The Common Reading
Each year, we invite all incoming students to read (and sometimes watch) a Common Reading that will be discussed together during NSO and in a series of events throughout the year that expand upon the ideas and theme.
Past Common Readings
Fall 2020: A Map of Lost things
By Jamila Osman
Fall 2021: Taking Up Space
By Mareshah “MJ” Jackson
Fall 2022: Essays by Steph Littlebird
- “Am I honoring those who’ve come before me?”
- Greg Archuleta and Lifeways: Cultivating resilience through education
- Managing cultural resources for this generation and the next
- Teaming up: Crow’s Shadow & Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Fall 2023: The Stories We Weave with Waylon Lenk
email nso@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7191
Director of New Student Orientation - Franchesca Spann
NSPM Student Director - Peter Smith
NSPM Student Coordinator - Grace Marchant
New Student Orientation
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 132
Portland OR 97219