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Where the Jobs Are: In the Agora, the Humanities at Work


Where the Jobs Are

Where the Jobs Are: In the Agora, the Humanities at Work
6 - 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 23
Vollum Lounge

Wondering what to do with your humanities degree? Stop by Vollum Lounge on Tuesday evening, February 23rd and listen to four compelling individuals' stories. Learn how these four put the humanities to work and in the process, have done and continue to do incredible things in the world and their communities, in the non-profit, for-profit, and public sectors.

Miriam Feuerle '93 Anthro; M.A. University of Chicago. Miriam founded the Lyceum Agency, which represents best-selling authors/artists including Ursula LeGuin, Elizabeth Gilbert, James Howard Kunstler, and Jonathan Lethem. www.lyceumagency.com

  • Portland Arts and Lectures www.literary-arts.org
  • Board member, Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities)
  • Consultant to non-profits (philanthropy, program development, arts and culture)
  • Caldera artists residence program
  • Past, Macdowell Colony (artists' colony/residency program)
  • Past, Alliance of Artists Communities
Bart Eberwein, B.S. Journalism; MBA, University of Oregon. Bart is vice president for business development and public affairs for Hoffman Construction company, a general contractor headquartered in Oregon with annual sales of approximately $1 b.
  • Board member, Oregon Arts Commission
  • Board president, Architecture Foundation of Oregon
  • Past president, board member Literary Arts and Portland Arts and Lectures
  • Past board member, Oregon Symphony
  • Past board member, PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art)
  • First "outside" allied board member, American Institute of Architects
Bruce Livingston '65 Anthro; M.A. University of Chicago. Bruce is the founder and executive director of Playwrite, Inc. His organization provides three-week residency programs bringing young people together with coaches from Portland's performing artists' communities. Coaches work one-on-one with young people to develop student-conceived plays. Professional actors later perform staged readings of each work before an audience. www.playwriteinc.org
  • Past managing director, The Haven Project (theatre, disadvantaged youth)
  • Lived and taught in Iran, late '60's until 1978 revolution
  • Adventurer in food/culinary arts, for a decade in Paris

Gillian Floren, M.A. Journalism, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Gillian is vice-president of marketing and business retention for Green Light Greater Portland, a consortium of private sector leaders dedicated to growing a sustainable and vibrant economic future for the Portland-metropolitan area. www.ggpdx.com
  • Board member, Oregon Humanities
  • Past editor, publisher, Oregon Business Magazine
  • Taught journalism for Duke University's young writer's program
  • Senior fellow, American Leadership Forum of Oregon