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Latest stories from the CHC Post

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Garrett Raver: Welcome. What’s your flag?
CHC senior Garrett Raver played a role in sharing the benefits of the UO with prospective students. He relied on symbols to spread the word.
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Elias Roessler: Learning in his own way
CHC senior Elias Roessler’s passion for improving how students work has led him toward a career in special education.
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Madi Serrano: Caring for others
CHC senior Madi Serrano wants to tackle the medical field and help others thrive.
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Madeline Thomason: Working for the community
CHC senior Madeline Thomason wants to be a doctor who creates strong relationships with her future patients. She’s had some practice as an observer and is ready to do more.
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Neive Wellington: Listening to her purpose
Since she was young, CHC senior Neive Wellington had a keen sense of her intentions. Through discovering the benefits of yoga in her life, she’s helping others find the best versions of themselves.
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Sarah Wittmann: Learn from the past, look to the future
CHC senior Sarah Wittmann remembers how museums and libraries made history relatable for her as a kid. Now she wants to do the same for others.
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Trish Young: Stitching together a story
CHC senior Trish Young integrates her identity with her exploration of anthropology.
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Miriam Yousaf: Tolerance for the world
CHC senior Miriam Yousaf reflects on empathy, her mentors, and what makes the Clark Honors College special.
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Letting the creativity flow
Emma Harris, a junior in the CHC and an advertising major in the SOJC, takes an entrepreneurial approach with her mixed media art.
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Guided by her childhood, she pushes for change
CHC sophomore Gayatri Misra has spent nearly two years apart from her family in India to pursue a career in teaching architecture.
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A mother’s story fuels a lifelong career in women’s health
CHC alum Ann Oluloro works to bridge the gap of disparities for Black women in the health world as a doctor of gynecology at the University of Washington.
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Turning the page
CHC core faculty member Casey Shoop reflects on life, literature and grieving.
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Three Minute Thesis Competition is becoming a new CHC tradition
Clark Honors College seniors Ethan Dinh, Alex Staben and Alyson Johnston take home the top 3 cash prizes in the second annual event.
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From Allen Hall to the Big Apple
How three 2018 CHC alums have used their theses to support their careers.
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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.