Ailah Altemus spent last summer on a fire crew helping fight wildland forest fires, including the Cedar Creek Fire that threatened her hometown, Oakridge. After seeing her hometown in danger, she decided to focus her studies on reversing the effects of climate change.

It was during the height of the pandemic and a few months prior to making a decision about where to apply for college when my mom sat me and my brothers down in the living room. She had gone in for surgery twice before and had a biopsy. So, we were all kind of expecting the news.

Graduated: Class of 1972   Major at CHC: History   Lives in: Salem, Ore.   Career: retired labor and civil rights lawyer  

In summer 2023, students have an opportunity to take an international approach to their education by participating in the “Clark Honors College in Berlin” study abroad program.

As a child, Danny Nguyen remembers having to translate everything for his non-English speaking parents – Vietnamese immigrants who came to the United States in their 20s. He taught himself English by watching TV shows and reading. And he had to navigate his own way through his education.

Becoming a lawyer has been the ultimate dream for Kali de Saint Phalle. Since she was six years old, the UO Clark Honors College student from Ashland, Ore., has imagined herself working in the legal arena helping others. As a political science major, she is well on her way.

CHC first-generation students succeed despite the barriers they face in higher education Some first-generation college students grew up without means.

CHC undergraduate student researchers among Knight Campus cohort developing innovative ways to look at concussions.

Stamps Scholars hail from across Oregon and the United States. They are academic powerhouses whose work in high school and beyond helped earn them UO’s most prestigious and generous undergraduate scholarship. We introduce you to the nine scholars who just started their first year of college at the Clark Honors College.

When Dr. Marc Arsell Robinson began teaching African American history in 2009, many students entering his classes thought conversations about race in America were over. 

Montana is known as the “Treasure State” for its abundance of natural minerals and diverse wildlife. But when Catalina de Onís thinks back to her childhood in the Rocky Mountains, the opposite comes to mind. “It was very obvious growing up that environmental injustices were all around me,” says Onís, who recently joined the Clark Honors College as a professor in environmental studies and Latinx culture.

Aug. 31, 2022 - After months of research, Clark Honors College students have narrowed potential sites where they think five Cayuse men were buried or reburied after they were hanged for the death of missionary Marcus Whitman.