Nostalgic trip benefits students A ride up the Willamette River on a sternwheeler can be a nostalgiC trip into the steamboat days of yesteryear. A special excursion on May 23 can also be an investment in a PSU art studenes future. Join the PSU School of Performing Arts as they offer a night of dinner and entertainment aboard the sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" to raise money for the Performing Arts Scholarship Fund. The School of Performing Arts at PSU, established a little less than two years ago, offers a training program to young artists who are looking toward a profeSSional career in the performing arts. Some of these artists will have a chance to showcase their talents aboard the "Columbia Gorge" as part of the evening's entertainment. Boarding time for the "Columbia Gorge" is 5:30 p.m. from the Portland Seawall at S.W. Front and Salmon. The Sternwheeler departs at 6 p.m. and returns at 8 p.m. Rian's Atrium Restaurant will cater the dinner that includes Baron of Beef, Glazed Salmon, and other Rian specialties, along with a no·host bar. Upon return from the Willamene, the tour will proceed to Rian's Atrium, 100 SW Market, for special desserts and continuing entertainment. The cost of a ticket for the Sternwheeler is $25 per person with at least $10 of that being a tax·deductible contribution to the Scholarship Fund. Call 229-3105 to make reservations. GOODNEWS FOR PSU ALUMNI the 1984 PSU Summer Session catalog is now available 14 What's in it for you? • over 500 courses-something for everyone. • tuition based on the level of the course, not your degree status. This means you can take a full load of undergraduate courses, if you wish-jlt undergraduate tuition rates. • preregistration now through June 1, 1984. To gel your Summer Session catalog-complete with preregistration forms-call (503) 229-4081 or write PSU Summer Session, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207. Briefly. .. President opens door 10 China University President Joseph Blumel travelled to China earlier this month to formally acknowledge a "sister·university" relationship between PSU and Zhengzhou University in the provincial capital of Henan Province on the Yellow River. The agreement is expected to result in exchanges of faculty and students between the two universities. According to Charles White, director of International Studies at PSU, the agreement already has opened the door for three PSU students to work in the Zhengzhou University English program next year. Tinnin Now Assistant Dean Robert Tinnin, director of the Environmental Sciences and Resources Ph.D. program, has been appointed Assistant Dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Tinnin, who came to PSU in 1969, will be responsible for helping to identify grant monies, coordinating graduate programs, and course scheduling. He will continue to teach biology and conduct his research in plant ecology. Announcement of a new program director in Environmental Sciences and Resources is expected in July. Student Marketing Group Honored PSU's student chapter of the American Marketing Association has been selected as one of the top eight collegiate chapters of the year by the parent AMA. The award, made at the AMA's National Collegiate Conference in Chicago, recognized the PSU group's marketing, research and consulting projects on behalf of local businesses; its efforts to secure expert professional speakers; its planning, designing and implementation of fund raising projects on and off campus; and its public service projects to benefit local charities. Faculty Earn Statewide Awards Three PSU faculty were among 17 in the State to receive statewide "Faculty Excellence" awards from the State Board for Higher Education. The awards include a permanent salary enhancement. The Portland State faculty named were Robert Harmon, Marketing; Spero Manson, Institute on Aging; and Pavel Smejtek, Physics. Library Receives Theater Magazines A rare collection of Playbill magazines, souvenirs of New York tneater productions from the 19305 to 19505, have been donated to PSU's Millar library. Portland author William B. Milius, Jr., presented the collection in memory of his father. Milius said of the magazines, which will be placed in a special collection within the library's main Humanities Collection, "I hope this collection is used in Oregon to help promote the arts." Coaches Leave Portland State Two varsity athletic coaches announced plans to leave the PSU campus this winter. Marlene Piper, whose women's volleyball teams have been nationally ranked during most of her ten years at PSU, is leaving to coach at the NCAA Division I level at the University of California-Berkeley. Piper's teams compiled an amazing 401-95 record and won two national runner-up trophies. Len Kauffman announced his resignation as head wrestling coach. He plans to leave coaching and join the investment firm of Kidder Peabody. Area Execs Named to PSU Council Five prominent Portland-area businessmen nave been appointed by PSU President Joseph Blumel to the Executive Council for the University's School of Business Administration. The 20-member council, chaired by Earl Wantland, President of Tektronix, Inc" serves as an advisory group to Dean Vergil V. Miller and other PSU officials. Named to three-year terms on the council are: Marvin H. Goldberg, M.D., President of Northwest Permanente and Regional Medical Director of the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Care Program; Samuel J. Goodwin, Vice President Clnd Manager of the Portland branch of Kidder Peabody; J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr., Chairman of Columbia Management Co.; Kenneth H. Pierce, President and Chief Executive Officer of Instromedix, Inc.; and Robert D. Scanlan, Vice President and Manager, Coldwell Banker. Spring commencement Friday, June 8 Nearly a thousand graduates and their families and friends are expected at Memorial Coliseum Friday evening, June 8, for Portland State's spring commencement ceremony. In addition to the awarding of undergraduate and graduate degrees, the spring commencement will include the presentation of several awards. Two facu Ity members will be honored: Fred Waller, English, will receive the George and Virginia Hoffman Award for his many years of service to the University; and Bruce Stern, Marketing, will receive the Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence. The University also will honor two members of the Portland community for their public service work with Distinguished Service Awards. They are Leland Johnson, retired banker and supporter of higher education, and Louise Scott, civic leader. Spring term commencement begins with the procesSional at 7:30. Tickets are not necessary to attend.
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