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Kari Wergeland MFA ’12 is an author and breast cancer survivor who has self-published two books of poetry, Voice Break and The Ballad of the New Carissa and Other Poems. Her third book, Breast Cancer: A Poem in Five Acts, was published this year by Finishing Line Press. 
Dewey Tucker MHA ’12 was promoted to senior implementation manager at the Department of Veterans Affairs Austin (Tex.) data center.
Leslie Schwartz MFA ’12 is the author of two novels, Jumping the Green and Angels Crest. She published a best-selling memoir, The Lost Chapters, about incarceration and redemption.
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Deborah Reed MFA ’12 held a book reading and signing event for her sixth published novel, The Days When Birds Come Back, at the Northwest Authors Presentation in Cannon Beach, Ore.
Get out vote
Washington Monthly has named Pacific a "Best College for Student Voting" list, which measures how well institutions encourage their students to vote.
Joseph Oelfke ’12, PT ’15 is on staff as a physical therapist at Advance Sports & Spine Therapy in Portland and is a lab assistant in human anatomy.
Talina Corvus PT ’12 is the outpatient service coordinator for Brookdale Hillside (Ore.) Therapy Services, lead instructor for Principles of Therapeutic Exercise and Motor Learning and a lab assistant in Physical Agents and Mechanical Modalities.
Sebastian Bannister Lawler ’12 has been promoted to contract review specialist at TTM Technologies. He was also elected vice chair of the Oregon Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, which works with the state of Oregon to promote community involvement in land use policy. 
Shannon Brown ’12 and Taylor Kane ’12 welcomed their daughter, Juniper Jade Kane, on Jan. 1, 2018.   
Tabitha Blankenbiller MFA ’12 was invited to discuss her debut novel, Eats of Eden, at Lunch in the Loft, a monthly lunch and book signing event hosted by Beach Books in Seaside, Ore. 

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