• <a href="/live/image/gid/185/width/650/91823_DJI_0151_keep.jpg" class="lw_preview_image lw_disable_preview" tabindex="-1"><picture class="lw_image lw_image91823"><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/185/width/500/height/240/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/185/width/500/height/240/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/185/width/500/height/240/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/185/width/500/height/240/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/185/width/800/height/383/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/185/width/800/height/383/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/185/width/1200/height/575/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 1200px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/185/width/1200/height/575/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 1201px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/185/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 1201px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/185/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/185/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/91823_DJI_0151_keep.rev.1639538469.jpg" alt="Aerial view of campus at sunset. Taken by Office of Communications student worker Suhail Akram BA '24." width="1440" height="690" data-max-w="2246" data-max-h="900" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a><div class="hero-full_image_caption collapsable-caption">Aerial view of campus at sunset. Taken by Office of Communications student worker Suhail Akram BA ’24.</div>

Office of Communications

The Office of Communications is made up of an award-winning team of marketing, public relations, design, media, and communications professionals who love to share the news and stories that make Lewis & Clark great.

Our primary audiences are

  • prospective students and their parents
  • alumni and friends of the institution
  • current and prospective donors
  • the internal community
  • neighbors and fans of Lewis & Clark in the city of Portland and beyond

Postcards, press releases, websites, social media, videos, and so much more: we are experts in determining the best way to get a message out to its intended audience, be that a one-time mailing or a fully integrated communications campaign.

As a common services office, we are a resource for all three Lewis & Clark schools. We’d love to hear your stories, and to help you share them.

  • Professor Ken Clifton leading a safari in Tarangire.
    60% 

    Sixty percent of our undergraduates study overseas as part of their Lewis & Clark education. 

  • New Zealand overseas program
    30+ 

    Lewis & Clark offers over 30 study-abroad programs on 6 continents.

  • Lewis & Clark College, Graduation, Commencement Ceremony, Romeo Dillaire speaker, Portland, Oregon, 05-18-2013
    4-5-6 

    Lewis & Clark’s 4-5-6 Commitment can help you make the most of your future.

  • L&C students kayaking on a College Outdoors trip.
    90% 

    Ninety percent of Lewis & Clark undergraduates participate in at least one College Outdoors trip.

  • Students presenting at the 2020 Winterim pitch competition.
    98% 

    Within six months of graduation, 98% of the Lewis & Clark Class of 2023 was already changing the world through employment (84%), continuing studies (11%), and service work (3%), like the Peace Corps.