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Clark U. Relay for Life raises $16,000, honors co-founder Cassandra McCann ’11

On April 10-11, Clarkies Against Cancer held their annual Relay for Life event on the Clark campus in the Kneller Athletic Center. Approximately 200 people participated and raised $16,000 for the cause. In many ways, the event mirrored Relays of the past, only this year, the organizers and participants made a concerted effort to remember…
Scaling the Wall

Ten years after graduating from Clark, Doug Martung ’05, who goes by the stage name Voli, is blazing his own path through the music industry. I spoke with him about where he’s been, where he’s going and how his time at Clark has impacted his music. Your music is a hybrid of rap, rock, hip-hop and…
SPREELODEON

Spree Day 2015 Recap! Spree Day photos Music: Night by Icona Pop Video by Carlos Deschamps ’16
TEDx Clark University: Inspired by You

Recap of Clark University’s student-run TEDx on April 11, 2015 You love to sing, to dance, to protest against injustice, to express yourself through art, to celebrate your different cultures, to learn by doing, to support each other, to discover the unknown and most importantly to be YOU. It is this fact we celebrate, and the…
Hiatt Youth Summit at Clark explores race, class, education and identity; draws H.S. students from across state

More than 100 high school students from across Massachusetts attended the second annual Hiatt Youth Summit on Race, Class and Education, organized by the Jacob Hiatt Center for Urban Education at Clark University, April 9. Students from high schools in Amherst, Cambridge, Framingham, Springfield, and Worcester gathered in Tilton Hall for a daylong program focusing…
Keeping Company Secrets

Neil Orzechowski ’15 had the time of his life as a LEEP Project Pioneer. He just can’t talk about it. Orzechowski spent last summer working at Axispoint Inc., a New York-based company that is on the cutting edge of developing complex software applications and information technology solutions for large organizations. The company’s client list reads like…
Clark University joins national ‘It’s On Us’ campaign against sexual violence

Clark University has joined the national "It's On Us" campaign to stop sexual assault and on April 6 unveiled an "It's On Us" video featuring approximately 30 students, faculty, and staff from across campus uniting for the cause.
Ureka! It’s WooConnect

“What is there to do in Worcester?” That was a common question we heard during Week One orientation, and it stuck with us. While Alex grew up in Holden, Mass., and had been able to experience all that Worcester had to offer, Abhijit was raised in Singapore, and had little knowledge of the area. Together, we…
Clark University language students share poetry, songs, video with poet, AIDS activist

On March 30, Clark University and the Department of Language, Literature and Culture welcomed a special guest, poet and AIDS activist Norberto A. Stuart, who inspired students and faculty alike as he shared both his poetry and his story. An AIDS activist who has been living with the disease for 25 years, Stuart encouraged students…
Clark U. students celebrate Earth Week with lectures, giveaways, and field trips

Clark University students spent last week attending lectures and films, and participating in competitions and giveaways as part of a coordinated campus-wide effort to honor and celebrate Mother Earth. Early in the week, students who ventured near the Academic Commons at Goddard Library were exposed to a “grave situation” — a sea of painted tombstones…