Campus News
Clarkies respond to tsunami disaster
In a recent letter to the Clark community, President John Bassett outlined the efforts of several faculty, students and alumni who have been involved with relief efforts in South Asia following the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami. Although Clark students, faculty and alumni were in the region at the time of the tsunami, Bassett said, it appears that no members of the Clark community were personally harmed. He also provided information about how to contribute to organizations involved in the relief efforts. Read Bassett's letter on the Web.
Biological sciences building open-www.clarku.edu/sciences
The Biology Department faculty and staff have had a busy winter break moving into the new biological sciences building. The building opens this month for spring semester courses. View photos of the finished building online.
Dwork on television this month
Debórah Dwork, Rose Professor of Holocaust History and director of Clark's Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, will have two separate television appearances this month on PBS and Nickelodeon.
An interview and discussion with Dwork will appear in a segment of "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State," a six-hour educational television series which will air on PBS stations nationwide this month to recognize the 60th anniversary of the camp. Host Linda Ellerbee's interview with Dwork and John Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, will appear at the end of the third program in the series, "Factories of Death (March 1942-March 1943)," from 9-10 p.m. on Jan. 26. The full series airs from 9-11 p.m. Jan. 19 and 26 and Feb. 2.
Dwork was also interviewed by Ellerbee, who is host, writer and producer of Nick News on Nickelodeon, for a program about the Holocaust for young teens. It is currently scheduled to air on Nick News at 8:30 p.m. on January 27.
Brown receives NSF grant
Halina Brown, a professor in environmental science and policy at Clark, recently received a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation totaling approximately $320,000 to study the "Emergence of an Institution for Sustainable Development: Cross Country Comparison of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)." GRI, a standardized system of voluntary reporting of environmental sustainability performance by companies, is increasingly used around the globe. The objective of Brown's research is to discover the mechanisms by which the practice of GRI reporting becomes a societal institution. Brown will examine and compare this process in two countries with different environmental regulatory styles: the United States and the Netherlands.
Bassett to speak at business summit
Clark President John Bassett will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2005 Higher Education Business Summit to be held Feb. 6-8 in Berkeley, Calif. Bassett's speech, "University Leadership: Modern Corporation or Medieval Guild?," will address leadership and management skills in business and academia, and the similarities and differences between business and academia. He will talk about university leadership, drawing examples from Clark's award-winning involvement with the Main South neighborhood in Worcester. He will also discuss how creative leadership will help university executives face several new challenges to higher education in the next decade. The summit is a private event designed exclusively for business decision makers from public and private, large and small colleges and universities across the United States.
Athletics e-newsletter-www.clarku.edu/athletics
The Athletics Department offers a weekly newsletter by e-mail. Visit the athletics Web site to subscribe and to view the sports schedules for January and February.
Clark in the news-www.clarku.edu/offices/publicaffairs/news
Clark students, faculty, alumni and administrators are frequently quoted and featured in media outlets across the country. Media hits are updated weekly on the Web.
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Alumni Update
Vote for Alumni-elected Trustee-www.clarku.edu/trusteeballot
Vote online for the next Alumni-elected Trustee at this password-protected Web page (username "trustee"; password "ballot"). Or, return the postcard ballot-no postage necessary-in the upcoming winter issue of Clarknews, which should arrive in your mailbox toward the end of January. The postcard must be postmarked by April 15. Please vote only once for one of the following candidates.
Seth Novatt '77: "For reasons difficult to articulate, I have always felt a deep connection to Clark. My first visit took place on a rainy winter day that didn't cast the University or its surroundings in their best light. Yet, despite having just completed visits to schools in the bucolic Berkshires, I left that day absolutely convinced that Clark was the right place for me." Read more.
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel '69: "Clark was a very special place for me and I would like to help keep it special for future students. Recently, a Clarkie friend observed that many of us had blown through four-year periods in our lives barely noticing them, and yet the four years at Clark stamped us permanently. Why?"
Larry Roshfeld '80: "It is hard to describe what makes Clark unique. Yes, Clark is a small university, with a talented, diverse student body, and an outstanding faculty that balances teaching and research. Yet ,Clark is not simply the students or the campus, the faculty or their research. What makes Clark unique is an atmosphere that blends individuality and social values, and that encourages commitment and intellectual curiosity."
Clark Web destinations
The following Web sites will give you a sense of what's happening at Clark, in and outside of the classroom. These Web sites are also great to recommend to any prospective students you may meet.
Events
Regional calendar - www.clarku.edu/alumni/regional
We are always planning alumni events around the country. Visit the regional calendar online to see what Clark events are coming to a city near you. Here are just a few upcoming event highlights.
Washington, D.C., Jan. 30: Washington, D.C. Regional Alumni Community Pot Luck Dinner.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1: Philadelphia Regional Alumni Community Get-together.
Sherman Oaks, Calif., Feb. 8: Wendy Pomerantz-Goldman '92 and Heath Goldman will host a reception at their home.
Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 8: Reception at MacArthur Park Restaurant.
Piedmont, Calif., Feb. 10: Jackie Pfannenstiel '69 will host a reception at her home.
Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 10: Brian and Peggy Conely, parents of Allison Conely '05, will host a reception at the Hacienda Restaurant.
Campus events-www.clarku.edu/calendar
Many campus events have already been planned for the spring semester, and many more are in the works. Check Clark's online University calendar for the most comprehensive listing of campus events.
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