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December 17, 2015

Highlights of 2015

A look back at some of our biggest successes of the year.
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Students, faculty, staff, and alumni use their knowledge and experience to achieve in their fields of study and endeavor. Here’s a list of a few successes of this year, from law school alum Kate Brown becoming the governor of Oregon to the institution being named the #1 green college by Princeton Review.

  • Two student-athletes named finalists for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships
  • Lewis & Clark among nation’s top 12 for Fulbright honors
  • Lewis & Clark faculty receive honors and recognition for their work
  • Lewis & Clark named #1 green college by Princeton Review
  • President Glassner represents higher education at White House, is elected to the NAICU board, and shares his views on the “uses of ignorance” in the Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Graduation speech by Yash Desai ’15 covered in the Oregonian
  • Alumnus Bob Fitch ’61 documents some of America’s greatest human rights campaigns
  • Law school celebrates 100 years of excellence
  • Law alum Kate Brown ’85 becomes governor of Oregon
  • Michael Lindblad MAT. ’96 named 2015 Oregon Teacher of the Year
  • Philanthropist Lorry Lokey makes $2 million gift to support outstanding professors

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