Undergraduate News

With funds from a Projects for Peace grant, Latifatou “Lati” Savadogo BA ’24 spent the summer working to provide life-saving health screenings to displaced women in her home country of Burkina Faso.

In addition to being listed among the nation’s 390 best colleges and on the Green College Honor Roll, Lewis & Clark received top rankings for most beautiful campus (No. 4), best college newspaper (No. 16), and most politically active students (No. 16).

Lewis & Clark is the first liberal arts college to offer an in-person, 4-credit Salesforce course leading to the company’s associate credential.

Feya Dawkins BA ’25 spent her summer as an intern at SCRAP, a local nonprofit that turns trash into treasure.

This summer, L&C students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships, diving into real-world challenges and building their professional skills.

As a new member of College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, President Robin Holmes-Sullivan is joining 91 other college presidents from across the country to advance higher education’s pivotal role in preparing students to be engaged citizens and to uphold free expression on campus.

What advice would our current seniors offer new students? We reached out to a few to find out.

Assistant Professor of Biology Heidi Liere and her students take a closer look at Portland’s lady beetle species to understand how these beneficial predators preserve biodiversity and respond to a changing climate.

In May, L&C undergraduate students headed to Puerto Rico and Oaxaca, Mexico, for service learning trips organized by the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement. 

Skills Labs, offered through the Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership, give students of any major a leg up on entry to the workplace.

OHSU and Lewis & Clark lead the first population-based survey of melanoma literacy in the United States. A follow-up study using social media ads reveals that combining melanoma education and self-efficacy is the best health communication strategy.

Lewis & Clark unveiled the newly renovated Huston Sports Complex this spring. In addition to baseball and softball, L&C is now able to offer men’s and women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, additional on-campus club sports, and intramural spaces.

Azucena Lizbeth Morales Santos BA ’24, who double-majored in Hispanic studies and sociology/anthropology, received this spring’s Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.

As the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright award, Alexandra Flory BA ’24 will serve as an English teaching assistant in Germany beginning this fall.

Biologist Sharon Torigoe and her students investigate the mechanisms that determine a cell’s fate.