Portland State Magazine Fall 2007

Tim Anderson '74 works for rhe U.S. Agency for lnterna– rional Developmenr and is currenrly serving a one-year posting in Kabul, Afghan istan, as a foreign service officer. An– der on heads up the Alternative Livelihoods Program, which focuses on finding economic alternatives co poppy grow ing. He plans co retire from USAID in July 2008 . He is married to Pam Anderson '76, MA '91. Michael Fritz '74, MBA '81 has served as mission d irector in Bulgaria fo r rhe U.S. Agency for Inrernarional Developmenr since July 2005. Fritz directs a $120 million project portfo- lio char is helping Bulgaria prepare for European Union membership. Fritz, his wife, Susan, and their four-year- old twins live in Wyoming. Michael Fritz '74, MBA '81 Ave! Gordly '74 was hon- ored in July by the city of Porrland for her combined 16 years in the Oregon House and Senate and her role as the first African American woma n elected co rhe Senate. Porrland Mayor Tom Potter pronounced July I I as a Day of Appreciation for Ave! Gordly. Jean Reed '74 has been elected co-president of rhe San Jose Branch of the American As– sociation of University Women for 2007-2008 . AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. 1l1ar branch wi ll celebrate its 100th year in 2009. Pam Anderson '76, MA '91 shares, "During my 19 years as a foreign service spouse, I've been able to squeeze in a few ALUMNI NOTES Raising the profile of Iraqi refugees ABEER ETEFA, PHD '05, wanes you to know chat there are 1.5 million Iraqi refugees living in Syria, 750,000 in Jordan, and chat these people are desperate and many feel che loss of family members killed or kidnapped. "People need to be told more of this happening," she says. "le will be a crisis over the next few years, because so many are displaced." It is a theme that gets "covered better" in Europe and the MiddJe East chan in America, notes Etefa, a trained journalist whose pose with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is as spokes– woman to the Arab media and senior regional global public information officer. "First and foremost, I package information to media Based in Cairo, Abeer Etefa is a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. so as to raise che profile of refugees in the region. There are xenophobic feelings in the wo rld right now. We cry to differentiate between who is a refugee and an immigrant." Her task is to gain "public awareness, to help ensure people understand what refu– gees are," says Etefa. Stationed in Cairo since joining the agency last ovember, she has been to Syria and Jordan multiple rimes and to Lebanon, the UAE, and Geneva. Etefa was born in Cairo to parents who wanted her to become an engineer like her father. But "since I was a child, I knew I wanted to be a journalist. I have been reading newspapers since I was 10." She obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees from American Universiry in Cairo, then worked with ABC News and the BBC for Middle East coverage. Ecefa moved to Portland after marrying an engineering manager with Intel, then obtained her doctorate in urban studies at PSU, teaching and working in the Office of International Affairs. She credits Portland State's ethnic and age diversiry, and courses rhac put her in direct contact with the local and international communiry, with helping her land the UN position. "In Cairo, I meet on a daily basis with che U.S. media, crying co get che word our, but producers control what gees on the news," she says. ■ BY CLIFF COLLINS j_o_b_s_h-er_e_a_n_d- rh-e-re-,-r-h_a_n-ks- to--~D-i_a_n_e_F-is_k_e_r_'_76- , M- S- '9_5_1-iv_e_s--re_a_c_h-in- g~ an_d_ fa~c-u_lt_y_;",o~ e-o ) my portable career as an English in Seaside, where she volunteers ment. Broshor has caught as a second language reacher." for the city's chamber ambassa- at Lin field since 1984. Anderson has coordin ated and dors. She recently went co Moss developed TOEFL (test of Eng- Point, M ississippi, with North- lish as a second language) and west Medical Teams to help trainings in Pakistan, Egypt with Hurricane Katrina relief. and Bangladesh. She also enjoy writing for print and on line jou rnals. She would li ke to rum her articles (published and un– published) into a memoir. She is married to Tim Anderson '74. Nancy Broshot '78, MS '82, PhD '99, an associate pro– fessor of biology at Linfield College, was named the Edith Green Distinguished Profes– sor of the year for outstanding Mary Mertens James '78 was a legal expert in a weeklong U.S. Agency for Inrernarional Development-sponsored ex– change program with jurists and prosecutors in Yuzhno– Sakhalinsk, Russia. 1l1e Oregon delegation helped celebrate the Ii frh anniversary of the Sakhalin/Oregon partnership. FA LL 200 7 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 25