Kirstin Valdez Quade, MFA ’09 (creative writing), is an award-winning novelist who is “profoundly grateful” for her UO education

When I tell people that I run the University of Oregon Alumni Association, they sometimes ask, “Is that a real job?”

The winter issue also covers product design, creative writing and learning 'Mighty Oregon'

It features important contributions made outside the limelight of the dominant culture

As the first woman and first Oregonian to helm the AFL-CIO, Liz Shuler leads the nation’s unions with conviction