Lewis & Clark’s partnership with local nonprofit Blanchet House enables students to provide dignified aid to those living with housing and food insecurity in downtown Portland.

With a grant from Projects for Peace, Nichole Champion BA ’25 created the Holistic Wellness Initiative, an effort to create spaces of belonging, healing, and empowerment for Portland youth.

In fall 2021, Lewis & Clark was named a partner recipient of an $8.2 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, kicking off work with Portland Public Schools to train aspiring administrators with programming focused on equity and inclusion. Funding has been awarded for an additional year, extending the program through 2026–27.

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.

The new collaboration will build a hub for education and economic opportunity within Portland’s redeveloped Lower Albina district to foster learning as a core value of the community and provide opportunities for Albina residents and Lewis & Clark students, staff, and faculty.

Burton Scheer BA ’25 is bringing their studies in English to the professional world of creative writing and literature through an events internship with the acclaimed Portland nonprofit Literary Arts.

Lewis & Clark Law School and Oregon Public Broadcasting are launching the Public Records and Government Transparency Project, a new initiative offering legal training for students and support for journalists navigating Oregon’s complex public records system.

Visiting Assistant Professor Devin Fitzpatrick designed his new course, Data for Good, to challenge students to get their hands dirty—both in messy datasets and in the soil—through a partnership with the Portland-based nonprofit Growing Gardens.

In June, Lewis & Clark partnered with the Energy Trust of Oregon to offer a one-week training course designed to prepare college students for internships in the energy efficiency sector.

Warren, who assumes the new role on August 4, will spearhead Lewis & Clark’s historic partnership with Albina Vision Trust, as well as cultivate new institutional partnerships.

Nhân Hàn BA ’27 and Thoan Nguyễn BA ’27, with project manager Zoë Maughan BA ’19, curated a 15-panel, bilingual traveling exhibit highlighting stories from Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community, an archive documenting experiences of Vietnamese Portlanders.

This summer, several Rogers Science Program students immersed themselves in hands-on field work investigating the behavior of deer mice in Tryon Creek State Natural Area with Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Burkhard―and found their career paths.

In fall 2021, Lewis & Clark was named a partner recipient of an $8.2 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, kicking off work with Portland Public Schools to train aspiring administrators with programming focused on equity and inclusion. Funding has been awarded for an additional year, extending the program through 2026–27.

This summer, students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships, thanks to L&C’s Career Center. Check out the experiences of some of these students!

Lewis & Clark’s John S. Rogers Science Research Program gave these young alumni scientists the skills—and the confidence—to soar into graduate programs nationwide.

Portland’s community gardens became a classroom for Assistant Professor of Biology Heidi Liere and two of her students. Together, they took a hands-on look at Portland’s lady beetle species to understand how these beneficial predators preserve biodiversity and respond to a changing climate.

“L&C gave me a rigorous education in the fundamentals of law, offered a variety of experiential learning opportunities, and empowered me to pursue a public interest law career!”

Lewis & Clark Law students gained hands-on experience in deal strategy and cross-functional collaboration during Intel’s Accelerating the Deal workshop led by in-house counsel Trevor Jones and Elizabeth Borges.

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.

“My practicum was a career-altering experience that changed my post-graduation ambitions. I realized I actually want to work more in a multicultural, advising, and/or equity and inclusion office, instead of my initial plan to continue my work in a study abroad office.”

In June, Lewis & Clark partnered with the Energy Trust of Oregon to offer a one-week training course designed to prepare college students for internships in the energy efficiency sector.

Beginning in fall 2025, the graduate school will offer a dedicated course on crisis counseling and intervention strategies, providing future school counselors with the tools necessary to address the ever-evolving K-12 landscape.

Come along with Tara Elsa BA ’25 for a day in her life as an intern with Symbol Design in Portland!

Lewis & Clark Law School’s extensive externship program enables students to earn academic credit while gaining hands-on professional experience across the corporate, public interest, private law, and government sectors.

Micah Depper BA ’10, a seventh-grade science teacher in Maine, is one of a handful of teachers nationwide selected for a $25,000 Milken Educator Award, part of the nation’s preeminent teacher-recognition program.

Katie Ingersoll BA ’25, biochemistry and molecular biology major, will address graduates at the College of Arts and Sciences commencement.

