PSU Magazine Spring 2002

ALUM NOTES Danielle Rosendahl writes, "I am now a member of the adv i– ·ory council of Schoolhouse upplics, a loca l organization that recycles surplus products from businesses, stocks a ware– house at Ma(Jison High School, an<l allow teacher- from Port– land's !owe t income chool to shop for free. ince inception in January 2000, we have given away more than 1 million worth of school supplies and diverted over 250 pallets from local landfills ... I love being involved with a local charity organizat ion which is having such a direct impact on our youth an<l their education." Rosendahl lives in Portland. B. Chris Cardwell is vice presi– <lent of finance and ch ief finan– cia l officer at Safeway Northwest Cred it Union. Card– well previou ly worked for Port– land Teachers C red it Union as an accounting manager. He li ves in Oregon City. W. "Andy" Ludwig is offensive coor<linator and quarterback coa h at University of Oregon in Eugene. Ludwig previously held the same position at Fre no Seate, where he wa a fi na Ii t last season for the Broyles Award, given to the country's top assistant. He was a member of the PSU football team in 1985 and 1986. Christine Still MST '92 reaches health and phy ical education at Kennedy High School in Burien, Washington. Still is department head for health and physical education, coache the drill team, and was named coach of the year 2000-01 for dance/drill. John Porter MT i pre ident and chief executive officer of AAA O regon/Idaho. Porter has been with the organ i:ation since 1993. He and his wife, Keely, reside in Tualatin. Janet (Taylor) Reid writes, "The events of 9/ l l were an epiphany for me. As I read the New York vignette of people who had perished, I realized how many of them had come to NY an<l loved it as I di<l. I lid not want to die thinking, 'Oh I wish I had been brave an<l move<l to NYC.' So I sold my book publicity business [Pacific NW Literary Assoc.], gave away 90 percent of my household fur– nishing , and drove aero s the U.. to rake up full-time resi– dence in NYC. I revel in it here . . . ome visic 1 [Call the Alumni Office, 503-725-494 , and the staff will pa son your note.] Tom Buuck MBA is senior vice president of commercial real estate at Idaho ln<lependent Bank in Boise, Idaho. Stacey Schultz Ewton MBA writes, "Currently running a multimillion dollar Web ·ice in my capacity as <lirector of e– business for Portland General Electric . . . have been advanced to candidacy for my Ph.D. in system cience/engi– neering management at P U and am currently finalizing my <lissertation, An Assessment of the Impacts of e-Commerce Tech– nologies on Business Processes." Ewton li ves in Milwaukie. Amy McLeod is an associate broker with Prudential Real E care Professionals in Salem. Curtis Ryun is a registered nur e with the Oregon Burn enter at Legacy Emanuel Hos– pital in Portland. Enedelia Schofield MA is prin– cipal at W.L. Henry Elementary chool in Hillsboro. In January, chofield was named by Presi– dent George Bu h to the Com– mission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Ameri– cans. The comm iss ion will design a plan to close the ach ievement gap between Latino and white non-Latino students. chofield formerly wa principal at Echo haw Elemen– tary in Forest Grove, and last year the Milken Family Founda– tion named her one of the 150 most inspiring educators in America for her work with low– income students. Mary Shibley Votaw MBA is a human resources consu ltant at Teacher of visually impaired honored by Disney LTHOUGH ROBB PE K M '93 was recently honored with a 2001 Disney's American Teacher Award, he says the fact chat his six-month-old daughter just cut her first two teeth is his really big new . Maintaining priorities on what' truly important has served Peck well in teaching visually impaired students. Early in his career, Peck cook a summer job a a resident assistant with the Oregon Commi ion for the Blind. He immediately noticed the kids were experien– tially deprived and turned part of hi job into being a tour guide. "I cook the kids into the city, out to the beach and up co the mountains," says Peck. "I've done chat for 11 years now." While Peck was attending Portland race the department chair of Special Education wa helly Maron. Maron approached Peck, cold him he needed to be a teacher for the blind, and offered him a ·cholar ·hip. Peck never planned co be a teacher. As he sought a career in mu ·ic, however, ochers noticed his natural teaching abili– ties and pushed him in that direction. 24 rsu MAGAZINE PRING 2002 After receiving his master' in special education, Peck cook a position teaching at Wa hingcon Scace School for the Blind. He started a power lifting team there, and hi male and female student won national and world victories. In 1999, Peck became head coach of the U.S. Blind Powerlifcing team. Peck also started a Quest program at the school, designed to build elf-confidence in middle school students through community involve– ment and -erring goals for healthy living. He team teaches social cudie , technology, and journalism courses, and caught woodshop to the blind in the vocational program. This penchant for helping the visually impaired achieve nontraditional skills is what Peck chinks led co his nomination and award from Disney's American Teacher Award program. He wa one of 35 recipients selected from a pool of 112,000 nominated teachers. Peck i graceful for the award and humbled by the recognition, but his main joy is in teaching the "tiny little moment " when omeching clicb, and he knows the kids really learned something. -Kelli Fields