Student Spotlight: Nia Suryanata
Business, the law, and helping other students are all part of this CHC student’s life at UO.
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Faculty Spotlight: Brian McWhorter
The CHC music professor talks about his favorites, his approach to teaching, and a new music album that dropped in December.
Alumni Spotlight: Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
She spent years honing her craft at UO and a variety of publications across the U.S.
Passion, Taylor Swift, and the CHC student who makes it possible
Ryan Kovatch, a computer science major with a minor in creative writing, organizes the Taylor Swift Society – a student-led club that celebrates the creative genius of the pop music icon.
Faculty Spotlight: Lindsay Hinkle
As an instructor at the Clark Honors College, Hinkle loves the energy that comes from watching her students gain an understanding of chemistry.
Student Spotlight: Ailah Altemus
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.
Riley Hoerner: His mother's cancer spurs a decision
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.
Alumni Spotlight: Genice Rabe
Graduated: Class of 1972
Major at CHC: History
Lives in: Salem, Ore.
Career: retired labor and civil rights lawyer
Song on repeat: Any classical piece from Carl Nielsen, the Danish composer
Coffee or tea: “Morning coffee, all the way!”
Guilty pleasure: “I read way too many mystery novels.”
CHC in Berlin offers honors students a chance to travel for UO credit
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. Applications for this unique learning experience are now open.
Danny Nguyen: Parental expectations paved his way
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.