PSU Magazine Winter 1995

inve tigating the food products industry in O regon. Then in ovember government offic ials from Sakhalin, a large island loca ted off the east coast of Russ ia, visi ted O regon companies and government agencie . Members of the akhalin delegation are enrolled in P U's Russ ian Ameri– can choo l of Business Administration two-year executive management training program in Yuzhno-Sakhalin k, the capital of Sakhalin. The Free Market Business Develop– ment Institute has a five-year history of conducting management trai ning programs for business and government offici als in Russ ia. It currentl y has programs in eight Russ ian c iti e · and to date has brought nine Ru ian delegations to Portland. Know ing English gardens British house and ga rden authorities, Ann and Alan Gore, are coming to Portland and Salem thi March to share their experti e on English ga rdens and architecture. The Gore are authors of English Interiors (199 1, Thames & Hudson, New York) , and Alan is co-author of the book The English Garden and originator and writer for the Thames television series "The English Garden" and "The English House." Ann Gore is also a co-author of Old English Villages. While in Portland the Gore will teach a P U class on "English House and Garden in the 19th Century," March 11 and 12. Alan Gore will give a one- hour slide presentation, "Garden Follie and Furniture of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries," March 10 on campus, and Ann Gore will discus " ome Great English Women Gardeners" on March 8 at PSU's Salem Center. The Gores are also scheduled to peak to the P U Women's A oc iation on March 7 and at the Portland Art Museum on March 13. The Portland tate classes and lectures are offered through the Pacific Northwe t Home Gardening Program in the P U School of Extended Studic . For more information about these and other home gardening classes call 725-8500. Congress approved funding for the planning and design of the U niversity Plaza and Urban Center Building, part of PSU's ambitious 52-block redevelopment proposal. The plaza will serve as a front door and transit hub to Portland State. Funding puts U District on drawing board Portland State's request for 2 million in federal moni es for planning and design of the Urban Center Building and University Plaza won Congres– sional approva l thi fa ll. The money will enable Portland State to move forward in planning and design work on it proposed 25 million Urban Cen ter Building and Univer ity Plaza-the first phase in PSU' proposed redeve lopment of a 52-square-block area in south down– town. The plaza and building would be located between Fifth and Sixth avenues along W Montgomery Street. The plaza would serve a a gateway to the Univer ity and as a mass transit center. The Urban Center Building, to be located nex t to the pl aza, would house the School of Urban and Public Affairs, the Graduate choo l of ocial Work, and the P U-University of Oregon Joint Architecture Program. The funding request was part of a U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, U.. Department of Housing and Urban Deve lopment and Related Agencies pending bill that en. Mark Hatfield shepherded through the legislative process. The O regon tate Board of Higher Education approved in the summer a six-year capital con truction budget proposal that include $23.8 million for PSU's Urban Center during the 1995-97 biennium. The budget proposal has been ent to the Governor' office. Starting a new 'Trend' The abrupt clos ing of Trend College in September left an empty building on the south border of Portland State's campus. But one schoo l's loss has become another's ga in. The University is lea ing the former Trend College building located at W Sixth and College, and its cla sroom are already serving PSU students winter term. The lea e is for one year with an option to buy. The building, owned by Pacific Reality, has been renamed the Sixth Avenue Building. The fac ility is in need of future renova tion, but contains one 100-student capacity classroom, six 35-student capacity classrooms, 12 offices, and several other spaces. WINTER 1995 3