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Catherine Sergeant B.A. ’70, M.A.T. ’75 has been named Librarian of the Year by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. Sergeant is head librarian of the Jefferson County School District, which consists of six school libraries.

Facilities Services worked with neighborhood partner and beekeeper, Josh Hinerfeld, to bring Mason Bees to campus. 

Facilities Services partners with Nike to salvage furniture for use on campus.

Law students have been bringing home top awards in Moot Court competitions.

Associate Professor of Psychology Janet Davidson has received Lewis & Clark’s David Savage Award.

Professor Emerita Stephanie Arnold’s textbook gets new edition with help from Lewis & Clark Alumni.

The Career Development Center is proud to be named to Out for Work’s list of Silver Level LGBTQ Certified Career Centers.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities Marianna Ritchey B.A. ’99 recently collaborated with Katy Davidson B.A. ’99 to write a theme song for Rookie magazine that captures the publication’s mission of empowering teenage girls. The result is “Go Forth, Feminist Warriors,” a triumphant anthem that includes the talents of more than a dozen musicians.

Moriah Bostian, assistant professor of economics, has received a highly competitive Fulbright scholar teaching and research award for the 2014-15 academic year.

Kristin Fujie, assistant professor of English, has received a Graves Award, which will help support her research and writing on author William Faulkner.

Staff worked tirelessly from Thursday afternoon through Monday morning to remove snow and ice from walkways and roads, provide food service, and keep buildings warm and clean over the weekend.

Each spring, first-year students write research papers as they complete their final semester of Lewis & Clark’s core course, Exploration and Discovery. To honor the memory of former library director James J. Kopp—and to offer an incentive for these students to immerse themselves in scholarly sources—Watzek Library offers an award of $200 to two students who demonstrate excellent research techniques.

On January 29, 2014, journalist, renowned national correspondent, news anchor, and activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault joined the Lewis & Clark College community as the 2014 Chamberlin Lecturer to discuss her personal and professional journey as a social justice advocate over the last five decades.

Lewis & Clark’s Ben Mann ’14 recently won the Northwest Forensics Conference’s top individual honor, the Coaches Commemorative Award.

Check out the recently released story on Buddy—our beloved mascot—in The Oregonian!

The Food Recovery Network recently certified Bon Appétit for diverting edible food from Lewis & Clark for donation to Urban Gleaners.

The debate team of McKay Campbell ’14 and Emily Halter ’14 recently won the prestigious Great Salt Lake Invitational, held at the University of Utah. Campbell and Halter placed first out of a field of 98 teams from 34 schools across the nation, defeating a team from William Jewell College in the final debate to win the title.

Lewis & Clark law student Moe Honjo recently won first prize in the ninth Shuppan Koshien contest held in Tokyo, Japan. Shuppan Koshien is a national competition in which students from all over Japan present their plans for books they wish to publish.

For the second year in a row, Isaac Holeman B.A. ’09, cofounder of Medic Mobile, made the Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurs list.

Lewis & Clark students presented a diverse array of research findings to an audience of more than 500 people at the Murdock College Science Research Program’s recent Conference on Undergraduate Research.

After the success of her first exhibit at the Portland International Airport, Sayuri Sasaki Hemann B.A. ’03 is bringing back her jellyfish just in time for the busy holiday travel season.

Assistant professor of educational administration Sue Feldman has received the E. Roberts Stephens Award for “outstanding academic accomplishments and contributions to education.” The award was granted for research studying the implementation of data coaching across education service districts in Washington State.

In December 2013, Ivy Katz MA ‘13 and Kirk Shepard MA ‘13 became Lewis & Clark’s first two ecopsychology certificate graduates, available to help Portlanders connect the health of the natural world and the health of the mind.

Assistant professor of educational administration Sue Feldman has received the E. Roberts Stephens Award for “outstanding academic accomplishments and contributions to education.” The award was granted for research studying the implementation of data coaching across education service districts in Washington State.

In an Oregonian op-ed, professor Eric Toshalis argues that teenagers aren’t the “cruel, self-obsessed, brainless, or hormonally challenged” people the media often make them out to be.

NCVLI has been selected by the Mary Byron Project as a recipient of a 2013 Celebrating Solutions Award in recognition of their Responding to Violence Against Women Project.

Garrick Imatani, Assistant Professor of Art and Studio Head of Foundations, and three collaborators have been awarded a $5,000 Precipice Fund grant for their project, “Not Too Distant Futures”.

Subject matter for science fiction literature is boundless, and so too are the languages in which it is published. A new literary journal, Alambique, explores scholarly research and criticism in the fields of science fiction and fantasy, all originally composed in Spanish or Portuguese.

Like most Lewis & Clark students, Claire Cummings B.A. ’11 became familiar with Bon Appétit through on-campus dining. Now as Bon Appétit Management Company’s newly appointed waste sustainability specialist, Cummings has the opportunity to be a pioneer in the food service industry.

Associate Professor of History Andrew Bernstein has received a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funding rate for this highly competitive program averages just 8 percent each year.