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Portland State University Alumni News Winter 1984 On the inside Toulan goes to Mecca ........................... 3 Finished with PSU's strategic plan, he starts one for holy city ROTC comes to campus ............•.....•..... 5 The Official Official of the '84 Olympics ............................................... 6 PSU's Ralph Davis does his part New theaters, new degrees ................... 7 PSU performing arts keep pace with downtown development Pourquoi Ie franpis? ......................... 8-9 A professor and an alum have French in their blood Life in PSU's first dorm ....................... 10 Alumni News .............••.................. 11-12 Campus News ........................•...•... 13-14 Calendar .............................................. 15 On the cover: First-grader Margaret Steams is absorbed in UEnfantaisie," the French children's magazine produced by a PSU professor. Margaret is a student at the Portland French-American School, headed by a PSU alum. See stories on pp. 8-9. tivc Strategic plan points direction for University of the 1980s by Cynthia D. Stowell When we begin to feel like victims of circumstance, spending all our energy responding to crises, we are apt to look inward for the values that help us regain control and feel more in balance with the world. So, too, with institutions. Portland State University, beset by fiscal crises and public debate over its future role, has been engaging in some self-examination that officials hope_ will create a more certain identity for the University- an identity strong enough to withstand financial setbacks and flexible enough to meet societal change head-on. "A Strategic Plan for the 1980s," the work of a 15-mernber task force assembled by President Blumel in the fall of 1982, takes a hard look at issues as broad as the University's mission and as specific as departmental deficiencies. Based on the su rvey of more than 900 facu Ity members, students, alumni and community people, the draft plan presents 58 "strategic decisions" that balance internal values with external needs to chart a course for the University. _ Underlying the plan are four "institution-wide goals" identified by the task force: 1. PSU's continued development as a "University"; 2. Movement toward becoming a "Comprehensive Research University" ; 3. Recognition that PSU's roots are in the local community, which it should continue to serve; 4. Attainment of excellence in fields where the potential is high (while enhancing overall quality of all programs). An even deeper undercurrent of the strategic plan is the tension created by PSU's two principal impulses: to be a traditional, liberal arts university and to meet the professional needs of the surrounding urban community. This potential conflict is resolved quite nicely by the task force, which was chaired by Dean Nohad Toulan of the School of Urban and Public Affairs. "The community expects and is entitled to have the only public university in the region become a place of excellence and high quality," states the plan. "It cannot be viewed as a place of last resort and be expected at the same time to assume the role of a catalyst for social change, economic development, and technological innovation." To this end, the report says the University must "excel in theoretical and applied research and to enhance and expand its professional offerings, especially in the areas of business, management, planning, design, engineering, computer science, biological sciences, genetic engineering, and international studies." Aiming high In its academic recommendations, the strategic plan tends to favor the suspension of undergraduate and certificate programs where the field would be better served by the development of professional degree programs. For instance, certificates in dance and public health should give way to bachelor's and master's programs respectively, suggests the plan. Also recommended is the suspension of the undergraduate program in social work and the diversion of resources to a "Graduate School of Social Work:' New Ph.D. programs in psychology and speech pathology should be considered, while the quality of research and instruction in existing Ph.D. and master's programs should be improved, says the task force. The Systems Science Ph. D. program needs some serious examination with a view to its direction and administrative location within the University, the report suggests. The plan confirms the continued relevancy of the various research and study centers developed at PSU in response to societal needs through the years. But it recommends that the administrative independence of the Black Studies Department be examined, and it suggests better coordination among the Institute on Aging, the Regional Research Institute, the Center for Population Research and the Center for Urban Studies. Values and environment The task force, following a strategic planning model especially designed for colleges and universities, carried its assessment into three areas other than academic- personal values of constituents, external constraints and opportunities, and academic support units. Continued on p. 2
Molly Ackley-Cook ('74) ~pective 2 PSU l'erspectiwispubiishedquarterlyduriflgthe 'fI!ar by News and Inl'omwion Srfyice5 for alumni, fxulty ~nd sWf and friends of f'oftland StiteUniYefsity. EditOl" Cynthia O. Stowell ContributorsCIaretl«Heln'6S OiffJohnson c.lendarEdito!" Pat ScCU ~Df~:Sendbodt~.ooold ~ eo PSU hnpectM, P.O. Bo" 751, Portland Stille Uniwnity, Portfmd, ~, 97207. 'Me!b; If Ihi$ i~ is addressed '0 your son 0c:Lwgh~ who 1'10 Ion8e' rmlnt.1ir» .11 petmar.enl ~ ~t your home, ~ notify the PSU Alumni Otlke (50l-22'J...4948) of the new ~jljns """"'. PSU !oUp9OI"tS equal educ.tioMl opportunity wilhout ~ eo sex, fact, Nndiup, ~8l', ~Ion.tol orisin, rNritil SUM, a fflligion. Alum represents Portland State at NYC higher ed fete As you can no doubt guess, every aspiring actor or actress in New York City jumps at any opportunity to gel into a costume and onto a slage. Thus, I was pleased to respond to Robert Tayler's request that I represent PSU at the inauguration of one Joseph S. Murphy as Chancellor of the City University of New York, Nov. 14. Following Robert's adVice, I rented my "costume" from the 7th Avenue ("Fashion Avenue") firm of Bently and Simon, where they even went to the trouble of finding a PSU green and white-go Vikings!