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Featured Class Notables
Dayle Spitzer
Class of 2021
DAYLE SPITZER, DEd ’21 (educational leadership), became superintendent of the Oregon City School District.
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.
Patrick Jones
Class of 2011
PATRICK JONES, MA ’11 (international studies), PhD ’21 (media studies), wrote an article for the Brookings Institution’s Tech Stream about India’s attempt to marry biometric and voter ID databases.
Emily Darchuk
Class of 2018
EMILY DARCHUK, MBA '18 (general business), founder and CEO of Portland-based Wheyward Spirit, a maker of sustainable farm-to-flask spirits produced by repurposing excess whey, was featured by Thrive Global, an American company that provides behavior change technology and media to prevent stress and burnout.
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.
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.
Liz Nobis
Class of 2009
LIZ NOBIS, BS ’09 (general science), joined the Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania as its first athletics mental health professional, and will serve the needs of roughly one thousand varsity student-athletes.
Thea VonGeldern
Class of 2003
THEA von GELDERN, BArch ’03, an associate principal and project manager with Allied Works Architecture of Portland, was interviewed by the Portland Business Journal regarding her life and the philosophy of architecture.
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.
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.
Mandolin Brassaw
Class of 2003
MANDOLIN BRASSAW, BA ’03, PhD ’08 (English), was featured in the Seattle Times regarding Grapheme, her combination stationery shop and letterpress studio.
Rachel Herrera
Class of 2008
RACHEL HERRERA, BA ’08 (communication disorders and sciences), was featured in Authority magazine for launching A sweet time to sign, which teaches American Sign Language.
Laura Buckmaster
Class of 2015
LAURA BUCKMASTER, BA ’16 (psychology), social media manager for Trout Unlimited, was featured in Reporter Newspapers of Atlanta as a member of "the next generation of green leaders."
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.
Sara Parker
Class of 2009
SARA PARKER, BS ’09 (dance), a choreographer, dancer, and teacher, performed the beast that blooms, a dance and film work about the cyclical nature of life and other ideas, at BodyVox Dance Center in Portland.
Ryanne Pilgeram
Class of 2007
RYANNE PILGERAM, MS ’07, PhD ’10 (sociology), published the book, Pushed Out: Contested Development and Rural Gentrification in the US West, detailing the transformation of Dover, Idaho, as an embodiment of challenges for rural communities.
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.
Michael Fancher
Class of 1968
MICHAEL FANCHER, BA ’68 (journalism), published an article titled "The Ethics of Engaged Journalism" in the Fourth Estate, a multi-stakeholder public benefit cooperative that provides news and other information.
Paul Mouchakkaa
Class of 2000
PAUL MOUCHAKKAA, MBA ’00 (general business), was appointed senior managing director and head of real estate of Alberta Investment Management Corporation of Canada, leading a real estate investment team and responsible for $18 billion in domestic and foreign program assets.