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Photo  Adventures of the Mind
 Anna
Major: Biology & Psychology
Minor: Ochem
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Favorite UO Course: Disability Studies Colloquia
Plans after graduation: Grad school, working in a psychology lab, traveling


 

Photo  All That Jazz
 Leonor
Major: Anthropology
Minor: Music
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Favorite UO Course: Jazz History 1900-1950
Plans after graduation: Study ethnomusicology in grad school, become a professor & hopefully move abroad


 

Photo  Ancient Stories
 Alison
Major: Journalism & Spanish
Minor: Religious Studies & Writing, Public Speaking and Critical Reasoning
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Favorite UO Course: Intro to the New Testament and Grammar! Yes, grammar... I'm super cool, I guess.
Plans after graduation: After I marry rich, you mean? Heh, kidding... I'm thinking about law school, but my plans always seem to restructure themselves as they happen. So who knows!


 

Photo  Animal Behavior
 Alison
Major: Biology
Hometown: Philomath, OR
Favorite UO Course: That is a very difficult question… perhaps WGS 101 but there are so many good ones
Plans after graduation: Get my teaching certificate, do something meaningful, enjoy life.


 

Photo  Animal Planet
 Lucy
Major: Japanese & Linguistics
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Favorite UO Course: Japanese Linguistics—JPN 407
Plans after graduation: Spend a year in Japan doing field research then grad school at Berkeley. My secret dream is to become a naturalist in Japan and lead bird watching tours around Mt. Fuji.


 

Photo  Art of Expression
 Jo
Major: Journalism
Minor: Theatre Arts
Hometown: Portland, OR
Favorite UO Course: Acting I!
Plans after graduation: Trip to Africa, peace corps, cross country road trip, slaying dragons, saving the world…


 

Photo  As the World Shrinks
 Alisha
Major: Family and Human Services
Minor: Non-profit Administration
Hometown: Palmer, AK
Favorite UO Course: INTL 240: Perspectives on International Development
Plans after graduation: Work in Human Services with women and children in West Africa. Later, get my Masters in counseling.


 

Photo  Backstory
 Madeline
Major: Journalism & Environmental Studies
Minor: Non-profit Management
Hometown: Long Beach, WA
Favorite UO Course: Geography of Film
Plans after graduation: Something that combines Environmental Studies and Journalism or probably open my own bakery! I would also like to study film as a grad student at Chapman University


 

Photo  Bella Italia!
 Iris
Major: Journalism
Hometown: Amity, OR
Favorite UO Course: ITAL 150, HIST 102, J201
Plans after graduation: Travel abroad twice, start a business, go to grad school, change lives, and marry the love of my life.


 

Photo  Big Issues, Small World
 Robyn
Major: International Studies & Spanish
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Favorite UO Course: It is a tie between Food and Social Action & Trees of Oregon
Plans after graduation: Graduation?! I plan on never graduating or leaving university! PhD, her I come! Once I leave the Peace Corps, master the art of French cooking, obtain my pilot’s license, and climb Mt. Whitney, I hope to teach!


 

Photo  C:\My Planet
 Katie
Major: Environmental Science
Minor: Geography
Hometown: Pocatello, ID
Favorite UO Course: ENVS 350-Ecology of Energy Generation; and Back Country Navigation
Plans after graduation: Peace Corps then hopefully I will get a job as an environmental consultant for some government organization or a ski resort (the ultimate goal)


 

Photo  Camels and Cowboys
 Emma
Major: Business
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Favorite UO Course: ASUO Internship
Plans after graduation: I am interested in international business, specifically shipping and logistics. I know I want to go to grad school, but I will be taking some time off from school first.


 

Photo  Creativity Toolbox
 Rachel
Major: Journalism: Advertising
Hometown: Olympia, WA
Favorite UO Course: Tai Chi with Machiko
Plans after graduation: Time for and awesome life continuation!


