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Nine undergraduates awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to support creative projects on campus and abroad

Nine Clark University undergraduate students were recently awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to support their pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects this summer and during the 2015-2016 academic year. Information about the students and their projects follows: Oyut Amarjargal ’17, of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, will conduct research and complete a community service project this…

Incoming Clark student receives Diller Foundation’s Tikkun Olam award for ‘repairing the world’

Maxine Harvey '18

A day before she begins classes at Clark University, a school where students are encouraged to “Challenge Convention” and “Change our World,” 18-year-old Maxine J. Harvey, of Methuen, will be recognized and rewarded for co-founding a project which embodies the values of tikkun olam, a central Jewish precept meaning “to repair the world.” Harvey is…

Clark named to 2012 President’s Honor Roll for community service

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has named Clark University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youths. Clark has appeared on the honor roll every year since its launch in 2006. The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can…

Six new MAD scholars arrive at Clark ready to make a difference

Clark University welcomed six Making a Difference (MAD) Scholars at the start of the Fall semester.  The Making a Difference Scholarship is awarded to incoming First-Year students who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to social change. The 2011-2012 recipients are: Alejandro Baez, of New York, NY, is a former HIV/AIDS peer counselor who participated in leadership…

Lund Award recipients honored for efforts in community engagement

Clark University President David Angel presented the 2011 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to Greg Doerschler, senior analyst in Clark’s Office of Institutional Research and adviser to the Outing Club, and to fifth-year student Andre Kenstowicz. Doerschler and Kenstowicz were honored at a September 20 recognition dinner at Harrington House, the residence of Clark’s…

Clark on 2010 President’s Honor Roll for community service

The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Clark University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youths.  Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. Clark University has…

Clark honored for exemplary community service

University named to President’s Honor Roll for Civic Engagement WORCESTER, MA—The Corporation for National and Community Service named Clark University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youths.  Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve…