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Lewis and Clark Graduate School

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A Lewis & Clark graduate school education is built upon the values and practices associated with critical thinking, individual growth, and social justice. Our programs combine rigorous academic work with unparalleled hands-on and field-based experiences—students spend nearly 200,000 hours working in Portland-area schools and mental health agencies each year, beginning the first semester of study.

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Faculty Highlights

Kristine Bella

New Grant Supports Media Production at Community Counseling Center
Art Therapy Instructor Kris Bella led the art therapy program in writing a grant that was recently awarded through Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission for $71,000 that will supply equipment for the digital media lab at the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center. The program will use the funding to create an art therapy specific video to air on public access television.
Educational Leadership Professor Lisa Collins visits Ireland with Outdoor Writers Association of America.

Exploring Ireland With Outdoor Writers Association of America
Educational Leadership Professor Lisa Collins was invited to tour Ireland thanks to her environmental advocacy work. “Ireland is amazing in a way I did not expect. The oppression in the past mirrors what we experienced in the US. Learning the history from the people who love their land and community is heartwarming. What a dream!”
Alexia de Leon

Mentoring the Next Generation of Minority Fellowship Scholars
Professional Mental Health Counseling, Addictions Professor Alexia de León mentored three PMHC-A students who received the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) addictions scholarship for $15,000 each. Professor de León has now mentored a total of 15 students to receive this scholarship to date.
Liza Finkel

NSF Funded Opportunity Pairs LC Students with Local STEM teachers
Teacher education professor Liza Finkel talks to L&C’s undergraduate student newspaper, The Mossy Log, about an upcoming summer program that will pair 10 local middle and high school teachers with undergraduate students interested in teaching science or math.
Brenda Sifuentez

Historically Underrepresented Students Redefining College Success
Educational leadership professor Brenda Sifuentez and University of North Carolina at Greensboro teacher education professor Delma Ramos recently published Historically Underrepresented Students Redefining College Success in Higher Education in the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success
Mary Andrus DAT, LPC, LCAT, ATCS (She/Her/Hers)

Collective Liberation: Art & Film
Art therapy professor Mary Andrus co-presented Collective Liberation: Art & Film to process a university closure, with art therapy alumni Amy Simpson at the national American Educational Studies Association conference in Portland, Oregon.
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News and Media

Hybrid School Psychology Program Draws Media Attention

Professor and school psychology program director Elena Diamond discusses with the Oregonian how the hybrid school psychology program increases access to a fully accredited program, specifically in rural Oregon districts where the school psychologist shortage is felt most acutely.

Gretchen Rowland-Horrigan, Reading Intervention Endorsement '24

Literacy is Fun and Games, Literally

Second grade teacher and reading intervention endorsement alumna, Gretchen Rowland-Horrigan ’24, hosted Oregon Trail Elementary School’s first ever Literacy Night, helping K-5 students and their families learn tangible strategies for promoting literacy at home while having fun.

TransActive at Portland Pride, from L-R: Jenn Burleton, Cari Zall, and Cher Noonan

A Titan of Trans Rights Advocacy is Retiring

Jenn Burleton, TransActive Gender Project program director and founder, is retiring. Since bringing TransActive to the Center for Community Engagement in 2019, Jenn has been paramount in providing community training, support services, and program development on topics surrounding gender diversity.

An artist's rendering of clients engaged in art therapy.

A Growing Hub for Mental Health

Lewis & Clark’s newly expanded Community Counseling Center serves as a training ground for counseling students and a thriving mental health resource for Portland.

Kate Feddersen is the recipient of the Art Therapy Research award.

Art Therapy Graduates Recognized for Excellence

Three newly graduated art therapy students received special awards from the program honoring their mission-driven work or their contribution to expanding the field of art therapy through research.

Aidan Hanley, left, and Cooper Bulens, right, take notes of their observations on an overpass over Interstate 5 during a place-based less...

Experiencing the Value of Place-Based Education

OPB reporter Elizabeth Miller joined Professors Liza Finkel and Cari Zall as their Secondary Education class explored the implications of a planned expansion to Interstate 5 on a North Portland neighborhood and middle school. Read her resulting article, “How ‘place-based learning’ connects lessons to real life.”

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