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1982 Commencement Program, William Stafford

Commencement Archives 1980-89

The program for the Portland State University 1982 Spring Commencement ceremony, held at Memorial Coliseum on June 13, 1982, in Portland, Oregon.

Opening statement by William Stafford, Poet Laureate of Oregon.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 1982, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 1982 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 1982.

Portland State Perspective; Winter 1982, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: foster care research; special legislative session; Oregon Teacher of the Year; feature on volleyball coach Marlene Piper.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1982, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1982 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1981.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet December 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The December 1981 Monthly packet includes the December agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held November 1981.

Portland State Perspective; Fall 1981, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: urban campus life; tougher admission requirements; Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp; feature on Andries Deinum; lake research.

Rain, Eco-Net

RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 7, Number 10

Inside: Lost Latin Ecotopia; The Values of Waste

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

1981 Commencement Program, Commencement

Commencement Archives 1980-89

The program for the Portland State University 1981 Spring Commencement ceremony, held at Memorial Coliseum on June 7, 1981, in Portland, Oregon.

Opening remarks by Edward C. Harms, Jr., Oregon State System of Higher Education, and Jill Kremen, Class of 1981.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet June 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The June 1981 Monthly packet includes the June agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held May 1981.

The Bungalow Aesthetic: The Social Implications Of A Nationwide Phenomenon Viewed From The Perspective Of A Small Town, Janice Williams Rutherford

Dissertations and Theses

During the first two decades of the twentieth century, a new aesthetic in the domestic architecture of middle-class America emerged. A new style of house, the bungalow, was introduced soon after the turn of the century, and within a very few years, became the most popular building style among Americans who were buying moderately-priced homes. The bungalow was a low, horizontal style of house with deep overhanging eaves and large porches, usually built of natural, textured materials. Its floor plan was notable for opening interior space. The research problem addressed in this study was to determine what factors popularized the …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet May 1981, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The May 1981 Monthly packet includes the May agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held April 1981.

The Biogeography Of Oregon White Oak (Quercus Garryana) In Central Oregon, Robert Allen Voeks

Dissertations and Theses

The study proceeded as follows: The distribution of Quercus garryana was mapped through field reconnaissance. Annual rings from fifteen trees were counted in order to establish age versus trunk diameter ratios. This greatly simplified the dating of trees. Transects were then run through individual groves to determine population age structures. These age structures, along with Q. garryana's distribution patterns, were graphically compared with historic temperature, precipitation, and growing season data. The effect of livestock grazing on oak reproduction was examined. Potential vagility of the species was evaluated by estimating the potential for acorn dispersion by airfall, streams, vertebrates, and …

The Assessment Of Service Providers' Attitudes Toward Working With Older Clients In An Urban Social Service System, Marilyn Diane Petersen

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigates attitudes toward working with older clients held by service providers in an urban social service system. Four samples were involved: three of providers (Interview Panel, n = 22; Pretest Sample, n = 89; and Survey Sample, n = 428) and one of providers and their older clients (Encounter Sample, n = 52 providers, 147 clients). The first time samples included 13 provider types: hospital doctors, nurses, and nurses aides; in-home nurses and aides; nursing home nurses and aides; mental health practitioners; and income, nutrition, transportation, housing, and interaction personnel. The Encounter Sample included: in-home nurses and aides, …

Preliminary Inventory Of Lifeline Systems And Evaluation Of Seismic Hazards In Reno And Sparks, Nevada, Barbara Priest

Dissertations and Theses

The Reno-Sparks community is in a seismically hazardous area. Recent research indicates that a Richter 7.0 or greater magnitude earthquake could affect the area. Many of the emergency and essential facilities are situated in dangerous geological locations and are housed in outdated structures which could be severely damaged in the event of a major earthquake. Detailed site evaluations need to be made with respect to location of new structures and of existing building safety. The 1979 Unified Building Code seismic provisions should be adopted without exception; Nevada Revised Statute 278 .160 needs to be revised to require a seismic safety …

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet December 1980, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The December 1980 Monthly packet includes the December agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held November 1980.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 1980, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 1980 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 1980.

Portland State Perspective; November 1980, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: PSU Loses Its Biggest Fan; Alumni Notes; 1979-1980 Annual Report; Calendar; In the News.

Rain, Eco-Net

RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 6, Number 9

Inside: Showdown in Navajo Land; Ivan Illich on Tools for Subsistance; Packing Your Pedals

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

1980 Commencement Program, Commencement

Commencement Archives 1980-89

The program for the Portland State University 1980 Spring Commencement ceremony, held at Memorial Coliseum on June 8, 1980, in Portland, Oregon.

