Community service

  • Clark students study youth culture in Cuba

    Clark students study youth culture in Cuba

      Cuba has often been referred to as an island nation that is “stuck in time.” However, Crystal Hill ’20, a women’s and gender studies major, was pleasantly surprised to notice that while the city of Havana included classic ’50s Cadillacs and relics from years past, it also contained billboards about modern-day social problems such as…

  • Lisa Musumba’s Clark education crosses cultures

    Lisa Musumba’s Clark education crosses cultures

    Clark University undergraduate Lisa Musumba ’19 of Nairobi, Kenya, has found a way to apply her multicultural experience and interdisciplinary education to help Spanish-speaking children in Worcester celebrate their heritage. Musumba, who is majoring in media, culture and the arts and minoring in English and Spanish, volunteers for the Herencia y Cultura Hispánicas, or Hispanic Culture…

  • New Clark program celebrates cultura Hispánica

    New Clark program celebrates cultura Hispánica

    Spanish-speaking undergraduates, Worcester children connect over language

  • Daysha Williams ’17 has gotta have an acting career

    Daysha Williams ’17 has gotta have an acting career

    Daysha Williams’ Clark University experience has been a series of serendipitous moments. She first arrived on campus intending to pursue a career in public relations, but registered for a First-Year Intensive course called “How to Act Right on and off the Stage.” In that class, she met Raymond Munro, professor of theatre arts, and discovered both a calling…

  • Undergraduate helping to power up community with solar nonprofit

    Undergraduate helping to power up community with solar nonprofit

    Krissy Truesdale '19 started Solar for Our Superheroes as a high school student. Now at Clark, she's making it shine

  • Clark U. recognizes two with Lund Award for their contributions to the Worcester community

    Clark University President David P. Angel presented the 2014 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to geographer Deborah Martin and doctoral student Heather Mangione at a recent University function. Martin was honored for her dedication to, and for serving in, leadership roles at the Beth Israel Synagogue. She has also played an instrumental role in…

  • Lund Award at Clark University honors community engagement

    Clark University President David Angel presented the 2013 John W. Lund Community Achievement Award to Sheila Hokanson and Amelia Willcox ’13, during a recognition dinner, Oct. 9. Hokanson, of Charlton City (MA), was honored for her efforts with Relay for Life and Making Strides against Breast Cancer, as well as her involvement with Big Brothers and…

  • Paul Ropp to receive the Lund Community Achievement Award

    Paul Ropp, research professor of history, has been selected to receive the 2012 John W. Lund Clark Community Achievement Award. “Jack Lund believed that individuals with drive, passion, and vision can make a difference in the lives of our neighbors, and you exemplify exactly what Jack had in mind with this award,” Clark University President David…