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Featured Class Notables
Harlen Springer
Class of 1970
HARLEN SPRINGER, BA ’70 (management), appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission in 2019, was named vice chair.
Jacob Werner
Class of 2000
Jacob Werner, BS '00 (political science), was named to the chairman's council of D.A. Davidson Companies, a financial planning firm in Bozeman, Montana.
Michelle Penaloza
Class of 2011
Michelle Penaloza, MFA '11 (creative writing), was the national winner of the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk Prize for her full-length collection, Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire, which will be published this fall.
Sadie Concepcion
Class of 2011
Sadie Concepcion, BA '11 (psychology), has joined Portland law firm Tonkon Torp as an associate.
Nichole Mead
Class of 2011
Nichole (Mead) Zahner, BS '11 (psychology), completed the legal requirements to become a licensed insurance and annuities agent and is an associate advisor at Finley Davis Financial Group in Eugene.
Phillip Hawkins
Class of 2012
Phil Hawkins, BS '12 (journalism: news-editorial), has been named managing editor of the Woodburn Independent.
Drew Eyman
Class of 2012
Drew Eyman, BS '12 (political science), was hired as an associate for the litigation department of Portland law firm Sussman Shank.
Haley Campbell
Class of 2016
Haley Campbell, BA '16 (planning, public policy and management), has been hired as a planner at Schirmer Satre Group, a Eugene consulting firm specializing in land-use planning, landscape architecture, and environmental resources.
Samantha Bennett
Class of 2013
Samantha Bennett, BArch '13 (architecture), was hired as a project architect at Hennebery Eddy Architects in Portland.
Derek Buchheit
Class of 2018
Derek Buchheit, BS '18 (business administration), has been hired as the Corvallis Knights baseball team's first box office and facilities manager.
Nadja Quiroz
Class of 2018
Nadja Quiroz, MLA '18 (landscape architecture), was hired as landscape designer for GreenWorks in Portland.
Christopher Keefer
Class of 2017
Chris Keefer, MS '17 (sports product management), and his wife Garetta have launched Keefer, a law firm in Portland that offers risk management and insurance services to brands and manufacturers.
Andrew Loia
Class of 2018
Andrew Loia, MArch '18 (architecture), was hired at FFA Architecture and Interiors in Portland.
Amanda Hansen
Class of 2015
Amanda Hansen, MArch '15 (architecture), has been hired as an interior designer at FFA Architecture and Interiors in Portland.
Daniel Alton
Class of 2017
Danny Alton, BS '17 (human physiology), was hired as a resident reserve firefighter at South Lane County Fire and Rescue.
Manju Bangalore
Class of 2018
Manju Bangalore, BS '18 (physics), started her fifth internship with NASA in January.
Anna Wallace
Class of 2017
Anna Wallace, BA '17 (journalism: advertising), has been hired as marketing coordinator and social media specialist at the Gilmore Agency in Eugene.
Erica Thompson
Class of 2014
Erica Thompson, MArch '14 (architecture), has joined Portland-based Hennebery Eddy Architects as a project architect.
Bridget Franek
Class of 2014
Bridget Franek, MBA '14 (general business), has joined the board of directors for the Council for Responsible Sport.
Mira Frohnmayer
Class of 1960
Mira Frohnmayer, BA '60 (music), was elected to the board of directors for the Ryan Apprentice Program of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.