PSU Magazine Spring 1989

Speakers for the afternoon event will be Dav id Pearce Snyder, editor of The Futurist magazine, and Professor Karl Vesper from the University of Washington. The conference is sponsored by the In– stitute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Portland State. Known as a dynamic speaker, Snyder is a futuri st with experience as a senior of– ficer fo r the Internal Revenue Service, a consultant to the Rand Corp., and an instructor for the CIA's Defense Intelligence School. Vesper is a professo r of business ad– ministration, mechanical engineering and marine studies, and has lectured and con– sulted on entrepreneurship in the U.S.A., Canada and Europe for organizations such as IBM, the Strategic Planning Institute, Westinghouse and Imperial Oil . He has published nearly 100 articles and books since 1960, including New Venture Strategies, a definitive textbook on entrepreneurs. According to Snyder, no nation in recorded history has ever managed to suc– ceed itself as the leader from one " techno– economic era to the next." The United States could be the first to thwart this scenario because of the openness and flex– ibility of its social, political and economic structures. The key to a successful transi– tion , said Vesper, is the entrepreneurial process: the research, development and successful commercialization of new prod– ucts, services and ways of doing things. The May 18 conference will provide a forum for business, government and educa– tion leaders to respond to the need fo r in– novation and entrepreneurship in the business and educational communities. For more information on the conference, con– tact the Institute fo r Science, Engineering and Public Policy, 464- 4788. PSU alumni are eligible fo r a 15 percent discount. Runners and walkers get ready! The 9th Annual Viking Classic is planned for Sunday, May 21. Walkers leave campus at 8:15 a. m. on a five-kilometer route and runners race at 8:30 a. m. along a JO-kilometer course ending at S.W. Salmon and First. The event benefits the PSU student scholarship fund. Entry forms and course information is avail able at major retail sports outlets. Individual entrance fees are $5 walkers, $6 runners and T-shirts are $7. Families that learn together Science isn't nearly as fo rbidding fo r a child when dad or mom serves as a lab partner. Family Science, a new Portland-based outreach program which encourages science awareness by having children and parents learn and enjoy science together, has won a three-year, $325,000 grant from Chevron U. S.A. Inc. The Family Science project is specifi– cally des igned to address the under– representation of female and minority students in sc ience-based careers and pursuits. "We offer parents and children the chance to learn about science together in an open atmosphere which rewards com– munication, group work and cooperation across age and gender boundaries," said Madeline B. Moore, director of Northwest EQUALS, the program in PSU 's Division of Continuing Education receiving the new grant. A companion Northwest EQUALS learn ing project, Family Math, has already achieved notable success in helping family members in Oregon, Washington and Idaho to master mathematics skills in church, social and school settings. For further information about the pro– gram, contact Madeline Moore at the North– west EQUALS office, (503) 464- 3045. Bill and Evelyn Flowers and their son Jared enjoy learning together in the new outreach program, Family Science. PSU 3