The Bark

Routine maintenance of the two bridges crossing the undergraduate campus ravine (near Templeton and Copeland) has revealed that the wooden support structures are deteriorating.

Bon Appétit offers limited on-campus dining options this summer.

1.  Check out a 20-page sketchbook for the summer.

2.  Fill it up and bring it back in the fall.

3.  We will make it part of the library’s permanent collection in the Pioneers Balcony.

This free sharing platform–similar to Craigslist–is exclusively available to the Lewis & Clark community.

It’s Time to Update Your Emergency Notification Settings

Check out the exhibit on the library’s 3rd floor near the L stacks to find out!

Recruiting and preparing a workforce of K–12 science and math teachers for an increasingly diverse group of students is crucial to improving science education. A new $125,000 National Science Foundation grant to Lewis & Clark will help to fund its STEM Teacher Pathways Project.

Classics and German studies double major Geneva Karr ’17  has had “the complete Lewis & Clark experience,” from overseas studies to archeology to athletics. She now prepares to graduate and move on to a master’s degree program with a slew of impressive accomplishments already behind her.

The 12^th Annual IME Banquet recognized several community members for their contributions toward developing and supporting a diverse and inclusive campus community. 

A team of three Lewis & Clark students has been awarded a grant from 100 Projects for Peace, an organization committed to supporting student initiatives for conflict resolution. The students will implement a two-month vocational training program in Uganda this summer for the rehabilitation of former child soldiers and young adults affected by war.

Nathan Baptiste, director of Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement, will depart Lewis & Clark to become a diversity program manager at Metro, Dean of Students Anna Gonzalez announced today. Angela Buck will become the interim director, effective May 1.

We are conducting a very brief survey to locate areas we can continue making improvements to in Mail Services, the Print Center and the Switchboard.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Maryann Bylander will travel this summer to Cambodia with three Lewis & Clark students to investigate the use of microcredit—a finance model of providing small, affordable loans to new businesses in developing areas. The expedition is being funded by an ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows grant.

Roses are red, violets are blue,
Watzek’s rad robot prints poems just for you.
They are better than this one.

PoemBot brought to you by Watzek Digital Initiatives and Sophia Horigan, ’16. New poems daily April 1-30.

On June 1, Samir Parikh will take the reins as the new director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Lewis & Clark College. The center’s mix of academic and real-world offerings give students from all disciplines the chance to explore various subjects through an entrepreneurial lens.