Administration
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Clark mourns death of former president Richard P. Traina
Two days after it opened in 1997, the University Park Campus School played host to state dignitaries including Governor Paul Cellucci. Called upon to speak, Clark President Richard P. Traina called the school’s first students forward to the podium with him, positioning the seventh graders in front of the politicians. Donna Rodrigues, who was the principal at the time, remembers the moment well. “He would step right in front with…
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Former President Traina honored by biotech, business leaders
Retired Clark president Richard Traina has been renowned for building partnerships in some of the unlikeliest places. He forged ties between his university and the surrounding neighborhood, whose relationship was often troubled, and between Worcester’s business and academic communities, which regarded each other with suspicion that could border on hostility. Traina seized on those challenges…
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President Angel formally installed; looks to ‘propel Clark forward’
Under sunny skies, David P. Angel was sworn in as Clark University’s ninth president today, Sept. 24 The ceremony drew hundreds of alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends under a tent set up on the campus green, as well as students who sat on the grass to observe the induction ceremony. Delegates from colleges and…
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Pre-Inauguration events continuing to celebrate, engage, entertain
Clark’s pre-Inauguration ceremony events have enlightened and entertained hundreds of Clark alumni, students, faculty and staff who have participated or attended such events as the Passport Dinner, Blue Man Group performance and formal Inaugural Dinner. An Inaugural Symposium explores some of the most pressing challenges facing society today. It features a series of panel discussions by…
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New provost at Clark: Davis Baird takes top academic position
Baird formally began work at the University on August 16. He was previously Dean of the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina, where he also held the Louise Fry Scudder Professorship in Philosophy. At Clark University, he will oversee all undergraduate and graduate academic programs, as well as student affairs, University research,…
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President Bassett’s honorary degree makes history at WPI graduation
There will be more than the usual pomp and circumstance this graduation season for Clark University President Bassett, who received an honorary doctorate degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s 142nd commencement exercises on May 15. The occasion marked the first-ever Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters bestowed in WPI’s history, conferred upon President Bassett “for his distinguished record of academic leadership and for the inspiring example he has set for all those who…
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President Bassett to Step Down
Dramatic Advances Made and Challenges Met during Decade at Helm
