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- The VPSL Column
- Announcements
- COVID-19 Updates
- Events
- Opportunities
- Student Life Newsletters
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Vice President for Student Life Evette Castillo Clark |
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Hello Students,
I hope you all had a chance to relax over the break and are feeling energized and motivated to close fall semester 2022 on a high note. It is hard to believe that we are fast-approaching December and Reading Days and finals are just around the corner! I want to share a few student life office updates in and around the Student Center and Stewart-Odell that you will notice this week and as you return:
The renovation of Templeton Student Center has required patience from our whole community, and this Wednesday, November 30, the road in front of the building will open as a pedestrian footpath. When you get back to campus for spring semester, the remaining spaces in the Student Center will be open, the Pio and 39-TriMet buses will return to Templeton, and the lower Templeton parking lot will be back online! This will help to ease some of the parking constraints and challenges we’ve all felt this fall. Please lookout for signage in spring semester as it relates to renovated spaces, where to find offices and resources, and new opportunities to connect and build community. Thank you for helping make the student center your “go to” spot.
The first changes resulting from the Stewart-Odell renovation begin this week on Thursday, December 1, when the Office of Campus Living will be relocated from lower Templeton to Roberts Hall in the former Maggie's Cafe. Campus Living will be in this space from Friday, December 2, until late October 2023, when a new Campus Living office and residential front desk will open in Odell Hall. Over the winter break, Counseling Center staff and Health Promotion and Wellness staff with offices in Odell will be moving into the lower Templeton suite vacated by Campus Living for the duration of the project. Hours and locations for Counseling Center and Health Promotion and Wellness services will still be the same for the rest of this semester and further updates related to this move will be shared as we head into Spring semester. Lastly, other signs of the ramp up for the renovation (like fencing) will begin to appear the week of December 5, to avoid noise and impact during finals week. While Stewart-Odell will be fenced off during the project it should not impact Templeton Way, which will be open to pedestrian traffic, service vehicles, and public transportation. For the most recent updates, please be sure to review the first January Bark or other campus communications.
I will be hosting VPSL drop-in office hours this Friday, December 2, from 12 to 1 p.m. in Fields Dining Hall. Please join me to say hello, share your thoughts and experiences on student life, and what you look forward to during Spring 2023!
This is the last edition of The Bark for the 2022 year. Good luck on final exams . . . finish strong! Have a wonderful and safe holiday break, and I’ll see you in the new year!
Evette Castillo Clark
Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
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From November 19th to the 25th, we had a total of 4 reported COVID-19 cases in the Lewis & Clark community.
- College of Arts and Sciences on-campus - 3
- College of Arts and Sciences off-campus - 0
- Law School - 1
- Graduate School - 0
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Visit the dashboard for more information on prior COVID-19 case counts reported in the L&C community.
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ASB is considering a collaboration with Lyft to give students the opportunity to ride for less. Lyft offers several programs for universities to provide Lyft services to their students. The program ASB is considering to pursue is the Lyft Pass. This program acts like a coupon, where students will receive an email to their @lclark.edu to add vouchers to their Lyft wallet. With Lyft Pass, ASB has immense flexibility in creating program parameters. We can restrict the hours, pick-up/drop-off locations, ride type, and dates that Lyfts are made available.
Lyft Rideshare programs for universities vary in type; some use it for commuting, others use Lyft as a guaranteed late night ride home. ASB wants to make sure we create a Lyft rideshare program that best benefits the student body: how would you utilize Lyft? If you are interested, kindly answer this survey to help us determine how best to go about this collaboration based on your needs.
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Apply for the Biden-Harris Student Loan Debt Relief program today! The debt relief application is now available online. Please visit the Financial Aid Office website for more information.
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December 2, 12:00-1:00pm | Fields Dining Hall |
Dr. Evette Castillo Clark, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students, invites you to join her during her monthly office hours. This is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and feedback on your student life experience at LC. Dr. Evette wants to connect with you and learn more about your experience on campus. RSVP is not required but highly encouraged. Please email [email protected] to RSVP.
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Weekly on Thursdays | 3:00-6:00pm | Rogers Hall, room 105 |
L&C Open Studio is a weekly in-person studio session providing individuals a place to come to create and find community. Every Thursday from 3-6 pm, we invite members of the Lewis & Clark community to join! Attend for the full 3 hours or drop in as long as you can.
