PSU Magazine Winter 2004

- Nominate an outstanding alum or faculty member PSU alumni and faculty are making a difference in our world, and we're ask– ing you to make a difference i.n Lheirs. Now is the time to nominate your friends, former classmates, faculLy, and colleagues for Lhe Alumni AssociaLion's outstanding alumni and faculty awards to be presenLed Thursday, May 6, al PSU Salutes, Lhe University's annual recognition event. Since 1992 Lhe Alumni Association has recognized alumni and faculty for their outstanding achievements at the annual reception. Among those previ– ously recognized are physicist Lowell Burnett '64, Oregon Senator Margaret Caner '73, and professors Devorah Lieberman and George Cabello-CasLelleL. For alumni, the criteria include suc– cess in their field and bringing recogni– tion to PSU. Faculty candidates should be outstanding teachers and have made extraordinary contributions Lo the Uni– versity and community. Please call the Alumni Office at 503-725-4948 for a nomination form, or go to Web site www.alumni.pdx.edu for an online form and a list of previous recipients. Nominations are due February 6. Distinguished engineering alumni added to academy The PSU College of Engineering and Computer Science inducted six new members into its Academy of Distin– guished Alumni on November 14. Honored for their contributions to the field were Ali R. Afghan '82, '83, con– struction program manager with Intel Corp.; and Tim Bennington-Davis MS '97, vice president of engineering with VeriWave, Inc. Also inducLed into the engineering academy were Darrell K. Cross MS '88; director of engineering for concrete products with Columbia Machine, lnc.; Tugrul U. Daim MS '94, PhD '98, processor development manager with Intel Corp.; Tricia R. Justice '88, direc– tor of SoC Test with Credence Systems Corp.; and Manuela Whelan '83, MS '94, surface waler manager wiLh Clackamas County Water Environment Services. During PSU Weekend, ovember 7-9 , Under the Tuscan Sun author Frances Mayes (above, far right) , attended a reception, where she talked with (above, left) Gloria and Gerry Craig '66, alumni president, and Weekend Chair Trish Trout MA '88. Former PSU Student Ambassadors (left photo) reunited for the first time during the Weekend festivities at the Simon Benson House. PSU Weekend reunites ambassador alums Alumni of the PSU Student Ambas– sador program gathered for a reunion as part of PSU Weekend November 8 al the historic Simon Benson House Alumni and Visitors Center. More than 40 alumni and current students of the program attended the reunion, the first of its kind for the ambassadors. "lt was wonderful to see so many of our former ambassadors back on campus for Lhis event," says Michele Stay connected to PSU ! Keep up-to-date with the latest alumni news, events, travel programs, and resources available to you as a PSU alum. Visit our Web site at www.alumni.pdx.edu. You can submit alum notes, update your address and email, or sign up for future email newsletters, all online. Toppe, assistant dean of students. "At least one ambassador from every year of the program was in attendance." The StudenL Ambassador program got its start in 1995 through the efforts of Toppe and student co-coordinators Jasen Kautz and Sahra Vanderkin. In winter 1996, 12 additional ambas– sadors were chosen, all dedicated to serving and representing Portland Stale University. SLudent ambassadors are selected on the basis of their academic excellence and their communication, problem solving, leadership, and team skills. They act as representatives of the University and student body with visiting speakers, educators, and dignitaries; conduct campus tours; act as liaisons between students, faculty and administrators; perform volunteer service; and serve as hosts at official UniversiLy functions and V1P events. D WINTER 2004 PSU MAGAZINE 19