringing together packaging science, graphic communications, materials, environmental science, manufacturing, marketing and psychology disciplines to study packaging methods,” says Chip Tonkin, institute director.
Tyner’s success epitomizes the meaning of the FFA mission which is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
W. Pat Earle, Agricultural Education instructor at McBee High School, served as Tyner’s FFA advisor.