CUSB: Beta Alpha Psi Series on Financial Literacy
2025-02-28 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join our special guest, Nancy Rosedale, business community officer at Bank of America, for an insightful Financial Literacy Workshop Series. Learn essential financial skills that will help you manage your money, protect against fraud, and build a secure financial future.
Session 1 (Oct. 25): Banking Basics and Income and Paychecks
Session 2 (Nov. 1): Financial Safety and Spending and Saving
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Spring Break
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-07
There are no classes from March 3 to 7 while Clarkies enjoy Spring Break. Most University offices will be open during business hours, but be sure to check regarding services or meeting opportunities.
Events for Students

Tuesday, March 4, 7 p.m. | DIY faux stained glass making, first floor lounge of Bullock Hall
Thursday, March 6, 1 to 2 p.m. | Community Gathering meal at RLH, please sign up by February 28
Friday, March 7, 4 to 5 p.m. | Community Gathering meal, first floor lounge of Bullock Hall, please sign up by February 28
Friday March 7, noon to 1:30 p.m. | Coffee and Donuts in the Corner House

Campus Dining Options During Spring Break
The Table at Higgins

Closing Friday, February 28 at 8 p.m.
Closed Saturday, March 1, through Saturday, March 8
Opening Sunday, March 9, at 8:30 a.m.

The Bistro

Closing on Friday, February 28 at 8 p.m.
Closed Saturday, March 1, through Saturday, March 8
Opening Sunday, March 10, at 5 p.m.

Cougar Café

Closing on Friday, February 28 at 5 p.m.
Closed Saturday, March 1, through Sunday, March 9
Opening on Monday, March 10, at 8:30 a.m.

The Den

Closed Saturday, March 3, through Sunday, March 9
Opening on Monday, March 10 at 8 a.m.

Annie’s

Closed Saturday, March 1, through Monday, March 10
Opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 a.m.

Please note that Clark University meal plans are inactive during Spring Break. Meal plans will resume on Sunday, March 9, concurrent with the start of breakfast service at Higgins.
Facilities and Resources
Goddard Library

Academic Commons open 24/7 throughout Spring Break on community swipe
Closed Saturday and Sunday, March 1–2
Open: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday–Friday, March 3–7
Closed: Saturday and Sunday, March 8–9

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Kneller and Bickman Fitness Center

Open Friday, February 28, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Closed March 1 and 2
Open Monday, March 3, through Friday, March 7, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Closed Saturday, March 8
Open Sunday, March 9, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Pool

Open Friday, February 28, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Closed March 1 and 2
Open Monday March 3 through Friday March 7, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Closed Saturday, March 8
Open Sunday, March 9, 2 – 6 p.m.

Dolan Field House

Open Friday, February 28, noon – 10 p.m.
Open Saturday, March 1, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Closed March 2 through March 8
Open Sunday, March 9, noon – 10 p.m.

ClarkRide

Closing Saturday, March 1, at 1 a.m.
Reopening Monday, March 10, at 6 p.m.

Campus Ambassadors

Campus Ambassador services will be unavailable from Saturday, March 1, through Saturday, March 8. The program resumes on Sunday, March 9.
Please continue to call the Campus Ambassadors number for lockouts; university police will unlock your doors during the break.

International Students and Scholars Office

ISSO In-Person Advising Hours EST:

Tuesdays 1 – 3 p.m.
Thursdays 2 – 4 p.m.
ISSO Advising Drop In-Hours: Fridays 9 – 11 a.m. EST, via Zoom

Office of Global Engagement

The Office of Global Engagement will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 3–7.

Study Abroad and Away

Study Abroad office hours during Spring Break will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Health Services

Closing Friday, February 28 at 5 p.m.; opening Monday, March 10 at 9 a.m.
During this time phone voicemails and emails will be monitored. If you have questions or concerns, call 508-793-7467 or email healthservices@clarku.edu, and someone will get back to you.
In an emergency, call campus police at 508-793-7575. Students in need of non-emergent medical services should visit a local urgent care center, or call the Hahnemann Family Health Center at 508-334-8830.

