Highlights of 2016

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”