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The Clark Endowment on May 31, 2005 was valued at $204.2 million, as compared to last year’s level of $186.3 million. The great majority of these funds have been provided to the University over its 118-year history by generous alumni and other supporters who have chosen to benefit Clark and its students in perpetuity. These donors have asked that their original gifts be invested, and that the annual income thereon be used to support the intended programs, primarily scholarships, fellowships and faculty chairs. The University’s total invested funds have grown in recent years, due both to investment performance and charitable contributions from generous Clark alumni and friends.
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Students Learn to ‘Write Out Loud'
Undergraduates interested in writing took advantage of a new course this year, "Writing Out Loud," developed by theater arts professor Gino DiIorio '83 and Writing Center/Writing Program director Anne Ellen Geller.
DiIorio and Geller developed the course with the support of the Seymour N. Logan Faculty Fellowship to help student writers consider how the application of spoken word and performance strategies can strengthen their written work. In conjunction with the course, Geller and DiIorio organized the Seymour N. Logan Symposium, which brought four award-winning writers to Clark this year to lead small-group workshops with their students and to give a free public lecture. The event featured writers Eisa Davis, Mike Folie, Pat C. Hoy II and Todd London, who read from their works.
- Davis's plays include "Angela's Mixtape," developed by New York Theatre Workshop and Hip Hop Theatre Festival, and "Paper Armor." She has received many fellowships and is a resident playwright at New Dramatists, the nation's premiere center for the support and development of playwrights. She read from her new play, "Bulrusher."
- Folie's plays have been produced often in the United States and internationally, winning several awards. "The Adjustment" was seen Off-Broadway at the 91st Street Playhouse, on tour in England, as well as several other venues. Folie is partner, along with Randall Eiger, in the freelance corporate speech writing team of efi, Eiger and Folie.
- Hoy received the 2003 Fellowship of Southern Writer's Nonfiction Award. His essays have appeared in many publications, and eight have been selected as "Notab les" in "Best American Essays." "Instinct for Survival" was selected as a "Notable" collection in "Best American Essays of the Century," edited by Joyce Carol Oates and Robert Atwan. He directs the Expository Writing Program at New York University, where he is an English professor.
- London is in his ninth season as artistic director of New Dramatists. A former managing editor of American Theatre magazine, his essays and articles have appeared regularly in publications across the country and around the world. He has written, edited and/or contributed to a dozen books, mostly theater related.
The Seymour N. Logan Faculty Fellowship Fund was established by Todd Logan '75, a longtime Clark supporter, and his wife Linda '75 in memory of Todd's father. The fund honors the contributions of professors at the University and allows faculty to create new courses and hold innovative conferences based on those courses. The fund is awarded every two years.
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President's Report 2005
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