Sip, Savor, Socialize: Coffee & Donuts at Global Engagement
2025-03-07 12:00 - 13:30
Come to the Office of Global Engagement(142 Woodland Street) to enjoy some free delicious donuts and coffee while socializing with other students. All students are encouraged to come.

ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event
2025-03-08 09:00 - 15:00
ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET

Planning for your future dental career? Take your first step by attending the 2025 ADEA GoDental Recruitment Event, the only opportunity in the United States to interact with admissions representatives from 70+ dental schools in one location. Take advantage of this one-of-a kind event by:

Asking U.S. and Canadian dental schools your important questions about shadowing, community service and paid experience opportunities;
Acquiring critical application information directly from the source—ADEA AADSAS® (ADEA Associated American Dental Schools Application Service) experts; and
Learning how to start financially preparing for dental school right now.
Your future begins this March with #GoDental25.
Register

The Embodied and Affective Language of Self-Immolation as Political Protest
2025-03-10 13:30 - 14:30 | Grace and Lurie Conference Rooms, University Center, Clark University
Sara Hassani
This talk by Sara Hassani, professor of political science at Providence College, examines the political significance of self-immolation among women and girls in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Through extensive interviews with survivors, healthcare workers, civil society, and community members, the analysis challenges dominant Western liberal frameworks that limit recognition of political self-destruction to acts performed at government building or accompanied by manifestos and collective movements. These self-immolations – frequently mischaracterized as mere psychopathology – emerge as an embodied and affective language of protest against state-sanctioned gender-based violence, oppression, and coercive control. The acts function symbolically to expose injustice, shame perpetrators, articulate resistance, and foster solidarity through shared cultural understanding. In so doing, they call for a broader re-imagining of the role of embodied strategies, symbolisms, and affect in their relationship to contentious politics.
Sara Hassani completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at The New School for Social Research where she was a Prize and ACLS/Mellon Fellow. Her work in political theory explores themes of political violence, state, policing, and resistance. She is currently working on a manuscript based on her APSA award-winning dissertation, which examines the elevated rate of self-immolation among young women in Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Grounded in historical research and interviews with survivors and their caretakers and communities, it sheds light on the multidimensional operation of police power enacted on women’s bodies and the unconventional political agency they exercise under and against that police power.
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Coffee and Immigration Chat
2025-03-11 10:00 - 11:30 | ALCI Lounge, Jonas Clark 208
Join ISSO(International Students & Scholars Office) and Amy Fabiano, Clark’s outside Counsel, for an informal opportunity to connect and ask questions that have been on your mind.

Sprintax Webinar
2025-03-11 14:00 - 15:00
Did you know that if you earned income in the US during 2024, you’re legally required to file a tax return by 15 April, 2025? It’s true! What’s more – even if you didn’t earn any income, you still need to submit Form 8843 to the IRS.
Join this Sprintax webinar to get educated on tax resources and how to file taxes.
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7591021022216440924

Clark University's "Just In Time, All Majors Career Fair"
2025-03-12 12:00 - 15:00 | Kneller Athletic Center
The Career Connections Center invites you to attend the Spring 2025 Just In Time, All Majors Career Fair on Wednesday, March 12th from 12:00 – 3:00 PM in the Kneller Athletic Center.
Meet 50+ employers hiring for their job and internship opportunities!

School of Business: Faculty Research Seminar
2025-03-12 12:30 - 13:15 | Carlson 203
Join School of Business faculty, staff, and students for an interesting dive into some recent research by Professor Atefeh Yazdanparast Ardestani, associate professor in the School of Business.
Title: Color Saturation and Anticipated Sensory Intensity: An Account of Psychological Proximity
Abstract: Color saturation is an important and relevant attribute in products and packaging. However, the role of color saturation in relation to sensory attributes beyond the visual sense remains under-investigated. To partially address this broader gap, the present investigation aims to document the effect of color saturation on the anticipated intensity of attributes related to other senses (smell, taste, touch, and sound). Four studies collectively find that higher saturation in products and packaging results in heightened anticipated sensory intensity and support that psychological proximity is the underlying mechanism of this effect. This effect is tested across different product categories (i.e., soap, microfiber towels, a music album, and cookies) using both the coloring of the product and its packaging with the effect found across different senses (i.e., scent, touch, sound, taste, smell, and texture). Further, arousal and processing fluency are ruled out as alternative explanations.
Join in person or online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 923 2657 7294 — Passcode: [REDACTED]