We are proud to celebrate Tory Dille JD ’26 and Shoshana Grossman JD ’26, this year’s Wyss Scholars from Lewis & Clark Law School. Both students have demonstrated exceptional dedication to environmental advocacy, public lands protection, and conservation law.

Over the next several weeks, hundreds of families and friends will celebrate the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education and Counseling, and School of Law Classes of 2025.

Claire Tonry ’09 is carrying on a powerful legacy of environmental justice. Her work was recognized with the prestigious Kerry Rydberg-Jack Tuholske Award for Public Interest Litigation at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.

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.

Watson is one of 441 students selected from a pool of more than 5,000 nationwide for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent award for undergraduates in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics. 

In her speech, Lindsay hopes to inspire fellow graduates by highlighting the power of unconditional love, resilience, and the unseen ways we shape the lives of others.

Piros was presented with the award at a surprise assembly in front of a gym full of excited middle school students in the fall, and will be formally honored at COSA’s annual Seaside Conference in June 2025.

The White House Office of Science and Technology announced the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching awards on January 13, 2025. Krishnan was recognized as a 2023 Mathematics awardee from Oregon.

Now in her fourth year with the Dallas School District, Darr is one of two school psychologists serving students at Whitworth and Oakdale Heights elementary schools, Dallas Community Charter School, and Dallas High School. Last year she served 86 students through the evaluation process and 90 students the year prior.

Corey Van Landingham BA ’08 has been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for creative and intellectual achievement. The fellowship will underwrite a yearlong poetry project that explores how isolation can sharpen both perception and imagination.

Dr. Holmes-Sullivan was nominated for her exceptional leadership as a university administrator over her career to improve the lives of students.

Instructor of Japanese Satomi Newsom was named Teacher of the Year on April 16 for her commitment to student success.

Lewis & Clark’s speech and debate program won a pair of championships at recent national tournaments. The team of Maltin Tocani BA ’25 and Isabella Moore BA ’26 won the Honors division at the YODL national British Parliamentary debate championships, while the Lewis & Clark contingent at the National Speech Tournament won the team title in the limited entry category.

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

Global Law Alliance clinic students joined advocacy groups from across the country to urge U.S. negotiators to act aggressively within the scope of their authority as the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations begin to come to a close.

OPB reporter Elizabeth Miller followed a class of future secondary teachers and their professors as they explored the implications of an I-5 expansion on a North Portland neighborhood and middle school. 

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.

Lewis & Clark is ranked No. 17, up 20 spots from last year, in Princeton Review’s 2025 list of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges and universities.

Mateo was an active student leader on campus, and started the beloved Apiary Garden through the Students Engaged in Eco-Defense (SEED) Club. “I hope that the garden will continue to grow into an educational space where students can learn about beekeeping and pollinator ecology more broadly.”

Lewis & Clark’s annual Moss Appreciation Week recently garnered national media attention on NPR’s Morning Edition. Moss Week combines scientific exploration with creative, playful events, celebrating the everyday wonders of moss.

Lena Essak BA ’24 spent a summer as a paid community relations intern in the Portland office of EDP Renewables. Thanks to the Bates Center Summer Sustainability Internship course, she was able to learn, grow, and gain hands-on experience while working alongside two supportive Lewis & Clark alumni.

Factory farms have polluted groundwater across much of Oregon. But, explains Lewis & Clark Professor Michele Okoh, simply banning large dairy farms won’t ensure Oregonians have safe drinking water.

Vincent Montanic Sheoships is this year’s Nelson D. Terry Scholarship recipient. “I am close to achieving my dream of becoming a practicing attorney, and I look forward to fanning the flames of Tribal sovereignty through upholding federal laws that make Tribes distinct and unique.”

L&C environmental studies students gained some real-world experience last month when they visited Tillamook Forest Center to attend the center’s annual Rain Festival, a celebration of the Tillamook Forest and its waterways. They spent the afternoon gathering input from rural community members on what they value most about Oregon’s forests.

Micah Leinbach BA ’14, founder of the Bus for Outdoor Access &Teaching (BOAT), serves community organizations interested in implementing wilderness programs.

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.

