PSU Magazine Fall 2003

New officers and board members elected Tamara Lewis (formerly Kelly) '69, is the new Alumni Association president. A territory manager fo r Warner Chilcott Labs, Lewis has served on the board for three years. Ge rry Craig '69, manager of credit and operati ons fo r Executive Capital, was elected vice president, and Don Riggs '83, a pa rtne r with Deloitte & Touche, is treasurer. Newly elected board members are Jeffrey Austin '77, a partner with Mill er Nash, LLP; Brian EagleHeart '99, owner of EagleHeart Capital Consult– ing; Bob Hormel '62, a retired CPA; Komi Kalevor '88, a finance coo rdina– tor with Portland Development Com– mission ; Terry Pinnell '01, a human resources consultant; and Ann Takamura MPA '97, an audit supervi– sor with Hoffman , Stewart & Schmidt. Retiring from the board are Pamela Gesme Mill er '84, former board presi– dent and two-time PSU Weekend chair; and Eri c Stromquist '81, chair of the board's communications committee for the past three years. "We've accom– plished so much during Pam's era on the board , including realizing our non– profit status as an organization and completion of the Simon Benson House project," says Pat Squire, direc– tor of Alumni Relations and executive director of the Alumni Association . "And Eric has been the guiding fo rce behind our new logo and Web page. We will miss them both." Fo r information on becoming invo lved with the PSU Alumni Associa– tion, call 503-725-4948; email psualum@pdx.edu ; or go online at www.alumni.pdx.edu Stay connected to PSU! Keep up-to-date with the latest alumni news, events, travel pro– grams and resources available to you as a PSU alum! Visit our newly designed Web site at www.alumni.pdx.edu . You can submit alum notes, update your address and email, or sign up for future email newsletters, all online! Web site provides alumni career help For most of us, once we have our degree, our ca reer takes center stage. That is why the PSU Alumni Association is pleased to offer CareerTools©, a free, Internet-based service for job search and career management resou rces. The ser– vice was developed in conjunction with Lee Hecht Harrison, the largest out– placement firm in the world. Caree rTools includes a career "wiz– ard" that p rovides step-by-step direc– tions on how to conduct a job search and build a personal career develop– ment plan . It also contains personal– ized tools that feature online resume building, resume storing and sending, a personal calendar, and a contact manager. Resources included in CareerTools Web site are: ♦ Index of more than 400 job boards by industry, geography, and function. ♦ Index of caree r fairs . ♦ Salary surveys. ♦ Mega-Search fun cti on: request a type of job and get results back from over 100,000 corporate job sites and 900 job board sites. ♦ Resume building or importing. ♦ Resume submission to established job boards and select headhunters. The Alumni Association also provides many other services. For more in formati on on CareerTools or other association activities and events go to www.a lumni.pdx.edu . □ PSU Weekend features all-star lineup David Halberstam, author and political commentator, and Landrum Bolling, international peace negotiator, will highlight this year's PSU Weekend , slated for October 25-27. Halberstam is best known for his in-depth analysis and commentaries on American contemporary issues. Nearly all of his books haYe been on The Neiv Yorh Times best-seller list: The Best and the Brightest, The Fifties, The Summer lf '49 and most recently, Fi rehouse, about the conduct, code, lives, and deaths of Manhatlan firefighters during 9/11. Halberstam wi ll give the keynote talk, "America and the World: New Challenges in a Time of Uncertainty," at noon Satur– day, Oct. 26, in the Smith Center Ballroom. Advance registration is necessary. Patrons and sponsors of PSU Weekend will have the opportunity to meet Hal berstam personally at a Friday evening event. Bolling is a director-at-large for Mercy Corps, the international humanitari an organization that p ro– vides quick-response assistance to over 5 million people around the world each year. Bolling has Landrum Bolling intensively pursued the study of the Arab-Israeli conflict for the past 21 years and served as an infor– mal liaison between President Jimmy Carter and Palestinian President Yassar Arafat. He is an author, former college president, and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. He \viii speak on "Hopes for Peace in the Middle East?'' at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Among the 20 featured speakers during Saturday's Seminar Day are profes– sors Gary Perlstein talking on terrorism , Scott Bums on soil and wine, Ruth Dobson on opera appreciation, and Tom Potiowsky (also Oregon's state econ– omist) on Oregon's economy. Other events include a wine tasting, depart– mental gatherings, a Saturday evening football game against Montana, and Sunday tours of downtown Portland. For more information , call the PSU Alumni Association at 503-725-4949 or go to www.alumni.pdx.edu FALL 2002 PSU MAGAZINE 19