-hood for the affair. The last lime I wore a cap and gown was for my graduation from PSU, and I'd never been asked to participate in a prestigious event such as this, so I was a little nervous about what might be expected when I got to the hall. Actually, though, it was quite relaxed and easygoing and rather well-planned for an academic event. And, of course, as at all such events, we eventually reached a point where the organizers said, "Oh, hell, just get in line wherever you can." The system for lining us up was ostensibly by date of the beginning of our institutions. We did actually have a representative from the University of Paris, C. 1200, so he of course, led the whole thing. PSU came after many other universities as well as several learned societies-American Antiquarian Society, Modern languages Association (regards to Shelley Reece!), American Statistical Association (these things have been ar.ound since 1839, for heaven's sake!), linguistic Society of America (hi, Professor Nattinger!), and numerous others. We did come ahead of New Jersey State Board of Higher Education (Is it true New Jersey has only had higher education since 1966?), the Eugenio Maria de Hastes Community College, and the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, among others, however. Alas, as we made our entrance into the hall, after being jammed into a narrow corridor for 15 minutes or so-really a trifling problem to us New York bus and subway riders--I saw that we were not going to get onstage after all. The stage was reserved for the honest-to-goodness dignitaries and the rest of us distinguished guests were seated in the front rows of the auditorium. Ah, well, that's the way it is in this business. Now that I think about it, the suiting up, standing around, listening to instructions, performing our small parts was ever so much like the theatre here. Of course, none of us expects a call back on this one. The inauguration itself proceeded pretty much as you would expect. There were lots of enthusiastic and earnest prayers from distinguished clergy of a variety of faiths extolling higher education ... enthusiastic and earnest greetings from various state and local dignitaries, including our jolly mayor, Ed Koch, who did not take this occasion to ask "How'm I doin'?" ... The awarding of honorary degrees ... two lengthy addresses .. I liked the address by the new Chancellor because he talked a lot about the city and what a great place a city is. He also talked about Socrates teaching in the agora and compared that to teaching at 42nd St. and Times Square. Anybody who's been to 42nd St. and Times Square recently might well understand why Socrates chose the hemlock •. All in all, it was a pleasant morning in the Big Apple. We all headed back to the disrobing room where Strategic plan for the '80s Continued from p. 1 In the support area, the bold but Qualified argument for a Graduate School seems to complement the plan's emphasis on enhanced graduate offerings. As graduate programs grow and diverSify, a central Graduate School might better coordinate and enforce standards, the plan suggests. Describing the University as a "creature of opportunities well utilized... and opportunities lost," the task force advocated a higher profile for PSU in the state system of higher education, in local and state politics and among other colleges in the metropolitan area. Research advantageous to local industry and civic needs should be encouraged, says the rejXlrt, and the University should take a leadership role in developing international ties, particularly with Pacific Rim countries. More internally, the plan reconfirms such values as excellence in instruction and research, maintenance of minimum proficiency levels, and the attraction and retention of nationally recognized faculty. The strategic plan, which is in draft form, has been submitted to the President for review and possible modification. From the President's Office it would go to campus committees for the development of "implementation strategies" and then on to departments and support units for the formulation of "implementation plans." Members of the task force were: Nohad Toulan, Chairman; Philip Bogue, Interim Asst. to the President for University Relations; Margaret Dobson, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs; Orcilia Forbes, Vice President for Student Affairs; J. Kenneth Harris, Budget Director; Jim we---what else?-disrobed and became our ordinary selves again. I said goodbye to a few new friends and headed back into the wintry chill and up Columbus Avenue toward home, pleased that I had done my small bit for PSU, the Alumni Association, and joe Blume!! Best to everyone there, Molly Ackley-Cook ('74) New York City (Molly Ackley-Cook, active with the P5U Theatre Arts Department dUling hel y~a'5 at the University, recently closed her consulting business in New York City to return to acting, but .so far is just studying and auditioning for "a lot of nonexistent work." She continues to present her seminars on Positive Risktaking and is scifl associated with New Options, a consulting and counseUng firm which presents seminars for the American Management Association and othel organizations.) No surprises Thank you for the well written article about me in the Alumni Feature of the Fall issue of PSU Perspective. It's refreshing to read an artieie about myself and discover no surprises. I truly appreciate Cliff Johnson's treatment of my profesSional life to date---he neatly tied together my otherwise eclectic experiences. Thanks to Cynthia for the photo which makes me look five years younger and ten pounds lighter. You tvvo make a great team. Trey Taylor '69 Washington, D.C. Heath, Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Bhagirath lall, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Chairperson of the Campus Planning Committee; Roger Moseley, professor of Business Administration; Patrick O'Connor, President of ASPSU; William Paudler, Dean, CLAS; Franz Rad, Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Chairperson of the Budget Committee; James Todd, Vice President for Finance and Administration; Frederick Waller, professor of English and Presiding Officer of the Faculty Senate; Ann Weikel, professor of history and President of the MUP at PSU; and Don Gardner (ex offiCiO), Director of Institutional Research.
