Topic: civic engagement
Video: Law school convenes leaders of renewable energy sector
6 May 2009
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
On April 23-24, Lewis & Clark Law School and the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program hosted legal and energy leaders from across the country at a conference, Greening the Grid: Building a Legal Framework for Carbon Neutrality. They met to discuss the laws needed to support the growth of low- or no-carbon energy sources [...]
Podcast: Students find job market advantage in liberal arts, global education experience
5 May 2009
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
- Living Portland
Given the dual forces of a tightening job market and increased performance expectations placed on entry-level positions, students entering the workforce this year will face a more challenging transition than any in recent years. As Lewis & Clark students enter the workforce, their focus on seeking global understanding and creating new knowledge aligns them with industries’ [...]
Video: Greg Smith trains K-12 educators to teach sustainability issues
27 March 2009
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
- Living Portland
Greg Smith, professor of teacher education, has received a $19,380 grant from the Gray Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation to train teachers in the West Linn School District on environmental issues. The Environmental Education Program seeks to encourage a strong local land ethic, sustainable communities, and stewardship of the natural environment by citizens [...]
Video: Symposium offers unique forum for gender issues discussion
8 March 2009
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
Now in its 28th year, the Lewis & Clark Gender Studies Symposium brings together artists, activists, and academics to cover a wide range of gender issues including the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. The three-day symposium, titled “Poverty, Property, and Personhood: Challenging Gender Injustice,” includes two keynote speakers and nearly 20 other presentations, panel [...]
Students provide aid, promote peace for Brazilian orphans
30 May 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—The most fragile residents of an impoverished Brazilian community will receive an influx of support this summer from four Lewis & Clark students and grants totaling $12,500. Sixty children and adolescents, many of whom were abandoned out of economic desperation, inhabit the humble Criamar orphanage in Ceilândia, Brazil, where the Lewis & Clark students [...]
Grad student leads Roosevelt freshmen to define their own community
16 May 2008
- Living Portland
(Portland, Ore.)—At a high school most often in the news for its record-breaking dropout rate and gang violence, students are redefining themselves and their neighborhood. With the help of Lewis & Clark graduate student Kristen Goessling, Roosevelt High School students have undertaken a photography project aimed at giving Portlanders a more authentic portrayal of their [...]
Professors offer political analysis on youth vote in Oregon
14 May 2008
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—John Callahan, Morgan Odell Professor of Humanities, and Robert Eisinger, associate professor of political science, recently spoke with the Seattle Post Intelligencer about the exciting injection of youth participation in Oregon politics this election season. “They’ve got an operation here that looks like the old grass roots, the Eugene McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy campaigns of [...]
Student to hone leadership skills in Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute program
12 May 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Dante Perez is one of 32 college students from across the country to earn an internship with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute . The sophomore international affairs major will spend this summer in Washington, D.C., working in a congressional office and honing his public leadership skills. A native of Uruapan, in the state [...]
Junior to gain political insight as congressional intern
30 April 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—A junior who aspires to improve conditions in Africa will be one step closer to his goal this summer, learning political processes from a seasoned leader on education and human rights issues. Jonathan Shectman, an international affairs major from Warrenton, Virginia, will work in the office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer through a [...]
Junior earns Truman Scholarship for public service
15 April 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Ben Brysacz has earned the nation’s top prize for undergraduate leaders, a highly competitive Truman Scholarship. The junior political science major earned one of 65 scholarships awarded this year, an honor which brings up to $30,000 for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through [...]