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…
Tag Archive for Sustainable University
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
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…
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…
International Development Community and Environment, Uncategorized
ES&P Students Share Boundary-breaking Sustainable University Research
Rain gardens, e-transcripts, faculty transportation – even making the most of a severe October blizzard – were discussed in a public presentation by students who completed the course, The Sustainable University. Their research projects delved into issues and proposed solutions related to Clark’s role in sustainable practices on campus and beyond. The Sustainable University, which…