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Caroline Gray BA ’17 spent a transformative year in Nairobi as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, forging academic partnerships and exploring the geopolitical forces shaping international trade. Now back in the U.S., she reflects on the experience that deepened her understanding of international relations.

Mossy Log editors from three eras took part in NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project, a weeklong digital journalism training program that empowers participants to produce their own multimedia stories.

2024
L&C Alumni Leadership Award

Hanako has served on L&C’s Alumni of Color Advisory Council and Board of Alumni, and was the founding president of the Young Alumni Council. She has contributed to a number of career-focused initiatives, including Winterim, career panels, and one-on-one mentoring of students. Hanako recently joined the Board of Trustees.

More information on the upcoming Alumni Honors Celebration at Alumni Weekend 2025.

2024
Outstanding Young Alumna Award

Appointed on the first day of the Biden administration, Frances served four years at the Department of Energy, working to advance the President’s climate, jobs, and equity priorities. Her responsibilities included serving as the special advisor to the first-ever Under Secretary for Infrastructure, a branch of the DOE created to implement the department’s funding of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act.

More information on the upcoming Alumni Honors Celebration at Alumni Weekend 2025.

2024
Donald G. Balmer Citation for Service to the college

Kim, founding director of L&C’s Northwest Writing Institute, teaches and travels to raise the human spirit. He often represents Lewis & Clark as a speaker and advocate for the cultural life of Oregon. Kim has crafted numerous poems for some of the most important moments at L&C, including presidential inaugurations, retirements, and tributes.

More information on the upcoming Alumni Honors Celebration at Alumni Weekend 2025. 

2024 
Distinguished Alumnus Award

Michael has worked in both the public and private sectors, including at the Center for Genocide Prevention at the U.S. Holocaust Museum, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, and Guidehouse LLP. His work has taken him around the world and has included building technology partnerships aimed at preventing atrocities, conflict research and photography, analyzing large US development programs, and consulting for local and federal government agencies.

More information on the upcoming Alumni Honors Celebration at Alumni Weekend 2025.

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.

Every spring, Lewis & Clark alumni return to campus to offer advice on careers, internships, and degree applicable endeavors. 

On Wednesday, March 5, we came together on our annual Day of Giving to celebrate 10 years of impact!

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.

Graduating from Lewis & Clark means you will earn a bachelor of arts degree that is grounded in critical thinking, written and verbal communication skills, teamwork, and problem solving—all of the essential qualifications you need to succeed in any career.

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.

Congratulations to Reiko Hillyer whose book A WALL IS JUST A WALL: THE PERMEABILITY OF THE PRISON IN THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY UNITED STATES (Duke University Press, 2024) is a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards in the category of General Nonfiction.

Congratulations to Marly Williams (BA’14) whose book NIGHT MOTHER: A PERSONAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE EXORCIST (Mad Creek Books/ Ohio State University Press, 2023) is a finalist for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards in the category of Creative Nonfiction.

Rachel Young BA ’11 recently published groundbreaking research in the journal Nature on the long-term health impact of tropical cyclones. The article is part of her growing scholarship on the quantifiable social effects of climate change and natural hazards.