Special Projects

President Glassner initiates major projects that aid the college in realizing its mission to prepare students for lives of local and global engagement, explore emerging ideas and technologies that transform students’ educational experiences, and support innovative pedagogical and programmatic efforts of faculty.

President’s Scholarship for Academic Engagement

Four $5,000 scholarships are awarded to students with sophomore standing for use in their junior year. Faculty members are invited to nominate sophomore students who demonstrate an interdisciplinary approach to their selected major. They demonstrate this and qualify to be considered for the scholarship by a proposal for a directed study project for fall semester of their junior year. The project may address any area of study within their major. To contend for the scholarship the project must be constructed in cooperation with a faculty member in the student’s major department in such a way as to compel the student to think in interdisciplinary ways, and to situate his or her major subject within the wider framework of the liberal arts. Proposals that are truly interdisciplinary—and that explicitly require consultation with ideas, concepts, and faculty members in other disciplines across the college—are particularly welcome. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or better to qualify. A selection committee composed of College of Arts and Sciences faculty members whose own work exemplifies interdisciplinary research will review and recommend applicants to the President for selection as scholarship awardees. Awards are renewable for the senior year based on continued excellence, making this potentially a $10,000 scholarship. The scholarship is awarded regardless of financial need; however, the total scholarship and grant received by the student from all sources may not exceed the total cost of tuition, room, and board.

Strategic Initiative Fund

The President’s Strategic Initiatives Fund provides approximately $500,000 in annual support for projects that help Lewis & Clark advance key initiatives. In order to be considered for funding, one or more Executive Council members must sponsor each project.

After reviewing Strategic Initiatives Fund proposals for 2012-13, President Glassner and Executive Council have approved the following projects:

• Funds to faculty members for professional association memberships and research collaborations with students
• Support for CAS and law students to plan and attend an international water conference in cooperation with the National Law University of Delhi, India
• Funds for IT to develop infrastructure for video conferencing and online collaboration
• Pilot program for a new Center for Community Development and Entrepreneurship (CAS and law)
• Administrative support for the Strategic Planning Council and implementation teams
• William Stafford Centennial photography exhibition
• “William Stafford at 100” symposium 
• Engagement of consultant to perform surveys and other research for the Office of Institutional Research
• Funds for a team of CAS faculty and staff to attend academic advising training
• Law school student recruitment video
• Creation of Office of Strategic Partnerships and Clinical Placement within the graduate school
• Engagement of consultant to assist the institution with preparation of comprehensive emergency management plan
• Campus-visit travel stipends for international admitted law students
• CAS Admissions admitted student fly-in program
• iPads for graduate school classroom use
• Travel fund for third-year graduating law students for job interviews outside of Oregon
• Support for faculty travel to athletic events
• Planning process to achieve academic integration in residence halls
• Equipment and connectivity services for the graduate school Mobile Distance Learning project
• Development of law school course and program dealing with poaching and other legal issues in Kenya
• Collaborative effort with University of Barcelona and University of Basel to develop animal law online forum
• Development of graduate school online curriculum and courses
• Fundraising consultant to advise Institutional Advancement
• Consultant to advise law school graduates on setting up solo practice
• Graduate school forum for collaborating with international partners to develop courses and research projects
• Implementation of CAS Admissions document-imaging project
• Entrepreneurship “Winterim” program
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice visit in the 2013-14 academic year
• Development of a Green Energy Institute at the law school and CAS
• IT Mobile Electronic Education Initiative
• Programming for the Lewis & Clark Sustainability Council

See the 2011-12 Strategic Fund Projects.