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Short description: Private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, US
Lewis & Clark College
Lewis and clark college seal.png
Former names
Albany Academy (1858–1866)
Albany Collegiate Institute (1866–1867)
Albany College (1867–1942)
MottoExplorare, Discere, Sociare (Latin)
Motto in English
To explore, to learn, to work together
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1867; 157 years ago (1867)
Endowment$240 million (2020)[1]
PresidentRobin Holmes-Sullivan
Administrative staff
745 (All three schools)
Students3,509 (Fall 2021)[2]
Undergraduates2,126 (Fall 2021)[3]
Postgraduates1,383 (Fall 2021)
Location
Portland, Oregon
,
Oregon
,
United States

[ ⚑ ] : 45°27′04″N 122°40′12″W / 45.451°N 122.670°W / 45.451; -122.670
CampusResidential,
137 acres (0.55 km2)
|u}}rsOrange and black          
NicknamePioneers
Mascot"Pio" the Newfoundland
Websitelclark.edu
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Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon . Originally chartered in 1867 as the Albany Collegiate Institute in Albany, Oregon,[4] the college was relocated to Portland, Oregon in 1938 and in 1942 adopted the name Lewis & Clark College after the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It has three campuses: an undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Law, and a Graduate School of Education and Counseling.

Lewis & Clark is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges with athletic programs competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III Northwest Conference. As of Fall 2021, just over 2,000 students attend the undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences,[5] with a student body from 54 countries and 47 U.S. states.[5] The School of Law is best known for its environmental law program.[6]

Today, the three campuses and their supporting offices occupy the 137-acre (0.55 km2) campus, centered on the M. Lloyd Frank Estate on Palatine Hill in the Collins View neighborhood of South Portland.

History

Albany College Administration Building

Like many modern American universities, the institution that would eventually become Lewis & Clark was initially intended to provide secondary as well as higher education for a specific religious community, in this case Presbyterian pioneers in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The Presbyterian church incorporated Albany Academy in 1858.[7]

Within a decade of its founding, Albany Academy began to focus more exclusively on higher education, changing its official name to the Albany Collegiate Institution in 1866. Lewis & Clark's official founding date comes from the current charter, which has been legally valid since the Presbyterian church reincorporated the Albany Collegiate Institution as Albany College in 1867.[7] Unlike most Oregon colleges of the pioneer era, the college has been co-educational since the first class, which graduated in 1873. The early campus of seven acres (2.8 ha) in Albany was situated on land donated by the Monteith family. In 1892, the original school building was enlarged, and in 1925 the school relocated south of Albany, where it remained until 1937.[7]

Albany College established a junior college to the north in Portland in 1934, with the entire school moving to Portland in 1939.[7] The former campus grounds later became home to the federal government's Albany Research Center.[8] In 1942 the college trustees acquired the Lloyd Frank (of the historic Portland department store Meier & Frank) "Fir Acres" estate in South Portland, and the school name was changed to Lewis & Clark College.[7]

Academics

The three schools of the college include the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),[9] the Law School,[10] and the Graduate School of Education and Counseling.[11]

CAS major and minor programs include Studio Art, Art History, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, Classics, Computer Science, Dance, Asian Studies, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, Ethnic Studies, World Languages, French Studies, Gender Studies, Hispanic Studies, History, International Affairs, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Economy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Rhetoric and Media Studies, Russian, Sociology and Anthropology, and Theatre.[12]

Lewis & Clark offers approximately 34 study abroad programs in various countries. Since the 1960s, more than 60% of all Lewis & Clark undergraduates have studied abroad.[13]

Admissions profile

For the Class of 2022 (enrolling Fall 2018), Lewis & Clark received 6,139 applications, admitted 4,528 (73.8%), and enrolled 562 students.[14] For the freshmen who enrolled, the middle 50% range of SAT scores was 1230–1390, the ACT Composite range was 27–31, and the average high school grade point average was 3.90.[14]

Rankings

University rankings
National
Forbes[15] 184
THE/WSJ[16] 234
Washington Monthly[17] 232
Liberal arts colleges
U.S. News & World Report[18] 72

The 2020 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes Lewis & Clark as "more selective" and ranks it tied for the 72nd best liberal arts college in the U.S.; U.S. News & World Report also ranked it tied for 51st in undergraduate teaching and 89th for "Best Value" among liberal arts colleges.[19] Forbes in 2019 rated it 184th in its America's Top Colleges ranking, which includes 650 military academies, national universities, and liberal arts colleges and 69th among liberal arts colleges.[20] Kiplinger's Personal Finance places Lewis & Clark at 66th in its 2019 ranking of 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.[21] Money magazine ranked Lewis & Clark 585th out of 744 in its "Best Colleges For Your Money 2019" report.[22]

Campus

Campus overview

Frank Manor House

Lewis & Clark's 137-acre (0.55 km2) forested campus sits atop Palatine Hill in the Collins View neighborhood of Portland and is contiguous with the 645-acre (2.61 km2) Tryon Creek State Natural Area. Campus buildings include an award-winning environmentally sustainable academic building (John R. Howard Hall),[23] as well as notable historic architecture such as the Frank Manor House (designed by Herman Brookman) and Rogers Hall (formerly Our Lady of Angels convent of The Sisters of St. Francis).[24]

Lewis & Clark was named one of America's top ten "Most Beautiful Campuses" by the Princeton Review,[25] Travel+Leisure[26] as well as an independent architecture blog.[27]

Residence halls

Stewart Residence Hall

All students are required to live on campus for the first two years, excepting those already residents of Portland, those over the age of 21 before the start of the Fall term, the married, and transfer students with at least 61 credit hours.[28]

Most Lewis & Clark College residence halls are co-ed.[29] While individual rooms generally house one gender, students may opt otherwise under the college's gender-neutral housing policy.[30]

Student life

Sustainability

Roses are abundant at Lewis & Clark College.

Wind power provides 100% of the college's total electricity,[31] and LEED-"certified" level must be met for all of the college's projects.[32]

Athletics

Lewis & Clark maintains 10 male and 11 female varsity sports teams and athletic facilities including Pamplin Sports Center and Griswold Stadium.[33] Lewis & Clark athletic teams are called the Pioneers, and team colors are orange and black. The Pioneers compete mainly in the Northwest Conference against eight other NCAA Division III institutions in the Pacific Northwest. 17% of undergraduates are officially designated student athletes as of Fall 2021.[5] In the 2011 season, the women's cross-country team placed seventh at West regionals, with the men's team placing 13th.[34] The 2011-2012 men's basketball team lost in the NWC semifinals putting them in 4th place in the conference.[35] Additionally, the women's team of that same year placed second in the NWC[36] and made an appearance in the NCAA DIII National tournament.[37]

A large number of smaller club and intramural sports such as Rugby[38][39] and Ultimate Frisbee[40][41] enjoy broad participation. Lewis & Clark students have invented several intramural competitive sports, including Ninja[42] and Wolvetch,[43] which are popular at Lewis & Clark but seldom played elsewhere.

Transportation

Pioneer Express shuttle bus starting a trip to downtown Portland, in 2016

Throughout the year the college operates a shuttle bus between campus and downtown Portland, the Pioneer Express (also referred to as the "Pio Express" or just, "the Pio").[44]

Notable faculty, staff, and trustees

Miller Center for the Humanities
  • Phillip Barron, philosopher and poet
  • John F. Callahan, Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities and literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate
  • Rev. Elbert Nevius Condit (1846-1900), Presbyterian minister, early president (1879-?) when it was known as Albany Collegiate Institute.[45]
  • Fitzhugh Dodson, Presbyterian minister, psychologist, taught religion[46]
  • Bob Gaillard - basketball coach
  • Barry Glassner - president (2010-2017), sociologist and author
  • Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., entrepreneur, philanthropist, trustee[47]
  • Vern Rutsala, poet[48]
  • Kim Stafford, writer[49]
  • William Stafford, poet[50]
  • Anthony Swofford, former adjunct professor of humanities, author of Jarhead[51]
  • Mary Szybist, poet[52]
  • Edwina Florence Wills, artist and musician[53]

Notable alumni

Flanagan Chapel, site of on-campus religious services and weddings
  • Penn Badgley (2004), actor[54]
  • Khanh Pham (2001), Oregon State Representative, House District 46
  • Matt Biondi (2000), American swimmer[55]
  • Charles A. Blanchard (1981), attorney and senior Pentagon official[56]
  • Earl Blumenauer (1970, J.D. 1976), U.S. representative[57]
  • Don Bonker (1964), former U.S. representative[58]
  • Kate Brown (1985), 38th governor of Oregon[59]
  • Heidi Heitkamp (JD 1980), former U.S. senator and North Dakota attorney general
  • Larry Campbell (1953), former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives[60]
  • Ever Carradine (1996), actress[61]
  • Ted Gaines (1981), member of the California State Senate[62]
  • Gordon Gilkey (1933 from Albany College), artist; dean of liberal arts at Oregon State University; curator of prints and drawings at the Portland Art Museum[63]
  • Haben Girma (2010), disability rights advocate[64]
  • Genevieve Gorder (1996), television personality[65]
  • Jeanne Holm (1956), former brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force[66]
  • Marcia S. Krieger (1975), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado[67]
  • Monica Lewinsky (1995), White House intern and party to the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
  • Jake Longstreth (1999), artist and radio personality[68]
  • Ronald A. Marks (1978), former CIA official[69]
  • Mark V. Olsen (1977), co-creator of HBO series Big Love[70]
  • Markie Post (1975), actress known for Night Court and other TV shows [71]
  • Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh (1983), Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates[72]
  • Quinn Slobodian (2000), professor of history at Wellesley College and award-winning, internationally published writer[73]
  • Pete Ward (1962), Major League Baseball player[74]

