Nora Smith (BA 1962) is currently “locked up”, like most people are today, in a retirement home in Vancouver, WA. She enjoys hearing from fellow graduates who are in different parts of the state.
MA, 1976: Tom Martinsen
Tom Martinsen (MA, 1976) published a poem in the literary magazine at a college where he taught and an essay in the union magazine in of which he was a member. He has also published opinion pieces in his local paper. He is currently six years into retirement and is curious about people with whom he attended graduate school at Western.
MA, 2011: Tanya Perkins
Tanya Perkins (MA, 2011) earned her MFA at Murray State and is now the Chair of the English Department at Indiana University East. In 2018 she published a chapbook through WTAW Press as well as numerous short stories and pieces on teaching writing. Her current research focuses on creative writing pedagogy and program assessment.
BA, 2018: Cole Wilder
Cole Wilder (BA, 2018) attends UT Austin where he is pursuing a Masters degree in Media Studies and is currently in the early stages of writing a thesis on art house theaters and microcinemas which imagine, build, and sustain communities of filmgoing through film programming and exhibition strategies.
BA, 2019: Ryan Grey
Ryan Grey (BA, 2019) will attend Columbia University in Fall 2020 to pursue an MFA degree.
BA, 2017: Caitlin Upshall
Caitlin Upshall (BA, 2017) will be graduating in June 2020 with a Master’s in Public Administration from the Evergreen State College.
MA,1997: Jason Pickavance
Jason Pickavance (MA,1997) is the Associate Provost for Academic Operations at Salt Lake Community College.
BA, 2005: Rena Priest
Rena Priest (BA, 2005) has recently been published by High Country News for her article “A Captive Orca and a Chance for Our Redemption.” https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.4/indigenous-affairs-wildlife-a-captive-orca-and-a-chance-for-our-redemption.
BA, 2019: McKenzie Grenz
McKenzie Grenz (BA, 2019) has been accepted to a Master’s in Social Work program.
BA, 2020: Moira Stockton
Moira Stockton (BA, 2020) has accepted the University Library System Diversity Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh where they will be pursuing a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science.