Alumni

  • Clarkies connect in Boston and beyond

    Clarkies connect in Boston and beyond

    The Office of Alumni and Friends Engagement offered a robust series of programming this spring, engaging alumni from across the country. The annual Women’s Leadership Lunch, held February 28 at The Bostonian Boston, brought together more than 40 alumnae to hear State Sen. Harriette Chandler, M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’73, LL.D ’16, share highlights from her career…

  • Alumna, geographer and author Carolyn Finney shares research, personal journey

    Alumna, geographer and author Carolyn Finney shares research, personal journey

    Distinguished writer, performer and cultural geographer Carolyn Finney didn’t hide her surprise and delight upon seeing her former Clark University professors among the small crowd gathered for Part II of the Graduate School of Geography Spring 2017 Colloquium series, on March 23. Finney, assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, said she had not been on Clark’s…

  • Jason Feifer ’02 on Clark, writing, and the next Big Idea

    Jason Feifer ’02 on Clark, writing, and the next Big Idea

    Entrepreneur Magazine editor to speak March 31

  • Robin Cohen ’06, M.P.A. ’07: Clark changed her mind — and her life

    When her father pulled up to Clark University for the first time, Robin Cohen ’06, M.P.A. ’07, refused to get out of the car. The high school junior found the campus too small, the neighborhood too gritty, and instantly determined there was no way the university she’d read about in “Colleges That Change Lives” could…

  • ClarkCONNECT event arms undergraduates with legal advice

    ClarkCONNECT event arms undergraduates with legal advice

    Seven Clark University alumni currently in law school or practicing law returned to campus on Feb. 15 to share their experiences and perspectives with students eyeing a similar post-Clark path. The event was part of the University’s ClarkCONNECT initiative. Panelists speak with students at the recent Networked Communities event. The night’s theme quickly evolved into the demystification…

  • John S. Winkleman ’77 gets to the art of the matter

    John S. Winkleman ’77 gets to the art of the matter

    Walking down Lexington Avenue in New York recently, John S. Winkleman ‘77 noticed a familiar piece of art hanging in a storefront window. Looking more closely, he recognized it as one of his sketches. The pen-and-ink drawing was part of a series Winkleman created for Our Town, a community newspaper covering the East Side of the…

  • Goldie Michelson’s history is our history

    Goldie Michelson’s history is our history

    When she passed away this summer, Clark’s oldest alumna (M.A. '36) had lived nearly 114 years

  • Dr. Fred Kron ’75 delivers strong medicine for physicians’ ailing bedside manners

    Dr. Fred Kron ’75 delivers strong medicine for physicians’ ailing bedside manners

    Poor communication a leading contributor to life-threatening medical errors, studies show

  • ClarkCONNECT examines the art, and business, of creating

    ClarkCONNECT examines the art, and business, of creating

    Follow your passion. Be persistent. And if you want to make a career in the arts, don’t neglect the business side of the profession. These were some of the pieces of advice panelists shared with Clark students and other attendees Dec. 1 as Clark University kicked off its ClarkCONNECT community focusing on the Creative Arts. ClarkCONNECT matches…