Getting Ready for Clark | Orientation Webinar
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom | Webinar
Navigate academic advising and course registration, bill payment, financial aid, health forms, and on-campus jobs. Learn about transferring credits and reviewing course offerings and review everything you need to accomplish in July!

Art Talk: RJ Messineo
2026-06-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Clark University, Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center – 2nd Floor, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts program presents an Art Talk with visiting faculty member RJ Messineo.

RJ Messineo makes paintings that involve observation and abstraction, and engages a wide and sometimes incongruous range of scale relationships, mark-making, and compositional structures, drawing on expressionist gesture, process-based systems, and chance encounters.

Messineo is represented by CANADA, New York City, and Morán Morán, Los Angeles, and has exhibited at venues such as Pace Gallery, James Cohan Gallery, and Thomas Erben Gallery, all in New York, City; Ceysson & Bénétière and Koerich, Luxembourg; and Night Gallery, Los Angeles.

Art Talk: Patrice Aphrodite Helmar
2026-06-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Clark University, Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center – 2nd Floor, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts program presents an Art Talk with visiting faculty member Patrice Aphrodite Helmar.

Patrice Aphrodite Helmar is an artist who was born in Juneau, Alaska. They grew up working in their father’s small-town camera shop and darkroom, and they continue to work in photography. Helmar’s work has been shown at PARTICIPANT INC; the Jewish Museum; Ortega Y Gasset Projects; Gaa Gallery; the National Museum of Iceland; and other spaces. Helmar’s multidisciplinary work concerns issues of labor, class, queerness, and the politics of representation.

Helmar has held faculty positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Fordham University, and Pratt Institute. Their work is in the collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City).

Art Talk: Josephine Halvorson
2026-06-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Clark University, Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center – 2nd Floor, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts program presents an Art Talk with visiting artist Josephine Halvorson.

Josephine Halvorson makes art from direct observation, foregrounding the firsthand experience of noticing, describing, and learning from the physical world. She works primarily in painting, but also in sculpture and printmaking. Halvorson’s work is represented by Sikkema Malloy Jenkins, New York, and Peter Freeman, Paris. She has presented work internationally at institutions including the Storm King Art Center, the ICA Boston, and the Havana Biennale.

Halvorson was the longtime chair of graduate studies in painting at Boston University and, beginning this fall, will be the assistant director of graduate studies in painting/printmaking at Yale University.

Getting Ready for Clark
2026-06-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
Submit health forms to health services

Schedule a meeting with adviser to register for classes

Confirm of waive health insurance

Upload photo for clark onecard

Authorize third parties to review bill

For more information visit: First Year Student To-Do List | Orientation | Clark University

Art Talk: Ian Alteveer
2026-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Clark University, Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center – 2nd Floor, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Clark’s MFA in Visual Arts program presents an Art Talk with visiting artist Ian Alteveer.

Ian Alteveer is the Beal Family Chair of MFA Boston’s Department of Contemporary Art, a position he has held since 2023. Previously, he was curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where he curated projects by artists including Cecily Brown, Vija Celmins, David Hockney, Marisa Merz, and Kerry James Marshall. Alteveer also serves on the board of Artadia in New York, and on the board of trustees of Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado.

Getting Ready for Clark
2026-07-24 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
Access your bill online

Set up Clark Engage profile

Complete Stafford Loan Requirements

Submit your high school transcript and Advance standing credits

Begin your job search

Order your microfridge

Communicate with roommate(s)

International Students: Submit your arrival documents

Apply to Bridge to Clark Early Arrival Program (optional)

Apply to Clark Kickstart Early Arrival Program (optional)

Set up your emergency contact

For more information visit: First Year Student To-Do List | Orientation | Clark University

Getting Ready for Clark | Orientation Webinar
2026-07-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom Online
Learn all about Move-In Day, Orientation, the first-year Navigator course and the common academic experience, and all the resources Clark offers you, from academic advising to health and wellness to support student success and transition to Clark.

STEM Send-Off: Celebrating a Summer of Science
2026-07-30 11:30 - 13:30 | Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall
Students have spent the summer asking questions, solving problems, and building their identities as STEM researchers. At this BBQ event, students will celebrate their work, share what they’ve learned, and close the summer with a BBQ and STEM celebration.

Each student will share a three-page research snapshot highlighting the scientific problem they are trying to address, the approach they are using, what they have learned so far, and where the project could go next.

AI in Action: A Practical Workshop for Clark Staff
2026-08-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Clark University – Tilton Hall, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
This session will be in-person and designed to provide a practical, accessible look at artificial intelligence today. It will begin with an overview of the current AI landscape, including key concepts, examples, and considerations for higher education. There will also be hands-on activities so participants can explore tools and applications in an interactive way.

Space for this event is limited, and pre-registration is required and can be done using this form: AI in Action: A Practical Workshop for Clark Staff.

