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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their English degrees:

  • Rachel Gray, '07, was accepted into Kundiman, the most prestigious Asian American poetry workshop in the United States.

  • Kelly Roberts, '03 (English and French double major), taught English in a French elementary school in St. Cloud, France, as part of a study-abroad master's-degree program in Paris offered through Middlebury College, in Vermont.

  • Laura Adams, '06, is an associate underwriter with T. Rowe Price.

  • Kelsey Rice Bogdan, '03 (English and history double major), is earning a doctorate at Harvard Divinity School.

  • Leah Silvieus, '07, is teaching English in South Korea as a 2007 Fulbright Scholar.

  • Nicole Craddock, '02, is enrolled in the MBA program at Cornell University.

  • Katie Orphan, '06, is earning a master's degree in 19th-century literature and culture at the University of Sheffield, England.

  • Deborah Bennett, '04, earned a master's degree in post-colonial literature at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

  • Katie Linder, '05, is earning a doctorate in gender studies at The Ohio State University.

  • Renee Huggins, '07, is enrolled in the Master in Teaching Program at the University of Las Vegas.

  • Tahlia Ganser, '05, is a reporter for The Livingston Enterprise.

  • Nicole Parker, '07, is an educational assistant with Americorps.

  • Tara Schmidt, '03, is a reference librarian at the University of Texas, Austin.

  • Genelle Allen, '04, is attending Bread Loaf School of English (a program of Middlebury College, Vermont), in Santa Fe, N.M.

  • Ryan Hackenbracht, '06, is enrolled in master's program at Pennsylvania State University.

  • Katherine Carlson, '03, is attending the University of North Carolina.

  • Phil Hickok, '05, is attending the State University of New York.

  • Kyle Jensen, '03, is earning his doctorate in composition studies at Illinois State University.

  • Kathryn Linder, '05, is earning her doctorate in gender studies at the Ohio State University.

  • Denice Randle, '06, is enrolled in the Master in Teaching Program at Pacific Lutheran University.

  • Courtney Varney, '05, earned an master of library science degree from the University of Washington and is a young-adult librarian in Beaverton, Ore.

  • Katherine Thompson, '05, is assistant manager of Copperfield's Books, in Santa Rosa, Calif.

  • Alyssa Agee, '04, is a marketing and communications executive with Vantage Payroll Services, Inc.

  • Emily Green, '06, is a gallery assistant with R. Grey Gallery, in Boise, Idaho.

  • Jessica Wentworth, '98, is marketing and distribution coordinator for renowned glass-artist Dale Chihuly's studios.

  • David Legry, '91, is a writer and editorial manager for Starbucks Coffee.

  • Jessica Neilson, '88, is a graduate fellow and visiting researcher at Harvard University.

  • Anne Osterlund, '99, is the author of Aurelia, a young-adult fantasy novel published by Penguin Books. Anne teaches sixth grade at Irrigon Elementary School, in Irrigon, Ore.

  • Jessica Smeall, '99, is teen director and assistant camp director for YMCA of Greater Boston.

  • Bill Johnson, '67, an author and professor at Lewis-Clark State College, was appointed as Idaho Writer-in-Residence by the Idaho Commission on the Arts.

  • Kara Briggs, '88, is a reporter for The Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and heads both the Native American Journalists Association and Unity: Journalists of Color, a 5,000-member coalition of journalism groups representing ethnic minorities.

  • Crystal Lattimer, '93, is marketing communications manager for Inscribe Technologies.

  • Bob McMullen, '65, was named the 2000 High School Principal of the Year for Washington State. A former English teacher, McMullen was honored for his leadership in education reform as principal of Kamiakin High School in Kennewick.

  • Elizabeth Jahn, '83, is a librarian for the Washington State Library.

 




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