Clarkson University

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Clarkson University
Motto: A Workman That Needeth Not to be Ashamed
Established 1896
Type: Private
President: Anthony G. Collins
Faculty: 182
Undergraduates: 2,693
Postgraduates: 390
Location Flag of the United States Potsdam, New York, USA
Campus: Rural
640 wooded acres,
45 buildings
Athletics: Division I Men's and Women's Hockey
19 varsity teams
Colors: Green and Gold           
Nickname: The Tech
Mascot: Golden Knight
Website: http://www.clarkson.edu

Clarkson University, formerly Clarkson College of Technology, is a private university located in rural Potsdam, New York. It was founded in 1896 and has an enrollment of about 3,000 students studying towards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in each of its three schools: the School of Business, School of Arts & Sciences, and the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering.

Clarkson participates in student exchange programs with many schools in Europe and Australia. One example is the University of Leicester in the UK where students who are studying engineering come to Clarkson for a year as part of one of the exchange programs.

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[edit] Programs

Clarkson University is home to the Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP). CAMP at Clarkson University is dedicated to developing Clarkson's research and educational programs in high-technology materials processing. CAMP's mandate is to develop innovations in advanced materials processing and to transfer this technology to business and industry. The center receives support from the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research for research and operating expenses as one of 14 Centers for Advanced Technology (CATs). In addition, CAMP-related work receives several million dollars each year from the federal government and private industry.

Clarkson's 16 (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) teams allow students across all majors to participate in hands on, extracurricular projects. These SPEED teams attend competitions all over the globe with other universities to test their designs and push the bounds of engineering design.

In 2007, U.S. News & World Report’s [1] annual America’s Best Colleges issue ranked Clarkson among the 127 best colleges. Its undergraduate engineering program was recognized as one of the "Best Engineering Programs" whose highest degree is a doctorate[citation needed]. In addition, U.S. News rated Clarkson's School of Business’ Supply Chain Management program the 10th best in the nation[citation needed].

In 2007, Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine ranked Clarkson University's undergraduate business program in innovation and entrepreneurship #22 among 700 U.S. higher educational institutions.

U.S. News ranks Clarkson 25th overall in Environmental Engineering 49th in Civil Engineering 82nd in Mechanical Engineering 135th in Chemistry and 147th in Physical Therapy To determine the best graduate schools, U.S. News reviews post-graduate programs at more than 1,200 universities. Rankings are based on expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of the school's faculty, research and students. Clarkson is the eighth smallest of nationally ranked research universities in the United States.

As much as Clarkson prides itself as a teaching school, it encourages its faculty to conduct research even more. The emphasis on research is so high that the 2007 Faculty Scholarly Productivity (FSP) Index ranks Clarkson seventh in the nation among small research universities.

[edit] History

The school was founded in 1896, as the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology. In 1913 the name was changed Thomas S.Clarkson Memorial College of Technology, which was used in a shortened version as Clarkson College of Technology or CCT. More many of those early years the entire school was on the “downtown" "campus”. Over the latter half of the 20th century, the college expanded onto the “hill campus” (on the south-west edge of Potsdam) beginning with the dorms known as “the pit”.

On 24 February 1984 the school officially became Clarkson University, although the pep band’s rallying cry at hockey games is still “Let’s Go Tech!”. (The school, and its hockey team, have been informally called the “Tech” since the 1896 founding, and “CCT” is still printed on older school property & equipment.)

As of 2001, almost all academics and housing had moved to the hill campus, although the university still uses the downtown buildings known as Old Snell, and Old Main for administrative functions.

[edit] The Clarkson School

The Clarkson School, a special division of Clarkson University, was founded in 1978 as a unique educational opportunity. The School offers students an early entrance opportunity into college, replacing the typical senior year of high school with a year of college. It is one of few college early admission programs in the country that provides a real community living/learning experience on a university campus.

The Clarkson School's Bridging Year is a "bridging year" between high school and college for students who are ready to enter college early. Every year 50 to 80 11th grade students are accepted to The Clarkson School, where they work towards a GED and take college classes. They may also work with their high schools to complete a high school diploma. After they complete the program, they are given the option to enter Clarkson University with all credits from the previous year.

