News

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  Alumni and Professor Honored at Distinguished Honors Awards
  February 13
  Dan Harmon ’85, Marilyn Cover, Jackie Swanson ’13 and Kaori Eder ’07 were honored at the Distinguished Honors event held on February 4th at Castaway Portland.
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  Art Alumni are Precipice Award Grantees
  February 23
  Alumni receive award
• Law School celebrates 2016 Commencement
  May 31
  Commencement speaker U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp inspires graduates to be nice, empathetic and grateful.
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  Hongda Jiang ’08 teaches pricing strategies to Entrepreneurship Club
  February 27
  Alumnus, Hongda Jiang ’08, teaches pricing strategies to Lewis & Clark Entrepreneurship Club.
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  TONIGHT: Kate Mills, high school counselor
  March 29
  Alumni Career Corps volunteer Kate Mills visits campus tonight from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
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  Be a Friend…a Community Friend!
  September 8

  The Community Friends Program (formerly known as the Friendship Family Program) matches AES students and first year international undergraduate students with local residents for fun, friendship, and wider cultural understanding. 

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  Alumni Spotlight: Jordan Schoonover
  March 17
  Jordan Schoonover ’14 is a recent graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School. We recently asked her about her time here at Earthrise and how her experience shaped her career.
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  Recent grad Sam Reiter tests artistic, entrepreneurial chops with a one-woman show
  January 19
  When Sam Reiter B.A. ’15 appears on stage later this month in her original one-woman show, Baba Yaga, it’ll be the culmination of years of hard work, research, and growth. It will also be the start of a new artistic sojourn.
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  Economics Alum Tops Forbes’ List of 500 Next-Gen Advisors
  July 28
  For Adam Merino BA ’05, the path to the top of Forbes Magazine’s list of 500 next-generation wealth managers started with studying economics at Lewis & Clark. Merino continues to employ and sharpen his critical-thinking skills now as a managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management.
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  Recent Alumna Bridges the Gap in Science Policy
  June 12
  Student-athlete Katie Kowal BA ’17, winner of Lewis & Clark’s highest academic honor—the Rena Ratte Award—earned degrees in both physics and political science. As the Boulder, Colorado, native heads off to begin a two-year fellowship at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, Katie shares some of her favorite and formative Lewis & Clark memories.
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  Alum Sows a New Crop of Oregon Farmers
  June 8
  At Rogue Farm Corps, Nellie McAdams ’07 helps young and aging farmers alike plan for their futures.
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  An Iranian Revolution
  May 31
  Nearly 50 years ago, Lewis & Clark students embarked on a groundbreaking overseas study program to Iran. Last fall, they made a return visit. The Chronicle brings us the eye-opening story.
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  An Entrepreneurial Approach to Environmental Justice
  May 25
  Environmental studies majors and varsity track and cross country runners, Frances Swanson ’17 and teammate Kori Groenveld ’18 linked their passions for environmental sustainability and social justice. Their partnership yielded a project to help combat gentrification and the unequal distribution of renewable energy infrastructure in downtown Portland.
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  Ali brothers show their legal mettle in the Marines
  May 3
  Mika’il and Salahuddin Ali graduated in 2011 and have since become JAG attorneys
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  Lewis & Clark Named a Top Ten Producer of Fulbrights
  February 21
  For the fifth year in a row, Lewis & Clark has been named one of the top producers of Fulbright Award winners in the country, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. With ten Fulbright scholars in 2016–17, Lewis & Clark is in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the nation, and the only one in Oregon.
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  Actor Usman Ally ’04 Lands a Series of Fortunate Roles
  February 7
  Theatre alum Usman Ally ’04 has accumulated an impressive list of stage and screen roles since graduating from Lewis & Clark. The award-winning actor adds to that series of roles in his newest turn as the villainous Hook-Handed Man in Netflix’s new, widely-acclaimed original production, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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  Brian Lindstrom B.A. ’84 signs development deal with HBO
  November 13
  Brian Lindstrom B.A. ’84 and his wife, best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, just signed a development deal with HBO to adapt her essay collection, Tiny Beautiful Things, into a television series.
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  Rising Issues #9 2014 Victories
  December 5
  Breaking News on Buffalo River Case, Earthrise Hires new Attorney, Support Earthrise and its long fought cases
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  Rising Issues #7 Spring 2014
  May 30
  Spring Newsletter: Update on Chesapeake Bay TMDL Case, Alumni Highlight, Craig Johnston runs the Boston Marathon and Staff Transitions.
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  PMHC Graduates Create a Private Practice
  April 23
  Four PMHC graduates create their private practice Living Groove Counseling.
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  Oregon is the first state in the nation to declare its independence from in-state coal power
  July 19
  Conservation groups, represented by PEAC, and Portland General Electric (PGE) announced an agreement that establishes a $2.5 million fund for environmental restoration and job-creating clean energy projects.
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  PEAC Class of 2011
  January 12
  PEAC offers hands-on opportunities for law students to be involved in real-world practical advocacy at a level unmatched by clinical programs around the nation.
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  The Luce Scholars Program
  September 13
  The Luce Scholars Program is a nationally competitive fellowship program. It was launched by the Henry Luce Foundation in 1974 to enhance the understanding of Asia among potential leaders in American society.
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  Marian English-Huse ’87
  August 30
  Marian English-Huse ’87
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  Schwarzman Scholars
  August 16
  Funds one-year Masters at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Subjects of study are public policy, economics and business, and International Studies
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  The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship
  July 27
  “The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. This program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Fellows who successfully complete the program and Foreign Service entry requirements will receive appointments as Foreign Service Officers.”
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  Rhodes Scholarship
  July 27
  Rhodes Scholars are chosen not only for their outstanding scholarly achievements, but for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead.
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  CHCI Public Policy Fellowships Program
  July 26
  CHCI funds 9-month Latino public policy fellowships for recent college graduates
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  Soros Justice Fellowships
  July 26
  “The Soros Justice Fellowships fund outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system. The fellowships are part of a larger effort within the Open Society Foundations to reduce the destructive impact of current criminal justice policies on the lives of individuals, families, and communities in the United States by challenging the overreliance on incarceration and extreme punishment, and ensuring a fair and accountable system of justice.”