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Week 11 | April 7, 2025 | Spring 2025

Issue 26 | go.lclark.edu/bark | IG: @lc_vpsl

Guest Columnist | The Scoop This Week | Announcements | Events | Opportunities

Festival of Scholars and Artists

Guest Columnist: Margaret Salstrom

Hello Students!


Please mark your calendars for Friday, April 11, 2025, as Lewis & Clark College hosts the annual Festival of Scholars and Artists (FOSA). This cherished tradition dedicates a full day to celebrating the exceptional work of our students, showcasing their research, creative accomplishments, and achievements. The campus will be abuzz with activity as the community gathers to attend research presentations, poster sessions, live music, theater performances, and more. All courses are canceled on this day and are replaced by attending FOSA.


For a detailed schedule of events and to explore the full program, please view the FOSA schedule online. You can also follow the new FOSA Instagram for updates and to share snapshots of the day's activities. If you have questions, please email the faculty committee for FOSA at fosa@lclark.edu.

FOSA Organizing Committee:

Joel W. Fisher, Associate Professor of Art; Michael Johanson, Professor of Music; Jens Mache, Professor of Computer Science; Freddy Vilches, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

The Scoop This Week

Watzek Library Hours for the 2025-26 Academic Year


Watzek Library will continue to provide extensive access to the Lewis & Clark community, remaining open until midnight on weeknights and offering 24-hour access during reading days and finals week. Learn more. 

Announcements

Weekly Open Office Hours with Interim VPSL and Dean of Students, Dr. Ben Meoz


Swing by the Trailroom in the Fowler Student Center to connect with Dr. Ben Meoz, Interim Vice President for Student Life Office and Dean of Students, during his weekly office hours. This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and feedback on your student life experience at L&C.

Spring ’25 Job and Internship Fair


The L&C Career Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 16th, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm in Stamm Dining Room at Fowler Student Center. The Career Fair is curated to facilitate meaningful one on one conversations with recruiters hiring for internships, jobs, and summer opportunities! Attend to meet employers, snag a job/internship, and explore career options! Learn more.

Subsidized STI Testing at Student Health Center


April is STI Awareness Month, so get yourself tested for free (up to $100) at the Student Health Center! To sign up for your appointment, go to the Student Health Portal and log in with your Lewis & Clark credentials. Funding for this initiative is courtesy of: ASB Health & Wellness Committee, Student Health Center, Health Promotion & Wellness, and Feminist Student Union! Learn more.

Career Accelerator Fall 2025


Thanks to a generous donation from alumna Heidi Hu ’85, Lewis & Clark is expanding its Career development programs. The Bates Center and Career Center are launching new opportunities this fall to help students gain real-world experience and job ready skills. Learn more.

Events

Upcoming Athletic Home Games:

  • Apr. 12th, Women's Tennis vs Whitworth University, 10:00 a.m., L&C Tennis Dome
  • Apr. 12th, Women's Lacrosse vs Pacific Lutheran University, 1:00 p.m.
  • Apr. 13th, Women's Tennis vs Whitman College, 11:00 a.m., L&C Tennis Dome
  • Apr. 13th, Women's Lacrosse vs University of Puget Sound, 1:00 p.m.


Apr. 7th, 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.


Apr. 7th, Film Screening & Dialogue with the Filmmaker - Big Mountain Legacy, Last Stories of Díneh: 6:00 p.m., Fowler Student Center - Council Chamber, Lewis & Clark Dept. of Ethnic Studies and the Native Student Union present a documentary film that tells the story of traditional practices, sacred memory, resistance, and cultural survival. Filmmaker NaBahe Katenay-Kéédíniihii will be in attendance, and there will be a post-screening Q&A.


Apr. 8th, ADHD Peer Connection Group: 4:30 p.m., Case Management is hosting virtual meetings each Tuesday for students to talk about experiences of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to share strengths, challenges, and coping strategies. Each meeting will focus on a topic to help

direct shares, but you are welcome to share anything you like. Anyone with an interest in the subject and an open mind is welcome to join.


