It would be naive to measure the success of a university president on keeping everyone happy. “Nobody gets through unscathed,” outgoing University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer said, shortly before heading home after watching daughter Amy graduate from Stanford University.
To read Register Guard Columnist Bob Welch’s June 16th column...
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UO College of Education Celebrates Opening of New Facilities
Future teachers and specialists will become better prepared to help children and families in spacious new facilities at the top-ranked University of Oregon College of Education. "We will change education and social services for the better," said Michael Bullis, Dean and Sommerville-Knight Professor. "This incredible new building symbolizes hope for the future."
» Read More from June 9th UO press release announcing public opening celebration…
Lane County Historic Building’s Placement on National Register a Credit to UO Student
Growing up in the rural countryside of Putnam County, Illinois, Gail Hammerich knew a thing or two about granges. As a child, Hammerich used to visit grange halls for local events such as dances, fairs and other celebrations. However, while taking a historic preservation class at the University of Oregon, Hammerich found that she was one of few historic preservation students who even recognized the word “grange.” » Learn More
University of Oregon Physicists Boost Advances in Information Processing for Nanotechnology
University of Oregon physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally occurring mechanical vibrations to a near standstill.
To read more from Insciences Organization-Basi Switzerland article and watch YouTube video from UO Physics Profession Hailin Wang. » Click Here
UO Voice Students Take Their Performances to the Parks
The acoustics are challenging — sometimes the traffic noise drowns out whole musical passages — but the audience has been select and enthusiastic this spring for an unusual performance program by opera students at the University of Oregon School of Music. “Spirituals for the Homeless” is the brainchild of UO opera professor Nicholas Isherwood, who sees it as a way to put his young charges in touch with a more fundamental form of singing than what they find in the traditional opera hall. » Click here to read Bob Keefer-Register Guard article.
University of Oregon Implements Web-Based Course Evaluation System Saving $200,000 Annually
CollegeNET, Inc., a provider of Web-based, on-demand technologies, today announced that the University of Oregon, a world-class teaching and research university in Eugene, Oregon, has implemented CollegeNET’s What-Do-You-Think?™ Web-based course evaluation system to increase student participation, improve teaching and reduce paper workflow. » Learn More
Yakama Elder Keeps Her Native Language Alive
Lots of people go back to school -- whether it’s to re-train after a lay-off or to finally get a degree after life events have delayed one’s education. But it’s not that often a person in their 80s pursues a doctorate. That’s what Virginia Beavert is doing at the University of Oregon. The Yakama elder is studying linguistics and teaching her native language Sahaptin.
Read Oregon Public Broadcasting article… » Learn More
Ford Alumni Center Will Serve as the Gateway to UO
Graduation weekend wrapped up on June 14 at University of Oregon. As the Class of 2009 takes flight, joining the 155,000 living alumni around the world, they can move on knowing they can look forward to having a place of their own when they return to campus. » Learn More
Get in Touch with the UO Portland Library & Learning Commons
UO alums interested in connecting with their alma mater, with the professional design and communication industries in Portland, with research support, and with peers and colleagues, should make note of the fact that the UO now has a library in Portland. The UO Portland Library and Learning Commons, located in the White Stag Block at Couch and Naito, encourages alums to take advantage of its services, resources, and free public events. » Learn More
Ever wondered just how strong the UO connection is? Susan Town Shea ’70 and husband Terry Shea ’68 and M.A. ’70 are University of Oregon graduates whose stories and experiences exemplify the power of the UO network. Having moved 14 times for Terry’s collegiate and NFL coaching positions, they now live in Kansas City, where Terry is the transition quarterback coach for the St. Louis Rams. However, their connection to football and the UO has remained a constant theme, threading through their lives. » Learn More
Mike Bellotti Hangs Up His Headset
Mike Bellotti has been synonymous with University of Oregon football for well over a decade. If current Duck fans think of any plays that have defined the Ducks, he's been a part of them. As the former head football coach makes his transition to athletic director, Pat Kilkenny will help lend a hand.
