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Have you been recently promoted or started a new job? Perhaps you are starting on a new educational journey. Maybe, you are newly married or recently added to your family. Let your fellow Ducks know what is happening in your life.
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Featured Class Notables
Todd Bleakney
Class of 1994
TODD BLEAKNEY, BS '94 (sociology), formerly managing director, head of municipal sales, trading, and underwriting for Wells Fargo, was hired as senior managing director and co-head of debt capital markets for the North Carolina-based team of Hilltop Securities Inc.
Robin Wilcox
Class of 1994
Project director ROBIN WILCOX, BArch '94, and NITA POSADA, BIArch '05, director of interior design, were named principals at Portland-based Skylab Architecture.
Michael Govier
Class of 2000
BS ’00 (speech: theater arts), cocreator of If Anything Happens I Love You, won a 2021 Academy Award for best animated short film.
Shen Loh Lim
Class of 1996
LOH-LIM SHEN YI, BS '96 (management), executive director of Cheong Fatt Tze's Blue Mansion Hotel in Penang, Malaysia, was featured in Options, the lifestyle pullout of The Edge Malaysia, a business and investment publication.
Maria Karlin
Class of 2000
Singer MARIA KARLIN, BMus '01 (music performance), was featured in a story by Oregon Public Broadcasting about Federale, a longtime band based partly in an Italian operatic aesthetic and partly in 1960s and '70s pop sounds.
Matthew Powell
Class of 2001
MATTHEW R. POWELL, BS '01 (political science), has joined the board of directors of Oregon-based Oakshire Brewery and has become an investor and shareholder in the company.
James Scripps
Class of 1998
JIM SCRIPPS, BA '98 (history, journalism: magazine), director of the journalism and communications program at Sierra Nevada University, earned his master of arts in media studies at the University of Nevada.
Major Jackson
Class of 1999
Poet and essayist MAJOR JACKSON, MFA '99 (creative writing), formerly Richard A. Dennis Professor of English at the University of Vermont, joined the English department faculty at Vanderbilt University, and last February released his latest collection of poetry, The Absurd Man.
Amelie Aust
Class of 2006
Amelie Brazelton Aust, BA '06 (English), was announced co-CEO of Fall Creek Farm and Nursery in Lowell.
Faye Guenther
Class of 2008
FAYE GUENTHER, JD '08, became the first woman elected president of UFCW 21, the largest private-sector union in Washington, representing members in grocery stores, retail, health care, and other industries.
Britt Rios-Ellis
Class of 1987
BRITT RIOS-ELLIS, BA '87 (political science), MS '89 (health education), PhD '92 (health education), formerly founding dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services at California State University, was appointed executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Oakland University in Michigan.
Shinta Dhanuwardoyo
Class of 1993
SHINTA WITOYO DHANUWARDOYO, BIArch '93, CEO and founder of Bubu.com, an Indonesian digital agency company, was featured as a pioneer in technology by Indonesia Expat, one of the country’s largest expatriate readerships.
Mark Masse
Class of 1994
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1090977425
HONOR HOUSE is my latest novel—a contemporary drama about campus sexual assault, fraternity culture and the abuses of a powerful politician and serial predator. Journalist Nick Delamore, long compromised by old loyalties, elusive memories and guilt, searches for answers and atonement.
MARK H. MASSE, M.S., 1994 with honors, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication
HONOR HOUSE is my latest novel—a contemporary drama about campus sexual assault, fraternity culture and the abuses of a powerful politician and serial predator. Journalist Nick Delamore, long compromised by old loyalties, elusive memories and guilt, searches for answers and atonement.
MARK H. MASSE, M.S., 1994 with honors, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication
Matthew DeBow
Class of 2011
MATT DeBOW, BS '11 (journalism), was hired as managing editor of the Stillwater Gazette, in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
Whitney Phillips
Class of 2012
WHITNEY PHILLIPS, PhD '12 (English), an assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, published You Are Here and was interviewed by The Sun magazine on conspiracy theories, social media, and the spread of misinformation.
Alena Morgan
Class of 2013
ALENA MORGAN, BS '13 (political science), JD '16, was named administrator for the Nine Percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, which she joined in 2018.
Christopher Madden
Class of 2013
CHRIS MADDEN, BA '13 (political science), was promoted to director of legislative and political affairs for the Oregon Health Care Association and will focus on legislative advocacy, leading political activities, and managing the political action committee and electoral engagement.
Natalie Pattison
Class of 2020
NATALIE PATTISON, JD '20, joined Portland firm Barran Liebman LLP as an associate in the employment, labor relations, and benefits practices.
Brian Amdur
Class of 2018
Wildland firefighter and photojournalist BRIAN AMDUR, BS '18 (environmental studies), has spent the last three summers fighting and photographing wildfires across the West.
Eric Harris
Class of 2014
ERIC HARRIS, JD '14, a special advisor for strategic partnerships and community engagement at Disability Rights California, was appointed to the State Independent Living Council.