PSU Magazine Fall 2013

Robert York is a bui lding mechanic at Nordstrom's in Portland. York writes, "Very involved in wilderness explo– ration and mountaineering. l have climbed all of O regon's major Cascade peaks." T heodore Young is an equip– ment engineer at Wacker Siltronic Corporation, a semi– conductor manufacturer in Portland . Vanessa Michalko Edmonds is a marketing analyst and initia– tive manager with United Parcel Service. She lives in Smyrna, Georgia. Teresa LaH aie MPA is director of policy, plann ing, and budget for the Institute of Museum and Library ervices in Washington, D.C. This agency, affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides federal grams to community libraries and museums around the country. M. Eileen McClary is the senior program director at Friendly House, Inc., a non– profit social service agency in Portland. Richard Van Dorn is a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Charles Allen MS earned a PhD in geography from the University of Illinois in May. He is now an assistant professor in the geography department and is also employed in the environmental studies program at the University of Wiscon in at Oshkosh. William "Bill" Aronson M support services manager at Outside In, a Portland non– profit agency serving homeless youth and other low-income people. Elizabeth "Lizzy" Caston MURP '01 has been elected to the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Caston is an urban 28 PSU MAGAZINE FALL 2001 planner with the Portland Development Commission. Joanne (Reed) Laurent is an orientation/mobility specialist, and rehabilitation teacher with the department of services for the blind in Vancouver, Washington. Sahra Vanderkin is a res ident in internal medicine at the Univer ity of Virginia in Charlottesvi lle. Vanderkin grad– uated from Oregon Hea lth & Science University in June. She writes of her OHSU career, "thanks to le sons learned at PSU, l have thrived." Emily N yen Chang earned a JD degree from Notre Dame Law School in May and is an a oci– ate with the law firm of Fen– nemore Craig in Phoenix. Marinda Crochet MSW is a medical social worker at North– east Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Karen Kuhn Schmid MS is a linguistic test engineer with Microsoft in Redmond, Wash– ington. Crystal Shum writes, "I am now a registered professional engineer, civil, in the state of California." Shum lives in Salinas, California. Jane Welp MA is a housing cer– tifier with Mid-Columbia Hous– ing, a low-income housing assistance agency in The Dalles. Elizabeth Cage writes that she is "attending graduate school at Macquarie University and doing public relations for major league baseball's Sydney (Australia) office." Brian EagleH eart is president and owner of EagleHeart Capi– tal Consulting, Inc., a financial and management consulting firm in Portland . Brandie Fazal is program coor– dinator supervisor at Janus Youth Programs, a social service agency in Tigard. Jeremiah Galvin is a financial analyst at Marriott Interna– tional, a hotel management cor– poration. Galvin lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Chris Groener has been elected to the PSU A lumni Board of Directors. Whi le at PSU, Groener was student body presi– dent. He lives in Oregon C ity. Darryl Hrenko is a science and math teacher at Cleveland High School in Portland . Deborah Monnier MS is a teacher at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro. Kathleen "Katie" Perkins writes, "I am a social worker ... returned to work for a new Portland-based program called Power House, serving foster children who have recently become adu lts and are in need of housing and supportive services..." Renee Seaman is a second– grade teacher at Moreno Elementary School in Fontana, California. Charles Urwyler is coastal resource manager with the Municipal Agricu lture Office in Lobo, Batangas, Philippines. Urwyler's mother, Connie McMullen , '70, MS '98 writes, "After getting hi degree, Charlie started a two- to five– year stint with the Peace Corps." { { Jesse Alvey works in human resources at PacifiCorp, a uti lity company in Portland. Alvey writes, "PSU's School of Busi– ness Administration is the most underrated in the state." Dean Hale MSW i director of social services for Ind ia with Holt International Chi ldren' Services in Eugene. Hale fre– quently travels to India for trainings and consultations. Andrea Madden is an adminis– trative as i tam at O regon Health & Science Univer ity in Portland. Greg Parra is a production designer at Sandstrom Design, Inc., a graphic design firm in Portland . Parra writes, "I was hired in June of last year after a enior-year, three-month intern– ship." Jennifer Sorenson MSW i a social worker at The Actors' Fund, a social work agency in Los Angeles. Julie Wose MBA is vice presi– dent and owner of Precision Mail Services, a mail business. Wose lives in Bend and i excited about "my fir t small business!" Verdene Anderegg is a water exercise and aerobics instructor at the Mt. Scott Community Center in Portland . Beth Hamon writes, "After graduating in June, I moved to Philadelphia .. . wi ll begin grad studies at Gratz College, toward an MA in Jewish music and investiture as a cantor. G ratz College is the oldest non– denominational in titution of Jewish learning in the Western Hemisphere .. ." Jessie Hann MS is a clinical dietitian at Adventist Medical Center in Portland . Elizabeth Hunter i manager at Ruth's Chris Steak House in Portland. Misty McElroy is president of Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls, a nonprofit agency in Portland. Deborah McKay is enrolled at the National College of Naturo– pathic Medicine in Portland and hopes to become a naturo– pathic physician in 2005 . Jennifer Merrill is site director at Kidscorner, an after school care program in Portland. Stephanie Musselman MSW is a social services specialist with the state of Ala ka's Services to Fami ly and Youth. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska. Grace Rodriguez Slosky MPH is a communicable di ease epi– demiologist at Columbia County Public Health, a gov– ernment health agency in t. Helens. Cheree Lynn Smith is a cytoge– netics technician at Oregon Health & cience University. D