WWU / Fairhaven College of Interdiscipinary Studies

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Roger Gilman (73) worked with Harvey Gelder on a Fairhaven concentration in the philosophy of science, and is now the Dean of Fairhaven College...more

 

Frank James (73) is a doctor who works for the Nooksack Indian Tribe, teaches a bit at the UW in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, also has worked abroad, in India, China and East Timor...more

 

Karlin Frederick (74) worked in Bend, Oregon at Central Oregon Community College as a Career Exploration Counselor...more

 

T.G.“Torg” Hadley (74) tells us his life story, including hitchhiking in Europe, working on a kibbutz, a BA in English Literature, a stint as a sous-Chef, a Staff Sergeant career in the Army, an MS in Education, and now a career in theater and film. He's recently self-published a book of poetry...more

 

Carol V. Davis (75) won the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2007 after several trips (2 of them Fulbright awards) to Russia. She teacesh English at Santa Monica College and is working on a new book...more

 

Mary Fiorenza (75-77) got her PhD, and teaches undergrad writing courses at the University of Wisconsin...more

 

Gordon Scott (78) works with two former Fairhaven professors, Bob Keller and Rand Jack, as the Conservation Director for the Whatcom Land Trust, after receiving his Master's Degree in Environmental Planning...more

 

Wendy Walker (79) is currently teaching at both Fairhaven College and Huxley College, after many adventures including work as the first woman Wilderness Ranger in the Glacier Peak Wilderness...more

 

Tim Costello (81) has been an AIDS activist for over 22 years. Tim founded the Slum Doctor Programme (SDP), a grassroots non-profit organization that is providing hope, medicine, food, education and dignity to orphans and people living with AIDS in Africa...more

 

Lesley Thomas (82), wrote the award-winning novel Flight of the Goose, from the background of growing up in the Arctic within Inupiaq culture...more

 

Michael Turek (82) was the coauthor with Dr. Robert H. Keller of the book American Indians & National Parks, and is now the Tribal Relations Program Manager at Six Rivers National Forest located in Eureka, CA...more

 

Keiko Yokota-Carter (82) was voted North American Coordinating Council (NCC) Chair-Elect and will serve as Chair from 2010-2012. She received her Masters degrees from Stanford University in Education, and at the University of Michigan in Information and Library Studies, after teaching Japanese at Amherst College...more

 

Linda Sue Nelson Hoofnagle (84) is a fiber artist with a studio in downtown Bellingham...more

 

Kerri James Geary (85) Educator, Speaker, Journey Practitioner, and Spiritual Mentor--is no stranger to health care...more

 

Kathryn Johnston Chindaporn (attended 85-86) works as a translator for the Abbot at the Temple Wat Phra That in Sri Chom Thong, Thailand...more

 

Erika Ginnis (86) has worked as a Research Chemist, the lead singer in a band, singing as a part of an 85 person choir, and serving as the vice president a Modern-Jazz dance company...more

 

Eric Brown (87) started a Toaster Museum from a collection of toasters as artwork! more

 

Jennifer Eichstedt (87) was chosen as Outstanding Professor of the Year in 2009! Jennifer is a professor of Sociology at Humboldt State University in California...more

 

Michael Kleven (88) is in film school now...more

 

Flip Breskin (90) is teaching guitar and doing some neighborhood organizing...more

 

Chad Goller-Sojourner (93) is a spoken word performance artist, and 2007-2008 Seattle Poet Populist Nominee...more

 

Corbin Lewars (93) took the plunge to pursue her dream of becoming a self-employed writer and editor. She's never looked back and her memoir, Creating a Life (Catalyst Book Press, 2010) describes that journey...more

 

Vonita McGee (93) is a case manager for TRAC Associates, which helps people obtain employment through training and direct placement. She designed a health maintenance program called "Chronic Fitness"...more

 

Coll Thrush (93), author of the book "Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place" was named, along with MacArthur recipient, David Montgomery and Sherman Alexie, as one of six recipients of the Washington State Book Award...more

 

Carrie Blackwood (95) graduated from the Hamline University School of Law, and is now the Director of Training/ Union Representative for a progressive public employee union...more

 

Julie Jefferson (95) was named regional manager of Indian Policy and Support Services for the State Department of Social and Health Services in Olympia, Washington...more

 

Michael Hill (97) earned a PhD from Columbia University’s Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures and has been teaching Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina since 2007...more

 

Joel Runnels (97): is living in Minnesota to serve with Global Deaf Connection, a non-profit organization which supports Deaf Africans to become Deaf Educators...more

 

