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President Roger Edgington. President's Message: This year has been a time of physical change for Portland State University. Construction of the $11.1-million, 76,500 square-foot expansion to the Branford P. Millar Library has begun. It is a particularly striking and encour– aging symbol of our progress as an institution. The acquisition of the nearby Fish and Wildlife Building will provide administrative space and permit us to recover critical classroom space that was converted to offices. The attention of both the campus and the larger community focused during the year on the work of the Governor's Commission for Higher Education in the Portland Metropolitan Area. The Commission's recommen– dations, due to the Governor in November of 1990, will significantly influence the future of PSU for years to come. • The 1989-90 academic year had a particularly distinctive international flavor. Under an agreement with the Khabarovsk Institute of National Economy, PSU is offering the first American-style MBA program in the Soviet Union. Also new is the North Pacific Applied Research Center, which draws on 16 disciplines to help area busi– nesses cultivate international language and cultural proficiencies. In addition, the International Studies Program, with the assistance of the World Trade Center of Portland, sponsored for the second year a conference of special– ists from the Soviet Union, China, et al, and the U.S. examining economic cooperation across the Pacific. Portland State is a young institution in the most vital and dynamic part of Oregon. This year, as in prior years, the University has made real progress. A search for a new President to lead PSU is presently underway, and I am confident that the University is well positioned to continue its quest for academic excellence. 4 ROGER N. EOCINGTO Interim President