October Photo Critique
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | CMACD, Room 310, 7 Hawthorne Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Want to get feedback on some of your photos? Just want to show them off? Bring in your photos, or submit them in our form to receive feedback from other photographers!! All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged, you don’t need to submit any photos to attend either.

FIRM Club General Meeting
2025-10-29 18:00 - 19:00 | McCann Resource Room (Dana Commons)
Come join FIRM at our general meeting this week! Learn about community work in Main South, volunteer opportunities, and enjoy dinner with your friends. If you can’t make it but still want to get involved, follow us @firmpantry on Instagram to get updates and other general meeting times!

Men of Color Alliance Meeting
2025-10-29 18:30 - 19:30 | Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons
The Men of Color Alliance, or MOCA, is designed to provide thought-provoking discussions aimed at not only creating community but also allowing men of color to explore intersectional identities. We meet biweekly on Wednesdays in the Fireside Lounge at Dana Commons.

Crochet w. Abbi
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Craft Studio
Get hooked on a new hobby 🧶! We are offering learn to crochet or knit workshops weekly! Come to the craft studio to meet with our proctor Abbi who can help with any fiber arts questions you have! No experience or supplies necessary! Come learn the foundational skills of knitting or crochet and create some wearable pieces of art!

Weekly Game Night
2025-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 | The Grind, UC
Join us to unwind and play board games! No prior experience required, we have a great collection of games we’d love you to try! Whether you come every week or are looking for a fun way to spend the night, all are welcome.

Ping Pong Club Meeting
2025-10-29 20:30 - 22:00 | The Grind, UC
Come play some ping pong! All skill levels are welcome. See you there!

What Neuroscience Teaches Us About Shelter, Space & Healing
2025-10-30 09:00 - 10:00 | MA
The Neuroarchitecture of Dignity

This session bridges neuroscience and humanitarian practice, exploring how the built environment influences well-being, safety, and belonging. From tents and shelters to flood-resilient housing and refugee camps, the panel examines how physical spaces can either magnify stress or restore hope.

Register

Speakers

Donald H. Ruggles, AIA, NCARB, ANFA, HAPI, ICAA, is CEO Emeritus of Ruggles Mabe Studio, Denver. Author of Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture and producer of Built Beautiful, he serves as Director of Classical Studies at CU Denver, co-founded the Design/HEALth Initiative, and sits on multiple design and health boards.

Minar Thapa Magar is a National Coordinator for the Sindh Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (SHRRP), supporting the Government of Sindh, Pakistan in rebuilding 2.1 million homes and recovering 50,000 settlements. As Technical Advisor at Catholic Relief Services (CRS), he brings 10+ years of experience in disaster recovery and reduction, shelter and housing, settlements approach, system strengthening and coordination.

Ana Carolina Helena is an architect (WELL AP) with experience in private, public, and humanitarian sectors. Based in Luxembourg City with the Luxembourg Red Cross – Shelter Research Unit (SRU), supporting construction projects in Africa, Ukraine, and Nepal. Focused on sustainable, health-promoting architecture and its environmental, socio-economic, and public health co-benefits.

Facilitator

Dr. Devora Neumark is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher and co-founder of Home Ground Lab. With over 30 years of leadership in academia, policy, and creative practice, they advance beauty as essential infrastructure in displacement contexts, combining participatory art, contemplative practice, and policy to promote climate justice, community resilience, dignity, and social innovation.

About the series: Beauty, Art, Belonging & the Neuroscience of Place

Co-hosted by Home Ground Lab & Clark University’s Integration & Belonging Hub

Can beauty help people heal? Rebuild? Belong?

This three-part webinar series explores how beauty, art, and design intersect with neuroscience, dignity, and resilience—especially in contexts of displacement, housing insecurity, and humanitarian response. From refugee camps and post-disaster neighborhoods to communities painting their way back to belonging, this series reveals a radical truth: Beauty is not a luxury. Beauty is infrastructure. Each session brings together global experts in neuroaesthetics, refugee leaders, urban designers, and humanitarian practitioners.

