Portland State Magazine Fall 2009

Intel invests in international students TW ENTY-EIGHT top science students from Vietnam are studying engi– neering ac Portland Scace thanks co a $2 million investment from Ince!. The Intel Vietnam Scholars program is paying for the students' tuition, fees, books, room and board, and ocher expenses. Upon their graduation in 2011, In eel expects co employ the new electrical and mechanical engineers at its largest global assembly and rest site, slated to open soon in Ho Chi Minh City. Portland State already works closely with Ince! in Oregon and is the third largest supplier of engineering talent to Intel in the United States. The University is also a familiar partner in Vietnam. PSU offers an advanced training program in computer science with rwo Vietnamese universities and works with agencies there on studies of urbanization and public leadership. Students care at stroke camp FO R STRO KE SURVIVORS and their caregivers life can be lonely and isolated once professional rreacmenc ends. Providing continued care and respite is the driving force behind Stroke Camp Northwest, a partnership berween Portland Scare and Pacific Uni– versity in Forest Grove. For a week in August every year, stroke survivors and their families have fun and learn new skills with PSU speech and hearing students and Pacific physical and occupational therapy students. The program won the first-ever Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partner– ship Award for Campus-Community Partnerships in April. Former first lady Rosalynn Career presented the award herself co faculty responsible for rhe camp. With the recognition came $10,000 for the program. Each year, students and faculty plan and put on the camp activities, ranging from adapted tai chi to crafts for charity. Help does nor end with can1p. Students and faculty run self-help groups through– out the year, and they have created a Web site for camp goers co keep in couch with each other. ■ Stroke survivors and their care– givers enjoy fun activities at a student-run camp. [Letter] Just throwing it out there Caressa Sims certainly deserves the atten– tion given her through the article, "Giving it her all," in the Spring 2009 issue of Portland State Magazine. However, for chose not familiar with track and field weight events, the photo of her might be confusing. The article mentions Caressa's weight events as the hammer and shot put. Those are her outdoor track events. Her indoor crack events are most likely rhe weight throw and the shot. The photo shows Caressa with an indoor weight throw implement in an open field. The weight throw competition is held indoors inside a cage. If the photo had shown Caressa with a hammer-a proper outdoor implement-it should have been taken in a hammer throw cage. Tim Marsh - Pullman, Washington Portland State Magazine wants to hearfrom you. E-mailyour comments to psumag@pdx.edu or send them to Portland Scace Magazine, Office ofUniversity Communications, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. We reserve the right to editfar space and clarity. FALL 2009 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 5