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Clarkson University, formerly '''Clarkson College of Technology''', is a private university located in Potsdam of St. Lawrence County, New York . Clarkson was founded in 1896 and has an enrollment of about 3,100 students. Clarkson offers Bachelor ’s, Master ’s, and Doctoral degrees in each of its three schools, the School of Business , School of Arts & Science s as well as 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 Leicester in the UK where students who are studying Engineering come to Clarkson for a year as part of one of the exchange programs. Clarkson has two distinct campuses. A downtown campus and a hill campus. During the last 20 years Clarkson has been developing and growing on the hill campus. Most students never need to visit the downtown campus since everything a student needs is contained on the hill. The last student Dormitory (Congdon) located on the downtown campus will be closing at the end of this school year (May 2006). The only buildings remaining in Clarkson’s service at the downtown campus are a few administration buildings. Most other downtown campus buildings have been leased or sold. HISTORY Clarkson University traces its start to an entrepreneur: Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson. He built a successful sandstone mining business, but was killed trying to save one of his workers in 1894. His family started a coeducational college in his memory and Clarkson was born. Early areas of study included electrical engineering, domestic science, art, woodwork, and manual training. Today, Clarkson University offers comprehensive programs in business, engineering, the sciences, liberal arts, and health sciences. Because of our size (just 3,000 students), we have a reputation as a place where people get things done together — where research and teaching span the disciplines. From its opening days in 1896, Clarkson has emphasized a technology-rich environment for every discipline. Originally, that meant engineering. Today it means much more, but everyone still benefits from the technology-rich philosophy. Here are some examples: management, e-business, information systems, liberal studies, digital arts and sciences, environmental science and policy, sociology, psychology, physics, history, software engineering, computer science, and communication. Over the last few decades, Clarkson has systematically moved its campus to a hill overlooking Potsdam, New York. Not surprisingly, this is known as the Hill campus or, simply, the Hill. The Hill includes a number of new classroom buildings and facilities for research and recreation. In 1991, CAMP (Center for Advanced Materials Processing) and the Cheel Campus Center opened on the Hill. CAMP includes 70 state-of-the-art laboratories and is designated a New York State Center of Advanced Technology. The Cheel Center includes a student union and a 3,000-seat hockey arena. Five years later, CAMP and Rowley Labs were connected, providing a home for all of the University's engineering programs and much of the world-renown work in nanotechnology. While building continued on the Hill, a growing demand for Clarkson's health sciences program led to a renovation of Clarkson Hall on the downtown campus. In collaboration with a local medical center, the University opened a new home for both the Clarkson physical therapy program and the Canton-Potsdam Hospital Rehabilitation Services. The latest additions to the campus include Bertrand H. Snell Hall, home of the School of Business, the School of Arts & Sciences, the Shipley Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Center for Global Competitiveness. Also in recent years, the University has built the Adirondack Lodge, headquarters for outdoor recreation activities, and the Deneka Family Fitness Center. 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 University is broken down into three schools
Clarkson's 14 SPEED (Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) teams allows 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. THE CLARKSON SCHOOL The Clarkson School , a special division of Clarkson University, was founded in 1978 as an innovative educational opportunity. The School offers students an early entrance opportunity into college, replacing the typical senior year of high school with a challenging first year of college. It is one of the few college early admission programs in the country that provides a real community living/learning experience on a university campus. 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 before 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 your official Clarkson University transcript. The Clarkson student section at its home hockey games is known as the Bonesaw Brigade , which has gained a reputation as a raucus and merciless cheering section that inspires the team. STUDENT ACTIVITIES Athletics Clarkson University’s . Other Division III varsity teams include Men’s Baseball , Basketball , Golf , Lacrosse , Soccer and Tennis , Women’s Basketball , Lacrosse , Soccer , Tennis 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 , Men’s Soccer , and combined Men’s and Women’s Crew . Clubs Clarkson University’s Student Association (CUSA) sponsors over 50 clubs , the largest of which being the Outing Club , Ski Club , The Pep Band 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. Publications and Media
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