PSu Magazine Winter 2002

Kimberlee "Kim" Saunders MS '01 is a special education teacher at North Star Elemen– tary School in Kodiak, Alaska. ( ( Kim Bellavia MFA is manager of the Klamath County Museum in Klamath Falls. Debi Huyssoon is a student in the School of Dentistry at Ore– gon Health & Science Univer– sity. Janet (Walters) Meeks is a lab– oratory assistant at Hawaii Pacific University in Kaneohe, Hawaii. Robert "Ben" Perkins PhD is a Mendenhall postdoctoral fellow with the U.S. Geological Sur– vey in Menlo Park, California . Perkins writes, "Although I am involved in a number of differ– ent studies, much of my efforts are focused on investigating the occurrence of trace metals in phosphate ores from Idaho and Wyoming. This work has two objectives: to help understand water-rock interactions influ– encing the concentrations of potentially harmful elements in surface waters, and to further our understanding of phosphate deposit ." Barbara Rattenborg MSW is a social worker at S.W. CARE, an agency assisting AIDS patients. Rattenborg lives in Taos, New Mexico. Matthew Riley writes, "As an account manager with a multi– national foreign language inter– pretation company, I am in constant contact with people from many cultures. My degree in international stud ies cer– tainly helped me achieve and thrive in this position." Riley is an account manager at Pacific Interpreters in Portland and also co-owns Ovid Media. Jamie Twyman is director of the Community Pregnancy C linic of Camas-Washougal in Camas, Washington. Twyman previously served as a certified nursing assistant at the Family Birth Center at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington. ( Barrett Adams MBA is a com– puter serv ices manager at Ore– gon Health & Science University in Portland. Suzan Beam MS is a school counselor with the Woodburn Tell us all about yourself Please let us know about you or your PSU friends for Alum Notes. Tell us about honors, promotions, appointments, and other important events in your life. Send your news by e-mail to psualum@pdx.edu or mail it to us, using the form below. 0 Check here if this is a new address. Name __________________ Year(s) of graduation _____ Name while attending PSU ______________________ Street ___________ City _______ State __ Zip Code ___ Occupation _____________ Employer _____________ Home/Business Telephone _______________________ Home/Business E-mail _________________________ Send to: Myrna Ouray, Alumni Relations, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751 Or call: 503-725-4948. 28 PSU MAGAZINE WINTER 2002 School District in Woodburn. Julie Cron MAT is band direc– tor and health aide at Peak to Peak Charter School, a K-9 school in Lafayette, Colorado. Shawna Floistad is an actuarial analyst at Independent Actuar– ies, Inc., an actuarial consu lting firm in Beaverton. Deanna Hunt MFA is a work– ing artist in Santa Barbara, California. Susan Jackson PhD teaches political science at Blue Moun– tain Community College in Pendleton and is post comman– der of the Milton-Freewater American Legion Post 24. Loren Joski is a senior consu l– tant at Indus International, a software company. Joski lives in New York City. John McVea is a student at Willamette University College of Law in Salem. Josh Mink is the special pro– grams coordinator for the Boys & Girls C lub of Bend. Alaina Morley is advertising manager at Willamette Week in Portland. Denise O'Farrell is director of health programs at Super Save Drug, a pharmaceutical firm in Pocatello, Idaho. Surya Prakash MS is a senior rose tech support engineer at Rational Software in Beaverton. Chardon Sagdahl MBA is a technical analyst at Wells Fargo Bank in Beaverton. Shannon (Rudger) Schupp is sales manager at Vision Business Products in Portland. Anthony Sias is a social studies teacher at Half Moon Bay High School in Half Moon Bay, Cali– fornia . Joel B. Simmons is a research analyst at Tri-Met in Portland. Alfred Watson is a civi l engi– neer with the U.S. Forst Service based in Gold Beach. Adam Zielinski MBA is imple– mentation director for The Wood Campaign at Forest Ethics, a nonprofit agency in Berkeley, California. 0