each August. Several Ignite Presidential Fellows (dubbed "IPFs") have made significant positive impacts at Clarkson and outside of academia, with multiple being recipients of the Levinus Clarkson and Frederica Clarkson Awards (given to the top seniors in each graduating class).
== Campus ==
Clarkson has two campuses in Potsdam—the "downtown" campus and the Collins Hill Campus—and the Capital Region Campus in Schenectady, New York.
The health science departments of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant Studies are located on the downtown campus. The campus bookstore is located in downtown Potsdam. The last student dormitory (Congdon) located on the downtown campus closed in May 2006. 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. Other downtown campus buildings contain …
