Students unlock the secrets of marketing to millennials Consumer Behavior and Branding Strategy classes share research on environmentally sustainable fashion with L.L. Bean Several Clark University management students headed off to their summer internships with major fashion retailers armed with fresh knowledge of millennials’ shopping habits, thanks to a marketing class they took this spring. <<Read more>>…
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Graduate Admissions
Net Impact Chapter Plans Busy Fall Semester
With the beginning of the academic year fully underway, the Clark University’s Net Impact chapter held its welcome meeting in early September. Second year dual-degree student Meghan Kelly, club president, gave an overview of the national Net Impact organization, as well as Clark’s chapter on campus. She urged the new students to join the vast…
Graduate School of Management
Merging Business and Environmental Interests into the Perfect Graduate Program
John Marshall Richards has always had a sense as to what fields he’d like to work in after graduating college. His only question upon finishing his bachelor’s degree at Dickinson College was finding a graduate school that paired his two—seemingly very different—passions: business and environmental sustainability. He found both, and more, at Clark University Graduate…
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
Clark Graduate Students Selected as EDF Climate Corps Fellows
The Graduate School of Management and the International Development, Community, and Environment Department are proud to announce that two dual-degree graduate students have been chosen as Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellows this year. Christian Davies of Wheaton, Illinois, and Edward Snook of Auburn, Maine, both working toward an MBA/MS in Environmental Science &…
Graduate School of Management
Course Profile: “Corporate Social Responsibility” – Providing Real Companies with Real Solutions
They are students seeking careers in finance and accounting, in the public and private realms, in large and small companies; but they share an understanding that corporate social responsibility is a business necessity. The Graduate School of Management’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) course, taught by GSOM’s Executive in Residence professor Will O’Brien, provides an overview…
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
National Grid Executives Talk Corporate Responsibility with Graduate Students
Graduate students at Clark University were treated to a special visit in November with two executives from the United Kingdom corporate headquarters of National Grid. Donald Johnson, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Brand Strategy for National Grid, and Jim Gould, Vice President Strategic Communications, came to Clark as part of instructor Will O’Brien’s “Corporate Social…
Graduate School of Management, International Development Community and Environment
PricewaterhouseCoopers and AHOLD USA Executives Discuss Sustainability Reporting
Clark University was honored to have senior executives from two large international corporations meet with graduate students recently to take part in a panel discussion on sustainability reporting and assurance. Executives from AHOLD, an international Dutch retailer and parent company of Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores, Martin’s Food Markets and Peapod were on hand, as…
International Development Community and Environment
Sustainability students and staff visit SolarFlair, one of Clark’s partners in green energy
In late October, 20 members of the Clark community—a cross section of students, staff, and faculty—hopped on a bus to tour SolarFlair in Charlton, MA. Greeted by Matt Arner, founder of SolarFlair, the group heard the story of the farm and the support from Clark that made the solar farm possible. In his quest to apply his…
Graduate School of Management
Meet New GSOM Faculty Member, David Correll, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Management (GSOM) professors are widely published in the top journals in their fields, and regularly advise financial firms, government and environmental agencies, and companies worldwide. One of GSOM’s newest faculty hires is no exception. Assistant Professor David Correll comes to GSOM from Iowa State University, where he earned his Ph.D. in supply…
International Development Community and Environment, Uncategorized
ES&P Prof Jennie Stephens Presents “Smart Grid” Research at Denmark Conference
Clark University associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy, Jennie Stephens, presented research and organized a research panel on energy system transitions at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference held October 17-20 at the Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg, Denmark. At the conference, which was held jointly with…