From History to Headlines: Trans Resilience in the Modern Rainbow Scare
2025-03-12 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
Erin Reed
This presentation traces the evolution of transgender identity from ancient examples through the rise of modern trans figures, highlighting shifts in cultural perception, visibility, and representation. It examines ongoing developments in transgender healthcare, from updated treatment guidelines to changes in how care is accessed, and outlines the growing legislative challenges aimed at transgender communities. Finally, it offers concrete steps for individuals to become better allies, advocates, and informed observers amidst a rapidly shifting social and legal landscape.
Erin Reed (she/her) is a transgender journalist based in Washington, D.C. She tracks LGBTQ+ legislation around the United States for her subscription newsletter, ErinInTheMorning.com. Her work has been cited by the AP, Reuters, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many more major media outlets. You can follow her on X: @ErinInTheMorn.
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School of Business: Financial Literacy Workshop for Students
2025-03-12 15:15 - 16:45 | Carlson Hall 128
Join the Beta Alpha Psi honors organization and Nancy Rosedale, a vice president with Bank of America, for some valuable information and insight into starting a small business, building a business, and forging good money habits.
Nancy’s talks are always excellent!

CUSB: Career Guest Speaker - Matt Waggett, BA ‘21, MBA ’22
2025-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Carlson Hall
Getting Started in Consulting

Alumnus Matt Waggett, BA ‘21, MBA ’22, will return to campus to talk to students interested in beginning a career in consulting.

Matt was a 2021 summer intern with Public Consulting Group and received his full-time offer shortly after to work in the Technology Consulting group. In a little over two years he’s gone from Business Analyst, to Senior Analyst to Consultant.

Matt returns to share his experience and offer advice on life as a young professional post-graduate degree in the exciting and challenging consulting field.

CUSB Guest Speaker: Matt Waggett ’21, MBA ’22
2025-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Carlson Hall
Getting Started in Consulting
Alumnus Matt Waggett ’21, MBA ’22, will return to campus to talk to students interested in beginning a career in consulting.
Matt was a 2021 summer intern with Public Consulting Group and received his full-time offer shortly after to work in the Technology Consulting group. In a little over two years he’s gone from Business Analyst, to Senior Analyst to Consultant.
Matt returns to share his experience and offer advice on life as a young professional post-graduate degree in the exciting and challenging consulting field.

The Taming of the Shrew
2025-03-13 - 2025-03-16
The story of two lovers who are perhaps a bit crazy … and more than a bit crazy about each other. While the play is often seen as “problematic,” it remains one of Shakespeare’s most performed works. Come join in the fun and see our take on this classic play! Tickets are $5.00, or free with a Clark ID. Showtimes for this event are:

Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 14, at 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m.
Saturday, March 15, at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 16, at 2 p.m.

CUSB Career Conversation: Idriss Laouali abdou, MBA '21, Sr Product Manager, Amazon
2025-03-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Clark University – Carlson Hall, CH231
Join us for an engaging session with MBA alumnus Idriss Idriss Laouali abdou, now a senior product manager at Amazon and Board Member of Amazon’s Black Employee Network. Gain insights into the product management role, a day in the life of a PM, and valuable early career tips to navigate your professional journey!

