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M E S A w as form ed in 1985 to
e w le tt-P a c k a rd Co. has
increase the n u m b er o f eth n ic m i
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nority stu d e n ts in the m ath, e n g i
$ 1 2 ,6 0 0 w orth o f c o m
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p u ters and p rin te rs to a P ortlan
d and scien c e fields.
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m e tro p o litan area program that e n
land S tate U n iv e rsity ’s S ch o o l o f
co u ra g es and assists you th s in the
E n g in eerin g an d ap p lied S cien ce,
fields o f m ath em atics, e n g in eerin g
and serv es ab o u t 500 stu d e n ts in
and science.
m iddle sc h o o ls and high sc h o o ls
L o k e K oh, o p e ra tio n s se c tio n
th ro u g h o u t M u ltn o m ah and W ash
m a n a g e r fo r H e w le tt- P a c k a rd ’s
ington co u n ties.
V a n c o u v e r, W a sh ., d iv is io n , r e
K oh has been an activ e M E S A
c e n tly p r e s e n te d th ree c o m p u t
advisory board m e m b er since 1986
e rs an d th re e p r in te rs to th e P o r t
and w as in stru m e n ta l in se cu rin g
la n d a n d W a s h in g to n C o u n ty o f
the eq u ip m en t g ran t for M E S A .
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M E S A , call 725-4665 or 725-2149.
a c tiv itie s d u rin g th e sc h o o l y ea r.
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Loke Koh (right), operations section manager for Hewlett Packard Co. 's Vancouver, Wash, division, looks on as three MESA program
participants use new equipment donated by Hewlett-Packard. The students are: Jack Lim, Benson High School (standing); Lulu Zhang,
Marshall High School; and (foreground) Melissa Elizondo, Jefferson High School.
Frank Roberts Scholar
Studies Public Service
Elementary Kicks Off New Partnership
Physician Ted M oore traded hos
pital h allw ay s for sc h o o l h alls
Thursday (Oct. 30) w hen he w ent to
G ro u t E le m e n ta r y ( 3 1 1 9 S E
Holgate) to kick o ff a new partner
sh ip b e tw e e n th e s c h o o l an d
D oernbecher ch ild ren ’s Hospital.
M oore, a physician w ho o ver
sees pediatric bone m arrow trans
plants at D o ern b ech er, w ill be
Gostnell
Named
Irvington
Principal
Former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts (left) with northeast Portland resident
Deborah Towner. Towner, a doctoral candidate in Portland State University's
Graduate School o f Social Work.
A Portland State University student
who is seeking a doctoral degree in
social work and who in her teenage
years lived in four different foster
homes is the latest recipient of PSU ’s
Frank L. Roberts Com munity Service
Scholarship
Deborah PayneTow ner, adoctoral
student m social welfare anti research
at PSU ’s Graduate School of Social
Work, formally received her scholar
ship at a luncheon Oct. 14 on the
Portland Slate campus. Tow ner is a
resilient o f northeast Portland.
The Frank L. Roberts,Scholarship is a
one-year, renewable grant of $1,500
awarded loa PSU graduate student who
has shown a continuing dedication and
interest Io public service or education. It
is named for the late Frank Roberts,
longtime Oregon legislator and Portland
State prolessor.
l ow lier was selected from an origi
nal pool o f about 50 applicants. Former
Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts, widow
of Frank Roberts, presented the award
to Towner. Last y ear’s Roberts Schol
arship recipient, Michael Creighton,
w ho’s pursuing a m aster’s degree in
special education at PSU. received a
renewal of his 1996 scholarship.
"One of the big things about this
scholarship is that it helps me to be
come a full-time student," Tow ner
said. “One o f the biggest struggles
when you're a mature student is that
you have financial responsibilities at a
greater level,” T ow ner said.
For her doctoral degree at PSU,
Tow ner is focusing on the area ol
human developm ent related to the at
tachment between an infant and its
primary caregivers, and the effect that
relationships has on the developm ent
of mental health and personality.
Tow ner hopes to hone her research
and methodology skills "so I can bet
ter understand the m ethods and poli
cies we have available in our country
to address social problems. These skills
may help me have more influence at
the policy level so 1 can implement
ch an g e"
Tow ner said she m aintains contact
with Romanian child care officials
through e-mails.
Ti iwner has an impressive academic
anil research background. She received
a m aster's degree in social work from
PSU in 1991 and bachelor o f arts
degree in education Iroin W estern
Washington University in Bellingham.
Wash, through a Rotary International
Ambassadorial Scholarship she did a
year of postgraduate study at the
Tavistock ( lime in London. At PSU.
she received two internships, includ
ing one as a social w orker at the Parry
Center lorC hildren in Portland, and as
a mental health specialist at Mount
HooilC'ommunity Mental HealthCen-
ter in Gresham . She also served as a
research assistant at the PSU-based
Regional Research Institute,conduct
ing interviews with homeless families
to identify the experience o f children
and families prior to. during and fol
lowing periods of homelessness.
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E d u c a tio n C e n t e r ( 1 3 2 0 N E
B razee) in the 80 s in th e s c h o o l’s
new a c tin g p rin c ip a l.
G o s tn e ll fills th e la st o f th e
v a c a n t p rin c ip a l p o s itio n s in th e
P o rtla n d S ch o o l D is tric t.
I r v in g to n ’s m o st r e c e n t p r in
c ip a l, P am S h e lly , r e c e n tly w as
n am ed p rin c ip a l o f th e M e tro
p o litan L ea rn in g C e n te r in N o rth
w e st P o rtla n d .
G o s tn e ll, w h o w o rk e d a s a
p rin c ip a l and a d m in is tra to r fo r
P o rtla n d P u b lic S c h o o ls fo r 12
y e a rs, has b een an a s s is ta n t p r o
fe s s o r o f e d u c a tio n at P o rtla n d
S tate U n iv ersity fo r th e p a st y ea r.
S he b e c am e a p ro g ra m o f fic e r
fo r th e M e y er M e m o ria l T ru s t in
1992, a fte r le a v in g th e s c h o o l
d is tric t.
joined at a school assem bly by M yron
Child, w ho serves on D o ern b ech er’s
board. C hild is the founder o f Kids
M aking M iracles, a program that in
volves children in com m unity ser
vice projects.
G rout students will inaugurate
their new partnership by presenting a
check to D oernbecher, representing
funds they raised them selves. G rout
students plan a read-a-thon for an
u p c o m in g f u n d -r a is e r fo r th e
ch ild ren ’s hospital.
Students at G rout have a special
reason to focus their involvem ent
on D oerhnbecher. G rout second-
grader D iana V aldez, w ho w as criti
cally injured in a car accident that
killed her m other, is now reco v er
ing at the hospital.
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