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Featured Class Notables
Kylee O'Connor
Class of 2018
KYLEE O’CONNOR, BS ’18 (journalism), MS ’22 (sports product management), was publicized as a running back, receiver, free safety, and placekicker for the Oregon Ravens, a female tackle football team in Portland.
M. Jackson
Class of 2017
M. Jackson, PhD '17 (geography), received an inaugural Grizzly of the Last Decade Award from the University of Montana for her work on climate change.
Shuangting Xiong
Class of 2015
SHUANGTING XIONG, MA ’15 (English), MA ’17 (Asian studies), became an assistant professor of Chinese at Bard College in New York.
Derek Schloss
Class of 2014
DEREK EDWARD SCHLOSS, JD ’14, MBA ’14 (general business), was featured in CoinDesk, a news and information service on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and the future of money, regarding the cryptocurrency art market.
Raymond Mcpadden
Class of 2013
RAY McPADDEN, MCRP ’13 (community and regional planning), a National Park Service employee serving as program manager for environmental quality at Yellowstone National Park, was selected as superintendent for Western Arctic National Parklands.
Katrina Linde-Moriarty
Class of 2015
KATRINA LINDE-MORIARTY, BA ’15 (anthropology), previously director of the public library in Monticello, Wisconsin, became director of the Portage Lake District Library in Michigan.
Laura Buckmaster
Class of 2015
LAURA BUCKMASTER, BA ’16 (psychology), social media manager for Trout Unlimited, was featured in Reporter Newspapers of Atlanta as a member of "the next generation of green leaders."
Oliver Bacharach
Class of 2016
OLIVER BACHARACH, BA ’16 (journalism), was featured in Closer Weekly, a source for celebrity news, describing his life as one of the children of composer Burt Bacharach.
Alex Wagner
Class of 2013
ALEX WAGNER, BA ’13 (digital arts), founder of Grooving for Good, a nonprofit initiative that helps college students address mental health challenges, coordinated its staging at the University of Washington, including art, music, and panel discussions.
Emily Fulstone
Class of 2014
EMILY FULSTONE, BS ’14 (environmental science), was featured in Hay and Forage Grower of Wisconsin for her role as a seventh-generation member of RN Fulstone Company, a commercial provider of high-quality hay.
Patrick Jones
Class of 2011
PATRICK JONES, MA ’11 (international studies), PhD ’21 (media studies), wrote an article for the Brookings Institution’s Tech Stream about India’s attempt to marry biometric and voter ID databases.
Gregory Klatt
Class of 2011
GREG KLATT, BS ’11 (business administration), joined North Carolina-based Pathalys Pharma, a private, late-stage biopharma company focused on chronic kidney disease, as vice president of finance.
Jared Talbot
Class of 2011
JARED TALBOT, PhD ’11 (biology), an assistant professor in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, was featured in the school’s news service for his work with zebrafish.
Brooklyn Snow
Class of 2013
BROOKLYN SNOW, BMus ’13 (music performance), a soprano, was cast as Maria in the musical West Side Story in Concert, the season finale of the New Philharmonic in DuPage County, Illinois.
Joshua Jalbert
Class of 2007
OSH JALBERT, MFA ’07 (photography), a faculty member at Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, presented work at Photo London, a photo fair that brings international photography to the British capital every year.
Rosie Clayburn
Class of 2008
ROSIE CLAYBURN, BS ’08 (anthropology), Yurok cultural resources department director and tribal heritage preservation officer, joined the board of directors of Parks California, becoming the first member of Indigenous heritage.
Thea VonGeldern
Class of 2003
THEA von GELDERN, BArch ’03, an associate principal and project manager with Allied Works Architecture of Portland, was interviewed by the Portland Business Journal regarding her life and the philosophy of architecture.
Lawrence Cavasso
Class of 2004
LARRY CAVASSO, BS ’04 (economics), was promoted to associate vice president-controller with Portland-based Unitus Community Credit Union.
Amanda Pflugrad
Class of 2010
AMANDA PFLUGRAD, BS ’10 (electronic media production), team reporter for the Boston Celtics, covered the NBA Finals for the first time.
Scott Bone
Class of 2009
SCOTT BONE, MS ’09 (chemistry), joined the California-based early product development center of CoreRX, a contract development and manufacturing company within the pharmaceutical industry that provides drug development and manufacturing.