Stories
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Frost on the pumpkin
Originally published in Clark magazine, spring 2012 Alumni of a certain vintage still wax nostalgic over the Blizzard of ’78, which left much of the Northeast without power for days, forced the cancellation of classes, and produced snowdrifts that rose to the third floor of Wright Hall. Clark students who were on campus in…
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Clark New Play Festival
Hear from one undergraduate playwright about Clark University’s New Play Festival. (Video by Mae Beerman ’14).
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The man in the glass: In 1912, Louis Tyree broke the color barrier at Clark
In 1912, he was the first African American to graduate from Clark College
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Westing: A Documentary
LEEP Pioneer and screen studies major Alison Mayer ’13 shot a road-trip documentary that addresses issues about American identity and the myth of the West. Alison’s research addresses the following questions: In an increasingly globalized and visibly multicultural world, how do Americans reinvent the myth of the West to work with—rather than against—other nations? How do Americans find…
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Peace Corps partners with IDCE in graduate fellowship program
The Peace Corps has welcomed Clark University’s International Development, Community & Environment (IDCE) department to its Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program, a graduate fellowship that offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) and places them in degree-related, professional internships in underserved American communities. Through the program, RPCVs admitted to Clark’s IDCE graduate programs…
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Clark students recognized, present at Ethnic Studies Conference
Five Clark University students and two faculty members attended and presented at the 40th annual conference of the National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES), held April 4-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Elizabeth Guarino ’13, an English major, won the Cortland Auser Undergraduate Student Paper Competition for “The Impacts of the ‘Ethnic Studies’ Law on the K-12…
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Clark undergraduates receive Steinbrecher Fellowships to support creative research
Ten Clark University undergraduate students were recently named Steinbrecher Fellows; all will undertake projects this summer and during the 2012-2013 academic year. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit of original ideas, creative research, and community service projects. The 2012-2013 Steinbrecher Fellows and their projects are: Alison D. Berlent…
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Salo turns ‘Clark strength’ into career in environmental research
Like most alumni facing a milestone reunion, James Salo ’02, M.A. ’03, is looking forward to catching up with friends and faculty he hasn’t seen since his commencement. But Salo has an additional reason to anticipate Reunion 2012 — he will be honored with the annual Young Alumni Award. “It’s really special,” he says of…
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Dolan to receive award at Reunion for a lifetime of service to Clark
If you were to read aloud the list of positions, awards and achievements that Tom Dolan ’62, M.A.Ed. ’63 compiled during his 42-year career at Clark University, you would first have to draw a deep breath. Indeed, just typing it could give you carpal tunnel syndrome. Regardless, here goes: In his time at the University,…
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Marsh-Mosakowski NOAA Fellows to embark on summer research
Five Clark juniors will spend the summer conducting research in some of the nation’s ecologically sensitive regions, thanks to a partnership between two Clark institutes and the federal agency charged with watching over the health of the nation’s skies and oceans. The George Perkins Marsh Institute and the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise announced the first group of students…