Clark University - Sprintax Nonresident Tax Webinar 2(For Clark University Students)
2025-03-13 16:00 - 17:00
Did you know that if you earned income in the US during 2024, you’re legally required to file a tax return by 15 April, 2025? It’s true! What’s more – even if you didn’t earn any income, you still need to submit Form 8843 to the IRS.
Join this Sprintax webinar to get educated on tax resources and how to file taxes.
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7498535602398180700

Landscapes of Decline in 1980s Hollywood
2025-03-13 19:00 - 20:30
Professor Mike Dwyer of Arcadia University will discuss his new book, Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt.
What is the Rust Belt? This seemingly simple question is surprisingly difficult to answer. In response to the difficulty that scholars and commentators alike have faced in defining the term (is it a place? a historical period? an economic condition?), this presentation redirects our attention toward the ongoing cultural production of the idea of the Rust Belt through popular film and media.
Borrowing the concept of “landscape” from cultural geographers like Don Mitchell, Dwyer analyzes the way that Hollywood film in the 1980s trained Americans to see smokestacks and factories as symbols of inescapable toxicity and decay, rather than sites of ongoing struggle and negotiation involving actual human beings.

Creating Immersive Multi-Person Responsive Environments
2025-03-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Clark University Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design – Mac Lab 404, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA, 01610
Clark University is excited to share the interactive digital artwork of Clark alumni Bill Saiff ’81 and Lorne Covington ’81, founders of NOIRFLUX. They will discuss their unique approach and experience in creating multi-person responsive environments for public art, communication, education, research, and entertainment. Audience members will have an opportunity to engage in a lively Q&A and technology demonstration as part of the presentation.
This event is part of a larger joint effort by the Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities, the Becker School of Design and Technology, and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts to help Clark University faculty integrate extended reality (XR) and virtual reality (VR) technology in their courses and other scholarly and artistic endeavors.
Attendance is free and open to the public thanks to generous foundation support. No prior knowledge or expertise are required to participate and enjoy.

Music Program Traina Residency
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-20 | Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design, 7 Hawthorne Street, Worcester, MA, 01610
The Traina Residency welcomes composers Philippe Leroux and Melinda Wagner. Composers Philippe Leroux (McGill) and Melinda Wagner (Juilliard) will be in residence with the Music Program from March 17th – 20th. Events will include workshops, open rehearsals of their music, and a student-led recording session (and US Premiere) of Philippe Leroux’s 2018 chamber work L’epais.

“Career Compass: Navigating Life Beyond Clark” - Financial Literacy for You
2025-03-18 17:30 - 19:00
Take control of your financial future with our engaging and interactive Financial Literacy workshop, led by expert Joseph Michael Ford.
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your financial skills, this workshop is your opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and set yourself up for success!

Fishers, Foragers and Fine Diners
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor
Ben Jamieson Stanley (they/them), Assistant Professor of English at the University of Delaware, will deliver an invited guest lecture at Clark University related to their recently published book: Precarious Eating: Narrating Environmental Harm.
While “climate fiction” has become privileged in the Global North, Global South representations more often trace environmental precarity to its roots in colonization and globalized capitalism. This talk situates fisheries and foraging as a point of entry to South Africa’s Western Cape, where bustling culinary and environmental tourism coincide with hunger and stratification. Connecting Zakes Mda’s 2005 novel The Whale Caller to contemporary cookbooks and restaurants, the talk follows the changing meanings of endangered mollusks such as abalone: from their role in indigenous foodways, to the 1990s “abalone wars,” and to the appropriation of “indigenous foods” in eco-gastronomic cuisine.
Admission is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided. Guests are encouraged to arrive at 11:45 am for refreshments.

Ben Jamieson Stanley (they/them) is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Delaware, where they are directing the launch of a new Center for Environmental Humanities. Ben’s research focuses on how we narrate and understand relationships among globalization, empire, and environmental precarity. Professor Stanley has also published on topics such as climate fiction, veganism, botanical gardens as tools of both empire and resistance, and energy systems in Afrofuturist film. Their work can be found in journals such as ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, The Global South, and Matatu: Journal for African Culture and Society. Professor Stanley is working on a second book tentatively titled Mobilities: Movement and Energy in a Changing South Africa, which brings together questions of energy transition, gender and sexuality, and transit justice.

