Portland State Magazine Spring 2009

ALUMNI CAREER NETWORKING The PSU Alumni Association offers two great ways to enhance your professional outreach. Attend exclusive alumni events as a member of PSUAA. Rates begin at $ 10 for new grads; just visit www.pdx.edu/alumni. Or join Linkedln, the largest online professional social network, for free. Go to Linkedin.com and search for PSU alumni. Getting together MORE THAN 50 alumni, students, and faculty advocates met with Oregon legislators March 12 for PSU Day in Salem, which included lunch with Attorney General John Kroger. Salem area alumni and friends introduced to President Wun Wiewel included Supreme Court Justice Paul DeMuniz '72 and the Hon. Mary Mertens James '78. The PSUM sponsored a Boise tailgate March 20 for Viking fans at the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, while Portland-area alumni cheered the Viks at viewing parties at McMenarnin's Mission Theatre and the Cheerful Tortoise. Young PSU alumni networked at Bridgeport Brewpub in the Pearl District after author Sherry Mueller discussed her book Working World: Careers in International Education, & change, and Development. Don't miss out on future alumni events! Submit your e-mail address at www.pdx.edu/alumni. Puzzle master to keynote PSU Weekend GIVE YOUR BRAIN a workout at what promises to be a truly unique and interactive lecture by Will Shortz, Saturday, October 10. Will Shortz is the only person in the world to hold a college degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles. As crossword editor at The New York Times and puzzle master on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, Shortz reaches an estimated 50 million people each week with his and other's brainteasers. And keep your calendar clear for great reunions, receptions, and other lectures during PSU Weekend 2009, October 9 and 10. Visit www.pdx.edu/alumni for more information. ■ J, r r Hassan bin Abdullah al-Ghanim '80, 2009 Outstanding International Alumnus, talks with President Wim Wiewel at a Gulf Cooperation Council Alumni Reunion in Doha, Qatar, March 26. AI-Ghanim hosted the event. John Whearty '90 and hisson celebrate at the alumni tailgate in Boise before the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament on March 20. , Vanport alumnus John Hakanson speaks with Waddah Sofan '05, recipient of the John Hakanson Student Achievement Award, at PSU Salutes on February 26. SPRING 2009 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 21