To read 6/5/09 Oregon Daily Emerald article... » Click Here
Former UO Football Athletes Tackle the Challenge of Eating on an Ordinary Scale
If you're among the roughly 3 percent of college football players who move on to a professional team after leaving school, you'll probably spend the bulk of your career trying to maintain your, well, bulk. But for the remaining 97 percent, the recognition that pro ball is not in your future should signal a marked change in eating habits. For too many young men, it doesn't. That's the story George Dohrmann, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, tells in the June 8 issue of the magazine. Dohrmann highlights the plight of two former linemen for the University of Oregon as they adjust their bodies to the realities of life without football. To read Washington Post Jennifer LaRue Huget’s June 16, 2009 column… » Click Here
Paul Westhead's Latest High-Flying Project: The Oregon Ducks Women's Team
While Phil Jackson and the Lakers win another NBA championship, the coach who guided Magic Johnson's memorable rookie playoff run toils in virtual anonymity. Paul Westhead's circuitous coaching journey has taken him to the University of Oregon, where in March the former Lakers and Loyola Marymount coach was hired to lead the women's basketball program. To read the LA Times June 9th article... » Click Here
Casey Martin Gives New Identity to UO Golf
Even as he rides a cart to do his job, Martin is carving out a new identity as Oregon's golf coach. In his third season, the Eugene native has the Ducks in nationals for the second consecutive year. With a roster led by four freshmen and two sophomores, Oregon could become an NCAA championships regular, perhaps even a national title contender, in a year or two.
To read the May 26, 2009 Oregonian article... » Click Here
New Women's Golf Coach Quiazon Brings an Impressive Coaching Resume to Eugene
Ria Quiazon (whose name is pronounced REE-ah KEY-ah-zahn) brings a short but impressive coaching resume to Eugene. She was the 2008-09 West Coast Conference coach of the year after the Dons won two tournaments -- including the Oregon-hosted Duck Invitational -- and broke school season records for team score and stroke average. "It's a good hire," Oregon junior-to-be Kendra Little said. "Ria is young, but she's proven she can come in and take a team to the top and get us going. I'm really excited about it."
To read Oregonian’s Mike Tokito June 30 blog... » Click Here
NCAA Championships: Ducks Finish Second in Men's and Women's Team Races
The Ducks, who won the NCAA cross country and NCAA indoor titles earlier this season, finished tied for second with Florida and Florida State, two points behind double champion Texas A&M.
To read the June 13, 2009 Statesman-Journal article... » Click Here
UOAA Names Kenny Moore BA ’66 MFA ’72 as Distinguished Alumni for 2009
This award, which began in 1967, is presented by the UO Alumni Association. It is bestowed on alumni of the university who have served the nation, state, or the university, or who have distinguished themselves by personal endeavor. The award reads: In recognition of extraordinary achievements, community activities, honors or awards and UO affiliations and service. » Learn More About This Award
Kenneth ("Kenny") Moore was born in Eugene, Oregon and is an American athlete and journalist. A 1966 graduate of the University of Oregon, he earned a degree in philosophy and in 1972 an M.F.A degree in creative writing. Moore emerged as one of track and field coach Bill Bowerman's finest distance runners. After college, Moore ran in the Olympic marathon at both Mexico City and Munich, finishing fourth in 1972. » Learn More About This Year's Winner
UOAA Names Eugene Sandoval ’89 as Outstanding Young Alumni for 2009
The Outstanding Young Alumni Award was created in 1984 to recognize the achievement of a young alumnus/alumnae who has achieved significant accomplishments prior to their 46th birthday. The award reads: In recognition of outstanding professional achievement and personal dedication to their community. » Learn More About This Award
Eugene Sandoval graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in architecture in 1989. He joined the architecture firm Zimmer Gunsul Frasca after graduation and during his tenure at ZGF, Eugene has been responsible for the design and design team leadership on architectural, urban design and interiors projects. » Learn More About This Year's Winner
Q & A with Lane County Alumni Chapter Volunteers Betty Schmitt ’97 and Jenny Debauw ’05
Whether you're interested in career networking, socializing, leadership opportunities or more, the UOAA has regional chapters and affinity groups to connect you with Ducks in your area or interest group.
