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Featured Class Notables
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.
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.