Campus Connections

Issue Date: July 12, 2004

News and Notices

Five alumni join board of trustees

Lewis & Clark College has welcomed five new members to its Board of Trustees: Peter D. Chang, Stephanie J. Fowler, Judith A. Johansen, Jouni J. Korhonen, and Amy L. Miller. “These individuals bring remarkable strengths to the board, including strong alumna/alumnus ties with the College,” says Paul E. Bragdon, interim president. “That special connection to Lewis & Clark will serve the College well and will continue to enhance Lewis & Clark’s global reach.”

Peter D. Chang ’74 is senior vice president of marketing for Boullioun Aviation Services in Redmond, Wash., and managing director of China Aviation Marketing Consulting Services. Chang earned his bachelor’s degree from Lewis & Clark and his master’s degree in business administration from the American Graduate School of International Management. He lives in Redmond with his wife, Alice, a 1974 alumna of the College, and their children.

Stephanie J. Fowler M.A ’97 is a volunteer counselor at William Temple House. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Lewis & Clark’s Graduate School of Education. Fowler lives in Portland.

Judith A. (Judi) Johansen J.D. ’83, as president and CEO of PacifiCorp, oversees the company’s operations. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and her juris doctorate from Lewis & Clark Law School. She lives in Lake Oswego.

Jouni J. Korhonen ’82 is senior vice president for credit risk architecture with Wells Fargo Bank’s wholesale banking group. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Lewis & Clark College. While a student, he served as vice president for budget and finance for Lewis & Clark’s student government and helped design the student government model that still serves the undergraduate college. Korhonen earned his master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University. He lives in Mill Valley, Calif., with his wife, Amal A. Mansour, a 1983 alumna of Lewis & Clark, and their two daughters.

Amy L. Miller ’80 served as managing director and cohead of loan capital markets for Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York from 2000 to 2002. She earned her bachelor of arts degree from Lewis & Clark College and her master’s degree from Columbia University. She is now focusing on raising her family. Miller and her husband, Gregory C. Brandner, a 1979 alumnus of Lewis & Clark, live in Tenafly, N.J.

Lewis & Clark College’s Board of Trustees determines the mission of the College and is responsible for its success. Trustees serve three-year terms, which are renewable twice. Learn more about the new trustees online.

Campus underwear thefts are reminder to stay vigilant

In May, police arrested Tigard resident Sung Koo Kim in connection with theft of women’s underwear from college and university campuses in several Oregon counties. In October 2002, Lewis & Clark had identified Kim in connection with thefts of underwear in two campus residence halls, thanks to information provided by campus residents.

On Oct. 30, 2002, Campus Safety officers apprehended Kim in connection with underwear thefts and called the Portland Police Bureau. In accordance with College policy, Campus Safety officers barred Mr. Kim from returning to Lewis & Clark. Kim left the campus in the custody of Portland Police officers.

The Campus Safety office also alerted members of the Western Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators about Lewis & Clark’s experiences with Kim and forwarded information, including Kim’s photo, to the association. Information about Kim from Lewis & Clark and other campuses helped grand juries in multiple jurisdictions decide to hand down indictments against Kim on theft and burglary charges.

According to Bill Curtin, director of campus safety, Lewis & Clark’s experience with Kim is a reminder of how important it is for members of the campus community to be vigilant. “When we notified the campus community about the burglaries, we got lots of information back that helped us identify the suspect,” he says. “We really heightened everyone’s awareness about personal safety issues. The policies and procedures we have in place to keep the campus community safe worked very well in this instance.”

Curtin says some simple steps can help ensure personal safety on campus:

• Report any suspicious-looking individuals who may not belong on the campus.
• Request a Campus Safety escort when moving about the campus after dark.
• Lock the door to your office whenever it is unoccupied.
• Never give College keys to others.

For more information on safety tips or campus safety issues, contact the Campus Safety office at ext. 7855. Campus safety information is also available online at www.lclark.edu/~safety.

Health department releases final report on Norwalk outbreak

Over the weekend of April 3, a number of Lewis & Clark students and staff became ill with gastrointestinal symptoms. The outbreak was reported to the Multnomah County Health Department, which carried out an investigation to assess the causes of illness and to recommend actions to control the outbreak. Tests subsequently confirmed the presence of Norwalk virus, or Norovirus, in the campus community.

In an executive summary that accompanied the full report, Dr. Gary Oxman, Multnomah County’s health officer, says the Norovirus illness at Lewis & Clark was associated both with eating in the Fields Dining Room and living in the residence halls.

“While at least some of these cases could have been acquired off-campus, implication of both food and living situation suggest that both routes of spread likely occurred in this outbreak,” Oxman wrote. “A feasible scenario is that a few students returning ill from spring break provided a foothold for the virus. From there, transmission occurred through food and in the dorms.”

The health department’s full and final report on the Norovirus outbreak is available on the Health Center Web site.

Financial education seminar offered

Representatives from TIAA-CREF will offer a financial education seminar about the company’s Web-based services. The session will cover use of interactive planning calculators, accessing account balances online, updating personal and beneficiary information online, and reviewing retirement illustrations. The information session on Wednesday, July 21, at 11 a.m. is in Albany Quadrangle, Room 218.

