Dr. Herzog joined Oregon State University in fall 2021 at OSU-Cascades in Bend. Herzog is a hydrologist specializing in groundwater-surface water interactions, with a focus on hyporheic zone restoration.

Todd Laurence is a sales leader in the technology industry. He has sold complex enterprise solutions and built sales teams globally for two decades. His industry expertise spans open source software, large scale analytics, robotics and artificial intelligence, supply chain/manufacturing, and even food/ag tech. Todd's sales leadership includes roles at both global technology giants and hardware/software startups, two of which achieved successful IPOs.

Shandell Landon has joined the College of Education team at OSU-Cascades as an instructor and recruitment specialist for the MAT program. Although her specialty focus area is special education, she also supports early care and education courses, student academic success courses and a variety of additional education courses. She is passionate about all students finding success and thriving in school and in life. She truly enjoys teaching and being in the classroom with students of all ages.

Mike Cooper holds an MFA from Oregon State University – Cascades in Bend, Oregon where he lives with his family. His short story “Call Me When You Get There” was published in The Baltimore Review winter ’24 issue and he has been a finalist in Glimmer Train, The Lascaux Review, Driftwood Press and Cutthroat.