Portland State Magazine Spring 2007

PORTLAND STATE MA G AZ INE SPRING 2007 I VOL. 21 NO . 3 EDITOR Kathryn Kirkland CONTRIBUTORS James Bash and Martha Wagner DESIGN Cate Whitcomb and Leslie Watkins EDITORIAL OFFICE 325 Cramer Hall P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4451, fax 503-725-4465 psumag@pdx.edu ADDRESS CHANGES PSU Alumni Association www.alumni.pdx.edu click on "update your info" or call 503-725-4948 ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE Pat Squire MPA '95, Assistant Vice President Simon Benson House POBox751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 503-725-4948 psualum@pdx.ec1 u ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS Angela Wykoff '72, MS '75, '80, President Kori Allen '84 Jeff Austin '77 Gary Barth '86 Jacqueline Bell '71 Donna Derington '79 Robert Edmiston '84 Linda Hamilton '90 Behzad Hosseini '96, MBA '97 Marshal Jevning '96 Kom1 Kalevor '88 Bill Lemman, Vanport, DHL '04 Gina Leon '95 Roberta McEniry '76 Terry Pinnell '01 Gary Purpura '71 Gerry Scov,I '65, MS '68 Ann Takamura MPA '97 Charisse Tooze '94 Trish Trout MA '88 Cathy Williams ·s6 ALUMNI AMBASSADORS Jon Jalali '67, MBA '71, Medford Dennis Olson ·68, MS '80, Pendleton Cathy Williams '56, Sisters Portland State Magazine is published three times a year, during fall, winter, and spring terms. Contents may be reprinted only by permission of the editor. The magazine is printed on recycled paper. Portland State University is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity inst,tut,on A job well done Under President Dan Bernst ine, Portland State has experienced extraordinary growt h in enrollment, programs, and stature . SOON AFTER DAN Bemstine became Portland State president, a small but determined group of students sat on the grassy field behind the Millar Library protesting its conversion roan artificial turf recreation field. Bulldozers were due lacer chat week in June 1998. Bemscine went out to the students bearing a large pizza. He sat, he listened, he ate. Students allowed construction to go ahead and the area is now known as the Peter Stott Com– munity Recreation Field. The protest leader was among the first to reserve the field once it was complete. Portland State. On July 1 he becomes the president and CEO of the Law School Admissions Council, a Pennsyl– vania-based organization that admin– isters the entrance exam for U.S. law schools. Bernstine scarred his career as a lawyer in the early 1970s and was dean of the University ofWisconsin law school before becoming president ofPSU. BERNSTINE ' S LEGACY INCLUDES record growth in enrollment, building, research, fundraising, and programs in Portland and abroad. But he is "We have an institutional swagger that we did not have before," says Bernstine. "I think the community's perception of Portland State has caught up with the reality of what we do here." most proud of the Univer– sity's enhanced reputation and influence. "We have an institu– tional swagger that we did not have before, "says Bernscine. "I think the community's perception of Portland Scace has caught up with the reality of what we do here." II "Dan Bernstine is definitely an awesome listener," says Dan Garcia '00, Vanguard editor at the time. "He has done what he felt was right for the University, and we would not be where we are today without his guidance in the past 10 years." After a decade oflistening and working behind the scenes to build relationships, Bernstine, 59, is leaving Nohad Toulan, dean emeritus of the PSU Col– lege of Urban and Public Affairs, agrees. "Dan came to PSU at a time when the University had accepted its urban mission and identity but had yet to figure what this meant and what an urban mission entails," says Toulan. "He brought the University and the community together to define the nature and scope of the partnership. He leaves behind a University at ease