Dana Starr (97) is enrolled in a Master's of Fine Arts program for Creative Writing, volunteering at the Crocker Museum of Art, and will start the docent program there in 2011...more

 

Adam Carmel (00) moved to San Francisco to attend the California School of Professional Psychology Ph.D. program and has been working at the San Francisco Department of Public Health...more

 

Libby Chenault (00) runs her own craft business, Moth and Squirrel, and sells at the Bellingham Farmers Market...more

 

Allison Lutz (00) was working as Conservation Director at North Olympic Land Trust for 5 years, and has moved sunny Bend, Oregon to explore another beautiful place and rediscover my life purpose...more

 

Kim Morrison (00) is 8 months pregnant and due to have our little boy Ellison during the first week of December, and is the Information Literacy and Outreach Librarian at Chabot Community College...more

 

Skye Burn (01) is the executive director of The Flow Project, a non-profit organization based in Bellingham. The Flow Project works to integrate the principles of art into the practice of leadership and leadership education...more

 

Jane Carten (01) is a Director and President of the Bellingham headquarted financial services company Saturna Capital, which she joined in June 1997. She serves on the board of the Mount Baker Theatre...more

 

Nicole Champagne (01) was featured in Sunset Magazine for her jewelry company, Stone Soup Designs.

 

Ethan Kerber (01) is in graduate school for industrial design at San Francisco State University, and was recently commissioned to complete a 25ft public art sculpture in Washington D.C...more

 

Kyle Haley (03) graduated from The Conway School of Landscape Design with an MA in Landscape Design and is one of two recipients of the David Bird International Service Fellowship for 2009.

 

Shannon Gates (03) and George Thomsen (03) were married in 2005 and now live in Spokane with their one year old daughter, Charlotte. George moonlights as a live sound engineer, Shannon worked as a screen printer and taught yoga...more

 

Katherine Greiner (03) is pursuing her master’s degree in counseling at James Madison University...more

 

LaMesha Melton (05) is a a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, getting an MPH in Maternal and Child Health with a Health Disparities concentration. She's currently on the cover of Hip Mama Zine...more

 

Trey Avery (06) lives in Brooklyn, NY and works for Keeling & Associates, a firm that develops cultural and organizational change strategies for colleges and universities to improve learning and the student experience...more

 

Jeffrey Howard (06) is working toward a Masters degree in Mental Health Counseling at Antioch University in Seattle...more

 

Afrose Ahmed (07) is living in Austin, TX, where she started an MA program in Asian Studies focusing on Urdu language and poetry and political and social movements in South Asia...more

 

Annalee Dunn (07) is working on an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and is writing and publishing poetry and teaching writing workshops in the community...more

 

Spencer Edwards (07) took an Americorps position with Habitat for Humanity New York City as a construction site leader...more

 

Ryan Hashagen (07) is the Owner of Cascadia Cabs, operating pedicabs comprised of tricycles and chariots in downtown Bellingham...more

 

Deborah Lutz (07) works with children with learning disorders as an Instructional Assistant at the new I.B. (International Baccalaureate) elementary school...more

 

Gabriel Lukeris (08) is choreographing for the tenth (tenth!) New Music/New Dance concert (his Fairhaven Senior Project). He may be performing in a duet at St. Marks Church in Manhattan...more

 

Kendra Peterson (08) is living in Japan working for a private English school called JOY English Academy...more

 

Andrea Bibee (09) is a 1L at University of Oregon Law School, and was awarded one of only two scholarships for first-year students, the Herbert B. Galton Labor Relations Law Scholarship...more

 

Seres Kyrie (09) is living in Ohio, having a second child soon, and is working on children's book...more

 

Jordan Rain (09) is just back from a three-week tour with Yogoman Burning Band, where he met some bigger players in the music industry...more

 

 

Notes from former Faculty & Staff

Bob Keller (retired faculty, 1968-1994) & Pat Karlberg (Administrative Assistant to the Fairhaven Dean, 1967-87) live in the same small southwestern German village located between the Rhine and Danube rivers each fall. Much of their social/intellectual life still involves Fairhaven...more

 

Bill Heid (retired faculty, 1970-1998) and June Gordon continue to enjoy life in Santa Cruz. Three around the world trips had such highlights as South Africa and Chile on our way to south India and the Phillipines while another trip included Lithuania, Croatia, and north India on our way to Japan...more

 

Sooby Barrett (former Curriculum, Assessment and Records Manager from 1983-2007) has, since retiring, sold some things on eBay, participated in some holiday arts & crafts sales, and spent a lot of time with family members. She gets together with David Mason (former faculty, 1968-1998) and Pat Jackson (76) for lunch fairly often, and has been doing lots of gardening...more