Campus Connections

Issue Date: August 23, 2004

News and Notices

President Hochstettler arrives!

“I am deeply honored to have been called to serve as your president.”— Tom Hochstettler

Dear Faculty, Members of the Staff, and Students,

On this my first day on the job, please let me take a moment to let you know how happy my family and I are to be joining the Lewis & Clark community. I am deeply honored to have been called to serve as your president, and I consider it a singular privilege to take up the charge of leading the College at this juncture in its history.

In the weeks and months to come, my first priorities will be to get to know as many of you as possible, to listen hard to learn about the critical issues now confronting the College, and together with you to begin to build upon the formidable strengths of this wonderful institution. From everything that I have learned over the course of the last several months, Lewis & Clark is in truly fine shape, blessed with talented and dedicated people and with a physical plant and financial resources that make us the envy of our peers. We enter the new academic year in a position of great strength, and I for one am confident that a bright future lies before us.

Best regards, Tom Hochstettler, President (e-mail to campus community, Aug, 16, 2004.)

Hochstettler hosted an ice cream social for staff on Thursday, Aug. 19 (pictured above) During his second week on campus, he'll address students and faculty during the Opening Convocation on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 4 p.m. in Griswold Stadium.

New Student Orientation transportation tips and rewards

As the College and law school hold New Student Orientation Aug. 25–27, it goes without saying that campus parking during this time may be more difficult.

“We ask that faculty and staff use alternative transportation rather than driving alone to work,” says Mark Morgan, director of transportation. “Those people who use alternative transportation will be making a significant contribution to an easier and less stressful time for new students and parents during orientation.”

Staff and faculty who purchased 2004 spring semester parking permits, and use alternative transportation for all three days will be entitled to a choice of $10-per-day in gift certificates to Fred Meyer or cash. To qualify, faculty and staff who plan to use alternative transportation must notify the Transportation and Parking Office before Aug. 25. Vouchers must be submitted to the Transportation and Parking Office after orientation concludes to qualify for the gift certificates or cash. Qualifying alternative transportation includes using the College shuttle bus, carpooling, bicycling, or being dropped off at the campus by someone.

For complete details about the alternative transportation thank you gifts, contact the Parking and Transportation Office at ext. 7857.

A simple way to help during NSO

New Student Orientation is a chance for the campus community to welcome new students, their parents and returning students. The schedule is filled with activities, tours, orientation sessions and more.

To help visitors navigate the campus with ease, please remember to wear your College name tag and be available to answer questions with a friendly smile.

Looking for CSAW? It's changed

Over the spring and summer, the collection of student employment, community service, leadership development and career development, grouped together as the Center for Service and Work, underwent changes. “When former CSAW director Shannan Fasold left to spend more time with her family, her departure created an opportunity to look critically at the structure of CSAW and envision new ways of meeting the increasingly complex and demanding needs of our student population,” says Jon Eldridge, dean of students. After extensive discussion and analysis, CSAW was disbanded and its functions were aligned programmatically with other offices.

Among the changes:

• Melissa Osmond is the new coordinator of student success and wellness programs. She coordinates institutional efforts responding to issues impacting student success and persistence, staff interventions with students, particularly those identified as at-risk, and institutional programmatic efforts designed to promote a healthy campus environment.
• Student employment services now reports to Student Financial Services, a change that acknowledges the major overlap in the distribution of federal work-study funds.
• Adonica DeVault has been named the new director of career advising. “Career development continues to expand at the College as students become increasingly aware of the need to plan for their lives beyond Lewis & Clark,” says Eldridge. Student peer advisers round out the staff, which will continue to work very closely with the Academic Advising Office to encourage students to plan effectively from their first year through graduation both inside and outside of the classroom.
• Kelly Hoover, who heads up student leadership and community service programs, now reports to Robbie Fung, director of student activities. College Outdoors also reports to Fung. “These changes will put under one umbrella those functions most easily described as student opportunities, such as clubs, organizations, student government, outdoor programs, and volunteer service,” says Eldridge.

More information is available through the Dean of Students Office at ext. 7123.

Lewis & Clark’s Olympic connection

Three Olympic athletes competing in Athens have ties to Lewis & Clark. Hilary Gehman, former club crew coach, and Stacey Borgman, law school student, are rowing for the United States. Neil Weare ’02 is representing the island of Guam, competing in the 1,500-meter run.

