[6] The school was founded in 1896, funded by the sisters of Thomas S. Clarkson, a local entrepreneur who was accidentally killed while working in his sandstone quarry not far from Potsdam.

As of 2001, almost all academics and housing had moved to the hill campus, although the university still uses the downtown buildings known as Old Snell and Old Main for administrative functions.

[7] On February 24, 1984, the school officially became Clarkson University although the pep band's rallying cry at hockey games is still "Let's Go Tech!".

CAMP is dedicated to developing Clarkson's research and educational programs in high-technology materials processing.

In addition, CAMP-related work receives several million dollars each year from the federal government and private industry.

It is one of few college early admission programs in the country that provides a real community living/learning experience on a university campus.

After they complete the program, they are given the option to enter Clarkson University with all credits from the previous year or to transfer to another school, usually as freshmen with advanced standing.

The only buildings remaining in Clarkson's service at the downtown campus are a few administration buildings, the Army ROTC house, the Clarkson Hall Center for Health Sciences (physical therapy and physician assistant studies), and the Peyton Hall Business Incubator.

They are top contenders almost every year within their division and even conference, and have consistently qualified for the annual USCSA National Championships numerous times.

Clarkson's combined men's and women's club racquetball team won the Division II title at the USRA National Tournament in 2005.

[25] The nickname "Golden Knights" was first suggested in an editorial of the October 28, 1950 issue of the Clarkson Integrator, and was in use by the following month.

CUB provides professional quality audio and visual support for on-campus events, and hosts the annual SpringFest/FallFest concerts.

The club offers two licensing exam sessions per semester and interacts regularly with the local community.

K2CC has both analog and digital voice repeaters and maintains a contest and experimentation room equipped with DX, weak signal and satellite radios and antennas.

With WTSC 91.1 FM The Source, Clarkson also offers one of the North Country's most popular radio stations, which is run completely by the student body.

Students can broadcast their own shows and offers a wide variety of music from Rap to Alternative, from Classic rock to street punk.

These labs, collectively referred to on campus as COSI, are almost entirely student-run, offering the opportunity to gain experience in managing both facilities and projects.

The Applied CS Labs are home to Clarkson University's open source mirror, which serves downloads for popular projects like Blender (software) and the Ubuntu operating system, among many others.

The band also travels to Clarkson Men's ECAC Hockey conference away games with 35-40 members (unless restricted by the policies of the opposing team's arena) and post-season tournaments.

The mission of CTC is to provide both theatrical entertainment and an outlet for artistic self-expression in the realm of the theatre arts at Clarkson.

Membership consists of students and faculty from Clarkson and the other Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley (SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Canton, and St. Lawrence University) Every fall, CTC puts on a musical over Clarkson University's family weekend, sometime in mid-to-late October.

This festival is usually put on as a fundraiser for a charity chosen by the executive board, and takes place at the end of January or beginning of February.

As part of one of Professor Craven's classes, Humanities IV, several Theta Chi members wanted to make a spoof of traditional horror movies, about the strange occurrences in their fraternity's house at 18 Elm Street.

The filming included CTC's home, Old Snell Hall, where the boiler room scene took place in the basement.

Clarkson women were still allowed to join these organizations but they could not participate in on-campus rush or live in their houses prior to other off-campus options.

Over the years, there have been many different fraternities and sororities that have come and gone due to declining membership, university probationary periods, and disaffiliation from nationals.

All social sororities recognized by Clarkson University adhere to the rules and regulations set by the National Panhellenic Conference.

Greek Life Fraternities and sororities attend each other's national philanthropy and local community service events.