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IMPACT
of
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C A M P A I G N C L A R K
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of
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A TIME FOR
APPRECIATION
AND ASPIRATION
I am delighted to share with you this overview of the most ambitious
and successful comprehensive campaign in Clark University history.
On May 5, 2017, with great enthusiasm and optimism, and with
the vision of then-President David Angel driving us, we embarked on
the public phase of Campaign Clark to raise $125 million. When the
campaign concluded on May 31, 2020, we had surpassed our original
goal, raising $156,284,346 in an extraordinary display of generosity
and commitment — a testament to the trust, the respect, and the love
Clarkies have for their University.
This is a time for celebration — for a round of applause that
acknowledges our collective achievement in service to Clark,
especially for the students who are poised to become the next
generation of leaders in government and business, medicine and
science, the arts and education. And while the pandemic does not
allow us to gather in person to mark this historic occasion in fitting
fashion, neither can it rob us of our shared sense of accomplishment
and the spirit of community that supplied Campaign Clark its
potency and its momentum.
Your gift, and the gifts made by thousands of fellow donors,
allows Clark to make meaningful investments in academics,
research, capital improvements, and student support in the form of
scholarships, fellowships, and other financial aid. Many of you also
devote your time and expertise to mentor students and provide them
professional opportunities as they chart their career paths. All your
contributions, in their many forms, fortify our eforts to always be a
university of caring and consequence.
Campaign Clark represents the tireless and creative eforts of
many people, and I thank them all for their work on behalf of this
very special institution. I especially want to thank David Angel
and Campaign Clark co-chairs Bill Mosakowski ’76, L.H.D. ’12,
Robert Stevenish, P ’86, L.H.D. ’19, and Tony Tilton, LL.D. ’13, whose
leadership and counsel throughout the campaign were critical to
its success. Our new president, David Fithian ’87, also has been an
avid campaign supporter, even as he develops his own vision and
strategies for future Clark philanthropy. And a special thank you to
faculty and staf, who have been steadfast supporters throughout the
campaign.
The Campaign Clark theme, “Now is our time,” has never been
more appropriate than at this moment. Energized by new ambitions
and strengthened with new resources, Clark is now empowered
to advance its standing as a university whose students and faculty
bring positive, lasting change to the world. And you made that
happen.
With my best wishes and deepest gratitude,
JEFF GILLOOLY
Vice President for University Advancement
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A special thank-you to these dedicated groups who
ensured the success of Campaign Clark: the campaign
co-chairs, the Clark Board of Trustees, Alumni Council,
Parents Council, Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD)
Council, and members of the President’s Leadership
Councils in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, New
York, Washington, D.C., and South Florida.
CAMPAIGN IMPACT REPORT 3
Public phase launched May 5, 2017
OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOLLARS
$156,284,346
ORIGINAL GOAL
$125,000,000
TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS
16,600
# OF NEW ENDOWED FUNDS
63
# OF NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
42
THE POWER
of
YOUR GIVING
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CAMPAIGN IMPACT REPORT 5
VICKI
PETRIDES ’56
ON WHY SHE
GIVES TO
CLARK:
I was the only woman
in my chemistry
classes, and the
professors always
encouraged me. Clark
gave me the ability to
say, ‘I can do it,’ and
because of that I’ve
felt the responsibility
to give something in
return.”
Vicki has given to The Clark Fund for more than 60 years.
At Clark, learning that begins in the classroom never ends there.
That’s by design. The University’s academic approach is exemplified
in Problems of Practice (POP) courses, which allow students to work
with organizations, businesses, and community partners to address
complex questions, problems, and challenges that have significance be-
yond campus. With the support of grants from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and the Davis Educational Foundation, Clark has developed
new POP courses in the humanities and social sciences that connect
what students learn in the classroom with authentic problems faced by
professionals working in the field.
In one recent course, history professor Janette Greenwood’s stu-
dents researched the lives of African American families photographed
in Worcester in the early 1900s. Greenwood’s students interviewed the
descendants of people shown in the photos, helping them to reconstruct
their genealogies, and then collaborated with the Worcester Art Muse-
um to stage a powerful exhibition featuring these images of the city’s
hidden history.
“These courses help students take the knowledge they’re gaining
in their classes and put it to work out in the community,” says Leanne
Greeley Bond, director of grants and programs at the Davis Educational
Foundation. “This is a very natural path of innovation that’s important
to higher education.”
AN EDUCATION
WITH POP
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IMAGES OF
LINEAGES:
Visitors study the
family photos on
display at the
Worcester Art
Museum.
It’s
unbelievable
to know
there’s a
team at Clark
University
working on
our family
history,
right in our
backyard.”
– KIM PERKINS HAMPTON, Worcester resident
I am so grateful for our donors who
believe in the Institute’s vision and
mission. We could not do the work
without them.”
– NADIA WARD, M.ED., PH.D., director of the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise
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