Students in The Clarkson School are fully matriculated undergraduates with freshman status at the University. They take classes with other University students and usually carry a course load of 15 to 18 credits per semester for two semesters. College credits may also be given for college and Advanced Placement courses taken before entering The Clarkson School. Cross-registration at neighboring area colleges and universities can provide additional college credits, particularly in art, music and languages. These credits also appear on an official Clarkson University transcript.

The Clarkson School students are housed in Farrisee House in Price Hall and the typical class size is about 50 students.

[edit] The Campus

Clarkson has two distinct campuses, the "downtown" campus and the "hill" campus. During the last 20 years Clarkson has developed almost exclusively on the hill campus. Most students never need to visit the downtown campus since everything a student needs is contained on the hill, excluding the campus store. The last student dormitory (Congdon) located on the downtown campus closed in May 2006. The only buildings remaining in Clarkson’s service at the downtown campus are a few administration buildings, the Army and Air Force ROTC houses, as well as the Pre-PT (Physical Therapy) program. Most other downtown campus buildings have been leased or sold.

PC Magazine and The Princeton Review ranked Clarkson among the top-20 wired colleges in the nation for 2007.[citation needed] “The Top Wired Colleges” honors colleges with the most comprehensive—in terms of size, scope and quality—computing and technology offerings.

The 2007 Princeton Review considers Clarkson to be one of “Best Northeastern Colleges”, albeit with the following caveats: #1 for “This Is a Library?”, #5 for “Least Happy Students”, #6 for “Class Discussions Rare”, and #14 for “Campus Is Tiny, Unsightly, or Both”.

[edit] Academic Buildings

Bertrand H. Snell Hall
Bertrand H. Snell Hall
  • Bertrand H. Snell Hall (“New Snell”) - Contains classrooms and home to the School of Business and the School of Arts and Sciences, along with the offices of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Communication and Media Department. Snell also contains Clarkson's Writing Center and the Eastman Kodak Center for Excellence in Communication. Snell is also the newest building on the hill campus, having opened in 2001.
Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Cora and Bayard Clarkson Science Center - Contains classrooms, student and research labs. Home of Computer Science, Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology Departments. On the first and second floors towards Snell is the Biotechnology Wing, opened in Fall 2005. The Science Center is connected to Snell Hall by the Petersen Passageway on the third floor.
  • Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) - Contains classrooms, student and research labs, and a machine shop. Home of Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering.
  • Rowley Labs - Connected to CAMP. Contains few classrooms and student labs. This building is used mainly for research.
  • Educational Resources Center ("ERC") - Contains Clarkson's "library", the OIT offices, the Career Center, and a common area for individual and group studying. Also contains a few classrooms.

[edit] Residential Buildings

  • Townhouses - Each Townhouse is a four person apartment with two double rooms and a bathroom upstairs. A kitchen and living room on the first floor. The Townhouses are generally used for theme and senior housing.
  • Riverside - Each Riverside apartment contains a first floor with kitchen and living room. The upstairs varies and will house three to four people. A single and a double bedroom or two doubles. The Riverside apartments are generally used by theme housing and seniors.
  • Woodstock - Woodstock apartments are for two to four people with three different configurations. The four person style has a living room, kitchen and two double bedrooms. There are two different two person styles, regular and economy. The regular two person apartments have a living room, kitchen and one double bedroom while the economy has just a kitchen and living room which doubles as a bedroom as well. Woodstock housing is used by seniors and a few juniors.
  • New Dorms - The New Dorms consist of the Price and Graham complexes, each split into four Houses. The Graham Hall complex consists of Donahue, Olson, Van Note, and Wilson Houses, while the Price Hall complex consists of Farrisee, Newell, Ormsby, and Thomas Houses. Farrisee House is reserved for the Clarkson School, the others are used by on campus fraternities, sororities, juniors and a few lucky sophomores. There are a few styles of rooms. Most are four person suites containing 2 double bedrooms linked by a common bathroom. The other four person suites are composed of a single double bedroom and two single bedrooms which share a single bathroom. There are a handful of single double bedrooms, which have their own bathroom. These few double bedrooms are much larger than any other suite. In the center core of the Graham complex is the Graham Cafeteria (currently not in operation), and in the center core of the Price complex are the Student Support Services offices, First-Year Advising offices, and Clarkson School offices.
  • Moore House - Generally used by juniors and sophomores, it is the closest residential building to Snell Hall and the Science Center. It contains four person suites consisting of two double bedrooms joined by a common bathroom. The first floor of Moore is home to the Clarkson University CEO Program.
Brooks House - Part of The Quad
Brooks House - Part of The Quad
  • The Quad - What once was the Freshman Quad is now used mainly by both freshmen and sophomores since Congdon House downtown was closed, forcing some fraternities to move on campus. The Quad is composed of four buildings- Ross, Brooks, Cubley, and Reynolds Houses- linked by the Ross-Brooks Marketplace and Empire Diner as well as the Student Administrative Services offices. Cubley and Reynolds are still primarily freshmen, while Brooks has both freshmen and sophomores, and Ross is entirely sophomores.
  • Hamlin-Powers ("The Pit") - The original hill campus student housing, consisting of Hamlin and Powers Houses, once highly sought for being the closest to the downtown campus and being right across the street from the old hockey arena, is now the lowest priority housing and home to many incoming freshmen. The buildings were renovated in 2003 and have the same layout as the buildings in the Quad. The Student Health Center is located in between the two wings of the building, along with a seminar room/classroom which is used for the First Year Seminar class.

