Andree Tremoulet, Institute on Aging faculty, presented "Manufactured Home Parks: An Endangered Affordable Housing Option for Older Adults" at the annual meeting of American Association of Geographers in Boston.

Campus Rec is hiring two new full-time positions to support the planning and operating of the new student rec center, planned to open in Winter 2010.

Dave Ervin, Environmental Sciences faculty, presented "New Economics of Business Environmental Management and Ecosystem Services" to a seminar on ecosystem service markets at Oregon State University, April 18.

Gil Latz, International Affairs faculty, presented "Ei'ichi Shibusawa and Japan's Early Modernization: Significance and Implications" at the annual meeting of American Association of Geographers in Boston.

Heejun Chang, Geography faculty; and Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, co-presented "Spatial Patterns of Residential Water Use in the Portland Metro Area" at the annual meeting of American Association of Geographers in Boston. Chang also participated in the panel discussion "New Geographies of Two Koreas: Culture, Economy, and Environment."

Jack Straton, University Studies faculty, authored the paper "Quantum Physics and Welfare Policy," published in BRIDGES: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science, Vol. 14, No. 3/4, Fall/Winter 2007.

John Armbrust and Alexandria Cesar, Applied Linguistics faculty, presented "YouTube: U Trouble?" at the 42nd Annual Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Convention in New York City, April 2-5.

Meg Merrick and Diane Besser, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies faculty, received a $999,382 grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History Program for a joint project with the institute and three local school districts. The grant will provide training for social studies teachers focusing on "Great Decisions in U.S. History" and using drama and historical geography as inquiry tools. Other project collaborators include David del Mar, History faculty; Gayle Thieman, Graduate School of Education faculty; Karin Magaldi, Theater Arts faculty; Craig Wollner, Urban and Public Affairs faculty; and Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning faculty.

Nancy Becker, Chemistry faculty, presented a talk on obesity and nutrition policy at Wayo University in Japan, on April 26.

Richard Lockwood, Community Health instructor, and PSU alumna Julie Anne Chinnock co-presented "Naturopathic Physicians in the Public Health Workforce: Processes of Internal Differentiation" at the 79th meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association in Portland, April 10-12.

Virginia Butler, Anthropology faculty, presented "The Relationship between Relic Hunters and Professional Archaeologists on the Lower Columbia River in the early 20th Century" at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver, B.C., March 26-30. For the meeting, Butler also co-authored with student Wendy Ann Wright the poster "Archaeological Resource Preservation: Developing a Model for the City of Portland" and co-authored with student Ross Smith the oral presentation "Evaluating the Effects of Bone Density on Prehistoric Pacific Cod and Halibut Taxonomic Abundance and Body Part Representation." Butler also participated on the panel discussion "Red Fish (Salmon), White Fish (Cod), Big Fish (Halibut), Small Fish (Herring): The Archaeology of North Pacific Fisheries."

Alex Accetta, Student Affairs, presented the annual William Wasson Student Academic and Leadership Awards at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Conference Student Business Meeting in Austin, Texas, April 4.

Dacian Daescu, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, co-authored the paper "A Dual-Weighted Approach to Order Reduction in 4DVAR Data Assimilation," published in the Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 136, March 2008.

Dennis Stovall, English faculty, participated in a panel discussion on poetry publishing at the Writer's Dojo Poetry Weekend in Portland, April 12.

Emily Gilliland, Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty, presented "Civic Engagement a.k.a. How to Be a Superhero in Your Community!" at the 2008 University of Oregon Leadership Summit in Eugene, April 12.

Jack Straton, University Studies faculty, authored the chapters "Converting Emotional Reactivity To Conscious Awareness," “Imagining What They Mean," and co-authored the chapter "How To Deal With The Guilt That Results From Societal Racism," in the anthology Lessons from the Color of Fear, Volume IV, Field Reports: Using the Color of Fear in the Classroom, published by Speak Out: The Institute for Democratic Education and Culture, Emeryville, Calif., 2008.

Jenny Welnick, Student Development, presented "A New Practitioner's Guide to Sport Clubs" at the pre-conference seminar of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Conference in Austin, Texas, April 1.

Judy Patton, Fine and Performing Arts faculty; Candyce Reynolds, University Studies faculty; and Wende Morgaine, Child and Family Studies faculty, co-presented "Eportfolios: Can We Have it All? Balancing Student Learning and Assessment" at the Making Connections: Eportfolios, Integrative Learning, and Assessment conference at LaGuardia Community College in New York City, April 12.

Martin Zwick, Systems Science faculty, was selected to participate in the 2008 Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel. This competitive academic fellowship seeks to promote exchanges and collaborations between scholars from diverse disciplines and their Israeli counterparts at major institutions.

Michelle Schwartz and Perla Pinedo, Admissions, Records, and Registration, co-presented "Diversity: Recruitment is Everyone's Job" at this year's annual meeting of American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. Schwartz also presented "Using Co-Admission to Increase Degree Attainment." A Professional Travel Grant Program through the office of Graduate Studies provided part of the funding for this opportunity.

Paul Collins, English faculty, authored "The House of Cards," published in New Scientist, March 22.

Richard Clucas, Political Science faculty, presented "Making Elections More Responsive to Changes in Citizen Preferences: Do Term Limits Help?" at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association in San Diego, March 20-22.

Susan McKee Reese, English faculty, authored three poems, "Sun Sign," "One Man's Ceiling," and "Paradise," published in the Oregon English Journal, Spring 2008.

