{"id":4674,"date":"2025-08-18T10:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/?page_id=4674"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:43:31","slug":"your-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/the-clark-experience\/your-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover and demonstrate your purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Reflect on your values, identities, motivations, and aspirations and align your personal Clark journey with who you are and who you want to be.<\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"ClarkE Menu\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Knowledge and skills<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/clarke-2\/your-purpose\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Discover your purpose<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/clarke-2\/meaningful-careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Prepare for meaningful careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/clarke-2\/place-and-people\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Find your place and 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You will reflect and bring cohesion to all you\u2019ve done \u2014 from your first year to last \u2014 and craft your personal story. You will set personal and professional goals and build a virtual portfolio of the entirety of your Clark Experience that you can share with anyone, anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-how-it-works\">How it works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The ePortfolio provides structured practices\u2014such as storytelling and sharing with peers and advisors\u2014that will allow you to reflect and integrate what you learn in the classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover and demonstrate your \u201cdeeper why\u201d connected to your academic and professional interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull clear has-gray-100-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-clark-experience-in-action\">The Clark Experience in action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns abut-end stagger-left no-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover goods abut-end has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e62ea3a374b0fc9df1b44837cebb04cf\" style=\"min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-deep-red-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-first-year-intensive\">First-Year Intensive<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-curriculum\/first-year-intensives\/\">First-Year Intensive courses<\/a> allow you to develop close relationships with a professor and group of peers who share your interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose from more than 30 different courses, which change from year to year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center abut-end goods has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1bf02f015ae60a48fe45f448a2256329\" style=\"min-height:40rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-gradient-2-gradient-background\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3707\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-Interactive-Media-25.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-Interactive-Media-25.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-Interactive-Media-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-Interactive-Media-25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2024-Interactive-Media-25-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"\/design-technology\/experiential-learning\/\">Interactive media<\/a> students work in a hands-on development environment called Game Studio, which culminates in a formal interactive title. Their ePortfolios document the games they helped create and serve as a narrative of their educational journey.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light abut-end\" style=\"min-height:28rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#977a71\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3403\" alt=\"Students interact in an excited way during a Navigator event\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator_Celebration.jpg\" style=\"object-position:73% 21%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"73% 21%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator_Celebration.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator_Celebration-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator_Celebration-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Navigator_Celebration-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover goods abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-68383b2918f8b8f80c10f07b4ac5eb23\" style=\"min-height:28rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-yellow-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-co-curricular-transcript\">Co-curricular transcript<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our students gain significant experience and skills through their activities outside the classroom. Your leadership, career, and community engagement pathway will be captured through a co-curricular transcript and integrated into your ePortfolio.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center goods abut-end\" style=\"min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-gradient-2-gradient-background\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3406\" alt=\"Students in the first year experience seminar, Water in the City tour the Pine Hill Dam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Water-in-the-City-Dam.jpg\" style=\"object-position:38% 35%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"38% 35%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Water-in-the-City-Dam.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Water-in-the-City-Dam-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Water-in-the-City-Dam-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Water-in-the-City-Dam-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Students in the First-Year Intensive seminar, Water in the City, taught by Associate Professor of&nbsp;Geography&nbsp;Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. \u201903, tour the Pine Hill Dam.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover goods abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5e816baa4865e1be2e288585f44b648\" style=\"min-height:32rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-purple-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eportfolio\">ePortfolio<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting your first year, your ePortfolio will enable you to make sense of all you learn across your Clark Experience \u2014 in your academic classes, experiential learning opportunities, co-curricular activities, and reflections \u2014 and begin to tell your own story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2 has-icon__play\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=69Z_oqZ9uY4\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__link-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 30 30\">\n  <path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M15,4.5c-5.58,0-10.11,4.7-10.11,10.5s4.53,10.5,10.11,10.5,10.11-4.7,10.11-10.5-4.53-10.5-10.11-10.5ZM11.89,20.06v-9.33l8.56,4.67-8.56,4.67Z\"\/>\n<\/svg><\/span>Watch: ePortfolio<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover goods abut-end has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cc5c0879ddf43790381dffaccbba8363\" style=\"min-height:28rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-teal-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-navigator\">Navigator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You and your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-curriculum\/first-year-experience\/clark-navigator\/\">Navigator<\/a> group \u2014 a cohort of 15 to 20 fellow students and peer mentor \u2014 will embark on your Clark journey together. 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