When third year CHC student and marine biology major Jenna Travers was at home in Astoria, Oregon over spring break, she decided to take her dog for a drive and get some coffee.
CHC alum Alex Mentzel, a 2020 graduate who majored in German literature and theater arts, will be one of only 60 students nationally in the 2022 class of Gates-Cambridge Scholars.
When junior Mikala Capage opened an email about the Goldwater Scholarship she applied for, she was prepared. And then she was ecstatic. It was the second time she had applied for the Goldwater; the first email resulting in disappointment.
As a high school student in small-town Monmouth, Oregon, Robert Ousterhout ’73, felt unchallenged. But everything changed when he started attending Clark Honors College, and went in the opposite direction.
The first three times Clark Honors College student Sravya Tadepalli received an email from Associate Dean of Advising Elizabeth Raisanen to apply to the Truman Scholarship in 2018, she ignored it.
Sumit Kapur, a senior majoring in political science and philosophy, and Sravya Tadepalli, a member of the Class of 2019 with a degree in political science and journalism, are among the candidates for the 2021 awards.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHC alumni were invited to contribute words of encouragement for current CHC students. Selected messages are included in each weekly student newsletter, and they are lifting the spirits and warming the hearts of students, faculty and staff alike.
By Garrett West
When most people think of university donors, they imagine older alumni, established and successful in their careers, donating new buildings—or sports complexes—to the University.