Toulan: A professional pilgrimage to Mecca by Clift lohnson Many years ago, Dr. Nohad Toulan, dean of PSU's School of Urban and Public Affairs, journeyed to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. As a Moslem, he was just one of millions of pilgrims who make their way each year to the center of Islam's holiest city to perform their sacred rituals. Moslems are expected to make this pilgrimage at least once in their lifetimes, if jX)Ssible. But now loulan is in Mecca once again, this time with a different mission: to coordinate the efforts of an international team of 3S urban planning specialists who already have labored two years to develop a comprehensive development plan for the city. They are stymied. Their plan somehow must cope not only with the influx of pilgrims, but also with the skyrocketing growth of today's bustling holy city and its half-million permanent residents. Such international trouble-shooting assi8[lments are nothing new to this master of urban design. Over the years, Toulan has _ consulted on many planning projects in such areas as latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa and England. But his current task may prove to be his most ambitious-and self-sacrificing-yet. Because he is charged with completing his work in Mecca before the summer of 1985, he began his leave of absence from PSU onJan. 1, ~e;~7'a~~%~~o~I:~!ir~=n~~n~I~~~~~ea~~~e, and Omar, both students at Portland's Wilson High School. He also had to temporarily relinquish his stewardship of one of PSU's key professional schools, which he is widely credited with bringing into being in the years since he first came to the University in 1972. Further, Toulan has spent his last 26 years in the U.S., and considers himself as much a cultural and social produd of this country as of his native Egypt. "If I can finish a strategic plan for PSU, I believe I can finish one for Mecca!" What made him forsake cherished personal and professional surroundings in order to take on such a formidable international assignment? In essence, he sees in Mecca an unparalleled opportunity to synthesize on a grand scale the technical aspects of the planning process with a sensitivity to the religious, cultural and social differences inherent in the holy city and its people. Truly, the well-being of a half-million yeaHound residents and millions of Moslem faithful is at stake. "The project has been going on for a couple of years and it has been in serious professional trouble," he explained shortly before his departure. "So baSically what I'm doing now is trying to salvage the project. You cannot do that by being nice to everybody around you," he noted, referring to the stalled project's demonstrated need for firm leadership. SurpriSingly, money is not part of the problem for this elite planning group. Thanks to the oil boom, the host Saudi government is well-financed. But the problems of rapid urbanization have been magnified in Mecca by the same boom, including a ten-fold increase in the dry's automobile traffic alone, according to Toulan. He believes Mecca realty needs two plans. The "inner plan" would involve urban design covering the central city area (which is closed 10 non-Moslems), concentrating on special facilities needed to accommodate the ebb and flow of the religiOUS pilgrims and their unique transportation needs. Their rituals require them to go to several different sites separated by almost seven kilometers, Toulan explained. "So the question becomes how you transport these thousands of people between the places which are sites of the many pilgrimage rituals." In contrast, the "outer plan" is "really no different than preparing a plan for the Portland metropolitan area," he insists. BaSically, it involves a spatial analysis of the Correct mix of such factors as freeways, housing and industry. Mecca is a dty that means many things to many different people. A planner is apt to regard it as a normal, functioning city with a religious core. ... But Toulan urges you to place yourself in the pilgrim's position. You may be a citizen of the jet age, yet like many others of your faith the world over, you are poor and must make the long journey on foot. If you are like many pilgrims from West Africa, you must walk across Nigeria, cross the Red Sea by boat from Sudan, Dean Nohad Toulan .. .But Toulan urges you to place yourself in the pilgrim's position. and then walk again from leddah and on to Mecca. During the course of your once-in-a-lifetime trip, you may have to stop often in order to finance your joumey by working at your trade. Like more and more people flOm impoverished nations who are joining you ;n this pilgrimage, you most likely will want to stay in Mecca beyond the two to ten days of religious rites, in order to replenish your energies before beginning the long journey home. Yet while the Saudi Arabians consider you and your family "the guests of Cod" when you are in Mecca and want to see that you are treated decently, this modem host state cannot open its doors for every person who wants to walk in for an extended stay.. T o~l~n~~~~~f:it~kfedna~dhe d!d,U !~~e:'yOU know, I just finished a Strategic Plan for Portland State University. If I can finish one for PSU, I believe I can finish one for Meccal" Noting his extensive family and professional ties here, he said on the eve of his departure for Mecca that he felt "a firm commitment" to return to PSU. " I do love this place, incidentally," he said, leaning forward in his chair. "Sometimes, I'm very critical of what goes on. But you know, you can only be critical of places that you care for. If you don't care about something, then you don't bother about it And I do care about this place, and I do intend to come back." 3
Compiled by Cliff Johnson '60s aobm H. CoIfett ('66) has been named president and chief operating officer of Valley National Bank of Oregon, with offices in For~t Grove and Cornellu~, Ore. Prior 10 jOining Valley National, he spent 13 years with the federal Reserve Bank of San Francis.co. JM1 Mmr (SWT) Fortier ('68) has been named assistant to the president at Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore. For the past five years, she has served as head librarian at the university. J;K:1c W. Graff ('69) Is vice-president of Yaquina Bay Bank and is a member of the lincoln County, Ore. School District's budget committee. He and his wife have two sons and live in Nev.<port , Ore. Jon Ie. Mitchell ('691. adminiwator of Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., is a new member of the bo.iIrd of directors 01 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oregon. He also currently serves as president aline Oregon Association of Hospitals. He lives in Coos Bay with his wife and child. fohn Wykoff ('65) has been elected VICe Chairman of Portland's Metropolitan Arts CommissMln. Wykoff. of Hauser, Webb and Wykoff Public Relations, Portland, is in his second term on the commission. '70s K.tthy A¥et"y ('77 MS), who works with handicapped students at Westridge Elementary School, lake Oswego, Ore., was named "Teacher of the Ye~t" in December by the Clackamas County Association for Retarded Citizens. 