October 26th, 2012

• 4:30pm: A Poetry Reading by D. A. Powell
  Join us for homecoming weekend and a reading by award winning poet D. A. Powell. Free and open to the public. 
• All Day: Homecoming and Family Weekend 2012
  Celebrate with alumni, parents, and students this fall and enjoy an array of special academic, athletic, and social events. Expand your knowledge with distinguished professors during Pioneer College, cheer at the Homecoming game, mentor students during Careers for Pioneers, and enjoy autumn in Portland.
  (Until October 28th 2012)

October 23rd, 2012

• 7:00pm: Jose Antonio Vargas Lecture: “Define American”
  Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, as well as an undocumented citizen from the Philippines. Since his declaration of his status in the New York Times, Vargas created the ‘Define American’ campaign to raise awareness about immigration issues. Learn his unique and inspiring story.

October 22nd, 2012

• 5:30pm: Presidential Debate Viewing Party
  Presidential Debate Viewing Party
  hosted by President Glassner and ASLC President Blair
  
  pizza, popcorn and soda provided - first come, first served
  (debate starts at 6pm)

October 19th, 2012

• All Day: Liberation-Based Healing Conference
  At the Liberation-Based Healing Conference, therapists, educators, parents, youth leaders, community activists and faith leaders come together for to reflect on healing. This national conference is designed to promote social justice and equity at the community level, to bolster resilience for families, and to open up possibilities for community solutions to community problems.
  (Until October 20th 2012)

October 2nd, 2012

• 6:00pm - 7:00pm: Worldwide Black and Orange Parties
  Last year, over 1000 people attended 71 simultaneous L&C parties for alumni and parents in 70 cities around the world. This year, the party can happen near you! 

September 10th, 2012

• 4:00pm - 6:00pm: Multicultural Resource Center Open House
  The Multicultural Resource Center is hosting an Open House from 1pm to 4pm on Monday Sept, 10. The Open House is an event that showcases the student space and gives students an opportunity to drop by, meet staff, learn about the space’s many uses, and get a free t-shirt!

September 7th, 2012

• 4:00pm: Convocation
  Convocation is a formal gathering where graduate school students from across programs reflect on the ways our “core” values—creativity, compassion, commitment—affect and sustain our professional lives.

June 30th, 2012

• 7:00pm: Poetry in Music: Sitar Recital & Tabla Solo
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  Pt. Anindo Chattjeree- tabla 

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Sri Josh Feinberg- sitar
  
  

  
  
  
  Admission $20/person, open to the public
  Agnes Flanagan Chapel

June 3rd, 2012

• 10:00am: 2012 Graduate School Commencement
  Commencement speakers: Michelle Fine, Ph.D, and graduating student Elizabeth Parker, M.A. in MCFT. A short reception for graduates and guests will be held immediately following Commencement.

June 2nd, 2012

• 9:30am - 11:30am: Workshop with Graduate Commencement Speaker
  Free workshop with GSEC commencement speaker Michelle Fine, Ph.D. 

May 30th, 2012

• 5:00pm: Learning Forward: Networking Event for Educators
  An opportunity for educational leaders across Oregon to collaborate and network in support of high quality professional learning in the state.

April 19th, 2012

• 7:00pm: Philosophy Talk: The Nature of Wilderness
  NPR’s Philosophy Talk comes to campus to discuss “The Nature of Wilderness” with Associate Professor of Philosophy Jay Odenbaugh.
• 4:00pm: New Community Counseling Center Open House
  Enjoy refreshments, take a tour, and meet the graduate students, faculty, and staff who helped establish our new Community Counseling Center and state-of-the-art training facility.

April 17th, 2012

• 7:00pm: Author Lac Su: Love Comes In Many Faces
  Author Lac Su presents, “Love Comes In Many Faces”, a discussion about his heart-wrenching, irreverent, and ultimately uplifting memoir, I Love Yous Are for White People. 

April 9th, 2012

• All Day: 2012 International Affairs Symposium
  Join us for three days of events focused on the theme, “Global Rifts: Dynamic Relationships Among States, Society, and the World System.”
  (Until April 11th 2012)

April 5th, 2012

• 7:00pm: Watzek Screens: Fists in the Pocket
  Join us for the final screening of the semester on Thursday, April 5, at 7pm in Miller 105. Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) was directed by Bellocchio in 1965. To read more about this film and the Italian Cinema film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.
  
  Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

March 22nd, 2012

• 7:00pm: Watzek Screens: Red Desert
  Join us for the 5th screening of the semester on Thursday, March 22, at 7pm in Miller 105. Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) was directed by Antonioni in 1964. To read more about this film and the Italian Cinema film series, check out the Watzek Screens blog.
  
  Questions or comments regarding Watzek Screens may be directed to Jim Bunnelle (bunnelle@lclark.edu).

March 16th, 2012

• 7:30pm: Friends of Rain Spring Concert: Micro and Macro
  Friends of Rain, Lewis & Clark College’s faculty new music ensemble, presents a concert of exciting new music. Composer Marcus Maroney will deliver a pre-concert lecture at 6:45 pm in Evans Room 129. Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. Friends of Rain will perform works of John Cage, George Crumb, György Kurtág, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Michael Johanson, the winner of the first annual Friends of Rain L&C Student Composition Contest, and Marcus Maroney. The program theme “Micro and Macro” explores the various creative responses by composers to ideas that are connected with the small-scale and the large-scale.

March 15th, 2012

• 12:00pm - 1:00pm: Where the Road Ends
  Binka Le Breton is an award-winning author, environmentalist and activist living in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest where she co-directs the Iracambi Research Center, working with the local community to protect the rainforest and improve rural livelihoods. Her book, Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rain Forest, chronicles
  

March 14th, 2012

• All Day: 2012 Gender Studies Symposium
  “Objection! Gender, Sex, Law, and Social Change”
  Join us for three days of workshops, panel discussions, readings, performances, lectures, and other events exploring gender, sexuality, law, and social change.
  (Until March 16th 2012)

March 2nd, 2012

• 5:30pm - 7:30pm: Be Aware: Mexican American Studies is Now Illegal
  Come hear about the events in Arizona and watch a powerful documentary about the now-illegal Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson public schools. Learn about what’s happening and what you can do to stop it.

February 23rd, 2012

• 4:30pm: Black History Month: Community Roundtable
  Students, faculty and community guests are invited to join a discussion about the politics and social effects of “whiteness” in the formation of black racial identity, and what it means to be “black” in today’s post-racial society.

February 16th, 2012

• 7:30pm - 9:00pm: Annual Steinhardt Lecture, “Toward a New Economy”
  Guest lecturer:  Dean Baker, Co-Director of Center for Economic and Policy Research

February 14th, 2012

• 7:00pm: Black History Month 2012 Keynote
  Ericka Huggins is a human rights activist, poet, professor, and former Black Panther leader and political prisoner.  For the past 25 years, she has lectured throughout the United States, where her extraordinary life experiences have enabled her to speak personally and eloquently on issues relating to the physical and emotional well-being of women and children, youth, education, incarceration, and the role of the spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting change. 

February 10th, 2012

• 7:00pm - 9:00pm: Guest Lecture: Muslim Views On Science And Evolution
  “How do Muslims view science and evolution?” by Salman Hameed, Director of the Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies (SSiMS) and Assistant Professor of Integrated Science and Humanities at Hampshire College

January 31st, 2012

• 7:00pm: Travel Writer and Nonfiction Author Julian Smith
  The Department of English is delighted to welcome author Julian Smith who will read from his most recent book, Crossing the Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure.  Refreshments will be provided.  Free and open to the public

January 26th, 2012

• 7:00pm - 8:00pm: Freedom Riders and Fighters Exhibit
  Traveling museum exhibit that vividly tells the story of the 1961 Freedom Rides and the stories of local Portland Freedom Riders and Fighters illustrated with archival photos and clippings that document an event that changed America forever. 

January 16th, 2012

• All Day: MLK Day of Service
  Come together with other colleges in the Portland area to celebrate Dr. King through serving out community!

December 8th, 2011

• All Day: Special Collections Exhibition: Greek and Latin Texts
  Throughout the fall semester, visit the Watzek Library Atrium to view a collection of ancient works that has survived into the digital age.
  (Until December 14th 2011)