Campus Connections
Issue Date: September 24, 2007
News and Notices
 We’re a vital part of Portland
Now on the Office of the President’s website you’ll find Lewis & Clark’s Portland Impact Report. Each day thousands of alumni, students, faculty, and staff do positive work in and around our home city. Read the report for stories about our committed and innovative efforts to make Portland an even better place to live and work.
Volunteer Opportunity: Lewis & Clark’s Sexual Assault Response Network
Lewis & Clark’s Sexual Assault Response Network is recruiting for Sexual Assault Response Advocates. These advocates are staff and faculty members specifically trained to respond to incidents of sexual misconduct in the student population. They share responsibility for being on-call via a pager. Annual time commitment varies with the number of advocates available. Typically, an advocate will carry the pager five to eight weeks total throughout the year.
Advocates offer overall assistance, information and follow-up to the survivor or friends of a survivor of any form of sexual misconduct as outlined in the Lewis & Clark College Sexual Conduct Policy. They help the student understand, evaluate and choose among the services available. They can also be a resource for staff and faculty members who are supporting students who have experienced sexual violence.
An information session will be held Friday, September 28 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in Albany 218. For more information or to R.S.V.P., send an email to Melissa Osmond at mosmond@lclark.edu or call extension 7112. Artist-teacher dies suddenly
Barbara Sheidler Bartholomew, visiting assistant professor of art, died from a sudden cardiac event on September 11, 2007, at age 65. She had taught painting and drawing at Lewis & Clark since 1994.
Bartholomew grew up near Mansfield, Ohio. She earned her B.F.A. at Kent State University and her M.F.A. at the University of Washington. She was married to Robert Geddes, and their son, Cameron Geddes, was born in 1973. They subsequently reared Cameron together after their divorce.
Over the course of her career, Bartholomew taught at Portland State University, Marylhurst University and Linfield College. She also had a special, enduring interest in Asia and traveled as an invited guest professor in Japan and China.
Following news of her death, Lewis & Clark’s music department dedicated a concert in her honor, and the art department created a contemplative space with two of her paintings in the Fields Center for the Visual Arts.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 30 at 2 p.m. in Smith Hall. IT offers fall classes
Information Technology offers ongoing computer training courses. During the next two weeks, the following classes are available: Web Page Creation (3-part), Office 2007 Overview, Advanced Trillium, Moodle: Communication Tools, MeetingMaker and Photoshop Elements. 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. The following list reflects those changes and new hires:
Rebecca Martinez-Griffinoperations manager, Small Business Legal Clinic; Lisa Farrell, administrative assistant, National Crime Victim Law Institute; Gregory Volk, vice president for institutional advancement; Christopher Fantz, head swim coach; Rachelle Adam, environmental law scholar, Natural Resources Law; Mark Minty, assistant director of athletics for facilities, intramurals, club sports and recreation; Carl Diehl, gallery attendant, Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art; Elizabeth “Bess” Austin, nurse practitioner, Student Health Service; John Schneider, psychologist, Student Health Services; Ann Whiting, travel health nurse practitioner, Student Health Services; Adonica DeVault, associate director, Community and Career Connections; Kylee Brandt assistant dean of admissions; and Brian Federico, assistant dean of admissions and assistant director of multicultural admissions. 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:
Amanda Jarman, associate director of advancement services, recently won the Willamette Valley Development Officer’s 2007 Starbright Award, an annual award recognizing a rising star in the development field.
The eighth edition of Education Department Chair Vern Jones’ book “Comprehensive Classroom Management,” Boston, Allyn & Bacon (2007), has been translated into Taiwanese. A previous edition was translated into Chinese.
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. Read full articles without subscription fees by logging in with your Lewis & Clark e-mail username and password. Recent media appearances include:
PDX Green: Eban Goodstein's efforts grab the attention of The Oregonian’s new environmental blog
The Oregonian: John Kroger joins Oregon Attorney General race
Events
Multicultural Affairs holds reception for new faculty and staff
In 2005, the Office of Multicultural Affairs began a tradition of formally welcoming the new faculty and staff of color to the Lewis & Clark community. This event is a time to gather together to meet and celebrate the progress being made in the area of diversity on campus.
