News and Events
- NEWS
AES Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Help us celebrate our mid-century mark by stopping by our Open House on October 13, 11 - 1. Take our AES: 50 Years Quiz to test your knowledge of AES and learn more about AES and our scholarship for local high school graduates. Submit your answers to enter our raffle at the open house in the AES Office Suite in Albany Hall, garden level.
Be a Friend... a Community Friend!
Our Community Friends Program matches international students with local resident volunteers to help them feel welcome and at home during their time at Lewis & Clark College.
Scholarship for Portland-Area Immigrants and Refugees
The Dallaire/Graham Scholarships Committee at Lewis & Clark has started a scholarship for Portland-Area Immigrants and Refugees.Dallaire and Graham Scholarships
Pioneer Log article about the Dallaire and Graham Scholarships.
LC Reuse Room Pilot Project Launches
The Office of Sustainability is excited to share the launch of a pilot project: the Lewis & Clark ReUse Room and Thrift Shop.
Community Friends in the Time of Covid19
Learn how Community Friends are adapting during this time of social distancing, masks, and climate fires. Even during a pandemic, our Community Friends Program matches international students with local residents to make them feel welcome and at home during their time at Lewis & Clark College.
AES Alumnus Pioneers Puppetry in Saudi Arabia
Ammar Alsabban, who studied with Academic English Studies in 2006, has carved out a dream career in Saudi Arabia.
Alumnus’ Documentary Garners International Acclaim
Danial Afzal BA ’12, who studied theories behind the way media influences our lives, is now shaping lives himself with his award-winning short film, The Survivor. The documentary tells the story of a young student who escapes the 2014 attack on the Army Public School in Pakistan and the grief that follows.
Visit with Founder & First Director of AES/ISALC
Joann Geddes, current Co-director of AES, recently visited with former ISALC special programs instructors Doris Marks and Mary Lou Stewart. They all joined Ms. Prue Douglas, the founder and first director of AES (formerly the Institute for the Study of American Language and Culture - ISALC) to share memories. The ISALC/AES was founded in 1972.
AES Alumna Meets with Former U.S. President Clinton and Daughter Chelsea in Rwanda
After being selected from more than 9,000 applicants, former AES student and 2011-2012 Dallaire Scholarship recipient, Kelvine Muhire was selected to serve as a Global Health Corps Fellow in the position of Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator at the Rwandan Ministry of Health. Following two weeks of training at Yale University, Kelvine joined other Fellows who met with President Clinton and his daughter Chelsea when they recently visited the Starskey Hearing Foundation in Kigali, Rwanda.
2013 Commencement Speaker, Retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, Visits with AES Student
Canadian Senator and Retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire first spoke at Lewis & Clark on November 18, 2004. On that day, he became the first contributor to the Lewis & Clark AES scholarship that now bears his name. He returned to campus in 2013 as the College of Arts & Sciences commencement speaker and visited with Dallaire Scholarship recipient, Emmanuel Habimana as well as many supporters of the scholarship. - EVENTS
Past Events
Kwibuka 30 - To Remember and Learn: Rwanda
The Afrikan Diaspora Club and Dallaire Scholar invite you to an evening of learning and paying respect to the victims of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda. This event will bring together students, staff, and faculty to engage with distinguished speakers. Students will have the opportunity to interact with them, followed by dinner.
Background: Kwibuka events and ceremonies take place annually during the official 100 days of mourning held every year between April and July to remember the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, known as Kwibuka, which means “to remember”.
