Lewis and Clark Supplement Annika Furman

Sitting in the Templeton Campus Center, I looked out through the square, geometric windows at the trees beyond. The simply shaped white metal frames of the window contrast with the trees hugged by moss. Lewis and Clark in itself is a contrast. Meriwether Lewis, the astronomer, and William Clark, the biologist, had distinct qualities that amalgamated together to create an incredible discovery and research project. Similarly, Lewis and Clark College is an eclectic combination of possibilities. At Lewis and Clark College, I will work through my own differing facets to become a distinctive and complete person. I want my education to produce a version of myself that is involved in both anthropology and ceramics: someone who steps out of her comfort zone to try out for the play even though I’ve had no previous experience and someone who travels to Valparaiso, Chile for a study abroad. Lewis and Clark College gives me the opportunity to be dynamic; it is a vibrant community centered on the person as a whole. I wish to attend Lewis and Clark College because, remembering the view from the windows in Templeton Campus Center, I want to be enriched by contrast.