Clark Bars Spring Concert
2026-04-26 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Tilton Hall

SLICE Drop-In Hours with Stacie
2026-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Asher Suite, UC
Got a quick question about making Purchase Requests, budget management, or club finances? Stop by the Asher Suite (3rd floor of the UC) to chat with Stacie, the SLICE Office & Budget Manager, during her office hours. If you have a more detailed question or would like a longer conversation, please schedule a meeting with Stacie using the QR code on her office door!

SAS Homework Center
2026-04-27 18:00 - 20:00 | ASEC 213
Open to all students registered with SAS and their friends. Use this time to work independently, in a quiet space dedicated to doing homework. We will provide snacks, study tools, and more. Additionally, attendance at each night of this event will earn you one entry into our end-of-semester raffle – you can get one entry for each homework center, workshop, or other event!

Peapod Senior Show
2026-04-27 21:00 - 22:00 | Jefferson 320
Sending off our 2026 seniors with one last comedy improv show. We know you have nothing better to do on a Monday night.

Campus Store Grand Re-opening
2026-04-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Campus Store, 918 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Visit the campus store at the new location—918 Main Street—for snacks, refreshments, and gift card raffles! All in-store items will be 20% off.

SAS' Spring '26 Countdown To Final Exam Series: Special Edition Homework Center
2026-04-28 10:00 - 14:00 | TBD
Our homework center will have extra hours for the first reading day! Come study with your friends, or come alone. We will be here, bringing all the study vibes and positive motivation you need. Open to all students registered with SAS and their friends. Attendance at each Countdown To Finals Event will earn you one entry into our end-of-semester raffle – you can get one entry for each homework center, workshop, or other event!

All Men Are Brothers: Bundist Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Poland
2026-04-28 16:00 - 17:30 | Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons, 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, 01603, United States
Keynote: “Never Always Again” Workshop

Asher Lecture Series

Speaker: Molly Crabapple, an artist and writer based in New York, is the author of two books, Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham), which was long-listed for a National Book Award. Her reportage is the winner of the Bernhard Labor Journalism Award, and has been published in The New York Times, New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. Her animations have won two Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Her art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art..

Crabapple’s latest book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, is now available for preorder.

In the summer of 1939, the Jewish Labor Bund swept Polish municipal elections, cementing their status as the country’s most popular Jewish political party. The Nazis invaded that September. In the charnel house of occupied Poland, the Bund turned its party into an underground network of survival, and defiance. At the same time, they held fast to their ethos of universalist solidarity. As the cover of their illicit newspaper, Voice of Youth, stated, “All men are brothers, whether yellow, black, brown, or white. Talk of peoples, colors, and races is a bunch of nonsense.” Nothing exemplified this belief more than their collaboration with the Polish Socialist Party. But when the Nazis launched their campaign of extermination, these bonds would be put to the ultimate test.

Reception and book signing will follow the lecture.

Registration Required

Sponsored by the Strassler Center at Clark University and the Berman Center at Lehigh University

Co-sponsored by Peace and Conflict Studies, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and the Department of History

Bat Night
2026-04-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Meet at Red Square
Join Professor Morgan Ruelle for a walk to observe bats in their natural habitat at nearby Coes Pond.

Visit YouTube to watch a video about Bat Night 2025.

Late Night Breakfast
2026-04-28 22:30 - 2026-04-29 00:00 | Higgins Dining Hall
Come gather in The Table at Higgins dining hall for this long-standing tradition where your Clark staff and administrators are there to greet you, wish you good luck as you close out your semester, and serve you a late-night meal! Late Night Breakfast is a part of Wellness Education’s coordinated “Feel Good Finals” and is a joyful time to take a break from working hard and come together for a community study break. Just bring your Clark ID with you and have your event pass ready! Don’t have your event pass yet? Download the Corq App and create an account with your Clark email address! Important: Late Night Breakfast is for current Clark students only. No guests will be allowed to enter the dining hall during this event.

The Logic of Genocide
2026-04-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor, 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, 01603, United States
Speaker: Aleksandar Hemon (Professor, of Creative Writing, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.) Hemon is most recently the author of The World and All That It Holds (2023). He is also the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, and three collections of short stories: The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles. His other works include two books of nonfiction, My Parents: An Introduction and The Book of My Lives, the novel The Making of Zombie Wars, journalism, screenplays, and content for the Netflix original show Sense8. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for a matter of months. While he was there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a “genius grant” from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004.)

We will remember who did it, and who helped them get it done and we will tell and keep telling, even if no one wants to hear it. What is done, cannot be undone, but can be remembered.

Registration Required

Sponsored by the Strassler Center at Clark University and the Berman Center at Lehigh University

Co-sponsored by the History Department, Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Department of Language, Literature, and Culture

Teaching & Learning with AI featuring Jose Antonio Bowen - CETAL Professional Development Day
2026-04-30 09:00 - 16:00
This event is for faculty only.

Location: Tilton Hall

RSVP here for CETAL PD Day

José Antonio Bowen has led innovation and change for more than 40 years at Stanford, Georgetown, and the University of Southampton (UK), then as a dean at Miami University and SMU, and as president of a U.S News & World Report “most innovative college” until 2019. He is now a senior fellow at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, a trustee of DePauw University, a founding board member of the National Recording Preservation Board for the Library of Congress, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He runs Bowen Innovation Group LLC, conducting consulting and training in innovation, pedagogy, and D&I for both higher education institutions and Fortune 100 companies.

Full-Day Faculty Workshop — April 30, 2026 Please bring a laptop.