In mid-January, the Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership hosted its annual entrepreneurial workshop, known as Winterim. The event brought 27 students to campus prior to the start of spring semester for a week of learning, networking, and mentoring, which culminated in a pitch competition for more than $10,000 in prizes.

“I am very passionate about working to improve systems, which led me to create Aspasia Wealth Management, where we focus on expanding financial services to be more inclusive of those who have historically been excluded. Beyond my work in financial services, I also engage with organizations dedicated to systemic change as an Officer for All Hands Raised, a board member of YMCA Columbia-Willamette, and president of the Portland Rotary Club.”

In a cross-school collaboration, Professors Greta Binford and Liza Finkel prepare middle and high school teachers to weave real-world data science into their environmental curricula.

Assistant Professor of Professional Mental Health Counseling and “Burnout Scholar” Justin Henderson has an innovative approach to understanding workplace well-being.

Almost a decade since its founding, the John E. and Susan S. Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership has continued to flourish.

A new online portal from Lewis & Clark’s National Crime Victim Law Institute is providing free legal advice to victims of hate and bias crimes in Oregon, bridging a critical gap in access to justice.

Offering both practical training for students and affordable legal assistance to entrepreneurs, the Small Business Legal Clinic is a win-win for Oregon businesses and the next generation of business attorneys.

Dylan Hankins BA ’20 didn’t realize an extracurricular acting class, combined with his study abroad trip, would change his life. But with Faena, his new Spanish-language play, Hankins proves himself one of Portland theater’s most eclectic young artists.

Lewis & Clark’s Animal Legal Defense Fund is hosting an evening event that celebrates the power of art to inspire a vision of a better world for all and challenges the mainstream paradigm of how we perceive and value animals. Attendees will connect with local artists and photojournalists, explore their impactful work, and enjoy a special presentation by award-winning photographer, author, and photo editor Jo-Anne McArthur, founder and president of We Animals.

During this virtual event, Professor Emeritus Kim Stafford will discuss his journey to publish A Proclamation for Peace: Translated for the World. There will be a reading of his poem in different languages by L&C alumni from around the world.

Students in the Portland Music Scenes course connect directly with the city’s varied music communities—from country to jazz, punk to R&B, taiko to Irish trad—while learning to use the tools of ethnomusicology.

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.

A new course, Playing at the Border: Migration and Art, examines how migrant and refugee stories are told in film, theatre, and visual art, providing students with opportunities to engage directly with Portland’s immigrant communities.

Lewis & Clark enters the second year of its engagement with the Portland Art Museum’s paid college internship program, an opportunity for students to facilitate interactive K-12 group visits in the galleries.

Music, theatre, and dance might not be the first things you think of when you hear “library,” but Lewis & Clark’s Aubrey R. Watzek Library is much more than a place for quiet study. On the first Friday of every month, Arts@LC takes over the Watzek atrium to showcase student participation in the performing arts. The final events of the fall semester featured actors from the Main Stage theatre production Into the Woods and dancers from theatre’s contact improv class.

The Hoffman Gallery’s current exhibit features immersive paintings, bodily ceramic sculpture, and monumental paper sculpture by Catherine Fairbanks. This work is accompanied by intimate poetry by Catherine Barnett, which has been hand-drawn for the exhibition by Nuria Kiesebrink-Pareick.

The Lewis & Clark Art Therapy program has released a documentary film exploring its expansion into the Community Counseling Center and discussing the benefits that the new space has to offer to both graduate students and community members alike.

Lewis & Clark Graduate School’s newly expanded Community Counseling Center serves as a training ground for counseling students and a thriving mental health resource for Portland.

The nearly $2 million Oregon Health Authority grant will support graduate students pursuing degrees in counseling, therapy, and school psychology over the next two years.

In a Seattle Times opinion piece, Robin Holmes-Sullivan, president of Lewis & Clark and a clinical psychologist, addresses how parents and caregivers can prepare their students for the“monumental transition” to college while supporting their autonomy and growth.

L&C’s hybrid school psychology graduate program increases access to a fully accredited program, specifically in rural Oregon districts where the school psychologist shortage is felt most acutely.

Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling received a $1.1 million federal grant to train school psychologists to effectively support students in high-need rural and urban districts.

