Highlights of 2015
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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Social Change and Innovation
Focusing on Women’s Health in West Africa
With funds from a Projects for Peace grant, Latifatou “Lati” Savadogo BA ’24 spent the summer working to provide life-saving health screenings to displaced women in her home country of Burkina Faso.
Top Marks
L&C Earns Spot in Princeton Review’s Best Colleges for 2025
In addition to being listed among the nation’s 390 best colleges and on the Green College Honor Roll, Lewis & Clark received top rankings for most beautiful campus (No. 4), best college newspaper (No. 16), and most politically active students (No. 16).
Liberal Arts 2.0
Technology Literacy Opens Doors to Careers
Lewis & Clark is the first liberal arts college to offer an in-person, 4-credit Salesforce course leading to the company’s associate credential.
Sustainability in Action
Eco-Friendly Creativity at SCRAP
Feya Dawkins BA ’25 spent her summer as an intern at SCRAP, a local nonprofit that turns trash into treasure.