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Clark’s founder and its first president were higher education’s odd couple
Despite the competing visions of Jonas Clark and G. Stanley Hall, a world-class university was born
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Clark Prof. Jeffrey Arnett speaks about Emerging Adulthood
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, professor of psychology, spoke to guidance counselors about his research into Emerging Adulthood at a March event at Clark University . Thirty guidance counselors and consultants from across the country met with admissions staff, selected faculty and President David Angel to learn about the University and engage in dialogue about how the…
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Clark President David Angel discusses LEEP
President David Angel Clark discusses how a Clark education prepares students for life, career and citizenship. Thirty guidance counselors and consultants from across the country spent March 18 and 19 at Clark to learn about the University and engage in dialogue about how the needs of young adults will be met by higher education. Read more…
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Akçam book reveals ‘The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity’
Drawing on unprecedented access to greatly extended and once secret documents from the Ottoman archives of 1913 onward, Taner Akçam, associate professor at Clark University has written a timely new book, “The Young Turks’ Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire” (Princeton University Press 2012), which covers factors that…
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Mortimer Appley, Clark’s sixth president, passes away at 90
Mortimer H. Appley, the sixth president of Clark University, died Thursday, March 29, at the age of 90. Appley was inaugurated as Clark president on July 1, 1974, and served for 10 years. “The Clark community is saddened to learn of the death of Mort Appley, an accomplished academician, who also provided a firm hand…
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Massachusetts Small Business Development Center at Clark wins Service Excellence award
The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center office located at Clark University has been named the winner of the 2012 Service Excellence award, according to an announcement by Robert Nelson, Massachusetts U.S. Small Business Administration District Director. The Service Excellence award is presented annually to recognize particular MSBDCs for excellence and innovation in providing training and…
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Advisory Committee expected to play key role in shaping LEEP
As deputy chief of staff for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, T.F. Scott Darling ’84 works for an organization that knows a thing about getting people from one place to another. So it seems appropriate that as he talks about Clark’s pioneering model for higher education, LEEP™ (Liberal Education and Effective Practice), Darling uses the…
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Clark’s ‘golden age’ of sports to be recalled at Reunion reception
It’s safe to say that a winning attitude is nestled comfortably in Wally Halas’ DNA. He is descended from sports royalty. His great uncle, George Halas, was the legendary coach of the Chicago Bears, which steamrolled through the NFL in the ’30s and ’40s, earning the team the nickname “Monsters of the Midway.” Halas’ Bears…
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Sustainability lessons in London
When Ann Salerno ’13, a double major in Global Environmental Studies and Art History, asked for more responsibility during her study abroad internship in London, she ended up writing a constitution for a community gardening group. Learn more about LEEP.
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My LEEP: Research with Mosquitoes
Matt Warndorf ’12 learned scientific research first hand working on mosquito research with Clark University Biology Professor Todd Livdahl. Learn more about LEEP. WATCH VIDEO