03/2017 – Michelle Peñaloza (MFA Poetry ’11) was awarded a residency in Caldera, an artist retreat in Sisters, Oregon. She will be there through March 2017, then journey to Tuscany in April for another retreat at the Lemon Tree House Residencies in Camporsevoli, Italy. She stopped in Eugene before her drive from Seattle to Sisters for a brief reunion with Garret Hongo.