Marie (Ferguson) Smith, 1980 Wildlife, has been teaching high school science for the last 25 years after working for the U.S. Forest Service as a Research Technician, I. Smith is married with three sons, two engineers (SDSU and CSU) and one zoologist (HSU). She’s currently living on a mountain outside of Glide, Oregon, and still teaching science (Umpqua Valley Christian School), but dreaming of retirement.

Rebecca Kellawan, 2005 Anthropology, went on to graduate studies in the U.K. earning a Master’s of Arts with Distinction in Historical Archaeology from the University of Bristol. Kellawan is currently employed as a Senior Archaeologist with Far Western Anthropological Research Group located in Davis, California. Kellawan specializes in the historical archaeology of Northern California. She has also previously conducted research on African-American troops stationed in Britain during World War II and the Indian diaspora in the West Indies.

Rion Allbaugh, 2001 Forestry, met his wife Anne Marie Nielsen (‘01, Child Development) in the Siemens Hall Computer lab in 1999 and have been together ever since. Allbaugh is a Fire Captain for Cal Fire, and Anne Marie is a second grade teacher. They live in the Sierra Nevada Foothills with their son and dog. They look back upon their Humboldt State experience with great nostalgia and, if given the opportunity, would do it all over again in a heartbeat.

Robert David Short, 2002 Geography spent time traveling the U.S. and had the opportunity to take a boat from Humboldt Bay to Wrangell, Alaska after graduation. It was a 38-day trip and the last 500 miles were traveled solo. I worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service before finally landing a job with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Ocean Service as a physical scientist helping to update and acquire charts used for ocean navigation.After graduation, I spent time traveling the US and had the opportunity to take a boat from Humboldt Bay to Wrangell, Alaska. It was a 38 day trip and the last 500 miles were traveled solo. I worked with the Army Corps of Engineers and the US Forest Service before finally landing a job with NOAA's National Ocean Service as a physical scientist helping to update and acquire charts used for ocean navigation.

William Forbes, 1990 Geography, is an Associate Professor of Geography at another lumberjack school, Stephen F. Austin State University, located in the Pineywoods of East Texas. At the University of North Texas, he did his dissertation on revisiting Mexico's Rio Gavilan, where Aldo Leopold noted perfect land health in the 1930s. Forbes currently directs SFA's Center for a Livable World, which studies sustainability and livability of small cities.

Michael Sandecki, 1979 Geology, is currently a water quality analyst employed with the California Coastal Commission.

Tracy Jordan French, 1983, Geography, is the administrator of United States Servas, a nonprofit membership organization fostering understanding of cultural diversity through a global person-to-person network promoting a more just and peaceful world. Servas hosts and travelers are located in more than 120 countries worldwide. Servas International is accredited to the United Nations and was established in 1949.

Dana Wisseman, 2012 Anthropology and Communication, volunteered at the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office while earning her bachelor’s degree. Wisseman is currently pursuing a Master of Forensic Science Degree at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Wisseman completed an internship at the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office during the summer of 2013. In addition, she completed a continuing education class at the Forensic Investigative Research Station in Grand Junction, Colorado, covering the topic of human decomposition. Wisseman is currently working at the Joint Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC) in Omaha, Nebraska.

Samuel M. Navarez 1975, History, is getting ready to retire after 38 years of teaching history and other social science classes. Navarez has taught for the last 25 years in the Gilroy Unified School District at both the middle school and high school levels. He is currently teaching at an early college high school, called Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, since it opened in 2007. Navarez has been married to a wonderful lady for the last 34 years and together they have three grown children, Crystal, Michael and Aaron; two are married to wonderful people. Navarez and his wife, Sally, are also raising their 5-year-old grandson.

Nicole (D'Virgilio) Josselyn, 1996 Nursing, graduated from UCSD/SDSU's nurse-midwifery program. Josselyn currently runs a small, home-based practice, Exodus Homebirth Service. She lives in Iowa on 21 acres of grass with her husband, (who works for Deaf Missions as a video producer) and five home-educated children, two of which were adopted from Liberia. She and the family are learning how to sustainably grow their own food and love their cows and chickens.