David Krug elected to term as RAPS Co-President Scholarship Committee selects tour options for 2019-20 CONTINUING THE collaborative partnership of RAPS and Collette Tours, the Scholarship Committee has identified trips for the next two years. The Best of Eastern Canada tour, September 3-10, 2019, will visit Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Rockport, and Toronto, and end with a Canada-side boat trip at Niagara Falls. Eastern Canada brochures, with prices, will be available by our September general meeting. 3 PSU football tickets available for RAPS members PSU FOOTBALL FANS: Complimentary tickets to Portland State’s first game of the year at Providence Park – Saturday, October 13 – have been donated by the PSU Athletic Department for RAPS members. The Viks go up against the Bears of the University of Northern Colorado in Providence Park, 1844 SW Morrison St. DAVID KRUG, professor emeritus of education, is returning for another turn at the helm of RAPS. Dave was elected to a two-year term as co-president in spring. He will serve with Doug Swanson, who is beginning the second year of his term. Dave previously served RAPS as president and treasurer. He received the RAPS Outstanding Retired Faculty Award at the President’s Annual Gathering for Retired Faculty and Staff in 2014. Dave has a long history with Portland State. He enrolled in fall 1963, following four years in the U.S. Air Force. After graduating with a master’s in special education in 1968, Dave taught in programs for students with emotional challenges until 1970, when he entered the University of Washington’s special education program. He completed a Ph.D. in 1972 and began work in the PSU Department of Special Education the following fall. During a 27-year career in the PSU Graduate School of Education, Dave served as department chair for three years, associate dean for 12 years, and interim dean for one year. He also served on the board of Autism Research and Resources of Oregon and the Edwards Center, a local nonprofit that provides services to adults with disabilities. Following retirement in 1999, Dave worked for 10 years on the Oregon autism research study as a psychometric researcher. He currently works one day a week building homes for Habitat for Humanity. David Krug received the 2014 RAPS Outstanding Retired Faculty Award. —Photograph by Larry Sawyer The 10-day Sunny Portugal trip, in September 2020, starts and ends in Lisbon and visits many of the other cities on the mainland. There is an option of a four-night extension to the island of Madeira. The itinerary of both trips can be viewed at www.gocollette.com. —Larry Sawyer RAPS will be given 20 tickets to distribute to members on a first-come, first-served basis. The maximum per person is two tickets. Please call 503-725-3447 or email the RAPS office (rapsmail@pdx.edu), leaving your name and contact information. You will be notified when the tickets are available for pickup.
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