PSU Magazine Winter 2006

organizaLion uses livestock, agri– culwre, gardens, and natural resources Lo Leach more Lhan 1,100 children a year about working wiLh animals. Robert Schuster is vice presi– dent for Lhe Asia-Pacific division of Cascade CorporaLion, an imernaLional design, manufac– LUring, and markeLing company for lifL truck products. Schuster formerly was managing director of Cascade AusLralia. '90 Fereidoon Safdari is the new Cornelius city engineer. He has more than 14 years' experience in civil engineering, having held senior positions with Clark County, the city of Eugene, and Ventura County (California) Flood Control District. '91 Dan Russell is a youth pastor at East Hill Foursquare Church in Gresham and also coaches wrestling for the USA National Team. Russell was a four-time NCAA Division II wrestling champion while at PSU and was ranked first in the country in Greco-Roman wrestling, before injuries ended his attempt to qualify for the 1996 Olympic trials. Rosemary Sloop MS '92 won one of two Milken National Educator Awards, the nations most prestigious teacher recog– nition awards. Sloop teaches math, creative expression, and girls' fitness at Reynolds Learn– ing Academy, an alternative high school. She lives in Lake Oswego. '92 Claudia Black MPA is associate director of criminology and criminal jusLice at PSU. Black received a $131,839 grant from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission for "Law Enforce– ment and Data Review Commit– tee, Phase II." Anne Marie Boelter is a licensed massage therapisL at Sage Springs Spa at Sun river Resort in Sunriver. Boelter completed her massage Lherapy program at East West College of the Healing Ans in Portland in 1995. April Forsyth MEd '97 is a math teacher at Eatonville High School in Eatonville, Washing– ton. Forsyth has been a math teacher for 13 years and for– merly taught at Auburn River– side High School in Auburn, Washington. Kim Larsen is a senior under– wriLer with The Standard, an insurance company in Portland. Jennifer Niederloh received rave reviews as Lotty, the lead– ing lady in Artists Repertory Theatres production of Enchanted April. Niederloh lives in Portland. Jane Tan is vice president of finance with Opus Solutions, an event management firm in Beaverton. Joseph Villarreal is an associate trial attorney at Burns Law Firm in Omaha, Nebraska. Villarreal writes, "Although l miss living in the incredible Pacific North– west, life in Nebraska has its own virtues and events to make life interesting." '94 Jennifer Schlueter is vice presi– dent of corporate communica– tions and investor relaLions with OSG Ship Management, Inc., an overseas ship holding group in New York City. Don Vollum is a corporate pilot with Aero Air, LLC, an aircrafL management firm in the North– west. Vollum also serves as Lrea– surer on the board of directors of Portland Childrens Museum. '95 Ralf Bickel is owner and man– ager of Meteor Consulting GmbH in Rotkreuz, Switzer– land. He founded the company in 2004 to provide project and program management for IT projects within the financial industry. Bickel previously worked for Pricewaterhouse– Coopers. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WINTER SCHEDULE Feb 2 @Northern Arizona, 5 p.m. Feb 4@ Sacramento State, 2 p.m. FEB 11 vs. EASTERN WASHINGTON, 2 p.m. FEB 16 vs. lDAHO STATE, 7 p.m. FEB 18 vs. WEBER STATE, 1 p.m. Feb 23 @ Montana State, 6 p.m. Feb 25 @Montana, 6 p.m. MAR 2 vs. SACRAMENTO STATE, 7 p.m. MAR 4 vs. NORTHERN ARIZONA, 2 p.m. Mar 9-11 Big Sky Tournament MEN'S BASKETBALL WINTER SCHEDULE FEB 2 vs. NORTHERN ARIZONA, 7 p.m. FEB 4 vs. SACRAMENTO STATE, 7 p.m. Feb11 @Eastern Washington, 7 p.m. Feb16@ Idaho State, 6 p.m. Feb 18 @Weber State, 6 p.m. FEB 23 vs. MONTANA STATE, 7 p.m. FEB 25 vs. MONTANA, 1 p.m. MAR 4 Big Sky Conference Quarterfinals MAR 7-8 Big Sky Conference Semifinals/Finals ~ TM HOME GAMES IN BOLD AND ALL CAPS PORTLAND STATE BASKETBALL WINTER 2006 PSU MAGAZlNE 31