The reception will take place on Wednesday, September 26 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Armstrong Lounge. New staff to be welcomed include: Winston Jones, assistant dean of students and director of campus living, Student Life; Tamara Ko, departmental coordinator for advancement services, Institutional Advancement; Shamindra Singh, maintenance engineer, Facilities Services; and Julia Unangst, administrative coordinator, Biology.
For more information, call extension 7743. Graduate school convocation discusses the role of power
The Graduate School of Education and Counseling begins its academic year with Convocation on Friday, Sept. 28, at 4:00 p.m. The annual event welcomes new students and offers them an opportunity to meet and interact with faculty and students from other programs. The title of this year's Convocation is “Power over, Power with, Power within: Our Professional Journeys.” This theme, related readings and small group discussions will provide an opportunity to examine the use and possible misuse of power and the importance of professional approaches to human decency.
More information, including a complete schedule and description for the evening's events, is available online. Lewis & Clark advances animal law field
The scope of animal law has never been more apparent. A steady stream of media reports about abuse, factory farms, connections between animals and the environment, and the rights of pets reminds us daily of the links between our world and the world of animals. As this subject gains traction in the social consciousness, the law school will bring animal law advocates, practitioners and political leaders together to share ideas and resources.
The 15th Annual Animal Law Conference, titled “Building Bridges: Strengthening the Animal Advocacy Movement,” will be hosted by the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and the National Center for Animal Law. This year’s conference will spend three days, September 28-30, delving into several established and emerging issues, including:
the impacts of global warming
securing damages for the abuse or loss of pets
Within the larger theme of this year’s conference, speakers will address how diverse groups—even those within other social advocacy campaigns, like the environmental movement—can band together to advance animal law and work for the mutual benefit of animals, humans and the environment. Leaders in the field of animal law will also discuss how improving legal protections for wildlife, domestic and companion animals and animals raised for food serves the interests of humans and animals alike.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a champion for animal protection legislation in the House of Representatives and a Lewis & Clark Law School alumnus, will give the keynote address at the Saturday evening banquet.
For conference registration information and a complete schedule of events, visit http://www.lclark. edu/org/saldf/conference. html or call extension 6795.
Law school examines ocean energy law and policy
Ocean wave technology could eventually power as much as 10 percent of the world’s electrical demand, but it is an alternative energy source that comes with little-understood legal, economic and environmental impacts. The day before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convenes a public hearing on licensing pilot projects along Oregon’s coast, the law school will hold a free symposium featuring national legal experts on wave technology.
The October 1 symposium will focus on existing ocean wave energy law and policy and how to make U.S. businesses more competitive in this market.
A complete schedule of events is available online. 2007 Chamberlin Lecture
Reverend Peter Gomes will present “Spiritual Power and Potential for Progressive Social Change” for the 2007 Chamberlin Lecture. The talk will take place on Monday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Flanagan Chapel and is free and open to the public
Reverend Peter Gomes has served as Pusey Minister and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University since 1974. He has been called one of America’s most eloquent champions for social justice and progressive religion. He is the recipient of numerous distinguished awards and honors and a renowned preacher and author. His books include “The Good Life: Truths That Last In Times of Need,” “Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living,” and “The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart.” For more information, call extension 7085. Lisa Heinzerling to speak at 20th Natural Resource Law Institute Distinguished Visitor public lecture
As the law school’s environmental law program celebrates its 37th anniversary, four alumni will be honored at the 20th annual Natural Resource Law Institute Distinguished Visitor public lecture. Lisa Heinzerling, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center will present “Climate Change in the Supreme Court.” The event is free and open to the public and will take place on the law school campus on Wednesday, October 3, at 5:30 p.m.
Heinzerling has been on the faculty at Georgetown since 1993 and was the 2003 recipient of Georgetown’s faculty teaching award. She teaches several courses at Georgetown, including Environmental Law, Advanced Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Food and Drug Law and a first-year course on the regulatory and administrative state. She served as counsel for the successful petitioners in the 2007 U.S. Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, which addressed the EPA’s role in regulating air pollutants associated with climate change.
Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, Heinzerling served as an assistant attorney general in the Environmental Protection Division of the Massachusetts attorney general’s office. Previously, she clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Justice William J. Brennan Jr. on the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Chicago Law School, where she served as editor in chief of the law review. She is the author of numerous articles on a variety of environmental subjects and the coauthor of three books, including Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing (2004) with economist Frank Ackerman.
For more information, call extension 6784. Tenth Annual Symposium on Environmental Affairs interprets impending disaster
Contemporary environmental discourse is fraught with crisis-talk—think toxic waste, species extinctions and of course global warming. Many people rightly ask: what can be done, and where do we begin? Yet the abstract, disconnected discourse surrounding environmental crises and their solutions often makes these questions unanswerable.
The tenth annual Environmental Affairs Symposium, “Situating Environmental Crisis,” will examine these crises by situating them in particular places so as to understand how the reality and perception of these impending disasters are shaped by specific biophysical, historical, political, cultural and other processes.
The symposium will take place Tuesday through Thursday, October 2-4. Most events are free and open to the public. For more information, call extension 7719. Renowned education advocate addresses new teachers' needs
New teacher retention is a serious challenge in the country, and Oregon, unfortunately, is not unique. Close to one out of every three new teachers in Oregon will leave the profession within their first five years, costing the state $45 million annually. Legislation passed in Oregon this spring provides new funding for mentoring programs to help retain new teachers. Lewis & Clark has served as one of the leading innovators working to raise retention rates in the state with its mentoring program, New Teacher Conversations, now in its third year.
On October 3, the Lewis & Clark Graduate School for Education and Counseling will host a public address by Jonathan Kozol, an educator, activist and author of nonfiction works focusing on issues of race, poverty and education. In his most recent work, Letters to a Young Teacher, Kozol takes a thought-provoking look at the challenges facing one new teacher through a series of correspondences with an experienced mentor. His first book, Death at an Early Age, received the 1968 National Book Award and his 1991 bestseller Savage Inequalities was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992.
For event location and ticket information: http://www.lclark. edu/org/artslive/ kozol.html Maps of the Pacific Northwest
On Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m. in the Watzek Library classroom, alumnus Robert L. Hamm will deliver a lecture titled “Maps of the Pacific Northwest.” The lecture is free and open to the public. Hamm will discuss the library’s current exhibit as well as his personal map collection. A reception will follow the lecture. For more information, call extension 7279. Students write, direct and perform one-act plays
The Theatre Department presents a series of student-written and student-directed one-act plays beginning Thursday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Fir Acres Theatre.
Performances include “Somewhere Between Yesterday and Today” by Danny McKeegan, directed by Ricky Wax; “Going Home” by Rebecca Ortenberg, directed by Abi Kurfman; and
“The Not Very Good Detective” by Brad Jonas, directed by Morgan Shaw-Fox.
General admission tickets are $3. Due to limited seating, there is a limit of five tickets per person per day. The box office opens Monday, October 1, at 1p.m. and is open Monday through Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour before performances. Tickets may be reserved by calling extension 7495. Racial and ethnic disparities in American public schools
The Science Without Limits Speaker Series is an effort to broaden participation in science at all levels. By making innovative scientific research accessible and relevant to a wide audience this series seeks to increase participation in the physical and natural sciences among all groups, particularly those that have been historically underrepresented.
Dr. Willie Pearson, a nationally recognized scholar in the sociology of science, will speak as part of the series on Monday, October 8, at 4 p.m. in John R. Howard Hall 132. Pearson is the author of six books, including “White Society and Colorless Science: A Study of Universalism in American Science” and, most recently, “Beyond Small Numbers: Voices of African American Ph.D. Chemists.” Pearson has served on advisory boards of many organizations, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. In 2001, he was honored as a lifetime National Associate of the National Academies. The speaker series is free and open to the public. For more information, call extension 7594 or 7727. Collaborative research presentations
The 2007 faculty-student summer collaborative research teams from the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will present a series of collaborative research presentations. All talks begin at 3:15 p.m. and will be held in Howard Hall 102. The schedule includes:
For more information, call extension 7632. Upcoming
Visit the campus Web calendar for events coming up in October.
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