Jenny Debauw '05 (pictured left) and Betty Schmitt ‘97 (pictured right) are active volunteers with the Lane County Alumni Chapter. » Read Q&A
California Architecture Firm with UO Ties Celebrates 100 Years
2009 marks the centennial celebration of the firm that has had strong ties to the University of Oregon. The architecture firm, Lionakis, headquartered in Sacramento, California, has been designing sustainable and innovative buildings for 100 years. Formerly known as Lionakis Beaumont Design Group, the firm currently has California regional offices in San Francisco, Modesto, and Orange along with offices in Reno, Nevada and Seattle, Washington. » Learn More
UO Applied Info Management Master’s Program Offers Big Picture Thinking and Applied Skills
The Applied Information Management (AIM) degree from the University of Oregon Department of Continuing Education is a successful and prestigious, multidisciplinary master-of-science degree with full accreditation, award-winning instructors, and a worldwide reputation.
The AIM Program is interested in new conversations with graduates who want to reflect on their school experience and discuss the current profession. The intent is to explore the diversity of work of the information manager and to examine how the field is evolving.
AIM alumni who wish to submit a profile should send an email to the AIM Program at aim@uoregon.edu, or call us at (800) 824-2714, and we’ll send you a suggested framework.
On Saturday, June 6th, The Portland Development Program, along with the School of Journalism & Communication, UO Athletics and the Warsaw Sports Marketing program, hosted the second annual Rose Festival Parade “Watch” Party for 150 of our closest friends and donors, including Portland Business Alliances’ Board Members. » Learn More
Urban Farm Co-Founder and Landscape Designer Ann Bettman Plants a Lasting Legacy
Students at the University of Oregon continuously look for new opportunities to go “green” and live sustainably. However, not all opportunities have to be new. Ann Bettman, adjunct assistant professor of landscape architecture, likes to remind community members of the patch of organic heaven on campus, the 33-year-old Urban Farm. » Learn More
Dr. Laura Blake Jones Accepts University of Michigan Position and Leaves a Lasting Legacy at UO
Laura Blake Jones, interim dean of students and the director of the Office of Student Life, has accepted a position as dean of students for University of Michigan. Blake Jones has spent 15 years at UO, tirelessly working on behalf of students, and those who know her agree: Michigan students are lucky to have her. Dr. Blake Jones is a UO Alumni having earned her Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Oregon in 2005.
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Take Advantage of Your Football Ticket Benefit Before the General Public
Single game football tickets for the 2009 season go on sale Friday, July 10 at 2PM through Monday, July 13 at 11:59PM. This is an online sale only. Keep your eyes peeled for the email coming your way this week with all the details, including the promotion code, ticket pricing, availability and more!
Not a member? It’s not too late! Join today and be eligible to purchase tickets on July 10!
UOAA Membership Saves you $$ at Costco
Are you getting ready for a summer backyard bbq? Before you head out for supplies, be sure to renew your Costco membership through the UOAA for $35 worth of free and specially priced products. UOAA members get a free rotisserie chicken, free 2lb Kirkland Signature (Starbucks blend) bag of coffee, 50 free digital prints as well as $3 off fresh meat, $3 off a case of bottled water, $2 off any salad mix and much more! Get ready for your summer now by renewing your membership through Costco at uoalumni.com or give the gift of a Costco membership through the UOAA. You not only benefit the University, but you save big on the items you’ll need and receive all the same great Costco benefits.
July Preferred Partner:
Columbia Cliffs Villas at the Columbia Gorge Hotel
Members save at UO Alumni Preferred Partners businesses locally and regionally. From Seattle to Portland to Central Oregon south to San Francisco, your UOAA member card will give you savings at a variety of great businesses.
This month’s featured preferred partner is Columbia Cliffs Villas at the Columbia Gorge Hotel. Request the Alumni Preferred Partners upgrade when making your reservation & save up to $300.00 per night! Visit our new, privately-owned condos perched on a 200’cliff with breathtaking views overlooking the Columbia River Gorge.
The Tuscan hills, undulating in hues of gold and emerald, have borne witness to Etruscan ingenuity, power struggles between medieval city-states and the Medici dynasty's artistic endowments. See the vestiges of this epic history on a journey through the beautiful Elsa Valley and along the storied Chianti Road. Wander amid the towers of San Gimignano and the walls of Lucca. Admire Renaissance architectural masterpieces in Florence and Siena's Gothic Piazza del Campo.
UO Alumni include two Nobel Prize winners, nine Pulitzer Prize winners, nineteen Rhodes Scholars, two Marshall Scholars, seven Oregon governors, seven US senators and eleven US representatives. Source: UO Quick Facts 2008-09 » List of Notable Alumni
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Featured Event: Stand Out in the Crowd - Job Search Strategies for UO Alumni
Saturday July 11, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
White Stag Block, Suite 150,
70 NW Couch Street, Portland, Oregon
A workshop designed to help you transition from full-time student to job-hunter.
