Zac Clark stands in front of a tall building in an urban environment, looking up with a sense of inspiration as he wears a flannel zip-up over a t-shirt with the Release Recovery logo.
Zac Clark poses for a headshot, wearing a suit jacket over a Release Recovery t-shirt

Advocate for Recovery

Zac Clark ’06 didn’t see his use of drugs and alcohol as addiction. “It was part of my identity,” he says. “I was a young guy. I liked to go to sporting events. I liked to have a good time. No one knew it was a problem until it was a problem.” Clark, now 36, runs addiction recovery centers in New York. He returned to his home in Manhattan recently with a whirlwind of newfound celebrity after becoming engaged to Tayshia Adams on the 16th season of The Bachelorette.

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Connections

Jennifer Berrier stands on a bridge outside the State Capitol building, featuring historic stonework.
Advocate for Pennsylvanians
Jennifer Berrier ’02 says the most important thing she does is help other people. As the recently appointed Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Berrier oversees a department that has grown—and become a lifeline to many Pennsylvanians—in a trying year.
Ronnie Mitchell sits at his desk, a nameplate designed to look like a giant pencil reads
Advocate for Student Well-Being
Social-emotional needs are something Ronnie Mitchell ’16, who graduated from York College with a BS in Psychology, and is school psychologist at York’s Hannah Penn K-8 school, knows all too well. He often leads a large team of educators and clinicians (behavioral specialists, speech and occupational therapists, special educators, etc.) to determine the best interventions and strategies for a student.
Hannah Yohe wears a white lab coat and safety goggles as she sits in the middle of the laboratory
CBD Impact on Melanoma Cells
Hannah Yohe ’21 has read the news articles and seen the new businesses popping up touting the benefits of medical marijuana and cannabidiol, or CBD. She’s watched as friends and family purchase CBD products that offer promises of helping with joint inflammation or anxiety. While the York College Biology major is a believer in the health benefits of medical marijuana, she knew there was a lot of research ahead.
Nicole Wasserleben sits outside on campus, in front of a flowering shrub.
On the Right Path
“There are a lot of things we take for granted in life,” says Nicole Wasserleben ’21. “Something as simple as recognizing money and knowing how to use it properly is one step closer to an independent life for someone with an intellectual disability.”
Professor Tamara Schwartz poses for a photo in a room surrounded by circuitry and wires.
Ethical AI Practices Related to COVID-19
Purchase patterns. Facial recognition. Nationwide surveillance. When Tamara Schwartz learned some of the practices that China had adopted to conduct contact tracing for COVID-19, she was both amazed and concerned.
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