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Profile: Meet
Portland State
University President
Dan Bernstine
Like many people, I came to Oregon during the 1990s for a
career opportunity. And like so many others, my decision to
stay was based on Oregon 's unique character and the rich quality
of life that it provides.
I first moved to Oregon in 1997 to take the job of president
at Portland State University . It was an opportunity for me
to pursue my dream of a career in public service, at an urban
institution that embodied my personal ideals of access to education
blended with excellence and community engagement.
I came from Madison, Wisconsin, a beautiful place that shares
many of the same ideals as Portland—but a cold and icy
place for someone who grew up in northern California’s
mild clime.
As a university president, I have a deep commitment to higher
education. To me, few things are as important as access to a
quality education. That’s something I learned from my
parents, and something I’ve tried to make available to
as many people as possible.
Students at Portland State learn the value of a quality and
accessible education both in the classroom, where they work
with some of the top thinkers and practitioners in their disciplines,
and in the field, where every student has the chance to share
skills and knowledge in community-based projects with fellow
students and community members. When they graduate, PSU students
are able to apply that real-world experience to whatever opportunities
life may present to them.
Community service is integral to Portland State ’s curriculum,
and to the people that live here. One of the great things I’ve
found about living in Portland is that so many people are willing
to give something back and work toward a better future for all.
Personally, I have been involved in organizations that support
individual achievement, build strong communities, and serve
children and families: the Urban League of Portland, the United
Way , the Portland Business Alliance, and the Children’s
Institute.
Living in Oregon has many rewards, and one of mine is that when
the sun comes out (and it does more often than a kid raised in
California might think) I find myself behind the wheel of my car,
top down, golf clubs in the trunk, and on my way to 18 holes of
some of the world’s best golf with some of its most interesting
people.
Click here for his website at PSU
Profile: Meet
Professor Darrell Grant
Jazz pianist and composer Darrell Grant has performed in some
of the best clubs in the country as a sideman to legends like
Betty Carter and Chico Freeman, while his recordings as a bandleader
have won critics' praise. But his most important gig is right
here at Portland State , where he communicates the joy of jazz
to the students of PSU's award-winning Jazz Studies program.
Darrell's students have the ideal opportunity to apply classroom
theory to the real-world challenges facing working musicians
located in the heart of Oregon 's cultural center. In other
words, it's an education that swings.
Profile: Meet Professor Bryant York
"Increasing our research capacity is essential
to furthering development of the Computer Science Department
and the University. I am honored to be a part of the department's
new Ph.D. program and I see it as a clear indication of the
University's commitment to scholarship."
When not teaching and working with students in his adaptive
learning lab in PSU's Computer Science Department, Dr. Bryant
York helps shape the future of computer science. He serves on
the Computer Information Science and Engineering advisory board
of the National Science Foundation, is a former member of the
Computer Research Association's Board of Directors, is a member
of the steering committee for the Coalition to Diversify Computing
and is a founding director of the Institute for African American
eCulture. In recognition of these and many other contributions,
the Ph. D. from University of Massachusetts , Amherst was awarded
the A. Nico Habermann award, the Richard A. Tapia award and
was recently named one of the top 50 African Americans in Technology.
But, national honors are only a natural by-product of a lifelong
commitment to research, teaching and service in the field of
computer science.
Dr. York brings a wealth of experience - academic, industrial
and governmental - to his current position. He was a researcher
at IBM Research Labs and Digital Equipment Corporation for several
years before coming to academia. In addition to his 17 years
in academia, Dr. York spent a year as a federal program director
at the National Science Foundation.
His research specialty for many years has been the design
of parallel and distributed algorithms for large-scale scientific
computations and he currently maintains an active research project
in this area through collaboration with atmospheric scientists
at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the
University of Illinois . In recent years he has returned to
some earlier work in artificial intelligence. In his adaptive
learning lab, he and his students are integrating machine learning,
data mining and traditional AI techniques to improve aspects
of human cognition.
Website:
www.cs.pdx.edu/~york/
Profile: Meet Dr. Lemmy Meekisho,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering , PSU SB2 Room 460
Education:
BSME, 1978, University of Dar -es- Salam , Tanzania
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 1988, Carelton University
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Technical Specialities:
Numerical modeling and simulation of materials processes, thermal
management, and reliability issues in electronic packages.
Website: http://www.me.pdx.edu/~lemmy
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