On Leap Day in 2012, Clark University celebrated the official launch of its pioneering model for higher education known as LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice). Today, the first students to experience LEEP throughout their four years as “Clarkies” are preparing to graduate, making this February 29th seem an opportune time to share the progress, challenges…
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Clark University language students share poetry, songs, video with poet, AIDS activist
On March 30, Clark University and the Department of Language, Literature and Culture welcomed a special guest, poet and AIDS activist Norberto A. Stuart, who inspired students and faculty alike as he shared both his poetry and his story. An AIDS activist who has been living with the disease for 25 years, Stuart encouraged students…
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Students in the class of 2018 tell their stories
There’s an adage in journalism that everybody has a story. The LEEP Center set out to prove it true in a fun and revealing Orientation exercise in which first-year students were asked to compose personal narratives that will help them chart their unique Clark paths. The Aug. 23 session, “Telling Your Story,” held in Atwood…
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Gurel APA-Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers celebrates 10 years
In the past decade, more than 200 high school teachers from around the country have traveled to Clark during the summer to attend the annual Lee Gurel American Psychological Association–Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers. This year, participants left the workshop with new contacts, textbooks and posters, and some took with them something a bit…
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Clark Model UN delegates stand out at Harvard National Conference
A delegation of 28 members of the Clark University Model UN Team attended the 59th session of the prestigious Harvard National Model UN Conference (HNMUN 2013), which took place February 14 to 17 at the historic Park Plaza Hotel in downtown Boston. “Our team did an exceptional job this year,” said Clark Model UN faculty…
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Clark on Forbes 'best colleges' list
Clark University sits high in the top third of Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges” report, occupying spot #161 among the 610 schools recognized this year. Forbes conducts its rankings with research from the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, and also presents results as offering a “student’s point of view.” In its Aug. 11 special report, Forbes writes,…