PSU Magazine Spring 2006

page 29 Co NT ENT s FEATURES Creating a New Era 5 Portland State's campaign to raise $100 million is exceeding its goal and establishing new prominence in scholarship, research, and teaching. Stratospheric Thrills 12 Enthusiastic engineering students are up for the challenge of high-altitude balloons. A Beautiful Hand 16 This professor puts his money in something that makes mathematical sense: poker. PSU Yesterday and Today 18 page 1.2 For two June graduates and two Vanport alumni, the University provides vastly different experiences. Safe Haven 22 Abuse of foreign maids in Asia and the Middle East caught Patrick Augustine's attention- enough to make him do something about it. DEPARTMENTS Around the Park Blocks 2 Five Schools with Just One Application, Plime Real Estate Students, Tracking the Invasive Mudsnail, Work-Life Balance (If the Boss Approves), Bridging the 'Terahert.z Gap' Off the Shelf 4 Soul al Work; Eyes of the Mirror; Fins, Finns and Astorians; The ·free-Siller; Superpower on Crusade; Rebels: Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity; The Raven Deception Cover Sports 25 Softball Team Scores Winning Season, Viks add Ducks to Division I-A Menu, Be there for the Games Alumni Association News 26 PSU: Weekend Edition, Longtime Staffer Retires, Association Goes Intcmational, Old Yearbooks Wanted, Saluting Alumni and Fliends Alum Notes 29 Montana Ranchers Own a World Record-Setting Filly, Making It in New Yorh City, This Alumnus Wants in Your Back Pocket Clockwise starling far left: Gertrude Rempfer; professor eme1ita of physics and environ– mental science and resources, and active researcher; Dane Beran, Caroline P. Stoel fellow in histo,y; Kandice Love, Ames education scholar; Lifeng Dong, post-cloc student, Center for Electron Microscopy ancl Nanofablication; Van Le, Hopes and Dreams scholar: Just a few of the people who have benefited from the Building Our Future campaign. See st01y on page 5. EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS Jean Tuomi, Martha Wagner, Cate Whitcomb DESIGN CONSULTANT Terry Daline EDITORIAL OFFICE 325 Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland , OR 97207-0751 503-725-4451 , FAX: 503-725-4465 E-MAIL: psumag@pdx.edu ADDRESS CHA GES PSU Foundation Demographics P.O. Box 243 Portland, OR 97207-0243 503-725-4911 E-MAIL: psuupdates@pdx.edu ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Pat Squire MPA '95 , Assistant Vice President Simon Benson House P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-49-+8 E-MAIL: psualum@pdx.edu ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Roberta McEniry '76, President Kori Allen '84 Jeff Austin '77 Jacqueline Bell '71 Roger Capps '60 Donna Derington '79 Robert Edmiston '84 Dave Friesen '03 Linda Hamilton ·90 Behzad Hosseini '96, MBA '97 Marshal Jevning '96 Komi Kalevor '88 Bill Lemman, Vanport, '04 Terry Pinnell '01 Gary Purpura '71 Gerry Scovil '65 , MS '68 Ann Takamura MPA '97 Charisse Tooze '94 Trish Trout MA '88 Cathy Williams '56 Angela Wykoff '72, MS '75, '80 ALUMNI AMBASSADORS Jon Jalali '67, MBA '71, Medford Dennis Olson '68, MS '80 Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Sisters PSU Magazine is published three times a year, during fall, winter, and spring terms. Contents may be reprinted only by permission of the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. Portland State University is an affirmative action / equal opportunity institution. SPRlNG 2006 PSU MAGAZl E I