With support from the Bradley Foundation, the Clausen Center is implementing a new project on Values and Vocation, designed to relate important concepts in ethics, philosophy and religion to very practical service work.

As part of this initiative, the Clausen Center had a very successful summer program for youth sponsored by the Racine YMCA. This was followed by Saturday sessions at the Center for a wider range of young people, focused on the practical impacts of globalization.

The Center has sponsored a series of brown-bag, lunch-time discussions devoted to a variety of topics. On December 6, 2005, Thomas Noer, Valor Distinguished Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History, discussed his award-winning new book on G. Mennen Williams. On March 7, 2006, Professor Jonathan Marks presented a lunch-time discussion on Jean Jacques Rousseau's "Politics of Compassion." On November 28, 2006, Dr. Jeff Roberg presented a discussion on The Galápagos Islands and Human Rights. On May 1, 2007, Dr. Yuri Maltsev led a discussion on "Civil Society in Russia and Eastern Europe." In each case, discussion emphasized the relationship between ideas and real-world impacts.

The Clausen Center for World Business, the School of Professional Studies, and the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education, a Project of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, (a highly effective educational and research center based in Philadelphia), co-sponsored Understanding China, a History Institute for Teachers on October 21 - 22, 2006. The Institute was designed to help teachers make China relevant for students. Leading academic experts examined China's history, economy and relations with the outside world; the list of presenters is available at http://www.fpri.org/education/china/. The entire weekend was webcast and videos of the presentations are available on the website of FPRI.

During the summer of 2005, the Clausen Center helped engage Carthage faculty in the Chiwaukee Academy, a summer professional enrichment program held at the University of Wisconsin Parkside.