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Gifford 6090 Grace Strength and Grace

For Grace Gifford ’12, swimming as a child was more than a sport: it was a release from her daily life. Gifford is now a member of Lewis & Clark’s varsity swim team and is competing for a spot in the 2012 Paralympics.

1 May 2009

Foster-oneal Maisha Real Students, Real Life

“The realization that we only have two and a half more weeks of classes is simultaneously terrifying and exhilarating.” Real Life, through the eyes of Maisha Foster-O’Neal ’11.

21 April 2009

Sessions Summer Join Us This Summer!

Study in the sun, get ahead, explore. Take a wide variety of classes, from Field Paleontology of Oregon to Principles of Economics. Discover Summer Sessions.

14 April 2009

Faculty New Lewis & Clark Welcomes New Faculty

A documentary filmmaker, an economist specializing in monetary theory and the detection of financial fragility, a mathematician, a political scientist, an expert on public arguments about race and the law, and an eclectic artist: six new tenure-track faculty members will be joining Lewis & Clark next fall. Learn more about what they will bring to academic life here.

8 April 2009

Standish Sara Tck “Global Nomads” Find a Home

“Being a TCK is like having a bird’s-eye view of the world. It helps you to see things in a more holistic way.” More than 120 undergraduates are third-culture kids, young people who grew up outside their native countries. Learn more about their experiences, community, and contributions to Lewis & Clark in the Chronicle.

6 April 2009

Mary Szybist Szybist Wins National Poetry Awards

Assistant Professor of English Mary Szybist has received a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and been selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan for one of two Witter Bynner Fellowships in Poetry from the Library of Congress. Hear Szybist read from her work, and learn more about the acclaimed teacher’s accomplishments.

 
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20 February 2009

Mitch Reyes Trapped in a Dream

Assistant Professor of Communication Mitch Reyes makes a plea for looking beyond common perceptions about Martin Luther King Jr. and his “I Have a Dream” speech to consider all aspects of the man and his legacy. This step is necessary, Reyes contends, if we are to resume progress toward racial reconciliation. Read more in the Oregonian.

29 January 2009

Peo-b-1008-010 Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell Is National Professor of the Year

Her commitment to teaching has earned Associate Professor of Psychology Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell praise since she arrived at Lewis & Clark in 2001. Now she is being honored nationally as the Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Read our story or others in the Oregonian and the Chronicle of Higher Education. You can also watch a portion of her acceptance speech.

20 November 2008

Group Faculty Getting to the Core of the Matter

Exploration and Discovery, Lewis & Clark’s core course for first-year students, is designed to establish a foundation in the liberal arts and create an intellectual commons for students of all majors. Learn more about the course and the professors who teach it in the Chronicle.

13 October 2008

Jr Ej Dionne Talking Politics With an Expert

E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why Americans Hate Politics and a syndicated column for the Washington Post, recently visited Lewis & Clark. His discussion with undergraduates focused on the 2008 elections and the economy’s impact on the political landscape.

2 October 2008

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