Portland State Magazine Fall 2014

FALL 2014 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 23 she could do was to finish her degree. The move to Portland and enrollment at PSU followed soon after. In addition to her work at OMSI, Bauman uses her marketing savvy to run social media for Willamette Valley Grotto, a cave exploration, conservation and preservation group that is a chapter of the National Speleological Society. Earlier this year, she founded Extraordinary Women Leaders in Speleology, a nonprofit whose mission is to unite, support and encourage women to become leaders in caving. She’s focused on bringing more women into caving—and if their kids come with them, so much the better. Children can carry their own caving packs complete with medical kits and water bottles. This is what Bauman expects from her own children—giving them an early start in learning important lessons in independence and initiative, she says. After graduation, Bauman plans to bring her drive and creativ- ity to an organization that encourages vision and innovation. “I want to help people and make a difference. I’m not just a caver, and I’m not just a business person. I want to bring my whole person to my career.”  The article was written by Meg DesCamp, a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Portland State Magazine. Scholarship for single parents Walk into a restaurant and you’re likely to be greeted by a woman, seated by a woman, and served your food by a woman. Robert MacLellan, former part- owner of Pacific Coast Restaurants, noticed that many of his hardest-working female employees were single mothers who attended college. “Robert saw the incredible fortitude of single moms and really wanted to support them,” says his wife, Gay MacLellan. The MacLellans founded the Columbia Pacific Foundation in 2008 to award scholarships to working single mothers. The scholarship is now also available to single fathers. Caving is a study in self- reliance and just plain fun for student Lisa Bauman. G I V I N G