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Small bleating goat to relieve the crushing weight of existence for a few seconds.
Photo Credit: Whitney Maxfield 25'
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Students and staff pose with baby goats from "Goats on the Glade" Event
Photo Credit: Whitney Maxfield 25'
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Hello Students,
Time is flying by and Thanksgiving break is just around the corner. Speaking of Thanksgiving, as you concentrate on your studies and extracurriculars, I hope you will also find time to practice gratitude and give thanks. Reflect on the people, places, and opportunities that keep you grounded, as well as uplifted, and the ideas and concepts that you are learning that inspire and motivate you.
As a new member of the Lewis & Clark community, I am grateful for each and every one of you, and I am inspired and encouraged by the collective care and support I see you show for one another. I am also encouraged that when we work together (for example collaborating on programs/events, or promoting dialogue), we can create more meaningful connections and strengthen our campus community.
When I took this job, I never thought I’d make some of those meaningful connections at an event called Goats on the Glade! There was so much joy watching hundreds of you enjoy the company of the baby goats. What a great example of the kind of fun, quirky, stress-busting activity that resonates with our community. Thanks to Pioneer Support Network and CAB for organizing what we hope will be an annual collaborative event with the VPSL Office!
Portland is full of offbeat events, cool places to visit, and cultural opportunities. To better connect you with the city, ASB is working on a proposal to collaborate with Lyft to create a rideshare program. Please provide feedback for ASB by completing the survey here (see below for more information).
Enjoy your week, and give gratitude!
Evette Castillo Clark
Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
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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, 3:00-4:00pm | East 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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- Meal swipe dinner Tuesday through Saturday 5-8
- Late Night flex/cc (no meal swipes)Tuesday through Saturday 8-10
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From October 22nd to the 28th, we had a total of 6 reported COVID-19 cases in the Lewis & Clark community.
- College of Arts and Sciences on-campus - 2
- College of Arts and Sciences off-campus - 0
- Law School - 2
- Graduate School - 1
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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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In celebration of International Education Week (November 14-18, 2022), we are holding our 6th Annual International Photo Contest! Students who went abroad on FA21, SP22 or FY21-22 programs are eligible to enter! Each student can submit one photo per category (three categories). One winner per category will win a $50 gift card.
The 2022 International Photo Contest is open to students that have studied abroad during the 2021-2022 school year (FA21, SP22, or FY21-22 programs).
To enter, submit your photo contest entries to [email protected] by November 14, 2022 by 4:00 PM. Use high resolution photos to allow for large prints and website features. You can submit up to one photo per category, and there are three categories: The Natural World, Essence of Host City, and Putting the Study in Study Abroad.
Here are a few more submission details:
- Please title your image as follows: Location_Title_Full Name
- In the body of your email please include:
- Your full name
- LC ID#
- LC Program location, semester, and year
- Title and brief description of your picture, including the category in which you would like your photo entered.
- Signed Photo Permission Form
Voting will take place from November 15-18, which any LC community member can take part in via our Instagram page (@lcoverseas), and the winners will be announced on Instagram on November 21. The winning photo from each category will be featured on our website and social media accounts, displayed in Watzek Library, and printed in the Polyglot. Winners in each category will also receive a $50 gift card.
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November 19, 2022 | 11:00am | Evans Auditorium
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The Lewis & Clark piano students have their end-of-semester recital on Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 11am in Evans Auditorium. This performance will have an in-person audience. Masks are recommended, and distancing is encouraged inside the venue. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in helping us keep everyone as safe as possible! This event is free. |
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November 14, 2022 | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Albany Smith Hall
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Help decide the future of transportation for the LC campus. There will be free pizza and a chance to win a gift card! Students from an Environmental Studies class on environmental engagement are co-creating an event with the organization Healthy Democracy to discuss parking and transportation accessibility on campus. The event will take place Monday, November 14 in Smith Hall from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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November 16, 2022 | 10:00am - 2:00pm | JR Howard Hall
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Let’s practice GRATITUDE together! Come visit us and express your gratitudes – we’re making a rainbow of gratitude flags!
Gratitude is a PRACTICE that one must cultivate regularly!
Gratitude practice has been shown to:
- improve sleep quality
- improve emotional regulation
- increase feelings of happiness and positive mood
- foster hope for the future
- reduce stress, burnout, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
- increase resilience
Intentionally choosing to be grateful rewires our brains away from the scarcity mindset toward one of appreciating all that we DO have in our lives and all that DOES make life worth living. Even expressing gratitude for the tiniest of things can have a huge impact. It’s not always easy, but its worth it! We will have treats too ;)
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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
How to donate:
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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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November 17th, 2022 | 3:30pm | Office of Student Accessibility
The Office of Student Accessibility is excited to present a 4-part Study Skills Workshop Series! Each session will focus on a different topic, and the series will be repeated multiple times throughout the school year. The first series will be presented in person, but stay tuned for recorded or live Zoom sessions to be offered in the future. Sign up for any or all sessions using the link above!
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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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