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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
Lisa Harlan
Class of 2006
Lisa Harlan, MEd '06 (educational leadership), was named assistant superintendent for Greater Albany Public Schools.
Dmitri Venkov
Class of 2006
Dmitri Venkov, MA '06 (Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies), was awarded the E-flux Prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen for Gimny Moskovii (The Hymns of Muscovy).
Lucas Miller
Class of 2011
Factors Southwest (dba FSW Funding), a Phoenix-based company that specializes in financing solutions for small- and mid-sized businesses, has hired Lucas Miller, BS '11 (business administration), as a portfolio analyst.
Tiffany Cruickshank
Class of 2008
TIFFANY CRUICKSHANK, BS ’08 (business administration), joined the sales team of Onions 52, a grower in Syracuse, Utah.
Natalie Kessler
Class of 2012
Natalie Kessler, BA '12 (planning, public policy and management), has joined Southwest Strategies in California as an account executive.
Aaron Longo
Class of 2008
Aaron Longo, BS '08 (general science), has been hired as assistant principal and athletic director at Taft High School in Lincoln City.
Chloe Garcia-Roberts
Class of 2008
Chloe Garcia Roberts, MFA '08 (creative writing), has translated Li Shangyin, a second book of Chinese poet Li Shangyin's classic poems.
Emily McLain
Class of 2008
Emily McLain, BA '08 (political science), is the new executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, the political advocacy arm of the organization's Oregon chapters.
Max Beeken
Class of 2009
Max Beeken, BS '09 (marine biology), has been named the new conservation director for Wild Rivers Land Trust in Port Orford.
Spencer Paysinger
Class of 2010
Professional football player Spencer Paysinger, BS '10 (economics), was a consulting producer on, and the inspiration for, the new CW drama, All American. Inspired by the life of Paysinger, the show tells the story of a talented high school football player from South Central Los Angeles who is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School.
Matti Sjoblom-Chambers
Class of 2015
Matti Sjoblom-Chambers, BArch '15, has joined Bend-based Steele Associates Architects as a designer on technology, senior, industrial, and hospitality projects.
Courtney Foley
Class of 2010
COURTNEY FOLEY, JD ’10, executive vice president of Foley Family Wines of Oregon, announced the purchase of the Black Walnut Inn and Vineyard, a property in Dundee, by parent company, Foley Entertainment Group.
Heather McPherson
Class of 1973
Heather McPherson, BA '73 (French), was awarded the 2018 Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction for her work in art history. She is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Robert Lambert
Class of 1969
Bob Lambert, MA '69 (secondary education), was inducted into the St. Peter Public Schools Hall of Fame in Minnesota.
Mark Edlen
Class of 1975
The Architecture Foundation of Oregon named Mark Edlen, BS '75 (finance), MBA '76 (marketing), and his wife, Ann, this year's Honored Citizens in recognition of their commitment to sustainability.
Christine Heinrichs
Class of 1976
Christine Rofer Heinrichs, BS '76 (journalism), won second place and a $2,000 award in the ‘Reported Narrative’ category at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference for her story about efforts to save condors despite obstacles such as lead ammunition poisoning acquired from carcasses the vultures scavenge.
Mary Hinsdale
Class of 1950
After working for the Portland Development commission for 18 years, Mary Vranizan Hinsdale, BS '50 (business administration), took up travel and, at age 85, visited all seven continents in one year.
Victoria Abrams
Class of 1980
Health Center Partners of Southern California has appointed Victoria Abrams, BS '80 (health education), executive vice president for Integrated Health Partners.
Vicki Hanson
Class of 1978
The Association for Computing Machinery appointed Vicki Hanson, MA '76 (psychology), PhD '78 (psychology), executive director and CEO, making her the first female CEO of the educational society.
Karl Carrier
Class of 1979
Karl Carrier, MBA '79 (finance), has been appointed chair of the board of directors for the PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Washington.