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Designing a Navy Simulation Museum – A Passion Project Follows a Proud Career

Hank Okraski stands next to and points at a blue Link Trainer antique flight simulation machine.

By Hank Okraski ’58 Simulation is my passion.  It began long before my career in the field. In fact, it started when I was 11 years old. I mailed in a Wheaties box-top label and received a paper cockpit flight simulator. It was a cardboard control panel that allowed me to follow flight instructions from …

Academics + Admission, Graduate Education

Why I Chose to Get an MBA in Healthcare Management, An Alumni Perspective

I earned my MBA in Healthcare Management in June 2012. I wanted to tell you why I selected the healthcare management program and how it has helped my career. My initial interest was rooted in my connection with Schenectady, where I had already spent four years working towards my bachelor’s degree. I loved the tight-knit …

Graduate Education, Undergraduate Programs

Notable Alumna Women: Kristen Larsen

Kristen

Clarkson is made up of notable and impactful women who defy convention and challenge the status quo. We are grateful for this unique community of alumnae, staff, faculty, and students who leave their mark on our campus and our world. Check out our series of blog posts highlighting just a few remarkable alumni women! Meet …

Undergraduate Programs

Notable Alumna Women: Caralyn Mirand Koch

Clarkson alumna Caralyn Mirand Koch '14 poses while modeling fashion items as a content creator and owner of caralynmirand.com

Clarkson is made up of notable and impactful women who defy convention and challenge the status quo. We are grateful for this unique community of alumnae, staff, faculty, and students who leave their mark on our campus and our world. Check out our series of blog posts highlighting just a few remarkable alumni women! Meet …

Graduate Education

Faces of Bioethics: An Interview with Bioethics MS Alum Taimy Falcon-Rodriguez

Taimy Falcon-Rodriguez

Bioethics is an increasingly complex discipline that plays an important role in several different industries and fields – from hospitals and nursing homes to clinical research labs and universities nationwide. But the number of people with a strong bioethics foundation to meet the growing needs of the world is small. Clarkson’s master’s degree program in …

Uncategorized, Undergraduate Programs

The Story of a Political Science Alum

The Wedding party and guests standing behind a bride and groom while holding up a Clarkson University flag

The Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, offers bachelor’s degree programs in history, literature, interdisciplinary liberal studies, interdisciplinary social sciences, political science, and social documentation (a double major in communication and a humanities/social sciences major). We are a place where Clarkson students truly have the opportunity to explore their interests. While some students take their …

Undergraduate Programs

The Places a Global Supply Chain Major Can Go!

Mary Kates headshot with the Gap logo behind her

Hi All, my name is Mary Kate Wainwright and I am a proud alum of the Clarkson class of 2019. I was a Global Supply Chain major during my time at Clarkson, and I now work at GAP Inc. Distribution Center, as an Operations Supervisor. I specifically work for the Old Navy Online distribution.  It …

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Where My Chemical Engineering Degree Has Taken My Career

Katie Gardner studying in the ERC

Hello, my name is Katie Gardner and I am a Clarkson alumnae, having earned my bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering in 2006. Since then, I have taken my career in many different directions and had a multitude of opportunities that have broadened my horizons and allowed me to strive every day to learn …

Undergraduate Programs

5 Tips On Getting Into A Top Medical School

A student wearing a white medical coat and blue shirt with black tie smiles at the camera

Hello, my name is Kevin MacKrell, and I graduated from Clarkson in 2017, with a B.S. in Biomolecular Science. I just recently graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and this summer I will begin a three-year residency program with the University of Buffalo in Emergency Medicine. I did not always know that I wanted …