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To commemorate La Chanterelle’s 30th season, we spoke with graduates of Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ College’s student-run experiential classroom who have gone on to actively apply what they’ve learned in new and exciting hospitality roles.

School of Hospitality Management Chair Peter Jenner was humbled by the surprise announcement of a campaign to endow a scholarship in his name.

Shifting from customer to owner of Pride’s Deli & Pizzeria, Mike Magner ’07 is serving up delicious pizza and maintaining connections with his alma mater just around the corner.

After a cancer diagnosis, Kyle Wallack ’17 found an easel and an artistic strength he never knew he had. Now, he’s working with heavy hitters like Missy Elliot and Cardy B.

Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ alumnae Cathleen (Peterson) Macrelli MH’79 ’15 M’18, Paula Chandoha ’69, and Joan (Kruckel) Geoghegan ’53 have made Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ College a part of their estate plan—and in doing so, they’re changing the course of history for future Gulls.

Last summer, Matt Sweitzer ’16 and his fiancée Julia lived off the grid as Wilderness Ambassadors for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, where they educated visitors on appropriate ways to interact with the ecosystems around them.

This season, we’ve rounded up the best must-have gifts made by Gulls and where to get them.

In the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force tapped officials at Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ Junior College to recruit female students for an experiment to test for ESP—a potential groundbreaking weapon to wield against the Soviets during the Cold War.

Before she made it big as an author of literary thrillers and spooky fiction, Silvia Moreno-Garcia ’03 was first a Gull, majoring in communications, working her way through college as a Resident Assistant in one of Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ’s purportedly haunted houses.

After earning a biotechnology degree at Î÷¹ÏÊÓƵ, Tyler MacKelvey ’15 parlayed his passion for science and the outdoors into a winemaking career in Vermont.