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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
Maryn Beutler
Class of 2016
Maryn Beutler, BS '16 (journalism), is the new director of operations for women's soccer at the UO.
George Green
Class of 1966
George C. Green, BS '66 (fine & applied arts), was the featured artist at the Boys and Girls Club in Albany in July.
Erik Shearer
Class of 2000
Erik Shearer, MFA '00 (painting), is the new assistant superintendent and vice president of academic affairs for Napa Valley College in California.
Amy Margolis
Class of 2001
Amy Margolis, JD '01 (law), recently launched The Initiative, a Portland-based accelerator program devoted to helping female cannabis entrepreneurs cultivate and solidify relationships with investors.
Rene Vellanoweth
Class of 2001
Rene Vellanoweth, PhD '01 (philosophy), has been appointed to the State Historical Resources Commission in Sacramento.
Allison Blakely
Class of 2002
Allison Blakely, BS '02 (education studies), PhD'17 (special education), has been hired as director of special education for the Washougal School District in Washington.
Daniel Hurley
Class of 2004
Dan Hurley, MS '04 (environmental studies), has been named director of Lane County Public Works.
Celestino Limas
Class of 2004
Celestino Limas, PhD'04 (educational leadership), has been selected vice president for student life at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Class of 2004
Stephanie Fitzgerald, BS '04 (physics and mathematics), joined San Francisco-based Ideate Software as a software developer.
Michael Sawiel
Class of 2005
Michael Sawiel, BArch '05 (architecture), has joined Steele Associates Architects in Bend.
Jeffrey Cerveny
Class of 2008
Jeffery Cerveny, BA '08 (psychology), MEd '17 (educational leadership), has been principal of Patrick Lynch Elementary School in Portland.
Emily Charrier
Class of 2006
Emily Charrier, BS '06 (journalism), has been named publisher of Petaluma Argus-Courier, a weekly newspaper reporting on Sonoma County, California.
Nadjalisse Rodriguez
Class of 2006
Nadjalisse Rodriguez, BS '06 (political science), has joined EWM (Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell) Realty International's Brickell, Florida, branch as an associate.
Susan Kerrigan
Class of 1978
Sue Kerrigan, BA '78 (English), recently returned from her fourth trip to Africa teaching attachment theory, recovery from trauma and women's health. This year she went to Rwanda and Malawi.
Blaine Gibson
Class of 1977
Hon. Blaine Gibson (Law ’77) has been elected president of the Washington State Superior Court Judges’ Association. He is in his fourth term as a Superior Court Judge for Yakima County. He and his wife, Sandi, recently celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary.
Dave Donley
Class of 1976
Dave Donley BS ’76 (IFC / Debate Team / Delta Tau Delta) was elected to the Anchorage School Board in 2017. Dave and his wife Jamie have twins in Fifth Grade. Dave previously served 16 years in the Alaska Legislature. Now he represents Alaskans with disabilities as a lobbyist and also serves as Lt. Col. / Staff Judge Advocate for the Alaska State Defense Force.
Christine Heinrichs
Class of 1976
The 5,000-word story Christine Heinrichs wrote on captive-raised condors being released to the wild after the species nearly became extinct, only to face lethal lead poisoning from hunters' ammunition, won second place in the Reported Narrative category at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. It will be published next year in Ten Spurs. Earth Island Journal published another of her stories on the subject.
Dennis Ziengs
Class of 1970
Dennis Ziengs, BBA '70 (marketing), MBA '71 (business), encountered four giraffes while visiting his friends on the Witkrans private reserve in South Africa, about 300 miles northeast of Cape Town.
Elizabeth Pedersen
Class of 2006
Liz Pedersen, BA ’06 (art history), has been hired as a designer for Carleton Hart Architecture in Portland.
Ryan Yoshida
Class of 2006
Ryan Yoshida, BArch ’06 (architecture), has been promoted to associate at Scott Edwards Architecture in Portland.