Undergraduate News

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

This summer, L&C students gained hands-on work experience through paid internships, diving into real-world challenges and building their professional skills.

President Robin Holmes-Sullivan joins other college presidents to advance civic preparedness. 

What advice would our current seniors offer new students? We reached out to a few to find out.

Assistant Professor of Biology Heidi Liere and her students take a closer look at Portland’s lady beetle species to understand how these beneficial predators preserve biodiversity and respond to a changing climate.

In May, students headed to Puerto Rico and Oaxaca, Mexico, for service learning trips organized by the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement. 

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

OHSU and Lewis & Clark lead the first population-based survey of melanoma literacy in the United States. A follow-up study using social media ads reveals that combining melanoma education and self-efficacy is the best health communication strategy.

Lewis & Clark unveiled the newly renovated Huston Sports Complex this spring. In addition to baseball and softball, L&C is now able to offer men’s and women’s soccer, women’s lacrosse, additional on-campus club sports, and intramural spaces.

Azucena Lizbeth Morales Santos BA ’24, who double-majored in Hispanic studies and sociology/anthropology, received this spring’s Rena J. Ratte Award, the undergraduate college’s highest honor. Named for an esteemed professor, the award recognizes a senior whose abilities and commitment have combined to produce work of the highest distinction.

As the recipient of a prestigious Fulbright award, Alexandra Flory BA ’24 will serve as an English teaching assistant in Germany beginning this fall.

Biologist Sharon Torigoe and her students investigate the mechanisms that determine a cell’s fate.

On April 12, the Lewis & Clark community took a break from classes to enjoy the Festival of Scholars and Artists, an annual event that celebrates the scholarship and creativity of our undergraduate students.

Lewis & Clark has made the Top 10 list of small colleges and universities that have produced the highest all-time number of Peace Corps volunteers since the agency’s inception in 1961.

Lewis & Clark history students are putting their research skills to work for asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.