8olm.r.J """ Black ('77 MfA), a Portl~nd artist, had a collection of her paintings and mixed-media drawings shown at the Giustina Gallery, COIVallis, Ore. from Oct. 16 - Nov. 9. Htf work has been collected by the City of Ponland, PSU, the Portland Art Museum. Slate of Wouhington, and Orbanco financial Corp. John L 8rosy ('73) married D~ina Upile ('76) in lune, 1982. He now opef<lles a land use ~~~ consulting practice. They live in Ridw.rd I. IJreMiIn ('77) has been appointed director of community com!ctions for Washington County, ()re. With 52 employees, his agency supervises all felons on parole and probation in the county ~nd conducts all pte-sentencin8 investigations, amon8 oIhef functions. pcob L Driesen ('70, '77 MS) has been named crisis and pre-commitment coordinator at the Klamath Mental Health Center, Klamath falls, Ore. He tw a special interest in neuropsychology, and has conducted reseolrch, teachin8 afld ocher wort. in the fJeld. MichM:1 D. Hqedom ('73) has opeoed oil book and music shop called "Cheerables," located on Wesl Burnside in downtown POI1land. The stofe offen; books, records, cr.aib, and homemade foods from the bakeryldeli next door (operated by his brother, D.avk:l) . ~Ieen Hieb ('70) Is the new superintendent of Cottrell Grade School in Boring, are., a facility with about 178 studenlS and 24 employees. She and her husband, Allan, have seven children (ages 21 through 27) and five grandchildren. Hvokl L.fohnIOn ('73 MAn is 5rfVing a two-year teon on the stale Tead1ef Standards and Pr.1ctices Commission. He is oln Englilll <lnd art teacher at Grant High School in Portland. Mart KubiKzyk ('76, '79 MST) is the new high Khool principal at La Center, Wash. He and his wiH!-, Mae, !rve in Vancouver, Wash. with their 12-year-old son. lCurt L MiHrr ('71, '74 MS) is the Khao! psychologist for the Deschutes County Education ServICe Distrkt, Bend, Ore. He counsels about 50 students, ages 6 to 18 years, whose ernotiom interfere with learning. His wife, Jeannette, teaches in nearby LaP,ne, Ore. 4 Robert Neilson ('70), is a piano soloist who has performed with the Southwest Washington ~~~=~~: ~~i~~~th:~~"!~ol~~!s, he teaches piano in the Portland area and recently returned from studies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Thonw O. Otsen ('78), former financi.1I director for North lincoln Hospital, LIncoln City, Ore., has been appointed budge{ and rates manager in fiscal services for the Unive~ity Hospital al the Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland. linda C. Owen ('74) and Paul D. Cooper were m.arried Nov. 26 at Trinity United Methodist Church in southeast Portland. The couple honeymooned on the Orl!gon Coast and in Hawaii. Susan M. Pelers (,77 MS) is worklngloward the SJD degree at Stanford University, and plans to combine hef background in psychology and law in a teaching career. 5he formerly was in private law ptactice when she decided to obtain hef advanced law degree. Ma'1<lrft Post ('74), formerly the director of Finance and Administration for Washington County, are., has taken a similar job with the city of Milwaukie, Ore. in order to extend her knowledge of finance in the public sector. Mic....1 M. Richardson ('77) has parlayed a career as a free-lance commercial artist inlo ownership of three Portland.vancouver area stores specializing in comic books, sports trading cards, lOO\Iie posters, games and paperback books. Nic~<lll'. Rothman ('78) began graduate studies this fall ~t the American Graduate School of International Management at Glendale, Ariz. Siri Schillx,s ('75) had some of her serigraphs, or silk-Kreened prints, exhibited at the Blue Sky Gallery in Bend, Ore. durin8 December. She has worked in the graphic design field for sevefi"ll years. urole Simon·Smminski ('70 MA), an historian, is the author of a recent book entllled Jounwl 1862. II chronicles the fictionalized adventures of a man who traveled nearly 1,500 mIles from SoIn Francisco to the Idaho gold ftelds in 1862, moving along the Columbia River waterway. Erieen Svihovec-Christenson ('71 MS, '83 Ph.D.), a biology instructor at Clark College, Vancouver, Wash. since 1971, recently coordinated a faculty lecture series on her c.ampus, based on her graduate research at PSU dealing with the use of biology to expose to)!;ic wastes in the environment. Robert D. Swaney ('76) of San Mateo, Calif. married Sarah Eleanor-Stevenson Nov. 26 al the Old Church in Portland. Swaney also is a graduate of the University of Califorrria at 8erio:eley. Patrid; Tcnlie (72, '74 MA) has }cined the faculty rA Umpqua Community Collese, Roseburg, O~., as a theater arts instructor. Ouring his past five years in los Angeles, he ~udied with the late Lee Strasberg and other noIed acting coaches, directed productions and acted ptofessionally in theater and TV. ICenndh unkeles ('77) has joined his family firm, Carton Service, distributors of new and used p;Kkaging supplies. He and his wife, the former Mary Armstrong, met seven years ago in Professor Ben Padrow's speech class. They have one son, Sam. ~ Vest ('71, '83 MSll has been named a mathematics Instructor at Lower Columbla College, longview, Wash. A part-time instructor at lCC since 1977, she also is vice chairperson of the neighboring Carrolls School 80. . d. e. N. (Norm) Winninptad (72 MBA) was named the 1983 Oregon Business leader of the Year in December. The Beaverton, Ore. industrialist is the founder and chairman of the board of Floating Point Systems, a firm best known for the development and manufacture of array ptOCl!Ssors, the supercharged computers now widely used in scientifIC applications. '80s Jay H. Alberts ('81) has been graduated from the U.S. Air Force weather specialist course al Chanute Air Fon::e 8asf>, III. He is scheduled to ~ at Offutt "ir fon::e Base, Neb. Brian APin! ('52) is a first-year insttUCtor teaching health education at GIt"flCoe High School, Hillsboro, Ore. Randy C. HoIbnd ('82) woos for the Toronto 81ue Jays baseball organization. John Nederhiser ('83) is a district executive for the North Centet" Washington Council of Boy Scouts of American in Wenatchee, Wash. Dave J. Opoten ('83) is vice president oi marketing of Palladium International Corp., Tualatin, Ore., rtIanufacturers of an enclosed tubular·shaped slide which allow.; quick and e~sy evacuatioo of people from multi-story buildings. Guy W<lyne lUll ('83) and Juli.l. Andrea Potts ('83) were married Nov. 20 in St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in southwest Portland. The couple honeymooned at the Oregon Coast. Robert W. ....y ('80) operates Stanley Avenue Tub Company in southeast Portla.nd and is married to former PSU student Diane Walter·Ray. They nave Of"I@child, Rebecca Ann. loberto Rf'Y&CoIon ('83 MPA) is a specialist in hum.an relations with tne Gty of Portland's -"'etropoiitan Human Relations Commission. Mary Robinson ('82) has joined her husoond Gary ('61, '73 MA) as co-owner of Training & Development Programs (TOP). They design and market programs internationally, using varied expem to teach management skills and work with companies on human resource ~nt cal I. WiUiams ('82 MS), a Multnomah county Extension Service home economist, has become the first black member of the Junior league of Portland. She and her husband Harold (,69, '72 MSn, a state lolbor relatioru managet", have two "'"'. Dous!ti W. Wise ('83) has graduated from the U.S. Air Froce communications and electronics engineer course. Second ll. Wise is scheduled to serve with the 1515th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Wright.Patterson Air force Base in Ohio. Merrie Ziady ('80, MST '82), program director oi the "Stop Smoking" program at Portland's St. Vincent HOSpital, has been serving recently as Portland-area curriculum coordinator for the Oregon Research Institute's smoking prevention program in the North