Week 3 | February 3, 2025 | Spring 2025 | |
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New in OSA and Study Skills Workshops
Guest Columnist: Katie McFaddin
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Hello students!
Now that spring semester is underway, we here in the Office of Student Accessibility (OSA) wanted to share some updates with you. Our biggest news is that this term we rolled out a software system called Accommodate. It's brand new and we're excited about it. So far, students and faculty have told us that the system is very easy to navigate. Some Accommodate highlights for students:
- Make appointments with OSA staff
- Upload forms and documentation
- View a dashboard with current accommodations
- Update current accommodations
- Make a semester request to communicate accommodations with your faculty
OSA has weekly drop in hours this semester on Mondays and Thursdays from 1:00pm-3:00pm if you have a quick question or need help setting up Accommodate. Also, don't forget to check out our online study skills workshops, which are available for all CAS students. We hope you can stop by our office in Albany Hall soon - we keep the candy bowl in our lobby well-stocked!
Best,
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Katie McFaddin
Associate Dean of Student Success
On behalf of the OSA team: Carolin Thompson, Stephanie Taimi-Mandel, and Rebecca Brooks
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Flu Season is Here: Get Your Flu Shot at the Student Health Center
Flu season is here, and the Student Health Center is offering flu shots for just $30. Protect yourself and others—get vaccinated today!
Appointments can be scheduled by calling 503-768-7165, stopping by the clinic, or logging into the secure Health Information Portal. All visits are by appointment only.
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Review School Closure Policy Prior to Threat of Winter Weather
As winter approaches, now is the time to review the policies we have in place to keep our community safe and the institution running during snow, ice, or other dangerous weather events.
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The 2025-26 FAFSA is open!
The 2025-26 FAFSA is now open! If you are a continuing undergraduate student who wants to be considered for need-based financial aid in 2025-26, please submit the 2025-26 FAFSA by February 15, 2025. Learn more.
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Our Mascot: A Community Engagement Process
Stay informed by the Mascot Advisory and Selection Committee with updates about timelines, events, and survey. The survey opened on Monday, January 27th; you should have received an email titled “L&C Mascot Nomination Survey Now Open!” with an individualized link to participate in the nomination process. Nominations will be accepted through February 12, 2025.
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ASB Special Elections
Want to be a leader in Student Government? ASB is holding a Special Election for two vacancies: President and Senator. Candidates who win these special elections will serve in the role through the end of this academic semester. Applications for the positions are open from February 3rd - 10th with a Special Election to follow February 12th. Email elections@lclark.edu with any questions.
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2024 Nielson Grant Recipients Focus on Social Justice & Community Wellbeing
Learn more about the 2024 Nielson Innovation Grant recipients and the ways in which they enacted change for social justice & community wellbeing.
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VPSL Feb. 2025 Pop-Up
Join the Office of the Vice President of Student Life on February 13th at 9:30, in J.R. Howard 1st floor lobby, for our monthly pop-up event. Light refreshments and a special surprise will be included!
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Upcoming Athletic Home Games:
- Feb 7th, Men's Basketball vs Whitworth University, 6:00 p.m., Pamplin
- Feb 7th, Women's Basketball vs Whitworth University, 8:00 p.m., Pamplin
- Feb 8th, Baseball vs Warner Pacific University, 10:00 a.m., Huston Sports Complex
- Feb 8th, Softball vs Lower Columbia College, 12:00 p.m., Huston Sports Complex
- Feb 8th, Softball vs Lower Columbia College, 2:00 p.m., Huston Sports Complex
- Feb 8th, Men's Basketball vs Whitman College, 4:00 p.m., Pamplin
- Feb 8th, Women's Basketball vs Whitman College, 6:00 p.m., Pamplin
Feb 3rd, Zen Sitting Meditation: 12:00 p.m., Gregg Pavilion, The Lewis & Clark community (students, staff, and faculty) from all three schools are invited to join Greg Smith (retired GSEC faculty) and Andrew Mason for a free, weekly drop in Zen sitting session. All are welcome.
