News

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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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  Alumnus To Lead New State Office of Outdoor Recreation
  July 6
  Cailin O’Brien-Feeney BA ’07 has been selected from a competitive pool of applicants to serve as the first associate director of the State of Oregon’s new Office of Outdoor Recreation. His charge: preserve Oregon’s environment and promote widespread access to the state’s abundant natural beauty.
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  Kate Smock BA ’18 Honored With the Rena Ratte Award
  May 21
  Kate Smock BA ’18, is this year’s recipient of the Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.
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  Alumnus Finding Innovative Ways to Change Lives in Nepal
  May 9
  Matthew Nelson BA ’08 has turned a passion for language and literature into a career as an English language fellow with the U.S. Department of State in Nepal. Going beyond the traditional framework of language instruction abroad, Nelson incorporates filmmaking, digital storytelling, and coding into his teaching.
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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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  Representative Earl Blumenauer: PILP’s 2018 Amburgey Award Recipient
  February 1

  PILP honored 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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  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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  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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  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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  Law School Alumni Diversify the Oregon Bench
  June 11
  Five Lewis & Clark Law School alumni—all people of color—were appointed as judges in late 2017 and early 2018 by Oregon Governor Kate Brown JD ’85.
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  Hester Turner’s streak continues!
  June 11
  Turner, now age 101, has met every Lewis & Clark president who has served on Palatine Hill.
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  On the Go With Amazon
  June 7
  Andrea Dean BA ’17
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  B-Side Book Club on KGW
  June 7
  In January, B-Side Book Club, an a cappella group composed mostly of Lewis & Clark alumni, performed on KGW-TV’s “Mic Check” in Portland.
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  2017 Oregon Social Studies Elementary Teachers of the Year
  June 7
  Abby Rotwein MAT ’12 and Elissa Dingus BA ’07, MAT ’11
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  ENVS Blog: Learning on the Cutting Edge of Climate Change Adaptation
  May 8
  Hanah Goldov (’13), ENVS major at Lewis & Clark College, describes how her interest in  intentional spaces and environmental design began in her undergraduate work and will continue as she enters a Master’s Program in Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley fall of 2018.
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  ENVS Blog: The Journey Shapes the Destination
  April 24
  Eva Ramey (’15), a Biology major and Environmental Studies minor at Lewis & Clark College, describes how her international research unfolded, beginning with her study abroad experience in Tanzania.
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  New Sunderland Plaza at Lewis & Clark Law School Welcomes Visitors
  April 16
  The new Sunderland Plaza at Lewis & Clark Law School was inaugurated in a March 2018 ceremony and serves as an official entrance to the school.
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  Six Alumni Appointed to the Bench 2017-18
  April 2
  Six Lewis & Clark Law School alumni were appointed to the bench in 2017-18, plus Honorary Graduate Adrienne Nelson who was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court.
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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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  Paula Hayes BA ’92 Receives Small Business Innovation Award
  February 13
  Paula Hayes BA ’92
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  Lewis & Clark Hosts Alumni Awards
  February 13

  Each year, the Lewis & Clark Board of Alumni honors members of the College of Arts and Sciences community for their outstanding accomplishments and service. We’re pleased to congratulate the 2017 honorees, who received their awards at the Alumni Honors Banquet on February 9.

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  Argan Oil Aids Moroccan Women
  February 9
  Renda Nazzal BA ’12