class notes Jacobsen-Kaufman Wedding It was a Valentine’s Day wedding for EWU alumni couple, Lauren Jacobsen ’13, BA criminal justice, and Brandon Kaufman. If the wedding officiant looks familiar, you’re right – head football coach Beau Baldwin did the honors. The couple tied the knot Feb. 14, 2015, at the Highlands Ranch Mansion in Colorado. They met at EWU, where she played soccer (anchor of the midfield, 2009) and he was an All-American wide receiver (2009-2011). Per their wedding website: “Brandon and Lauren met in college at Eastern Washington University (Go Eags!). They had no idea they would become the greatest love story of all time when they initially met. It took their fat friend Cody having a big fat BBQ sophomore year for them to realize that they had no choice but to become best friends, fall in love and make the world a more beautiful place by doing so. Brandon works at Just Results Fitness in Broomfield, Colorado, and Lauren is the legal administrator for Kidneigh & Kaufman P.C., in Denver.
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’07 Sam Buzby, BA visual communication design, and ’07 Heather (Gwynn) Buzby, BA children’s studies, welcomed twin girls, Nora and Natalie, in November. Sam is the Web communications consultant in the Marketing & Communications Department at EWU. ’07 Jerad L. Farley, BA education, has been named the new Rocky Heights Elementary School principal in the Hermiston School District, effective July 1. Jerad previously served as a district instructional coach at Wahitis Elementary School in the Othello School District. ’07 Sydney Pehl, BA economics, has joined Choice Realty in Spokane. She was formerly an assistant branch manager at Chase Bank in downtown Spokane.
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’06 Jaime Peterson, BA interdisciplinary studies, has been hired as the clinical director of Lakeside Recovery Center’s chemical dependency rehabilitation facility in Spokane. She has been a chemical dependency professional for more than nine years. ’06 Randy Robbins, BA communication studies, released his new album, The Grass is Always Yellower, available on iTunes, or you can stream it live at randyrobbins.bandcamp.com.
’06 Lars Slind, BA international studies, an actor and model based in Los Angeles, appeared in the April 10 episode of NBC’s TV show, Grimm. Slind is starring in the upcoming movie, Last Call at Murray’s, with Michael Gross (Family Ties) and John Savage (Deer Hunter). The movie is in postproduction.
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’05 Paul M. Terrell, BA graphic communications and multimedia programming, has joined Rainmaker Creative, a creative design and marketing firm in Spokane, as a visual communications designer.
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’04 Thomas G. Holmes, MFA creative writing, has released his latest book of poems, The Cave (The Bitter Oleander Press). Holmes is the editor of Redactions: Poetry & Poetics. He is also the author of Poems for an Empty Church; The Oldest Stone in the World; Henri, Sophie & the Hieratic Head of Ezra Pound: Poems Blasted from the Vortex; Pre-Dew Poems; Negative Time; After Malagueña, and Poetry Assignments: The Book (Sage Hill Press, forthcoming). His prose writing about wine, poetry book reviews and poetry may be found at his blog, The Line Break @ thelinebreak. wordpress.com.
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