Biology Department presents Elizabeth ‘Toby’ Kellogg
2025-03-19 15:00 - 16:00 | The Lasry Center for Bioscience
The Biology Spring 2025 Seminar Series presents Elizabeth “Toby” Kellogg, principal investigator at the Danforth Plant Science Center. Kellogg’s lab studies genomes, growth, and development of sorghum, maize, and their wild relatives, using biodiversity research to make ecosystems and agriculture more sustainable.

Colloquium Speaker Series: Jason Jackson
2025-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | Lurie Conference Room, Higgins University Center
Taxis versus Uber: The Global Rise of Platform Firms in Urban Mobility Markets

The last few decades have been characterized by the return of market liberalism: the belief that national societies and the global economy can and should be organized through the institutional mechanism of ‘self-regulating markets.’ The liberal ideal may well be exemplified by the rise of platform firms that offer the promise of perfect markets through computational techniques of connecting buyers and suppliers. These firms use algorithmic processes to construct and aggregate fragmented markets, thus capturing scale economies through network effects. The allure of platforms lies in the promise of economic efficiency and political liberty by providing market actors on both sides of the platform with freedom of choice. These technologies constitute a claim to modernity that is compelling to both policymakers and the public, enabling platforms’ role in the radical transformation of cities, while presenting a range of vexing challenges for democratic forms of urban governance. Platform firms claim to be technocratic and neutral even as they challenge the legitimacy of public sector control of urban spaces. This lecture focuses on the entry of ridehailing platform firms in urban mobility markets, spaces that are a variegated mix of large-scale, centralized public sector providers and relatively small, fragmented and often informal private sector players. Ridehailing’s ‘disruption’ has generated diverse reactions in different political economies and labor markets in the developing and industrialized world, but a common outcome is the concentration of power in oligopolistic platform firms, the institutionalization of increasingly precarious conditions of work, and the generation of resistance ‘from below’. The research suggests that ‘traditional’ centrally planned urban mobility systems such as taxis and mass transit, and ‘modern’ urban mobility platforms thus constitute alternative modes of market governance. Yet they rely on enabling legal rules that structure the distribution of power and authority as well as material gains and losses. The role of law is intertwined with three classic dualisms in the study of markets that shape the economic order: the dualism between markets and planning, formality and informality, and monopoly and competition.
Jason Jackson is Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Director of the Political Economy Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Jason’s research is broadly concerned with the relationship between states and markets in processes of economic development and social transformation. Jason is currently engaged with projects on the role of anti-colonial economic nationalism in development; the rise of platform firms, the digital economy and the future of work; the return of industrial policy; and the global governance of public health. He is author of the forthcoming books Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry: The Role of Capitalist Legitimacy in Indian Foreign Investment Policy (Harvard University Press) and Varieties of Economic Nationalisms in Brazil and India (Cambridge University Press).

Laura Gee (Tufts)
2025-03-20 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Laura Gee (Tufts)
Title: TBA
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 12:00-1:15 pm
Location: Jonas Clark Hall, Room 104

Driving In The United States Info Session
2025-03-20 15:00 - 16:00
Learn more about driving in the U.S. We will cover topics such as how to obtain your learner’s permit, how to obtain your driver’s license, driving school recommendations, maintaining a car & much more. Open to the Clark community.

“Career Compass: Navigating Life Beyond Clark” - Managing Student Loan Debt
2025-03-20 17:30 - 19:00 | ASEC 202
Navigate the ever-changing student loan landscape with confidence!
This Managing Student Loan Debt dynamic session will provide the latest updates and practical insights for borrowers, helping you understand federal and private loan repayment options, explore consolidation strategies, determine eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and recognize how to avoid student loan scams.

The Role of the Sudanese Diaspora in Humanitarian Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
2025-03-21 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Navigating Displacement: a Sudanese Speaker Series on Migration, Policy, and Home
The Role of the Sudanese Diaspora in Humanitarian Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Presented by Dr. Bashair Ahmed, Shabaka. Join us on Zoom (use QR code or zoom link below):
