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Comment on Criteria by Pamplin Society of Fellows » Blog Archive » Teacher of the Year - A society of scholars, athletes, and resolute leaders at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:59:47 +0000

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Comment on Criteria by Pamplin Society of Fellows » Blog Archive » First Round of Letters Due March 11! - A society of scholars, athletes, and resolute leaders at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:30:30 +0000

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Comment on Mapping Haitian SMS Messages by Isaac Holeman

Isaac Holeman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:25 +0000

Hey Maddie,

I am so happy you were able to work on the 4636 mapping project. I wish I could have been there in the Portland Situation Room! I am very curious how you heard about the project. It is amazing how our small world comes full circle from time to time.

This project actually involved several pieces of technology, including FrontlineSMS to receive the text messages locally in Haiti and upload them to the web, and then Ushahidi to visualize the messages on a map. The Ushahidi community played an awesome role, but the project was actually started by my buddy Josh from FrontlineSMS:Medic (see: http://is.gd/7Z8iY), an organization that happens to have employed Pamplin Fellows (myself and Dieterich Lawson) as 2 of its 3 full time employees. Last year I co-founded FrontlineSMS:Medic more or less while sitting on the red couch in the very Portland Situation Room you have pictured above. I should have been writing my thesis, but instead I was brainstorming about how to use mobile phones to improve health services and disaster response in low infrastructure areas like Haiti. 4636 is one of a few great projects we’ve started in the last year, and I am so incredibly grateful that Lewis & Clark offered me the flexibility to work for the future even while managing thesis responsibilities, and that the Pamplin Society provided me with a place to brainstorm and some encouragement to think big.

I know you and some of the other Pamplin Service folks have discussed doing a phone recycling drive with our Hope Phones campaign (hopephones.org). You might want to let the community know that FrontlineSMS:Medic and the 4636 initiative have deep roots at LC. And if you or other LC folks are interested in working on tech for development full time either for a summer or after graduation, be in touch with me. I might be able to help you out.

cheers
Isaac

Comment on 2009 Teacher of the Year by Juan C. Toledano

Juan C. Toledano — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:49:53 +0000

I hope Matthieu wins, and it does Hispanic Studies and our department, Foreign Languages and Literatures (Spanish is not a department).
jk

Comment on Environmental Studies, Overload and Inspiration- Emily Nguyen by Alison

Alison — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:31:10 +0000

Emily,
Thank you for the wonderful post. I love that it a person narrative yet explains so many of your activities. I am excited to hear of your adventures in India!
Alison

Comment on Environmental Studies, Overload and Inspiration- Emily Nguyen by Isaac Holeman

Isaac Holeman — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:48:24 +0000

Hey Emily,

Nice post, I wish I was still going to be around the the ENVS symposium next year! This is really the first post on this blog that focuses on you and your experience here at LC. This is what I really hoped this blog would be about, so thanks for writing.

cheers
Isaac

Comment on Jules Bailey (’01) Wins Elected Office by Jules Bailey B.A. ‘01 elected to Oregon House of Representatives - Expertise & Excellence

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:52:22 +0000

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Comment on Jules Bailey (’01) Wins Elected Office by Isaac Holeman

Isaac Holeman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:40:06 +0000

Hey Ben,

Thanks for the post! And congratulations on publishing the very first post on our new site. Jules’s bill sounds pretty great too. I’m looking forward to hearing more about it.

cheers
Isaac