Portland State Magazine Spring 2014

SPRING 2014 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 1 Page 13 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT Attracting high achievers LETTERS Mystery photo revealed About that playing field She changed Roosevelt High A principal with grit ‘Real’ life in our schools PARK BLOCKS An artful entrance When newspapers die Computing the cosmos Architects get down to business Departments C O N T E N T S 13 16 Features 28 29 10 ON THE COVER Reviewers are praising Mitchell Jackson’s new autobiographical novel, The Residue Years . Photo by John Ricard. See story on page 10. PORTLAND STATE M A G A Z I N E SPRING 2014 VOL. 28 | NO. 2 A window to the arts Four and no more Good design and good will FANFARE Remembering Freedom Summer A wow for the jazz world Rockin’ on Broadway New Works ATHLETICS Super Bowl for new recruits ALUMNI Getting together around the world Talk jobs and have a beer Join the Alumni Board Alumni in the news GIVING The joy of giving A merger for fundraising LOOKING BACK The celluloid generation 3 25 26 8 20 22 24 WRITING FOR SALVATION Alumnus Mitchell Jackson left drugs and prison behind. WHAT PEOPLE WANT Launching a product is more complicated than you think. FACES OF CARING For it 50th anniversary, the School of Social Work shows off its alumni. ZOMBIE VIRUSES Viruses that ‘come back to life’ could lead to better vaccines. INVESTING IN A NEW WORLDVIEW Life will never be the same for study abroad student Seth O’Malley. HISTORIC LEADERSHIP CHANGE A new, independent governing board for Portland State. 4 Page 25 SPRING 2014 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 17 ossi, Sean Suib ’00,KayToran ’70,KittyHuffstutter ’04, ’07,ThuyVanderlinde ’88. Second Row: Larrita Riggs ’13,Kaig Lightner ’12, itello ’09, ’11, Fay Schuler. Third Row: John Spence,RebeccaNickels ’02, JaeDouglas ’88, ’01,MistyAlsup,MelindaVeliz ’10. athe,Donald Lincoln,GennyNelson,TarinaTong ’10,TedTeather. Page 16