Lewis & Clark’s Mental Health Validation Program (MVP) brings counseling services, mental health workshops, student-athlete peer support groups, and more to the college’s student-athletes.

For first-year students interested in public interest law, 1LIFE is a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on legal experience, receive mentorship from experienced professionals, and establish a network of connections.

At a recent campus event, community members learned how to practice the 3-Minute Mental Makeover, a quick writing exercise designed to reduce stress and improve communication and connection with others.

Lewis & Clark’s partnership with local nonprofit Blanchet House enables students to provide dignified aid to those living with housing and food insecurity in downtown Portland.

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.

A group of L&C students got an exclusive tour of Nike headquarters in Portland, connecting with alumni and discovering what it’s like to work at one of the world’s leading sportswear brands.

With a grant from Projects for Peace, Nichole Champion BA ’25 created the Holistic Wellness Initiative, an effort to create spaces of belonging, healing, and empowerment for Portland youth.

In fall 2021, Lewis & Clark was named a partner recipient of an $8.2 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, kicking off work with Portland Public Schools to train aspiring administrators with programming focused on equity and inclusion. Funding has been awarded for an additional year, extending the program through 2026–27.

Portland Music Scenes, a course taught by Associate Professor of Music Kaley Mason, allows our students to engage with the city and its residents while learning the tools of ethnomusicology. Students recently took a field trip to the Portland Japanese Garden, where students watched Yumi Torimaru, instructor in shamisen, perform as part of the duo Takohachi X.

On Being a Porous Boundary—a new art exhibit copresented by Lewis & Clark and Portland-based A-B Projects—features immersive paintings, bodily ceramic sculpture, and monumental paper sculpture by Catherine Fairbanks. This work is accompanied by intimate poetry by Catherine Barnett, which has been hand-drawn for the exhibition by Nuria Kiesebrink-Pareick.

WE ARE HERE, a new exhibit in the Art Therapy Gallery at L&C’s Community Counseling Center, features works by art therapy faculty, students, supervisors, and alumni as a way to educate the public about the art therapy program, to honor the unique people who are in our community, and to celebrate this important moment of growth and expansion to serve Portland.

Originally drawn to law school to seek justice for animals in captivity, Rianka Macwan JD ’24 maximized her student experience by fully exploring and participating in all of her interests. Through this personal and professional work, she decided to launch her career as the Lewis & Clark Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic’s ABA Tax Fellow.

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.

The new collaboration will build a hub for education and economic opportunity within Portland’s redeveloped Lower Albina district to foster learning as a core value of the community and provide opportunities for Albina residents and Lewis & Clark students, staff, and faculty.

Burton Scheer BA ’25 is bringing their studies in English to the professional world of creative writing and literature through an events internship with the acclaimed Portland nonprofit Literary Arts.

Lewis & Clark Law School and Oregon Public Broadcasting are launching the Public Records and Government Transparency Project, a new initiative offering legal training for students and support for journalists navigating Oregon’s complex public records system.

Visiting Assistant Professor Devin Fitzpatrick designed his new course, Data for Good, to challenge students to get their hands dirty—both in messy datasets and in the soil—through a partnership with the Portland-based nonprofit Growing Gardens.

Lewis & Clark enters the second year of its engagement with the Portland Art Museum’s paid college internship program, an opportunity for students to facilitate interactive K-12 group visits in the galleries.

In June, Lewis & Clark partnered with the Energy Trust of Oregon to offer a one-week training course designed to prepare college students for internships in the energy efficiency sector.

Warren, who assumes the new role on August 4, will spearhead Lewis & Clark’s historic partnership with Albina Vision Trust, as well as cultivate new institutional partnerships.

Sports and entertainment attorney Nic Mayne teaches a new Sneaker Law course at Lewis & Clark Law School, providing hands-on contract drafting experience through the lens of the athletic footwear industry.

Nhân Hàn BA ’27 and Thoan Nguyễn BA ’27, with project manager Zoë Maughan BA ’19, curated a 15-panel, bilingual traveling exhibit highlighting stories from Vietnamese Portland: Memory, History, Community, an archive documenting experiences of Vietnamese Portlanders.