Todd Bauch, Student Development, presented "Coaching People through Heuristic Decision Making" at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Conference in Austin, Texas, April 3.

Government Relations Legislative Update for April 16th, 2008

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Portland State University presents this year's Fariborz Maseeh Lecture in Mathematical Sciences, "Poincaré, Perelman and Prizes," with Sir John Ball.

The Women's Resource Center is sponsoring an inter-faith vigil, march, and rally to address issues of sexual violence Thursday, April 24, staring at 6 p.m. in the Park Blocks. For more information, contact Melanie Smith at 5-5640 or e-mail psutbtn@gmail.com.

All the professional staff that attended the NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association) National Conference in Austin, Texas from April 1-4 were part of presentations.

Catherine de Rivera, Environmental Sciences faculty, and co-PIs were awarded an $88,496 grant from Pacific States Marine Fisheries Council for "Evaluating Effectiveness of Green Crab Control Methods: Effects of Carcinus Maenas Removal in Bodega Harbor."

The Center for Academic Excellence is accepting applications for the 2008 Civic Engagement Awards through Monday, April 28. The award categories are excellence in community-based teaching and learning, department civic engagement, partnerships for student learning, and community-based research. To apply and review criteria, visit www.pdx.edu/cae/civicwards.html.

DeLys Ostlund, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, was appointed associate dean of Graduate Studies. Ostlund will remain on faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the Spanish division. For the past two year, she was chair of the University's Graduate Council.

Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, and graduate Alex Level co-authored "Monitoring the Channel Process of a Stream Restoration Project in an Urbanizing Watershed: A Case Study of Kelley Creek, Oregon, USA," published in River Research and Applications, Vol. 24, 2008.

Ken Ruoff, History faculty, presented "Japanese Wartime Tourism to Port Arthur: Self-Administered Citizenship Training" at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, April 3-6.

Miguel Figliozzi, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, was appointed to a National Academies' Freight Cooperative Research Program panel that focuses on urban freight and logistics problems. Figliozzi was appointed by the Transportation Research Board, and as a panel member, he will help provide technical guidance and counsel throughout the life of the project. The panel will prepare project statements and select the project contractor based on evaluation of the proposals received. Project review and guidance is anticipated to continue until 2011.

Robert Fountain, Mathematics and Statistics faculty; and graduates John Herman and Leif Rustvold co-authored "An Application of Kendall Distributions and Alternative Dependence Measures: SPX vs. VIX," published in Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Vol. 42, Issue 2, April 2008.

Susan Chan, Music faculty, performed a piano recital and taught a master class at Transylvania University in Lexington and Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in March. The master class at Transylvania University was jointly hosted by the university's Fine Arts Division and the Bluegrass Area Music Teachers Association in Lexington.

We connect faculty, students, and research to businesses throughout the region. We'd like to know how you connect.

Portland State University Professor Robert Bertini keeps studying travel times, in the hopes they eventually save people guesswork.

Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Biology faculty, co-authored "Volcanic Calderas Delineate Biogeographic Provinces among Yellowstone Thermophiles," published online in Environmental Microbiology, March 19, 2008.

Christine Cress, Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies faculty, presented "Connective Leadership: New Pathways for Individual Development and Organizational Change" and "Assessing the Outcomes of Service-Learning: Strategic Techniques" at the American College Personnel Association National Conference in Atlanta, April 1.

Eric Fruits, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct, co-authored "A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Comparative Cost of Negotiated and Competitive Methods of Municipal Bond Issuance," published in the Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4, Winter 2007.

Heejun Chang, Geography faculty, co-authored "Potential Changes in Korean Water Resources Estimated by High-Resolution Climate Simulation," published in Climate Research, Vol. 35, 2008.

The month marks the 20th anniversary of the Friends of History Endowed Lecture. Iranian expert and CUNY Distinguished Professor Ervan Abrahamian will speak on "The Crowd in the Iranian Revolution."

Alan Mintz to talk April 10

Kevin Kecskes, Academic Excellence faculty, presented "Portland State University as a Global Community Service Learning Pioneer and Comparative Palestinian Perspectives" at the Palestinian Rule of Law Program, hosted by the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, March 21.

Mark Fishbein, Biology faculty, was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Murdoch Charitable Trust, Partners in Science Program, "Floral Scents of Hybrids: Bridges or Barriers to Gene Flow?"

Nancy Dillard and Jesse Dillard, Business Administration faculty, co-authored "The Portland State Project," published in the Social and Environmental Accounting Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2007.

Kathie Olsen and Jon Whitmore on campus April 8 and 9

Paul Collins, English faculty, authored "The Book of the Undead," published in Slate, March 21.

Roberto De Anda, Chicano/Latino Studies faculty, presented the papers "Leadership in the Becas Para Aztlan Program" and "Ernesto Galarza, Braceros and Contemporary Guest Workers" at the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies XXXV Annual Conference in Austin, March 19-22.

Sully Taylor, Business faculty, co-authored the article "Global Mindset," published in The Handbook of 21st Century Management, Vol. I, Sage Publications, 2008.

Take time out for rest and reflection by walking the labyrinth Tuesday, April 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 328 Smith Union. For more information, call the Spiritual Life Center at 503-226-7807.

Richard Pimentel has accepted the University's invitation to deliver the spring 2008 commencement address, Saturday, June 14, 2008.