The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has named Clark University a winner in the 2011 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Program. Clark received a silver award in the category of Individual Student Recruitment Packages: Posters. There were 2,500 individual entries for the Circle of Excellence Program, representing 614 institutions. Overall, 171 colleges, universities, independent schools and nonprofit associations received 268 awards. The 2010-2011 recruitment poster features a student posed upside-down urging prospective undergraduates to “see things differently” at Clark, where the motto is “Challenge Convention. Change Our World.” Earlier this year, Clark was a winner in five marketing and communications categories in the 2011 CASE District I Communications Awards, including a Gold Award for the recruitment poster.

A complete listing of the CASE 2011 award winners is available online.

According to CASE, the Circle of Excellence Awards “acknowledge superior accomplishments that have lasting impact, demonstrate the highest level of professionalism and deliver exceptional results. Winning programs epitomize the profession’s best practices, raise standards and contribute to a growing body of knowledge about advancement.” Since its founding in 1887, Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has a history of challenging convention. As an innovative liberal arts college and research university, Clark’s world-class faculty lead a community of creative thinkers and passionate doers and offer a range of expertise, particularly in the areas of psychology, geography, urban education, Holocaust and genocide studies, environmental studies, management, and international development and social change. Clark’s students, faculty and alumni embody the Clark motto: Challenge convention. Change our world. www.clarku.edu