Apr. 10th, Climbing Shuttle: 7:00 p.m., Fowler Student Center, Ride our FREE shuttle to the Circuit Bouldering Gym! Does not include gym entry or rentals. Signing up on the sheet outside Fowler 239 reserves your spot, or you can show up at 6:45 pm the day the shuttle leaves and see if there is space! Meets at Pio bus stop near Fowler. Sign up begins on Fridays, the week before the shuttle date.


Apr. 9-10th, Blood Works Blood Drive: 9:00 a.m., Smith Hall, Each spring, when the sun comes out, blood donations drop during school breaks and families taking vacations together, but there’s still a need for blood. Consider sharing a little sunshine with patients near you by making blood donation. When you donate with Bloodworks NW, you’re giving a critical boost to Pacific Northwest patients undergoing surgeries, traumas, and cancer treatments. As a donor, you are also encouraging our local community to step up and donate blood every 56 days, rain or shine. Schedule your blood donation now!


Apr. 14th, Sip ‘n’ Paint - Graduate School Series! Presented by the SAA: 6:00 p.m., Fowler Student Center - Room 350, Paint a masterpiece, sip some tea, and learn about LC’s Graduate School of Education and Counseling at the Student Alumni Association’s Sip ‘n’ Paint event! Lewis & Clark students from CAS will learn from graduate school students and alumni about counseling, art therapy, psychology, education, and more! 


Apr. 14th, Using Arachnids to Inspire DREAMS (Discovery, Research, Engagement, Adventure, Memories, and Success) - Lecture with Eileen Hebets: 7:00 p.m., Smith Hall, The Pamplin Society of Fellows is excited to host as the 2025 Distinguihed Visiting Scholar, Dr. Eileen Hebets, Georges Holmes Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Hebets will share her passion for arachnids as she weaves tales of scientific research and discovery across a range of arachnid groups.


Apr. 15th, Career Trek: Sunnyside Environmental School: 8:30 a.m., Sunnyside Environmental School, Along side the Teacher Pathways Program and Education Leadership Program at the Graduate School, this is and opportunity for those who might be curious about the teaching profession to visit a public school in the Portland Metro region. We will be going to Sunnyside Environmental School in SE Portland. We will provide travel to and from campus! Register on Handshake.


Apr. 16th, DUO Stephanie & Saar: 7:30 p.m., Flanagan Chapel, Join Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia as they celebrate Maurice Ravel’s 150th birthday with an all-French program for piano four hands. Selections to include Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, Debussy’s Six Epigraphes Antiques, Image by Tailleferre, and more. FREE for LC Students (with ID).


Apr. 18th, Music Colloquium - “Sensing the Abyss”: 5:00 p.m., Evans Auditorium, Dr. Maria Fantinato Geo de Siqueira, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Reed College, will give a speech entitled, “Sensing the Abyss: Listening Ethics and Socio-Environmental Struggles in the Brazilian Amazon.” In this talk, Dr. Fantinato Siqueira will examine the ethics of listening as a sensory mode of knowing and engaging with socio-environmental struggles. Drawing from a conversation with a social educator in the Amazon, they will prompt reflections on how listening can foster partial connections in environmental struggles but also reveal the incommensurability between different ways of sensing these struggles.

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Opportunities

Alder Elementary School Visit - Volunteer Opportunity


Interested in a mentorship opportunity? Sign up to volunteer with the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement and Greater Than as we welcome a group of 3rd graders and future scholars from Alder Elementary School! As a volunteer you can lead a tour and/or host an activity to help inspire student’s dreams and ambitions! More information on event location and the needed short trainings will be distributed in the following weeks.

Dinner Service with the Blanchet House


Come join the Housing and Food insecurity Cohort and the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement to volunteer at Blanchet House’s dinner service on April 3rd, 4pm. Blanchet House is a wonderful organization that provides food for anyone who walks through their door and supports the unhoused community through housing and resources. Register online.

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