PSU Magazine Spring 1992

VISA card thank you Dear Alumni and Friends: Did you know?Thanks to your par– ticipation in the U .S. Bank/PSU Alumni VISA Card program this year, you-along with 4,000 other card holders-helped pay for: •:• Three student interns per term in Washington , D.C. •:• A program of alumni advocates lobbying in Salem •:• Alumni Weekend, an annual event featuring Seminar Day, College Bowl, Viking Alumni Night, and other activities •:• Alumni receptions for Presiden t Ramaley around O regon •:• A variety of other programs for students and alumni Revenues from the VISA card are the main support for alumni programs. In tum, you receive a trul y distinctive card that features the PSU campus. And you profit from an extremely com– petitive interest rate and the many benefits associated with VISA. We all win with this card! Please encourage your alumni friends to apply for a PSU Alumni VISA card. It's an easy way for you to help us expand support for the Alumni Assoc iation, and help your friends acquire a credit card with a low interest rate. (A VISA card application is avail– able by calling 1-800-422-8762. ) Thanks aga in fo r your valuable sup– port through the VISA program. And remember, when you renew your card , and every time you use it, the Alumni Association benefits. Sincerely, Miriam Selby '68, '70 MA, President Louise K. G lur-Cox '73, Treasurer PSU Alumni Board of Directors 20PSU A great chance to network Finding other PSU graduates in the same business or profession can be like looking fo r the proverbial "needle in a haystack." But not anymore. Soon a directory of Portland State alumni will be available to help graduates locate fo rmer classmates and colleagues. The first PSU Alumni Directory, scheduled for release in early 1993 , will be an up-to-date and complete refer– ence on more than 40,643 Portland State alumni. This comprehensive volume will include current name, address, and phone number, plus a sec– tion cross-referenced by occupation . The Alumni Office has contracted Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company Inc., to produce the library-quality directory. Harris will be mailing a ques– tionnaire to alumni as it begins compil– ing the publication . (Alumni who prefer not to be listed in the directory, should contact the Alumni Office in writing as soon as possible. ) The new directory will make finding PSU alumni "as easy as opening a book," said Pat Squire, Alumni Affairs director. Black alumni luncheon The Black Cultural Affairs Board and the Alumni Office hosted their second annual luncheon for Black alumni and students on Feb. 22 during Black His– tory Month. President Judith Ramaley welcomed a group of 40 alumni and students who gathered to hear speakers Ed Washington '74, Joycelyn McKenna '82, and keynote speaker, Jefferson High School Principal Alcena Boozer '74, explore the luncheon's theme "Working Together Works." Washington, a member of PSU's Alumni Board of Directors, urged stu– dents to "take advantage of the window of opportunity you are offered at PSU." Elaborating on that message, Boozer, who was PSU 's Outstanding Alumna of 1989, asked alumni and future alumni to give back to their institution and to others who are still struggling. Speaking of alumni An internist, a pediatrician, and a fami– ly practitioner-all PSU alumni- will join forces fo r a panel discuss ion of "Medica l Changes & Moral Choices," April 30 at noon in the PSU Ballroom. This is the third and final presenta– tion in the University Lecture-Lunch– eon Series 1992, sponsored by the PSU Women's Assoc iation . The panelists, Dr. Daniel Amato '67, an internist; Dr. Blaine Tolby '67 , a geneticist and pediatrician; and Dr. Nancy Wells, '86, a resident in rural family medicine, will explore advances and breakthroughs in the medica l world and the ethical issues that are being raised. The panel discussion will begin at noon, with lunch served at 12:45 p.m. Gary Ames '67, president and CEO of US West Communications Inc., in Denver, kicked off the series April 2 with a talk on the telecommunications revolution. Kristine Kershul, a PSU stu– dent from the early '70s, world traveler and author of books on foreign lan– guages , spoke on challenges in global communication on April 16. The lecture-luncheon series, now in its fourth year, is a fund-raiser for stu– dent scholarships. Tickets for the fi nal luncheon may be obtained by calling Shirley Kasparek at 636-8779. Meeting in Clatsop County Pres ident Judith Ramaley will be in Astoria April 28 to meet with PSU alumni and friends and attend a perfor– mance of the Portland Baroque Orchestra. A pre-concert buffet for alumni and friends is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Heritage Museum of the C latsop County Historical Society. The concert program, featuring Vivaldi's Four Seasons, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the Elks C lub, 453 11th Street, Astoria. The pre-concert event is being spon– sored by the Alumni Assoc iation and the Haystack Summer Program. For info rmation, call the Alumni Office at 725-4948.