PSU Magazine Winter 1988

Center receives grant for children The Regional Research Institute for Human Services (in PSU 's Graduate School of Social Work) has received a $751,000 grant for the fifth year of a proj– ect establishing a " Research and Training Center to Improve Services for Seriously Emotionally Handicapped Children and Their Families." PSU's center, one of only two in the nation, is directed by Barbara Friesen, professor of soc ial work at PSU. Funding is supplied jointly by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the National Institute of Mental Health. Over $2, 180,000 has been received by the Research and Training Center in the past five years. The center's purpose is to conduct research on ways of improving services which help emotionally handicapped ch ildren live at home, learn in school , and succeed at paid employment. It also is developing training materials and programs for profess ionals, parents and employe rs. and serving as a resource serv ice. The center works under the philosophy that the interests of seriously emotionally hand i– capped children are best served if parents and service providers work together on their behalf. Graduate School of Social Work faculty and students as well as alumni are in– volved with the center. Marilyn McManus ''if!, coordinates the center's resource serv– ice which produces and distributes research results, assembles a quarterly newsletter, and maintains a library of serv– ices and programs for children with emo– tional disorders. For further information on the Research and Training Center, please contact Direc– tor Barbara Friesen, 464-4040. English professor dies Robert L. Kelly, emeritus associate pro– fessor of English, died Sept. I at the age of 62. Professor Kelly came to Portland State in 1963, after a Fulbright exchange in Cologne, West Germany. He was sched– uled to teach classes this fall before retiring. He attended Portland State College in 1950 through 1955 and went on to earn a bachelors degree from University of Oregon, a masters from Claremont Graduate School , Claremont, Calif., and further graduate study at the University of California at Los Angeles. Professor Kelly was a popular teacher of world literature specializing in classical backgrounds of English literature and in the poetry of W. B. Yeats. lewis Goslin William Becker L. Ted Nelson Bernard Burke Teaching excellence awarded Four Portland State University faculty have been recognized by their colleagues for outstanding teaching with awards presented through the Burlington Northern Foundation. The four honored faculty are: William Becker, assistant professor of chemistry ; Bernard Burke, professor of history ; Lewis Goslin , professor of business administration; and. L. Ted Nelson , professor of mathematics. The Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Awards were established to reward teacher and faculty– scholar excellence. The foundation hopes to encourage achievement among faculty and to help participating universities and colleges retain outstanding faculty members through the awards program . The foundation represents Burlington Northern Inc. and its operating companies. William Becker was recognized for his role in developing an interest in science among secondary school students throughout the Northwest. Three years ago, Becker founded the Northwest In– stitute for Science Education to assist students and teachers in junior high and high schools. He is an active participant in the annual Science Expo for students and the Saturday Science Symposium series for teachers. Largely through his efforts, PSU will be the center for the Northwest Regional Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Pro– gram in Chemistry and Physics. Bernard Burke, current chair of the University's Department of History, is con– sidered a " tough" grader among students, but his classes are consistently over– enrolled. Dedicated to his students , Burke has been a moving fo rce in the establish– ment and operation of the history student honorary, Phi Alpha Theta. His influence on students extends far beyond their university years into later careers which range broadly from journalist to academic to major league baseball manager. Lewis Goslin received the Burlington Northern award for his superior teaching and for his insights and assistance with business management in the community. He brings the real world into the classroom with innovative case techniques, including materials from local and interna– tional buisness communities. Goslin, who is called on for assistance frequently by business and government agencies, has developed teaching cases on some of the problems on which he has worked. Ted Nelson is nationally recognized for his innovative work in the development of spec ial mathematics courses for teachers of middle school and junior high students. He recently received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop middle school teaching materials. He is co-author of a set of nationally in– fluential mathematics texts for teachers. Nelson is sensitive to his students' needs and projects a sense of excitement regard– ing the art of teaching, providing an ex– cellent role model for future teachers. PSU 19