L&C Magazine | Fall 2019
Cover Story
Cooking Up Business
Chris Bailey BA ’08 shares his entrepreneurial skills with Latinx start-ups at Portland’s Mercado.
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Family Politics
Amy Beacom BA ’94 fights to make supported parental leave a reality for working parents everywhere.
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On
L&C artists, in collaboration with community partners, create a giant print that tells the stories of the Columbia River and its people.
Blending Art and Science
Lewis & Clark researchers bring ancient artisans to life through archaeology and chemistry.
Inside-Out
What happens when a correctional facility functions as a classroom? Lewis & Clark history students find out firsthand.
President's Letter
More Than the Place We Call Home
For much of my career, I have focused on the relationships between institutions of higher education and the cities in which they’re located. This has been true for my academic work as a sociologist and in my administrative work as a leader of urban public institutions. It is no less true today at Lewis & Clark.
On Palatine Hill
College Fills Key Leadership Roles
Eric Staab and Mark Figueroa
Students Organize L&C’s First TEDx Event
Tuse Mahenya BA ’21, an English major and political economy minor from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, demonstrated her entrepreneurial spirit by being the lead organizer for L&C’s first-ever TEDx event on October 9.
Lasting Legacies
Q&As with recent retirees who touched generations of L&C students
Leadership and Support
Profiles
Mary Jean Thompson Knighted in Rome
Mary Jean Thompson
Juggling Energy Trades in Real Time
Jane Almeida BA ’19
A Man With Vision
Jay Owens BA ’91
Memoir of Deafblind Attorney Captures National Attention
Haben Girma BA ’10
In Memoriam
William Lucht
Professor emeritus of English
Afterword
Go Home to Your ‘Dying’ Hometown
What would we learn if we studied the impact of homecomers across the country? Could they be the leaders that ease some of the resentment that is dividing our country?
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Roll On, Columbia, Roll On
L&C artists, in collaboration with community partners, create a giant print that tells the stories of the Columbia River and its people. Photos by Robert Reynolds
Inside-Out
What happens when a correctional facility functions as a classroom? Lewis & Clark history students find out firsthand. Photos by Nina Johnson
Blending Art and Science
Lewis & Clark researchers bring ancient artisans to life through archaeology and chemistry. Photos by Sarah de Paula.
Students mingle outside J.R. Howard Hall, where Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE sculpture is on display through the fall. Sculpture courtesy of The Zarnegin Family Collection. Photo by Robert Reynolds.