March 2008
Krattenmaker discusses the role of faith at secular colleges
Tom Krattenmaker, associate vice president for public affairs and communications, believes that the successful showing of “Lord, Save Us From Your Followers,” a documentary exploring the collision of faith and culture in America, challenged the notion that secular college campuses are closed off to discussions of faith: “The conventional wisdom, as it turns out, is not quite right,” he writes. Read more here.
USA Today (Portland, Ore.) Is God silenced on college campuses?
Undergraduate to speak at Earth in Crisis Summit
Claire Cushing, a first year undergraduate student, will speak at Westview High School’s Earth in Crisis Summit, hosted by the Awareness to Action Club. Cushing has played a key role in fundraising for the non-profit Invisible Children, a group that brings to light the issue of Northern Uganda’s child soldiers.
The Beaverton Valley Times (Beaverton, Ore.) Club seeks to increase world awareness through summit
Senior concludes debate career with international challenge
Senior Eric Atcheson is one of three students nationwide who will represent the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) in an annual U.S./Irish debate. Coached by Professor of Communication Steve Hunt, Atcheson and his Lewis & Clark teammate, junior Scott Cheesewright, are ranked 10th nationally. Listen to a conversation with Atcheson here.
First SHEAR/Mellon fellow named from Lewis & Clark College
Rory Sullivan, a junior history major, has been awarded one of ten fellowships to participate in a summer seminar at the University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for the Study of Early America. As a SHEAR/Mellon (Society for Historians of the Early American Republic) fellow, Sullivan will receive a $2,000 research stipend, complimentary participation in the seminar, and the opportunity to mount research for his senior honors thesis at Lewis & Clark. He is the first SHEAR/Mellon Fellow from Lewis & Clark College. Read more here.
Undergraduates travel to Oaxaca, Mexico to document immigration
A feature on alternative spring break programs details Lewis & Clark’s immigration history course, US-Mexico Borderlands, which traveled to Oaxaca and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 22-29 to document Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. Read more here.
The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Breaking away
Linda Christensen hosts Writing Renewal Day
Linda Christensen, director of the Oregon Writing Project:
In February, Christensen hosted the OWP Writing Renewal Day for 100 educators from the tri-country area.
Assistant Professor Allen presents at Math and Science conference in Washington D.C.
Kasi Allen, assistant professor of education:
In January, Allen gave a presentation titled “Umbrella Partnerships: How the MSP Investment Can Build Enduring Capacity for the Ongoing Improvement of Math and Science Education” at the NSF Math Science Partnership Learning Network Conference in Washington D.C. The presentation was based on Allen’s work with the Appalachian Mathematics Science Partnership (AMSP) and Inverness Research, who work towards improving K-16 math and science education in some of our nation’s most impoverished countries.
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