The Clark Community Thrift Store has done its part to increase Clark’s sustainability dollars. Since opening in late August 2010, the store has made approximately $13,400 in sales after only about seven months of operation (the store was closed in January).” Although the store did not keep track of inventory value or donation volume, managers…
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Clark featured in Princeton Review guide to outstanding ‘green colleges’
The Princeton Review has recognized Clark University as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada, including Clark in the just-released, second annual edition of the “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges: 2011 Edition.” Clark University joins the ranks of outstanding universities and colleges nationwide that are leading…
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Rainey named Director of Small Business Development Center at Clark U
John E. Rainey has been named Director of the Central Massachusetts office of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network, at Clark University. Mr. Rainey joined the staff of SBDC in March 1995 as Senior Business Advisor and Financial Specialist. In that role, he assisted clients in developing feasibility studies, business plans, marketing plans and…
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Got books? Don’t throw them away – donate them for a better world
Sustainable Clark has partnered with Better World Books, a socially responsible online used book seller that was actually started by students a few years back. Better World Books supports literacy projects in the US and around the world by donating a percentage of profits as well as sending (you guessed it) books to support literacy,…
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Clark students celebrate Brazilian martial art of capoeira, participate in batizado
Students learning the Brazilian martial art of capoeira celebrated their batizado in a three-day event from at the beginning of April. A capoeira batizado, literally translated as “baptism,” has no religious meaning, but is a graduation ceremony in which students are awarded their next level “cords,” or belts. Capoeiristas, performers of the art form, traveled…
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Posters of Persuasion on display at the Traina Center
Posters are one of the oldest media of persuasion in design. This semester, students in the Graphic Design Projects course had the opportunity to study the history of the poster and apply their research and creativity to a poster series of their own. The eight series, covering topics of social importance from blood donation, to…
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Just Do It Day! is Saturday, April 9
The campus-wide day of service will be held on Saturday, April 9 from 12 – 4 p.m. Registration starts at 11 a.m. in the Grind; volunteers will then head out to a variety of service projects that will be happening around Worcester! After a long day of service, volunteers will return to the Grind for…
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Biologist from the Census of Marine Life – Gulf of Maine Program to speak at Clark
Monday, April 18, 3 – 4 p.m. Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The Census investigated life in the…
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Prof. Greg Bassett presents Philosophy lecture on ethical judgments and the existence of weakness of will
Wednesday, April 6, 4:30 p.m. John and Kay Bassett Admissions Center Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Greg Bassett will present a lecture on “Weakness of Will and the Status of Ethical Judgments.” We ordinarily think that our ethical judgments play an important role in explaining and predicting our actions. This connection to judgment is part of…
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Seminar examines links between human, animal and ecosystem health
Lead Poisoning Across Species Lines: Linking Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health Thursday, April 7; 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Lurie Conference Room, Higgins University Center The last seminar of this year’s George Perkins Marsh Institute and Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library seminar series will feature Mark A. Pokras, Associate Professor in Tufts University’s Department of Environmental…
