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From campus happenings to fascinating news from around the world, consider the UOAA your source for news about our alumni chapters and networks, updates about on-campus activities and milestones.

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Travel with ducks to Penn State

Three days in the Big Ten—Penn State

June 5, 2025

Register by June 11 to fly directly with the UOAA for Penn State football weekend. Prepare for your trip with tips on getting around, key stops, and even some PA speak. Yinz, pack your Ducks jawn—we're heading to Happy Valley!

May Rawlinson

Honoring UO alumna May Rawlinson

May 13, 2025

May Rawlinson, BS ’43 (nursing education), recently died at the age of 105. Discover her remarkable life and career from Navy nurse during World War II, professor and researcher at OHSU, and more.

General News
Media Mentions
Alabama authors featured at Wednesday Night Poetry

Alabama authors featured at Wednesday Night Poetry

March 10, 2022
Tina Mozelle Braziel, MFA '13, a prizewinning poet and author from Birmingham, Alabama, and her husband, fiction novelist James Braziel, will be featured at Wednesday Night Poetry tonight at Kollective Coffee+Tea, 110 Central Ave.
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Blue River locals rebuild their historic park

March 10, 2022
KLCC: The project is being designed by Audrey Rycewicz, a Master of Landscape Architecture Student at the University of Oregon. Rycewicz says the team's goal is to build the park better than it was before the fire.
Career News
Fox Announces 2022 Leadership Transitions

Fox announces 2022 leadership transitions

May 6, 2022
Erin Letey, BS '96, is a Partner in the Seattle office and represents public, private and nonprofit businesses throughout the region in a full range of business transactions. In particular, she represents both buyers and sellers in transactions involving the purchase, sale or combination of businesses.
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#DucksAfield

Ducks are everywhere! This exciting social campaign shows UO Alumni travelling all around the world showing their Duck pride. As you plan your travels, be sure to pack your UO gear and share your awesome pictures with us using #DucksAfield or email alumni@uoregon.edu.

#DuckLoveStories

Did you meet your partner or spouse at the UO? Each year around Valentine’s Day we ask Ducks to share their stories of how they met their special someone through a connection to the UO. Use #DuckLoveStories on social media. Submit your own story to be included in a future campaign.

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