 

Photo  Cultural Encounters
 Andrea
Major: Political Science
Minor: Philosophy
Hometown: San Leandro/Hayward, CA
Favorite UO Course: Ethnic Studies 101 (Professor Reyes-Santos)
Plans after graduation: traveling, graduate school (law school)


 

Photo  Dangerous Bets
 Thea
Major: German
Minor: History
Hometown: Grants Pass, OR
Favorite UO Course: German
Plans after graduation: Travel and then come back to the U.S. for grad school


 

Photo  Dark Self
 Kate
Major: Dance
Minor: English
Hometown: Jacksonville, OR
Favorite UO Course: Phil 110 or any of the dance classes I have taken here at UO
Plans after graduation: Grad school somewhere for dance, then dance and teach and hopefully become a dance scholar.


 

Photo  Distant Cousins
 Katie
Major: Human Physiology
Hometown: Spokane, WA
Favorite UO Course: Anatomy, Physiology & Weight Training Freshman Seminar
Plans after graduation: I hope to become either a personal or athletic trainer for athletes who are in college or younger.


 

Photo  Education and Social Service
 Tara
Major: Family and Human Services
Hometown: Bend, OR
Favorite UO Course: EDST 111
Plans after graduation: I want to join the Peace Corp, and then work as a social worker in the ER.


 

Photo  Electronic Nose
 Trevor
Major: Biology
Hometown: Reno, NV
Favorite UO Course: MUJ 350: History of Jazz
Plans after graduation: I enjoy skiing, playing music, exercising, eating healthy, lazy days in nice weather, random shenanigans, and good times in general. After college I hope to attend medical school, but I am looking forward to anything that comes my way.


 

Photo  Footprints We Leave
 Emily
Major: International Studies
Minor: Anthropology
Hometown: Waco, TX
Favorite UO Course: INTL 240
Plans after graduation: Peace Corps and graduate school


 

Photo  Forensic Science
 Dorey
Major: Human Physiology
Minor: Chemistry
Hometown: Liberty Lake, WA
Favorite UO Course: Human Phys 314 with Dr. Lovering and Dr. Halliwill
Plans after graduation: Attend Medical School, be an M.D.


 

Photo  Geography of Power and Prosperity
 Lizzie
Major: Economics & Philosophy
Hometown: Beaverton, OR
Favorite UO Course: EC 470, J385, CLAS 303, and RUSS 335
Plans after graduation: travel, volunteer abroad, teach, swim in lots of rivers, and then go to grad school to study international political economy and development...or Russian Literature and German Philosophy. We'll see.


 

Photo  Get the Picture
 Stephanie
Major: Business Administration
Minor: Psychology
Hometown: Westlake Village, CA
Plans after graduation: To obtain a job as an event planner!


 

Photo  Got Opinions?
 Alexandra
Major: Undeclared
Hometown: Long Island, NY→ San Diego, CA
Favorite UO Course: Family and Human Services 216
Plans after graduation: Graduate school/employment


 

Photo  Hidden History
 Matt
Major: History
Minor: Political Science
Hometown: Sammamish, WA
Favorite UO Course: Military History
Plans after graduation: Go back to school! Become a Grad student that can lead to a PhD with the ultimate goal of becoming a history professor!


 

Photo  Honors Science
 Cindy
Major: Biology
Minor: Chinese & Biochemistry
Hometown: Clackamas, OR
Favorite UO Course: Honors
Plans after graduation: To go to medical school to become a doctor. I’m currently also thinking about going to graduate school to pursue research and even law school to purpose a career in law.


 

Photo  How Noble In Reason
 Carissa
Major: Psychology
Minor: Writing, Speaking, Critical Reasoning
Hometown: Eugene, OR
Favorite UO Course: Shakespeare- ENG 207
Plans after graduation: I would like to go to grad school and get my Masters in counseling psychology


 

Photo  Inside Architecture
 Kody
Major: Architecture
Minor: Japanese & Landscape Architecture
Hometown: Great Falls, MT
Favorite UO Course: Rock Climbing
Plans after graduation: I plan to internship with a respected architecture firm in the Northwest and eventually become a partner and learn how to manage a firm and build a great team.


 

Photo  International Outlook
 Stacie
Major: International Studies & Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Hometown: St. Helens, OR
Favorite UO Course: Swahili (LING 199)
Plans after graduation: Join the Peace Corps and get my Master’s degree


 

Photo  Intersections of Expression
 Katie
Major: Spanish & Women and Gender Studies
Hometown: Eugene, OR
Favorite UO Course: Feminist Pedagogy
Plans after graduation: Work for Teach for America, travel, be politically active for women internationally, get a graduate degree and hopefully somewhere along the way fall in love.