- Participants may begin a new piece using a gentle prompt offered at the beginning of each session or work on pieces already in progress. Sessions are an opportunity to connect in a time where connection is needed most.
- Studio sessions are free and open to all Lewis & Clark students, faculty, and staff. Facilitators are Lewis & Clark Faculty and Art Therapy Students.
- Sign up for one (or more!) of our weekly sessions. Virtual Open Studio sessions are scheduled every Thursday until April 27, 2023.
- Please note there will be no sessions taking place on November 24, December 22, December 29 or March 30th.
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Campus Living is looking for caring and dedicated students of all academic years to join our team for the 2023-2024 academic year. The application link can be found at the bottom of this site.
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Learn more about applying for Winter Break Housing here! Applications open October 28th and close December 2nd! |
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The Office of the Vice President for Student Life (VPSL) is looking to decorate its walls with student-made artworks and craft projects! This competition is available to every undergraduate student at Lewis and Clark, and is open for all different kinds of art and media, whether made for a class or independently! Every student whose work is selected will be compensated for their work (see the Google form for more information).
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We are proud to announce the official return of our Warm The Winter clothing drive to assist Operation Nightwatch and all that they do for our Unhoused population here in Portland! Clothing and cash donations will be accepted until December 6th. Learn more by clicking the link!
Items needed (all genders and all sizes):
- T-Shirts, Hoodies, and Sweatpants
- Leggings and Long Underwear
- Winter and Rain Jackets
- Gently Used Shoes and Boots
- Rolling Suitcases and Carts
- Backpacks
- New Socks
- New Cotton Underwear
- Blankets, Hats and Gloves
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Contact Matt Kosderka at [email protected] to have a donation picked up
- Bring items by the Baseball Office (Pamplin 52, next to stairs leading up to Zehntbauer Indoor Pool).
- Cash donations are also accepted! Any size gift is welcome.
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Spring Practicum Course - DSCI 245 - Applying Data Science to Conversation |
Application accepted until December 17, 2022
As your schedules start to settle out for Spring '23 I'm excited to invite you to apply to take a 2-credit practicum class in which you will use data science skills to contribute to conservation of endangered species. Please see details in this linked flyer. To register your interest in/apply for the course opportunity, please, complete the questionnaire ("application") that is linked in the flyer. We will accept applications until December 17, 2022.
This class is an NSF funded collaborative opportunity partnered with the University of Arizona. At L&C the course is structured as a group practicum registered under DSCI 245 (Applied Data Science Practica). We will mentor teams of Lewis & Clark students working collaboratively with students from the U. Arizona in conversation with representatives from the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Registration is by instructor permission. For now, simply consider whether you have space in your schedule and let us know if you are interested by filling out the form linked in the flyer. The course will meet Tu 11:30 - 1 pm.
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Submission deadline: March 15, 2023
The Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students looks forward to presenting Student Life Staff Awards in Spring 2023. You are invited to nominate exceptional Student Life staff members today!
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Submission deadline: December 9, 2022
Each semester Watzek runs a data visualization contest. We welcome submissions from any student who has created a data visualization, broadly-conceived, as part of their fall coursework. To enter, students will simply need to provide their visualization as an image file and separately prepare an abstract written for a public audience that accounts for the data presented and contextualizes their analysis. More details about preparing entries can be found here. The deadline for the fall term will be December 9th, 2022.
As always, we welcome and encourage you to work with your students ahead of the deadline as they prepare their visualizations and abstracts. Additionally, to aid in the preparation of entries, this term Watzek will provide a data visualization workshop on Thursday, December 1st, at 4pm in the library classroom. Pizza and other refreshments will be available. Please pass this information along to interested students.
We strongly recommend students submit their work early so that they can receive feedback ahead of (and sometimes after) the deadline, and we reiterate that we encourage you to work with any interested students as they prepare entries.
Finally, I invite you to join us in celebrating the winner of last year's contest, Caelen Wilkie-Rogers, and runners-up, Eb Yahya, and Lauren Arriola. Their submission can be viewed on the LC DataStories website. The creativity of the submissions received last year - thanks to Brian House's students - meant that we expanded our conceptualization of the contest to a data "audio-visualization" contest. We look forward to seeing what we might receive this year.
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Additional Newsletter
from Division of Student Life
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