Getting Ready for Clark
2026-08-07 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
Pay bill for fall semester

Set up refund profile

Complete the academic integrity orientation module (available in June)

Complete the Vector Solutions Orientation Modules (available in June)

Complete the Student Code of Conduct: Your Guide to Success module (available in June)

Complete the Incoming Undergraduate Survey (available in July

Download the Corq app

Connect and register your device

For more information visit: First Year Student To-Do List | Orientation | Clark University

Orientation Events for Early Arrivals
2026-08-19 00:00 - 2026-08-20 23:59 | Campus
Bridge to Clark Early Orientation and Clark Kickstart Early Arrival Program both begin. Bridge to Clark provides you with a solid overview of Clark’s accessibility services, managed through the Office of Student Accessibility Services (SAS). You can connect with other students and have the time to transition and find your way around campus. Clark Kickstart provides students and families traveling to campus from a significant distance with the opportunity settle in and learn more about navigating New England. You will have the ability to connect with other students who have come from far away and have the time to transition and find your way around campus.

Orientation for First Years
2026-08-20 00:00 - 2026-08-23 23:59 | Campus
First Year Orientation begins. Orientation provides a time for First Year Students to move into residence halls, meet your peer mentor, attend sessions on academic success at Clark, and make new friends before the start of classes.

Fall 2026 Involvement Fair
2026-08-26 14:00 - 16:00 | The Green
Are you looking to meet new people, discover a new passion, and get involved at Clark? It’s never too late to join a new club or find your community. There will be 100+ student clubs looking for someone like YOU to join their organization! First-year students: Be sure to CHECK IN with your Peer Mentor using the Corq app at this.

Community Engagement Fair
2026-09-02 00:00 - 23:59 | Alden Quad
Come join us for our annual Community Engagement Fair! Organizations from around Worcester will be tabling with information about their work and opportunities for volunteering, internships, and community-based student employment (work-study). In the event of inclement weather, tabling will move inside to Dana Commons. We’ll be building community, rain or shine!

Career Festival
2026-09-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Red Square – Jonas Clark Hall, 950 Main St, United States
The Career Connections Center (CCC) is excited to bring to you the Career Festival. The Career Festival is an outdoor open‑house style event held at Red Square – Jonas Clark Hall. Register for the Festival to learn more about career services and support, upcoming events, and meet the CCC team. Free snacks, activities, prizes & photo opportunity!

➡ Register on Handshake

Book Talk with Charlie Scheidt and Kat Rohrer: “Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust”
2026-09-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Higgins Lounge, 2nd Floor, Dana Commons, Clark University
Moderator: Rebecca Erbelding (Historian, educator, curator, and archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Charlie Scheidt was born in New York City to parents who had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe. Growing up in a close-knit, German-Jewish refugee community, Charlie witnessed firsthand the traumatic effects of persecution and exile.

Kat Rohrer was born in Vienna, Austria and is an award-winning filmmaker, who has produced, written, and directed numerous narrative films and documentaries.

After his mother’s death, Charlie Scheidt discovered a trove of historic documents that set him on a decade-long journey to uncover his family’s hidden past during the Holocaust. Joined by Kat Rohrer, the granddaughter of a Nazi officer, Charlie and Kat embarked on a quest to trace Charlie’s family’s harrowing efforts to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe. As they investigated, they uncovered stories of survival and loss. Their journey takes them across generations and continents, revealing a legacy of love, loss, and resilience. Grappling with questions about the long-lasting effects of inherited trauma, the book asks whether it is possible to break free of a familial cycle. Inheritance: Love, Loss, and the Legacy of the Holocaust, rooted in his family’s escape and the lasting trauma that followed, is a powerful reflection on history’s enduring scars, the importance of remembrance, and healing across generations.

Zoom Registration

Reception and book signing will follow lecture.

Sponsored by the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University Hillel, Temple Emanuel Sinai, and Congregation Beth Israel

Fall Into Wellness
2026-09-16 00:00 - 23:59 | Red Square (Rain Location: Tilton)
Is your student interested in learning more about well-being resources around campus? Then have them join us for our annual Health and Well-Being Fair! Our office of Wellness Education will be joined by campus partners to inform Clarkies about all the well-being resources campus has to offer!

Student Intern Panel: Technology & Computing / Data, Analytics & Quantitative Careers
2026-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 | ASEC 202
Curious about internships in technology, software development, cybersecurity, data analytics, AI, mathematics, statistics, or quantitative fields? Hear directly from Clark students who have completed internships in these industries. Learn how they found their opportunities, what their day-to-day work looked like, the skills they developed, and their advice for landing your own internship. Bring your questions for an interactive Q&A!

Necrogeographies of the Marginalized Dead
2026-09-17 00:00 - 2026-09-18 23:59 | Strassler Center, 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 016010, United States
Clark University’s Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian Genocide Studies, Elyse Semerdjian, in collaboration with Martin Christ of the University of Erfurt (Germany), will host the second of two workshops, “Necrogeographies and the Marginalized Dead,” at Clark University on September 17–18.

