The New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society (NESTVAL) 2013 Conference will be held Friday and Saturday, October 18 to 19, at Clark University. Conference themes include “Climate Justice,” “Economic and Financial Crisis,” and “Reimagining Mid-Sized Cities,” and presentations on many topics are scheduled. NESTVAL was established as the nation’s first regional professional geography organization. Beginning with the New…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
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Clark University Graduate School of Management is one of Princeton Review’s best business schools
The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) at Clark University is one of the nation’s most outstanding business schools, according to The Princeton Review. The company features the school in the new 2014 edition of its book, “The Best 295 Business Schools.” According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publisher, “We recommend Clark GSOM as one…
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Clark University honors Teasdale’s 25 years leading Main South CDC
The Clark University community has developed a strong culture of engagement and partnership with the surrounding Main South neighborhood. On Oct. 9, Clark recognized a key partner in that mission, honoring J. Stephen Teasdale for his 25 years as Executive Director of the Main South Community Development Corporation (Main South CDC). “At Clark, we talk…
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S. African students on Leadership for Change Program visit Clark to discover, exchange ideas
#UFSL4C #ufsgreatness. @ufsweb…. Clark University teaching us more than we thought possible to learn…. @UFSweb #UFSL4C Clark University – Social Justice, Freedom and Democracy. Dialogue Sessions are an investment. What a change in mindset. The tweets, above, were posted by students from the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa during their two-week…
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Clark University doctoral candidate in geography awarded prestigious international research fellowship
Clark University doctoral candidate Pheakkdey Nguon has been awarded a $40,766 fellowship from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to fund a year of research of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program in Cambodia, and a year of dissertation writing at Clark. Nguon accepted the award from Prince Albert II…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: Most parents and kids still talk more often than text
Parents once had to beg their grown children to keep in touch. Today, not so much. Emerging adults (18- to 29-year-olds) are in daily or near-daily contact with their grown children, according to the 2013 Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults. Texting is common, the poll finds, but the old-fashioned phone call is…
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Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults: We had it tougher; their future looks bright
Most parents say their grown children have a better life than they did when they were young, but their current life satisfaction is surprisingly similar to their children’s, according to the new Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults. The Clark University Poll of Parents of Emerging Adults (www.clarku.edu/clarkpoll/clark-university-poll-parents-emerging-adults.cfm) finds that 63% of parents…