Topic: international education
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’ [...]
Integrated career counseling prepares students to enter troubled economy
5 May 2009
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- Living Portland
Despite news coverage’s emphasis on the country’s economic downturn and school’s increasing budget pressures, school districts are interviewing and building up their applicant pools. “It can be difficult to offset the main stream media’s messages about the economy and the reality that districts are facing right now,” said Sharon Chinn, executive director of Educational Career and [...]
Senior to improve global health systems with mobile technology
4 May 2009
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- Engaging our World
Isaac Holeman ’09 is heading to Africa after graduation. Far from a safari vacation, Holeman will start work in Malawi with FrontlineSMS:Medic, a venture he co-founded to support community health workers in the developing world with mobile technology. A biochemistry and molecular biology major, Holeman has earned numerous academic honors in his time at Lewis & [...]
Slideshow: Student draws connections between art and education
1 May 2009
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- Living Portland
An accomplished artist and world traveler, Ross Christy ’09 did not always picture himself becoming a teacher. After receiving honors for academic and artistic excellence and earning a degree in art from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003, Christy moved to Portland and heard his calling. For the past year, he has worked as a student teacher [...]
Blog: Professor of Education helps normalize conditions in Afghanistan
2 April 2009
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- Engaging our World
Education Professor Zaher Wahab splits his time between Lewis & Clark and Afghanistan, devoting six months of service each year to the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education. He is dedicated to helping normalize conditions in Afghanistan, and he believes “quality, equal and universal education is the key to establishing peace, security, democracy, harmony, and a [...]
Video: Students bring war pundits to campus for International Affairs Symposium
2 April 2009
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A small group of students set out on a quest to develop an conference to address a series of serious questions facing the international community about the rules of war, who participates in war and how war is covered. The International Affairs Symposium, A World of Warfare: Dynamics of Conflict, brings together well-known international affairs [...]
Video: Students capture global experiences
25 March 2009
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- Engaging our World
For many Lewis & Clark students, moving to Portland, Oregon is just one more stop on a lifelong international journey. With one of the country’s most robust programs for Third Culture Kids (TCKs) and Global Nomads, Lewis & Clark takes pride in its commitment to international students. Today, approximately 120 international students from six continents [...]
Podcast: Fair highlights cultural diversity through food, music, and art
4 March 2009
- Engaging our World
- Living Portland
For more than 40 years, the International Fair has offered an opportunity for the campus and the general public to celebrate the diverse cultures and traditions of Lewis & Clark’s international student community. Hosted by International Students of Lewis and Clark (ISLC), the International Fair is a day-long event, featuring food, cultural displays, activities, and performances [...]
Graduate school to partner with Muslim Educational Trust
12 December 2008
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Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling is partnering with the Muslim Education Trust (MET), a nonprofit organization that promotes greater understanding of the Islamic community through education and outreach initiatives. The partnership will offer two scholarships to students in the Muslim community who wish to become licensed teachers, counselors, or education administrators. Scott [...]
Slideshow: Lewis & Clark professor creates first master’s degree program in war-torn Afghanistan
25 November 2008
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- Engaging our World
Every year, Lewis & Clark Professor of Education Zaher Wahab leaves Portland to devote four months of service to the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education. Early this year, he worked with Kabul Education University to create Afghanistan’s first master’s degree program for teacher education faculty. The first cohort is made up of eleven men and eleven [...]