Portland State Magazine Fall 2012

Parl< Blocl<s Celebrating 40 years of child care IN 1972, student mothers staged a sit-in in the PSU president's office to demand on-campus child care. They got it. This year, the Helen Gordon Child Development Center celebrates 40 years of providing low-cost care for children from 4 months to 6 years old. The center operates as an academic laboratory for the Graduate School of Education. "It really improved my life. It gave me a foundation as I grew older, knowing how to be a good student, a good person," says student Bennett Okello, who was a child at the center in 1987 when his parents were students and who has a son going there now. 4 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE FALL 2012 Paralympic competitor JEN ARM BR U 5 TE R, coordinator of inclusive recreation in PSU's Campus Rec facility, was in London competing in the recent Paralympic Games, which are held in conjunction with the Olympics every four years. Totally blind since the age of 17, Armbruster is a member of the world champion U.S. women's goalball team. Goalball was specifically designed for sight-impaired athletes (the mask evens the field). Armbruster coordinates goalball games at PSU, as well as wheelchair basketball, and ski, kayak, and hiking trips for people with disabilities. Visit pdx.edu! magazine for the U.S. women's goalball results.