The Source

When members of an organization give and make their place of work a principal recipient of their philanthropy, it speaks volumes. This year it is my great pleasure to present the honor roll of campus donors. Your philanthropy makes the terrific things we do better. It makes the amazing education our students receive better. It is meaningful in a unique and personal way—because you see and feel the needs, the successes, the setbacks, the flaws, and the greatness…and you give. Thank you!

Love to the College Community from Jeanne and David Ellis. Photo taken at Dewata Angung in Bali, Indonesia.

College and university presidents as well as system chancellors responded quickly to President Trump’s announcement last week that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. By Monday afternoon, about 180 had signed a pledge to remain committed to the goals laid out in the agreement, which was signed in 2015 by representatives of nearly 200 nations.

Tatyana Benko ’18, has been selected by the faculty of the department for the Mathematics Alumni Scholarship for 2017 - 18.

Check out the exhibit on the library’s 3rd floor near the L stacks to find out!

Assistant Professor of Sociology Maryann Bylander studies mobility and migration in the Global South. Currently in Cambodia leading a field research expedition with students, Bylander has just had a column published in the Phnom Penh Post. In it, she urges better treatment of migrant Cambodian workers in Thailand.

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.

L&C Unanimously is a series of stories featuring Lewis & Clark faculty and staff donors. Elaine Hirsch’s 19th anniversary of working at Watzek Library is this August.

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.

Recruiting and preparing a workforce of K–12 science and math teachers for an increasingly diverse group of students is crucial to improving science education. A new $125,000 National Science Foundation grant to Lewis & Clark will help to fund its STEM Teacher Pathways Project.