PSU Magazine Fall 2013

-AUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS Marketer joins Alumni Office staff Trish Turch iarolo-Vanoni recently joined the Alumni Office as marketing and event coordinator. A graduate of Oregon State Univer– sity, Turchiarolo– Vanoni grew up in Port– land and attended Franklin High School. She previously worked in events and fund raising for the American Advertising Museum and the Oregon Ballet Theatre, and in marketing and events planning for eMark Solution of Tigard. Turch iarolo-Vanoni is coordinating the upcoming PSU Weekend on Nov. 2-4, the annual friend-raising event for the A lumni Association that includes lectures, tours, receptions, and a Viking football game. She will also be redesigning the Alumni Asso– ciation' Web page and working on other marketing activities for the as ociation. Turchiarolo-Vanoni can be reached at 503-725-8210 or by email at vanoni@pdx.edu PSU Weekend is back November 2..4 After a year's hiatus to allow the A lumni Association time to finish the Simon Benson House project, PSU Weekend is back, and bigger and bet– ter than ever. Keynote peaker Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in an address on "Our Sustainable World," will highlight a weekend that includes 25 lectures, school and department reunions, music performances, garden tours, and of course, the Vikings footba ll team back at PGE Park. See the advertise– ment on the inside front cover for details, and watch your mail for the complete PSU Weekend brochure. See you on campus in November! Many opportunities for alumni to reconnect Dear Alumni and PSU Supporters: Who would have thought that what started out four years ago as an innocent round of golf with another PSU alumnus would developed into my taking on the presidency of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Since graduating in 1975 in mathematics, I barely had any contact with the Uni– versity. Now I may be one of its biggest fans. I'm just sorry it took so many years before I reconnected. There is a lot happening on the Park Blocks these days that is worth your time and effort. Here are some ways you can reconnect with PSU: • The football team will be playing back at PGE Park this fall. If you have never seen them play, I hope you'll go to a game or two. I guarantee you'll be impressed! • PSU Weekend is November 2-4. This is a great opportunity to attend a variety of interesting workshops, get together with faculty and friends, or listen to our keynote speaker, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. • The Alumni Association offices are located in the Simon Benson House and are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Tours of the house are available Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. with plans to be open as a visitors' center soon. I have yet to hear 20 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 2001 anyone walk away from a visit to our hi toric house with anything less than positive comments on the newest addition to campus. • The PSU Bookstore has moved to the Urban Center Building (on the new Portland Streetcar line at SW Sixth and Mill). As a big fan of "branding," a nice PSU golf shirt or sweatshirt is one of my favorite ways of generating discussion about PSU. The bookstore has a gener– ou selection. • The association is developing a new Web site, and we encourage you to check in once in a while to watch for activities and ways you can become involved. Just go to www.alumni.pdx .edu. The Alumni Association is always looking for new ways we can reconnect with both students and graduates. I would welcome hearing your ideas. You can email me at dfitzpat@swndard.com . Go Viks! Dave Fitzpatrick '75, MS '77 President, PSU Alumni Association Board of Directors