Office of Development and Alumni Relations

The Roundtable Society seeks to recognize distinguished annual leadership donors whose contributions help forge Clarkson’s path toward excellence. With donor-centric recognition, an exciting Salon program that explores important topics, enhanced member benefits, and insider opportunities to learn about and shape the future of Clarkson, the Roundtable allows you to play an integral role in sustaining the University’s mission in higher education.

At Clarkson University, we develop productive, mutually-beneficial partnerships with companies and foundations to ignite innovation and impact shared goals. The Corporate and Foundation Relations Office works to advance smart collaborations that pair our best people, knowledge and resources to move ideas and solutions forward.  Staff can connect you to the right University representatives and also actively seek connections for private foundation and non-governmental external funding for institutional programs, faculty research, and other endeavors.

Clarkson offers donors many customized ways to ignite new initiatives, name facilities and laboratories, honor people who have made a difference in their lives, leave a legacy and sustain the future through endowment campaigns.  Below are some current examples being galvanized by Golden Knights alumni coming together to impact the future of Clarkson.  To start your own conversation about ensuring the future, reach out to our major gifts staff.

Clarkson's Front Door Under Renovation: Nearly 30 years after it opened as “Clarkson’s front door” to the world, the Cheel Campus Center and Arena is undergoing a major overhaul that will modernize the building’s infrastructure and expand its footprint to add more state-of-the-art features to enhance programmatic offerings, hockey facilities and student life at Clarkson while also providing further economic benefits to the surrounding community.  Learn more about how to take a seat, name a locker room or learning space, and making a donation.  

Honoring Athletic Director Steve Yianoukos '72:  After 35 years as a dedicated employee of the Clarkson Athletic and Recreation Department, Athletic Director Steve Yianoukos '72 is retiring. During his tenure, the department has seen unprecedented growth.  Most notably he has overseen the rise in women’s sports with three National Championships from Women’s Hockey, Four Elite 8 appearances in Women’s Volleyball, and he was instrumental in adding softball to the list of varsity athletic offerings at the University.  If you wish to make a gift in honor of Steve and his years of service at Clarkson, please click here.