The Source: News for Faculty and Staff

On January 13, 2025, Moodle will begin using Single Sign-On (SSO) for LC Accounts. This change will improve faculty and student login experience.

This is an invitation to participate in an important survey that may result in increased support for community engagement on campus.

Lewis & Clark Baseball’s 2024 “Warm The Winter” clothing drive, in support of Operation Nightwatch Portland, runs Nov. 15–Dec. 19. 

Seeking students to become trained Dialogue Practitioners and hold important conversations on campus!

This program is designed to equip student leaders with the skills to facilitate meaningful dialogue on campus. In this role, you’ll be trained in dialogue facilitation and learn techniques for fostering constructive conversations across a variety of perspectives. Following the initial two-day training, students will work with other trained practitioners to develop and facilitate a dialogue project on a topic that matters in our campus community.

Faculty from across the institution were honored this month at the first Presidential Faculty Excellence Award ceremony.

Julia Unangst, who has been serving as the interim assistant vice president since May, has been appointed to the role in an ongoing capacity as of November 1.

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

Bill Curtis, associate vice president for student life operations and strategic initiatives, is departing Lewis & Clark to become the director of business continuity for the Universal Technical Institute, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ. Bill’s last day is Friday, November 29.

Lewis & Clark’s Board of Trustees recently welcomed six new members at the October 2024 meeting.

Cara Tomlinson’s Art and Ecology class uses waste materials from around Portland to create beautiful and meaningful works of art. This course offers a fresh approach to creative practice, merging art and ecology to help students respond to the climate crisis, explore the agency of materials, and build connections to place.

Transitioning into college can be an emotional, busy time for students and their families. Lewis & Clark’s First-Year Experience team aims to create a smooth transition by laying the groundwork for a successful first semester.

As the calendar year draws to a close, we’ve compiled a sampling of top stories from the undergraduate college, the graduate school, and the law school.

Professor Keith Cunningham-Parmeter is the fifth recipient of the Huffman Scholarship Award for his article, Discrimination by Algorithm: Employer Accountability for Biased Customer Reviews.

The Center for Community and Global Health offers funding for health and humanities internships with Portland-area partners. Whether over the summer or during the school year, L&C students benefit from paid internships that turn career exploration into action.