(when the conference dissolved), which they were a member on a previous stint from 1988–89 to 1995–96. Clarke was also a member of the defunct Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference (NIIC) of the NCAA Division III ranks from 1996–97 to 2005–06.
Clarke University women's basketball team was the 2022-23 NAIA national champion, defeating defending champion Thomas Moore University 63-52.
== Transportation ==
The University is located west of downtown Dubuque and served by The Jule transit system. The Orange Route stops on Clarke Drive and Locust Street connecting the university to downtown Dubuque.
== Notable alumni and staff ==
Nancy Dickerson – pioneering television newswoman, attended Clarke
Margaret Feldner – first female president of Quincy University, former head of the education department at Clarke
Luke Flynn - musician and film composer, attended Clarke (BA in Music Composition)
Ruth Ann Gaines – Democratic Iowa State Representative, attended Clarke (BA in drama/speech)
Sister Mary Kenneth Keller – nun and …
