PSU Magazine Spring 1987

University's first advisory P ortland State President Natale Sicuro invited members of the University's first Advisory Board to his home Feb. 26 to get acquainted and get right to work. The 50-member board is a prestigious group of Port– land-area citizens appointed by Sicuro to be, in his words, "an advocate for the mission, plans and programs of Port– land State University." At this first meeting, Sicuro announced that D. Earl Wantland, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tektronix, Inc., will~ serve as the board's first president. Wantland, a former Vanport student and a strong supporter of higher education, said in accepting the assignment, "Portland State and this region are interdepen– dent and this board's task is to help the University meet its goals which will, in turn, move the region ahead as well." Sicuro presented the board with ten "challenges and opportunities" facing Portland State that will comprise an initial agenda. They are: • Development of the Portland State Plan for the 1990s. • Legislative Agenda Project. Main– taining a continuing focus on legisla– tion at the local, state and federa l levels. • Research Advancement Project. Doubling of the University research and grant dollars within one year. • Campus Beautification Project. Including signage, landscaping and a possible University District. • Washington County High Tech Advancement Project. Making PSU more visible and better utilized in Washington County. • Fine and Performing Arts Facilities Plan. Promoting the sharing of facilities by the University and community. • Lincoln Alumni Hall Project. Organizing alumni to help restore Lincoln Hall. • Global University Project. Developing funding and facilities for international programs. • Library Building Project. Assuring construction of the $ 11 million addition to Millar Library. • Future of Athletics Project. Assessing the possibilities of moving into Division I, restoring men's basketball , and using community facilities or constructing new ones. "This is a heck of an age nda," said Wantland, "but it's so typical of this new president." Sicuro, who has worked successfull y with advisory boards at Southern Oregon State College and Kent State University, made the assembling of the PSU Advisory Board a priority as soon as he came to campus last September. He sees the board as a way to keep Portland State responsi ve to the needs o f the region and to have representa– tives of the institution out in the community. "This is a board to get on the band– wagon with us, to get behind projects and make them happen ," said Sicuro. Azumano Applegarth Baugh Breezley Burns Car/born Chu M . Clark De/ki11 Eichinger Frasca Cawthorne J.E. Clark Darke DePreist Fortune Frisbee PSU MAGAZINE PAGE4 PSU President Sicuro (left) spent some time getting further acquainted with members of the new Advisory Board at his home Feb. 26. j oining him in pre-dinner conversation were (from left): Portland Mayor Bud The Advisory Board will work in concert with the internal Un iversity Plann ing Coun cil, composed of administrators, facu lty, staff and students. Eventually every school , college and major program at PSU wi ll have its own advisory council , with a total of about 1.000 individuals serving in an advisory capacity for the Univer– sity, said Sicuro. Gallegos Gast Goodman Hardi'1g joh11so11 L. King S. King ). Lee