克拉克森大学｜Clarkson University

克拉克森大学（Clarkson University）成立于1896年，学校在纽约州普茨丹姆市的大学区，位于北纽约的圣劳伦斯河谷。克拉克森大学与蒙特利尔（Montreal）、魁北克（Quebec）、渥太华（Ottawa）、安大略（Ontario）只有两小时的车程。大多数学生来自美国东北部，但也有来自其他州以及国外的学生。

是一所历史悠久的综合性私立大学，也是美国最好的工程技术大学之一，2005年美国新闻与世界报道全美最优秀的学院之一。该校商学院被Princeton Review评定为美国最好的143所商学院之一。

其学生竞争力全美排名第9，全球供应链管理专业全美排名第14，企业研究学科被企业家杂志评定为美国Top 100。克拉克森大学位于有着悠久历史的坡茨坦大学城内，商业和工程学科属于全美领先地位，科研成果和科研实力也很引人注目。克拉克森大学的MBA仅需要一年时间，毕业生就业率高，研究生毕业平均起薪为4.6万美金。

该校的主要科研机构有：国家航空和宇宙航行局的分支机构、商业发展研究中心、高级材料研究中心等。学校还有管理学院、理学院、工程学院等研究生院和卫生科学中心。工程学院的主要专业有化学工程、土木与环境工程、电气与计算机工程、力学与航空工程，理学院的主要专业有基础科学、化学、数学、物理学。

英文版介绍

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 Lester in the UK where students who are studying engineering come to Clarkson for a year as part of one of the exchange programs.

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 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. In addition, U.S. News rated Clarkson s School of Business Supply Chain Management program the 10th best in the nation.

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.

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 bore 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.

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 .

Student Activities

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. Clarkson, as the number three seed in the 2008 NCAA East regional, knocked off St. Cloud State 2-1 to advance to the second round. The Golden Knights were then deated by national number one seed, Michigan 2-0. Other Division III varsity teams compete in the Liberty League conference and include Men s Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Lacrosse, and Soccer, 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.

Clubs

Clarkson University s Student Association (CUSA) sponsors over 50 clubs, the largest of which being the Outing Club, Ski Club, The Clarkson 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 fort to serve the Clarkson and Potsdam communities, as well as Northern New York, will operate a safe and ficient 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.

WTSC 91.1FM The Source Clarkson also offers one of the North Country s most popular radio stations, which is run completely by the student body. Students can broadcast their own shows, and offers a wide variety of music from Rap to Alternative, from Classic rock to street punk. The station has well over 1000 CDs and nearly 24 Terabytes of music on vinyl. The station has a fully-equipped broadcast studio (studio A), as well as a second studio for mixing (studio B), and a fully-functional recording studio.

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

Clarkson FIRST Robotics This team is a unique club on campus that brings Clarkson University students together with local high school students to design, build, and test a robot that competes in the [FIRST Robotics Competition] each year.

Applied CS Labs - The Applied Computer Science Labs at Clarkson University consist of the Clarkson Open Source Institute, the Internet Teaching Lab, and the Virtual Reality Lab. These labs, which are part of the Computer Science department, are almost entirely student-run, offering the opportunity to gain experience in managing both facilities and projects. All three labs are located on the 3rd floor of the Science Center in rooms SC334 and SC336.

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

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.

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.

The Clarksonian A student run yearbook publication group.

Fall Break A film produced and distributed by Clarkson students on the Clarkson campus, starring Kevin Saccoccia.

Notable Alumni

Barney Adams (Adams Golf) - Sigma Delta Alumni

Renso Caporali (former CEO of Grumman Corporation and former Sr. VP of Raytheon)

Bob Chiarelli (former mayor, Ottawa, Ontario)

Chris Clark (hockey player)

Erik Cole (hockey player, Olympian, Stanley Cup champion)

Craig Conroy (hockey player, Olympian)

Robert Paul Dick, Northwestern University Professor

Paul Horn (sr. vice president, R D, IBM)

Kent Huskins (hockey player, Stanley Cup champion)

Michael Jesanis (former CEO of National Grid Transco USA) - Tau Epsilon Phi Alumni

Roger Johnson (American businessman and government official)

Randy Jones (hockey player)

Craig Laughlin (hockey player, television color analyst for Washington Capitals games)

Todd Marchant (hockey player, Olympian, Stanley Cup champion)

John Mengucci (President, Mission Combat Support Solutions, Lockheed Martin)

Patrick Naughton (co-creator of Java programming language)

Russ Nelson (Open Source Initiative board member)

Willie Mitchell (hockey player)

Colin Patterson (hockey player)

Mike Smith (NHL hockey executive)

Dave Taylor (hockey player)

M. Emmet Walsh (actor)

Todd White (hockey player)