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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
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.
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.
Maryn Beutler
Class of 2016
Maryn Beutler, BS '16 (journalism), is the new director of operations for women's soccer at the UO.
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.
Jenny Ordonez Nieto
Class of 2014
Jenny Ordonez, MArch '14 (architecture), has joined Hennebery Eddy Architects in Portland as a designer.
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.
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.