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1991A new novel by Mark Wisniewski, M.A., Show Up, Look Good (Gival Press, 2011) is drawing comparisons by reviewers to The Catcher in the Rye and Bright Lights, Big City. For links to the reviews, visit www.showuplookgood.com/news.htm. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Julie Barbour is in her second year as president of Placer County Master Gardeners, Master Composters (ceplacernevada.ucdavis.edu). The UC-trained volunteers help answer home growers’ questions. Barbour says, “It just goes to show that an urban geography degree can lead to anything.” She and her husband, Don, have three sons, and the oldest is looking to transfer to UC Davis next year. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Jennifer (Kaufman) Saavedra is a human resource executive strategist for Dell. She also serves on the board of directors of the company’s Hispanic employee resource group, Adelante. Before joining Dell in 2005, she spent several years as a consultant in employee selection and engagement strategies. She earned a doctorate in organizational psychology from Tulane University. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Ashwin Amanna joined Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science as research program manager for two areas—cognition and communication, and national security. In addition to his UC Davis degree, he holds a master’s and doctorate from Virginia Tech in electrical engineering. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Keith Roberts, a budget analyst for Head Start, died in August at his Davis home from pancreatic cancer. He was 51. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Brian Pacheco, president of the Fresno County Farm Bureau, received a 2012 Award of Distinction from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his work in the dairy industry and for advocating on behalf of UC Davis in research, education and outreach. A Kerman dairy producer, he also chairs the board of California Dairies Inc., the state’s largest dairy cooperative. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Andrew Wong received his Master of Arts in Military Studies from American Military University in August. He is serving with the U.S. Army Reserve in the Los Angeles area in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. As a civilian, he works with the California Department of Public Health in information technology. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Brian Victor recently joined the Edmunds Law Firm in San Diego as an associate attorney. His practice focuses on family law and national security clearance representation. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Kimberly Baucom, a Petaluma grade school teacher, died in April at age 43. She is survived by four children. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Paul Coggin, M.S., of East Norwalk, Conn., died suddenly last May at age 45. He was a principal consultant at Wipro Technologies in New York City. He was a pilot, member of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and was active in local politics and community events. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Attorney Brian Victor recently formed his own law firm in San Diego, handling California divorce and child custody cases and federal administrative law and security clearance issues. He also holds a marriage family therapist’s license and previously worked for a local law firm, San Diego Family Law Court, Probate Court and Child Protective Services. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Sharon (Achondo) Howze ’91, of Turlock, died in June after collapsing during an organized run. She was 44. She was an adapted physical education specialist for Stanislaus County and bookkeeper for the veterinary practice of her husband, Ted ’90, D.V.M. ’94. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Jaime Avila, now retired, is a volunteer docent for California State Parks and appears in living history events in the San Luis Obispo area re-enacting California’s 12th governor, Romualdo Pacheco (1831–99). The state’s first Hispanic governor, Pacheco went on to serve two terms as a congressman representing San Luis/Santa Barbara in the 1880s. Avila and his wife, Linda, live in Arroyo Grande. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • After nine years covering professional basketball for the New York Times, Howard Beck joined Bleacher Report this fall after the sports website was acquired by Turner Network. His transition received widespread coverage by national sports media. USA Today’s “Big Lead” blog called Beck “one of the best NBA writers in newspapers.” (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Marcia Harvey blogs about art and other topics at wayofthedodo.org. Her paintings can be seen at her website, marcia.harvey.name. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Jim McHargue was recently promoted to director of solid waste and safety programs at the Amador County Community Development Agency located in Jackson. He worked in medical/pharmaceutical sales in the Central Valley before becoming a California registered environmental health specialist in 2001. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Yee Han Chu joined the faculty at the University of North Dakota as an assistant professor of social work in August, after earning her Ph.D. there in teaching and learning with a higher education emphasis. Her dissertation is titled Common Core State Standards: Beware The Trojan Horse. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Rare disease expert John McKew, Ph.D., is vice president for research at aTyr Pharma. Before joining the San Diego therapeutics company, he spent more than two decades in translational research positions at the National Institutes of Health, Wyeth Research and Genetics Institute. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • Brian Victor was named to Super Lawyers’ 2015 California Rising Stars list. He practices family law in San Diego. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • A noir thriller by Pushcart Prize–winner Mark Wisniewski, M.A., Watch Me Go (Penguin Random House Putnam, 2015), intertwines narratives of a junk hauler charged in multiple murders and a young female jockey with information that could help exonerate him. Watch Me Go, Wisniewski’s third novel, received advance praise from Salman Rushdie, Ben Fountain, Daniel Woodrell and other noted authors. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