[edit] Other Buildings

  • Cheel Campus Center - Contains eating facilities, including a Subway, Club 99 (on campus bar), Our Place, mail services, Residential Housing Administration, Dean and Assistant Dean of Clarkson University and, of course, Cheel Arena (home of Clarkson's hockey teams.
  • Adirondack Lodge - A cabin of sorts, built behind the townhouses and tucked into the woods on the edge of campus. This building is used by all the outdoor clubs including the Outing Club, Ski Club, Bike Club and Nordic Team. Gear lockers are contained in the basement while the first floor is used as a meeting place for clubs and organizations. The upstairs floor is reserved living quarters for the head of Outdoor Recreation.
  • Indoor Recreation Center (IRC) - Contains a field house with basketball courts and an indoor track, swimming pool, racquetball courts, exercise equipment, and a parquet floored gymnasium with bleachers. The Alumni Gymnasium is home to Clarkson's basketball and volleyball teams, and Fuller Pool is home to Clarkson's swim teams.
  • Boat House - Located behind the Riverside apartments on the Raquette river. This building contains canoes and kayaks owned and maintained by the Outing Club.

[edit] Dining Facilities

  • Ross-Brooks Marketplace ("Ro-Bro") - Located in the Quad, Ro-Bro is an all-you-can-eat dining hall facility serving a variety of dishes seven days a week. Every day, there are several hot dishes served during normal meal hours, with something different every meal; there also is a pizza bar with a pizza special each day, salad bar, deli bar for lunch, and taco and pasta bars for dinner. Like most dinning facilities on campuses now adays Ro-Bro is unique among campus dining facilities in that meals are available throughout the day, so if you want a meal during non-meal hours, you can take a meal off of your meal plan and get something to eat.
  • Empire Diner - Also located in the Quad, Empire is a nostalgic dining facility with all-you-can-eat for lunch and dinner, and a retail facility at night. During the day, Empire serves hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, pizza, mot sticks, krispey kreme donunts, and extra cheesy burritos. There are no vegetarian options available. After hours, Empire is a retail facility, selling smoothies, beverages, ice cream, pizza, wings, and others. It is also known as "Scrempire" to some.
  • Bené Pizzeria - Located inside Cheel Commons, Bene Pizza offers Old World-style ultra-cheesy pizzas in several different varieties, and pasta dishes made to order, with your choice of meat tossed with pasta and your favorite sauce.
  • Main Street Café - Located inside of the Cheel Campus Center, the Main Street Café food court contains several vendors. GrilleWorks has hamburgers, chicken fingers, steak sandwiches, and French fries. The Main Street Panini serves rib sandwiches, and there are also soups and snacks, along with beverages, available for purchase.
  • Java City - Located in the ERC, Java City offers a variety of specialty beverages, including coffee and also java, and an assortment of grab-and-go "sandwiches".
  • Concrete Café - Located on the third floor of the Science Center, the Concrete Café serves a variety of grab-and-go items, including bags of chips such as fritos and sun chips, skittles and sodas (No coca cola however).

