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Featured Class Notables
Kylee O'Connor
Class of 2018
KYLEE O’CONNOR, BS ’18 (journalism), MS ’22 (sports product management), was publicized as a running back, receiver, free safety, and placekicker for the Oregon Ravens, a female tackle football team in Portland.
Rosie Clayburn
Class of 2008
ROSIE CLAYBURN, BS ’08 (anthropology), Yurok cultural resources department director and tribal heritage preservation officer, joined the board of directors of Parks California, becoming the first member of Indigenous heritage.
Gregory Klatt
Class of 2011
GREG KLATT, BS ’11 (business administration), joined North Carolina-based Pathalys Pharma, a private, late-stage biopharma company focused on chronic kidney disease, as vice president of finance.
Isaac Fellman
Class of 2009
ISAAC FELLMAN, MA ’09 (English), published Dead Collections, a novel about a Jewish, trans male archivist who is a vampire.
Alex Wagner
Class of 2013
ALEX WAGNER, BA ’13 (digital arts), founder of Grooving for Good, a nonprofit initiative that helps college students address mental health challenges, coordinated its staging at the University of Washington, including art, music, and panel discussions.
Shuangting Xiong
Class of 2015
SHUANGTING XIONG, MA ’15 (English), MA ’17 (Asian studies), became an assistant professor of Chinese at Bard College in New York.
Oliver Bacharach
Class of 2016
OLIVER BACHARACH, BA ’16 (journalism), was featured in Closer Weekly, a source for celebrity news, describing his life as one of the children of composer Burt Bacharach.
Sarah Schaefer
Class of 2009
SARAH SCHAEFER, BA ’09 (history), was named executive director of Museum on Main in Pleasanton, California.
Lawrence Cavasso
Class of 2004
LARRY CAVASSO, BS ’04 (economics), was promoted to associate vice president-controller with Portland-based Unitus Community Credit Union.
Amanda Pflugrad
Class of 2010
AMANDA PFLUGRAD, BS ’10 (electronic media production), team reporter for the Boston Celtics, covered the NBA Finals for the first time.
Renata Geraldo
Class of 2020
RENATA GERALDO, BA ’20 (journalism), formerly a data reporter at the Sacramento Business Journal, joined the Seattle Times as a business reporter.
Anika Graack
Class of 2021
ANIKA GRAACK, BS ’21 (Clark Honors College, human physiology), a science teacher at Sunrise Mountain High School in Las Vegas, was named one of seven new educators of the year by the Clark County School District.
Katrina Linde-Moriarty
Class of 2015
KATRINA LINDE-MORIARTY, BA ’15 (anthropology), previously director of the public library in Monticello, Wisconsin, became director of the Portage Lake District Library in Michigan.
Derek Schloss
Class of 2014
DEREK EDWARD SCHLOSS, JD ’14, MBA ’14 (general business), was featured in CoinDesk, a news and information service on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and the future of money, regarding the cryptocurrency art market.
Nolan Stolz
Class of 2007
NOLAN STOLZ, MMus ’07 (music composition), was featured in the Illinois Pontiac Daily Leader as a music composer seeking inspiration to write a piece about Route 66.
Jamie Weaver
Class of 2006
JAMIE WEAVER, PhD ’06 (music history), a musicologist at Stephen F. Austin University in Texas who lived in Spokane, Washington, was featured by Fox 28 Spokane for International Guide Dog Day to explain what her guide dog, Tag, has meant to her.
Elizabeth Teigland
Class of 2005
ELIZABETH TEIGLAND, MS ’05 (chemistry), became manufacturing director for Calyxt, a plant-based synthetic biotechnology company headquartered in Minnesota.
Cooper Teare
Class of 2021
COOPER TEARE, BS ’21 (general social science), a professional track-and-field athlete, was inducted into the 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, California.
Sarah Dentel
Class of 2009
SARAH DENTEL, BEd ’09 (family and human services), a real estate agent with Rob Trost Real Estate, joined the board of directors of the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce.
Scott Bone
Class of 2009
SCOTT BONE, MS ’09 (chemistry), joined the California-based early product development center of CoreRX, a contract development and manufacturing company within the pharmaceutical industry that provides drug development and manufacturing.