Spotlight on ... student achievement

Tamma Carleton '09, economics major and varsity cross-country athlete from the Class of 2009, has won a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Tamma competed for the award with student-athletes from Division I, II, and III institutions. Of the 29 scholarships awarded by the NCAA for fall sports, only three went to women cross-country athletes. Clearly Tamma is an exemplary student-athlete who embodies the spirit of Division III athletics. According to the NCAA, the “NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship was created in 1964 to promote and encourage postgraduate education by rewarding the Association's most accomplished student-athletes through their participation in NCAA championship and/or emerging sports. Athletics and academic achievements, as well as campus involvement, community service, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership, are evaluated. An equitable approach is employed in reviewing each applicant's nomination form to provide opportunity to all student-athlete nominees to receive the postgraduate award, regardless of sport, division, gender or race. In maintaining the highest broad-based standards in the selection process, the program aims to reward those individuals whose dedication and effort are reflective of those characteristics necessary to succeed and thrive through postgraduate study in an accredited graduate degree program.”

Maelia Dubois ’11 has won a scholarship from the German American Society of Portland. She took third place in the 2009 Society Scholarship contest, which rewards achievement in German by high school seniors and college freshman. Twenty-six students from throughout Oregon and southwest Washington participated in the program. They each wrote a two-page essay and took part in a short interview. Essay topics encourage students to examine the expectations Americans and Germans have of each other, while interviews gave committee members a chance to ask students about themselves.

Marie Lafortune ’11 received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Twenty-three Lewis & Clark students have received this honor since the program’s inception in 1993. The scholarships support “study in the fields of mathematics, engineering, and the natural sciences as preparation for careers in these areas.”