 

Photo  Media Mirror
 Mackenzie
Major: Undeclared
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Favorite UO Course: any Anthropology class
Plans after graduation: I still refuse to believe that I have to grow up and get a job, but when I finally do decide to act like an adult I plan on traveling for a year or two. Eventually I want to open a bookstore/record shop/coffee shop on the coast.


 

Photo  Molecules and Medicine
 Kofi
Major: Biology & Business Administration
Hometown: Ghana (born and raised)
Favorite UO Course: Writing and Chemistry Lab
Plans after graduation: Medical school to be a surgeon


 

Photo  Money and Power
 Jodi
Major: Economics
Minor: Human Physiology
Hometown: Johannesburg/Portland, OR
Favorite UO Course: Multinational Corporations
Plans after graduation: Not sure yet


 

Photo  Moving to MTV
 Hila
Major: Undeclared (considering Communication Disorders and Sciences)
Minor: Judaic Studies
Hometown: Sunnyvale, CA
Favorite UO Course: Ethnic Studies 101
Plans after graduation: volunteer/study in my home country, Israel.


 

Photo  Nano-Newton
 Courtney
Major: Physics & Math
Minor: Business
Hometown: Salem, OR
Favorite UO Course: History of Motion Picture
Plans after graduation: continue education with graduate school, go into research


 

Photo  Oregon Outside
 Tracy
Major: Geology
Minor: Geography
Hometown: Medford, OR
Favorite UO Course: GEOL 331-Mineralogy
Plans after graduation: Fieldwork, research, education, geomorphology studies with emphasis on environmental restoration and sustainability


 

Photo  Papas o Patatas
 Emily
Major: Anthropology & Spanish
Hometown: Napa, CA
Favorite UO Course: EDST 212 with Ronald Beghetto
Plans after graduation: Moving back to California and looking for a school to get my Masters in social work.


 

Photo  Pen the Xtreme!
 Robert
Major: Pre-Journalism
Minor: Business
Hometown: Gresham, OR
Favorite UO Course: Existentialism
Plans after graduation: travel, climb, write.


 

Photo  Physiology of Diversity
 Janessa
Major: Human Physiology
Hometown: Littleton, CO
Favorite UO Course: Biology and Choir
Plans after graduation: Medical school hopefully.


 

Photo  Planetary Atmospheres
 Meghan
Major: Human Physiology
Minor: Spanish
Hometown: Orinda, CA
Favorite UO Course: Spanish
Plans after graduation: Hopefully attend Med-School to become a pediatrician and to be happy in general


 

Photo  Pushing the Envelope
 Rachel
Major: Linguistics & International Studies
Hometown: Fall Creek, OR
Favorite UO Course: LING 490: Sociolinguistics
Plans after graduation: Hopefully wander around the world before grad school, after that taking over Anthony Bourdain's show on the travel channel is a life goal.


 

Photo  Rock ‘n’ Science
 Martin
Major: Physics & Math
Hometown: Clackamas, OR
Favorite UO Course: HC History
Plans after graduation: graduate school


 

Photo  Setting the Stage
 Dan
Major: Theatre & Dance
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Favorite UO Course: Looking At Dance
Plans after graduation: Either get famous with my band or join the Coast Guard


 

Photo  Shakespeare's Music
 Aric
Major: …Music Composition… Biology… Philosophy. I’m not quite sure.
Minor: Spanish
Hometown: Scappoose, OR
Favorite UO Course: Anything that lets me be creative.
Plans after graduation: Peace Corps and then medical school.


 

Photo  Shaping Society
 Bolormaa
Major: International Studies & Environmental Studies
Hometown: Ulannbaatar, Mongolia
Favorite UO Course: INTL 240
Plans after graduation: Graduate School


 

Photo  Silk Road
 Nick
Major: Philosophy
Minor: English & History
Hometown: Portland, OR
Favorite UO Course: Honors College History
Plans after graduation: Teaching or Law, or something else…


 

Photo  Sorting Hat
 Laurel
Major: Spanish
Minor: Education
Hometown: Corvallis, OR
Favorite UO Course: Education III; “History, Spirituality, and Dance in Africa” Freshman Seminar
Plans after graduation: Spanish. Teaching. Marriage. Babies.


