Stories
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Clark MBA goes even ‘greener’ with new selection of business courses
The Clark University Graduate School of Management announces a ‘greener’ selection of business courses for the academic calendar for 2011-2012, emphasizing Clark’s continued leadership in focusing on environmental , social change and sustainability issues in today’s business industry. Recently voted one of the top “green” business schools by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, Clark’s MBA program this year includes…
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U.S. Dept. of Ed cites anti-violence program at Clark as national model
Clark University’s Anti-Violence Education (CAVE) program recently was named by the U.S. Department of Education as a “case study” for violence prevention programming. Clark is one of only seven universities to be singled out as a national model in the violence prevention category. Clark University has long been committed to providing antiviolence education and prevention…
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Prof. Hines presents research at Canadian Parliament roundtable
Denise A. Hines, Clark University Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, was one of twelve experts called upon to participate in the Roundtable of Family Dynamics of the Senate of Canada, a symposium chaired by Senator Anne Cools in May at Parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. “Senator Cools believes in the use of research evidence to…
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Clark senior spends beginning of summer vacation in Nepal with Steinbrecher Fellowship
Agnes E. Beckmann ’12 received a Steinbrecher Fellowship from Clark University and has spent the beginning of her summer vacation volunteering at a day care and school in Kathmandu at a non-profit organization, Orchid Garden Nepal, through ProWorld Service Corps. The Steinbrecher Fellowship Program was established in 2006 to encourage and support Clark undergraduates’ pursuit…
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From Clark to the Moon
Edwin Aldrin ’15 helped a nation look skyward alongside Goddard, Lindbergh, and a son named Buzz
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Three Clark students receive Fulbright Awards; will study in Germany, Poland and South Korea
Clark University graduate students Michael J. Geheran and Joanna Sliwa, and recent graduate Serena T. Pham, are spending the 2011-12 academic year studying abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The three scholars were selected on the basis of academic or professional achievements, as well as for their demonstrated leadership potential in their fields. Geheran of Natick, Mass., will work…
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Alice Higgins made a significant mark on Clark University
The name Higgins crops up in several places around Clark, including on a plaque next to Carlson Hall, on the Higgins School of Humanities, and Higgins University Center. In all cases, they honor Alice Coonley Higgins (1909–2000), who, with her husband, Milton Higgins, made a significant mark, not just on Clark, but on Worcester as…
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Clark recognizes 2011 graduate for Leadership in Sustainability
Hannah J. Tirrell-Wysocki, of Canterbury, N.H., was the first student to be recognized at Clark University for Leadership in Sustainability. Hannah has shared her love of the Earth with students in the Main South neighborhood, with the Worcester community and visitors to the city’s EcoTarium and Audubon Society, and by serving as a sustainability advocate…
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Clark values help guide Panera founder in humanitarian venture
“It all started at Clark.” With those five words, Ron Shaich ’76, the founder and longtime CEO of Panera Bread, launched a rousing multi-media presentation at Reunion Weekend, tracing the path that has led to his newest venture, Panera Cares, a rare marriage of business principles, altruism, an abiding faith in the honest nature of the…
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Legendary dean Hazel Hughes memorialized with plaque, stories
An old adage insists that “everyone has a story,” and never was that truer than at the May 21, 2011, gathering of Clark’s early women athletes in Room 001 of Jonas Clark Hall — the former Women’s Gym. Their stories flowed freely, delivered into a hand-held microphone and videotaped for posterity. The theme binding all…