Following the decline of Clark’s enrollment since 2011, administrators have declared an “enrollment crisis.” The college is facing a budget deficit for the 2017-2018 school year, and Clark College President Bob Knight said this shortfall was caused by the enrollment decrease. But what’s causing the enrollment crisis? Data from Clark’s […]
Author: Trey Wilkins-Luton
No Easy Solution: Students Struggle to Find Science Classes
It’s a student’s last registration day at Clark. They’re eager to be signing up for the last classes needed to finish their degree, but the excitement is soon replaced with anxiety come registration time: the natural science class they needed is full, and so is their plan B, C and […]
Career Days 2017: Over 90 Employers Offer Job Opportunities
Are you having a hard time finding a job? If so, then you may want to attend Career Days, an annual event Clark hosts to help students with their job hunt and explore career options from May 1-4. Career Days is a free, four-day event open to everyone. Workshops, seminars […]
Modeling A Country Through Young Eyes: Three Perspectives From Model United Nations
Clark’s Model United Nations team spends all quarter preparing for conferences, which are simulations of actual UN meetings. The club’s 11 members meet once a week, but spend their own time preparing for each conference. They conduct research and write position papers that discuss topics from the perspective of their […]
Future of International Students Uncertain in Wake of Travel Ban
Clark student woke up to a call from his concerned father. Early morning light filtered through his window as his dad’s frantic words rattled around inside his still sleeping brain. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes as his dad kept saying something about a travel ban, about his son […]
Change Begins With You: MLK Day Speaker Promotes Local Activism
“What I’m going to say, a lot of people aren’t going to like, but I don’t do this work to be liked. I do this work to be free,” said the keynote speaker for Clark’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Self-proclaimed “scholarly activist,” Rosa Clemente, delivered a […]
Clark Offers Free Japanese Dance Lessons
Clark College will be offering a free, eight-week workshop to teach Clark students the traditional Japanese Sakura Sakura dance starting Jan. 23. according to the event’s flyer. The class will be taught by professional Japanese dance instructor Takako Hara according to Michiyo Okuhara, a Japanese language professor at Clark. Okuhara […]
International Day Festival Celebrates Clark´s Cultural Diversity
Clark’s International Club hosted the International Day Festival on Nov. 17 in Gaiser Student Center to celebrate the different cultures represented by Clark students. The event was part of International Education Week said Jane Walster, the Director of International Programs. “This event is really to celebrate the fact that in […]
The Chant Heard Far and Wide: North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Visit Clark
A crowd of silhouettes stood against the vast, star-speckled North Dakota sky. People from all corners of the globe joined together with their songs echoing for miles. Their chant was loud and clear: “Water is life.” Roben White, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, described his time with fellow […]
