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F ourteen P o rtla n d State U n i
fo u rte e n P o rtla n d State U n i-
o a rt o f a new
lieu,-
v e irs
rs ity students are p
ly launched p ro g ra m th a t’ s p u t
m a tio n a b o u t PSU w ith h ig h
s c h o o l s tu d e n ts d u rin .. g the recent
PSU P re v ie w D ay and the O re
tin g a m ore d e fin a b l face on the
u n iv e rs ity as it seeks c lo s e r tie s
to tis s u rro u n d in g c o m m u n itie s
and b e tte r c o m m u n ic a tio n fro m
w ith in /
Since January , members o f the
PSU Student Ambassadors program
have represented Portland State in a
variety o f functions, serving as hosts
and hostesses at o ffic ia l events, con
ducting campus tours fo r special
gon C o u n c il fo r H is p a n ic A d
guests or prospective students, and
acting as liaisons among current
studnts, faculty and administrators.
"T his program helps c la rity the
message people hear about PSU. both
w ithin and outside the university,”
says M ichele foppe, corrdinator o f
new studetn orientation programs for
PSU’ s O ffice o f Student A ffairs.
I oppe overses the Ambassadors pro
gram with student coordinators Jasen
Kautz and Sahra Vanderkin.
A lre a d y , A m b a s s a d o rs have
re p re s e n te d the u n iv e r s it y in
events ra n g in g fo rm t he grand
o p e n in g o f H a rris o n H a ll to
P S U ’ s 50th A n n iv e rs a ry c e le b ra
tio n I hey ve also shared in fo r
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A m b a ssa d o rs can h e lp decrease
the in tim id a t io n ne w stu d e n ts
m ay fe e l c o m in g to a u n iv e rs ity
fo r the fir s t tim e .”
vancem ent (O C H A ) C a re e r F a ir.
I he p ro g ra m in p a rt g re w out
o f d is c u s s io n s last y e a r in the
C o lle g e o f L ib g ra l A rts and S c i
Ih e
PSU
A m b a s s a d o rs
P o rg ra m o p e ra te s on an an n u a l
b u d g e t o f a b o u t $ 2 0 ,0 0 0 . M o n
ies coe fro m a v a rie ty o f sources
in c lu d in g the O ffic e o f A d m is
ences S tu d e n t A d v is o r y C o m
m itte e . C o m m itte e m em bers had
becom e aw are o f a s im ila r p r o
s io n s , O f f i c e o f A c a d e m ic
A t f a r i s , O f f i c e o f S tu d e n t
A f f f a ir s , and p riv a te fu n d ra is in g
th ro u g h th e PSU F o u n d a tio n .
gram at U n iv e rs ity o f M is s o u ri-
Kansas C ity . A ls o , Janine A lle n ,
PSI b ice P ro v o s t and Dean fo r
E n ro llm e n t and S tu d e n t S e rv ic
T h is y e a r ’ s 14 stu d e n t A m b a s
sadors cam e fro m an o rig in a l p o o l
o f 85 n o m in e e s se le cte d by fa c
u lty . F in a lis ts w ere chosen based
es, had h e lp e d put to g e th e r a s im
ila r p ro g ra m at W estern O re g o n
State C o lle g e b e fo re c o m in g to
PSU last year.
on a ca d e m ic e x c e lle n c e , c o m m u
n ic a tio n and p r o b le m - s o lv in g
s k ills , le a d e rs h ip , and the a b iliy
S im ila r am bassador p ro g ra m s
a lre a d y e x is t at a n u m b e r o f la rg
er c o lle g e s and u n iv e rs itie s na
tio n w id e , in c lu d in g B a y lo r and
S ta n fo rd u n iv e rs itie s
to be a p o s itiv e , p ro d u c tiv e team
m e m b e r. E a c h A m b a s s a d o r
re c e iv es a $ 4 0 0 s tip e n d p e r aca
d e m ic te rm . A m b a ssa d o rs w ill
A m bassadors treat a guest o f
the cam pus in a re a lly fo rm a l
serve fo r one ye a r, b u t m ay re a p
p ly fo r a n o th e r y e a r’ s se rvice s.
w a y ," says T o p p e . “ A n u m b e r o f
people here th o u g h t it was an
e x c e lle n t w ay to in tro d u c e the
u n iv e rs ity to a v a rie ty o f p e o p le -
D Z f e Z f h Z Z Z Z f e Z , Z Z o n fo T h " f T
-p ro s p e c tiv e s tu d e n ts, v is itin g
scholars, e x is tin g students. The
Seyyy Him. Soo Lee. Kim Herd,. Sab,me Pongrecz. No, p f u f d :
T n "
F o r S ahra V a n d e rk in , a s e n io r
m a jo rin g in b io lo g y at P SU , the
A m b a ssa d o rs p ro g ra m p ro v id e s
le a d e rsh ip s k ills th a t she b e lie ve s
S“ "
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w il l co m e in handy as she p re
pares to e n te r m e d ic a l sc h o o l.
Sheriffs Internship
Program Initiated
Working With Roosevelt High
fh e
M u lt n o m a h
C o u n ty
S h e riff s O ffic e w il l b e g in in s ti
tu tin g an in te rn s h ip p ro g ra m w ith
the c o o p e ra tio n o f R o o s e v e lt
H ig h S c h o o l to s u p p o rt y o u th
c o m m u n ity in v o lv e m e n t w ith in
te rn s h ip e x p e rie n c e .