This summer, several Rogers Science Program students immersed themselves in hands-on field work investigating the behavior of deer mice in Tryon Creek State Natural Area with Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Burkhard―and found their career paths.

Clinical Assistant Professor Cari Zall explains Oregon’s new Social Studies Standards, which introduce fresh perspectives and a more inclusive curriculum, and how the graduate school is preparing future educators to work with these guidelines.

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.

Todd Lochner and Ellen Seljan of the political science department served as consultants to the City of Gresham, sharing their expertise on electoral systems and local political institutions.

In a time of significant political polarization, how do the first amendment’s free speech protections inform civil discourse?

As a counterpoint to the rise in uncivil discourse, Lewis & Clark is taking a different approach. President Robin Holmes-Sullivan launched L&C’s Community Dialogues program, an ongoing multiyear initiative focused on building capacity to have constructive discussions.

L&C’s Center for Social Change and Community Involvement and the League of Women Voters are putting on an event for students to learn more about ranked choice voting and how to understand your ballot.

Lewis & Clark is taking part in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, working to improve civic engagement and achieve at least 80 percent voter turnout in the upcoming election.

“I chose L&C’s graduate school primarily because the student-teaching practicum was a full year in the same classroom. I was especially appreciative of the emphasis on interdisciplinary instruction and the focus on embedding teaching for social justice in content areas you wouldn’t immediately think of, like math and science.”

In fall 2021, Lewis & Clark was named a partner recipient of an $8.2 million grant from the Wallace Foundation, kicking off work with Portland Public Schools to train aspiring administrators with programming focused on equity and inclusion. Funding has been awarded for an additional year, extending the program through 2026–27.

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

OPB reporter Elizabeth Miller followed a class of future secondary teachers and their professors as they explored the implications of an I-5 expansion on a North Portland neighborhood and middle school. 

This summer, students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships, thanks to L&C’s Career Center. Check out the experiences of some of these students!

Lewis & Clark’s John S. Rogers Science Research Program gave these young alumni scientists the skills—and the confidence—to soar into graduate programs nationwide.

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

Portland’s community gardens became a classroom for Assistant Professor of Biology Heidi Liere and two of her students. Together, they took a hands-on look at Portland’s lady beetle species to understand how these beneficial predators preserve biodiversity and respond to a changing climate.

“L&C gave me a rigorous education in the fundamentals of law, offered a variety of experiential learning opportunities, and empowered me to pursue a public interest law career!”

“I am an environmental health and safety intern for the Quaker Oats manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I gained tangible experience and industry knowledge that I can apply to future careers through this internship.”

Lewis & Clark Law students gained hands-on experience in deal strategy and cross-functional collaboration during Intel’s Accelerating the Deal workshop led by in-house counsel Trevor Jones and Elizabeth Borges.

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.

“My practicum was a career-altering experience that changed my post-graduation ambitions. I realized I actually want to work more in a multicultural, advising, and/or equity and inclusion office, instead of my initial plan to continue my work in a study abroad office.”

Lewis & Clark Law School is partnering with Metropolitan Public Defenders to offer a year-long Public Defense Practicum, giving our students practical experience at a time when Oregon is facing a crisis-level shortage of public defenders.

In June, Lewis & Clark partnered with the Energy Trust of Oregon to offer a one-week training course designed to prepare college students for internships in the energy efficiency sector.

Beginning in fall 2025, the graduate school will offer a dedicated course on crisis counseling and intervention strategies, providing future school counselors with the tools necessary to address the ever-evolving K-12 landscape.

“During the [teaching] practicum, I was able to actively witness my students engaged in science content. Seeing my students excited about learning made me excited to teach! They recently completed a lab that modeled cell membrane functions through playing with bubbles, and just seeing how excited they were made me eager for new labs and lessons to come!”

L&C’s Small Business Legal Clinic offers students direct opportunities to provide legal support for small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout Oregon, including in rural areas where low-cost/no-cost legal services are unavailable.

Come along with Tara Elsa BA ’25 for a day in her life as an intern with Symbol Design in Portland!

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

This summer, L&C students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships. These opportunities that give them the skills they need to be successful in a variety of careers.

Lewis & Clark Law School’s extensive externship program enables students to earn academic credit while gaining hands-on professional experience across the corporate, public interest, private law, and government sectors.