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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
Makiia Lucier
Class of 1997
MAKIIA LUCIER, BA ’97 (public relations), was featured in the Nerd Daily, an entertainment blog, regarding her new novel, Year of the Reaper.
Lemuel Cooper
Class of 1998
Lemmy Cooper, BA '98 (sociology), is the new director of food and beverage at The Duniway, a hotel in downtown Portland.
Hector Hernandez
Class of 1998
Hector Hernandez, BFA '98 (painting), MFA '99 (painting), presented his work at Mingle and Muse, an event held in July at the Sitka Center near Lincoln City.
Katie Knower
Class of 2011
Katie Knower, BS '11 (art), is the new historic resources coordinator for the Albany Visitors Association.
William Miller
Class of 2008
William Miller, BA '08 (political science), has joined Boise-based Perkins Coie law firm's labor and employment practice.
Kelly Hibler
Class of 1989
Kelly Hibler, BS '89 (speech: rhetoric and communication), has been appointed general manager of Reebok Classics business unit, which handles product creation, marketing, and merchandising for the global athletic footwear company.
Colleen Kelley
Class of 1977
Colleen E. Kelley, M.S., 1977; Ph.D. Rhetoric and Communication, 1982 has published "A Rhetoric of Divisive Partisanship: The 2016 American Presidential Campaign Discourse of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump" (Lexington, 2018). The book suggests that Sanders' and Trump's rhetoric created an "angry orphan" persona in their marginalized voter bases. The outcome of this unorthodox partnership was that one member (an outsider with a thirty-year history of socialism and non-party affiliation) came close to being his party's nominee while the other (an outsider with a thirty-year history of extreme wealth and political party opportunism) became a president of the United States.
Bryan Dent
Class of 1992
Bryan Dent, BS '92 (finance), has joined Vancouver, Washington-based Riverview Bancorp as vice president and commercial loan officer on its lending team.
Stefanie Loh
Class of 2007
Stefanie Loh, BA '07 (history and journalism), has been promoted to assistant sports editor at the Seattle Times.
Howard Allred
Class of 1977
Howard Allred, MBA '77 (accounting), was appointed chief financial officer of West Star Aviation, which has locations in Chicago, Houston, and Denver, among other cities.
Molly Neumeister
Class of 2015
Molly Neumeister, BS '15 (educational foundations), has joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
Garrett Mitchell
Class of 2017
Garrett Mitchell, BArch '17, was hired as a design professional for BBT Architects in Bend.
Sulman Raza
Class of 2017
Sulman Raza, BA '17 (French), made his professional debut at the US Open Championship golf tournament in June.
Dawna Hansen
Class of 2012
Dawna Hansen, MS '12 (special education), has been hired at Coldwell Banker Valley Brokers in Corvallis.
Taylor Smith
Class of 2014
Taylor Smith, BA '14 (English), has been named the volunteer program and prevention coordinator for Saving Grace, a Bend nonprofit organization providing family violence and sexual assault services.
Emily James
Class of 2013
Emma James, BA '13 (international studies), has joined Rosell Wealth Management in Bend as a client services manager.
Alishia Garcia
Class of 2015
Alishia Garcia, BM '15 (music performance), cofounded Coast to Coast Music Theater and Voice Intensive, a summer session for high school students to improve their fundamentals in acting and singing repertoires.
Chet Lisiecki
Class of 2014
Chet Lisiecki, PhD '14 (comparative literature), has joined the Colorado Springs-based Colorado College as an assistant professor in the Department of German.
Laura Roesler
Class of 2014
Laura Roesler, BS '14 (psychology), was inducted into the North Dakota Sports Hall of Fame for her performance in track and field.
Jenny Ordonez Nieto
Class of 2014
Jenny Ordonez, MArch '14 (architecture), has joined Hennebery Eddy Architects in Portland as a designer.