PSU Magazine Spring 1993

Blaze a trail this summer PSU Summer Session 1993 will com– memorate the 150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail by offering courses that feature the trail's history and the experiences of those who crossed it. Wheels of Fortune: Off the Beaten Trail· Trails from Europe to Oregon: Mid ~nd Late 19th Century Migrants' Experience; Social History of the American Frontier; Oregon History; and The Oregon Trail in Literature will be offered, along with more than 500 classes covering a variety of sub– jects. Most courses will begin June 21 and end August 13. Summer Session will also sponsor "Tour the World at Home This Sum– mer," a free, noon lecture series begin– ning June 23 in 338 Smith Memorial Center. The series will feature interna– tional faculty who are teaching on cam– pus during the summer. Evening Delights, a nighttime version of the . series, also will feature individuals wtth interesting viewpoints to share with the community, says Summer Session's Nancy Goldman. For a complete schedule, contact the Summer Session Office at 725-4081. Numerous off-campus possibilities are also available-from a one-week tour to Vancouver and Victoria British Columbia to a series of weekend field trips to Northwest volcanic landscapes. The Haystack Program in the Arts and Sciences will once again be held at Cannon Beach and feature courses in writing, oral history, theater, music, gar– dening, art and environmental studies. For a free Summer Session catalog which lists all classes, activities, and special programs, call the Summer Ses– sion Office at 725-4081 in Portland. Or call toll free inside or outside of Oregon at 1-800-547-8887, extension 4081. PSU, kazoos, and you Just put your lips together and blow-it worked for Humphrey Bogart in "Key Largo," and it can work for you as a member of the first-ever PSU Lawn Chair, Percussion and Kazoo Marching Ensemble. If you're musical enough to pound a drum or hum on a kazoo, that's good enough to get you in. No musical talent? No problem! You can be a part of the precision lawn chair team. The Ensemble is planning to march in the 1993 Starlight Parade this May. The laid-back band, supported by the PSU Foundation, is open to anyone in the PSU or Portland-metropolitan community. Additionally, ensemble organizers promise that being a band member will not require a big time commitment on the part of members. "You needn't be an alum to join; everybody's welcome. The object is to have fun," says a band organizer. To sign up for the band, send a postcard with your name, address, and phone number to PSU Magazine, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751. Lecture series set Astronaut and Portland native Major Susan Helms led this year's University Lecture Luncheon Series on April 1 with a look at the earth's environment from space. Helms recently was part of the crew on the space shuttle Endeavour. . The second lecture in the senes on April 15 will feature wildlife biologist Dick Dewey who will present a slide show on the Palau Islands and their biologically diverse marine ecosystem. The final lecture on April 29 will fea– ture a panel of community leaders with personal and professional interests in . the environment. Carol Cratg, tnbal m– formation and education coordinator for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Richard Glick, an environmental lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine; and Thomas Imeson of PacifiCorp will address the topic, "What on Earth are We Doing to the Environment?" The series is a fund raiser for PSU student scholarships. A single lecture and luncheon is $25; single lectures without luncheon are $10. Lunch is served at noon and lecture begin at 12:30. For more information, please contact Shirley Kasparek at 636-8779, or Beverly Pratt-Miller at 255-3265 . Bill Springfield dies Bill Springfield, former PSU foreign languages professor, died of brain can– cer January 30, 1993, at the age of 54. Springfield, who was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, moved to Portland in 1956 to attend Conqueror's Bible College. It was in college where he discovered a love of foreign languages. To fulfill his military obligation, the Army sent him to its language school where he special– ized in Serbo-Croatian. Upon complet– ing the program, he served for three years in Europe as a translator and inter– preter in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian languages for the U.S. Army Security Agency. When he returned to the United States, he entered PSU and received his bachelor's degree in political science in 1970. Active in student af– fairs and committed to the preservation of the environment, Springfield was among the students who started OSPIRG on the Portland State cam– pus. In 1971 he was appointed the first paid director of the World Affairs Council of Oregon. In 1976 Springfield joined the staff of the Central and Eastern European Language and Area Studies Center as a teacher of Serbo-Croatian and quickly gained a reputation as an outstanding teacher. Springfield e tablished Portland State's educational programs in the former Yugoslavia and led groups of students to Croatia for language and cultural training in summers during the late '70s and early '80s. Survivors include his children, Mark and Kayla Springfield; his former wife, Pam; his parents, George and Dorothy; his brother, Mel; and his grandmother, Minnie Belle Fuller. Contributions in Springfield' name may be made directly to Hopewell House, 6171 SW Capitol Highway, Portland OR 97201; to the American Cancer Society; or to the Study Abroad Scholarship Fund, in care of the Portland State University Foundation, P.O. Box 243, Portland, OR, 97207. PSUJ