PSU Magazine Spring 1992

6 PSU A commitment to lifelong learning is bringing seniors back to campus. By Meg DesCamp • I I en1or I • en1ors: the new student body rchie Goldman repeated a course in Shakespeare last term. But he's sti ll Archie Goldman has been taking classes at PSU for the past 12 years. That's fine with h im. Goldman al– ready holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Pittsburgh and has had a fu ll career as a soc ial worker in Minneapolis and Portland. He's 77 years old, and he's at PSU because he loves learning. "I'm now taking a course on the Mideast," he says. "It's very interesting for me being Jewish and studying Islam, the Muslim religion and all the Mideast nations that are anti-Israel. To be able to learn at my age...." He pauses. "To have this stuff hit me has really made me do some soul sea rching." Ann Scherrer has already done her soul searching, and she's head ing off to the Peace Corps in June. The 68-year– old mother of four has been a fixture in the PSU Spanish Department for three years. Her successfu l language studies have made possible a two-year ass ign– ment in Costa Rica, adv ising women's groups who se ll agricu ltural and crafts products. "I'm astounded at the changes in my life because of the people I've met through Spanish classes," says Scherrer, who tutors Hispanic students in a Portland Community College English as a Second Language class in addition to her PSU studies. "I've had great ad– ventures already," including a solo trip