Clark University sophomore All-American diver Eileen Garcia (New York, N.Y.) is featured in the February 22 issue of Sports Illustrated. The issue, which hits newsstands on Thursday (Feb. 18) and has American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno on the cover, has Garcia in the famed “Faces in the Crowd” section detailing her collegiate diving exploits.…
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Mosakowski Institute director offers political insights on White House Chronicle
James R. Gomes, director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, at Clark University, was the special guest on “Politics in the Age of Obama,” an episode of White House Chronicle, hosted by Llewellyn King. Gomes discussed the role of Clark and other institutions of higher education in influencing lawmakers by putting research into effective…
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Students in Sierra Leone practice social entrepreneurship
Ten Clark University students and one Clark alumnus recently returned from Bo, Sierra Leone, with David Jordan, president of Seven Hills Foundation, and longtime adjunct professor at Clark University. Many of the students who participated in the trip had completed Jordan’s undergraduate Social Entrepreneurship course. For 11 days, as part of a combined Clark University/Seven…
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Clark earns a bronze in social media ‘College Olympics’
Clark University was recently named to CollegeSurfing.com’s list of 50 Social Media Innovators in Higher Education, earning a bronze medal in the “Web 2.0 College Olympics.” Clark landed 41st among the fifty schools that CollegeSurfing said “captivated us with their social media savvy.” On Clark specifically, the online affiliate of the CollegeBound Network writes: “Clark…
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President Bassett becomes Chair of NAICU Board of Directors
WORCESTER, MA—Clark University President John Bassett was installed as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) at the organization’s annual meeting on Feb. 3, in Washington, D.C. President Bassett’s one-year term as chair of NAICU’s board was ratified by member college and university presidents. Vice chair…
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Clark 'Difficult Dialogues' conference to focus on higher ed
WORCESTER, MA— Clark University’s Difficult Dialogues Initiative and The Public Conversations Project, a leading dialogue consulting organization based in Watertown, Mass., will host a conference, “Inviting Dialogue; Renewing the Deep Purposes of Higher Education,” on Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12. The conference is aimed at examining the role of dialogue in higher education,…
