Comings and Goings
The undergraduate admissions office welcomes Madi Bradley as an admissions counselor this month. She has worked the past year as an account executive for Learfield IMG College Ticket Solutions, handling more than 3,000 season ticket member accounts for the University of Oregon’s football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball programs. Prior to that, Madi was a ticket sales representative for the Eugene Emeralds baseball team (2019) and a football recruiting and operations intern for the University of Oregon’s athletic department (2016-19). She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with an emphasis in sports business, from the University of Oregon in 2019. Madi lives in Tualatin and attends Westside: A Jesus Church.
The university welcomes Crystal Galarza as assistant director of outreach and community partnerships in the admissions office. For nearly two years she worked at the University of Oregon as an advisor for Global Education Oregon, connecting students to global learning opportunities. Before that, she worked as a site program manager for the school’s Uniting Neighborhoods program, designing and managing an education initiative that provides culturally responsive resources and educational enrichment opportunities to underserved communities. Crystal also worked for Word Made Flesh in 2015 as an intern and short-term programs coordinator, and she has experience in student mentorship. She earned a master’s degree in international development from Concordia University in Portland (2015) and a bachelor’s degree in intercultural communication from Linfield College (2013).
The advancement office has hired Astralena Sharp as director of advancement operations. For the past four years she has worked as an application support supervisor for Polk County in Dallas, Oregon. Previously, she worked as an associate director of advancement services for Willamette University in Salem (2013-16). Astralena earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Oregon State University in 2004. She lives in Salem with her husband Nick and their 6-year-old son Corbin. The family is in search of a new church home.