POTSDAM â More than 750 Clarkson University students will be granted bachelorâs, masterâs and doctoral degrees at commencement ceremonies in May in Cheel Arena.
Due to current state guidance on capacity requirements, and to allow each student the option to bring two guests, multiple ceremonies in Cheel Arena are scheduled for Thursday, May 13, and Saturday, May 15. As in the past, all ceremonies will have video options for remote guests.
During the weekend, the Levinus Clarkson Award and the Frederica Clarkson Award will be bestowed upon two students, respectively, who have demonstrated unsurpassed scholarship and promise of outstanding academic achievement. Faculty members will be honored with the John W. Graham Jr. Faculty Research Award and the Clarkson University Distinguished Teaching Award.
POTSDAM — More than 750 Clarkson University students will be granted bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at commencement ceremonies in May in Cheel Arena.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 1:56 pm
POTSDAM - More than 750 Clarkson University students will be granted bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at commencement ceremonies in May in Cheel Arena.
Due to current NYS guidance on capacity requirements, and to allow each student the option to bring two guests, multiple ceremonies in Cheel Arena are scheduled for Thursday, May 13 and Saturday, May 15. As we have done in the past, all ceremonies will have video options for remote guests.
During the weekend, the Levinus Clarkson Award and the Frederica Clarkson Award will be bestowed upon two students, respectively, who have demonstrated unsurpassed scholarship and promise of outstanding academic achievement. Faculty members will be honored with the John W. Graham Jr. Faculty Research Award and the Clarkson University Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Professor Leslie Russek
Clarkson Professor Emeritus of Physical Therapy Leslie Russek has been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Committee on Selected Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders and Disability. Russek is a nationally recognized expert in the area of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), a group of inherited disorders that mostly affects the skin, joints, and blood vessels. Since 2016, Russek has been a member of the International Physiotherapy Working Group for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type, a team working to coordinate international research priorities about hEDS.
Russek s research and clinical interests include hEDS, fibromyalgia, headaches, and chronic pain. Her current research includes the use of virtual reality to measure motor control and body awareness, as well as an international collaboration evaluating the potential benefits of Pilates exercise for people with hEDS. She giv