Six undergraduates receive Fulbright Awards

A record six seniors received Fulbright Awards this spring.

Recipients include Ian Hooper (teaching award, Germany), Katie Loebner (teaching award, Indonesia), Matthew Nelson (teaching award, Russia), Brandon Nichter (research award, Chile), Kate Phillips (teaching award, Thailand), and Katherine Spingarn (teaching award, Germany).

To learn more, explore this interactive map and read about the Fulbright recipients in the online newsroom.

24 April 2008

• academic honor
• awards
• community engagement
• English
• Europe
• foreign languages
• Fulbright
• German
• Germany
• Indonesia
• international opportunities
• national distinction
• psychology
• public health
• Russia
• Russian
• South America
• student
• Thailand

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Lewis & Clark receives $1.3 million HHMI grant

A recent $1.3 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will strengthen Lewis & Clark’s efforts to recruit and train the next generation of scientists. The grant will help to fund increased research opportunities for undergraduate students, including collaboration with the Oregon Health Science University and with institutions in East Africa. Learn more here.

22 April 2008

• Africa
• biology
• grants
• interdisciplinary
• international opportunities
• research
• science

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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.

25 March 2008

• debate
• faith
• international opportunities
• religious studies
• student

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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

23 March 2008

• alternative spring break
• community engagement
• faculty
• history
• immigration
• In the News
• international opportunities
• Mexico
• student

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Law student observes corruption in Pakistan

Second-year law student Saba Ahmed describes the effects of corruption and violence on the country of her birth, after returning from a recent visit, during which Benazir Bhutto was assassinated.

The Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Trip to Pakistan opens law student’s eyes

12 February 2008

• election
• In the News
• international opportunities
• Pakistan
• student

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