Gehman, competing in the quadruple sculls, served as the crew coach at Lewis & Clark for several years until 1998–99, when the sport received varsity status at the College. Gehman chose to pursue other interests, including training for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, rather than stay with the new varsity program. Gehman's boat finished fifth at the Sydney games. She has a bronze medal from the 2001 World Championships.

Borgman is a student at the law school with one semester remaining toward her law degree. She is competing in her first Olympics in the lightweight double sculls with teammate and Lake Oswego resident Lisa Schlenker. Borgman took a year off from school to train and qualify for the Olympics. Borgman and Schlenker are the lone U.S. team competing in this event.

Weare, the Northwest Conference 5,000-meter champion in 2002 and the 2001 conference cross country champion, is the first former Lewis & Clark varsity athlete to compete in the Olympics.

The College has other connections to past Olympics. Roberto A. Alvarez ’81 represented Mexico when he participated in two Olympic games: Calgary in 1988 and Albertville, France, in 1992 in cross country skiing. Matt Biondi, winner of 11 medals in three Olympics, graduated from Lewis & Clark's Graduate School of Education after his legendary swimming career. He now teaches social studies at a high school in Hawaii.

View Olympic event updates.

Sculpture by art faculty member featured on Lake Oswego arts tour

A stainless steel sculpture by Bruce West, senior lecturer and head of the sculpture program, is part of the city of Lake Oswego’s downtown art walking tour.

West’s work, titled “Water, Water, Water,” is a “visual ballet of the first and most basic element of the firefighting craft.” It’s part of the city’s permanent art collection, purchased through the Percent for Art Program.

West’s sculpture is installed on the fire station at Third Street and B Avenue.

Arts Downtown is a rotating art exhibit, defined as Lake Oswego’s “gallery without walls.” West’s work is one of 23 works created by regionally and internationally acclaimed artists. The program is sponsored by the Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts in partnership with the city of Lake Oswego, local businesses and citizens.

Maps for self-guided tours are available through the arts foundation by calling 503-675-3738. Guided tours can be also be scheduled through the foundation.

IT beefs up computer network systems

The Information Technology staff wrapped up several projects over the summer, including the launch of three new services for the campus community: WebMail, WebDisk, and network authentication.

WebMail: This new Web-based e-mail program replaces SilkyMail. “This should prove to be faster, more reliable and more user friendly,” says Dan Terrio, chief technology officer. The program can be accessed at http://webmail.lclark. edu, where step-by-step instructions are available. SilkyMail will be discontinued after January 1, 2005.

WebDisk: This network storage system is essentially an online hard drive, says Terrio. WebDisk gives students one gigabyte of storage space, which is accessible from any computer connected to the Internet. Similar storage space for faculty and staff will be set up during fall semester. “WebDisk allows students, faculty and staff to store files and share those files remotely with whomever they want,” says Terrio. “This system gives you the flexibility to work at home or on the road and retrieve and save your personal files to your own online hard drive.”

Network Authentication: This application will help keep virus infections from spreading to computers and the campus network. “Each time a computer logs onto the campus network, the application determines if the computer has the required virus protection software and if that protection is current,” says Terrio. If a computer’s virus protection software isn’t up-to-date, the user will be directed to a site where updates can be downloaded. If a computer doesn’t have virus protection, it won’t be allowed to log onto the campus network.

Also over the summer, the IT staff upgraded network hardware, computer lab hardware and software, and installed new faculty and staff computers. For more information, visit online www.lclark.edu/~infotech.

People News

Masullo and Lee head up Bon Appetit

Bill Masullo is Bon Appetit’s new general manager for Lewis & Clark. He replaces Jeff Rott. Masullo will oversee service and operations the Dovecote, the Trail Room, Fields Dining Room, Maggie’s, on south campus, at the law school, and at catered events.

Bon Appetit has also hired Treva Lee as the new catering manager, along with several additional kitchen staff. To contact Bon Appetit, call ext. 7891.

Eighteen new and visiting scholars join undergraduate faculty

The undergraduate campus welcomes nine new faculty members for 2004–05: Franya Berkman, assistant professor of music; Rachel Cole, instructor in English; Modhurima DasGupta, assistant professor of sociology; John Holzwarth, assistant professor of political science; Oren Kosansky, assistant professor of anthropology; Todd Lochner, assistant professor of political science; Matthieu Raillard, assistant professor of Spanish; Molly Robinson Kelly, assistant professor of French; and Mary Szybist, assistant professor of English.

