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Featured Class Notables
Richard Almeida
Class of 2007
RICHARD ALMEIDA, BEd '07 (family and human services), won 2020 School Counselor of the Year in Oregon for his work in the Salem-Keizer School District.
Heather Platanias
Class of 2005
Travel Oregon's HEATHER PLATANIAS, BA '05 (psychology), and her husband Alex welcomed their first child, a son, in August.
Cynthia Nustad
Class of 2007
CYNTHIA NUSTAD, MBA '07 (general business), joined the board of directors at Denver-based NextHealth Technologies, an analytics company that optimizes healthcare affordability.
Virginia Beavert
Class of 2012
VIRGINIA BEAVERT, PhD '12 (linguistics), was honored with the Twanat Award by the Museum at Warm Springs in Yakima, Washington, for a lifetime of efforts in revitalizing the indigenous languages of the Columbia River system.
Nicole Freitag
Class of 2010
Nicole Blood, BS '10 (journalism: news editorial), has been inducted into the inaugural class of the Capital Region Track, Field, and Cross-Country Hall of Fame in Colonie, New York.
Daniel Strauss
Class of 2012
DAN STRAUSS, MPA '12, was elected city councilman for Seattle's District 6.
Ryan Kroon
Class of 2013
RYAN KROON, BA '13 (general social science), was hired as day-to-day manager for Nashville-based country music collective Big Loud/Maverick.
Amanda McGraw
Class of 2014
AMANDA McGRAW, BS '14 (public relations), was named program director for California iHeartRadio stations 102.7/The Wolf, in Fresno, and 92.9/The Big Dog, in Modesto.
Nora Daly
Class of 2015
ALYSHA WEBB, BS '13 (sociology), joined CNBC's Make It as a content producer.
Crystal Brown
Class of 2016
CRYSTAL BROWN, MS '16, PhD '19 (political science), was hired as an assistant professor in the Department of Social Science and Policy Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.
Rachel Nicholson
Class of 2016
RACHEL NICHOLSON, BA '16 (political science), MS '19 (conflict dispute and resolution), became an assistant ombudsperson with the Staff Ombuds Office at University of California, Berkeley.
Lindsay Crevoiserat
Class of 2016
LINDSAY CREVOISERAT, BS '16 (business administration), was named head cross-country coach and assistant track and field coach at the University of Connecticut.
William Belcher
Class of 2018
BILL BELCHER, BS '18 (music), was appointed conductor of the Carson Chamber Singers and the Carson City Symphony Chorus by the Symphony Association Board of Nevada.
Halli Roussell
Class of 2018
For her work as a first-year teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Cottage Grove, HALLI ROUSSELL, BS '18 (biology), MEd '19 (curriculum and teaching), was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Early Career Classroom Teacher Award for Region 3 by the Oregon Science Teachers Association.
Jeske Glenn
Class of 2018
JESKE GLENN, BS '18 (mathematics), was chosen for the 2019 Cohort of Teaching Fellows of the Knowles Teacher Initiative, and teaches at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California.
Kayla Funk
Class of 2019
KAYLA FUNK, BArch '19, was hired as a junior designer by Woodblock Architecture, a design and architecture firm based in Portland.
Sina Holwerda
Class of 2019
Known by her stage name Wynne, SINA HOLWERDA, BA '19 (music), released her first full-length rap album project, If I May.
Brent Rocheleau
Class of 2019
BRENT ROCHELEAU, JD '19, became an intern in the office of Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz of Michigan.
Tana Atchley Culbertson
Class of 2000
Tana Atchley Culbertson, '00 was hired as the Director of Network Coordination for the Willamette River Network. The newly formed network is focused on a healthy Willamette River system, where people and rivers thrive together.
Tana Atchley Culbertson
Class of 2000
Tana Atchley, '00 and Brandon Culbertson, '10 were married in December 2018, and celebrated with family and friends in August 2019. They live in Beaverton, OR with their son.