Biology

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Overseas Program: East Africa, biology

Extracurriculars: Club Rugby, Pre-Health Professions Club, Orchestra, Biology Teaching Assistant

I appreciate the liberal arts approach to education since I never feel limited in the kinds of knowledge I seek out.

Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Extracurriculars: Community Chorale, Admissions Ambassador (lunch host), intramural sports

Lewis & Clark made me feel wanted as a student.

Hometown: Kalispell, Montana

Overseas Program: France, New Zealand

Extracurriculars: International Students and Scholars/Third Culture Kids Club, French Club, Russian Club

Don’t pick your school based on a figure from some website; pick your school off of where you think you’ll be happiest and where you want to plant the seeds to start a professional career.

Hometown: Santa Rosa, California

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Extracurriculars: Students for Cultural Inclusion in the Theatre (SCIT), Theatre, Gente Latina Unida (GLU), French Club, Spanish Club, Gaming Society

The Great Expectations trip really opened my eyes to the resources available to students of color on campus and was a great way to meet other students and faculty with similar backgrounds.

Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Overseas Program: Iceland (non L&C)

Extracurriculars: Climbing team, Ski Club, College Outdoors

You don’t just choose a major and stick only to that. You learn so much about every discipline, and I think that is a really valuable skill.

Hometown: Kandahar, Afghanistan

Extracurriculars: Track and Field, Soccer

Professors are eager to hear about your story.

Hometown: Long Beach, California

Extracurriculars: Student Life Intern, Student Athlete Advisory Committee(SAAC), Pre-Health Club, Luau Dancer, Women’s Swim, Track and Field, New Student Orientation Leader (NSO)

Get out of your comfort zone, meet new people, and build those connections.

Hometown: České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Overseas Program: East Africa Biology Program (fall 2019)

Extracurriculars: TCK Club

Some people say international students are in a bit of a bubble here, but I’d call it more of a solid base from which it is easier to form connections with the rest of the L&C community.

Hometown: Lincoln City, Oregon

I believe that a liberal arts education is great for preparing somebody for med school.

Hometown: Kīhei, Hawaiʻi

My meaningful experience would not have been possible without the support of the L&C community.

Hometown: Gladstone, Oregon

I love it when professors are real with their students and teach them to think critically.

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Overseas Program: East Africa

Extracurriculars: Admissions tour guide, admissions fellow

Studying abroad in a place as unique as Tanzania provided me with memories for a lifetime. Can you say that you saw a wild rhino on foot? Or that there was a lion prowling around your campsite at 6 in the morning? I not only experienced this, but also a radically different point of view of the world.

Hometown: Haiku, Hawai‘i

Overseas Program: East Africa (fall 2019)

Extracurriculars: College Outdoors, Paddle Club

College Outdoors has been extremely empowering and important for who I am becoming.

Hometown: Pomona, California

Extracurriculars: A Cappella, Great Expectations, IME Peer Mentee, Gente Latina Unida, Lacrosse

I immediately felt welcomed into such a loving and caring community.

Hometown: Sewanee, Tennessee

Overseas Program: East Africa

Extracurriculars: College Outdoors, 2019 International Affairs Symposium Steering Committee Member

Working with and leading trips for College Outdoors is an excellent complement to the classroom because it has offered me professional experience and ways to develop as a leader and outdoors person that I might not have been granted otherwise.

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Overseas Program: Ecuador Spring 2020

Extracurriculars: Alternative Spring Break, Operation Nightwatch, Irish dance, Pre-Health Club

It can be hard to find a liberal arts school with a solid science program; L&C takes advantage of its awesome faculty and proximity to OHSU to make it a school that works for people interested in STEM who don’t want to go to a big research university.

Hometown: Missoula, Montana

Extracurriculars: Soccer, track & field

Lewis & Clark has changed me in a lot of ways. I am passionate about what I am learning and the professors have made me a more inquisitive and curious person.

Hometown: Cross Plains, Wisconsin

Overseas Program: Australia

Extracurriculars: Garden Collective, Herbarium, Resident Advisor

Lewis & Clark has helped me view my own path more as an adventure, rather than a structured series of events, both in academics and life in general.