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2002-2003
We would love to hear from you! If you are
not mentioned in this section, won't you
please send us your news? You can send it to Mary King at kingm@pdx.edu.
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| Amelia Chan
"I am working swing shift for U.S.
Treasury now. My children are going
to college at OSU."
You can reach her at,
ameliattc@yahoo.com. | Cameron Tuon
"I graduated from Portland State with a B.S.
Economics and was working on a dual degree in
finance beforemoving on to the job market in
Seattle, and worked on and off for a about a
year before joining the service in 1999
(U.S. Army).
I am now in the Army National
Guard.
I was deployed Nov 2003-March 2005
to Iraq, (Operation Iraqi Freedom). I worked as
a force protection, and now I am back in
the states (Washington).
I just completed a Primary Leadership
Developement Course for the Army and am
now looking to get in the Officer Candidate
School while trying to get back into
school for my masters or law degree."
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Diane Malowney
...is now a financial analyst at
Portland General Electric, where she's been
for two and a half years. She says that
she'll gladly answer inquiries about
opportunities at PGE.
Email her at,
Diane_Malowney@pgn.com.
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Marquita Guzman
"I survived the AEA Summer program
and miraculously I still want to study economics!
It was a tremendous learning experience and
a great opportunity to meet some really well known
economists." Marquita participated in the
American Economics Association program for
people interested in economics graduate school
who are members of groups under-represented in
the field, primarily African Americans, Latinos,
and Native Americans. You can email Marquita at, marquita.guzman@intel.com.
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Christian Kiedaisch
"I finally decided to continue my
studies in Munich where I will get my
master's degree in two more years.
The things that I will miss
about the PSU Economics Department
are the small classes where one
could ask questions during the lecture
and the friendliness of the professors
who were really supportive
to the students and often allowed
them to do part of the class work
(like a paper) in a field that interested
them most. For me the
one year exchange program
was a good experience and studying
in the U.S. meant much more
than just learning in a different language.
Therefore I won't forget about the PSU
Economics Department and hope that the
students and professors there have a nice
and productive time."
christianki@web.de
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Jens Rabe and Sonchawan (Awn) Tamkaew,
...who met as students in the PSU Economics
Department, have announced their plans to
marry in Thailand. Jens is trading in
international currencies while Sonchawan
is working toward her Ph.D. at
the University of Bonn.
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Nick
Portalski
...is currently finishing his final academic
work for his M.A. at the Graduate Faculty
in New York City. He also recently completed
work on Bob Frye's latest documentary film
about Berlin, Berlin Metamorphoses. Nick was
responsible for the film's translation and
research. Currently, he is considering work in
film-making and journalism. After two and a half
years of captivity, his feelings about NYC are
extremely mixed. He's nostalgic about
Stumptown, friendly people, cheap rent, and
three-dollar beers. Talk to him at,
portalski@yahoo.com.
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Takeshi
Maeda
...moved to Washington, D.C.,
where he works for the Washington
Representative Office of the Bank of Tokyo-
Mitsubishi as a researcher. His email address is,
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Gul Unal
...is working on her Ph.D. in economics at
UMass, Amherst. She says: "I have finished my
comprehensive exams and should complete all
my requirements this term. Then, hopefully,
I'll be starting my dissertation. I am teaching
one course and serving as a research assistant
for a professor in environmental economics.
Other than that my life is pretty much like
the life of a graduate student, studying,
partying when ever there are parties and there
is time, and enjoying being a graduate
student at UMass. I still miss Portland a lot,
and not to mention PSU. :)" You
can reach Gul at, gul@econs.umass.edu. |
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Laura
Tils
"I earned a B.S. in economics from PSU
in 1994, worked in South Korea for nearly
a year, returned to Portland and Seattle to find myself grievously underemployed
for a number of years, then returned
to school. I am currently working
on my J.D. at New York Law School and
plan to find myself happily
employed in the area of
media/broadcast/telecommunications
law very soon! I wish
everyone the best, and I can be
reached at, laurajt@hotmail.com."
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Ain Vale
...recently moved to Pittsburgh to attend the MBA program at Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration. He reports, "the pace is grueling, but the atmosphere is wonderful
and I'm having a great time. I'm planning to focus on Operations
Management and Finance, and I recently won permission to cross-register in the Slavic studies department at nearby University of Pittsburgh to give my degree an international twist. The education I got in the Economics Department at PSU has been a terrific asset for me, and I want to thank all of my former professors and classmates for their help and advice.
My email address is, ain@cmu.edu
Please keep in touch!"
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