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Alumni will be guests of honor at the March 17, 2008 Field Fair.

News From Alumni

Katie Fox Freepons('03) earned her MSW and is therapist at Catholic Family and Child Services in Richland........Sarai Engel ('03) recieved her MSW from Smith College and is a counselor at a boarding school in Massachusetts; she married Adam Sweeney in August 2005..........Christina Stenstadvold Johnson('97) worked in the medical field and is now a full-time mom. Christina married Steven Johnson in 2001.........Stephanie Sanders ('97) is working in Denver, Colo. as a counselor for physically and emotionally abused children. She also teaches self-defense. She plans to pursue her MSW.........Kari O'Kelley ('01)earned her MSW at Colorado State University after spending time in Guatamala. She worked two years for Yamhill County and was married in July 2006............Kari Godel ('00) is a youth services coordinator for Women's Crisis Service in Salem. Kari taught English for a year in China after graduation.........Tiffani Molinari ('00) is a Family Advocate for Head Start of Yamhill County and has spent time in Africa.........Jeanie Kimberly ('99) earned an M.S.W. and works for Adult and Elder Mental Health in Walla Wall..........Shannon Kinzer Gander ('00) works for Providence in Portland.......Erin Fast (Johnson) ('99) is a case manager for Adam's County Social Services in Denver...........Galena Bowie ('98), after working three years for Head Start, is now enrolled in the M.S.W. program at the University of Washington..........Kari Koller ('98) is a chemical dependency counselor at Tualatin Valley Centers.........Ray Webb ('01)earned an M.S.W. at Walla Walla College and is working as a lead case manager at the White City Veterans Domicilliary.........Angela Dierickx Petrajanos ('01)earned her MSW and works at Albertina Kerr Centers in Portland......Shannon Killeen Lilienthal ('98) is employed in Philadelphia in a hospital working with inner-city, low-income mothers. Shannon married Chris Lilienthal in June 2002.......Melinda Gunther ('92) lived and worked in Guatemala before settling in Arizona..............Jen Schilperoort Johnson ('99) had a baby girl in August 2005......Erin Oates Johnson ('01) earned her MSW and has one child........Marisa Mandujano Salinas ('98) received her law degree from Willamette University and is a legal assistant for Legal Aid Services of Oregon.........Lindsay Stratton Ruhnke ('00) lives in Portland with husband John and two children. Lindsay also does billing for a private mental health practice......Amber Nice Huwe ('00) is now working for Youth Guidance in Portland after teaching for a year in China. She married Jonathan Huwe summer of 2004.......Scott Henry ('97) is a case manager for Cook Inlet Tribal Council in Anchorage....... Kathryn Jones ('01) completed the M.S.W. program at Portland State and is a medical social worker in Portland....Jana Swindler Wells ('02) is a behavior specialist at a middle school in Clackamas and was married in December 2003.......Angie Nichols Friesen ('03)married in the summer of 2004 and currently lives in Pullman and is a case manager at Sojourner's Alliance, a homeless shelter....... ('04) earned her MSW at Roberts Wesleyan and married Ryan McPherson on Dec. 18, 2004.........Jen Schiliperoot Johnson('99) had baby Maria in 2004......Erin Oates Johnson ('01)earned her MSW and had baby Kincaid in August 2004........Kristen Damron ('03)works in Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry.......Naomi Connor ('04) works for Oregon City School District.........Erin Contreras Grossman('01)lives in Chicago and manages her husband's law practice and is pursuing a graduate degree at DePaul......Heather Ferguson Miller ('04) is aresidential advocate in Portland........Nicole Ledgerwood Frazier ('01)is in the MSW program at University of Alabama.......Bree Robbins ('04) is a case worker for the Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division in Eugene......Katie Grunder Gilbert (Dec. '04)works for DSS in Sacramento.......Jamie Kingery McKay ('02) received her masters in criminal justice and is a Qualified Mental Health Professional at McLaren in Woodburn.....Courtney Heck ('03) is working in Guatamala for Kids Alive International and married Tono Rodriguez in Fall '07......Randy Radley ('02) earned his MSW at Walla Walla College and is currently in a PhD program. He is a clinician for Nakenu Family Center in Nakenu, Alaska......Cori Wulf Clausen ('03) works for Keizer Chamber of Commerce Work Force Development......Rachael Shelton ('05)graduated from the MSW program at Baylor University and is a therapeutic school counselor at the Phoenix School in Roseburg; she married Matthew Paris in Aug. '07......Grace Crabb ('05) is working at NW Human Services Host Youth and Family Program in Salem......Julie Wilson '05 is working for All God's Children International, a Christian adoption and relief organization in Portland......Angela Cornelius Rickey, MSW ('01) lives in Arizona and baby Jacob was born in Spring of 2005.......Laura Chorney Moore ('05) earned her MSW at Baylor University....Stephanie Reedal ('05)married Luke Wellbourn in March '07 and lives in New Jersey.....Mindy Anderson('06)is a case worker at Christian Family Adoptions.......Jessica Sweeney ('06) is attending nursing school at Linfield....Carley Willis ('06)is working at the Christie School in Portland.......Michelle Hall ('06) is an activities coordinator at a homeless shelter in southern Oregon........Megan Hinkle ('05) works in a therapeutic classroom in Oregon City.......Amanda Potter ('05) completed Mission Year in Chicago and now is in an MSW program at Dominican as well as working at Travelers Aid at O'Hare........Rachael Overall ('04) is in the MAT program at George Fox........Sharon Shaw ('04) works ARMS in Hillsboro.......April Barsalou ('06) is mom to baby Caleb.......Laura Douglas ('06) is working at Ronald Mcdonald house in Portland while applying to graduate school.......Emilee Harris Wolfer ('07) was married in Aug. '07.........Lacey Holman Sheppard ('07) is in the MSW program at Baylor University........ Brenna Witherspoon ('07) works at Chehalem Youth and Family Services in Newberg.........Valerie Ring ('07)works at Human Solutions in Portland........Jill Kojima ('07) is in the MSW program at USC..........Mari Oyama ('07) is working at the Dream Center in Los Angeles.........