Topic: study abroad
Bringing immigration policy to life: Students document a Mexican migration experience
12 March 2008
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—While thousands of college students will spend their spring break at the beach, a group of students taking an immigration history course, U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, will be exploring the migration route between the two countries, documenting Oaxacan immigration to Oregon. The alternative spring break project, from March 22 to March 29, was collaboratively developed by Associate [...]
Students find new meaning for Vietnam in inaugural study abroad program
14 February 2008
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—For many Americans, the name Vietnam conjures up war—not a country, people or culture. Even for college students today, what they learn about Vietnam is largely left to textbooks and movies that highlight Vietnam as an “era” of American divisiveness. Lewis & Clark is awakening a generation to a different Vietnam with its newest study [...]
History scholar shares lessons learned on both coasts
30 July 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Katie Hart, senior English and history double major, recently traveled to New York as part of the Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Program. One of only 50 finalists nationwide, Katie spent a week in New York City with the program, which provides an opportunity for outstanding undergraduate students to engage in discussions with eminent scholars [...]
Alumnus returns to Board of Trustees
10 July 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
(Portland, Ore.)—Lewis & Clark College has welcomed John Wright back to its Board of Trustees. Wright is the founder and CEO of the Global Sage Group, a financial services executive search firm. His award-winning business has attracted international attention and earned him the chairmanship of the Japan Council of the Association of Executive Search Consultants. Wright [...]
Fulbright winner creates new solutions for domestic violence
11 June 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
- Engaging our World
(Portland, Ore.)—Robin Young B.A. ’07 is working on a new approach to the problem of domestic violence. With the help of a Fulbright grant, Young will spend her first year out of college in the Dominican Republic, where she will develop new ways for mothers to communicate with their daughters in order to help women [...]
Emily McCartan wins Rena Ratte Award
4 June 2007
- Advancing Knowledge
(Portland, Ore.)—Emily McCartan B.A. ’07 has been described by one professor as the embodiment of “the ideal the liberal arts seeks to achieve” for her balance of intellectual rigor and her civic engagement. In recognition of her scholastic achievements and her positive impact on the world around her, McCartan won the 2007 Rena J. Ratte [...]