L&C Magazine
President's Letter
The Liberal Arts Edge
On Palatine Hill
- Fall-2012, on palatine hill
The Namesake of the New Holmes Hall
“Ye gads, a one-track town.”
Edna Levy Frank was underwhelmed. It was 1915 and the daughter of a successful San Francisco jeweler had just moved to Portland after marrying Lloyd Frank, a scion of the Meier & Frank department store family. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Men’s Crew: All in the Same Boat
Portland at 5 a.m. in early spring might as well be the middle of the night. The few awake are likely new parents, bread bakers, night shift workers headed home to bed—and members of Pioneer Men’s Crew, en route to a 5:30 a.m. practice. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Ratte Award Winner Strikes the Right Chord
Called a “true Renaissance man,” Ethan Allred BA ’12 is the winner of the 2012 Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Mathematician, Law Prof Named Top Teachers
Each year, students from the College of Arts and Sciences and Lewis & Clark Law School reflect on the extraordinary teaching of their respective professors and select one for top teaching honors. - buzz, Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Buzz
A miscellany of the new, the intriguing, and the obscure.
- Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Students Garner National Awards
Last spring, Lewis & Clark students and alumni claimed a bounty of national awards and honors in recognition of their academic excellence and commitment to global service. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
$1 Million For Science Education
Improving the quality of science education is a top national priority, as seen in President Barack Obama’s commitment to prepare 100,000 new science, technology, engineering, and math teachers in the next decade. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Returning Home to Afghanistan
After 40 years at Lewis & Clark, Professor of Education Zaher Wahab is “retiring” to work full time in his home country of Afghanistan. - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
PioSports
Sports updates - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
Congratulations, Graduates of 2012
“Three pieces of advice for the class of 2012: First, hunt the good stuff in life; spend your time finding out what’s right in your life and what’s right in the world. Second, live around your strengths, not around your weaknesses. Third, live life optimistically.” - Fall-2012, on palatine hill
New to the Board
Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees recently welcomed two new members.
Alumni News
- alumni news, alumni, Fall-2012
Reunion Weekend 2012
More than 1,000 alumni and friends returned to campus in June to celebrate class reunions and overseas and off-campus programs during Reunion Weekend 2012. Attendees drove, flew, and rode tandem bicycles to Portland to reconnect with their alma mater, former professors, and each other.
Profiles
- 2000s, Class Notes, class-notes, Fall-2012, Profile
Rowing Her Way to the 2012 Olympics
Amy Clay Ives BA ’01 joined teammates rowing for Australia in the women’s quadruple sculls. Her team finished fourth in the finals, just behind Ukraine, Germany, and the United States. - Class Notes, class-notes, Fall-2012, outcomes, Profile, send-to-college
In Tune With Early Music
Under the stone arches of Sant’Eufemia, a 12th-century church in Spoleto, Italy, Grant Herreid took up his lute. His fingers moved deftly across the strings, plucking a melody line that may have been familiar to the church’s first parishioners. - Fall-2012, In Memoriam, Profile
Faculty of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Gus Mattersdorff, professor emeritus of economics, Carolyn Bullard, longtime member of the faculty and former dean of the graduate school, Franya Berkman, assistant professor of music - 1970s, Class Notes, class-notes, Fall-2012, outcomes, Profile, send-to-college
Cartoonist Wins Pulitzer Prize
Matt Wuerker BA ’79 won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in recognition of “his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfs Washington.” - 1980s, Class Notes, class-notes, Fall-2012, Profile
The Science of Stellar Teaching
While a student at St. Mary’s Academy, a high school for girls in Portland, Maureen Daschel used to sit with rapt attention as Sister Rosemary Ann Parker loaded filmstrips into the projector. Barely able to contain her enthusiasm, Daschel concentrated on images of what was then cutting-edge science, cast on a pull-down screen.
Bookshelf
Teaching the Literature of Today’s Middle East
Allen Webb MAT ’85 introduces teachers to the rich diversity of teachable texts by Middle Eastern writers. He also provides examples of how to teach these materials using contemporary teaching methods.