1991A new novel by Mark Wisniewski, M.A., Show Up, Look Good (Gival Press, 2011) is drawing comparisons by reviewers to The Catcher in the Rye and Bright Lights, Big City. For links to the reviews, visit www.showuplookgood.com/news.htm. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Julie Barbour is in her second year as president of Placer County Master Gardeners, Master Composters (ceplacernevada.ucdavis.edu). The UC-trained volunteers help answer home growers’ questions. Barbour says, “It just goes to show that an urban geography degree can lead to anything.” She and her husband, Don, have three sons, and the oldest is looking to transfer to UC Davis next year. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Jennifer (Kaufman) Saavedra is a human resource executive strategist for Dell. She also serves on the board of directors of the company’s Hispanic employee resource group, Adelante. Before joining Dell in 2005, she spent several years as a consultant in employee selection and engagement strategies. She earned a doctorate in organizational psychology from Tulane University. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Ashwin Amanna joined Virginia Tech’s Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science as research program manager for two areas—cognition and communication, and national security. In addition to his UC Davis degree, he holds a master’s and doctorate from Virginia Tech in electrical engineering. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Keith Roberts, a budget analyst for Head Start, died in August at his Davis home from pancreatic cancer. He was 51. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Brian Pacheco, president of the Fresno County Farm Bureau, received a 2012 Award of Distinction from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his work in the dairy industry and for advocating on behalf of UC Davis in research, education and outreach. A Kerman dairy producer, he also chairs the board of California Dairies Inc., the state’s largest dairy cooperative. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Andrew Wong received his Master of Arts in Military Studies from American Military University in August. He is serving with the U.S. Army Reserve in the Los Angeles area in support of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. As a civilian, he works with the California Department of Public Health in information technology. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Brian Victor recently joined the Edmunds Law Firm in San Diego as an associate attorney. His practice focuses on family law and national security clearance representation. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Kimberly Baucom, a Petaluma grade school teacher, died in April at age 43. She is survived by four children. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Paul Coggin, M.S., of East Norwalk, Conn., died suddenly last May at age 45. He was a principal consultant at Wipro Technologies in New York City. He was a pilot, member of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol and was active in local politics and community events. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Attorney Brian Victor recently formed his own law firm in San Diego, handling California divorce and child custody cases and federal administrative law and security clearance issues. He also holds a marriage family therapist’s license and previously worked for a local law firm, San Diego Family Law Court, Probate Court and Child Protective Services. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Sharon (Achondo) Howze ’91, of Turlock, died in June after collapsing during an organized run. She was 44. She was an adapted physical education specialist for Stanislaus County and bookkeeper for the veterinary practice of her husband, Ted ’90, D.V.M. ’94. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Jaime Avila, now retired, is a volunteer docent for California State Parks and appears in living history events in the San Luis Obispo area re-enacting California’s 12th governor, Romualdo Pacheco (1831–99). The state’s first Hispanic governor, Pacheco went on to serve two terms as a congressman representing San Luis/Santa Barbara in the 1880s. Avila and his wife, Linda, live in Arroyo Grande. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • After nine years covering professional basketball for the New York Times, Howard Beck joined Bleacher Report this fall after the sports website was acquired by Turner Network. His transition received widespread coverage by national sports media. USA Today’s “Big Lead” blog called Beck “one of the best NBA writers in newspapers.” (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Marcia Harvey blogs about art and other topics at wayofthedodo.org. Her paintings can be seen at her website, marcia.harvey.name. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Jim McHargue was recently promoted to director of solid waste and safety programs at the Amador County Community Development Agency located in Jackson. He worked in medical/pharmaceutical sales in the Central Valley before becoming a California registered environmental health specialist in 2001. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Yee Han Chu joined the faculty at the University of North Dakota as an assistant professor of social work in August, after earning her Ph.D. there in teaching and learning with a higher education emphasis. Her dissertation is titled Common Core State Standards: Beware The Trojan Horse.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Rare disease expert John McKew, Ph.D., is vice president for research at aTyr Pharma. Before joining the San Diego therapeutics company, he spent more than two decades in translational research positions at the National Institutes of Health, Wyeth Research and Genetics Institute. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • Brian Victor was named to Super Lawyers’ 2015 California Rising Stars list. He practices family law in San Diego. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • A noir thriller by Pushcart Prize–winner Mark Wisniewski, M.A., Watch Me Go (Penguin Random House Putnam, 2015), intertwines narratives of a junk hauler charged in multiple murders and a young female jockey with information that could help exonerate him. Watch Me Go, Wisniewski’s third novel, received advance praise from Salman Rushdie, Ben Fountain, Daniel Woodrell and other noted authors. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

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