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Featured Class Notables
Anselmo Villanueva
Class of 1992
PhD ’92 (curriculum and instruction), was selected as executive director of diversity, equality, and inclusion at Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California.
Chad Hanson
Class of 1995
JD ’95, published Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate, an impassioned, evidence-based argument for a new era of forest management for environmental protection and humanity.
Megan Saylor
Class of 1997
MS ’97, PhD ’01 (psychology), professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching.
Gian David Panetta
Class of 2015
BS ’15 (political science), has launched an effort to establish a portrait of his grandmother, Tina Panetta, in the US Senate dining room to recognize her decades of government service as a lead waitress.
Polly Irungu
Class of 2017
POLLY IRUNGU, BA ’17 (journalism), founder of Black Women Photographers collective, an organization dedicated to displaying the talents of Black women and nonbinary photographers that have been marginalized in society, has partnered with Nikon on a $50,000 grant to assist creatives with their projects.
Jada Allender
Class of 2018
BS ’18 (business administration), was featured as a notable graduate by the news service of Arizona State University, where she earned a dual juris doctor and master of sports law and business degree last spring.
Manuela Baez Ordonez
Class of 2020
BA ’20 (journalism), joined Telemundo 23, a TV news organization in the Central Coast, California, as a multimedia journalist and anchor.
Laurenne Ross
Class of 2020
BS ’20 (art), was featured by Ski Racing Media, an international media company focused on alpine skiing, in a story that dubbed her "the spirit of the world’s best speed team."
William Schoeffler
Class of 2020
Instashowing, an online real estate tool founded by WILLIAM SCHOEFFLER, BS ’20 (business administration), has received more than $1.5 million in funding from industry veterans.
Mai Amalie Bak
Class of 2018
Etana, a short film produced by MAI AMALIE BAK, BA ’18 (journalism), was accepted to the Cleveland International Film Festival, Female Voices Rock Film Festival, and Venice Shorts film festival.
Alicia Schneider
Class of 2014
MS ’14 (special education), an autism training specialist, discussed the 2020 pandemic challenges and opportunities for students with autism during an educational webinar for edWeb.net.
Crystal Brown
Class of 2016
Massachusetts-based Worcester Polytechnic Institute hired CRYSTAL BROWN, MS '16 (political science), as an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies.
Brianna Hayes
Class of 2018
BRIANNA HAYES, BA '18 (political science), was quoted in the Keystone, a Pennsylvania news website, for a story about the election of Vice President Kamala Harris who, like Hayes, is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first intercollegiate historically African American Greek-lettered sorority.
Michael Patton
Class of 2018
MICHAEL PATTON JR, BS '18 (business administration), attended a retreat for those considering priesthood in the Archdiocese of Portland.
Laura Queen
Class of 2019
LAURA QUEEN, BS '19 (Clark Honors College, mathematics), a research assistant with the Oregon State University Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, was lead author for a study indicating that the Columbia River basin will see an increase in flooding over the next 50 years as a result of climate change
Diego Cardiel
Class of 2020
DIEGO CARDIEL, MArch '20, joined the design staff of Bend-based BBT Architects, where he will focus on sustainability concepts and the space where science and community interact.
Carly Gabrielson
Class of 2013
CARLY GABRIELSON, BS '13 (political science), campaign manager for US Rep. Peter DeFazio, worked door-to-door in Georgia to help Democrats win the US Senate during the January 5 election runoffs in that state.
Brantly Fulton
Class of 2019
BRANTLY FULTON, PhD '19 (chemistry), cofounder and CEO of LAMAR IoT, which provides logistics monitoring for Oregon dairies, joined Boston-based firm REMUS Capital as its first Black Entrepreneur in Residence.
Gabriela Guaiumi
Class of 2015
GABRIELA GUAIUMI, BS '15 (biology), was hired as a public safety officer in Rohnert Park, California.
Ken Mastrogiovanni
Class of 2017
KEN MASTROGIOVANNI, BA '17 (music, Japanese), MMus '19 (jazz studies), was named Eugene's “Best Rising Star Jazz Drummer” in the 2020 Best of Eugene Staff Picks by Eugene Weekly.