L&C Magazine

Fall 2015

Featured Stories

Message from the President

Fall-2015, President's Letter

Individual Action, Collective Wisdom

Portland flies its DIY flag proudly, but even in our city Do It Yourself does not mean Do It Alone.

On Palatine Hill

Leadership and Support

Fall-2015, leadership

Philanthropy Leadership Dinner

More than 200 guests gathered to celebrate members of the Leadership Society, Heritage Society, and Elliott Circle.
Fall-2015, leadership

Scholarship Luncheon

More than 160 donors, students, faculty, and staff gathered for the annual Scholarship Recognition Luncheon.
Fall-2015, leadership

On the Road President Visits Iceland

In July, President Barry Glassner and his wife, Betsy Amster, traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland.
Fall-2015, leadership

Turning Knowledge Into Action: Internships as a Rite of Passage

On behalf of his fellow graduates, Yash Desai noted that their new degrees put them in position “to create the most value not just for ourselves but for others, in whatever we do.”

Alumni News

Profiles

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

Fall-2015, In Memoriam

Friends of Lewis & Clark Remembered

Honoring alumni, faculty, staff, and friends who have recently passed.

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