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Underrepresented Minority Graduates Recognized
M ore than 40 h ig h -a ch ie vin g ,
underrepresented m inorities who are
graduating from Portland State U n i­
versity this year gained special rec­
ognition M ay 2 ! during a scholar­
ship reception held at the M u ltic u l­
tural Center, in PSlJ’ s Smith Center
The 44 graduates all had p re vi­
said keynote speaker Cesar Diaz, a
PSU history and p o litic a l science
m a jo r w ho graduated fro m
the
U n d e rre p re s e n te d
M in o r itie s
Achievem ent Scholarship Program
in w in te r 1996. "W e must remember
to go back into our com m unity cen­
ters, our elementary schools, m iddle
schools and high schools. We must
ta lk to the kids and help them go to
and stay in college. They need peo­
ple to say, W e’ ve got fa ith in yo u .’ ”
ously received U nderrepresented
M in o ritie s Achievem ent S cholar­
ships. T h is sch o la rsh ip program
awards tu itio n and fee waivers to
m e rito rio u s students o f A fric a n
American, Hispanic Am erican, and
Diaz, w ho is pursuing a jo u rn a l­
ism career, recently received a bach­
e lo r’ s degree in history from Port­
N ative A m e rica n /A laska n N ative
heritage. Scholarships are awarded
land State. A t PSU, he was co-coor­
at the freshman and ju n io r level, as
w ell as a few at the graduate level.
d inator o f La R A Z A Student U nion
and a three-year mem ber o f the M u l­
ticu ltu ra l Center A d viso ry Board. He
Students must m aintain 12 credit
hours o f classes and a 2.0 grade point
average throughout their freshman
grew up in a small Oregon logging
and sophomore years, and must main­
tain a 2.5 grade point average and 12
com m unity in w hich he, his mother
and brother were the o n ly persons o f
color.
credit hours through their senior year.
"W e ’ ve gone through a long peri­
od o f schooling. We have a d u ty—a
responsibility—to go back into our
comm unities and be role m odels,"
D iazurged27 ne w U M A S P sch o l-
arship recipients attending the recep­
tion to become active in university
life through a student ethnic club. He
encouraged them to take advantage
Seven of more than 40 Underrepresented Minorities Achievement Scholorship Program graduates from
Portland State University. Back Row (from left): Leah Lewis, Lashunda Dotie, Linda Terwilliger, Aisha
Irving, Cesar Diaz. Front Row (from left): Pedro Satey, Marylou Fahnholz.
(PSU photo by Brian W hite)
Spelling Camps Offered
The Riggs Institute, a non-profit
literacy organization with internation­
al offices in Beaverton, has a local
Language opening. Curriculum and
MarylhurstCollege Research Center.
N ine metro-area spelling camps
(begin July 8), teacher/parent train­
ing classes (begin June 17), private
tutoring (in place) and a 3-day A u ­
gust conference are scheduled.
T h e C e n te r’ s c la s s ro o m s ,
“ Cadillac” bookstore and reading
and learning disorders research fa­
c ilitie s are located in A quinas H all.
For more in fo rm a tio n and registra­
tion form s, please ca ll 699-8288 or
646-9459 o r see their extensive web
site at: h ttp ://w w w .rig g sin st.o rg
The Institute’ s founder-director
M ym a M cCulloch, said, “ We teach
The W riting Road to Reading, an
Orton-based program uses multi-sen­
sory anddirect instructional techniques
to address all 'learning styles.’ This
includes correct English spelling pat­
The Center w ill also house a read­
ing research lib ra ry including the
complete special education research
library o fD r. H ild e L . Mosse, form er
head psychiatrist fo r the N ew Y o rk
C ity schools.
terns taught ’ e x p lic itly ’ through dicta­
tion, 28 rules o f orthography, along
w ith specialized handwriting tech­
niques all o f which can correct com­
mon learning disorders such as letter
re versals, phonological awareness and
attention deficits, etc.”
