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Lack of major-specific study abroad programs limits travel opportunities

February 10, 2023 Corrina Chan 0

Since COVID-19 limited many opportunities to study abroad, students have been eager to get back out into the world. For many countries, especially in Asia, borders are …

Illustration of student disembarking from a plane with international flags in background

Same sad you: mental illness joins you abroad

October 28, 2022 Isabel Rekow 0

Challenges with psychological health do not have to prevent you from studying overseas, just be prepared Halcyon Orvendal / The Mossy Log Shortly before I left to …

Morocco suspends all travel, trapping 13 Lewis & Clark students

March 15, 2020 Amelia Eichel 1

The Lewis & Clark Overseas and Off-Campus Programs office formally canceled the Morocco study abroad program on Friday, March 13 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Six …

Abroad Budget Cuts Put Reputation at Risk

February 22, 2019 Mackenzie Herring 0

Facing additional budget issues, Lewis & Clark has decided to cut funding from specific overseas programs. While it has already been announced that the Border Studies program …

London calling: opportunities for studying abroad exist outside LC

November 16, 2018 Mackenzie Bath 0

By Mackenzie Bath This summer I took my Pioneering outside of the LC community and decided to go abroad alone. Despite having so many overseas programs to …

Looking back on unlikely connections abroad

September 21, 2018 Zoe Jennings 1

By Zoe Jennings When I landed in London last January I felt like I might throw up. This was thanks to a combination of a lack of …

LC student describes cultural experiences in Russia

April 6, 2018 Ostin Merkle-Lawlor 0

By Ostin Merkle-Lawlor Due to an aging population and falling birth rate compared to other industrialized countries, from 1991-2012 the national population of the Russian Federation declined …

Discovering cultural norms and taboos in Osaka, Japan

March 2, 2018 Ben Weinstein 0

By Ben Weinstein What happens when a person is simultaneously overstimulated and robbed of the ability to respond to the stimuli verbally? This is the psychological experiment …

Visiting Tongario, the real-life Middle Earth

February 16, 2018 Alix Soliman 0

By Alix Soliman When Americans visit New Zealand, they pretty much vow to take a dorky photo in front of a hobbit hole in Matamata. I have …

1968 study abroad group plans a return trip

October 20, 2017 Catherine Cinguina 2

By Catherine Cinguina With the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, anti-war protests and Nixon’s ascension to the presidency, 1968 was arguably one …

Waterfalls: Japan’s Hidden Wonders

September 22, 2017 Shawn Bolker 0

By Shawn Bolker When one thinks of Japan, waterfalls don’t often come to mind. Instead, most envision scenes of the bustling train stations in Tokyo, sprawling Buddhist gardens …

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