PSU Magazine Spring 1997

OTES '96 Katherine "Kathy" Bobula PhD is coordinator of the early childhood education depart– ment and in tructor of psychol– ogy at C lark College in Vancouver, Wa h. Her husband, Silas Crowfoot '88, MA '90, says, "P U has a responsive faculty, is student friendly, and has student camaraderie." He is raking language cla ses at PSU. Scott Bolton i a fi eld represen– tative with the U.S. Senate. Bolton writes, "I run Senator Ron Wyden's Bend office. Ir is the first U.S. Senate office ea t of the Cascades in O regon history." Fredrick Butzer is the kitchen manager at Silver Dollar Company in Portland. Butzer has been with the company seven years. Duane Carter is a graduate teaching assistant of geography at Virginia Tech in Black burg. Maria C. Casas MSW is a mental health specialist at Mid- olumbia Center For Li ving in Hood River. Carol Chen is the marketing as i·rant manager at World Family (Taiwan) Ltd., a Di ney World of English firm. Chen li ves in Taipei, Taiwan. Kimberli Davenport is the night ca e manager at Bradley Angle Hou e, a dome tic violence shel– ter fac ility in Portland. Evelyn Durfee is manager of residential accounting at Norris, Beggs & Simpson in Portland. Karen B. Eden MS, a senior research analyst for Prov idence's Center fo r Outcomes Research and Education, is a doctoral student in ysrem cience engi– neering management at P U. Darcy Enyeart is a legal as is– tant at the law office of Marrin A lvey P.C., in Porrlan<l. Denise Gour MSW is program coordinator at Gear Metro– politan Family Service, a social service agency in Portland . Steffania Henricks i a ca e manager at Youth Progress A sociation, a residential treat– ment fac ility in Portland . Candice "Michelle" Hing is a user ·ystem pecialist at U. . Bancorp in Portland. W. "Nick" Hogan was honored by the O regon Society of Certified Public Accoun tants in November for placing third in the state on la r May's exam. He completed hi degree at PSU in ju t two years. Hogan works for Yergen an<l Meyer LLP, an accounting and consulting firm. He lives in North Bend. Pernilla "Penny" Johansson M W is a child and family therapist at Options Counseling ervices Inc., a mental health an<l therapy fac ility in Florence. Akemi Katayama MA is a visit– ing instructor of Japanese at Linfield College in McMinnville. Ken Mario Larsen is a driver for McGuire Bearing Company, a Portland company specializing in bearings and power transmis– sion equipment. Patricia Le i an operations specialist at Parrish Financial Servicing in Portland. Le writes, "I'm proud to be a PSU grad. " T ason Su MBA '96, who received his degree through the ~stance learning program, got an immediate payoff for hb educational efforts. Within two days of graduating with top honors, he was on a plane bound for Shanghai, where he helped open a research and development lab for Hewlett Packard. A computer software engineer with HP for 10 years, Su decided in 1994 to broaden his background and found PSU's Statewide MBA Program ideally suited to his needs. Twice a week after work for three years, Su joined a hand– ful of other employees at Hewlett Packard to watch videos of the previous week's clas es at PSU. The students sent in and received their homework by mail and attended a special center to take tests. "It was great," Su says. "It was very flexible and gave me new skills which allowed me to take advantage of new opportunities when they came up." One of the those opportunities was the even-month sojourn in Shanghai, a booming Chinese metropolis of 20 million. "We were the first Western company to start an R&D lab there," he says, adding that the experience was exhilarating. "There were new businesse opening up all the time and the amount of construction going on was phenomenal," says Su. "Once I looked out a window from the 26th floor of a building and counted 50 high-rise cranes at different sites." An American-born Chinese, Su says he had a tough time convincing ordinary people in the city that he didn't speak their language. 'They just couldn't comprehend the idea, even when I told them that I was an American and didn't speak much Chinese," he says. 28 PSU MAGAZINE SPRING 1997 Norma L. Lea is an arti t at Lea Designs. Lea writes, "Li ving in Lake Oswego. Doing art– especially watercolor!" Nicole Lindberg is a human resource assistant with Pacificare of O regon. Lindberg li ve · in Vancouver, Wash. Kimberly Maguire is in market– ing communications at Carrier ervice Inc., a market distribu– tor of prepaid phone cards in Portland. Mary Masterson MPA, MPH i the regional education coord i– nator for the O regon Health Sciences Univer iry in Portland. Michael Phillips is a technical support technician at Stream In ternational, a computer support services firm in Beaverton. Joyce Riha is a copywriter at Grady Britton Advertising in Portland. Larry Scruggs PhD is the vice president of operations at RAZ Transportation Company, a charter, tour, route, and shuttle bus service in Portland . Laura Stockford MSW is an adolescent and family therapist at Looking G lass Adole cent Recovery in Eugene. Michele Sung is with the struc– tural staff at Moffatt, N ichol & Bonney, a Portland engineering firm . Theresa Their! is a human resources specialist at the enior and disabled services division of the O regon Department of Human Resources. Their! li ve in Milwaukie. Heidi VanDoozer is a human resource recruiter for Wa ·hington Mutual Bank in Portland . VanDoozer writes, "Started in June '96 before grad– uation. G reat job .. . great company." Lies! L. Wirtz provides computer support at First American Tide Insurance Company, a tide insurance and escrow services firm in Portland . Shawna Woodall is a secretary ll for Tri-Met, an agency providing mass transit in Portland . Woodall lives in O regon C ity. D