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Have you been recently promoted or started a new job? Perhaps you are starting on a new educational journey. Maybe, you are newly married or recently added to your family. Let your fellow Ducks know what is happening in your life.
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Featured Class Notables
Nora Simon
Class of 2011
Nora Simon, BA '11 (history, journalism: news editorial), has joined the Washington Post as a multiplatform editor.
Adam Stephen
Class of 2012
ADAM STEPHEN, BArch ’12, was promoted to principal with Bend-based Steele Associates Architects._
Elisabeth Evans
Class of 2012
Elisabeth Lefebvre, MA '12 (international studies), has been hired as an assistant professor of education at Bethel University, Minnesota.
Nicholas Meusch
Class of 2013
Elcon Associates Inc., a Portland-based mechanical engineering company, has hired Nick Meusch, BS '13 (business administration), as marketing manager.
Hangping Xu
Class of 2013
Hangping Xu, MA '13 (comparative literature), has joined Middlebury College in Vermont as an assistant professor of Chinese.
Philip Kovac
Class of 2017
Philip Kovac, PhD '17 (chemistry), has joined the faculty at Elmira College in New York as an assistant professor of chemistry.
Cooper Green
Class of 2017
Cooper Green, BA '17 (journalism), has joined the Camas-Washougal Post-Record as a news reporter, covering government, business, and features.
Gini Piercy
Class of 2015
Gini Piercy, MArch '15 (landscape architecture), has joined Portland-based Mayer/Reed as a landscape designer.
Joe Fischer
Class of 1960
JOE FISCHER, BS ’60, MFA ’63 (fine and applied arts), continued his support of the Joe and Alona Fischer Scholarship Fund with a gift of $25,000. Joe has been supporting the scholarship fund since 2010, making a huge difference in the lives of aspiring artists along the way.
Margaret Lehrman
Class of 1966
Margie (McBride) Lehrman '66 has been honored by Columbia University as a 2018 Alumni Medalist in recognition of her work on behalf of the university for 10 years or more. She has organized all her class reunions, served six years on the Alumni Board (vice chair) of the Graduate School of Journalism, and now represents the Journalism School on the Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee, which helps select Trustees for Columbia University.
Byron Shenk
Class of 1970
Byron Shenk, MS '70 (physical education), received the 2018 Dr. Roman Gingerich Champion of Character Award from his undergraduate alma mater, Goshen College in Indiana.
Kathleen Langmo
Class of 1958
KATHLEEN LANGMO, BS '58 (education), has written two novels, Henrietta and Virginia.
Daniel Ness
Class of 2000
For the third time, Dan Ness, BA '00 (fine and applied arts), attended an international painters camp organized by the Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural Association in Toyama, Japan, Oregon's sister state, as a representative artist.
Bradley Cascagnette
Class of 2002
Bradley Cascagnette, JD '02, has been appointed a judge for the Lane County Circuit Court.
Susan Klein
Class of 2004
Susan Klein, MFA '04 (painting), presented her art exhibition at the Sumter County Gallery of Art in South Carolina.
Diana Bolander
Class of 2005
Diana Bolander, MA '05 (arts management), has been hired as assistant director and curator of the Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Matthew Guy
Class of 2004
Matt Guy, BA '04 (English), has been named managing principal broker at Living Room Realty, which specializes in Portland, Vancouver, and north Oregon coast properties.
Hee-Jung Serenity Joo
Class of 2007
Hee-Jung Joo, PhD '07 (comparative literature), has been named director of the University of Manitoba Institute for the Humanities.
Laura Harmon
Class of 2005
Laura Harmon, BS '05 (psychology), has been hired as women's cross-country and track-and-field head coach at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Thomas Romano
Class of 2005
Thomas Romano, JD '05, launched Kolitch Romano, an intellectual property law firm in Portland.