Clackamas and Centennial School District. USE PSU LIBRARY Alumni Beneflhi C.ud 229-4948 In Memoriam Arthur F. Bepn ('76) died Nov. 12, 1983 (rom a heart ailment. He was 38. Mr. Began was a painter employed by the Gty 01 Portland and Wol$ a member of Painters Union District Council No. 55. The family suggests remembrances be contributed to Doernbecher Memorial Hospital for Children in Portland. Wilma C. Hides (,57), an award·winning speech teacher at unby High School for the p.1SI: 25 years, died of c.ancer Dec. 15 in a Portland hospital. The family sugsesls that remembrances be contributioos 10 the American Cancer Society. ZEGREq'q'I'S Iq'S!LY May 10-26. This promises to be an unforgettable trip to Italy - whether this is your first or fourth visit. Dr. Stefano Zegretti, internationally· known consultant, architect, art historian and designer, is your tour guide-lecturer. The journey to 16 Italian cities will have some unusual advantages. local tour guides, who are distingurshed regional authorities, will further enhance your visits to cultural events and historic attractions. Dr. Zegretti will give advance briefings and discussions about music and art history. . .special consultation about how to avoid "tourist traps" . where to shop, what to order, where to dine. You'll take backstage tours at LaScala and other opera houses and concert halls. You'll see Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice and a dozen other exciting Italian cities as few Americans do. $2,832 inclusive, based on double occupancy. Call or write PSU Alumni for reservations and detailed brochure. PSU ALUMNI TOURS PO Bux7S2 Portland OR 97207 (,)031 229-4948
ROTC A University presence in the military by Clarence Hein Uniformed ROTC cadets in PSU classrooms may be viewed as a military presence on campus, but Major Robert Pool, Officer in Charge of the new Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program al PSU, sees it another way. In Pool's mind, ROTC is "a university presence" in the military. Major Pool, a pnxJud of ROTC himself, is quick to poinl out that ROTC is the source of • full 85 percent of all active duty and reserve officers in all branches of the military. "This arrangement," he says, "helps preserve a very unique thing we have in this country; a civilian·based military organization," And the addition of PSU to the ROTC foster of campuses adds another unique dimension to the relationship, Pool says. "I suspect that, of the 90 to 100 Army ROTC schools in the western U.S.," Pool says, "we, at PSU, probably are unique in that we are the only institution of any size that is a public institution, in the central city, and without a resident student population of consequence. We also are in a unique state in SO far as acceptance of the military goes because we are the only stale west of Minnesota that I know of that does not have a major milital)' installation. " The 15 PSU students enrolled in the ROTC commissioning program this year, Pool says, reflect the general profile of all PSU students. "They are older," he says, "more serious, if you will, with a little less time for traditional college activities. They are more mature, both in age and temperament." That means the army will get a slightly different kind of officer from the PSU program, Pool believes. " I submit that mix is what makes us strong, not only in the officer corps, but in society. It's important that we not have everyone commissioned out of one kind of school. We need that balance." The unique PSU profile also creates problems for Pool. Scheduling of classes and other activities, for example, is more difficult here than at a campus with a larger resident student body. But the disadvantages are more than offset by the advantages, including PSU's strong academic programs (particularly in certain foreign languages and urban-related courses which are not available elsewhere, Pool says). Students enter the ROTC program at PSU in a variety of ways, including duty in the reserves, service as an "intem", and completion of an accelerated summer course. In addition to the requirements of their regular majorS, the cadets musl complete courses in military science and history, leadership training, and summer camp 10 earn commissions as second lieutenants. The diverse group will also have in common the completion of a six-week "Ieadership assessment" exercise at Ft. lewis, Washington this summer. PSU's ROTC program operates as an extension of the OSU program. Expansion to independent department status will follow increased enrollment, which Pool is confident wit! come. In addition, PSU is a base for participation in ROTC for students at other area campuses. ROle cadet Scott Bums found the first day of we.. ring his Anny uniform on c:ampus fairly interesling. ''There wasn't a lot of eye contact," he joked. Student's service maintains 'informal family tradition' For sophomore Scott Burns, enrollment in ROTC is helping him maintain an "informal family tradition" of military service while, at the same time, breaking a little with that tradition to serve as an officer rather than an enlisted man. It also i:i helping pay his way through his undergraduate studies. "My father and brother both served in the military," Burns says, "and my uncle was a P.O.W. in World War II. So I just always thought I would serve, too." At age 22, Burns is somewhat older than the typical college sophomore. He also has spent time in the work force and his experiences there played a direct role in his enrollment at PSU. " I worked for the telephone company for two and one-half years," he says, "but whenever there were opportunities for advancement 1 would run into these barriers because 1 hadn't been to college." Burns is a business major and is considering law school following graduation from PSU. He is a. member of the Army Reserve (the 104th Division in Vancouver) and still is undecided whether to remain in the reserves or seek active duty when he completes his ROTC training. He says he is keeping his options open, something the flexibility of the ROTC program allows him to do. (Far left) Eric Bell, Mike Maxwell, Seo" Haynes, Edward lyman and "pI.ltoon leader" Sea" Burns sing imd marie time during marching lab .II. the Tigard A.rmory. (left) f'~nces Hong, one of tM two contract women in PSU's ROTC unit, .Jnd Dennis F.a", discuss a text with their History of World War II professor Basil Dmytryshyn. Photos by Cynthia D. Stowell 5
