Campus Connections

Issue Date: September 27, 2004

News and Notices

Campus memorial service set for Evan Williams

Faculty, students, staff, and friends of Evan Williams are invited to a two-part memorial service on Thursday, September 30. Williams, professor of chemistry and founder of the environmental studies program, passed away on May 24 following a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

“We chose this particular day because it was a special one for Evan,” says Eban Goodstein, professor of economics and environmental studies program chair. “He used to invite us all to join him behind the Manor House on the morning that the sun rose directly over Mount. Hood.”

7 a.m., Thursday, September 30

Silent sunrise gathering, Manor House patio

3:30 p.m., Thursday, September 30

Memorial service, including prepared remarks and comments or testimony from others, outside Agnes Flanagan Chapel

For more information, contact Goodstein at ext. 7626 or Mark Duntley, dean of the chapel, at ext. 7082.

Alumni weekend approaches

Lewis & Clark’s Alumni Weekend offers a chance to celebrate the past and look forward to the future. The extended-weekend event runs Thursday, September 30, through Sunday, October 3.

A highlight of the weekend is the annual honors banquet, which recognizes the achievements of three outstanding Lewis & Clark alumni. Richard McCourt ’74 and Suzanne Segerstrom ’90 will be honored for their noteworthy accomplishments, and Dean Sempert ’49 will be honored for his service to the College.

A full schedule of Alumni Weekend events is avalable online.

African American music workshop set

Ysaye M. Barnwell’s voice commands attention. Barnwell, a member of the acclaimed a cappella quintet Sweet Honey in the Rock, has a three-octave vocal range. In addition to her singing career, she is a composer, instrumentalist, percussionist, and arranger.

Barnwell will conduct a music workshop with the Oregon Repertory Singers on Thursday, September 30, at 6 p.m. in Evans Music Center. The workshop, titled “Building a Vocal Community,” traces the development of a community “through the vehicle of music including calls, chants, spirituals, ring shouts, hymns, and gospel songs.”

Gil Seeley, James W. Rogers Professor of Music at Lewis & Clark, has been artistic director of Oregon Repertory Singers since 1976. The choral group is Lewis & Clark’s choir in residence. The workshop is closed to the general public, but is open to the campus community. Space is limited.

Barnwell also performs with Oregon Repertory Singers in a pair of season-opener concerts on Sunday, October 3, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church (1838 S.W. Jefferson). The program is titled “Nurturing the Soul: Singing in the African American Tradition.” Complimentary advance tickets for concert and workshop are available to the campus community at the Bookstore.

New way to search L&C Web site

Looking for directory information on the Web? Recently, the Web team unveiled a single new search box that combines all search functions into one handy window.

“Search L&C” is now a single box on the left-hand side of the front Web page. The new tool merges the old People Finder with the general Web search tool into one convenient location.

To find directory listings, simply enter a person’s first or last name (or job title, e-mail address, or phone extension). The search engine will return a comprehensive list of selections, including directory and department contact information, recommended Web sites, related campus news, stories, and events.

“The new search engine brings more information together into one location," says Kari Chisholm, senior communications officer for Web strategy. “By enhancing our search results with more than directory information, we hope that our Web site will be much more usable for people on and off campus.”

For more detailed directory inquiries, the advanced search option is still available. To update your directory listing, contact Human Resources at hr@lclark.edu.

IT offers fall classes

Information Technology offers ongoing computer training courses. During the next two weeks, these classes are available: Creating PDFs, InDesign (3-part course), and Beginning PowerPoint (2-part course). For more information, contact IT at ext. 7020, or sign up at www.lclark. edu/~training.

People News

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:

Mark Becker, assistant professor of psychology, coauthored an article in the September issue of Vision Research (Vol. 44, Issue 21). The article is titled “Metacontrast Masking Is Specific to Luminance Polarity Vision Research.”

Heather Watkins, visiting assistant professor of art, published an article in The Organ Review of Arts (Fall 2004). The article is titled “Typography Lesson.”

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:

KEX Radio (Portland, Ore.): Steve Kanter, professor of law, discusses plea bargain agreements for death penalty cases. September 22, 2004.