One-on-one counseling sessions with TIAA-CREF counselors are available, by appointment only, on Wednesday, July 21, from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, July 22, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. These appointments take place in Albany Quadrangle, Room 207. To schedule an appointment, call Jodie Freid, TIAA-CREF administrative assistant, at 877-209-3142, ext. 2615.

Law school launches tribal clerkship program

A new program at the law school will help ease the workload for judges in tribal courts. The Tribal Court Clerkship Program offers free and confidential law clerk assistance to tribal judges.

“The vast majority of tribal judges do not have legal research or opinion writing assistance,” says Robert J. Miller, associate professor of law. “This makes our job more difficult than the work that federal and state judges perform.”

In addition to teaching Indian law classes at the law school, Miller serves as chief justice for the Court of Appeals for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. He is a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee tribe of Oklahoma.

“This is a promising and mutually beneficial opportunity for tribal judges to gain needed assistance and for Lewis & Clark law students to gain valuable experience working with tribal judges on real life cases. Oregon state trial judges have successfully used our students through this type of program for years,” Miller says.

Tribal judges who request clerk volunteers are matched with students. According to Miller, a handful of students have already expressed interest in the clerkships. There are approximately 20 to 30 tribal judges in Oregon alone. The program is administered through the law school’s existing pro bono services program.

IT offers range of courses for summer

Information Technology offers ongoing computer training courses. During the next several weeks, these classes are available: Backing Up Your Computer, InDesign, Refresh Your Web Page, Introduction to Photoshop, and Optimizing Web Graphics. For more information, contact IT at ext. 7020 or register online.

People News

Graduate school: New faces, changing places

Tod Sloan has joined the graduate school as professor and chair of counseling psychology. Prior to joining Lewis & Clark, Sloan served as the national cocoordinator of Psychologists for Social Responsibility. He is the author of “Damaged Life: The Crisis of the Modern Psyche” and “Life Choices: Understanding Dilemmas and Decisions.” Sloan has edited or coedited several volumes including “Critical Psychology: Voices for Change,” “Psychology for the Third World” and “Poverty and Psychology: From Global Perspective to Local Practice.” From 1982 to 2001, he taught in the University of Tulsa’s psychology department, where he also served as department chair and founded the Center for Community Research and Development. He received two Fulbright grants to lecture and research in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Contact Tod at sloan@lclark.edu or call him at ext. 6066.

Several current faculty and staff members at the graduate school have changed job titles, offices or contact information. Here are the changes in a nutshell:

Sally Earll, director of special projects, 302 Rogers Hall, ext. 6043; Lisa Pogue, director of operations, 214 Rogers Hall, ext. 6016; Bill Layton, visiting assistant professor of school counseling, 333 Rogers Hall, ext. 6147; Marcia Silver, assistant professor, Northwest Writing Institute Writing Studio, 330 Rogers Hall, ext. 6166; Gwenn Stover, director of development, 205 Rogers Hall, ext. 6044; Sara Mattheisen, director of events and external relations, 203 Rogers Hall, ext. 6001; Jennifer Woodhouse, assistant to the dean, 206B Rogers Hall, ext. 6004; Gordon Lindbloom, associate professor of counseling psychology, 329 Rogers Hall, ext. 6070; Etta Schwab, registrar, 217 Rogers Hall, ext. 6036; and Camie Wiggins, director of student services, 215 Rogers Hall, ext. 6037.

Law school welcomes new Web developer

Jeff Allman has joined the law school as a Web developer. His responsibilities include the design and development of law school and law library Web pages, multimedia development, and training faculty and staff to use Trillium, the College’s Web authoring software. Allman earned his bachelor’s degree from Willamette University and worked in Portland as a Web and multimedia designer prior to joining the law school. Reach him at allman@lclark.edu or ext. 6785.

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:

In June, a poem by Michael Broide, associate professor and chair of physics, titled “Physics” was published in The Oregonian’s poetry section.

Susan Glosser, associate professor and chair of history, has published a new book titled “Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953” (University of California Press, 2004).

On May 24, Eban Goodstein, professor and chair of economics, gave a talk titled “Social Security and Global Warming” as part of the DemoForum series in Corvallis. The series is sponsored by the Benton County Democrats.

Susan Hubbuch, director of the Writing Center, has published the fifth edition of her textbook, “Writing Research Papers from Across the Curriculum” (Wadsworth, 2004). First published in 1985, the text grew directly from her work at the Writing Center and with the society and culture program, forerunner to Inventing America.

In May, Erica Johnson ’98, assistant dean of admissions, led a panel entitled “Creating High School Profiles” at a joint conference of the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain Associations for College Admissions Counseling, held in Seattle. Mike Sexton, dean of admissions, took part in a panel entitled “Rankings, Ratings and Serving Education” at the same conference.

In May, John Kroger, assistant professor of law, gave a talk titled “The Enron Collapse: A Case Study in Business and Regulatory Failure.” The event was sponsored by Lewis & Clark and Portland State University’s Center for Professional Integrity and Accountability.

Jens Mache, assistant professor of computer science, published a paper titled “Communication Patterns and Allocation Strategies” with coauthors David Bunde, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Vitus Leung, Sandia National Laboratories. They presented the paper in April at the IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium in Santa Fe, N.M.

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:

Zenit News Agency (Italy): Peter Christenson, professor of communication and department chair, comments on the Supreme Court's decision that enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act probably violates the constitutional guarantee of free speech. According to Christenson, “The message, or images in the case of music videos, is not only provocative, but is often characterized by elements of gratification and exploitation.” July 3, 2004.

Portland Tribune: Rebecca Copenhaver, assistant professor of philosophy, comments on the “ethical quandaries faced not just by public officials but by nearly everyone. What are our obligations when a friend or a co-worker or family member cheats on a spouse or otherwise breaks the rules of civilized behavior?” July 2, 2004.

KGW TV: Jon Eldridge, dean of students, describes campus safety procedures to maintain security in residence halls. July 1, 2004.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Matthew Levinger, associate professor of history, writes about Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy legacy. June 23, 2004.

USA Today: Kestryl Lowrey ’07 discusses how students at Lewis & Clark worked to help the campus move toward gender-neutral housing options. June 22, 2004.

Portland Tribune: Orla McDonagh, instructor in music, talks about her role in a staged reading of James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” June 15, 2004.

The Oregonian: Article examines a gambling and casino application by the Cowlitz tribe. The tribe’s ties to land in Southwest Washington have been questioned, although an adviser to the tribe, Stephen Dow Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Professor of History, “has asserted that such ties do exist.” June 10, 2004.

Times-Citizen (Iowa Falls, Iowa): George Skipworth, visiting assistant professor of music, is mentioned in an article about musicians who audition for the Dublin International Symphonic Festival Orchestra. Skipworth is the organizer and conductor of the Dublin orchestra. June 9, 2004.

Discovery Channel: Kellar Autumn, associate professor of biology, talks about his research into gecko foot adhesive qualities in a segment of the program titled “Beyond Invention.” May 28 and May 29, 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

Students present research findings at Rogers Science Program brown bag talks

Students at Lewis & Clark are spending the summer conducting research in collaboration with faculty members as part of the John S. Rogers Science Research Program. The students discuss their research in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and computer science during a series of brown bag talks. The presentations are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, July 13, 12 p.m. Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry, Room 204.

“Exploring the ecological consequences of gamete release by green seaweeds of coral reefs.” Jonny Armstrong ’05 and Brian Erickson ’06 collaborate with Ken Clifton, assistant professor of biology.

“Characterization and Control of Spatio-Temporally Chaotic Pattern Dynamics in Taylor Vortex Flow.” Brett Tomlin ’05 and Yu Hou ’06 collaborate with Tom Olsen, associate professor of physics.

Tuesday, July 20, 12 p.m. Olin Center for Physics and Chemistry, Room 204.

“A phylogenic framework for studying the evolution of the toxic enzyme sphingomyelinase D in venom of brown spider (Loxosceles).” Kate Baldwin ’05, Chris Ellison ’05, and Melissa Bodner ’04 collaborate with Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology.

“High-Velocity Clouds and Their Role in the Evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy.” Jessica Reynolds ’04 collaborates with Steve Tufte, assistant professor of physics.

The John S. Rogers Science Research Program promotes collaborative research in the mathematical and natural sciences and provides the framework and financing for more than a dozen student-faculty research projects each summer at Lewis & Clark. The program gives science majors the opportunity to work together with faculty, full time, for 10 weeks each summer. More information about the research projects is available online.

Social science and humanities brown bag talks set

Faculty in the social sciences and humanities will present their current research during a series of brown bag talks. Scholars from the fields of economics, English, German and history will discuss insights and findings gleaned from their research. In addition, several of the brown bag presentations will report the results of collaborative faculty-student research in philosophy and psychology.

Wednesday, July 14, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

Harry Schleef, dean of the social sciences and associate professor of economics, talks about “Simulating Retirement Portfolios.”

Wednesday, July 21, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

Rishona Zimring, associate professor of English, gives a talk titled “Against Dance.”

Wednesday, July 28, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

Mark Becker, assistant professor of psychology, and Andrew Sims ’06 give a presentation titled “Is Visual Attention Guided by Emotional Content?”

Wednesday, August 4, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

John Fritzman, associate professor of philosophy, and Brianne Riley ’06 give a presentation titled “From Spinoza’s Mechanistic Substance to Hegel’s Organicistic Subject.”

Wednesday, August 11, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, assistant professor of psychology, and Abby Hazlett ’05 discuss “Interpersonal Perceptions of Mental and Physical Illness.”

Wednesday, August 18, 12:15 p.m. Miller Center for the Humanities, Room 206.

Yueping Zhang, assistant professor of psychology, and Gary Howarth ’06 discuss “The Effects of EEG Biofeedback on Reducing Anxiety and Improving Memory Performance in a Non-Clinical Sample of College Students.”

Upcoming

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