Ralph Davis: The officials' official at the 1984 Olympics by Cliff loh;son The efforts of Ralph Davis -Iong·time PSU track coach and Health and Physical Education (acuIty member----eould spell the difference between smooth operation and potential chaos during the hotly-contested track and field competitions al August's Summer Olympic Games in los Angeles. Characteristically modest about his pivotal role, he joked recently, "It's just a glorified track meet, so we should be able to handle it." Selected as this year's "Supervisor of the Reserve Officials Pool," Davis has been placed in charge of the official comings and goings of 200 of the world's best track and field event personnel during the Games. For nine days of world-class track and field competition, he'll be pacing the center of Los Angeles Coliseum and using his walkie-talkie to make sure officials are where they need to be, whether working the events or taking necessary breaks. With daily temperatures-on the Coliseum floor expected to top 100 degrees, just calculating the timing of events and the proper support personnel needed, along with their rest and work patterns, all becomes vitally important work. lane markers, teleprinter operators, judges, results indicator operators, starters, equipment handlers and their varied duttes somehow must be coordinated and dispatched smoothly. "I have to be aware of and know these people, and be able to substitute them" from event to event, he noted. Davis began preparing for his task during this past year by traveling extensively as one of only ten observers in the U.S. charged with ~~c~r:~~nf1~~ :x~~i~~::~I~f be screened for final selection. Surprisingly, Davis' participation in helping to narrow the field down to 200 "cream of the crop" officials turned out to be a manageable and Sports Shorts Baseball season opens in Hawaii Coach Jack Dunn's baseball team is busily preparing for the start of the 1984 season, which includes an opening week of games in Hawaii, Feb. 24 - March 1. After a month of non-league games, PSU's third season in the PAC-10 conference begins March 31. The baseball team is helping raise money to cover the Hawaii trip with many "Dunn Enterprises" projects. such as the annual 100 inning marathon game, the annual Sing-Along, game ball Known on campus for teaching physical education classes and 'Coaching Irilck and field. Ralph Davis is also known in "official" circles as the man who will coordinate track and field officials at the 1984 Olympics. enjoyable task, Davis reflected. Perhaps that conclusion could be expected, coming from a man who certified all track officials serving at the Olympic trials held at Eugene, Ore. in 1980. As things now stand, about half the officials for this year's Games haiJ from the Southern California host region. Ten additional professionals come from the Pacific Northwest. Starting with the 100-meter hurdles on day one (Friday, Aug. 3), Davis will be watching over all 200 of them right through to the final marathon event on Sunday, Aug. 12, except for a day of rest on Tuesday. "I really like my assignment," he beamed. "I'll be right there in the center, and have a view of the whole thins·" Davis' Olympic duties will coincide nicely with his phased retirement sponsorships, a clinic. and--new this year-a Gourmet Club book which provides two-for-one dinner coupons at twenty of the area's better ~~~~~~~I~bt:k ~:e;~:~d~att~e travel package to Hawaii should contact the baseball office at 229-4000. Spikers second in nationals Marlene Piper should be in the running for coach of the year honors for the state of Oregon. Her PSU women's volleyball team placed second in the nation at the NCAA Division II national tournament at lakeland, Florida Dec. 9-10. That beginning in mid-June. A PSU faculty member since 1955, he plans to teach track and field courses for three months out of the year, instead of the usual nine. Reminiscing about his many years with PSU, Davis said he especially treasures the return visits of athletes he has coached. "Many feel like I'm still coach to them," he said. "I really appreciate that closeness with my athletes. I always have. " Any wonder that 1984 shapes up as a banner year for Ralph Dav.is? (Friends and former students of Ralph Davis are invited to his retirement dinner, to be held May 31 at the Multnomah Athletic Club. Call Margaret Heyden at 229-4401 for information about tickets.) makes three straight years that the Vikings have placed in the top three nationally. Van Loo out, but team takes Ciusti fifth PSU's women's basketball team lost its All-American candidate, 5'11" senior forward 5heri Van loo, to a knee injury in the season's sixth ~;~i~~~~h~~~~:t~l:i:~~afo~a to fifth place finish in the Fifth Annual Giusti Tournament of Champions Dec. 18-20 at Memorial Coliseum. Coach Jim Sollars is looking forward to having Van loo back for another year because of the early season disability. SPRING GARDENING PETER CHAN RAISED-BED i .J GARDENING Saturday I , April 14 i,l;; 8,30.' PM Master gardener Peter Chan, featured In national magazines and author of Better Vegetable Gardens the Chinese Way, teaches you how to grow more and benet vegetables in less space. The Chinese raised-bed methods of gardening help you: • Increase ha.rvest .. Save time .. Accomplish more .. Make compost .. Preserve food .. Improve soil .. Make your garden look better with less work Anend the Saturday slide leclure, 53 Cramer Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tour the award·winning Chan garden on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. $19.95 per person. Call PSU Alumni, 229-4948, for reseNations. HOME LANDSCAPE CARE CLASSES April 3 and 17 May 1 and 15 Reserve your place today for the complete series (or even one class, if you prefer) in this special offer on landscaping your home. You'll benefit (rom the sessions whether you're a beginner or experienced landscaper. An expert in urban and home horticulture will teach the informative classes ... covNing landscaping design, techniques and maintenance. He will also answer your questions about individual landscaping problems. Call PSU Alumni, 229-4948, for complete details. PSU ALUMNI , (' I" ~ ) 1 '1d \ \ 1[.'( '':' , \ - I -! 1-11
Performing arts school keeps pace with downtown cultural scene by Clarence Hein less than two years old, PSU's School of Performing Arts is promising to be a perfect complement to the city's cultural scene. Just a short walk up Broadway from the Paramount, where work has begun on the new performing arts center, PSU is busy developing new performance spaces and degree programs. The most ambitious project is a proposed 170-seat theater to be located in a now vacant boiler room in the Uncoln Hall basement. Called The Boiler Room Theater, the facility ~~r~~~!~:c~~t~~ ~7~~br:rtment performance facility _ Currently, the department is limited to one major production each term in lincoln Hall Auditorium, a facility it must share with other University departments as well as community and visiting artists. The Boiler Room Theater, with an entrance and box office under a covered walkway on Broadway, will cost an estimated $317.000. A fund raising effort to pay for construction was launched by the University in January. Plans call for seating to be arranged in several levels around a stage area which could accommodate a variety of performance slyles,.induding theater in the round. Preliminary designs and a scale model already have been completed. A second new performance space. this one already in use, was developed this year by the Department of Dance, which renovated the old cafeteria space in Shattuck Hall to create a dance studio. The studio, with a specially designed floor, seats approximately 200 persons for dance performances. Development of the facility was supported by the University and by the Autzen Foundation. The Shattuck Hall Studio will make a permanent home for PSU's resident dance company, The Company We Keep, also accommodating performances by outside dance companies. II is the only specifically designed dance performance space in the area. In addition to the new performance spaces, the School of Performing Arts has new degree programs in the works. The University's Faculty Senate has recommended to the president the establishment of a Bachelor of Mus)c (8M) degree, effective next fall, and a special planning committee has urged development of a bachelor's degree in dance. Both would be " profesSional" degrees, which emphasiz.e development of professional performers. The 8M degree proposal will be submitted to the state board office for review this spring. The School of Performing Arts produces a quarterly calendar of events at PSU and also has information about the school's new programs and facilities. Fundraising for the proposed Boiler Room Theater in the sub-basement of Lincoln Hall (top) got underway in January with a social event staged in Rian's Atrium Breadbasket. where theater department head William Tale (left photo, al right) explained tbe project ~ reti~ PGE executive Hilbert Johnson, his wiie and Priscilla Blum examined the model. PSU dancer Sara Grindle warms up in the Shahuck Studio Theater (above), which has already hosted two perfonnances by PSU's resident dance group The ComJNny We K~, and one by a visiting troupe. 7