Part 1: Working with AI — Tools & Techniques Hands-on exploration of AI tools, effective prompting, and practical uses for research and teaching. • Understand how AI is changing work and thinking• Build skills with multiple AI tools• Practice faculty-relevant applications Part 2: Teaching with AI — From Cheating to Creative AssignmentsPractical strategies for grading, academic integrity, and designing AI-aware assignments. • Discuss cheating, detection, and policy implications• Consider equity and inclusion impacts• Design new assignments and support bots• Learn to create and use custom bots

Drop in Hours With The ISSO Director
2026-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | JC 208
Have questions or just need guidance? Stop by our Drop-In Advising Session with ISSO Director Amanda. Whether it’s about your visa, employment options, travel plans, or planning ahead, we’re here to support you. No appointment required, just come as you are!

‘Mannequin’ Opening Reception
2026-05-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Harold Stevens Gallery, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Artwork by Dante Diez ’27, Simon Pinchbeck ’26, and Huang Truong, M.S. ’26, will be on view through June 6 at the Harold Stevens Gallery, located inside WCUW (91.3 FM Community Radio).

“Mannequin” is a collaborative exhibition of photography, video, and sculpture examining how human identity is shaped by digital technologies. Through immersive works, the artists explore how digital culture influences behavior, perception, and self-understanding, blurring the line between authenticity and imitation.

Listen to an interview with the artists »

Exhibit opening reception: May 5, 5–7 p.m.

Artist talk, hosted by Ricardo Barros: June 3, 5–7 p.m.

Gallery hours

Mondays: noon to 3 p.m.

Wednesdays: 2 to 4 p.m.

Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fridays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The gallery is also open by appointment. Admission is free for all.

The Harold Stevents Gallery is curated by Stephen DiRado, professor of photography at Clark.

Open Office Hour for Students
2026-05-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Academic Commons
Do you have questions, want to offer feedback, or get guidance? If so, come to the monthly office hour for students in the Academic Commons! All conversations are informal and open — you don’t need to prepare anything, just drop in!

International Graduation Celebration
2026-05-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall
Graduating international students will come together as a global community to celebrate their accomplishments, reflect on their journey, and recognize the impact they’ve made at Clark. Enjoy food, music, photos, and time with friends, faculty, and staff as we celebrate this important milestone.

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Class of 2026 Awards Brunch and Toast
2026-05-14 10:00 - 13:00 | The Table at Higgins (University Center), 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01610, United States
Join us to celebrate the Class of 2026 with our annual awards brunch and special toast.

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Lavender Graduation
2026-05-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall
This special celebration honors LGBTQ+ students at Clark.

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First-Gen Pinning Ceremony
2026-05-17 11:00 - 12:30 | Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall
Clark University is proud to honor the achievements of our first-generation* or first-generation 1.5** college students.

*An individual whose parents/guardians did not complete a bachelor’s degree. This does not include siblings.

**The student is not necessarily the first in their family to go to college as defined above, but typically navigates college like many other first-generation college students due to self-identifying as not having prior exposure to or knowledge of navigating higher institution; e.g., if your parent and/or guardian completed a bachelor’s degree outside of the U.S. or if you have only had close contact with people with minimal college experience.

All Senior Week activities »

Multicultural Graduation
2026-05-17 14:00 - 15:30 | Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall
This celebration honors the experiences and accomplishments of graduating multicultural students.

All Senior Week activities »

Commencement
2026-05-18 00:00 - 23:59 | DCU Center, 50 Foster St, Worcester, MA, 01608, United States
Join Clark in celebrating the Class of 2026.

Undergraduate Ceremony

Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Processional begins at 9:45 a.m.

Ceremony begins at 10 a.m.

Graduate Ceremony

Doors open at 1:00 p.m.

Processional begins at 2:15 p.m.

Ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m.

Getting Ready for Clark | Orientation Webinar
2026-05-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (Webinar)
Learn what you need to do this summer to get ready for Clark this fall, including housing, meal plans, placement exams, and early events for international, first-generation, BIPOC, and students with disabilities.

‘Mannequin’ Exhibit
2026-05-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Harold Stevens Gallery, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Artwork by Dante Diez ’27, Simon Pinchbeck ’26, and Hoang Truong, M.S. ’26, will be on view through June 6 at the Harold Stevens Gallery, located inside WCUW (91.3 FM Community Radio).

“Mannequin” is a collaborative exhibition of photography, video, and sculpture examining how human identity is shaped by digital technologies. Through immersive works, the artists explore how digital culture influences behavior, perception, and self-understanding, blurring the line between authenticity and imitation.

Listen to an interview with the artists »

Gallery hours

Mondays: noon to 3 p.m.

Wednesdays: 2 to 4 p.m.

Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Fridays: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturdays: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The gallery is also open by appointment. Admission is free for all.

The Harold Stevens Gallery is curated by Stephen DiRado, professor of photography at Clark.

Walk to Defeat ALS
2026-05-30 11:15 - 13:00 | Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Join us for a powerful community event uniting families, friends, caregivers, and advocates in the fight against ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease). This annual walk is a community fundraising event bringing people together to raise awareness, honor those we’ve lost, support those living with ALS today, and fuel critical research toward treatments and a cure.

The Walk to Defeat ALS is more than just a walk — it’s a day of hope, remembrance, and action. Participants of all ages and abilities come together to share stories, celebrate strength, and show those affected by ALS that they are not alone. Funds raised support patient care programs, advocacy efforts, and cutting-edge research that make a real impact locally and nationwide.

Whether you walk in honor, in memory, or in solidarity, every step helps move the fight forward.

Register today and join the Worcester community as we walk together to defeat ALS.

Getting Ready for Clark
2026-06-12 00:00 - 23:59 | Online
Submit your housing request form and select a meal plan

Complete the advising information form in preparation for registration

Complete the music theory placement test (optional)

Complete the mathematics placement test (optional)

Getting Ready for Clark | Orientation Webinar
2026-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | 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.
