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Alumni Updates
Joel Heng Hartse
English, 2007
Joel Heng Hartse, 2007 English, taught at universities in China for two years after finishing his M.A. in English at HSU. Hartse completed his Ph.D. in TESL in the Department of Language and Literacy at the University of British Columbia, and as of September 2015, has a teaching-focused, continuing faculty appointment as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. Heartse lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife and their two sons.
Lizbet Husby-Gerry
Anthropology, 2007
Living and working in Oregon.
Melody Stone
Journalism, 2007
Melody Stone, 2007 Journalism, after three years in public media at Capital Public Radio, just started as the marketing and communication specialist at the University of Nevada, Reno journalism school. Stone is also teaching a design lab.
Robert Deane
HistoryJournalism, 2007
Robert Deane currently works in the Public Services Department of the Oregon Tech Library, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He graduated with his MA Ed. in Social Studies from Western Governors University in 2019 and is nearing completion of his Masters in Library Science: Children & Youth Services from St. John's University.
Joel Heng Hartse
English, 2007
Joel Heng Hartse is a Senior Lecturer at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. His latest book is A Very Brief Guide to Reading & Writing in University.
Lauren M. Connolly, Ph.D.
English, 2006, 2010
Lauren M. Connolly, Ph.D., 2006 and 2010, English, completed her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at El Paso in rhetoric and composition after earning her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Humboldt State University. She is an assistant professor at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
Rebecca Anne Tauber Hyke
International StudiesEmphasis in Globalization and Minor in Spanish, 2006
REBECCA SANDLER, 2006, International Studies, (née Hyke), married the love of her life, Reuben Sandler, on June 10, 2013 at a sweet, intimate ceremony at her mother's home on Lake Pleasant in Michigan. The love birds reside in Berkeley, Calif., with their incredible canine companion, Cinder. Reuben is director of mechanical engineering at an exoskeleton company, and Becca works as a doula,.
Francis Shawn Bawden
History, 2006
I graduated with my MLIS – Archival Studies from San Jose State University last month (December 2010). I am currently employed with the National Park Service at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Southern California.
Brynn E. Demei
PoliticsMusic Minor, 2006
Brynn E. Demei, 2006 Politics, now lives in her home country, the beautiful island of the Republic of Palau, where she work as a Commercial Loan Analyst for National Development Bank of Palau (NDBP). Demei will pursue her master's degree in Public Administration next year, through University of San Diego’s graduate cohort program, while she lives and works in Palau.
Jarad Petroske
World Languages and Cultures-German, 2006
Jarad Petroske, 2006 World Languages and Cultures, and his wife and fellow alumni Angie Petroske ('09, Natural Resources Planning & Interpretation) had their second child, Henrietta, in July 2014.