The nine visiting faculty members are Cassandra Arendt, visiting assistant professor of biology; Claire Banchich, visiting assistant professor of English; Amy Caldwell de Farias, visiting professor of history; Gerald Harp, visiting assistant professor of humanities; Michael Johanson, visiting assistant professor of music; Gordon Kelly, visiting assistant professor of humanities; Susanna Morrill, visiting assistant professor of religious studies; Tim Stapleton, visiting instructor in theatre; and Iva Stavrov, visiting assisting professor of mathematics.

Published, presented, honors and achievements

Faculty and staff serve as ambassadors for the College through their publications, presentations, awards, grants and other accomplishments. Recent highlights include:

On June 20, a poem by Michael Broide, associate professor and chair of physics, titled "Physics" was published in The Oregonian's BooksWeek poetry section.

George Skipworth, visiting assistant professor of music, spent the summer in Europe. While there, his activties included directing the Dublin International Symphonic Festival. Orla McDonagh, instructor in music, was the featured soloist for a festival performance of Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in a-minor.

More listings of faculty and staff achievements can be found in our online pressroom.

L&C in the news

College faculty and staff are in the news on a regular basis. Recent mentions include:

Portland Tribune: John Kroger, assistant professor of law, discusses harsher penalties for “white-collar crimes.” August 20, 2004.

News-Register (McMinnville, Ore.): Article examines college soccer at the start of the new season. “Lewis & Clark is ninth in its debut in the NWC preseason coaches’ poll. The Pioneers, in their first year as a varsity program, received the ninth and final first-place vote.” August 19, 2004.

KGW.com (Portland, Ore.): Melissa Dudek, sports information director, talks about alumnus Neil Weare ’02 who was cleared to run in the Athens Olympics, representing the island of Guam. August 17, 2004.

Register Guard/Associated Press (Eugene, Ore.): Robert Eisinger, associate professor and chair of political science, comments on the same-day visits to Oregon by Kerry and Bush. August 14, 2004.

Mail Tribune/Associated Press (Medford, Ore.): Article focuses on sustainable catering offered by Bon Appetit. Photos taken in Lewis & Clark’s kitchens show preparation of Oregon country “organic sustainable beef.” August 6. 2004.

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Tom Hochstettler, president, compares German and American liberal arts institutions in an opinion piece titled “Aspiring to Steeples of Excellence at German Universities.” July 30, 2004.

San Diego Union-Tribune/Associated Press (San Diego, Calif.): Article discusses mixed messages teens receive from television portrayals of sex. Lewis & Clark College researchers are part of the team studying teens and television. July 24, 2004.

The Oregonian: Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology, talks about how misperceptions about spiders contribute to a bad reputation for the creatures and their venom. July 21, 2004.

For a sampling of how and where Lewis & Clark is mentioned by media outlets across the nation and around the globe, visit the online pressroom.

Events

Contemporary Native American art responds to the legacy of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition bicentennial is bittersweet for Native American artists, according to Linda Tesner. The director of Lewis & Clark’s contemporary art gallery has gathered works by seven artists whose works respond to the Corps of Discovery’s legacy for Native American peoples. The exhibition, titled Encounters: Contemporary Native American Art, will be on view in the Ronna and Eric Hoffmann Gallery of Contemporary Art from Sept. 2 to Oct. 24.

“These works confront viewers with concepts of identity, conquest, culture, stereotype and loss,” says Tesner. “At the heart of it, this exhibit examines the cumulative and residual effects of the Lewis and Clark journey on Native Americans.” Works by Corwin “Corky” Clairmont, Joe Feddersen, Nadia Myre, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Jeff Thomas, Gail Tremblay, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie are featured in the exhibit. The group represents some 11 tribes and nations.

“Two hundred years ago, the expedition laid the foundation for physical and cultural abuses that range from racial stereotyping to genocide,” says Tesner. “These seven artists respond to the expedition’s legacy in ways that are at once dynamic and subtle, and visceral and subdued.”

An opening reception will be held Thursday, Sept. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. Artist Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie will give a lecture on issues in Native American contemporary art on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in Albany Quadrangle’s Smith Hall .

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 503-768-7687.

Summer faculty lecture series wraps up

Katharina Altpeter-Jones, assistant professor of German, will give the final talk in a summer brown bag lecture series on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 12:15 p.m. During her talk, Altpeter-Jones discusses “‘She-Man’ in Early Modern German Images and Texts.”

The free lecture is in room 206 of Miller Center for the Humanities.

Upcoming

Visit the campus Web calendar for events coming up in August and September.