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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
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.
Jennifer Clemo
Class of 2009
Jenn Clemo, BA ’09 (English), has been named executive director for the Center for Nonprofit Stewardship in Corvallis.
Kim Stafford
Class of 1971
Governor Kate Brown has appointed Kim Stafford, BA '’71 (English), MA ’73 (English), PhD '’79, as Oregon’s new poet laureate. In his two-year appointment, Stafford will foster the art of poetry, encourage literacy and learning, address issues of humanities and heritage, and reflect on Oregon public life.
Craig Jurgensen
Class of 1980
Craig Jurgensen, MS ’80 (special education), will be the new superintendent for the Central Lincoln County school system in Maine.
Roberta Conner
Class of 1977
Roberta (Bobbie) Conner, BS ’77 (journalism), has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors for the Oregon Community Foundation.
Carey Killen
Class of 1990
Carey Killen, BA ’90 (Spanish), BA ’90 (music), PhD '’13 (education), is the new principal for South Eugene High School.
Romy Mortensen
Class of 1989
Romy Mortensen, BA ’89 (public relations), has been elected to a four-year term on the board of directors for the Oregon Community Foundation.
Curtis Wilson
Class of 1991
Curtis Wilson Jr., BA ’91 (health education), was named 2018 Oregon Principal of the Year after unanimous nomination by all Portland public high school principals. Wilson, principal of Benson Polytechnic High School, heads to Washington, DC, as an Oregon candidate for national Principal of the Year.
Carly Dolan
Class of 1995
Carly Dolan, BA ’95 (English), was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Superior Court Bench for Mendocino County.