Psychiatrist Mosse’s w ork in teach­
ing 1000 o f her disabled and dis­
turbed patients to read has been na­
tional ly and local ly applauded by such
notables as the late Dr. W illia m
Cruickshank, Professor Emeritus o f
C hild and Family Health, Psycholo­
gy and Education. University o fM ich -
igan, and by one o f Oregon’ s own
Ms. M cC ulloch added that many
w hole language teachers teach these
developmental subsk i I Is to insure that
th e ir students’ p rin t skills w ill qu ick­
ly match their verbal, vocabulary and
comprehension abilities.
note d e d u c a to rs . D r. B a rb a ra
Bateman, Professor Em eritus o f
Reading, Learning Disabilities and
Law at the U niversity o f Oregon.
Bring The World To Greater Portland
C arol B lantner is b rin g in g the
w o rld to the Greater Portland area-
Carol w ill be interview ing fam i­
lies in the greater Portland area to
ter. The students stay w ith volunteer
host fam ilies fo r an academic year
one international teenager at a time.
host exceptional high school students
and arrive w ith comprehensive in­
Carol is a volunteer area represen­
tative fo r Asse International Student
Exchange, a no n-profit, p u b lic bene­
fit organization. The prim a ry goal o f
fro m France, G erm any, Finland,
surance and their own spending mon­
ey.
Asse is to contribute To international
understanding by enabling foreign
Switzerland, Italy, Great Britain, I lo l-
land, Spain, Portugal, Czech and Slo­
vak Republics, Poland, Japan, Bra­
z il, Thailand, M exico, Canada, A us­
students to learn about the U nited
tralia, and N ew Zealand. A gain this
year, Asse is proud to include stu­
States through active pa rticipation in
fa m ily, school, and com m unity life.
dents from the Repub lies ofthe form er
Soviet U nion to it ’ s international ros­
Carol B latner knows the Greater
Portland area is a great place fo r a
curious foreign student’ s to learn
about life in the Untied States! Please
call Carol at 503/636-5209 For more
Three winners have been selected
for this year’ s Mrs. Henry L. Corbett,
Sr. Young Artists Competition, de­
signed to identify and encourage young
instrumentalists and pianists aspiring
to careers in music. The competition,
sponsored by the Oregon Symphony
Women’s Association, was held on
Saturday, May 4, in Lewis & Clark
College’ s Evans A uditorium .
Ou, o f 17 contestants. Lam ont
Tang won fist place w ith his p e rfo r­
mance o f Henri V ieuxtem ps’ V io lin
Concerto No.5 in A M in o r. He w ill
be awarded a prize o f $400 and may
Spring Electron Run
Four Oregon high schools took
home troph ies fo r top season fin ishes
be asked to perform as a soloist w ith
the Oregon Symphony in the “ M usic
fo r Y o u th " series. Tang is a 16-year-
cal control...assertive, yet expres­
sive... enorm ously musical.”
C oncerto by Vaughn W illiam s.
old ju n io r in L incoln High S chool’s
International Baccalaureate Program
who has played the v io lin fo r 12
years. S idlin has described his play­
ing as possessing "splendid techni­
New & used books on
Business, Music, &
African-American Studies
at the final PGE Electron Run, Satur­
day. Philomath H igh School took
home the first place season trophy.
N orth M arlon H igh School placed
second overall; South Salem High
School placed th ird , and M cN ary
High School fourth
T w enty-nine vehicles fro m 16
schools competed in PGE Electron
POWELL’S
CITY OF BOOKS
Run events this year. Saturday's event
was the sixth and fin a l race o f the
season.
From here, the teams can enter
PGE’ s Northwest In vitational Elec­
tric Vehicle Race at the Portland
International Raceway on Saturday,
June 15.
To go the distance, the cars had to
be lightweight and aerodynamic. The
cars can travel up to speeds o f 40
m iles per hour during the race.
State T re a s u re r Jim H ill w il!
announce O re g o n ’ s p a rtic ip a ­
tio n in the S A V E FO R A M E R ­
no g re a te r g if t th a t we can g iv e
o u r c h ild re n than the g if t o f f i ­
n a n c ia l s e c u rity . I am c o n v in c e d
IC A S ch o o l S a vin g s p ro g ra m in
th a t the c h ild re n
a s ta te w id e E D - N E T b ro a d ca st,
T h u rs d a y , M a y 23 at 3 :0 0 p.m .