 

Photo  Stories We Tell
 Colette
Major: Spanish & International Studies
Minor: French
Hometown: Denver, CO
Favorite UO Course: France Contemporaine
Plans after graduation: Working with an international NGO, the Peace Corps, or the U.S. State Department


 

Photo  Tales and Traditions
 Angela
Major: Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Minor: International Studies
Hometown: Fremont, CA
Favorite UO Course: All of them!
Plans after graduation: Peace Corps…then who knows where life will take me!


 

Photo  The Examined Life
 Mackenzie
Major: Environmental Science
Hometown: Gold Beach, OR
Favorite UO Course: Trees Across Oregon
Plans after graduation: Maybe go a 5th year for a teaching license


 

Photo  Thinking About Teaching
 Danielle
Major: Undeclared
Hometown: A little town known as Mill City, OR
Favorite UO Course: EDST 111
Plans after graduation: I always get stuck on this question...today, I want to continue my education to eventually become a high school teacher (in possibly English/or Humanities). But that’s today, who knows about tomorrow? I may take a class tomorrow that inspires me in a different direction…


 

Photo  Thinking Images
 Jeff
Major: Philosophy & Political Science
Hometown: Salem, OR
Favorite UO Course: Ethics, Marxism & Radical Thought
Plans after graduation: Go to film school to get my Masters in Film & Art. I then plan to go into editing, directing, or cinematography


 

Photo  Tomato, Tomäto
 Kris
Major: Linguistics & Ethnic Studies
Minor: Chinese
Hometown: Chugiak, AK
Favorite UO Course: ES 256: Intro to Native American Studies
Plans after graduation: Non-Profit something, teaching English as a second language or selling noodles in Asia. I still don’t know!


 

Photo  Two Thumbs Up!
 Hayden
Major: Journalism
Hometown: Puna, Hawai’i
Favorite UO Course: Geology
Plans after graduation: Live on the beach for a couple years and get stoked on the radiation coming off the waves. Live life off the ‘aina.


 

Photo  Unlocking the Truth
 Jeremy
Major: Psychology & Spanish
Hometown: Grants Pass, OR
Favorite UO Course: Psychology 366- Culture and Mental Health
Plans after graduation: To get my PhD in Clinical Psychology and focus on Schizophrenia and culture-bound illnesses


 

Photo  Urban Garden
 Camille
Major: International Studies
Minor: French
Hometown: Ashland, OR
Favorite UO Course: INTL 240 with Galvan, and Urban Farm
Plans after graduation:Something exciting


 

Photo  Value and Values
 Anna
Major: Business & Economics
Minor: History
Hometown: Salt Lake City, UT
Favorite UO Course: Rock History: 1965-present
Plans after graduation: I really haven’t thought that far ahead, but I relaly hope it involves a job in my major. Something in marketing would be neat.


 

Photo  Visual Lens
 Dana
Major: Journalism: Magazine
Hometown: San Francisco Bay Area
Favorite UO Course: Photography (ART 251)
Plans after graduation: Work in graphic design for a magazine of some sort, preferably music!


 

Photo  War and Peace
 Drew
Major: Humanities, History & Classics
Hometown: Roseburg, OR
Favorite UO Course: HIST 410: Historical Perspectives on Diversity
Plans after graduation: Graduate school, eventual professorship


 

Photo  World Community and Conflict
 Quincey
Major: International Studies, History
Minor: French, German
Hometown: Skillman, NJ
Favorite UO Course: INTL 240
Plans after graduation: Hopefully Join the Peace Corps, Work in Africa for an NGO, get a Masters degree in film production and make totally rad documentaries.


 

Photo  World Within Us
 Rachel
Major: Anthropology
Favorite UO Course: Middle Eastern Cultures
Plans after graduation: Teach for America, and then hopefully attend Boston University and get a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Maternal and Child Health.