Drop-in for On-Campus Job Search Support
2025-10-30 11:00 - 12:00 | Career Lab
Visit us in the Career Lab on Thursdays from 11am-12pm for personalized job search tips and feedback!

Fall 2025 Biology Seminar Series Speaker - Monique Rivera, Cornell University
2025-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | The Lasry Center for Bioscience
Dr. Rivera’s research and extension program focuses on the biology and ecology of insects in tree fruit agroecosystems including pesticide science, the development of sustainable insect management techniques using biological control and new technologies, and the biology of insect vectors of plant pathogens. Her extension program is centered on communicating information to enhance the profitability and resilience of New York state apple production.

Vernacular Explanations of Rainfall Variability and Cascading Agrarian Shocks in Wollo, Northeastern Ethiopia
2025-10-30 12:15 - 13:15 | Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center
Dr. Teferi Abate Adem

Research Anthropologist at Human Relations Area Files

Yale University

Business Advising Drop In Hour With ISSO
2025-10-30 13:00 - 14:30 | JC 208
Are you a Clark School of Business student with questions about CPT, OPT, and immigration? Join International Student Advisor Ninette Aboujeily for a conversation and get your questions answered.

First Year Success Advisor (FYSA) Office Hours
2025-10-30 13:00 - 15:00 | Asher Suite, UC
Have a question related to the first year and sophomore year experience (academics, time management, life skills, etc.)? Pop into FYSA Office Hours in the Asher Suite (Third Floor of the Higgins University Center) to chat with any of the First Year Success Advisors!

Understanding Bad Bunny
2025-10-30 14:00 - 15:00 | Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor, 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Please join us and Professor Juan Pablo Rivera for an upcoming event discussing Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny. Professor Rivera will talk about themes of gender, politics, and the musician, who is one of the largest representatives and advocates of Puerto Rico and gender identity. There will also be discussions about Bad Bunny music videos and what they mean.

This event is sponsored by the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies, and the Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities and co-sponsored by Language, Literature and Culture, the Latin American Student organization, and the LALS Concentration

Meet & Greet with Dean Lou Leonard of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society
2025-10-30 14:00 - 15:30 | Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons
Drop in for casual conversation with Dean Leonard. Chat with him about the upcoming trip to Brazil to attend COP 30 (United Nations Climate Change Conference), climate week in New York, and what he is excited about for the new school. Feel free to bring your questions as well.

Club Purchasing Drop-In Hours
2025-10-30 14:30 - 15:30 | Asher Suite, UC
Stop by the Asher Suite (UC 3rd floor) to chat with Stacie, the Student Engagement Office & Budget Manager, about club purchasing/financial questions.

Clark’s Greatest Chess Master, Allan Savage ’73: A Talk with Mark Wieder ’72
2025-10-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Lurie Conference Room
“Allan was the strongest chess player to ever attend Clark. We had a very strong team in the years he and I were there (1969-1972). Allan won the annual intercollegiate tournament of North America, and he taught the first college chess course for credit, in 1972 at Clark. Over 70 students took the course.” — Mark’s own words about Allan Savage ’73

Discussion Highlights:

Allan’s elite status and chess ranking

Demonstration of Allan’s famous games

Connecting with Bobby Fischer

Alpha Zero-the rise of A.I. in game learning

Audience Q&A

Allan Savage Chess Event Flyer 10.30.2025Download

Karate Club Practice
2025-10-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Racquetball Court
Come join Karate club for our normal practice!Wear comfortable clothes that you can work out in. No previous experience necessary.We hope to see you there!

Paper Mache w. Audrey
2025-10-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Craft Studio
Just like art class as a kid, on Thursday’s we get artsy, crafty and messy! If you’re looking for a fun and nostalgic way to spend your night, come down to the craft room and learn paper mache with our fantastic proctor Audrey! You’ll be guided through the basic steps of how to create cool sculptural pieces, in a fun and upbeat environment. This class is easy for crafters at any level, with a little something for everyone.

