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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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  Art Alumni are Precipice Award Grantees
  February 23
  Alumni receive award
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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!
  February 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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  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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  On the Go with Amazon
  April 18
  Andrea Dean BA ’17 fell in love with mathematics and computer science at Lewis & Clark and is now using her knowledge at Amazon. She’s solving problems in machine learning at a new prototype store. Our Chronicle magazine caught up with her in Seattle for this profile.
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  Lewis & Clark Named a Top Producer of Peace Corps Fellows
  February 26
  The Peace Corps announced this week that Lewis & Clark ranked 16th among small schools on the agency’s 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list, up 9 spots from 2016.
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  Students Create Nonprofit to Provide Undergarments for Homeless Women
  February 19
  Paige Sanders BA ’18 and Ashley Garber BA ’17  started the Portland Panty Project to address the lack of clean, size-appropriate undergarments for homeless women in the Portland metro area. Their passion project has become a social enterprise.
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  Alumna Cassie Franklin Takes the Reins of Everett, Washington
  February 5
  On January 1, Cassie Franklin BA ’93 was sworn in as mayor of Everett, Washington, a city of 108,000 residents about 25 minutes north of Seattle. Franklin is the first female mayor to be elected in the city’s 124-year history.
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  Representative Earl Blumenauer: PILP’s 2018 Amburgey Award Recipient
  February 1

  PILP will honor Representative Earl Blumenauer with the Larry K. Amburgey Commitment to Public Interest Law Award on February 17, 2018, at the PILP Auction.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Students Take a Deep Dive Into Entrepreneurship and Leadership
  January 22
  For 5 days, 30 Lewis & Clark students joined faculty and mentors to learn about entrepreneurship from the ground up, connecting their liberal arts training with tools for identifying problems and developing solutions. The driving philosophy behind Lewis & Clark’s Winterim experience? Leadership and entrepreneurship are lifelong mindsets.
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  Biology Professor’s Research Featured in Nature
  December 12
  Assistant Professor of Biology Margaret Metz’s research explores how climate and latitude affect the coexistence of tree species in forests around the world. Her recent research on forest diversity in Ecuador is featured in the international science journal Nature.
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  Young Alum’s Hometown Paper Highlights Microcredit Research
  December 8
  Lacey Jacoby BA ’17 (biology and sociology/anthropology) spent the summer of 2017 researching the impacts of microcredit in Cambodia. Her hometown newspaper caught up with Lacey to learn what led her down that research path, and what she plans to do next.
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  Alumna Paula Hayes Receives Small Business Innovation Award
  November 22
  Trustee Paula Hayes BA ’92 has been named a recipient of a Portland Business Journal Small Business Innovation Award for her cosmetics company Hue Noir, which develops makeup designed for women of color.
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  Alumnus’ Documentary Garners International Acclaim
  October 24
  Danial Afzal BA ’12, who studied theories behind the way media influences our lives, is now shaping lives himself with his award-winning short film, The Survivor. The documentary tells the story of a young student who escapes the 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Pakistan and the grief that follows.
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  Alumna Pens a Guide for Tomorrow’s Global Citizens
  September 26
  International affairs alumna Lyla Bashan has turned an expansive career in diplomacy into a handbook for those who want to change the world for the better. Now her lessons in foreign service from Tajikistan to Armenia are in the pocket of students everywhere with the release of her first book Global: An Extraordinary Guide for Ordinary Heroes.
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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.