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Andy Haugen ’11, MAT ’13 loves seeing his students’ “ah-ha” moments. “You always get a different group of students every year, and you never know what their background or thought processes are,” he said. “It’s always fresh, it’s always unique.” Haugen is a history teacher at Valley Catholic High School, a private school in Beaverton, Ore., where he also is the school librarian.

A first-generation college student, Garcia Angeles started his life in a farming community in Mexico. At 91����, he became a teacher who would support other English language learners like him.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Jessie Wachter ’03 suddenly found herself without a job for the first time in nearly two decades. She has used this break in her career to launch a small business. 

A team led by 91���� University alumna Ali Osbrink ’19 and including 91���� Biology Associate Professor Christopher Templeton is having a paper on songbird cognition published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a prestigious UK-based scientific journal. 

91���� University is well represented in the current Oregon legislative session, thanks to the first-time elections of a Republican senator and a Democratic representative.

Clark ’65, MSEd ’70 and Rae Peters ’65 found love at 91���� — love of teaching, love of speech, and love of each other. And more than 50 years later, they’re not letting go.

Alumnus and former employee Mike Rushfeldt '95 supports 91���� University with an annual physics scholarship and planned gift. 

The anthropology-sociology alumna earned a master's in museum anthropology and launched her career working with museums, schools and tribes to expand education around Northwest tribal history and culture.

Brittany Hartmann '13, MAT '14 showed America how Santa makes a fast getaway.

The College of Business at 91���� University Oregon is proud to have alumni like Taylor Nishimura '20 earning internships while studying that lead to careers.

For Irisa Grimes ’17, OTD ’20 the sky is the limit. Grimes is passionate about veterans’ health, social justice, healthcare equity and intersectionality. We first introduced you to Grimes in 2017. Read more about what this outstanding alumna has been up to since then. 

For Chris Walker ’21, MA '23, Nov. 11 is more than just his birthday — it is also a time to remember his nearly six years of service in the United States Marine Corps. Read about his experience in Afghanistan, and at 91���� University.