L&C Magazine
Winter 2009
Cover Story
Food for Thought
By Genevieve J. Long
On campus and off, Lewis & Clark community members are stirring up the local food culture.
Featured Stories
Returning to Vietnam
A new generation encounters the academic richness and cultural diversity of Vietnam
‘Global Nomads’ Find a Home
With its international focus and highly supportive community, Lewis & Clark provides a welcoming environment for third-culture kids.
Message from the President
Defining Asset Value
Like most of you, I approached opening my third-quarter investment statements with some dread. And as you know, that was before we endured the financial markets’ wild ride in October, the worst month in the American stock market since 1987.
On Palatine Hill
New to the Board
Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees has welcomed a new chair as well as four new faces.
Law School Hosts Luminaries
Rarely do a federal agency, an association of private lawyers, and an academic institution join together to organize a conference.
Ratte Winner has the Right Chemistry
Frances Delaney BA ‘08 believes there is an advantage to studying science at a small college. By the time she won the 2008 Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest academic honor, she had devoted countless hours to the study of chemistry and spent more than a year and a half in laboratories, engaging in research.
A Bounty of National Awards
Last spring, several Lewis & Clark undergraduates made a dramatic display of their academic fitness, winning a Truman Scholarship, three Goldwater Scholarships, and six Fulbright grants to further their education and research.New Opportunity to Experience Asia
Lewis & Clark has been invited by the Henry Luce Foundation to join 67 select colleges and universities across the country to participate in the Luce Scholars Program.
Art Historian, Criminal Law Expert 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.
Meet the New Graduate School Dean
Scott Fletcher, previously chair of the Department of Education at the University of New Hampshire, joined Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling in August.
Eco-Friendly Art
The peculiar, erratic stylings of a motorcycle-turned-trumpet are what first meet the ears of visitors to Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art, a traveling exhibition now on display in the Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark.
Alumni News
Odell Alumni Gatehouse Welcomes Alumni
After many years of discussion and planning, a committed group of undergraduate alumni has realized the dream of acquiring dedicated space for alumni social gatherings and events. Lewis & Clark’s gatehouse, a stone and brick building at the main entrance to campus, has been refurbished and renamed the Morgan S. Odell Alumni Gatehouse.
Profiles
Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Television anchor Kate Kelly spent 40 minutes practicing in front of the camera, determined to coordinate the sign language she had just learned with the speed and inflection of her voice.“I don’t know how your teachers do this all day long,” she said to Jill Ellis, cofounder and executive director of the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness (CEID) in Berkeley, California.
A Cancer Researcher of a Different Stripe
For someone who holds a prestigious appointment at a premier cancer research center, Brad Cairns BS ’87 spends a lot of time staring at zebra fish.Rowing Her Way to the Olympics
Amy Clay Ives had never touched an oar until she took up rowing in her first year at Lewis & Clark.Roy Elicker JD ‘82: Focusing on Fish, Wildlife, and People
Every spring and fall, waves of salmon swim up the Columbia River to spawn. Roy Elicker strives to protect, enhance, and balance their biological and habitat needs with those of other fish and wildlife–while also keeping in mind the needs of people.
Sculptor of Water
Martin Waugh BS ’76 has created more than 100,000 captivating images of water in flight–on purpose–using ultra-highspeed digital cameras and self-designed timing and flash devices.Martin Waugh BS ‘76: Sculptor of Water
Waugh has created more than 100,000 captivating images of water in flight–on purpose–using ultra-highspeed digital cameras and self-designed timing and flash devices.Brad Cairns BS ’87: A Cancer Researcher of a Different Stripe
For someone who holds a prestigious appointment at a premier cancer research center, Brad Cairns spends a lot of time staring at zebra fish.
Focusing on Fish, Wildlife, and People
Every spring and fall, waves of salmon swim up the Columbia River to spawn. Roy Elicker JD ’82 strives to protect, enhance, and balance their biological and habitat needs with those of other fish and wildlife–while also keeping in mind the needs of people.Friends of Lewis & Clark Remembered
Carol Sawyer McCall, Lewis & Clark trustee since 2001, William Norman Shearer BA ’31, professor emeritus of chemistry
Rowing Her Way to the Olympics
Amy Clay Ives BA ’01 had never touched an oar until she took up rowing in her first year at Lewis & Clark.
Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Television anchor Kate Kelly spent 40 minutes practicing in front of the camera, determined to coordinate the sign language she had just learned with the speed and inflection of her voice.“I don’t know how your teachers do this all day long,” she said to Jill Ellis MEd ’75, cofounder and executive director of the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness (CEID) in Berkeley, California.
Afterword
Tbilisi in a Time of War
In August Ryan McKinstry (BA ‘07) found himself, with fellow L&C graduate Avery Schmidt (BA ‘07), in the most surreal of circumstances when the small democratic nation of Georgia became embroiled in a conventional war against one of the most powerful armies on earth.
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