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Several people have joined our community recently, a few continuing employees have taken on new roles at Lewis & Clark, and a few said a fond farewell.

#4 Lewis & Clark College men’s basketball outscored #3 Whitman College 32-16 over the final 12:12 in regulation, to win the program’s first Northwest Conference Title since 2002. 

Ezra Billings and Caitlin DeNise are the first NWC Men’s Swimmer and Men’s Coach of the Year in program history.

Visiting Professor of Music John Cox has received a GRAMMY® nomination for his work on the album Clear Voices in the Dark. The album features Francois Poulenc’s Figure Humaine—one of the most powerful anti-fascist artistic expressions from the 20th century—a seven-movement secular cantata written in 1943 during the German occupation of France. 

For the ninth time in ten years, the Lewis & Clark speech/debate team has earned the Gold medal award from the Northwest Forensics conference for outstanding overall performance as a squad.

Lewis & Clark Law’s student team took first place for “Drafting Counsel” in a national competition for transactional law.

This transformational approach to career readiness will integrate career competencies and work-ready skills into every undergraduate’s academic journey; a commitment from Heidi Hu BS ’85 and Daniel Hsieh establishes an endowment to support it.

Lewis & Clark Law School’s Environmental Moot Court Team recently secured its ninth national championship at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) at Pace University, further solidifying its status as the most successful school in the competition’s history.

Dr. Yellowbird’s research focuses on the effects of colonization and methods of decolonization, ancestral health, intermittent fasting, Indigenous mindfulness, neurodecolonization, mindful decolonization, and the cultural significance of Rez dogs.

For six decades, Lewis & Clark’s International Fair has brought cultures together through food, performances, and community. The run-up to this year’s fair, held March 1, featured a week of festivities, including student-designed meals and a visual history of the fair, highlighting its impact on generations of students.