The mark consists of the wording CLARK UNIVERSITY appearing on the upper left in all upper case letters in a bold serif font, with CLARK positioned above UNIVERSITY in a larger font. Below CLARK UNIVERSITY on the left appears the wording BECKER SCHOOL OF DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY in all upper case letters in a non-bold sans serif font, with BECKER SCHOOL OF on the first line and DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY on the bottom line. To the right of CLARK UNIVERSITY appears an emblem consisting of a solid ring with the wording CLARK UNIVERISITY appearing within the top half of the ring and the Roman numerals MDCCCLXXXVII appearing within the bottom half of the ring. A sun appears at the top of the inside of the ring, with two layers of sunbeams radiating out from the sun downward toward and on either side of an open book. Positioned within the open book is the wording "FIAT LUX".