Headmistress comes late to French, starts school children early by Cynthia D. Stowell Jane Josselyn ('69) hated French at an early age. But on a Peace Corps assignment in French-speaking Ivory Coast, she quickly became Ouenl in spite of herself. Now, as headmistress of Portland's French-American Bilingual School, Josselyn sees to it thai 80 children are immersed in the language she eventually learned to love. For Josselyn, learning French was a matter of survival. " It was do or die," she said about her first six months in the African nation. But (or the mostly American students speaking French in her school, it is more a matter of choice. "Their parents want them to be exposed to another culture through the language, II explained Josselyn. "Children in this generation will do more traveling, not just physically but mentally, and the sooner they get to know the cuhural differences, the better," said Josselyn, whose school fosters pride in the "heritage of western civilization." The h""lIs of her school ring with the sounds of French-and not German, Spanish or Italian-because of a certain jean-Claude Paris, who founded the French-American School in 1979. But it is not only the French founder's language that is attractive to parents; it is also the school's rigorous French national curriculum, which emphasizes a traditional, structured classroom approach sanctioned by the government of france. Students in the worldwide French system are generally two years ahead of the average American public school student, noted Josselyn. Although the curriculum at the French-American School is somewhat modified for American appetites, the bilingual experience is intense. From the first day, preschoolers work and play entirely in French, understanding most of their teachers' instructions ~~:ri:h~~!~~;~;d·I~~tS~~~r::jns in first grade, but all other subjects continue to be taught in French. Bilingualism is an invaluable experience, according to the headmistress. "A bilingual child can make mental leaps with his own language that a monolingual child cannot," Josselyn explained. "It makes your own language richer and increases your vocabulary." The pre-school through third grade students at the French-American School have a great advantage over their headmistress, who didn't start learning French until junior high. A person's ability to absorb a new language diminishes after the grade school years when learning becomes more of an intellectual actiVity, said Josselyn . 8 ~ uturJEUSE pOOR If ,ROFESSfUR ! She knows this from her own difficulties with the French language as well as from teaching French to junior high students at the Catlin Gabel School in Portland for (ourteen years. like many other foreign language teachers, she knew her job could have been easier if the children had been exposed to the language earlier. Nevertheless, she chaired a lively foreign languages department at the private school, also directing an exchange program and accompanying students on three overseas tours to France and Switzerland. The French·American School was "an animal growing out of control" when Josselyn was selected to be its first headmistress last year. Run by comminee for its first four years, the rapidly growing school needed some strollg direction as it occupied the old Sylvan School building and established itself in the community. "This is a very young school that can go in any direction," said the enthusiastic administrator. As the only school of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, the French-American School is feeling its way along, adding a grade each year and refining its curriculum as it goes. Josselyn, who is the only female head of a French government-sanctioned school in the U.S., ;s ;n contact with bilingual programs in Canada and louisiana to share ideas and techniques. "We'll see a rise in bilingual schools," predicted Josselyn, who also expects to see currently "thin" foreign language programs in public Jane Josselyn ('69) schools given more emphasis as college requirements stiffen. "I was forced into taking two years of latin and French," Josselyn said about her public school years in Alaska and then at Grant High School' in Portland. This negative experience didn't stop her, as a girl scout, from spending the summer aher graduation in France, where she realized her "French was still lousy. I decided it wasn't my language." At Portland State, she was active in the International Club, but French still wasn't agreeing with her so she dropped it for Russian. Then, taking one of the "plunges" for which she is famous, she signed up (or the Peace Corps at the end of her sophomore year and went to IVOry Coast. Fqr the young woman who never intended to be a teacher, administrator or a speaker of French, life has been a series of such unexpected moves. "I had no real skills, so they trained me in home economics," she recalled about her Peace Corps experience. Seeing a need for ESl teachers, she began working in a middle school where only French and two native languages were spoken. The young volunteer also responded to the severe malnutrition problems of her village by learning the basics of nursing. another job she had always meant to avoid. Readjusting to American life when she finally came home was difficult. "I went to Kienow's (grocery store) and thought, 'Oh, myl' I couldn't buy chicken on the claw and I couldn't see where the milk came from!" She also noticed that American children were indulged to a degree that would be unthinkable in Ivory Coast, where "you didn't hear children crying much, and they were old by the age of five." Josselyn was further shocked by the loud. bragging, "me-oriented" and increasingly violent society of her nalive country. But she has slayed, more or less. As an ESl teacher and trainer of Peace Corps volunteers for three years through the Experiment for International living in Brattleboro, Vermont, Josselyn worked on in-country training projects in such places as Tunisia and Micronesia. later, she finished up her degree .at PSU ("It took me ten years"), where she enjoyed the mixture of people ;;f:~~~~ ~~cTti~oN~~~~~I~~~~n her home ever since. Now, at the bilingual school, she is acquiring such useful skills as how to unplug toilets, run an oil furnace, and be a sympathetic landlady to other programs renting space in the Sylvan School. "Thi5 school, I'm convinced, runs on miracles," said the frenzied headmistress, whose administrative staff consi5ts of a secretary and a custodian. As Josselyn tended a child's bleeding nose and worried about the French government's reaction to a sensitive personnel decision she had just made, her di~rse experience seemed to be coming together quite naturally. Just as naturally as "Ie fran>ais" now tumbles off her tongue.
