Highlights of 2015
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni use their knowledge and experience to achieve in their fields of study and endeavor. Here’s a list of a few successes of this year, from law school alum Kate Brown becoming the governor of Oregon to the institution being named the #1 green college by Princeton Review.
- Two student-athletes named finalists for the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships
- Lewis & Clark among nation’s top 12 for Fulbright honors
- Lewis & Clark faculty receive honors and recognition for their work
- Lewis & Clark named #1 green college by Princeton Review
- President Glassner represents higher education at White House, is elected to the NAICU board, and shares his views on the “uses of ignorance” in the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Graduation speech by Yash Desai ’15 covered in the Oregonian
- Alumnus Bob Fitch ’61 documents some of America’s greatest human rights campaigns
- Law school celebrates 100 years of excellence
- Law alum Kate Brown ’85 becomes governor of Oregon
- Michael Lindblad MAT ’96 named 2015 Oregon Teacher of the Year
- Philanthropist Lorry Lokey makes $2 million gift to support outstanding professors
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Sneaker Law
Stepping Into a New Era of Legal Education
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Climate Change
New Scholarship for International Environmental Law LLM Students
The Karuna Foundation recently funded a new scholarship for students from the Himalayan region. The scholarship—the first of its kind for the environmental program—will provide significant funding for an international student with a passion for environmental law and climate change mitigation.
Prosperous Portland
An L&C Leader for Portland’s Small Business Community
Lewis & Clark’s Entrepreneur in Residence Mitch Daugherty has been tapped to lead Portland’s newly created Office of Small Business, helping to connect small business owners with the resources they need to thrive.
Beyond Divisions
21st Annual Ray Warren Symposium Explores the Concept of Borders
This year’s Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, held November 13-15, is titled On the Border. It will examine the different borders we experience, the role of borders in our lives, and the relationship between borders and ideas of race and ethnicity.