Dr. Kirsten (Iverson) Buswell (1999) came to LCC to play softball and study toward a healthcare or science career.
“LCC is just a perfect place for people who are transitioning from one phase of life to another. I got a great education at LCC…When I got to WSU, I just had to adjust to the larger class sizes.”
Today, she is an associate chiropractor at PeaceHealth.

Dennis Reid (1978) is a VP with Hometown National Bank in Longview and back home in Skamokawa after spending 25 years in agricultural lending in eastern Washington.
A logger’s son, he served 10 years in the Navy before earning his transfer degree at LCC. “I was probably the only General Agriculture graduate LCC ever had.” He finished his bachelor’s at WSU and remains a devoted Cougar fan.