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Class of 2011 ‘leading already’ in time of ‘great transformation’
Clark University celebrated its 107th Commencement—the first under the stewardship of Clark’s ninth President, David P. Angel—on Sunday, May 22. Degrees were granted to 1,045 Clark graduates: 524 baccalaureate, 486 masters, and 35 doctoral. Alan Khazei, the founder and chief executive officer of Be the Change Inc. and City Year co-founder, delivered the Commencement address. Khazei recalled his journey as an unemployed graduate to someone who has created a nationwide national service…
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Clark, city announce Main South field complex, park revitalization
City, state and federal officials joined President David Angel last week to celebrate two initiatives that will perpetuate what one legislator described as “the Main South Miracle.” On March 23, local leaders gathered in a vacant lot on Kilby Street, just beyond the Clark campus, to announce that the Main South Community Development Corporation had…
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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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Clark gets $260K Davis Foundation grant to support LEEP initiative
Clark University has received a $260,338 grant to support key components of its Liberal Education and Effective Practice Initiative (LEEP), a multi-year, campus-wide program that aims to re-invent traditional, undergraduate liberal education. The grant was received from the Davis Educational Foundation, established by Stanton and Elisabeth Davis after Mr. Davis’s retirement as chairman of Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc.…
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Goulet, Muro receive Lund Community Achievement Awards
Clark University President David Angel presented the 2010 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to two outstanding members of the Clark community. The recipients are University Police Chief Stephen Goulet and senior student Miranda Muro. Goulet, of North Grafton, Mass., was recognized for going beyond his duties in public safety by working as a member of the Main…
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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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Inaugural Symposium panel tackles recession’s impact on families
The recession has taken its toll on many American households as jobs disappear and families reel under harsh financial circumstances. Recognizing the devastating outcomes here in Massachusetts, the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark presented a seminar for state legislators in March titled “The Great Recession and Its Impact on Families.” The seminar presented…
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Earth in the balance: Inaugural panelists discuss sustainability
Cynthia Abramson Nikitin ’81 held up the package that had contained the Philadelphia Cream Cheese she’d spread on her bagel that morning. The label, she noted, said the cream cheese had been made with “renewable energy.” The observation drew a chuckle from the audience gathered in Razzo Hall on Wednesday, but through the laughter the…