FREE FOR 2009 GRADS! Register: Visituocareer.uoregon.edu/soc or call (503) 412-3701
Over 700 graduating seniors enjoyed free root beer floats from the Alumni Association during finals week at the Senior Send-Off. Congratulations Class of 2009!
Aaron Brooks ’07
Correction last month – Aaron Brooks ’07 listed as a Denver Nugget instead of a Houston Rocket
It would be naive to measure the success of a university president on keeping everyone happy. “Nobody gets through unscathed,” outgoing University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer said, shortly before heading home after watching daughter Amy graduate from Stanford University. 
Future teachers and specialists will become better prepared to help children and families in spacious new facilities at the top-ranked University of Oregon College of Education. "We will change education and social services for the better," said Michael Bullis, Dean and Sommerville-Knight Professor. "This incredible new building symbolizes hope for the future." 
Growing up in the rural countryside of Putnam County, Illinois, Gail Hammerich knew a thing or two about granges. As a child, Hammerich used to visit grange halls for local events such as dances, fairs and other celebrations. However, while taking a historic preservation class at the University of Oregon, Hammerich found that she was one of few historic preservation students who even recognized the word “grange.”
University of Oregon physicists have successfully landed a one-two punch on a tiny glass sphere, refrigerating it in liquid helium and then dosing its perimeter with a laser beam, to bring its naturally occurring mechanical vibrations to a near standstill.
The acoustics are challenging — sometimes the traffic noise drowns out whole musical passages — but the audience has been select and enthusiastic this spring for an unusual performance program by opera students at the University of Oregon School of Music. “Spirituals for the Homeless” is the brainchild of UO opera professor Nicholas Isherwood, who sees it as a way to put his young charges in touch with a more fundamental form of singing than what they find in the traditional opera hall. 
CollegeNET, Inc., a provider of Web-based, on-demand technologies, today announced that the University of Oregon, a world-class teaching and research university in Eugene, Oregon, has implemented CollegeNET’s What-Do-You-Think?™ Web-based course evaluation system to increase student participation, improve teaching and reduce paper workflow.
Lots of people go back to school -- whether it’s to re-train after a lay-off or to finally get a degree after life events have delayed one’s education. But it’s not that often a person in their 80s pursues a doctorate. That’s what Virginia Beavert is doing at the University of Oregon. The Yakama elder is studying linguistics and teaching her native language Sahaptin. 
Graduation weekend wrapped up on June 14 at University of Oregon. As the Class of 2009 takes flight, joining the 155,000 living alumni around the world, they can move on knowing they can look forward to having a place of their own when they return to campus. 
UO alums interested in connecting with their alma mater, with the professional design and communication industries in Portland, with research support, and with peers and colleagues, should make note of the fact that the UO now has a library in Portland. The UO Portland Library and Learning Commons, located in the White Stag Block at Couch and Naito, encourages alums to take advantage of its services, resources, and free public events.
Ever wondered just how strong the UO connection is? Susan Town Shea ’70 and husband Terry Shea ’68 and M.A. ’70 are University of Oregon graduates whose stories and experiences exemplify the power of the UO network. Having moved 14 times for Terry’s collegiate and NFL coaching positions, they now live in Kansas City, where Terry is the transition quarterback coach for the St. Louis Rams. However, their connection to football and the UO has remained a constant theme, threading through their lives.
Mike Bellotti has been synonymous with University of Oregon football for well over a decade. If current Duck fans think of any plays that have defined the Ducks, he's been a part of them. As the former head football coach makes his transition to athletic director, Pat Kilkenny will help lend a hand.
If you're among the roughly 3 percent of college football players who move on to a professional team after leaving school, you'll probably spend the bulk of your career trying to maintain your, well, bulk. But for the remaining 97 percent, the recognition that pro ball is not in your future should signal a marked change in eating habits. For too many young men, it doesn't. That's the story George Dohrmann, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, tells in the June 8 issue of the magazine. Dohrmann highlights the plight of two former linemen for the University of Oregon as they adjust their bodies to the realities of life without football. To read Washington Post Jennifer LaRue Huget’s June 16, 2009 column…
While Phil Jackson and the Lakers win another NBA championship, the coach who guided Magic Johnson's memorable rookie playoff run toils in virtual anonymity. Paul Westhead's circuitous coaching journey has taken him to the University of Oregon, where in March the former Lakers and Loyola Marymount coach was hired to lead the women's basketball program. To read the LA Times June 9th article...
