BEARCAT WORLD
Class Notes
vocalist of Highlands audiences for several years, Susannah has lent her vocal talents to big bands, jazz combos, Latin jazz ensembles and a cappella vocal groups, as well as Motown, classic rock, Top 40 and R&B funk bands.
1997
Dr. Amy Van Wey Lovatt ’01
Melinda Hepp ’03
20TH REUNION
Ryan Teague Beckwith is working as a senior editor at Time magazine’s bureau in Washington, D.C. He also teaches journalism part-time at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies. Craig Jackson recently earned a master’s of science in sport management from Northern Illinois University. He was also named faculty department chair for health and human performance and director of athletics at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
Lynn Miyahira ’03 and her husband, Chris Kupa
Sukhee So ’03 and her husband, Gary Chinn
Davin Kubota received the Board of Regents’ Excellence in Teaching Award for Kapi’olani Community College. He lives in Waialae, Hawaii, and misses Willamette and Phi Delta Theta very much.
Michelle (Levin) Barsook ’06, MAT’07
FALL 2016
In May, Melinda Hepp was promoted to vice president at Blattel Communications, a leading public relations and marketing agency specializing in professional services and business-to-business communications in San Francisco. Lynn Miyahira and Chris Krupa were married on July 1, 2016, in Kailua, Hawaii.
1998
To Lori (Northcraft) Baxter and David Baxter, a son, Noe Owen, born June 21, 2016. Lori recently accepted a position with Handicap International in Vientiane, Laos, supporting victims of land mines and unexploded ordnance. Lori and her family moved to Laos in September.
2001 Audra (McDonald) Brown received the Oregon PTA Teacher of the Year award in June.
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To John Hall MBA’05 and Emily Barrett, a son, Walter Duncan Hall, born July 26, 2016.
Sukhee So and Gary Chinn were married on May 21, 2016, in Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Amy Van Wey Lovatt received the 2016 Zonta Science Award from the Zonta Club of Wellington in New Zealand. Established in 1990, the award aims to further the status of women in scientific fields.
Noe Owen, son of Lori (Northcraft) Baxter ’04 and David Baxter
2003
Kara Ritzheimer published a book with Cambridge University Press titled “’Trash,’ Censorship, and National Identity in Early Twentieth Century Germany.”
Akie Toyama earned a master’s degree in global studies from Sophia University in Japan. Her husband is studying for a master’s in environmental engineering. The couple has a 5-year-old son, Victor.
Mikaela Wingard-Phillips ’05 (left) and her wife, Amanda
Martensen has won the Dan Evans Innovation Award in teaching. A practicing artist whose work can be seen at keldamartensen. com, Kelda serves as an artist-inresidence at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Her husband, Michael Olsen ’01, is a collaborative special educator and department chair at Highline High School in Burien, Washington. Michael earned his National Board teaching certificate in 2013 and curates a vintage world music podcast. The couple lives in West Seattle with daughter Inez and dog Kenya.
15TH REUNION
Since becoming tenured in 2015, North Seattle College art professor and art department chair Kelda
2004
Carol-Ann Nelson established Destination Rehab, a nonprofit organization that provides rehabilitation to people with neurological conditions through community training and outdoor challenges. In June, the organization received a seed grant from The Pollination Project.
2005 Class Liaison – Nathan Love Anna Derr received her master’s degree in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology