PSU Magazine Winter 1998

Who do you know? Now is your chance to recognize friends, colleagues, and former teach– ers for their outstanding achievements. The PSU Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its 11th annual Outstanding Alumni Award and its sixth annual Distinguished Faculty Service Award. The Alumni Association will select two outstand– ing alumni and one distinguished faculty member to be honored at PSU Salutes, May 7. The awards committee is seeking nominations of alumni who have provided service to the University and/or local community, have achieved success in their field, and have brought recognition to Portland State through individual achieve– ments. Last year's alumni recipients were Lee Jenkins '79, recreation supervisor with the Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation, and Keren Brown Wilson Ph.D.'83, founder and president of Assisted Living Concepts. The Distinguished Faculty Service Award recognizes a faculty member "who has made extraordinary contri– butions, not only to the University, but to the Portland community." Richard Forbes, professor of biology, received the 1997 award. To request nomination forms and a list of past recipients, please call the Office of Alumni Relations at 725-5073. Nominations must be received in the Alumni Office by Feb. 20. Requests for information may also be made by fax, 725-5074, or e-mail, psualum@pdx.edu. Weekend packs 'em in The eighth annual PSU Weekend held in October was another smashing PSU Weekend brought former student athletes Loren Remy '65 (left) and Gene Hedrick (right) together for Vtl<lng Night. Remy is president of the Vtl<lng Athletic Alumni Association, which organized the successful reunion event. Hedrick played football for Portland State and was in track and field from 1957 to 1961. 18 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER I998 succes . Highlighting this year's event was keynote speaker and northwest author Ursula Hegi. Two other key activities added to the homecoming atmo phere of this traditional alumni gathering: Viking Night returned as the pre-football game function at the Multnomah Athletic Club, and 25 schools and departments hosted alumni gatherings. Other special events included the first annual award ceremony for the Academy of Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a very successful School of Business Administration mini-seminar and reception. PSU Weekend is presented by the Alumni Association with help from a planning committee of alumni volun– teers who worked for eight months to bring this outstanding event to campus and the community. Ursula Hegi (top photo), author of Stones from the River, talks about her writing process. President Dan Bemstine made his first.ever PSU Weekend presentation.