Week 16 | Spring 2023
May 1, 2023
Please note; this is the last Bark Newsletter until the start of Fall 2023 term.
Please read your emails this summer for any campus updates.
In this issue
  • Guest Columnist: Evette Castillo Clark, Ed.D.
  • COVID-19 Update
  • Reader Survey
  • Announcements
  • Events
  • Opportunities
  • Student Life Newsletters
  • Meet the VPSL Office Staff
Congratulations!
Guest Columnist: Dr. Evette Castillo Clark
May 1, 2023

Dear Students,

The end of the semester is in your sight as we enter finals week, and it’s hard to believe that Commencement for graduating seniors is upon us, this Saturday, May 6!

CONGRATULATIONS. Whether you are finishing your degree or this was your first semester as a student here, you have reached a milestone by getting to the end of the academic year. I am honored to have spent this year learning with and working alongside you, celebrating your achievements, empathizing with your frustrations, and pushing to make the student experience better for all. I hope you can look back on this year with pride, and look ahead with confidence.

To those of you who are graduating, I truly believe that your hard work and the experiences you have had here are a ticket to an incredible life ahead. I am eager to see the diverse experiences you have and the mark you make on the world as an L&C alum. Stay in touch!

For those of you returning next year, I’m looking forward to another purposeful year together. I’ll see some of you around campus over the summer, and will be ready for the excitement of NSO when August rolls around. Internships, summer jobs, time with friends and family, a few days at the beach . . . whatever you do during the break, may it prepare your mind and body for the whirlwind of the next academic year.

There are still lots of events and activities happening on campus between now and commencement. Remember, if you are a resident, your move-out procedures and steps can be found here. And stop by the Stephanie Fowler Student Center Dedication on May 4. I’ll be there and attending the host of other celebratory events this week.

Have a wonderful summer, and huge congratulations to those of you who are graduating. I hope L&C will always be a place that feels like home for you.


Evette Castillo Clark, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Life
COVID-19 Updates
From April 22nd to April 28th, we had 6 reported COVID-19 cases in the Lewis & Clark community.
  • College of Arts and Sciences on-campus - 6
  • College of Arts and Sciences off-campus - 0
  • Law School - 0
  • Graduate School - 0
Brought to you by the COVID Ops Team
The Bark Reader Survey
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Announcements
If you need boxes for shipping or storage, we’ve got them! We are selling large boxes for $2.50 and mediums for $2.00 each. 

We also want to remind you to please come and pick up any packages or letter mail before you leave. If there is anything left behind, we can ship your packages, but you will need to pay for them to be sent to you. If you don’t claim them, they will be returned to the sender, so please be sure to contact us! 

IF YOU ARE GRADUATING OR NOT RETURNING - please contact all pertinent businesses, friends and family who send you mail to update your new address. Your mail will only be forwarded for a short amount of time. You cannot complete an address change with USPS!

Lastly, have a great summer!!
Office of Equity and Inclusion's first Newsletter!
ASB Lyft Program Is Here!
ASB Lyft Subsidy Passes are here! Each undergraduate student who connects their Lyft account to their lclark.edu email account per the instructions in the email from Lyft shall receive 2 passes for $10 ride discounts per month available to use through May 8, 2023

Please check your @lclark.edu for the email titled “ASB sent you a Lyft Pass,” please open this email and follow the steps inside to sign up for the program and start receiving your ride discounts.
Events
April 14 - May 7, 2023 | Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art
At the end of each academic year, the Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art hosts the Senior Art Exhibition, the culmination of artwork made by the graduating seniors in the art department at the end of their undergraduate journey at Lewis & Clark College.
Opportunities
Fowler Student Center Advisory Board!
Apply to be a part of the Fowler Student Center Advisory Board!

Student Engagement is seeking student representatives to be a part of the inaugural advisory board for the newly remodeled student center; this board is a non-governing entity and will provide recommendations to student engagement in regards to space allocations, programming, and general facility operations.

For any questions, please direct them to [email protected]. 
Summer Internships Focused on Healing Through Narrative: Lewis & Clark students who have a summer internship in health + humanities are eligible to apply for funding to support their work. Each year, up to three students will be awarded funding to support internships in health + humanities with organizations that contribute to healing through narrative. This support is made possible by the Center for Community and Global Health and a grant from Mellon Foundation. 
Rolling deadline
The Office of the Vice President for Student Life (VPSL) is looking to decorate its walls with student-made artworks and craft projects! Every student whose work is selected will be compensated for their work (see the Google form for more information).
Help us welcome the class of 2027
Submit your design by May 26, 2023
Help us design banners to welcome new students to campus this fall! We need your words, illustrations, or some combination thereof. What would you want to share with someone new to LC and making their way? Or what do you wish someone had said (or drawn) for you in your first days and weeks? 

Banner dimensions are 16 x 66 inches. Send your design to [email protected] by May 26th. The selected entry will receive $200 and your design will become part of our campus community this fall.
Additional L&C Campus Newsletters
Meet the VPSL Office Staff