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(May 7, 2026) — Jack Insalaco’s way of managing being a student-athlete at Clark University is by making lists to plan things out, something that helped him stay organized when he missed a week of classes and practice because of the flu.
For Insalaco, a Finance major from Higganum, academics are a priority, but classes have helped him improve as a lacrosse player as well. A favorite class is “Marketing to You” with Professor Lawrence Norman, in which Insalaco gave numerous presentations to a large audience. “Being able to present to a big group of people makes me a better leader on the field now that I am an upperclassman and have to step up,” he says.
Insalaco believes being an athlete will be a lifelong asset. “The skills and the hard work you put into it are what you’re going to have to do when you’re in the workplace,” he says. “I may not like losing a game, but having to recover and do better the next day, I think, is going to help me in my professional life.”
Founded in 1887, Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts is a liberal arts-based research university that prepares its students to meet tomorrow’s most daunting challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities. Through 33 undergraduate majors, more than 30 advanced degree programs, and nationally recognized community partnerships, Clark fuses rigorous scholarship with authentic world and workplace experiences that empower our students to pursue lives and careers of meaning and consequence.
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