ALUMNI MAGAZINE CLARK STALKING MALARIA JANICE Culpepper ’77 TEAMS WITH BILL GATES TO STOP A GLOBAL KILLER Spring 2015 Clark was the only university I wanted to go to and I have never regretted it. LEGACY My time on campus was a wonderful experience. OF GIVING I’ve enjoyed a career in education for more than forty years. In that time I’ve found Elaine Bukowieki ’70 and her husband, that allowing students to discover who they are as individuals, and helping them Bob, have named Clark as a beneficiary get the most from what they want and need from their education, compels them of their estate. To begin discussing to learn more. That’s how the faculty at Clark challenged me, and I have tried to your philanthropic vision for Clark, please call 508-793-7593 or visit instill that same inspiration in my own students throughout the years. clarku.giftplans.org... When I was a junior at Clark, my father passed away. I didn’t want to put the burden of the tuition costs on my mother, so I seriously considered transferring. However, Clark awarded me with full scholarships for my last two years. If I had not received those scholarships, it would have been necessary for me to attend another school. My husband, Bob, and I hope this gift will provide scholarships that enable future students to come to Clark, benefit them with everything it means to be a student at this University, and allow them to have the exciting opportunities that I was given. “ CLARK CHALLENGED ME, AND CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD AROUND US.” — ELAINE BUKOWIECKI ’70 Clark was the only university I wanted to go to and I have never regretted it. IN THIS ISSUE SPRING 2015 LEGACY My time on campus was a wonderful experience. OF GIVING I’ve enjoyed a career in education for more than forty years. In that time I’ve found Elaine Bukowieki ’70 and her husband, that allowing students to discover who they are as individuals, and helping them Bob, have named Clark as a beneficiary get the most from what they want and need from their education, compels them of their estate. To begin discussing to learn more. That’s how the faculty at Clark challenged me, and I have tried to your philanthropic vision for Clark, Features please call 508-793-7593 or visit instill that same inspiration in my own students throughout the years. clarku.giftplans.org... When I was a junior at Clark, my father passed away. I didn’t want to put the burden of the tuition costs on my mother, so I seriously considered transferring. However, Clark awarded me with full scholarships for my last two years. If I had not received those scholarships, it would have been necessary for me to attend another school. My husband, Bob, and I hope this gift will provide scholarships that enable future students to come to Clark, benefit them with everything it means to be a student at this University, and allow them to have the exciting opportunities that I was given. 14 26 History’s haven COVER STORY: The University’s Archives and Stalking malaria Special Collections house Janice Culpepper ’77 teams with 20 treasures that would have 34 Bill Gates to stop a global killer amazed Jonas Clark himself The entrepreneur’s Game changer By Melissa A. Lynch ’95 By Anne Gibson, Ph.D. ’95 journey Sport psychologist Dr. Joel Fish ’75 helps athletes succeed in the most A Clark internship helped inspire competitive arena of all — the mind Hugh Panero ’78 to launch XM Satellite Radio, bring cable TV to By Jeremy Shulkin ’07, the masses, and venture into the M.A.T. ’08 digital universe By Jim Keogh STAY CONNECTED TO CLARK THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA spring 2015 spring FACEBOOK TWITTER YOUTUBE PINTEREST INSTAGRAM BLOGGER LINKEDIN FLICKR 1 “ CLARK CHALLENGED ME, AND CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE STUDENTS, TO THINK VISIT CLARKCONNECT.CLARKU.EDU, THE ONLINE COMMUNIty FOR CLARK ALUMNI, FAMIly AND FRIENDS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE WORLD AROUND US.” — ELAINE BUKOWIECKI ’70 magazine alumni clark In This Issue SPRING 2015 Executive Editor Departments Paula David Editor in Chief Jim Keogh 06 56 Assistant Editor Melissa A. 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This issue is and Sharon Krefetz reflect on printed on Utopia U2, an FSC®-certified paper, with electricity their careers in the form of renewable energy (wind, hydro and biogas), and includes a minimum of 10% post-consumer recovered fiber. 64 10% I Witness Some days, you just trust your gut CLARK alumni magazine is printed twice a year, in the fall and spring, and is distributed to members of the Clark community, 55 including alumni, parents and friends. The magazine can be viewed online at: After Clark clarku.edu/clarkmagazine No CIA spy games, but plenty Address correspondence to: of research [email protected] or mail to: Jim Keogh Clark University Marketing and Communications Cover: Illustration/design by Susan Hanson; photography by Ron Wurzer 950 Main St. Worcester MA 01610 Letters to the editor are welcome. PRESIDENT’S MEssagE fields such as environmental science, international development, public administration and information technology, among others. Students outside the United States can now earn graduate degrees in communication, public administration and information technology through University partnerships in China, Poland and Russia. Finally, we offer a popular accelerated degree where Clark students can complete both a B.A. and a master’s degree in five years — with the fifth year tuition-free for qualifying students. We see significant opportunity to grow our graduate footprint in the coming years, expanding enrollment and adding graduate programs in areas where Clark has academic strength and where there is demand for graduate degrees. This means building on Clark’s strength in engaged scholarship — research work that is deeply embedded in the context of current problems and is often carried out in close collaboration with practitioners and policy makers. Such research, whether conducted within individual departments or in cross-disciplinary centers such as Dear Alumni, Families and Friends, the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise, provides an ideal platform for well-respected, professionally oriented graduate programs. HEN CLARK UNiversity was founded in 1887, We will seek, for example, to add graduate program offerings in such it was the first all-graduate institution in the areas as global, public and community health, and in the interface country. The University opened with students between geographic information science and the environment. studying psychology and the sciences, including a In addition to serving students, a more robust graduate presence also department of physics whose first program chair will enhance Clark’s reputation and strengthen the University’s resource Wwas Nobel Prize winner Albert A. Michelson. While much has changed base. As one of this country’s leading research universities, it is in the intervening century and more, graduate education remains an important that Clark continue marshalling the ideas and talent that will integral part of Clark’s mission and a key part of our future. So what deepen our impact on issues facing our country and our world. is the current graduate footprint, and what is the roadmap for the Increasing graduate enrollment also makes sense for Clark financially. future of graduate education at Clark University? At a time of It allows us to take advantage of economies of scale and scope profound change in higher education, and with rapid advancements in without losing the intimacy that is a hallmark of the University while technology and evolving models of graduate education, these are simultaneously keeping costs down for all of our students. Investments significant questions for the institution to consider. in academic programs, facilities and support services will be needed Clark University has just over 1,000 degree-seeking graduate students, to allow growth in graduate programs, but the net result will be a making up about one-third of our total student enrollment. We offer university that is stronger in both finances and reputation. Ph.D. programs in the departments of biology, chemistry, economics, Any discussion of graduate education would not be complete geography, history, physics and psychology. Our top-ranked Graduate without considering online education. Following excellent work by School of Geography has the distinction of having awarded more Ph.D.s faculty and staff, we are building out a platform for offering more in geography than any other university in the country and, along with our courses online, a new frontier for Clark. Our primary focus will be psychology program, represents our largest population of doctoral blended graduate learning opportunities, where some of the courses students.