The S A V E FO R A M E R IC A
s tro n g sa vin g s h a b its to d a y w ill
have the fre e d o m to a ch ie ve m ore
o f th e ir g o a ls in the fu tu re .”
p ro g ra m teaches K -6 th gra d e rs,
th r o u g h in n o v a t iv e b a n k in g
“ I am v e ry e x c ite d a b o u t th is
p ro g ra m because I tr u ly b e lie v e
it can m ake a p o s itiv e d iffe re n c e
in the liv e s o f O re g o n ’ s yo u n g
s o ftw a re , the va lu e o f sa vin g
m o n e y and the im p o rta n c e o f
fin a n c ia l s e c u rity . The p ro g ra m
a lso teaches r e a l- life sa vin g s
g o a ls and d e v e lo p s stro n g sa v­
ings h a b its.
“ T he S A V E FOR A M E R IC A
p ro g ra m is a fu n and e ffe c tiv e
to o l a ll e d u ca to rs can use to
teach O re g o n s ch o o l c h ild 'e n
the va lu e o f fin a n c ia l re s p o n s i­
b ilit y and a llo w them to b e n e fit
fro m th e ir g re a te st fin a n c ia l as­
s e t - t im e , " H il l said. “ T h e re is
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w h o d e v e lo p
p e o p le ," H ill said. “ W ith the c o ­
o p e ra tio n o f O re g o n ’ s e le m e n ta ­
ry s ch o o ls, parents, lo c a l banks
and teachers, we can g iv e o u r
c h ild re n the k n o w le d g e and en­
school students.
Janine A lle n , PSU voice provost
and dean o f enrollm ent and student
services, told the graduates that they
face the rem aining challenge o f help­
ing those around them who are strug­
g lin g in school.
“ M ost o f us really achieve goals
w ith o u t support and encouragement
from each other,” A lle n said. “ You
need to give to the people struggling
around you what you were g ive n .”
For more inform ation about either
the U nderrepresented M in o ritie s
Achievem ent Scholarship Program
o r the Portland Teachers Program at
PSU, call Narce R odriguez at 725-
4457.
w ill be a v a ila b le to c h ild re n at
sc h o o l. O nce a w eek, e le m e n ta ­
ry students can b rin g th e ir m o n ­
ey to sch o o l on B A N K D A Y and
m ake a d e p o s it to th e ir a cco u n t
u s in g th e s c h o o l’ s c o m p u te r
e q u ip p e d w it h S A V E F O R
A M E R IC A s o ftw a re . T h e de­
p o s it is then entered in to the
s tu d e n t’ s bank a cco u n t and may
be used to purchased U .S . S av­
ings B onds. W ith each d e p o s it a
stu d e n ts re ce ive s a c o m p u te r­
g e nerated re c e ip t and a s tic k e r
re m in d in g th e m to save a gain.
The SA V E FOR A M E R IC A pro­
T he S A V E FO R A M E R IC A
S ch o o l S a vin g s p ro g ra m is c u r­
r e n t ly im p le m e n te d in 4 0 0 0
s ch o o ls in 44 states, w ith the c o ­
gram has been endorsed by the O r­
egon School Employees Associa­
tion, the Oregon Bankers Associa­
tion and the C onfederation o f Ore­
o p e ra tio n o f2 0 0 banks. T h is p ro ­
gon School A dm inistrators.
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gram m arks the fir s t tim e in 25
years th a t U .S . S avings B onds
co u ra g e m e n t th e y need to become
fin a n c ia lly se cu re .”
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host fa m ily o r call 1-800-733-2773.
V io l in i s t E m ily N o rto n o f
N ew burg H igh School won the $300
second prize w ith her performance
o f S aint-Saëns’ In tro d u c tio n and
Rondo C apriccioso; N orton was also
the second place w inner in 1994
A rth u r Sato o f B eaverton H ig h
School won the th ird place prize o f
$ 100 w ith a performance o f the Oboe
A lso recognized at the event were
fo u r underrepresented m in o rity grad­
uates who com pleted the Portland
Teachers Program. The program fo ­
cuses on q u a lifyin g students w ho plan
to teach elementary or secondary
State Treasurer To Help
School Children Save Money
inform ation on becoming an Asse
1996 Young Artists Competition
Winners Announced
o f the resources U M A S P provides,
such as p rio rity class registration,
academic and in d ivid u a l counseling,
peer advising and social activities.
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