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Alumni News: Every Duck Has a Story

From campus happenings to fascinating news from around the world, consider the UOAA your source for news about our alumni chapters and networks, updates about on-campus activities and milestones.

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Heart of a filmmaker

Heart of a filmmaker

March 23, 2022
A look ahead and a look back: Skye Fitzgerald, MFA ’97 (theater arts), talks about a new undertaking and what kinds of projects motivate him. His film Hunger Ward was a 2021 Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject.
Alumnus pens 1972 track book

Alumnus pens 1972 track book

March 23, 2022
Steve Bence, BA ’75 (mathematics), MBA ’91 (general business), reminisces about his time as an All-American alongside Pre under coach Bill Bowerman in his book, 1972: Pre, UO Track, Nike Shoes, and My Life with Them All.
Let’s Get this Party (Re)started

Let’s get this party (re)started

March 22, 2022
UO's Hip Hop Jam, founded by UO faculty member and alum André Sirois, PhD ’11 (communication and society), celebrates hip-hop culture—while teaching first-year students the business of events planning.
Queen of the bees

Queen of the bees

March 22, 2022
UO biologist Lauren Ponisio has a plan to help the pivotal pollinators in the Pacific Northwest - and it includes Jim Russell, BS ’85 (management), and his wife, Jane Haake, BS ’84 (finance), owners of Whitewater Ranch in Oregon.
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