Campus Connections

Issue Date: July 9, 2007

News and Notices

Templeton renovations

The first stage of the Templeton Campus Center renovation is underway and will continue through mid-August. Updates are being made to the sitting area of the Trail Room as well as the loop of hallways and sitting areas around the courtyard, including the space used by mail services, meeting rooms, the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark offices, College Outdoors, and student media.

The design for the Trail Room features new paint and carpet, displays of student and alumni art, and multiple gathering areas with new and reupholstered furniture. “The Trail Room design will be much less cafeteria-like,” says Houston Dougharty, dean of students, “and more like a coffeehouse performance space.” The Trail Room’s conversion into a multiuse space and performance venue includes the addition of a permanent stage, lighting, and sound equipment.

When completed, the Trail Room will provide amenities for performers and attendees alike, including easy access for loading in large equipment, access to restrooms, and close proximity to a food and beverage service.

“The new performance venue offers an appealing space for acoustic music during the day, smaller lectures, and other gatherings. But it will also still be a great place to gather for coffee, breakfast, lunch, or a snack,” says Dougharty. “And the Trail Room will be rockin’ on weekend nights!”

The loop will get colorful new wall coverings, including paint and posting boards, according to Dougharty.

More renovations for Templeton are planned for upcoming summers. The new Templeton Advisory Board, including students, staff, and faculty from all three schools, plans to convert the Trail Room into a European-style bakery and espresso shop in summer 2008. At that time, Fields will be renovated into a state-of-the-art à la carte dining facility for the entire campus, open from dawn until late night. Until then, food will continue to be served out of the Trail Room.

Office name changes

Several offices in the College of Arts and Sciences have changed their names to better describe the services they provide.

Campus Living: Formerly Residence Life. This name reflects that living on campus is an integrated and comprehensive experience not limited to one’s personal residence. Resident directors (RDs) are now known as campus living coordinators (CLCs), and resident assistants (RAs) are now known as campus living advisors (CLAs).

Community and Career Connections: This new office brings together Student Leadership and Service and Career Advising, enhancing the staff’s ability to help students apply their academic learning and cocurricular experiences to local and global community service and professional goals.

Community Standards: Formerly Judicial Affairs. This name emphasizes and clarifies that the student conduct process exists to establish the high standards and expectations of the Lewis & Clark community and address incidents in a community-based and educational manner.

Health Promotion and Wellness: Formerly Student Success and Wellness. This name emphasizes the role of proactive health promotion activities.

International Students and Scholars: Formerly International Student Services. This name more accurately reflects the scope of the office’s work providing services not only to students from other countries, but also to scholars, researchers, and teachers who come to visit each of the three schools.

Multicultural Affairs: Formerly Ethnic Student Services. This name reflects a broadening of the office’s scope to include students of color, first-generation college students, and gender-oriented groups. The office will share a new cross-cultural resource room—a place for students and interns to gather, work, and socialize—with International Students and Scholars.

Summer 2007 Chronicle is online

The summer 2007 Chronicle is now online.

Readers will find stories about Lewis Sharp B.A. ’65, head of the Denver Art Museum; five multitalented undergraduate “renaissance students”; the graduate school’s Boys Advocacy and Mentoring Program; the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic; and the College of Arts and Science’s Heroes of Color Program.

Law 2007 commencement podcast

A podcast of the 122nd law school commencement is now available online. Video clips include highlights such as the commencement address by Michele A. Roberts, attorney-at-law and partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; reflections of the graduates; and Interim Dean Lydia P. Loren’s charge to the class.

Law, Science, and the Environment Forum: A Meeting of Minds

On April 19 and 20, the law school and the Center for Progressive Reform brought together a select group of scientific and legal thinkers for the Law, Science, and the Environment Forum. The forum explored the relationship between science and law in managing and conserving the environment.

In a videocast of the keynote address for the symposium, Peter Gleick of the Pacific Institute speaks on “Sound Science in an Ideological Era.”

For more information, call extension 6780.

IT offers summer classes

Information Technology offers ongoing computer training courses. During the next five weeks, these summer classes are available:

• MeetingMaker
• InDesign (3-part)
• Using FileMaker Pro 7
• FileMaker Pro Databases (3-part)
• Introduction to Moodle

For more information, contact IT at extension 7020.

