PSU Magazine Fall 2003

'99 Christine Fletcher is owner and travel consultant at Raines Globe Travel in Salem. Maria Perez MA '00 is assistam director in the basic Spanish language program at the Univer– sity of Illinois at Chicago. Carmen Schwisow is a public affairs field organizer with Planned Paremhood. She lives in Portland. Darlene Stevens is manager of the Yosemite Concessions Services at Yosemite National Park in California. Renee Ziettlow is an echocar– diographer (cardiac ultrasound) at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington. '00 Brian Cri tes MEd '02 is a teacher at Elmonica Elementary School in Beaverton. Marilee Farr MS is a third– grade teacher at Riverside Ele– mentary School in Milwaukie. Michelle Gottlieb MS 'O1 is a staff accountant with The Par– rott Partnership, an accounting and business consulting firm in Portland. Gottlieb completed an imernship with the company in 2002, locating the position by using resources at PSU and its chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, the national financial information and accounting society. Anne (Cohen) Grey MPA '02 is director of the disability divi– sion at Inland Empire Health Plan, a Medicaid HMO. The nonprofit agency is located in San Bernardino, California. Amy Gunn designs and creates glass mosaic artwork on recy– cled windows. Gunn's windows are designed to let in sunlight while providing privacy. A num– ber of her windows are on display at Morning Star Cafe in Seaside. Terra Lang MS is a fish biolo– gist with the Oregon Depart- Tell us all about yourself Please let us know about you or your PSU friends for Alum Notes. Tell us about honors, promotions, appointments, and other important events in your life. Send your news by email to psualum@pdx.edu or use the form below. 0 Check here if this is a new address. Name ________________ SSN# ___________ Name while attending PSU ______________________ Street ___________ City _______ State __ Zip Code __ Occupation ______________________________ Employer ______________________________ Home/Business Telephone ________________________ Home/Business email ___________________________ Send to: Myrna Dura)', Alumni Relauons, Portland St,ite Um,-crsity, PO Box 752. Portland OR 97207-0751, 503-725-49➔8. 26 PSU MAGAZlNE FALL 2003 ment of Fish and Wildlife. Lang does research on steelhead and spring chinook salmon on the John Day River. She writes, "I have been a full-time seasonal for three years and am ready for a big challenge. It is time I left the big city and enjoyed the quiet life in Prairie City There is a lot of fishing , hiking, and camping to be done!" Janet (Walters) Meeks is a research associate at the Univer– sity of Hawaii in Honolulu. Emily (Black) Nathoo MS is a teacher at Barnes Miller Child Development Center in Portland. Jennifer Shay CERT received her masters in social work from the University of Hawaii at Monoa. Shay plans to work as a geromologist in program developmem and policy She worked in the School of Extended Studies from 1997 to 2000 and expresses her grati– tude to PSU for supporting her through her professional, educa– tional, and personal growth. Carey Voeller graduated in May 2002 with an MA in English from the University of Montana, Missoula, and has been an instructor in English there. Voeller will begin doctoral studies this fall in English and American literature at the Uni– versity of Kansas in Lawrence. '01 Jesse Cornett MPA is leaving his staff position in the office of U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Lo become a senior policy adviser in the secretary of state's office in Salem. Katherine "Katie" Messner is a massage therapist at Asha Salon and Spa in Itasca, Illinois. Messner writes, "After enjoying a year of traveling in Europe, I am excited to be applying Lo medical schools this year for entry in 2004." Craig Smit is a mechanical engineer at Pacific Air Switch Corporation in Forest Grove. Smit is a member of the Insti– tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers power engineering society He writes, "... am not