Opening remarks by Edith Green, Oregon State System of Higher Education, and Reynold Dale Richwine, Class of 1980.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet June 1980, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The June 1980 Monthly packet includes the June agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held May 1980.

Components Integral To The Consumer's Decision-Making Process Regarding The Regional Shopping Centers Of Portland, Oregon, James A. Swanson

Dissertations and Theses

The research problem that the thesis is concerned with is the definition of the components of the "attractiveness" of a regional shopping center as they pertain to the decision-making process of the consumer. In addition, variations among the shopping patterns of male and female shoppers and among income groups are examined.

Portland State Perspective; February 1980, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: 'PSU Week' proclaimed by Governor Vic Atiyeh and Portland Mayor McCready; heart attack dangers studied; PSU celebrates 25 years of progress.

Stratigraphy And Sedimentation Of The Spencer Formation In Yamhill And Washington Counties, Oregon, Fathi Ayoub Al-Azzaby

Dissertations and Theses

The Spencer Formation in Yamhill and Washington Counties, Oregon, is exposed in a narrow belt 27 km long, from 1/4 to 3 km wide and with a maximum thickness of about 400 m. The formation is composed entirely of sandstone with interbedded thin layers of mudstone in the uppermost member. The sedimentary structure and paleoecology indicate a shallow marine depositional environment. The upper member of the Spencer Formation contains more quartz, plagioclase, and hornblende than does the lower member, but K-feldspar is less than that of the lower member. Shallower water conditions for the deposition of the upper member are …

An Observational Study Of Service Provider Client Dyadic Interactions, Joan Dayger Behn

Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation reports on the evolution of an observation instrument designed to examine a series of dyadic interactions between service providers and elderly clients. The encounters took place in the physical context of the client's home and under the auspices of two different kinds of urban service agencies. Staff members and elderly clients of In-home Nursing and Interaction agencies participated in the study. The coding system (Service Provider/Client Dyadic Interaction Coding System or SP/CDICS), is comprised of 28 carefully defined and described behavioral categories. The categories were developed through literature reviews and a series of preliminary observations conducted in agencies …

Public Transit And Student Choice : A Survey With Portland State University Students, Sheku Gibril Kamara

Dissertations and Theses

Research in urban transportation has been of many facets. Some have emphasized modes and routes while others have attempted to isolate and look at small segments of the transportation market with specific demands. Such segments include workers, recreation riders, and to a less extent, students. In the "journey-to-work" studies, a major finding has been that as income of workers increases, the distance between residence and work-place also increases.

This thesis starts with a series of hypotheses generated as a result of the findings of other studies reviewed in the literature. In testing the hypotheses, variables that are likely to influence …

The Parcelization Of The Open Range, A Conflict In Land Use : Grazing Rights Versus Residential And Recreation Land Sales In Klickitat County, Washington, Dennis A. Olson

Dissertations and Theses

The threefold question researched herein is: (1) What are the extent and potential economic consequences of land parcelization in Klickitat County?, (2)What are the political and social costs of parcelization?, and (3) What measures today are, or could be, used to ameliorate the land use conflict? These are answered by studying the various aspects of the problem, including the historic land use change, legal mechanisms which regulate livestock grazing and land parcelization; taxation; the economic-effect upon livestock production; crime and social conflict; costs to county services; and environmental impacts. The geography of the change itself is depicted on several maps.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 1979, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 1979 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 1979.

Rain: Journal Of Appropriate Technology, Eco-Net

RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 6, Number 1

Inside: Redefining Locality; A. T. and Community Power; Finding Good Work

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Institutional Economics And Urban Political Economy, Forrest Clinton Blodgett

Dissertations and Theses

The emergence of a complex and highly urbanized industrial society has inspired great study of urbanization and urban phenomena by social scientists. Unfortunately, most social scientists study urbanology within the relatively narrow confines of their particular disciplines. Sociologists concentrate on urban phenomena arising out of human-group relationships, while political scientists concentrate on units of urban government and intergovernmental relations. Likewise, economists study urbanology from a market perspective while geographers tend to concentrate on urban location theory and historians are concerned about the history of urbanization. Moreover, urban planners and research specialists are principally practitioners who receive and attempt to apply …

Rain: Journal Of Appropriate Technology, Eco-Net

RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Voluume 5, Number 10

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”