People News

New faces, new titles

Several people have joined the community recently, and some continuing employees have taken on new roles and responsibilities at Lewis & Clark. They include the following:

Kathleen Tucker, staff accountant, law school; Kari Valente, administrative assistant, Campus Living; Thomas Lehman, logistics manager, College Outdoors; Rebecca Duncan, research technician, biology; Tamara Ko, departmental coordinator, Advancement Services; Marion Burnett, campus events specialist, Campus Events; Nicholas Mobley, campus safety officer, Campus Safety; Ingrid Yeager, mail services specialist, Mail Services; Emily Slavin, administrative coordinator, Public Affairs and Communications; and Joe Becker, director of marketing and publications, Public Affairs and Communications.

Published, presented, honors, and achievements

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

Sharon Chinn M.A. ’91, director of Educational Career and Licensing Services, published her poem titled “To a Sleepless Night” in the June 2007 issue of United Methodist Nexus.

Jens Mache, associate professor of computer science, published a paper titled “Sensor Network Lab Exercises Using TinyOS and MicaZ Motes, Part II” with coauthors Elgin Dean ’08 and Kevin Imber ’09. The paper was presented at the International Conference on Wireless Networks held in June in Las Vegas.

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

Lewis & Clark in the news

College faculty and staff are in the news on a regular basis. Use your Lewis & Clark email login and password to view these recent mentions:

The Oregonian: Associate Professor of History Elliott Young’s Op-Ed on Immigrant Laborers’ Rights

The Chronicle of Higher Ed: Balancing Advocacy and Professionalism in Lewis & Clark’s Animal-Law Program

The Oregonian:Professor John Callahan’s Role in Oregon History Informs his First Novel

The Oregonian: Professor John Callahan’s Ellison Expertise Significant in New Biography

The Chronicle of Higher Ed: A take on the Supreme Court’s Recent Affirmative Action Ruling

Inside Higher Ed: A second take on the Supreme Court’s Recent Affirmative Action Ruling

Events

Science research brown bags

Selected science students are spending the summer conducting research in collaboration with faculty members as part of the John S. Rogers Science Research Program. Each week, they will discuss their research in fields including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and computer science during a series of brown bag talks from noon to 1 p.m. in Olin 204.

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. The program gives science majors the opportunity to work together, full time, for 10 weeks each summer.

Tuesday, July 10 “Synaptic Secretion of Neuromodulators Implicated in Long-term Memory Formation.” Student presenters are Mariya Chavarha and Conor Jacobs. Faculty collaborator is Janis Lochner.

“Feeding Performance of Oregon Silverspot Butterfly Larvae on Host Plants From Different Populations.” Student presenter is Anne McHugh. Faculty collaborator is Paulette Bierzychudek.

Thursday, July 12 “Characterization of a Secretory Signal for Chicken Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor.” Student presenters are Kelly Dayne Hansen and Garrett Waagneester. Faculty collaborator is Gary Reiness.

“Detecting Statistical Signal in Genetic Linkage and Association Studies.”
 Student presenters are Michael Sanders and Nicholas Tiller. Faculty collaborator is Yung-Pin Chen.

Tuesday, July 17 “Investigating the Biogenesis of Lysosomes in a Multicellular Animal.” Student presenters are Marcela Kkokes, Steven Levitte, and Emily Scavarda. Faculty collaborator is Greg Hermann.

“A Search for Pseudopericyclic Allenyl Cope Rearrangement Pathways, Employing CASSCF Ab Initio Molecular Orbital Calculations.” Student presenters are David Calkins and Lila Forte. Faculty collaborator is James Duncan.

Tuesday, July 24 “Investigating the Kinematics and Physical Conditions of Interstellar Matter in Face-on Spiral Galaxies.” Student presenters are Scott Henderson and Nick Peach. Faculty collaborator is Steve Tufte.

“Sensor Networks and Grid Computing.” Student presenters are Elgin Dean and Kevin Imber. Faculty collaborator is Jens Mache.

Upcoming

Visit the campus Web calendar for events coming up in June.