Clark University Undergraduate Student Council Weekly Meeting (open to the public)
2025-10-30 19:00 - 20:30 | ASEC 202
Join us for the weekly Clark Undergraduate Student Council meetings (Open To The Public!) CUSC representatives meet to discuss potential motions, review and vote on new legislation, and share what they’re hearing from their constituents.Have something you’d like to share? Fill out our Public Comment Form.

Overwatch Match
2025-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | Online
Come cheer on our Overwatch teams!

Investment & Trading Society Meeting
2025-10-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Sackler Science Center 122

PEC General Meetings!
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00 | ASEC 111
Come join us in planning more uplifting & fun shows for the Clark Community such as our Halloweekend and Spree Day performances!! This is also a great chance to make friends with people with similar interests too! Also, just a great way to spend your Thursday evenings 🙂

The Scarlet Weekly Pitch Meeting
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00 | ASEC 303
Join us to hear and take pitches for articles and talk with our team!

Halloweekend Spooky Lantern Making
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00 | McCann Resource Room (1st Floor Dana Commons)
Come make spooky Halloween lanterns! Join us for a fun craft night where we’ll build and decorate our own paper lanterns. Enjoy some tasty Asian sweets during or after your crafting.

CEA General Meeting
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Jonas Clark 220
Clark Environmental Action is hosting bi-weekly meetings this semester! We’ll be using this meeting time to discuss environmental issues of interest and what we can do in our personal lives to promote sustainability, develop action plans, work on projects and prepare for events! Come by to learn about what we’re doing, bring ideas, join conversations and get involved! Keep an eye out on instagram and in our weekly emails for project updates, event details, and plans for each meeting.

ISA Weekly General Meeting
2025-10-30 20:00 - 21:00 | Sackler 120
This is a space for all ISA members to gather each week.

League of Legends Match
2025-10-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Online
Come cheer on our League of Legends!

Spooky Sexy Bingo Night & Donation Drive
2025-10-30 20:30 - 22:00 | Tilton Hall
The Menstrual Equity Alliance and Choices are holding our fifth annual Spooky Sexy Bingo and Raffle Night! Come dressed in your best Halloween costume to be entered into our raffle for the chance to win a variety of sexy and thrilling prizes!Want to win? There is a suggested donation of menstrual products (pads and tampons) that will enter you in a raffle to win more prizes! All donations will go to a local organization. Each individual pad or tampon will count as one entry into the raffle, so no donation is too big or too small.MEA and Choices hopes to see all of you ghouls and goblins at Spooky Sexy Bingo Night full of sweet treats, community building, a thrilling playlist, and a donation drive to give back to the community Clark resides in! Bring a friend (or three) and have a bloody-fantastic Halloween!

Halloweekend - unCover K-pop WORKSHOP!
2025-10-30 21:00 - 21:45 | Kneller Multipurpose Room
Get in the spooky mood with unCover by learning [SONG TITLE] by [SONG ARTIST]! Instructor: TBD

Student Leadership Drop-In Hours
2025-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 | Asher Suite, UC
Got a quick question about leadership, club management, or getting involved? Stop by the Asher Suite (3rd floor of the UC) to chat with Meghan, Assistant Director of Student Leadership & Involvement, about a variety of topics such as:-Clark Engage questions/troubleshooting-Finding clubs of interest and -Clarifications about SLICE policies-Submitting tech activation forms, updated key lists, flyers/banners for approval-Assistance with proofreading club emails, documents, etc.-Quick questions that don’t require a full, formal meetingIf you have a more detailed question or would like a longer conversation, please schedule a meeting with Meghan using the QR code on her office door!Questions about club events should be directed to campus_life@clarku.edu, or stop by Maria’s drop-in hours!
