Portland State Magazine Spring 2014

28 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE SPRING 2014 UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT , the fundraising office for Portland State, will merge with the PSU Foundation, an independent not-for-profit corporation, on July 1. The move will better position Portland State for a successful comprehensive fundraising campaign, says Jon Mitchell ’69, PSU Foundation Board chairman who is president and CEO of Acumentra Health. Françoise Aylmer (pictured here), PSU vice president for Advancement, will become PSU Foundation president and CEO. “Françoise has proven experience in the field and will be able to maintain our momentum in significantly increasing fundraising,” says Mitchell.  More than 7,800 donors have supported Portland State scholarships in the past five years. Meeting with the students they’ve helped can be a delight. Giving A MERGER FOR FUNDRAISING THE JOY OF GIVING Alumna Karen Groth (right) puts her head together with art student Maggie Heath. In 1981, Groth earned a master’s in history at PSU, which started a steady stream of family members attending the University, including her husband, Harry, who earned a bachelor’s in painting following retirement as a physician. Heath also paints, but sculpture is her real passion, and she earned the Harry and Karen Groth Scholarship on the merit of her portfolio. TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS WITH A GIFT TO SCHOLARSHIPS, PLEASE CALL 503-725-2649 OR EMAIL CAMPAIGN@PDX.EDU . Top photo: Betty Trudeau (right) shares a smile with Nina Comiskey, a senior in architecture. Comiskey received an endowed scholarship honoring Trudeau’s late husband, John, first dean of PSU’s School of Fine and Performing Arts. Bottom photo: Architecture master’s student Dylan Morgan (center) was excited to win a scholarship from Yost Grube Hall Architecture, “a significant local firm,” in Morgan’s words. He met with YGH representatives Amy Winterowd and Mark Stoller.