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December 09, 2016

Highlights of 2016

We share a look back at some of our biggest stories of the year.
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This was another banner year for Lewis & Clark. Here’s a sample of our successes of the past 12 months, highlighting achievements made by our students, faculty, and alumni.

  • Princeton Review recognizes Lewis & Clark as one of the top 25 colleges “making an impact”

  • Lewis & Clark names its first Dean of Diversity and Inclusion

  • Our students and alumni win Fulbrights, NSF Research Fellowships, and Goldwater Scholarship

  • Our professors are lauded for teaching and research, win prestigious fellowships, and secure funding to support innovative teaching 
  • President Barry Glassner leads and gives voice to higher education
  • Student inventors work with professor to create water-resistant spray from kale

  • Rhodes scholar Tamma Carleton ’09 publishes essential paper on climate change

  • Carl Appleton ’17 wins national Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award 

  • Sam Bussan ’18 rediscovers centuries-old Geneva bible in Watzek Library

  • We are recognized as a top producer of Fulbright winners and Peace Corps volunteers

  • Sierra Magazine names Lewis & Clark a top “Cool School”

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ASLC President and newly named Rangel fellow Mikah Bertelmann ?21.

International Affairs Major and ASLC President Earns Rangel Fellowship

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