 College purchases Franciscan Renewal Center
Lewis & Clark grew appreciably over the summer with the purchase of the Franciscan Renewal Center from the College’s neighbors, the Sisters of St. Francis.
The 18.6-acre property with its 40-room Corbett House sits directly across the street from the south end of the College on Palatine Hill Road.
"This marks a significant new chapter in the history of the College," notes Michael Mooney, president of Lewis & Clark.
The purchase adds 87,000 square feet in six buildings: Conference Center Building, refectory, office building, chapel, gymnasium and historic Corbett House. "We are pleased that Lewis & Clark is the new owner of our beautiful property," says Sister Donna Fread.
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Lewis and Clark manuscript comes to light
A one-of-a-kind word-for-word, drawing-for-drawing handwritten copy of the original journals of explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis has come to public light for the first time, announces Michael Mooney, president of Lewis & Clark College.
The extraordinary 1893 manuscript is part of the George Tweeney Collection, one of two premiere collections of printed material on the Lewis and Clark Expedition acquired within the past few months by Lewis & Clark College. In addition to the Tweeney Collection, the College acquired the archives and collection of Irving (Andy) Anderson, the preeminent scholar on Sacagawea and her family, Mooney says.
Continue this article | |  Class of 2000: Stewards of a new century
If your life in the liberal arts has taught you anything, it is surely to beware of one-dimensional views of complex realities. In courses from physics to art, you have been compelled to ask questions with precision, to sift evidence with patience, to test results and conclusions, then to start the process anew. Knowledge, you have found, is empowering but humbling. For every issue settled, two more spring up to be probed.
How paradoxical then is the outcome? If you depart this place, confident that your hold on truth is fixed and absolute, we have failed you. If, on the other hand, you feel you now know less about yourself and your universe than you did four years ago, your career with us has been a success.
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Projects improve water quality, safety, campus beauty
This summer, the College installed a major storm-sewer system with two treatment centers to clean and regulate storm-water runoff.
In addition, crews reconfigured the entry at the north side of campus and installed sidewalks, curbs and bicycle lanes to improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists along Palatine Hill Road.
The College also returned the campus to pedestrians by removing asphalt parking spaces that were scattered throughout the center of campus and by replacing the asphalt with grass, plants and trees.
College receives Pollution Prevention Award
Lewis & Clark College received the Pollution Prevention Award from the Portland City Council, Sept. 20. The city of Portland applauded the College for removing almost one acre of asphalt from campus and for replacing it with vegetation.
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