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Latest stories from the CHC Post

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Sustaining community, sustaining herself
CHC junior Sadie Creemer is a double major in economics and public policy, planning, and management. She wants to implement sustainability into every aspect of people's lives.
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Seeing the world more clearly
CHC alum Deborah Wang carried a heavy patient load in her optometry work, but her affinity for helping those around her began long before she became a doctor.
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Creating the art and stories of life
Animator Mary Vertulfo draws from her creative roots in Eugene and her time at the Clark Honors College to visually share the best of brands, social justice, and identity.
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Grief 101
CHC sophomore Maya McLeroy explains how writing helps her cope with loss and fulfill her dreams.
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Take your studies overseas
CHC students have the chance to explore over the summer through a variety of study abroad options. Learn how alumni and current students’ experiences abroad have shaped them and what they want future participants to know about the benefits of traveling.
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An aim to help overseas
CHC junior Charles Petrik is a global studies and geography double major with an eye on joining the Peace Corps after graduation. First, he’ll attend the world-renowned McDonald Conference for Leaders of Character at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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The journey of a lifelong learner
First-year CHC student Sierra Hawes wants to be an educator. She’s been enamored with how people teach since she was a kid. “I want to be a teacher, someone who’s caring, loving, influences their students, but is firm,” Hawes says.
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What makes a good doctor
Liberal arts colleges like the CHC can produce excellent medical students, says Dr. Rob Cloutier of OHSU. The CHC Post sat down with him to hear about his holistic admissions philosophy and how he looks for potential in applicants.
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It's hard to study on an empty stomach
Through personal experience, teaching, and research Honors College students and faculty address the ways hunger affects over one third of students on campus. Food insecurity, they say, continues to have an impact at the University of Oregon and beyond.
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The man who makes Chapman Hall go
Ryan Theiss is the Clark Honors College office specialist who handles operations. He's also a talented artist in his spare time.
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Finding a feeling of home while studying abroad
For CHC student journalist Sofia Rodriguez Baquero, a trip to Colombia unlocks a sense of identity.
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She’s not crying over spilled chemicals
Whether it’s in the lab or in the global health system, when Dante’ James encounters a problem, she gets to work on a solution. Along the way, she’s learned to validate her own experiences as a mixed-race woman.
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Wayne Morse Scholars in the CHC change life on campus and beyond
Honors College students make up nearly half of the politically astute participants in the program. We talked to three about leadership, advocacy and their futures.
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Filling the gap with music
Two Clark Honors College sophomores teach Lane County residents with disabilities how to connect and find new purpose through songs.
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A desire to save the planet
Junior Waverly Wilson is one of 11 CHC students who participated in the 2023 Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholars program. Her research experience helped her make critical connections around the world.
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Coding for the coast
CHC senior Lynette Wotruba took up data science three years into her college career. Today, she’s using her skills to make information about the dangers of tsunamis accessible for communities along the Oregon Coast.
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Building a community in journalism
Evan Reynolds is editor-in-chief of the Daily Emerald. It's a job he approaches by combining a passion for politics with a love of news. His goal is to make a difference.
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Rewriting the relationship with fire
Clark Honors College student Kyle Trefny and two CHC alums are using basketball to help shape a future for Oregon where people live with fire, instead of fighting against it.
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Building the world around her
Mia Owen is the only landscape architecture student in her cohort to also be in the Honors College. Her love for both has kept her involved, though she wasn’t sure it was possible at first.
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Interviews, Intimacy, and Underwater Ecosystems
Five new courses aim to diversify and expand the honors college curriculum this winter.
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Six CHC recipes to try this holiday season
Clark Honors College students, faculty and staff share favorite meals to bring the community together.
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Accepting change and going farther
In high school, Joshua Castellanos Ramos learned how to ask for help. Now, the CHC first-year advisor is teaching students to do the same.
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Working for the home team
Ryan Horiuchi is tapping into his Honors College education by using research and his roots to give fans the Trail Blazer experience he grew up with.
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From spark to torchbearer
Through chemistry, Rebecca Altman saw the world in a new light, as well as resilience in times of self-doubt. Now, she leads a new generation to a love of science.
Ulrick Casimir standing in front of sunlit classroom teaching a group of students
Unpacking narratives of revenge, darkness and chaos
As a kid, he devoured Stephen King. After catching the writing bug, Ulrick Casimir is flourishing as a teacher who brings creativity into his CHC classroom.