• 1 • Production of the French children's magazine "Enfantaisie" hi often a family ~ffair for PSU French professor Mich~eI Gould, his wife Vivtane Heft) and their children, Kim (center) and Marco (not shown). The magazine grew out of the couple's efforts to design French language activities for their sons. Magazine's aim is to keep French alive in the home with a couple of years of French behind them will be challenged by the stories, while preschoolers like Marco can absorb new words and ideas by coloring and cutting out the magazine's many illustrations, drawn by Viviane. For each issue, Michael authors a scholarly essay in English to help parents and teachers better utilize the magazine. by Cynthia D. Stowell The arrival of the mail at Michael and Viviane Gould's home in southeast Portland is a moment of palpable tension. One hovers while the other quickly shuffles through the envelopes. Christmas cards and other friendly notes are impatiently tossed aside in the anxious search for the kind words "Pay to the order of fnfantaisie. " Such a message means another subscription for the French children's magazine the Goulds produce frorn their upstairs office. Enfantaisie has excited the interest of over 700 subscribers in less than a year of publication, but that's not enough of a following to allow its editors to relax. "Enfantaisie is very original, II says Michael Gould, an assistant professor of French at Portland State since 1979. "There's no other magazine like it in the United States. But it's nol tnat nobody's thought of it. It's that there's no money in it!" Gould admits that the potential market for a magazine like Enfantaisie is "extremely small." But he and Viviane, a French native, have discovered from the "love letters" they receive that they are filling a very real need with their 2S·page bimonthly magazine. "We never realized so rnany people were in a situation like ours - trying to keep French alive at home," said Michael. The couple speak only french with their sons Kim, 9, and Marco, 21!.z, and Enfantaisie grew out of their efforts to create fun learning activities in French for the youngsters. Now parents and teachers all over the U.S. are using the Goulds' ideas to work with bilingual children. Among their subscribers are teachers and students at Portland's Catlin Gabel School and in the FlES (Foreign languages in Elementary Schools) programs in lake Oswego and Oregon City. And if the Goulds' negotiations with a French publishing house go well, Enfantaisie could enlarge its sphere to other non-French-speaking countries. "Enfantaisie" is a coined word combining the French words for child and creative fancy. The name describes well the contents of the magazine, which is filled with stories, games, comics and informative articles on topics ranging from computers to natural history. "Everything is subtly linguistically oriented," said Gould, "but the grammar is hidden so the child doesn'l think he's gening lessons." Children of all ages can enjoy Enfantaisie, noted Gould. Even adults Behind the bold, attractive pages of Enfantaisie lie the Goulds' carefully considered assumptions about how children learn a language. Following the adventures of comic strip character "Julie," who is constantly fielding requests from her unseen parents, children are learning conversational, idiomatic French much as they have learned their own language - through commands. Enfantaisie, which is entirely in frencn except for the two editorial pages at the front, reflects the "direct method" of language teaching used by Gould in his classrooms. In this immersion approach, "you're not translating, you're demonstrating," explained Gould. Enfantaisie's poems, games and pictures "open up the language to the right side of the brain, the side that touches and feels, not analyzes and translates," said Gould. The French scholar remembers the very moment in college when ne began reading directly in french instead of translating into English. It was a breakthrough after many years of "left side" instruction that had left him only a "mediocre student" of French. Despite his late start, Gould went on to earn his doctorate in "French happens to be the language that caught my fantaisie . " French from laval University in Quebec, after three years of research in Paris, where he met Viviane. A former street artist, Viviane has degrees in botany and landscape architecture. Enfantaisie has brought the- couple's personal and work lives together in a satisfying, if not lucrative, way. "I felt isolated before Enfantaisie, and was afraid the kids would lose their French," said Viviane. "Now I'm in touch with people all over the country who are in the same position. " "I love it," she said about prodUcing Enfantaisie. "I could work on it twenty hours a day." Around deadline time she comes dose to that, but still leaves time to teach French at the Metropolitan learning Center one afternoon a week, and to lead a Monday evening conversation group for French speakers. The Goulds feel their children are very fortunate to be growing up bilingually. As "islands in a sea of English," they are learning two languages very naturally, said their father. "It does marvelous things in the formative years to have another language present," offered Gould. "Studies have shown that bilingual children are stronger in their native language than monolingual children. It "No one language covers all of reality," he continued. "Any language system provides a frame for reality. A second language just puts the frame around the picture differentfy." Bilingualism can be a good prevention for "xenophobia," feels Gould. "If we remain linguistically isolated, we tend to fall into certain patterns, cultural stereotypes. It's important to learn that foreign cultures are different but not inferior. uWe live in a world community and communication is the key to peace in the world." But, pourquoi Ie francais? Why French in a country that has no significant French subculture? "French is an international language," reasoned Gould. "It is politically and economically very important, but of course, culturally it is no more important than other languages. "French happens to be the language that caught my fantaisie. " 9
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