What’s It Like?

No one can give you a better sense of what it’s really like to study Russian at Lewis & Clark than our current students and recent alumni.

Marcella Chavez BA '21

Marcella Chavez

Hometown: Worthington, Ohio
Overseas Program: Alicante, Spain
Extracurriculars: Cross Country and Track
Martin, in a black blazer and red collared shirt, sitting on an outdoor bench next to a brick wall.

Juan Martín López Meléndez

Hometown: La Piedad, Michoacán, México/Fresno, California/Las Vegas, New Mexico
Overseas Program: Russia
Extracurriculars: Bachata Club (leader), Third Culture Kids (TCK) board member, L&C Dance Company, Great Expectations mentor, Spanish tutor, Gente Latina Unida, Dance Y, Dance Extravaganza, College Outdoors
David Salkowski BA '14

David Salkowski

Overseas Program: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Extracurriculars: Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Russian Club
Aaron Schimmel BA '18

Aaron Schimmel

Overseas Program: St. Petersburg, Russia, Fall semester 2016
Extracurriculars: Greater Portland Hillel
Jason Stanford BA '92

Jason Stanford

Overseas Program: Moscow, Russia
Extracurriculars: Rowing, published in Polyglot and Log, tutored German, Russian Club