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September 2008

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BRINGING BACK A TRADITION...CLARKSON HOMECOMING IS BACK!! OCTOBER 24-26, 2008
Clarkson University and the Clarkson Alumni Council are proud to invite you to Homecoming 2008!

Friday Evening
6 pm – midnight    Welcome Home, Happy Knight! - Club 99
                              More fun than a Happy Hour, this Happy Knight is a great chance to meet up
                              with returning alumni and students.

9:30 pm                 Clarkson Comedy Café - Cheel Commons
                              Laughter is the best medicine...Come get your dose.  Read more...

EXHIBIT TO SHARE HISTORY OF ORIGINAL WALKER CENTER 
We are creating an exhibit to share an historic part of the original Walker Center experience with generations of students and the Potsdam Community. We are seeking old hockey equipment and uniforms in stable condition, articles of clothing with the Clarkson logo or name, ice hockey game programs, line charts, scouting notes, noise makers, band instruments, photos, posters, flags and other 3-D artifacts representative of the fifty year period (1939 to 1989) when it served as home to Clarkson’s ice hockey team and fans. Read more...

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR EMERITUS PETR ZUMAN RECEIVES WICHTERLE AWARD
Clarkson University Distinguished Emeritus Research Professor Petr Zuman was honored with the Wichterle Award at the12th International Conference on Electroanalysis, organized by the European Societies on Electroanalytical Chemistry, and held in June in Prague. Read more...

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CAREER FAIR!!
Representatives from 150 companies visited the Clarkson University campus to recruit students on September 18 at the annual fall Career Fair. The event was the University's largest fair ever and had eight additional companies on the waiting list. Read more...

CALLING ALL BROTHERS! THE MU OMICRON CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI OMEGA TURNS 50!
Please come and help us celebrate on Saturday, October 11, 2008. We will be having a get together for all those who arrive early on Friday. Registration will be a continental breakfast starting at 9am on Saturday followed by a meeting, rededication, and of course a service project. To end the evening there will be dinner and dancing, standard sectional attire please. There will be a farewell breakfast on Sunday. Cost to attend is $40 per person. Please contact Alicia Anderson, chapter president, at andersal@clarkson.edu for more information and to register. Registration ends September 30, 2008.

PRESIDENT'S CORNER: A MESSAGE FROM CLARKSON'S ALUMNI COUNCIL PRESIDENT ERIC DIBBLE '81
Homecoming! The Alumni Council and multiple student organizations have been working together for nearly a year to re-establish Clarkson Homecoming…and it's now right around the corner October 24-26! We hope you can join us as we create a new tradition for Clarkson, join the campus community for a fun weekend, while celebrating the first home weekend of men's hockey. Please log on to the Web site at http://www.clarkson.edu/homecoming for details on the agenda, activities, purchase of tickets and housing arrangements. A big THANK YOU to our alumni, student volunteers and Clarkson staff who have made this weekend a reality…Hope to see you there!

LOST YOUR YEARBOOK?
Copies of yearbooks from 1980 to 2007 are available from the Clarksonian for only the cost of shipping and handling by contacting Ben Capuana, Editor of the Clarksonian at capuanbm@clarkson.edu. 2008 yearbooks are also available for $60 a copy.

GOLDEN KNIGHT VIDEO BROADCAST RETURNS
We are proud to announce that for the second year in a row, Clarkson Athletics has partnered with B2 Networks to provide LIVE video broadcasts of Golden Knight hockey for alumni, parents, family and friends to view from anywhere in the world on their personal computers! Read more...

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXAMINATION - PART B - FYI
The April 2009 Examination Administration Filing Deadline for the Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination - PE (Part B) has been changed from November 1, 2008 to October 17, 2008. Read more...

ALUMNA RETURNS TO CLARKSON
Michelle Crimi ’95 has been appointed assistant professor in the Environmental Health Sciences and Environmental Science & Policy Programs in the Department of Biology at Clarkson University. She began teaching this fall. Read more...

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR CO-AUTHORS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SOLAR STUDY
Ortmeyer, a professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, co-wrote two out of the 15 papers published in the study. The sections that Ortmeyer's group focused on were titled "Advanced Grid Planning and Operations" and "Utility Models, Analysis, and Simulation Tools." Read more...

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WORKIN' ON THE RAILROAD
The Clarkson School of Business and the Adirondack Scenic Railroad recently joined forces to conduct a benchmark study helping the railroad company improve its day-to-day business operations and become one of America’s "best" scenic railroads. Read more...

CLARKSON WINS IN THE DEROSIERS' HEAD COACHING DEBUT
Behind goals from a pair of freshmen and two tallies from seniors, the head coaching debut of the husband-and-wife team of Shannon and Matt Desrosiers was a success as the Clarkson University Women's Hockey team defeated the Ottawa Senators Women's Hockey Intermediate AA Club 4-2 in an exhibition contest at Cheel Arena Saturday night. Read more...

CALLING ALL ALUMNI GAME DEVELOPERS!
Do you have the Clarkson Gene? Clarkson Gene showcases the talents and ingenuity of current students and alumni who have developed computer games to play online or in downloadable execution files.  To add to this site, we welcome submissions and links from alumni who have interesting and exciting examples of their own to share too.  If you have copyrighted material from gaming work you have done for your company and can not publicly share it on our Web site, we are also interested in short narrative profiles of alumni involved in the game development industry.  To sign up today or get more information, contact Janessa Scott ’06, Web Designer, jscott@clarkson.edu, 315-268-6719.

KNIGHTS OF NOTE
Please click the above title to read about this month's notable knights! 

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Steve Newkofsky Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations 315-268-6467

Elisabeth Cain Assistant Director for Alumni Relations 315-268-6467

Suzann Couts Assistant Director for Alumni Relations 315-268-6467