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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
Pamela Ralston
Class of 1991
Pamela Ralston, BA '91 (English), has been named interim executive vice president of educational programs at Santa Barbara City College in California.
Todd Van Rysselberghe
Class of 1983
Todd Van Rysselberghe, BS'83 (political science), has been appointed to serve as a judge on the Clackamas County Circuit Court in Oregon City.
Alice Cannon
Class of 1991
Alice Cannon, BS '91 (planning, public policy and management), was hired as a senior associate at Jensen Strategies, a policy and organizational development company in Portland.
Peter Hollens
Class of 2005
Peter Hollens, BM '05 (music performance), earned Billboard number one spots on the classical albums and classical crossover albums charts with Legendary Folk Songs. Founder of the UO a cappella group On the Rocks, Hollens was also the first a cappella artist to reach the top 10 on the emerging artists chart.
John Kelley
Class of 1993
John Kelley, MS' 93 (psychology), PhD '97 (psychology), was awarded the 2018 Distinguished Professorship at Endicott College in Massachusetts for his excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Laurie Muggy
Class of 1994
Laurie Muggy, BS '94 (sociology), has been hired as director of human resources at Tyree Oil, Inc. in Eugene.
Mark Elias
Class of 1995
Mark Elias, BA '95 (history), has joined First Transit, a Cincinnati-based public transportation management company, as vice president of operations for the northwest region.
Ricardo Vasquez
Class of 1995
Ricardo Vasquez, BA '95 (English), has been hired as communications coordinator for the Woodburn School District.
Matthew Searfus
Class of 1996
Matt Searfus, BS '96 (economics), has joined Yamaha Corporation of America as vice president of marketing.
Jessica Wood
Class of 1996
JESSICA WOOD, JD '96, joined the Grand Rapids, Michigan, office of Dickinson Wright, focusing on municipal law and finance, and economic development.
Andrew Beyer
Class of 2001
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History has named Andy Beyer, BA '01 (history), the 2018 Oregon History Teacher of the Year.
Sarah Cannon
Class of 1997
Sarah Cannon, BA '97 (Spanish), released her debut memoir, The Shame of Losing, a book about the brutal realities of a brain injury and a young mother trying to save her own life.
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.