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Mary-Ellen Boyle eager to assume role as dean of the college on June 1

Mary-Ellen Boyle lived in Worcester for many years before she joined the Clark University faculty full time in 1999 as a management professor. She was initially attracted to Clark’s reputation for partnering with the city, and, more specifically, with its Main South neighborhood. Today, she’s determined that a Clark student’s education extends beyond the school…
LEEP springs ahead with kickoff celebration and conversation

Students streamed into Tilton Hall yesterday to launch themselves off a platform, strike mid-air poses, and land in the welcome padding of a high-jump mat, their indoor flights caught on camera for posterity. These aerial acrobatics — executed, appropriately, on Leap Day — heralded the official announcement of LEEP (Liberal Education and Effective Practice), Clark…
Feinstein receives Visions Award for community leadership

Matthew Feinstein, co-director of the Worcester Roots Project, is the recipient of the 2011 Telegram & Gazette Visions Young Leader Award, honoring his community leadership. Feinstein, who grew up in Western Massachusetts, came to Clark University and graduated with a master’s degree in International Development in 2003. He has been in Worcester for 12 years. “When people ask me…
Catherine Usoff named dean of Graduate School of Management

Catherine Usoff, Ph.D., has been selected as dean of Clark’s Graduate School of Management (GSOM). She previously served as professor and chair of the Information & Process Management Department at Bentley University. She starts her new post on June 1. “Professor Usoff has an impressive track record in spearheading major curriculum innovations at both the undergraduate…
Harris-Perry enthralls audience in rousing ‘Black Is. . .’ lecture at Clark

A packed house in the Daniels Theater last night (Feb. 13) heard renowned scholar, author and journalist Melissa Harris-Perry deliver “Black Is…Complicated,” a rousing talk on the challenges facing contemporary black Americans. * Read an article and watch a video of Harris-Perry’s visit to Clark before her talk, featured in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.…
Gala concert gives voice to alumni singers, inspires music students

Four Clark alumni, all of them professional singers, took the stage in Razzo Hall on Jan. 27 to showcase their operatic talents and inspire current students who envision a career in music.
Student-run ‘Midnight Mayhem’ event will bring Cougars together

Clark’s basketball teams excel at driving the lane. But on Saturday night, one lucky person in the Kneller gymnasium just may wind up driving a new car. It’s all part of the fun of “Cougars Gone Wild – Midnight Mayhem 2012,” a unique event to celebrate team spirit and show off Cougar pride; it will…
Powerful ‘Voice to Vision’ exhibit depicts tales of genocide survivors

Clark University will host David Feinberg’s “Voice to Vision,” an expansive mixed media exhibition that narrates the experiences of genocide survivors from around the world, in multiple sites on campus beginning Thursday, Feb. 16. A gallery talk with Holocaust survivor Fred Arman will mark the opening of this exhibition, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Schiltkamp…
GSOM to launch new Master’s in Accounting program in fall 2012

The Clark University Graduate School of Management (GSOM) announces the introduction of a Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) program, beginning in September 2012. Clark is the only school in Central Massachusetts to offer an MSA program that prepares students to take on increasingly complex responsibilities in the current global economy while satisfying the 150 credit-hour…
Leir’s legacy at Clark resonates through Luxembourg program

Henry J. Leir made his fortune in metals and mining, but he never forgot that his wealth was earned, not inherited. His work ethic was so prodigious that he went to the office the day before he died at the age of 98. Over the course of his long, colorful life, Mr. Leir held an…