Jim Barker began his career at Clemson as an architecture student and track athlete. After years as a practicing architect, teacher and dean, he was named Clemson president in 1999 and has since presided over a dramatic era of growth in academic quality to see Clemson become a top-25 public research university. His love for all things Clemson is obvious, from sports to interactions with alumni, faculty and students and the class he still teaches each spring.

There are some performers whose artistry and craft transcend their genre and inspire the imaginations of millions. Marco Tempest – the world’s first and only “cyber illusionist” – is once such performer. Marco Tempest shares his personal creative journey of creating magic in the digital age. By peeling back the layers of his process, Marco helps the audience understand how his approach to creativity can be applied to many other fields of endeavor.