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Class Notes

Class Notes include professional accomplishments, awards, retirements, weddings, obituaries and other news about Western Washington University alumni; they’re gathered from published reports and communication from alumni themselves.

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Weddings

Nick Andrews - 2009

Nick Andrews (’09, B.A., history) and Nicole Parish (’11, B.A., environmental policy) on July 17, 2017, in Bellingham.

Daniel Harvey - 2008

Daniel Harvey (’08, B.S., pre-physical therapy) and Hannah Higgins (’09, B.S. manufacturing engineering technology) on Sept. 3, 2017, in Gold Bar.

Erin Marie Wallace - 2000

Todd Boyd Kolb and Erin Marie Wallace (’00, B.A., English) on April 29, 2017, in Lewiston, Idaho.

Stephen J. Kerr - 1973

Sarah Nean Bruce (’86, B.A., recreation) and Stephen J. Kerr (’73) on June 19, 2017, in Palm Desert, California.

Sarah Nean Bruce - 1986

Sarah Nean Bruce (’86, B.A., recreation) and Stephen J. Kerr (’73) on June 19, 2017, in Palm Desert, California.

Jessica D. Lynch - 2011

Samuel Hartwell Johnson, ’10, B.A., English literature; ’13, M.A., English, married Jessica D. Lynch, ’11, B.A., English literature, on Sept. 16, 2017, at Lake Valhalla in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. 

Samuel Hartwell Johnson - 2010

Samuel Hartwell Johnson, ’10, B.A., English literature; ’13, M.A., English, married Jessica D. Lynch, ’11, B.A., English literature, on Sept. 16, 2017, at Lake Valhalla in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. 

Randall Singer - 1998

Tamara Bauman and Randall Singer, ’98, B.A., history, on Aug. 27, 2016, in Seattle. 

Johanna Marie Kent - 2000

Johanna Marie Kent, ’00, B.S., biology – marine, and David Anthony Saar, on Oct. 27, 2018, in Bremerton. 

Katie VandenBos - 2017

Katie VandenBos, ’17, BAE, language, literature and cultural studies, and Tyler Voight, ’16, communication studies, on June 24, 2018, in Whatcom County. 

Kristina Poffenroth - 2012

William Beyer, ’12, B.A., creative writing, and Kristina Poffenroth, ’12, B.A., creative writing, on May 11, 2019, in Spokane. 

William Beyer - 2012

William Beyer, ’12, B.A., creative writing, and Kristina Poffenroth, ’12, B.A., creative writing, on May 11, 2019, in Spokane. 

Breanna Carlson - 2011

Breanna Carlson, ’11, B.A., history, and Adam Decker on Oct. 20, 2018, in Yakima. 

Brenda Horat - 1985

Larry Hanson and Brenda Horat, ’85, B.A., interior design and merchandising, on Sept. 16, 2017. 

Casey Dell - 2008

Casey Dell, ’08, B.A., recreation, and Carly-Ann Miller, on Feb. 23, 2019, on the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Andrew Eakin - 2007

Royce Andrews, ’11, BAE, Spanish – elementary, and Andrew Eakin, ’07, BA, economics/political science, on June 24, 2019, in Maui, Hawaii.

Allison Andrews - 2011

Allison Andrews, ’11, B.A., economics/environmental studies, and Anderson Beebe on July 13, 2019, in Mazama.

Alex Mittelstaedt - 2008

Holly Bammert, ’10, BAE, special education, and Alex Mittelstaedt, ’08, B.A., finance, on Nov. 8, 2019, in New York City.  

Holly Bammert - 2010

Holly Bammert, ’10, BAE, special education, and Alex Mittelstaedt, ’08, B.A., finance, on Nov. 8, 2019, in New York City.  

Sean Daniel Leaverton - 2019

Sean Daniel Leaverton and Malia Elizabeth Zurcher, ’19, MiT, on July 27, 2019, in Naches.