Routledge, 2011. 240 pages.
From Kant to Croce: Modern Philosophy in Italy, 1800–1950
Rebecca “Becko” Copenhaver, associate professor of philosophy, and Brian Copenhaver, Udvar-Hazy Chair of Philosophy and History at UCLA (and Becko’s father), coauthor this highly readable introduction to Italy’s leading modern philosophers by translating and analyzing rare and original texts and by chronicling their lives and times.
University of Toronto Press, 2012. 832 pages.
Essay Writing Made Easy With the Hourglass Organizer
Beth Elliot BA ’89, MAT ’96 coauthors a student-focused writing guide for teachers (grades 5 and up). The book provides guidance on how to help emerging to advanced writers create thoughtful, well-structured essays using a simple but effective graphic organizer.
Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2011. 112 pages.
Insincere Commitments: Human Rights Treaties, Abusive States, and Citizen Activism
Heather Smith-Cannoy, assistant professor of international affairs, uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the factors contributing to commitment and compliance involving human rights treaties among post-Soviet states such as Slovakia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan.
Georgetown University Press, 2012. 192 pages.
Tragic Effects: Ethics and Tragedy in the Age of Translation
Therese Augst, assistant professor of German studies, confronts the peculiar fascination with Greek tragedy as it shapes the German intellectual tradition, with particular focus on the often controversial practice of translating the Greeks.
Ohio State University Press, 2012. 312 pages.
Gigs
John Davis BA ’76 pens a collection of poems about blues in D minor, big bellies over factory belts, and Elvis Presley license plates—in other words, poems that reflect the gentle beauty of ordinary life.
Sol Books, 2011. 98 pages.
Reservation “Capitalism”: Economic Development in Indian Country
Robert Miller, professor of law, discusses the history, present-day circumstances, and potential future of Indian communities and economics. The book focuses on strategies for establishing privately and publicly owned economic activities on reservations to enable complete tribal self-sufficiency and self-determination.
Praeger, 2012. 208 pages.
Adventuring to Princess Louisa Inlet
Betty Wright MAT ’70 authors a book that features a wealth of information for those interested in cruising from Anacortes, Washington, to Princess Louisa Inlet on the coast of British Columbia.
Outskirts Press, 2011. 144 pages.
Great From the Start: How Conscious Corporations Attract Success
John Montgomery JD ’84 suggests how to build corporations that answer the fundamental philosophical question, “What are the rights and moral responsibilities of our corporations?” Montgomery applies the business secrets of Silicon Valley to show how to build companies that awaken a planetary conscience that protects not only their shareholders but also society and the environment.
Morgan James Publishing, 2012. 298 pages.
At Home on the Range: George R. McIntosh, Western Everyman
Robin Priebe Branstator BA ’69 examines the life of a pioneer who defied the odds to become a prominent rancher/farmer in Colorado.
Dog Ear Publishing, 2011. 257 pages.
An Emergency in Slow Motion: The Inner Life of Diane Arbus
Todd Schultz BA ’85, professor of psychology at Pacific University, writes a psychobiography of Diane Arbus, a gifted American photographer who committed suicide at age 48.
Bloomsbury USA, 2011. 256 pages.
Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass
Susan Kirtley BA ’95, assistant professor of English at Portland State University, traces Barry’s aesthetic and intellectual development, revealing her groundbreaking understanding of femininity and feminism.
University Press of Mississippi, 2012. 208 pages.
Knowledge
Nicholas Smith, James F. Miller Professor of Humanities, and Ian Evans BA ’06, a PhD student at the University of Arizona, coauthor a book that guides readers through the standard theories of knowledge while simultaneously using these as a springboard to introduce current debates. Each chapter concludes with a “Current Trends” section pointing the reader to the best literature dominating current philosophical discussion.
Polity, 2012. 224 pages.
In Memoriam
Faculty of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Afterword
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