Yearly Archives: 2010

Clark partners with Chapman University for innovative graduate fellowship in Holocaust history

Clark University and Chapman University, in Orange, Calif., will partner to create a new graduate fellowship in Holocaust history, the two universities announced today (Nov. 10).  The fellowship will be offered as a “unique and innovative academic collaboration” between the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman and the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide…

Princeton Review 'Best 300 Business Schools' recommends GSOM as strong, smart, innovative

The Graduate School of Management at Clark University is listed among the nation’s best in The Princeton Review’s  2011 edition of “The Best 300 Business Schools.” The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) is a diverse community of learners, researchers, and business professionals that prepares future leaders to think critically, manage collaboratively and contribute to their…

Clark students, faculty plan return to Haiti over Thanksgiving break

Twenty-two Clark University students will spend their Thanksgiving break in a distinctly non-Norman Rockwell setting as they engage in a field course to help develop sustainable agriculture projects with staff and students from the University of Notre Dame d’Haiti (UNDH) school of agronomy in Les Cayes.  The course, part of Clark’s Haiti Relief Initiative, serves as…

Autumn brilliance: Students share their research at annual Fall Fest

More than 50 students occupied the Goddard Library on Wednesday, Nov. 3, crowding the Academic Commons main corridor and spilling into the second-floor circulation lobby – all in the name of research.  The students were participating in Clark’s annual Fall Fest, where they explained and showcased their academic research projects, with accompanying posters and interactive…

'Black Arts to Hip Hop' at Clark, with poet/activist Sonia Sanchez

Internationally renowned, award-winning poet and activist/scholar Sonia Sanchez will share her dynamic work about the evolution of revolutionary black art and politics in “From Black Arts to Hip Hop: Implications for the 21st Century,” a free, public lecture presented by the Higgins School for Humanities at Clark University, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in…

Clark names new athletics director

Sean Sullivan, the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for Athletics and Recreation at York (Pa.) College for the past seven years, has been named the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Clark University, President David P. Angel announced on Wednesday. “I am deeply honored to be asked to join the Clark family and support the…

Clark University cited by Kiplinger's as top-50 'Best Value'

Clark University is among the top 50 institutions named as the nation’s Best Values in Private Colleges for 2010-2011 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, a ranking of the “top schools that exemplify excellent academics while keeping their costs to a minimum.” * To read more about Clark University in the current rankings, click here. *…

'No ordinary students' – Clark profile in ‘Cool Colleges 101’

Clark University is one of the nation’s coolest places to get an undergraduate education, according to “Cool Colleges 101,” a new guidebook published this month by Peterson’s. The book profiles more than 240 colleges and includes vivid campus photos, an informative description, fast facts and figures, and contact information. The profiles are designed to give…

Goulet, Muro receive Lund Community Achievement Awards

Clark University President David Angel presented the 2010 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to two outstanding members of the Clark community. The recipients are University Police Chief Stephen Goulet and senior student Miranda Muro. Goulet, of North Grafton, Mass., was recognized for going beyond his duties in public safety by working as a member…