The Bark

After many months of planning, Lewis & Clark received final approval from the City of Portland’s permitting agencies.

Kim Stafford, associate professor and founding director of the Northwest Writing Institute, has been chosen to serve as Oregon’s ninth poet laureate, Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 announced this morning. Stafford will serve a two-year term as “an ambassador of poetry across the state.”

Please be aware of the summer calendar before you visit the campus. We have listed the closure dates below and will have signage posted at the pool and tennis courts as a reminder.

Andrea Dean BA ’17 fell in love with mathematics and computer science at Lewis & Clark and is now using her knowledge at Amazon. She’s solving problems in machine learning at a new prototype store. Our Chronicle magazine caught up with her in Seattle for this profile.

Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, we have 24 hours to secure 1,867 gifts from faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni, and friends from all three schools. When we do, our Board of Trustees will donate an additional $150,000.

Cameron, who is also associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, received a scholarship from the Clare Boothe Luce Program to attend the HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College. We sat down with her to discuss how this opportunity will help her Lewis & Clark STEM students.

Sustainability Council

Sustainability Council

In honor of the milestone, White will host this month’s Community Corner with a return of the popular presentation “Forest Bathing” on March 14. Birthday cake will be served.

The Office of Admissions is currently accepting applications for five Fellow positions for the 2018-2019 academic year. Apply at go.lclark.edu/ambassadors or in the Frank Manor House.

Recently, The Oregonian spotlighted Lewis & Clark Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, Katherine FitzGibbon and her work on social justice through choral music.

Watzek Library’s Special Collections has teamed with the Himes & Duniway Society to sponsor a book collecting contest.  Applications are due by April 8.

Paige Sanders BA ’18 and Ashley Garber BA ’17  started the Portland Panty Project to address the lack of clean, size-appropriate undergarments for homeless women in the Portland metro area. Their passion project has become a social enterprise.

The fourth annual student-run symposium, History and Movement: Transition in the Middle East, explores the development of modern and historical discourse through the lens of transition. Students will discuss gender, religion, politics, and the implications of continuity and change in the region over time. The symposium kicks off on Monday, February 19.

The Lewis & Clark College Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to divest from all fossil fuel holdings in the endowment.

New Music Week is a week of concerts and lectures showcasing contemporary music in the Lewis & Clark Department of Music during March 11-18, 2018. All are welcome to attend!

This month, thecampusmarket.com—a free sharing platform adopted by Lewis & Clark during spring semester of 2017—appears to have expired with no explanation for the website’s disappearance. 

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