Even as he rides a cart to do his job, Martin is carving out a new identity as Oregon's golf coach. In his third season, the Eugene native has the Ducks in nationals for the second consecutive year. With a roster led by four freshmen and two sophomores, Oregon could become an NCAA championships regular, perhaps even a national title contender, in a year or two.
Ria Quiazon (whose name is pronounced REE-ah KEY-ah-zahn) brings a short but impressive coaching resume to Eugene. She was the 2008-09 West Coast Conference coach of the year after the Dons won two tournaments -- including the Oregon-hosted Duck Invitational -- and broke school season records for team score and stroke average. "It's a good hire," Oregon junior-to-be Kendra Little said. "Ria is young, but she's proven she can come in and take a team to the top and get us going. I'm really excited about it." 
The Ducks, who won the NCAA cross country and NCAA indoor titles earlier this season, finished tied for second with Florida and Florida State, two points behind double champion Texas A&M. 
This award, which began in 1967, is presented by the UO Alumni Association. It is bestowed on alumni of the university who have served the nation, state, or the university, or who have distinguished themselves by personal endeavor. The award reads: In recognition of extraordinary achievements, community activities, honors or awards and UO affiliations and service. » 
The Outstanding Young Alumni Award was created in 1984 to recognize the achievement of a young alumnus/alumnae who has achieved significant accomplishments prior to their 46th birthday. The award reads: In recognition of outstanding professional achievement and personal dedication to their community.
Whether you're interested in career networking, socializing, leadership opportunities or more, the UOAA has regional chapters and affinity groups to connect you with Ducks in your area or interest group.
2009 marks the centennial celebration of the firm that has had strong ties to the University of Oregon. The architecture firm, Lionakis, headquartered in Sacramento, California, has been designing sustainable and innovative buildings for 100 years. Formerly known as Lionakis Beaumont Design Group, the firm currently has California regional offices in San Francisco, Modesto, and Orange along with offices in Reno, Nevada and Seattle, Washington.
The Applied Information Management (AIM) degree from the University of Oregon Department of Continuing Education is a successful and prestigious, 
On Saturday, June 6th, The Portland Development Program, along with the School of Journalism & Communication, UO Athletics and the Warsaw Sports Marketing program, hosted the second annual Rose Festival Parade “Watch” Party for 150 of our closest friends and donors, including Portland Business Alliances’ Board Members. 
Students at the University of Oregon continuously look for new opportunities to go “green” and live sustainably. However, not all opportunities have to be new. Ann Bettman, adjunct assistant professor of landscape architecture, likes to remind community members of the patch of organic heaven on campus, the 33-year-old Urban Farm.
Laura Blake Jones, interim dean of students and the director of the Office of Student Life, has accepted a position as dean of students for University of Michigan. Blake Jones has spent 15 years at UO, tirelessly working on behalf of students, and those who know her agree: Michigan students are lucky to have her. Dr. Blake Jones is a UO Alumni having earned her Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Oregon in 2005.
The Tuscan hills, undulating in hues of gold and emerald, have borne witness to Etruscan ingenuity, power struggles between medieval city-states and the Medici dynasty's artistic endowments. See the vestiges of this epic history on a journey through the beautiful Elsa Valley and along the storied Chianti Road. Wander amid the towers of San Gimignano and the walls of Lucca. Admire Renaissance architectural masterpieces in Florence and Siena's Gothic Piazza del Campo. 
UO Alumni include two Nobel Prize winners, nine Pulitzer Prize winners, nineteen Rhodes Scholars, two Marshall Scholars, seven Oregon governors, seven US senators and eleven US representatives.
Get published in an upcoming issue! Did you recently change careers, get a promotion, move, get married, etc? Send your news to Oregon Quarterly’s Class Notes section of the magazine. Remember that UOAA members are guaranteed to receive all four editions, so be sure to take advantage of this great benefit!
Success stories, funny memories of your time at the UO, photos… almost anything goes! 
Correction last month – Aaron Brooks ’07 listed as a Denver Nugget instead of a Houston Rocket