Clark University is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The university is included in the education service company’s just-released 2015 edition of “The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges.” Published just days before the April 22, 2015 celebration of Earth Day, the free…
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Clark graduate students showcase research at Multidisciplinary Conference
On April 8, Clark University graduate students came together to celebrate and showcase the work of 65 of their peers across ten of the University’s graduate departments and divisions. An annual event, the Graduate Student Multidisciplinary Conference (MDC) includes oral presentations as well as a poster session. Open to all current graduate students, the event…
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TEDx at Clark University inspires attendees to embrace passions, spread change
The Global Scholars Program at Clark University, in collaboration with administration, faculty and student volunteers, executed a daylong TEDx event on April 11 that brightened a long-awaited sunny spring day with a variety of talks, presentations, art installations, interaction, food and fun. TEDx talks are independently organized TED events that are held around the world…
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Clark U. Relay for Life raises $16,000, honors co-founder Cassandra McCann ’11
On April 10-11, Clarkies Against Cancer held their annual Relay for Life event on the Clark campus in the Kneller Athletic Center. Approximately 200 people participated and raised $16,000 for the cause. In many ways, the event mirrored Relays of the past, only this year, the organizers and participants made a concerted effort to remember…
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Youth Summit at Clark explores race, class, education and identity; draws h.s. students from across state
More than 100 high school students from across Massachusetts attended the second annual Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University, April 9. Students from high schools in Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, and Worcester gathered in Tilton Hall for a daylong program focusing on…
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Clark University joins national ‘It’s On Us’ campaign against sexual violence
Clark University has joined the national “It’s On Us” campaign to stop sexual assault and on April 6 unveiled an “It’s On Us” video featuring approximately 30 students, faculty, and staff from across campus uniting for the cause. In this 90 second video, produced by Carlos Deschamps ’16, members of the Clark Community pledge to…
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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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Clark U. students celebrate Earth Week with lectures, giveaways, and field trips
Clark University students spent last week attending lectures and films, and participating in competitions and giveaways as part of a coordinated campus-wide effort to honor and celebrate Mother Earth. Early in the week, students who ventured near the Academic Commons at Goddard Library were exposed to a “grave situation”—a sea of painted tombstones that spelled…
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Family Impact Seminar examines foster care, child protective services
The Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University launched its Family Impact Seminars in 2010, bringing together researchers and legislators to address the effect of the recession on Massachusetts families. The seminars, planned and facilitated by FIS director Denise Hines, research associate professor of psychology at Clark, have explored a range of issues, from…
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Clark U. students travel to Capitol Hill to advocate for international education
Four Clark University students traveled to Capitol Hill recently to participate in NAFSA (Association of International Education) Advocacy Day, an annual event devoted to educating members of Congress about how international education impacts states and districts, and why it’s important to have a more globally engaged United States. Eriberto Mora ’17 of Worcester, Connor Ruby…