References

  1. ↑ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx. Retrieved February 20, 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Lewis & Clark College Institutional Facts & Figures". Lewis & Clark College. https://www.lclark.edu/offices/institutional_research/glance/lc-at-a-glance/. 
  3. ↑ "Lewis & Clark College Undergraduate Facts & Figures". Lewis & Clark College. https://www.lclark.edu/offices/institutional_research/glance/cas-at-a-glance/. 
  4. ↑ "Our History". Lewis & Clark College. https://www.lclark.edu/about/history/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Undergraduate Facts & Figures." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://www.lclark.edu/offices/institutional_research/glance/cas-at-a-glance/
  6. ↑ U.S. News, "Best Environmental Law Programs." U.S. News & World Report L.P. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/environmental-law-rankings
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Corning, Howard M. Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.
  8. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-87004-332-1. https://archive.org/details/insearchofwester00frie. "albany-research-center oregon." 
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  10. ↑ "Law School". Lewis & Clark College. https://law.lclark.edu/. 
  11. ↑ "Graduate School of Education and Counseling". Lewis & Clark College. https://graduate.lclark.edu/. 
  12. ↑ "Academics - College of Arts and Sciences - Lewis & Clark". http://college.lclark.edu/academics/. 
  13. ↑ "Program History - Overseas and Off-Campus Programs - College of Arts and Sciences - Lewis & Clark". http://college.lclark.edu/programs/overseas_and_off-campus/about/history/. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Lewis & Clark College Common Data Set 2018-2019, Part C". Lewis & Clark College. https://www.lclark.edu/live/files/28057-18-19-cds-section-cpdf. 
  15. ↑ "America's Top Colleges 2019". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/. 
  16. ↑ "U.S. College Rankings 2020". Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/united-states/2020#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats. 
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  18. ↑ "Best Colleges 2021: National Liberal Arts Colleges". U.S. News & World Report. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges. 
  19. ↑ "Lewis & Clark College Rankings". 2020. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/lewis--clark-college-3197/overall-rankings. 
  20. ↑ "America's Top Colleges". August 15, 2019. https://www.forbes.com/colleges/lewis-clark-college/?list=top-colleges. 
  21. ↑ "Kiplinger's Best College Values: Lewis & Clark College Ranking". July 2019. https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/school/7148/lewis---clark-college/. 
  22. ↑ "The Best Colleges in America, Ranked by Value". August 12, 2019. http://money.com/money/best-colleges/. 
  23. ↑ "College dedicates Howard Hall, celebrates sustainability efforts". http://legacy.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?1113757500.0. 
  24. ↑ Beckham, Stephen (2009). Fortune and Friendship: Lewis and Clark's Heritage Properties. Portland, Oregon: Lewis & Clark College. pp. 40. ISBN 9780963086631. 
  25. ↑ "Quality of Life: Most Beautiful Campus". Princeton Review. http://www.princetonreview.com/schoollist.aspx?type=r&id=728&RDN=1. 
  26. ↑ "America's Most Beautiful College Campuses". http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-most-beautiful-college-campuses/9. 
  27. ↑ "America's ten "most beautiful" college campuses". StructureHub. http://structurehub.com/blog/2009/09/americas-ten-most-beautiful-college-campuses/. 
  28. ↑ "Residency Requirement and Exemptions." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/student_life/campus_living/residency-requirement-and-exemptions/
  29. ↑ "Gender Inclusive Housing". Lewis & Clark College. https://college.lclark.edu/student_life/campus_living/gender_inclusive_housing.php. 
  30. ↑ "Gender-Neutral Housing Agreement". Lewis & Clark College. http://www.lclark.edu/live/files/10721-gender-neutral-agreement. 
  31. ↑ "Lewis & Clark named conference champion in EPA's Green Power Challenge". Lewis & Clark College. http://www.lclark.edu/live/news/16296-lewis-amp-clark-named-conference-champion-in-epas. 
  32. ↑ "Green Building". Lewis & Clark College. http://www.lclark.edu/dept/planning/sustainable.html. 
  33. ↑ "Lewis & Clark Athletic Facilities". Lewis & Clark. http://www.lcpioneers.com/about/sportsfacilities/sports_facilities. 
  34. ↑ "Women's Cross Country Earns Seventh Place at West Regionals; Men Finish 13th". 2011-11-12. http://www.lcpioneers.com/sports/xc/2011-12/releases/20111112lwc7pg. 
  35. ↑ "Lewis & Clark Men's Basketball Ends Season with Loss to #10 Whitworth in NWC Semifinals". 2012-02-23. http://www.lcpioneers.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120224a973wn. 
  36. ↑ "#7 Women's Basketball Cannot Hold Off #3 George Fox in NWC Championship". 2012-02-25. http://www.lcpioneers.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20120226dejatm. 
  37. ↑ "#7 Women's Basketball Cannot Hold Off #3 George Fox in NWC Championship". 2012-02-27. http://www.lcpioneers.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20120227amzyns. 
  38. ↑ "Women's Rugby Club." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4038-womens-club-rugby
  39. ↑ "Men's Club Rugby." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4035-mens-club-rugby
  40. ↑ "Artemis Women's Ultimate Frisbee." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4033-artemis-womens-ultimate-frisbee
  41. ↑ "Bacchus Men's Ultimate Frisbee." Lewis & Clark. Lewis & Clark College. Retrieved 30 May 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/4034-bacchus-mens-ultimate-frisbee
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  43. ↑ "Wolvetch Crawls on All Fours". The Piolog. http://www.lclark.edu/college/student_life/piolog/news/story/?id=3138. 
  44. ↑ "Shuttle Services". Lewis & Clark College. https://www.lclark.edu/offices/transportation_and_parking/shuttle/. 
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  48. ↑ "Rutsala gives reading at Lewis & Clark". 25 January 2006. http://www.lclark.edu/cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?1138217340.0. 
  49. ↑ "Kim Stafford Home Page". 14 May 2009. http://www.lclark.edu/~krs/. 
  50. ↑ Cornell, Adam (April 1999). "An Unknown Treasure Among Us: The Work of Lewis & Clark's Own William Stafford". Letter of the Law 5 (5). http://www.lclark.edu/~lotl/volume5issue5/stafford.html. Retrieved 2006-06-12. 
  51. ↑ "Publications and Presentations". Campus Connections. http://www.lclark.edu/dept/connect/publications.html. 
  52. ↑ "Electronic Poetry Review #7 //". http://www.epoetry.org/issues/issue7/text/prose/kryah1.htm. 
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  55. ↑ "Matt Biondi's next challenge: teaching". https://www.lclark.edu/live/news/21077-matt-biondis-next-challenge-teaching. 
  56. ↑ "Charles A. Blanchard Profile". https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/people/b/blanchard-charles-a. 
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  58. ↑ "BONKER, Don Leroy - Biographical Information". http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000620. 
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  60. ↑ "Alumni Award Recipients: Don Balmer Citation Recipients". http://www.lclark.edu/~alumni/awards.html. 
  61. ↑ Ever Carradine '96 Lewis & Clark Alumni
  62. ↑ "Biography of Senator Ted Gaines". http://gaines.cssrc.us/content/full-biography. 
  63. ↑ "Gordon W. Gilkey, 88, a Curator Known for His Collection of Prints". 2000-11-20. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/20/arts/gordon-w-gilkey-88-a-curator-known-for-his-collection-of-prints.html. 
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  65. ↑ "Chronicle: Class News 1990's". http://www.lclark.edu/dept/chron/class1990sw04.html. 
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  67. ↑ "Judges of the United States Courts". fjc.gov. http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2914. 
  68. ↑ "CV". http://jakelongstreth.com/cv.html. 
  69. ↑ "Alumni: Ronald A. Marks". http://www.lclark.edu/dept/alumni/marks_ronald.html. 
  70. ↑ "Lewis & Clark College Forensics.". http://www.lclark.edu/org/forensic/. 
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