The first workshop was held at the University of Erfurt in May 2025 and was funded by the German Research Foundation through the Max Weber Institute. Building on those discussions, the second workshop will continue to cross disciplinary and chronological boundaries, bringing together scholars to examine how marginalized dead have been treated across diverse societies and historical periods.

Participants will workshop original research spanning Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, South Asia, Indigenous communities in the Americas, and the remains and burial practices of enslaved Africans. Panels will explore topics including the spatial politics of death; necro power and state violence; burial rights and expulsion; genocide and warfare; memory and commemorative practices; and the role of power in the marginalization of the dead.

Papers presented at the workshop will be collected for publication in a forthcoming edited volume co-edited by Elyse Semerdjian and Martin Christ.

Registration is required.

For more information, please contact Associate Director of the Strassler Center, Robyn Conroy at rconroy@clarku.edu.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Professor in Armenian Genocide Studies and the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt

Fall Career Fair
2026-09-17 12:00 - 15:00 | Kneller Athletic Center, 950 Main St, Worcester, MA, 01610-1400, United States
The Career Fair provides students with the opportunity to connect directly with employers from a wide range of industries and organizations. Whether you’re exploring career paths, searching for internships, or seeking full-time employment, the fair is a valuable chance to build your professional network, learn about companies and their hiring needs, ask questions, and make a strong first impression. Students are encouraged to bring copies of their résumé, dress professionally, and engage in meaningful conversations with recruiters to maximize their experience. Register on Handshake ✅

Ask Me Anything - Careers in Finance (CCC)
2026-09-24 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual session

Alumni: Greg Tanzer

Job Title/Company: Sr. Vice President, Morgan Stanley

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.

Tailgate at the Dolan
2026-09-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Dolan Field House
Come join us for our First Annual Tailgate at the Dolan! Held alongside soccer and field hockey games, this event brings the Clark community together to support Clark Athletics! Whether you are coming to enjoy local food trucks and snacks, explore club tabling, or cheer on the Cougars, the Tailgate at the Dolan is the perfect way to celebrate the season!

Ask Me Anything - Careers in Accounting (CCC)
2026-10-01 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual session

Ask Me Anything – Careers in Accounting

Alumni: Michael Stowe

Job Title/Company: Partner at Stowe & Degon LLC

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.

Student Intern Panel: Business, Finance & Consulting
2026-10-07 13:00 - 14:00 | ASEC 202
Join Clark students as they share their internship experiences in business, finance, consulting, marketing, accounting, human resources, entrepreneurship, and related fields. Learn how they secured their internships, what they learned on the job, and how these experiences have shaped their career goals. Get practical advice and ask questions to help you prepare for your own internship search.

Ask Me Anything - Careers in Consulting (CCC)
2026-10-08 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual session

Ask Me Anything – Careers in Consulting

Alumni: Garrett Abrahamson

Job Title/Company: Associate Manager, Public Consulting Group

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.

Ask Me Anything - Careers in Game Design/Interactive Media
2026-10-15 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual sessionAsk Me Anything – Careers in Game Design/Interactive MediaAlumni Alex Supron, Producer, Co-Founder of SlimeWare and Red Rabbit Games

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.

Ask Me Anything - Careers as an International Student (CCC)
2026-10-22 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual session

Ask Me Anything – Careers as an International Student

Alumni: Shrishti Rana

Job Title/Company: IT Project manager, Seven Hills Foundation

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.

Betrayal or Salvation? Religious Conversion during the Holocaust
2026-10-22 18:00 - 19:00 | Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor, 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, 01603, United States
Albert M. Tapper Annual Lecture

Reception at 5:00pm

Speaker: Doris Bergen (Professor; Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Chair in Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto)

Religious conversion during the Holocaust, specifically conversion from Judaism to Christianity, is an uncomfortable topic that has received little scholarly attention. Two widespread assumptions are that conversion was rare (at least official conversion, as opposed to “passing”) and that it made no difference, since Nazi antisemitism was based on “race”. This talk revisits those assumptions using a wide array of sources, most of them personal accounts, from the time and since, by Jews and non-Jews. Conversion, it turns out, was not rare, and in certain places and circumstances, it was a significant factor in the survival of individuals and even families. Should conversion to Christianity therefore be considered as an aspect of rescue? Or is it more appropriately understood as a component of genocide (intentional destruction of a religious or ethnic group “as such”)?

Sponsored by the Albert M. Tapper Charitable Foundation

Ask Me Anything - Careers in Careers in Law (CCC)
2026-10-29 12:15 - 13:00 | Zoom
Come with questions, leave with answers! Register for this virtual session

Ask Me Anything – Careers in Law

Alumni: Kristen Sherman

Job Title/Company: Executive Director & Associate General Counsel at RTX

AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions are fast, informal, conversation-based events where students can ask real questions directly to alumni and industry professionals. At the end of the session, students should leave AMAs with clearer expectations about careers, practical advice, new perspective from professionals, and an entry point into networking.
