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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.
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.
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.
Sarah Dentel
Class of 2009
SARAH DENTEL, BEd ’09 (family and human services), a real estate agent with Rob Trost Real Estate, joined the board of directors of the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce.
Dayle Spitzer
Class of 2021
DAYLE SPITZER, DEd ’21 (educational leadership), became superintendent of the Oregon City School District.
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.
Michael Kasahun
Class of 2002
MICHAEL KASAHUN, BA ’02 (sociology), organized a march in Eugene to raise awareness about civil war in Tigray, Ethiopia, his home country.
Jon Wollmuth
Class of 1993
JON WOLLMUTH, BA ’93 (English), became principal at Island Park Elementary School in Washington state.
Edniesha Curry
Class of 2002
EDNEISHA CURRY, BS ’02 (sociology), who completed her first season as an assistant coach with the Portland Trail Blazers during the 2021—22 season, was chosen as keynote speaker for the Oregon Girls Sports Leadership Summit.
Marjorie Yap
Class of 1979
MARGIE YAP, BA ’79 (journalism), was featured by Oregon ArtsWatch for her lifelong study of the Japanese tea ceremony and her business, Issoan Tea School, run from her home in west Portland.
Tiana Tozer
Class of 1990
PEARL WOLFE, MS ’90 (sociology), a former Lane County supervisor and recipient of a City of Eugene Human Rights Recognition award for her work with the Hope and Safety Alliance (formerly Womenspace), coauthored Walk Out the Door, a novel about domestic violence, with Evelyn Anderton.
Yolanda Gibson
Class of 1996
YOLANDA SUAREZ, BA ’96 (speech: theater arts), played the title role in Alma, a play about a single mother and undocumented immigrant living in the US with her seventeen-year-old daughter, at ArtsWest in Seattle.
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.
Alex Kolodkin
Class of 1987
ALEX KOLODKIN, PHD ’87 (biology), a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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.
Kevin Pitts
Class of 1989
KEVIN PITTS, MS ’89, PhD ’94 (physics), chief research officer at Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory and a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was named dean of the Virginia Tech College of Science in Virginia.
Brian Wright
Class of 1992
BRIAN WRIGHT, BS ’92 (speech: telecommunication and film, journalism: advertising), formerly the longtime chief merchandising officer for the Duck Store, became director of the VolShop at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, one of the top collegiate retailers in North America.
Benjamin Kalb
Class of 1969
Benjamin Kalb, 1969, completed a novel, I Belong On A Warning Label about a female serial killer. It's published by Brighton Publishing, and is available on-line from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and booksamillion.com. Amazon's first shipment sold out. The novel contains lot of interesting locations, including Eugene; lot of unusual methods of kill; lot of suspense as FBI closes in on the main character. One great not-to-be-missed chapter with the main character and the Duck Mascot.
Laura Clarke
Class of 1996
LAURA CLARKE, MS ’96, PhD ’98 (physics), a physics professor in the College of Sciences at North Carolina State University, received the 2022 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Corey Schlosser-Hall
Class of 1992
COREY SCHLOSSER-HALL, BS ’92 (speech: rhetoric and communication), executive presbyter of Washington-based Northwest Coast Presbytery for 15 years, was named director of rebuilding and vision implementation for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the ministry and mission agency of the Presbyterian Church.