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Featured Class Notables
Jordan Kent
Class of 2006
JORDAN KENT, BS ’06 (business administration), announced expansion of the summer multisport program, Just Kids Skill Camps, to Mesa, Arizona, after establishing the sport and agility camps in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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.
Emily Farrell
Class of 2006
Emily Farrell, BA '06 (Spanish), JD '09, was hired as director of the senior and disability services division at Lane Council of Governments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joshua Jalbert
Class of 2007
OSH JALBERT, MFA ’07 (photography), a faculty member at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, presented work at Photo London, a photo fair that brings international photography to the British capital every year.
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.
Matthew Depaolis
Class of 2021
MATT DePAOLIS, JD ’21, MS ’21 (biology), joined the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation of Florida as environmental policy director.
Luke Liss
Class of 2003
LUKE LISS, BA ’03 (political science), pro bono partner at Wilson Sonsini in Palo Alto, California, was featured in Bloomberg Law’s "Why Mentoring Matters" series, relating how guidance and encouragement from a pioneering Black partner set him on the path to partnership and success as a litigator.
Jason Burrow-Sanchez
Class of 2003
JASON BURROW-S’NCHEZ, PhD ’03 (counseling psychology), a University of Utah psychology professor, was named NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative, representing the institution and faculty in relationships with the NCAA and the Pac-12 Conference.
Jared Talbot
Class of 2011
JARED TALBOT, PhD ’11 (biology), an assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, was featured in the school’s news service for his work with zebrafish.
Christine McCarthy
Class of 2003
CHRISTINE McCARTHY, BS ’03 (geological sciences), Lamont Assistant Research Professor at Columbia University in New York, was featured on the podcast People Behind Science in a segment titled, "Fascinated by the Forces and Features that Contribute to Flow in Rocks and Ice."