PSU Magazine Fall 2003

ALUM NOTES Craig Davis is a cytogenetist technologist at Oregon Health & Science Uni\'ersity in Pon land. Michael Farley graduated from the Western Uni\'ersity of Health Sciences' College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. Farley is now an intern in the Eastmoreland Family Practice Residency program in Portland for one year, LO be followed by a two-year residency. Michael Gottlieb is president of MG Consulting, Inc., a com– puter consulting firm in Lake Oswego. Joel McCarroll MBA is a traffic manager with the Oregon Department of Transportation in Bend. Tom Reynolds is a senior elec– trical engineer with Electro Sci– entific Industries, an industrial auLOmation firm in Ponland. Stephen Stetson has been the Veterans of Foreign Wars district six commander for the past three years. ext year, Stetson will be the VFW Voice of Democracy chairman for the state of Washington. Stetson li\'es in Vancouver, WashingLOn. Ann Takamura MPA has joined the PSU Alumni Board of Direc– tors. Takamura is audit supervi– sor at Hoffman, Lewan & Schmidt, P.C., in Portland. Barbara Vcrchot MPA is mar– keting director al Literary Ans, Inc., a nonprofit responsible for the Portland Ans & Lectures series, Oregon Book Awards, Oregon Literary Fellowships, a Writers in the Schools program, and Poetry in Motion. Sarah (Hackman) Barnell MEd ·99 teaches first grade al Lincoln Park Elementary School in Portland. 26 PSU 1AGAZINE FALL 2002 Joaquin Collings is a pilot with PSA Airlines. She lives in Louis, die, Ohio. Lydia Fettig ,,rites, " ... I have earned an MFA in creati\'e writ– ing from American University. I ha\'e spent the last few years teaching wming courses at the college and high school level . . Working full Lime as an acade– mic advisor at the University of Maryland. I plan LO return to schoo l (though sad ly not PSU) this fall LO pursue an advanced degree in social work. I got mar– ried in 2000; my husband and I li ve in Washington, D.C. , with our many pets." Michelle Hager is community office representauve for Portland General Electric in Portland. John O' ei ll graduated from Lewis & Clark College's onh– western School of Law. ow an anorney in Portland, his prac– tice focuses on estate planning, probate, wills, and trusts. Scott Swanson writes, "On June l+ I graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California, with my doctor of chiropractic degree. Ken McMahon '98 helped me celebrate in Las Vegas the following week. I will be moving back to Portland for a few months while l wait for my California and Oregon licensing exam results. I might even take a class at PSU just for fun! I hope LO see many old friends when I return. " Reid Vanderburgh IA is a holistic psychotherapist who works with people undergoing major life transformations, including gender transitions, addiction recovery, loss and grief, and sexual orientation. Vanderburgh lives in Ponland. Kelly Werth is a certified public accountanL at Baker & Colson, P.C., in Gresham. Brian EaglcHea rt has been elected LO the PSU Alumni Board of Directors. Eagle Hean is president of EagleHean Capital Consulting, Inc., in Portland. He participated in the student ambassador program while at Portland Stale. NOBODY COVERS YOU BETTER Check out the Va11g11ard at www.dailyvanguard.com VANGUARD Yoko Endo Iwasaki MA is a Japanese language teacher at Catlin Gabel School in Portland. Timothy Landolt has joined Tapanen Group, a national appraisal and advisory firm located in Port– land, as an indus– trial appraiser. He will call on his mechanical engineeri ng degree knowledge during complex appraisal assignments. R. Shaun Plummer is director of operations at Norcom Agency, lnc., a distribution and sales facility in Canby. Byron Sauer is sanitation super– intendent at Land O'Lakes, Inc., a dairy manufacturing company. Sauer li ves in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Tatyana Yoronyuk 1BA is a strategic marketing professional at Tektronix in Beaverton. Robin Andrea MS was named principal of asel le Youth amp School, a school for juvenile offenders in Nase lle, Washing– LOn. Andrea was with the AsLO– ria School District for 13 years. Clarice Bailey PhD is a senior consu ltant with the newl)' formed Strategic Consulting Group of The Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore, Mary– land . The group works with state agencies LO improve the futures of disadvantaged chil– dren, particularly children of color in juvenile justice systems. Bruce Bikle PhD is an assistant professor in the criminal justice program at California State Uni– versity-Sacramento. Bikle says he enjoys being back on the "left coast." Marie Dunnington is a retire– ment administrator with ESCO Corporation in Portland. Andrea Hanson-Garcia is direcLOr of reimbursement al Avamere Health Services in Wilsonville. Her husband, Ruben Garcia 'O 1, is a youth advocate for the Oregon Coun– cil for Hispanic Advancement. Kerri Hill is enrolled in the MPA program at PSU and is teaching classes in Caribbean studies through the Bia k Stud– ies Department. Hill is serving on the boards of the Caribbean Cultural Association and Homowo African Ans and Cul– tures, and is an honorary mem– ber liaison and educational service chair of the Golden Key International Honor Society, Portland State chapter. Jay Kenton PhD was appointed vice president of Finance and Administration at Portland State. Previously associate vice president, he accepted the LOp position in July. Kenton came to the University in 1988. Rebecca McCoun is a benefits administrator for DP.A, lnc., in Portland. Holly Spinks is retail manager at Bally Total Fitness in Hillsboro. Shannon Stamps 1s a senior claims representati\'e with Allied Insurance, a member of ation– wide Insurance. Stamps lives in Portland. -