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Featured Class Notables
Jeffrey Goldblatt
Class of 2009
JEFF GOLDBLATT, BArch ’09, was promoted to associate at Mahlum Architects, based in Portland and Seattle.
Isaac Fellman
Class of 2009
ISAAC FELLMAN, MA ’09 (English), published Dead Collections, a novel about a Jewish, trans male archivist who is a vampire.
Hamed Aleaziz
Class of 2009
HAMED ALEAZIZ, BA ’09 (news editorial), who has reported for BuzzFeed News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Mother Jones, joined the Los Angeles Times to cover immigration policy.
Sara Parker
Class of 2009
SARA PARKER, BS ’09 (dance), a choreographer, dancer, and teacher, performed the beast that blooms, a dance and film work about the cyclical nature of life and other ideas, at BodyVox Dance Center in Portland.
Sarah Schaefer
Class of 2009
SARAH SCHAEFER, BA ’09 (history), was named executive director of Museum on Main in Pleasanton, California.
Jennifer Engelman
Class of 2009
JENNIFER ENGELMAN, BA ’09 (magazine), joined Boly:Welch, a boutique search and advisory firm headquartered in Portland, and will support the executive search division.
Ari Lesser
Class of 2008
ARI LESSER, BS ’08 (political science), a Jewish rapper, headlined the third annual One Flame Festival in Tzfat, Israel.
Jennifer Carroll
Class of 2008
JENNIFER CARROLL, JD ’08, was promoted to partner at Chicago-area Newland and Newland.
Tiffany Cruickshank
Class of 2008
TIFFANY CRUICKSHANK, BS '08 (business administration), began her 10th season as transportation manager at Snake River Produce, a shipper and marketer of onions, in Nyssa, Oregon.
Rachel Herrera
Class of 2008
RACHEL HERRERA, BA ’08 (communication disorders and sciences), was featured in Authority magazine for launching A sweet time to sign, which teaches American Sign Language.
Ryanne Pilgeram
Class of 2007
RYANNE PILGERAM, MS ’07, PhD ’10 (sociology), published the book, Pushed Out: Contested Development and Rural Gentrification in the US West, detailing the transformation of Dover, Idaho, as an embodiment of challenges for rural communities.
Nolan Stolz
Class of 2007
NOLAN STOLZ, MMus ’07 (music composition), was featured in the Illinois Pontiac Daily Leader as a music composer seeking inspiration to write a piece about Route 66.
Clayton Jones
Class of 2006
CLAYTON JONES, MBA ’06 (general business) JD ’06, was hired as chief legal officer at Helo, a wearable technology company headquartered in Miami.
Jordan Kent
Class of 2006
JORDAN KENT, BS ’06 (business administration), announced expansion of the summer multisport program, Just Kids Skill Camps, to Mesa, Arizona, after establishing the sport and agility camps in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Liz Nobis
Class of 2009
LIZ NOBIS, BS ’09 (general science), joined the Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Pennsylvania as its first athletics mental health professional, and will serve the needs of roughly one thousand varsity student-athletes.
Jamie Weaver
Class of 2006
JAMIE WEAVER, PhD ’06 (music history), a musicologist at Stephen F. Austin University in Texas who lived in Spokane, Washington, was featured by Fox 28 Spokane for International Guide Dog Day to explain what her guide dog, Tag, has meant to her.
Emily Farrell
Class of 2006
Emily Farrell, BA '06 (Spanish), JD '09, was hired as director of the senior and disability services division at Lane Council of Governments.
Sarah Dentel
Class of 2009
SARAH DENTEL, BEd ’09 (family and human services), a real estate agent with Rob Trost Real Estate, joined the board of directors of the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce.
Elizabeth Teigland
Class of 2005
ELIZABETH TEIGLAND, MS ’05 (chemistry), became manufacturing director for Calyxt, a plant-based synthetic biotechnology company headquartered in Minnesota.
Kellen Clemens
Class of 2005
KELLEN CLEMENS, BS ’05 (business administration), was featured on the New York Jets website, reflecting on five years as quarterback.