University of Maryland engineering faculty and students who faced the shuttering of their campus labs to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are now repurposing them to meet the urgent needs of first responders and medical professionals fighting the virus on the front lines.
Focus Area: Clark Scholars
Uniting expertise with empathy to help students thrive in college
While serving as director of composition for Virginia Tech’s Department of English, Sheila Carter-Tod learned that several graduates from a high school in Newport News who had high academic accolades and test scores felt unprepared for the university’s expectations in a first-year writing course.
She came up with an innovative plan to help.
Georgia Tech Responds to Covid-19
The battle against Covid-19 is a worldwide challenge unlike any in living memory. The Georgia Tech community has joined the fight, contributing our expertise, innovation, and indomitable spirit to the effort.
Seven Clark School student teams build E-bikes that can travel 125 miles on a single charge – powering past the current range on the market
Seven Clark School student teams build E-bikes that can travel 125 miles on a single charge – powering past the current range on the market
Grants Roundup, Penn State College of Engineering
$15 million to the Penn State College of Engineering to endow the A. James Clark Scholars Program, which will provide scholarships to high-achieving engineering students with financial need.
Penn State to Launch Clark Scholars Program Via $15.5M Gift, $10M Match
Penn State University (PSU) will begin a need-based program this fall to financially support underrepresented engineering students with a $15.5 million donation and an additional institutional match of $10 million.
The A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation recently committed the donation to create the A. James Clark Scholars Program in the Penn State College of Engineering to support high-achieving engineering students with significant financial need. PSU then added to that, in what is its largest match to a private philanthropic gift in the university’s history.
Turning Scholarships into Job Opportunities: Alahna Smith capitalizes on being a Clark Scholar
Alahna Smith discovered she wanted to be an engineer at the age of eight. For five years, her mom enrolled her in a National Society of Black Engineers summer program for young students in Washington D.C. From there, Smith continued pursuing her interests at an engineering magnet school, where she found her introduction into the field. Now she’s a second-year electrical engineering student at Georgia Tech and a Clark Scholar taking advantage of internship opportunities just outside D.C.
‘Brilliant’: Head of search panel talks about U.Md.’s next president
The leader of the search committee that picked the next president of the University of Maryland called him not only brilliant but beloved on the campus.
Darryll Pines, dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering, was appointed on Wednesday to succeed President Wallace Loh, effective July 1.
Darryll Pines, a Veteran Engineering Dean, to Become Next U-Md. President
The veteran engineering dean of the University of Maryland has been chosen to become the next president of the state’s flagship public university in College Park, leaders of the state university system announced Wednesday.
Darryll J. Pines, who has led the Clark School of Engineering at College Park since January 2009, will succeed retiring U-Md. President Wallace D. Loh, the state system’s Board of Regents said in a statement. Pines is expected to take office July 1.
$15.5 Million Endowment Created For Engineering Scholarship Program
Penn State announced its largest university match to a private philanthropic gift Monday, partnering with the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to provide a $15.5 million scholarship endowment program for engineering students. Penn State matched an intial donation from the Clark Foundation by adding $10 million to the endowment.