KINK-FM: Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, discusses the challenges a globalized economy brings to the American working middle class. September 21, 2004.

KPAM Radio (Portland, Ore.); Robert Eisinger, associate professor and chair of political science, comments on the three scheduled presidential debates. September 20, 2004.

The Oregonian: Clarisse Messemer, visiting instructor in economics, discusses the nation’s economic recovery. “Jobs ... aren’t picking up as much as they should, and consumer spending isn’t picking up as much as it should. Those key indicators that tell us that we're definintely doing better aren’t there.” September 19, 2004.

Bulletin (Bend, Ore.): Article about the statewide Art in Agriculture competition mentions Phyllis Yes, professor of art, as one of the competition jurors. September 16, 2004.

CosmoGIRL! Magazine Lewis & Clark is in the magazine’s first-ever guide to the 50 Best Colleges for Girls. According to the magazine, the list is a guide to “the kind of environment that gives girls the best chance of success in school and after graduation.” The magazine factored Princeton Review baseline data into its survey. September 15, 2004 (release of October issue).

KXL NewsRadio (Portland, Ore.): Peter Cookson, dean of the graduate school, discusses the impact that large class size can have on school children. “The key for early learning is that every child gets individualized attention.” September 14, 2004.

The Oregonian: In an online commentary piece, Nancy Nagel, associate dean of the graduate school, comments on the impact teachers have on students and examines the reasons why teachers are leaving the state. “A small step has been taken to address the exodus of new teachers from Oregon’s classrooms ... a continuing professional development program for beginning teachers.” September 13, 2004.

Salon.com: Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, comments on the subject of global warming in the presidential campaign. “The whole issue has to be reframed as an energy issue,” says Goodstein. “In some sense, I think it's a code word for climate change. And that's a real problem. It's like the problem can't be named.” September 10, 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

Bicentennial symposium kicks off with Momaday

Pulitzer Prize–winning author N. Scott Momaday believes that “all things can be understood if you put them into a story.” Lewis & Clark welcomes Momaday for an evening of cultural storytelling titled “When Cultures Meet.” The talk on Thursday, September 30, at 8 p.m. takes place at Portland’s First Baptist Church (909 S.W. 11th Ave.).

The New York Times refers to Momaday as “the dean of American Indian writers.” Born in Oklahoma, Momaday is a Kiowa Indian who grew up on reservations in the American southwest. He currently holds the post of Regents Professor of Humanities at the University of Arizona. In 1969, his book “House Made of Dawn” earned a Pulitzer Prize in literature.

Momaday is also a painter and printmaker. His works have been exhibited in the United States and abroad. He is founder and chair of the Buffalo Trust and a founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian. He is also a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Award, a Gold Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, and the Premio Letterario Internationale “Mondello,” Italy’s highest literary award.

Complimentary tickets for the campus community are available in advance at the Bookstore.

“Encounters” range from American West to space frontier during second bicentennial symposium

More than 200 years ago, the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment guided President Thomas Jefferson and brought explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark face to face with different cultures in the American West. The expedition’s encounters will be the topic of a two-day humanities symposium at Lewis & Clark College on Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2.

The symposium features lively discussions on topics including historical and literary explorations; encountering and interpreting new languages and cultures; societal drive for exploration; Lewis and Clark in the lower Columbia basin; and tribal law legacies of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Participants include author N. Scott Momaday; historians Elliott West, Patricia Seed, and Stephen Dow Beckham; astronaut and author Tom Jones; linguistics expert Clay Scott; language interpreters Roger Wendlick, Anne Clark, and Roberta Conner; tribal law expert Robert J. Miller; adventurer Victoria Murden; and humanities scholar and historical interpreter Clay Jenkinson.

Most symposium sessions will be held in Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Albany Quadrangle, and Miller Center for the Humanities.

The campus community can attend any of the sessions by contacting Sherry Manning at smanning@lclark.edu or ext. 7207. Lewis & Clark faculty, staff, and students will be admitted free of charge.

Upcoming

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