L&C Magazine
Cover Story
Featured Stories
- Fall-2015, Feature
Return. Reflect. Reconnect.
Lewis & Clark Law School celebrates 100 years of excellence in legal education. - Fall-2015, Feature, outcomes
Preacher and Doc
Bob Fitch BS ’61, a noted photographer, has documented some of America’s greatest 20th-century human rights campaigns. - Fall-2015, Feature, outcomes, send-to-college
Character Builder
Actor Usman Ally transforms scholarly insight into compelling characters.
Message from the President
Individual Action, Collective Wisdom
On Palatine Hill
- Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Board Updates
In May, Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees announced a new board chair and a new board member. - Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Exploring Careers in Munich
Part of Ralf Saborrosch’s job with Lewis & Clark’s yearlong Munich program is helping students secure internships and work during their time in Germany. - Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Theatre Prof, Law Prof Named Top Teachers
Each year, students from the College of Arts and Sciences and Lewis & Clark Law School reflect on the extraordinary teaching of their respective professors and select one for top teaching honors. - Fall-2015, on palatine hill
A Passion for Math and Chinese Drives Ratte Award Winner
Katie Keith, a mathematics major and a Chinese minor, received this spring’s Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’shighest honor. A native of Bozeman, Montana, Keith embodies the award’s criteria of “a graduating senior who has pursued and achieved the utmost in excellence while attending Lewis & Clark.”
- Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Congratulations, Graduates of 2015
“I believe there’s not a college in America that is more appropriately named for all the searches that we prize, that we love. You’re here, at Lewis & Clark, arguably, the quintessence of what works in American education … small liberal arts colleges. You all chose right!”
—Ron Suskind
- Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Alan Finn Named CFO
Alan Finn will become Lewis & Clark’s new vice president for business and finance and treasurer on October 1. - athletics, Fall-2015, on palatine hill
Homecoming: Focus on Football
Each year the Lewis & Clark community joins together to cheer on the Pioneers. - Fall-2015, on palatine hill
New Home, New Leader for Career Center
This fall, Lewis & Clark opened its new Career Center with a new leader at the helm.
Leadership and Support
Philanthropy Leadership Dinner
Scholarship Luncheon
On the Road President Visits Iceland
Turning Knowledge Into Action: Internships as a Rite of Passage
Alumni News
- alumni news, Fall-2015
Alumni Weekend 2015 Sizzles
Nearly 1,000 alumni, friends, and family braved Portland’s record-breaking heat to attend Alumni Weekend.
Profiles
- Class Notes, Fall-2015, Profile
New Hampshire’s School Psychologist of the Year
Kate Grieve Ed.S. ’09 champions the academic, mental, and emotional health of students from preschool through high school. - Class Notes, Fall-2015, outcomes, Profile
The Book Keeper
Natalie Garyet BA ’10 marries her passion for poetry with her devotion to cultural conservation.
Bookshelf
Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy: Bridging Emotion, Societal Context, and Couple Interaction
Carmen Knudson-Martin, professor of counselling psychology, pens a guide for clinical work with troubled couples. Designed for practitioners, it integrates real-world knowledge of the intersections of gender, culture, power, and identity in relationships with empirical findings on the neurology of attraction.
Springer, 2015. 153 pages.
A Battle of Lake Champlain: A “Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory”
(Campaigns and Commanders Series)
John Schroeder BA ’65, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, recounts the War of 1812’s early years, the failed U.S. invasions of Canada in 1812 and 1813, and the ensuring naval race for control of Lake Champlain in 1814. University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. 184 pages.
College Calculus: A One-Term Course for Students with Previous Calculus Experience
Roger Nelson, professor emeritus of mathematics, coauthors a text that provides students with a solid foundation in single-variable calculus and prepares them for the next course in college-level mathematics.
Mathematical Association of America, 2015. 388 pages.
Mosaic Garden Projects
Mark Brody BA ’87 offers a primer on the fundamentals of mosaic along with step-by-step instructions for the creation of 25 decorative yet functional projects.
Timber Press, 2015. 256 pages.
Baby’s on Fire
Liz Prato BA ’89 presents Baby’s on Fire, a collection of 12 stories set in the West with strong female protagonists who are trying to find their way in a world where their ties of intimacy are damaged and broken.
Puffy & Blue: The Chronicles of Nine Lives Together
Kayla Fioravanti BA ’09 chronicles the uplifting true story of the deep friendship between a cat and her girl that spans three countries. one of the chapters talks about Fioravanti’s experiences at Lewis & Clark and her overseas study program to Ireland.
Selah press, 2015. 164 pages.
The Book of Nonsense
(Forbidden Books Series, Volume 1)
David Michael Slater MAT ’94 writes a young-adult novel about Dexter and Daphna Wax, who work to unravel the secrets of The Book of Nonsense and discover the truth about their own extraordinary destiny.
Zharmae, 2015. 208 pages.
Becoming Oregon: From Expedition to Exposition
Robert Hamm BA ’70, MAT ’74 shares 150 newspaper accounts, mostly from the East Coast, which featured stories about Oregon during the 100 years between the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-06) and the Lewis and Clark Exposition (1905).
Mossy Brae Press, 2015. 565 pages.
Fixing the Books: Secrecy, Literacy, and the Perfectibility in Indigenous New Mexico
(Resident scholar series)
Erin Debenport BA ’94 presents the research she conducted on an indigenous language literacy effort within a New Mexico Pueblo community, and the potential of that literacy to compromise Pueblo secrecy.
School for Advanced Research press, 2015. 174 pages.
Potsherds of Peace: Poems, Prose, and Philology
Allen Reed JD ’74 publishes a second book of his personal writings, organized around the idea of peace.
Self-published, 2014. 131 pages.
In Memoriam
Friends of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Afterword
Why should planet Earth care about (non-planet) Pluto?
Galleries
Philanthropy Dinner
Photos by Brian FoulkesAlumni Weekend 2015 Sizzles
Photos by Brian Foulkes
Scholarship Luncheon
Photos by Brian FoulkesPreacher and Doc
Photos and captions courtesy of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries.
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