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Winter 2012
Message from the President
The Point of Departure
Standing on the deck of the S.S. President Cleveland, about to sail for Japan, Steve Crow was “scared spitless.” But he was also raring to go, this first-year student from eastern Oregon farm country. Looking across San Francisco Bay, he thought, “If I can succeed in this, nothing can get in my way.”
On Palatine Hill
Class of 2015 Stats
Get the scoop on this year’s Freshman class.
Endowed With Talented Professors
In 2011, Lewis & Clark announced new holders of endowed professorships, which honor distinguished individuals and advance innovative teaching and research.
The Meanings of Multiculturalism
What is multiculturalism? What is the place of this idea in U.S. education? And what did German Chancellor Angela Merkel mean when she said multiculturalism is dead?
Cracking Microsoft’s CodeCamp
While others may have spent their summer playing video games, Julian Dale CAS ’12 and Nic Wilson cas ’CAS spent their time designing one at Microsoft.
Occupying Fir Acres Theatre
Cloth banners and tagboard signs tout slogans like “Inequality hurts us all!” and “This is what democracy looks like.” Haggard citizens huddle in a square singing Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” If this seems more like a description of an Occupy rally than like the opening image of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, then you must have missed the theatre department’s Main Stage production this fall.
‘Spider Lady’ Named Oregon Professor of the Year
Students and spiders: together this unlikely duo fuels Greta Binford’s passion for teaching. Her gifts as an educator have not gone unnoticed. She was recently named the 2011 Oregon Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
World’s First Advanced Degree in Animal Law
From dogfighting and hoarding to pet custody battles, animal law issues are making headlines around the country. Now Lewis & Clark is creating the world’s first advanced degree in animal law, extending its leadership in this emerging field.
Projects for Peace X2
Last year, for the first time ever, two Lewis & Clark student groups earned competitive grants from 100 Projects for Peace, an initiative funded by philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis. Now in its fifth year, the program encourages undergraduates to design grassroots projects to be undertaken around the world with the help of $10,000 grants. Lewis & Clark students have earned the coveted grants each year since the program’s inception.
Rankings Roundup
Last fall, Lewis & Clark received high marks in a variety of national rankings that honor everything from service-oriented students to sustainability to exceptional faculty.
Social Capital and Family Therapy
Teresa McDowell, professor and chair of the graduate school’s counseling psychology department, has received the prestigious Anselm Strauss Award from the National Council on Family Relations. The award recognizes outstanding qualitative research in the area of family theory.
Building the Citisphere
This city is becoming one of Earth’s most important environments, yet it has commanded limited attention in traditional environmental discourse. Last fall’s 14th annual Environmental Affairs Symposium, titled Citisphere, sought to change that by exploring the diverse character, mechanisms, and roles of cities in biophysical and social systems at all scales.
Alumni News
Births and Adoptions, Winter 2012
Births and Adoptions
L&C Honors Outstanding Alumni
Each year, Lewis & Clark honors alumni from the College of Arts and Sciences for their outstanding accomplishments and community service. We’re proud to announce the 2012 honorees, who will receive their awards at the Alumni Honors Banquet on February 25.
Profiles
Advocating for Animal Protection
As Alexis Fox JD ’09 settles into the rhythm of her regular 4-mile run, she can’t help replaying the disturbing video footage in her head. At a Canadian slaughterhouse, a horse is still conscious after being hit by a stun gun. Writhing in pain in the kill box, the mare is then hoisted up by one leg to be butchered and dismembered.
Former Faculty Remembered
John Crist, professor emeritus of sociology, Robert Lee Myers BS ’48, professor emeritus of law and a former trustee of Lewis & Clark, and John Keil Richards BS ’46, professor emeritus of music
A Pioneer in Space Tourism
The spaceship’s rocket ignites at 50,000 feet above the earth. In a matter of seconds, the craft accelerates to 2,500 mph—over three times the speed of sound— pinning passengers to their seats. Cobalt blue skies fade to black outside large viewing windows. The rocket engine shuts off, its roar replaced by instant quiet.
Fields Leaves Enduring Legacy
Fred W. Fields, a staunch friend and advocate for Lewis & Clark for more than a quarter century, died December 13, 2011, at age 88.
Community Mourns Student’s Death
Isaac Clark CAS ’12 made a significant impact on others with his intense passion for life and learning.
Voices of Change
Mary Clare drove cross-country over the first 100 days of the Obama administration to capture and share conversations about change.
Healthy Living Through Mindfulness
When he was a novice monk, Donald Altman remembers sitting cross-legged on a low futon, swathed in saffron-colored robes. As he contemplated his vows, he became distracted by a giant-sized Cadbury milk chocolate bar that was sitting on a nearby shelf.
Noted African American Studies Scholar Dies
Rudolph Byrd BA ’75, Goodrich C. White Professor of American Studies at Emory University
Bookshelf
In Memoriam
Community Mourns Student’s Death
Isaac Clark CAS ’12 made a significant impact on others with his intense passion for life and learning.
Fields Leaves Enduring Legacy
Fred W. Fields, a staunch friend and advocate for Lewis & Clark for more than a quarter century, died December 13, 2011, at age 88.
In Memoriam, Winter 2012
Honoring alumni, faculty, staff, and friends who have recently passed.
Noted African American Studies Scholar Dies
Rudolph Byrd BA ’75, Goodrich C. White Professor of American Studies at Emory University
Former Faculty Remembered
John Crist, professor emeritus of sociology, Robert Lee Myers BS ’48, professor emeritus of law and a former trustee of Lewis & Clark, and John Keil Richards BS ’46, professor emeritus of music
Afterword
A Poem Alive in This Moment
When writing her poem “All Times and All Tenses Alive in This Moment,” Mary Szybist, associate professor of English, says she was “thinking about faith and doubt and how the two can be entwined and even, perhaps, simultaneous. I wanted each line to read as a declaration and as an open question.”
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