“In Singapore alone, there are 800 Ducks that we know of. And those are just the ones we already know," said Dean Kees de Kluyver. Reaffirming connections with alumni was one of the top priorities of a trip to Singapore and Hong Kong the dean recently took with Mike Andreasen, the UO's vice president for university development. Another of the trip's key goals was to explore new study abroad opportunities--and fine-tune existing programs.

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"Nobody ever told me I couldn't do something, and as a result I tried all sorts of things" said Carolyn Chambers '53, the trailblazing entrepreneur who died on Monday, August 8. Chambers's entrepreneurial spirit blossomed while she was still in her twenties, when she borrowed $100,000 from her father, pooled that with funds from other investors, and applied for an FCC license. Her request was granted and KEZI went on the air in 1960. This was just the start for Chambers, whose vision and drive propelled her into cable television, construction, and the wine industry, among other ventures.