Prison Classroom Conbnued fmm page 1 Survey reveals alumni views, interests student of Perlstein's at PSU whlle an ex-convict,but now serving a new 25-year sentence on OSP on a rape A survey of Portland State alumni has provided encouraging news for those Involvedin organizing alumni activities, and confirmed widely-held posttlvefeellngs about PSU among its graduates. The survev. commissionedbv the conv~ct~on. Taxpayers who may find the idea of these new classes reouonant should know that they aiee~ect~ve. and that no student IS requlred to anend Further, Perlsteln says that '- is teachlng thls class as an verioad" assignment "I am not nlna any comDensatlon for the Aldmn Steertnq Commttee was conoLcrerloy the Un~versltys On~cc 01Ins11-1ona~Rcscarcn Tnc commnee *rantea to aetermlne what ,'t3 '10, ge Cl i f,V< st1 ca "*, ktnds of actlvltles alumn~would be tss~haisoever."Each week, the ~nleresleo In an0 10 aSSeSS a Umn anlt~aesaooLt the J n vers ty ano rs etlons at a ,mn CommJnlratons Some of the best news .ncldoeo In e graduate and 15 undergraduate )dents are commuting vta private r-ooollno to Salem. thus avoldlno ite l~ab~t?foarnv botential- " the survev results came In the iiiiI'i;his attempt at rehab~l~tat~on sly to be cost-effective,from the (Davers' ooint of wew? Perlstein's iikl ta, re! - do rat jbinse isdlrect. "What we're which ~ndicatethat, of those aiumnl Ing now, whch IS not .-aabllltation. is costing us a small fortune." he charges, noting that it costs almost $40 a day just to keep a convtct locked up, and that over 90 oercent of them wlll be released wtth chtldren of co lege age, near y 38 percent have or have nad chnlaren anenolng PSL In add~t~on. near v 70 oercent at a alms surviyed ;aid they would recommend PSU l o their children. The survey ~ndlcatesthat the vast majority of PSU alumni (now more than 35.000 degree holders) reside in Oregon (84 percent), with the majority of those (nearly 60 percent of the alumni body) in the Ponland metropolltanarea. This is consistent with enrollment data which show PSU enrolltng more Oregon residentsevery term than any other hlgher education institution in the state. The demographicsalso Indicate that many of the more than 20,000 PSU alurnn~in the Portland area are interested in the developmentol alumnl programs and services. According to the survey, there is slgnlficantalumnl Interest in having special actlvltles organzed such as lecture serles wtth dlstlnguished scholars, educational programs on personal flnances and investments. reducedfare travel opportunltles. foreign travel, and group purchase of ttckets for cultural events. More than 25 percent of the alumni surveved said thev would be ---..-. -, ,-~.. f tney can't be understoodenough so tney are neipw to cnange wnl P rhev rc rncarccrated he reasons. the[, will commlt new crimes once reason, he arques that advocatinq successfularouo tour Droorams. with alumni. nearlv 75 Dercent of lor renao tat on - ol wn cn h s .. c'asses are a small pan - may actua / save the p ~ b IC money n tne 0110 rJn ranglnq fro& wiijte-waier ;ah trlps to tnose surveyed expres'seo tours of Ctl na and R~sslaa, s *re1 sarlsfacllon wllh CJrrenl Jntverstly as oca, eaucatlonalana recreatona enons Perspeceve *as Ihe most c asses ot'er! menlloned Jnlversllv &t the Idea - althouqh not new . ----- Even more, PSU alumni expressed communication reach~ngalumni. an interest in continued access to Survey findings show that nearly University servlces including the 45 percent of the graduates library (66 percent want llbrary questioned have vtslted the campus or~v~leoeso\.lacement services withln the oast six months, and more ~eristeinhopes the prlson classroom experiment will attack areas of mutual Ignorance,and so begln openlng pathways of communtcationand understanding tween those who are caught In the Stem and those who wilt operate it. ~o~k;~~<'&~mbershi~~~~mna'sium than 80 percent have returned within use. reduced-price tlckets for PSU the past five years Some of the events, and a monthly calendar of major reasons glven for returningto University events. PSU include taktng classes, going to These responses indicate that soclal acttvlties. ltbrary use, anending manv PSU alumni are interested not cultural events, and contacting S Y Or un PE Sti lorel, lo partd,pale n s ~ c hproqrams PSL s A~umn!Reatlons Once alreaoy opeqates a nLmoer of 0n the dubleciof cummunication plans ccess. In Memoriurn 1985 The 6.e-member Doarlt 5 lr3Dons~e lor mm n, ng mmal ona megap SI ~ n c 010#0*0 D~OIOSCO~J sunoilro% 'or me J-nna M. ShawBmnlbk ('80MS) a a medla spenal8st with the Hazel Dell Elementan, Schwl m Washington and llves m vanRIuver. Vickl Shsar (80 BS1 was a member of the hrslcI~~s $ graduate from the pstbacceiaorsafecertlfcafeprDgram m physical therapy at The Hannaman Medacai Colege 6 Hospltala1 Ph~ladelphla.Shear eamed academlc dlstmct\onsand cllnlcsl honors in the 15-month oroorsm Connie Rosing Case <€€I 851 died of cancer Manh 15 at Dwysr Memorlal Hasprtal. Mtlwa~kse. Ore She was 44. Case was bom DBC. I, 1937 ~n Spokane. Wash. and graduaed hom Gmnt Hlgh Sdiwt m Portled ~n 1955 A s a sentor at PSU, she was the flmt c~~iplenlthoel John Fraous Cramer Award . -. practiced Occupationalmerapy m the state Moian llves ~n Hwd Raer. Ore Joann R- (80 BS) a a long.range plannlng englneet lor Pacific Northwest Bell, a company She has been ~8th tor 10 years. She #a? a rw ownlo1 me compan, 9 1980 dJ.90" 4~a r d lor oastdnn~g cuntz o tmnr m he8 ur en0 e In@ mmm-n h Rerw ?act .e Case was a lhlrd grade teacher at Richmond Schwl m Ponland from 1974 to in Jusor Achievement and Unlted Way, !s a member of the Governor's COuncl an Health Rlness and Spans, and 8 s PSU$alum", represantaflve for the mgard area (See leefure lhis issue I Judlth 6. Ros (80 BA) 1s a nurse at me Portland Cllnlc and tlver ~n Swthwest Portland Marb Skoln ck I 81 MSW. 3 a 1sPln#c~t COT~L'!~TI n In bo Cealn ano Nelare P JnrmQ Cn~ncll of C .<'l COJrh Warn 1982 end was nnn~nalwfor the Nalmal Teacher d the Year Award ~n 1979 She IS sulvlved by her husband James T Case ('60 BS) and four chtldien. Dwld. Jev. Jan. and Mlchasl. Remebr-8 may bemade to Me Case ChIdren's Edueatc~naTlrust Fund a1 1\11Saints Ep8scopal Church. 4033 S E WooOs(ock Blvd . Panland, OR 97202 Susan 0. niger ('80 BS) IE an admintstrat~ve asslslan for Harsh inussrmencs rn Pomand
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