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Michael Colin Bresnahan, English, 1995

Submitted: August 26, 2014

Michael Colin Bresnahan, 1995, English, married Natalie Rist in April.

Terri Bidle, Biological Sciences, 2011

Submitted: August 26, 2014

Terri Bidle, 2011 Zoology, is beginning a new chapter of her life as a marine education program manager in Southern California. After seven years with the USC QuikSCience program, she will be working with ExplorOcean in Newport Beach, Calif., to bring quality ocean exploration to young people.

Ty Robin Collins, Environmental Resources Engineering, 2001

Submitted: August 20, 2014

Ty Robin Collins, Environmental Resources Engineering, was hired as a project manager for Manhard Consulting’s Eureka office, a civil engineering firm headquartered in Vernon Hills, Ill.

Julianna Marie Boggs, Journalism, 2009

Submitted: August 2, 2014

Julianna Marie Boggs, 2009 Journalism, has picked up a successful career as a freelancer writing about arts and culture for The Sacramento News & Review, food and agro-politics for Edible Sacramento magazine and Sacramento Foodways, and is now researching material for a pop-science book about the history and impact of nuclear power in the world today.

Kenneth Davis, Film, 2001

Submitted: August 1, 2014

Kenneth Davis, 2001 Film Production, founded a postproduction firm in the Baltimore/Washington area in 2002 that provides services to videographers, corporate/government clients, independent filmmakers and media enthusiasts. Davis remains active with SCUBA and adoring his new niece, Krista.

Tonja (Olson)Tallent, Biological Sciences, 1998

Submitted: July 17, 2014

Tonja (Olson)Tallent, 1998, Biological Sciences, worked at a winery as a microbiologist, then for a bio-tech company doing the same. She recently left corporate America and started a business with her husband and now happily runs a tea-bar in Fair Oaks, Calif.

Tyler Cline, History, 2009

Submitted: July 17, 2014

Tyler Cline, 2009 History, pursued his Master of Arts in Public History from Sacramento State University, graduating in 2011. While pursuing his M.A., Cline worked as a processing archivist at the California State Archives. He then worked as an archivist in Anchorage, Alaska, with the U.S. National Parks Service. In 2013, Cline accepted a tenure-track position with the University of Wyoming American Heritage Center as the Digital Programs Archivist, where he is responsible for preservation born-digital collections, and oversees a department of six engaged in mass-digitization of collection material for access on the web.

Brian Alan Reed, MFA--Theatre Arts, 1984

Submitted: July 16, 2014

Brian Alan Reed, 1984 Theatre Arts, is a Professor of Theatre and Resident Designer at Whittier College, where he received the Nerhood Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013. Reed also has designed scenery for the Gascon Theatre, Zephyr Theatre, Pacific Resident Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, California Theatre Center, Pomona College Theatre, and ten productions at the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Reed serves on the Western Region Board of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local USA-829. He also has served on the Board of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and chairs USITT’s California Section. He and his wife Suzanne will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2015.

Tom Langkau, Social Work, 1978

Submitted: July 15, 2014

Tom Langkau, 1978 Social Work, retired from the Veterans Administration in March. He spent his entire career working in the Vocational Rehabilitation field in Northern California, ’78 to ’95. From 1995 to present, he lived in Winter Park, Fla. He is married to Professor Lani M. Harris (’77) of the University of Central Florida. Together, they fondly remember their meeting at HSU and their lives together, which includes two children and three grandchildren. Professor Harris grew up in Eureka and remains in touch with her family in Humboldt County.

Romi Hitchcock Tinseth, , 1988

Submitted: July 15, 2014

Romi Hitchcock Tinseth, 1988 Communication, after 26 years gaining teaching, outreach, presentation, and community relations experience, is thrilled to be living out the dream of many HSU alumni: Returning as full-time faculty to the academic department that built my academic foundation. Tinseth says she owes much of her success to HSU and is thankful for the opportunity to give the same to future students.

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