PSU Magazine Spring 2005

daughters live in Gearhart and enjoy fishing, crabbing, and clamming. Cheryl "Cheri" Olson MS was re-elected mayor of North Plains in Novembe r. A former city councilor, Olson teaches physi– cal education to elementary stu– dents in the Beaverton School District. The mother of two ad ult children, O lson enjoys dancing, reading, and volunteeri ng. Brian Owens is a visualization developer at Dirtlogic, an archi – tectural landscape visualization company in Portland. Aaron Pina is a Middle East pol– icy analyst with the Congres– sional Research Service in the Library of Congress. She covers a wide range of issues, including lsraeli-PalesLinian affairs, political reform, and faith-based conOict resolution. Pina earned an MA in international relations and reli– gion from Boston University. Charlotte Rich MS '04 is an underwriter and manager for commercial real estate loans at The Commercial Center in Portland. Matthew Sinclair is vice presi– dent of education at the Oregon Museum of Science and Jndus– try. Sinclair also is a PSU gradu– ate student in the public administration program. He lives in Beaverton with his wife and two children. Jerod Alexander is a computer forensics consultant at Deloitte and Touche in New York City. Shannon Cheesman works at KATU News as a Web producer and writer for its site, www.hatu.com. Adrienne Ceniga is human resources director with Pro– Grass, lnc., a landscape service company in Wilsonvil le. Stephanie Jones MST is direc– tor of the Intel No rthwest Sci– ence Expo Center for Science Education, a science fair for fifth- through 12th-grade stu– dents from Oregon and south– western Washington. She and her husband, Kelly Jones '95, live in Banks and have a Lwo– year-old son. Bryan Lemly is a proje t man– ager and mechanical engineer with Hydro-Temp Mechanical, Inc., an HVAC contractor in Wilsonville. He is working on several projects in the Portland area, including PSU's new Northwest Center for Engineer– ing. Lemly writes, "lt is interest– ing to be working on a new engineering building fo r the school l just graduated from." Alissa Moore is communica– tions coo rdinator with the Port– land Trail Blazers. Moore was a marketing assistant for Clacka– mas Town Center through General Growth Properties. Michele Peters is a financial services consultant with Oregon Stale University Federal Credit Union in Corvallis. Sara Ackerson is a department specialist in student finan ial services at Lewis &: Clark College in Portland. Celebrate 50 years of teaching teachers Join Friends of the Graduate School of Education as they help plan the school's 50th anniversary celebrations in 2005-06. It's an opportunity to reconnect with other alumni, support the school, and offer scholarships for outstanding students. For more information about the Friends and the upcoming celebrations, contact Chairperson Jane Morrow '65, MS '77 through PSU at 503-725-4789. An educational conference center with... 8,000 square feet of conference space A restaurant A lounge featuring live jazz on weekends 235 guest rooms www.uplace.pdx.edu UNIVERSITY_,,. PLACE IIIII SPRING 2005 PSU MAGAZI E 27