With Plan and Purpose,
Clark is shaping solutions
to humanity’s most urgent
challenges.
This $250 million campaign—
Clark’s most ambitious yet—is a bold call to action, uniting our community in the pursuit of discovery, innovation, and meaningful change on the challenges that matter most—on campus, in Worcester, and around the world.
What matters most?
Our relationships with
the planet, with technology
and with each other
Campaign priority
Plan and Purpose for Thriving on a Sustainable Planet
Elevating Clark’s essential role in creating outsized positive impact on the most pressing challenges of our time.
Campaign priority
Plan and Purpose
for Stewarding Technological Progress
We will equip students with the skills to lead in a transformed digital age, ensuring progress that serves humanity wisely and equitably.
Campaign priority
Plan and Purpose
for Uplifting People
We seek to uplift individuals and communities through education, action, and collaboration.
Why plan and purpose?
The origin of our campaign name is from Jonas Clark’s speech at the Opening Exercises of Clark University on October 2, 1889 at 3:00 where he began by stating:
Jonas Clark
“When we first entered upon our work it was with a well-defined plan and purpose, in which plan and purpose we have steadily persevered”
By repeating ‘plan and purpose’, Jonas Clark emphasized that the two concepts are inseparable. A plan without purpose is directionless; a purpose without a plan is unattainable. Together, they create the framework for success.
In that spirit of plan, purpose, and perseverance, and just as Clarkies always have, we will roll up our sleeves and get to work ensuring Clark University continues a legacy of creating outsized global impact from the middle of the real-world.
Join our campaign for what matters most