[edit] Student Activities

[edit] Athletics

Clarkson University’s NCAA Division I Golden Knights compete in Men’s and Women's Ice Hockey. The men's team was a number one seed in the East region of the 2007 NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament and is a traditional power in the ECACHL. Other Division III varsity teams include Men’s Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer and Tennis, Women’s Basketball, Lacrosse, Soccer, and Volleyball, as well as combined Men’s and Women’s Alpine Skiing, Cross Country, Nordic Skiing and Swimming.

Other non-varsity clubs include Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey, Men’s and Women’s Rugby union, Men’s Soccer, combined Men’s and Women’s Crew and Ultimate Frisbee. Clarkson's combined Men's and Women's club Racquetball Team won the Division II title at the USRA National Tournament in 2005.

[edit] Clubs

Clarkson University’s Student Association (CUSA) sponsors over 50 clubs, the largest of which being the Outing Club, Ski Club, The Pep Band, Clarkson Theatre Company, and the Clarkson Union Board. All CUSA sponsored clubs are entirely student run and both undergrad and grad students are welcome to join any time.

In addition to these, Clarkson University's chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization has over 100 members, spanning every academic school, and has for the past number of years continued to win many awards at their National Conference; including Best Overall Chapter in 2005, and Best Business in 2005 and 2006. The club currently owns and operates four distinct businesses, including Knights Unlimited (The Kiosk) located in the Cheel Campus Center.

Clarkson Amateur Radio Club (K2CC), in an effort to serve the Clarkson and Potsdam communities, as well as Northern New York, will operate a safe and efficient station to provide wireless communications within FCC guidelines. In a time of emergency, K2CC members are trained, and assume the responsibility, to establish auxiliary communications, and serve those in need to the best of their ability.

The Clarkson Photo Club is a group of students with strong interests in photography, ranging from black and white, color, or digital.

[edit] ROTC

Clarkson Army ROTC is an organization that allows students to experience what a soldier in the United States Army does. Cadets participate in various activities ranging from the rivalry games of soccer, hockey and basketball, with the Air Force for "The Boot", a trophy to the victor of two or more of the games, to the Dining Out, a formal Ball. Clarkson Air Force ROTC

[edit] Fraternities and Sororities

Over the years there have been many different fraternities and sororities at Clarkson University. The following is a list of current organizations. In order for Clarkson to recognize a Greek organization all the members must be Clarkson students. Additionally, any organization applying for recognition after 1977 must affiliate with an International organization within five years to maintain recognition. A time line of Clarkson Greek organizations can be found on the Clarkson University website.

[edit] Publications and Media

  • The Integrator is a weekly student run newspaper which is distributed to the four associated colleges (Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Canton) as well as the towns of Potsdam and Canton.
  • WCKN Television A student run television station and is also the local cable systems public access station. In-house programming includes hockey games, news, talk shows, comedy shows, game shows, and various other Clarkson sporting events.
  • WTSC Clarkson Radio A student run radio station that gives students the opportunity to produce their own weekly radio programs, and consequently serve the community by offering entertainment, news and weather, and special programming via the radio.
  • Fall Break A film produced and distributed by Clarkson students on the Clarkson campus, starring Kevin Saccoccia.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] External links

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ECAC Hockey
Brown Bears (Meehan Auditorium) • Clarkson Golden Knights (Cheel Arena) • Colgate Raiders (Starr Rink) • Cornell Big Red (Lynah Rink) • Dartmouth Big Green (Thompson Arena) • Harvard Crimson (Bright Hockey Center) • Princeton Tigers (Hobey Baker Memorial Rink) • Quinnipiac Bobcats (TD Banknorth Sports Center) • Rensselaer Engineers (Houston Field House) • St. Lawrence Saints (Appleton Arena) • Union Dutchmen (Achilles Rink) • Yale Bulldogs (Ingalls Rink)
NCAA  • List of champions: (Men's)/(Women's)  • Times Union Center (men's conference tourney site)  • TBA (women's conference tournament site)
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Liberty League
Full members Clarkson • Hamilton • Hobart • RPI • Rochester • St. Lawrence • Skidmore • Union • Vassar • William Smith
Associate members U.S. Merchant Marine (football) • Susquehanna (football) • WPI (football)
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