College News

General news from the Honors College newsletter and other campus outlets. 

Many University of Oregon students jumpstart their STEM careers by joining laboratories, securing internships, and working with mentors.
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.
The UO’s seventh Ducks Give event will take place May 12!   See CHC challenges at https://ducksgive.uoregon.edu/giving-day/56968/department/56969
WiDS aims to inspire and educate participants worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field, according to the conference’s website.
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.
“I’m very grateful for scholarship support,” says Clark Honors College senior Xitlali Torres, recipient of the John and Betty Soreng Presidential Scholarship. No assistance, she says, would have meant no college (or crushing debt).
Throughout her “zig-zagging” career, one thing has consistently guided her: a passion for utilizing technology to spread the stories of marginalized groups. Her CHC thesis research, she said, helped her discover this north star.
Dr. George Barganier’s studies and research have addressed the social, racial, and political power structures that affect curricula and policies in education. This winter, he’s a part of CHC’s Visiting Fellowship in Equity, Justice, and Inclusion program.
On November 29, 1847, Presbyterian missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and 12 others near Walla Walla died in an attack that came to be known as the Whitman Massacre.
New Faculty-in-Residence Professor Lisa Wolverton describes her teaching goals at Clark Honors College as “working to make space for medieval stories.”
Fourth-year student Anna Pearl Johnson's article about care for the caregivers is published in Ms. Magazine
As research assistants to Acting Clark Honors College Dean Carol Stabile, Malia Mulligan and Morning Glory Ritchie got an opportunity that many undergraduates don’t—to contribute to the research and production of a digital book.
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.
In fall of 2020, Clark Honors College began to think about how to provide courses that would help CHC students deepen their engagement with the histories and contemporary manifestations of anti-Black racism.
Take a look at the second-year reception for CHC students who finally arrived on UO grounds. 
Scenes from New Student Orientation, 2021, Photos by Jasper Zhou, CHC Communications. On September 21, Clark Honors College welcomed their newest incoming class. Welcome class of 2025!
Kate Mondloch is teaching contemporary art as a Clark Honors College Faculty in Residence Fall 2021.
Ian McNeely is teaching history as a Clark Honors College Faculty in Residence Fall 2021.
Two UO students have been awarded prestigious Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, a first for the university and all the more rare because it is the second award for one of the Ducks.