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An Out of the Darkness suicide prevention walk was recently held inside the Santiam Correctional Institution in Salem. It’s thought to be the first time in the country such a walk was held inside a correctional facility.

AES Director Laura Shier will participate in the U.S. Department of State’s eighth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C from July 31 to August 2. 

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.

Graduating seniors Irene Duba and Katie Kowal were selected this May as the inaugural recipients of the Shannon T. O’Leary Award.

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

Each week in June and July, students in the John S. Rogers Research Program present their original findings in front of peers and faculty at the Science Brown Bags. The program is designed to prepare students for careers in science by facilitating student-faculty collaboration on research projects.

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!

The Physics and Astronomy Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has chosen Associate Professor Shannon T. O’Leary as the 2017 recipient of their Mentor Award. This annual award recognizes a professor for their exemplary work with undergraduate student researchers.

On June 1st, students in alumnus Jason Miller’s Portland History class took part in a walk-about performance highlighting how annexation and city policy/ investments in east Portland have affected their community.

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.