Feb. 3rd, The (Endangered?) Promise of a Lewis & Clark Education: An Argument for the Liberal Arts in the 21st Century - Rob Kugler Retirement Lecture: 5:30 p.m., Fowler Student Center, Council Chambers, Giving oneself over to the liberal arts completely. At our best, it’s what we do as Lewis & Clark’s faculty and students. Yet the daunting headwinds American higher education faces tempt liberal arts colleges to compromise their commitment to the liberal arts tradition. Many are chasing after faddish programming and preprofessional tracks doomed to transience by a world changing faster than we can keep up. This talk argues for the necessity of Lewis & Clark holding fiercely to a bold, courageous embodiment of its unique, hard-won and winning identity as a college of the liberal arts.
Feb. 4th, Family Feud: 4:30 p.m., Gregg Pavilion, IME, BSU and the Black History Month planning committee are excited to kick off the month of February and celebrating Black History Month with Family Feud! RSVP prior.
Feb 5, Conversation Project: Understanding Urban/Rural Divides:: 6:00 p.m., Virtual, We live in a time of increasing polarization that often correlates to divides between urban and rural regions in our state. This polarization is so extreme that it often seems like the two sides may have completely different experiences of the world. Join facilitator Nick Nash in a conversation that asks, How does the urban/rural divide affect the ways we relate to each other as Oregonians? What is the urban/rural divide, and how do we understand it? How does this divide affect our day-to-day lives and our experiences of being governed? This conversation is a chance to reflect on the beliefs we have about our urban or rural neighbors with a focus on discovering and abandoning misbeliefs, investigating and learning about the real differences between the urban and the rural, and trying to find things that we all share as Oregonians.
Feb. 6th, Babson Graduate School Info session: 4:00 p.m., JR Howard Hall, #302, Curious about Grad School at Babson College? Come meet with Katherine McVey, Senior Associate Director of Graduate Admissions for the Olin Graduate School of Business.
Feb. 8th, Faculty Performance ft. John Mery, guitar: 7:30 p.m., Gregg Pavilion, Join us for an evening of music featuring Lewis & Clark Instructor of Guitar, John Mery. FREE for L&C Students (with ID).
Feb 13th, Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies Teach-In: 5:00 p.m., Fowler Student Center, Stamm West, Join us for an urgent conversation about how Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies can help us understand our current moment, build community, develop resilience, and share joy, amidst widespread challenges. Come meet the faculty and other students, and learn about the minors in Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies! All are welcome. Food & drinks provided!
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Alumni Leadership Scholarship
The Alumni Leadership Scholarship recognizes and rewards outstanding students who show leadership potential, actively participate in the Lewis & Clark community, and who want to create meaningful connections between students and alumni.
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College Outdoors to host No Man’s Land Film Festival
College Outdoors is proud to present No Man’s Land Film Festival (NMLFF) in February 2025, the first all-woman + genderqueer adventure film festival! NMLFF celebrates the full scope of athletes and adventurers by un-defining femininity in adventure, sport, conservation, and film. This event is a fundraiser to support our scholarship program, so we may continue to offer financially accessible programing to all students at Lewis & Clark!
The film will be shown on Wednesday, February 26th, 7pm, in the Fowler Student Center Council Chamber. $10 for college and high school students. Additionally, the film will be shown on February 27th for the general public.
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R Lab Photo Contest 2025
Learn how you can enter the R Lab photo contest to have your photos displayed and showcased in the first floor Watzek library walkway. The contest ends on March 1st, 2025 and the new photos will be posted over spring break.
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Come to Narrative Medicine Skills Training!
With support from the Mellon Foundation, Northwest Narrative Medicine Collaborative (NWNMC) is developing Narrative Medicine Skills Training. Narrative Medicine Skills Training introduces the narrative medicine principles of attention, representation, and affiliation and develops participant skills of listening and witnessing. We will reflect on how listening and witnessing can be applied to stories of health, illness and healing in diverse healthcare settings to improve care and support healing. This training will take place on Saturday, February 22nd from 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Smith Hall.
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