February 1, 2006

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President Hochstettler attends international education summit

Lewis & Clark College President Thomas Hochstettler joined 120 other presidents of colleges and universities from around the nation for a summit meeting focused on the critical importance of international education. During the U.S. University Presidents Summit on International Education, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5 and 6, President George W. Bush outlined a broad initiative to increase the number of Americans trained in strategic international languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Persian, Hindi, and Central Asian.
Read about the summit

25th Annual Lewis & Clark College Gender Studies Symposium

Join students, faculty, staff and alumni in celebrating the 25th annual gender studies symposium, March 8 to 10, 2006. The theme this year is "Body Language: Sexualities, Identities, and Time," and includes a variety of activities, exhibits and performances, including an Alumni Reception on March 10.
Learn more about the symposium

Graduate School rescues prestigious journal from oblivion

Democracy & Education is alive and well at Lewis & Clark College. The college's Graduate School of Education and Counseling is the new home to the respected journal, "Democracy & Education." The quarterly journal celebrates, enhances and reflects upon the teaching and learning of democracy.
Read more about the journal

Exhibit focuses on Griffin's "Black Like Me"

Forty-five years after novelist and essayist John Howard Griffin wrote his book "Black Like Me," the book continues to generate discussion. Griffin’s book chronicles the author’s six-week journey through the segregated American south in 1959, when he chemically darkened his skin color and chronicled his experiences with racism in the United States. An exhibition commemorating the 45th anniversary of the publication of "Black Like Me," which opened on Jan. 16 at the Aubrey R. Watzek Library at Lewis & Clark College, is on view through June 15, 2006.
Explore the exhibit