News and Events

Volunteers will receive an extra raffle ticket. 

Join the Office of Equity and Inclusion for our summer book club read, the memoir Know My Name by Chanel Miller.

* We have reached the number of books we can offer for free. If you would still like to join for book club this summer, you are welcome to purchase the book, or check out your local library or Watzek and join for any and all discussions! :-) Email erikamore@lclark.edu if you plan to join, so she can add you to the calendar invites.

As students prepare to move off campus for the summer, we are seeking volunteers to help sort and donate unwanted items.

The ONE L&C Talent / No Talent Cabaret Disco Party was a vibrant celebration of community, defined by high-energy performances and a shared commitment to LGBTQAI+ youth and families.

ONE L&C (Lewis & Clark’s Employee Engagement Committee) maintains a babysitters list to help L&C community members connect with students and alumni who are seeking childcare job opportunities.

Join us on Saturday, April 11 for a 21+ variety show with performances by fellow L&C colleagues. L&C Community Casting Call: Grab your bell bottoms and show off your (hidden or hilarious) talent to help us raise money for TransActive! 

Hundreds of admitted students and families visit our beautiful campus during spring semester. Let’s welcome them—every Friday—in our best L&C orange!

Belonging is deeply human.

The Nest, a resource hub to support our CAS student’s basic needs, is in need of donations.

Lewis & Clark revealed the design of its new River Otter mascot on February 20, capping an intensive five-month collaboration with Portland advertising legends Wieden + Kennedy.

River Otter Week is finally here! This entire week, we will be celebrating with river otter-related events, installations, and activities across all campuses, building up to the reveal of the mascOTT design on Friday.

Mark your calendars for Otter Week, February 16–20, and look for weekly communications online and via social media about river otters and the week’s events.

Lewis & Clark will honor 48 employees who have reached service milestones between January and December of 2025—and all employees are invited to congratulate them! Please contribute your appreciation in the form of one to three words for each honoree by February 16. See the full list of honorees and learn how to add your tribute. 

Interested in joining a choir? Email Kathy FitzGibbon at klf@lclark.edu to sign up for an audition! This semester’s music will include the ever-popular (Anti)Valentine’s Concert repertoire, plus Dvorak’s Stabat Mater with the choir and orchestra. 

Get ahead of your spring cleaning and purge your unwanted toys and all-ages clothing to share with L&C campus community members—or just come to shop!