Deserved Distinctions

Lewis & Clark students and alumni win Fulbrights and other prestigious awards and scholarships.

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Davies-Jackson Scholarship winner Alex Kraemer '15

This spring, Lewis & Clark students and graduates are winning a bevy of awards from prestigious organizations. So far these include the Fulbright Program (7), the National Science Foundation (5), the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the Boren Awards for International Study.

Lewis & Clark is one of only 12 colleges and universities in the nation to earn recognition as a top producer of both Fulbright student and Fulbright faculty scholars for 2014-15. Over the last decade, Lewis & Clark students and alumni have earned more Fulbright U.S. honors than those of any other college or university in Oregon.

These accolades attest to the inspiring energy and intellect of our students, outstanding teaching and mentoring by our faculty, and the many ways our alumni advance knowledge.

Learn more about some of the award recipients in the stories below.

Fulbright Award
Loren Naldoza ’15
“The study-abroad programs that Lewis & Clark offers undergraduate students played the most important role in my development as a global citizen. The excellence of the professors here is complemented by a semester of invaluable education that can’t be replicated in a classroom setting.”
Fulbright Award
Maxene Graze ’14
“Through Lewis & Clark, I was able to spend months in Morocco and a year conducting research in Germany. And because of professors and fellow students, I have contacts in Japan and France to boot. When you feel this connected to the world, it is hard not to see yourself as a citizen of a global community.”
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Emily Nguyen ’11
“Because of my experience at L&C, I am drawn to the liberal arts and would like my students to have the kind of close mentorship and open-minded support that I received as an undergrad.”
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Brendan Larsen ’09
“Once I get my PhD, I hope to go into academia and teach. Lewis & Clark’s biology program was instrumental in my education. The professors both taught and challenged the way I think and do science. Professor Greta Binford was especially important as my primary advisor—seeing her passion for science had a huge impact on me.”
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Julia Cosgrove ’13
“I didn’t really know that science was a career option for me until more than a year into college, when I took my first science class at Lewis & Clark—Professor Ken Clifton’s Investigations in Ecology and Environmental Science. I was immediately hooked. That’s when I declared my major and started down the academic pathway that has led me to where I am now.”
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Sarah Sandholtz ’13
“My liberal arts education has prepared me to communicate—both orally and in writing—the science and results of my research, and to help people understand its relevance.”
Davies-Jackson Scholarship
Alex Kraemer ’15
“My education at Lewis & Clark has allowed me to better contextualize my place in the world.” Read more
Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color
Charlie Quezada ’15
“I am honored to have this opportunity as a fellow and I couldn’t have done it without the support of the L&C community.” Read more