News and Events

Lewis & Clark students are finding real-world meaning in narrative medicine—an emerging field that blends writing, empathy, and health care. For graduates like Edie Tavel BA ’23, an internship experience led directly to a full-time role at Fora Health.

For more information, you can view detailed descriptions of each course on WebAdvisor.

The “Data For Good” course, created by Devin Fitzpatrick this spring, was featured in OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) in partnership with the Oregon nonprofit Growing Gardens. This piece is phenomenal in conveying the importance of humanities, and the implication of ethics in community work. Sophomore Roma Taylor shares her takeaways from this project, and the practical application of her real-world data experience. 

Students in an upper-division psychology course are partnering with local video production company Story Gorge to use the art of digital storytelling to explore the experience of gender.

In this spring’s Environmental Engagement course, students connect classroom learning with real-world conversations, partnering with local nonprofits to address polarizing issues and build mutual trust.

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.

Carolyn Zook, Associate Director at the L&C Center for Community and Global Health is featured in this KGW8 story on the possibility of healthcare strikes in Oregon. She shares her expertise alongside L&C Law School Prof. Keith Cunningham-Parmeter 

WATCH HERE

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.

Lewis & Clark Baseball’s 2024 “Warm The Winter” clothing drive, in support of Operation Nightwatch Portland, runs Nov. 15–Dec. 19. 

Pre-group appointments available starting now!  The Student Counseling Center is offering a weekly therapy group next semester (starting in February) for survivors of sexual trauma, “Healing from Unwanted Sexual Experiences”.  

This therapeutic and educational group will meet weekly during spring semester (days and time TBD), is no-cost and open to all LC students.  Survivors will have the opportunity to connext with each other in a safe, non-judgemental spcae and explore ways they have been impacted by and are healing from sexual trauma. 

Led by Melanie Langlois, LPC, a therapist from the Student Counseling Center, students will use discussion, information and activities to share experiences, increase self-awareness and self-compassion, expand coping skills, and build resilience.

Requires a pre-group 30-minute appointment with Melanie to discuss the structure and purpose of the group.  To schedule an appointment now, please contact Melanie at melanie.langlois@lclark.edu or call 503-768-7160.

The upcoming National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Strategies Conference will highlight L&C’s innovative health promotion and wellness programing.

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.