S h e r iff D an N o e lle and C o m
m a n d e r V e ra P o o l o f the C o rre c
tio n s S u p p o rt D iv is io n , re c e n tly
announced the sp e c ia l e ffo r t.
I he s h e riff's d e p a rtm e n t is re
s p o n d in g to c itiz e n s in the c o m
m u n ity th a t em phasis s h o u ld be
placed on re fo c u s in g o u r y o u th ’ s
a tte n tio n in to a p o s itiv e d ir e c
tio n .
Arts, Apr,/ 30 to May 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday,™May 5 X 2 p m '^ c k e ts
outlets :224 TIXX.
P
™ niana Center for the Perfori
are available at the theatre box office and all Fred Meyer Fastixx
Participation In MESA Program
area m iddle schools and sew
schools.
Sam K im , an engineer at 11
Packard Co., commended the J
schoolers fo r th e ir long-st
com m itm ent to the M E S A pr
A ll have participated in MES>
their m iddle school years, h e ;
addition, all have excellent at
ic records, are active in extrac
lar activities and have help,
th e ir own local M E S A school
ters and events.
Keynote speaker was Ci
I alton, Portland metro area mt
o f Pacific Power & Light Ci
chair o f the Portland Develo
Commission, la lto n has twe
dren in the M E S A program. II
students to focus on five things
in school: creativity, problem
ing, teamwork, se lf d iscip lin
participation.
4 r.a high school students recently were recognized tor their contributions to the MESA mem
P tosZterS ad^H im of^ew letbP achard'c^'lndda^Jone^B 0'1 ^ S c h o o l :
Denson: ewerds
Debby Gordon. Jederson High School No, pictured: Lulu Z h a ^ s Z l Z g i Z h o o l ^
Six students from high schools in
north and southeast Portland were
honored recently for their achieve
ments in Portland-M F.SA. a program
that encourages and assists youth in
the fie ld o f mathematics, engineer
ing and science
R eceiving special awards were
Jefferson H igh School freshman
Debby Gordon, Henson H igh School
sophomores Indira Jones and K ayin
I alton; Grant High School freshman
C heryl Lyon; Benson freshman A lan
M u i; and Marshall High School fresh
man Lulu Zhang during the m id
school Portland-M ESA Family N ight
at Portland State U niversity.
I he six students were among more
than 60 m iddle and high school stu
dents who participated int he fa m ily
“
night w ith their parents. Portland-
M E S A , administered through PSlJ’ s
School o f Engineering and Applied
Science, aims at increasing the num
ber o f ethnic m in o rity students in the
math, engineering and science fields
through after-school and weekend
workshops, field trips and projects
N ow in its 11 th year, the program
serves more than 165 students t 10
Other M E S A students in
dance shared th e ir after-s<
projects w ith M E S A member
th e ir families. A ttending weri
dents from Beaumont, Binnsr
Fem wood, Environm ental, Hos
Sellwood, Tubman, O ckley C
and W hitaker m iddle schools:
dents from Northeast Comm
School; and students from Bei
Grand, Jefferson and M arshall
schools.
For more inform ation about I
land-M E S A , contact the M E S /
fice at 725-4665.
nom ah C o u n ty C o rre c tio n s D i v i
sio n .
These U n its w ill in c lu d e C lose
S tre e t S u p e rv is io n , F a c ilit y Se
c u r it y O f fic e r s ,
C la s s ific a tio n .
R e c o rd s , and
I he s h e r iff s o ffic e o b je c tiv e s
are to p ro v id e stu d e n ts w ith o p
p o rtu n itie s fo r o n -th e -jo b e x p e
rie n c e in a p ro fe s s io n a l w o rk set
tin g .
O f fic ia ls a ls w o w a n t to assist
in d e v e lo p in g a m e n to r r e la tio n
sh ip w ith stu d e n ts w h o have an
in te re s t in the c r im in a l ju s tic e
system .
A n in te rn s h ip is a n o n -p a id ,
F u rth e r in fo rm a tio n c o n c e rn
in g the in te rn s h ip p ro g ra m can
s tru c tu re d w o rk e x p e rie n c e .
S tu d e n ts sele cte d w ill be e x
a m in in g fo u r u n its o f the M u lt-
be o b ta in e d by c o n ta c tin g V iv ia n
F e ld m a n , v o lu n te e r c o o rd in a to r
at 2 4 8 -3 3 9 0 .
School Dropouts
Increase
Continued from M etro
le a rn in g e n v iro n m e n ts and e m
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p h a size a p p lie d le a rn in g th a t
m akes sense to stu d e n ts in term s
o f the re a l w o rld .
Am erican Institution, called to
day’ s high schools too large, im per
sonal and rigid.
M a n y o f the r e p o r t’ s re c o m
m e n d a tio n s d e s c rib e e ffo rts be
g in n in g in O re g o n to im p ro v e
h ig h sch o o l e d u c a tio n . T h e re
p o rt enco u ra g e d h ig h s c h o o ls to
c re a te m o re f le x ib le , a c tiv e
Principals at schools in Oregon
where the dropout rate declined at
tribute many factors to their schools’
success, from increased emphasis
on tracking down absent students to
e ffo rts to engage students in active,
re a l-w o rld learning.
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