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Clarkson University to Hold Celebration & Recognition of Excellence Weekend

Release Date
Tuesday March 1, 2022
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Each Spring, Clarkson University has a tradition of holding recognition and awards events that honor the outstanding achievements of our faculty, staff, and students in research, scholarship, leadership, athletics, innovation, community engagement, and more.  

This year, Clarkson’s Celebration & Recognition of Excellence Weekend (CREW) will take place on April 22-23. There will be a number of events held by various departments and groups across campus, including:

  • A celebration of recognition reception luncheon, with alumni keynote speaker Steve Majors ‘89 (Industrial Distribution). He is a writer whose works have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and NBC Think, among others.  He is the author of the recently released memoir High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir and is the Chief External Affairs Officer at Teach for America.  

  • The President’s Challenge Showcase (Ignite), where teams will display the projects and prototypes they’ve been working on all year. Final awards will be announced and presented during the showcase.

  • Research & Excellence Awards / Research & Projects Showcase (RAPS), which highlights the groundbreaking and sponsored research activity by Clarkson’s undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty.

  • Academic and Departmental Awards, high achieving students will have a personalized award presentation where their accomplishments will be recognized. 

  • STEM QuESTS Challenge: Clarkson students create a hands-on educational activity to help spark STEM interest for local middle and high school students. Students across STEM disciplines work in teams to create innovative and inspiring lesson plans. Winners receive prizes up to $1,500.

  • The annual, invitation-only Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Banquet to honor all student organizations and individuals that have promoted growth in the area of diversity on campus and the surrounding community.  

  • University Recognition & Phalanx - where Academic, University Service and Leadership Awards & Phalanx Induction takes place, which is the culmination of the weekend’s activities and serves as our current rendition of the long Clarkson tradition of “rising” as an entire body, as well as the announcement and induction of the next cohort of Phalanx, Clarkson’s highest honor society.

Again, the events will be held April 22-23 on the Clarkson campus. We invite families and loved ones to join in on the festivities.

For more information go to https://www.clarkson.edu/crew

As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,600+ students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company. To learn more about Clarkson University, go to www.clarkson.edu.


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News directors and editors: For more information, contact Jake Newman, Director of Media Relations, at 315-268-6764 or jnewman@clarkson.edu.