Patience Churchward

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WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Preservation Planning Intern, City of Lake Oswego, November 2009-present 
    Writing Historic Context Statement and conducting Intensive Level Surveys on local Iron Heritage. 

  • Graduate Administrative Fellow, Univ. of Oregon Historic Preservation Program, Sept. 2009-June 2010
    Developed program development and promotion materials, facilitated McMath Preservation Award, organized program admissions, managed website and correspondence with prospective students. 

  • Historian, Greg Hartell Historic Preservation Intern, Crater Lake National Park, Summer 2009
    Researched and wrote Historic Structures Report, and rehabilitation recommendations for six stone cottages in the Munson Valley Historic District. 

  • Office Assistant, Payroll, University of Oregon Capital Construction, November 2008 – December 2009
    Assist payroll and office manager with invoices, files, database management, and office organization. 

  • Survey Writer, Historic Preservation Northwest, Eugene, OR, December 2008 – May 2009
    Analyzed data; wrote physical descriptions and histories for Bellingham Historic Resources Surveys. 

  • General Manager, Cornell Farm, Portland, OR, February 2005 - February 2008
    (Held other positions prior to start of Management role in 2007 including Plant Department Manager and Container Designer) Organized and oversaw operations of entire business 

EDUCATION 

Masters, Historic Preservation, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2010

  • Master’s Thesis, Conveying Portland’s History in Modern Use: The Role of Industrial and Cultural Heritage in Adaptive Reuse

  • Associated Students for Historic Preservation, Treasurer, Assistant Journal Editor, 2009-2010

  • Graduate thesis research addresses the role of cultural and industrial heritage in adaptive reuse projects

  • Conducted Condition Assessment for Bayhorse, Idaho, for Land of the Yankee Fork Idaho State Park

  • Pacific Northwest Field School Attendee, Fort Columbia State Park, September 2008

  • Wrote Meyer Memorial Trust grant proposal and attained funds for a new roof at the FLW Gordon House

  • Training and coursework includes:

  • Research Methodology

  • Survey & Inventory

  • Field Notes & Condition Assessment

  • Preservation Economics

  • Eco-Preservation

  • National Register Nomination

  • American Architecture

  • Building Construction

  • Landscape Architecture History .Human Context of Design

  • Section 106 & 4(f)

  • Transportation & Preservation

Bachelors, Anthropology; Minor, Art, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR, 2004, cum laude

  • Honor’s Thesis, The Costs of Conservation: Addressing the Needs of Belizean Fishermen, presented at the Pacific Sociological Association’s 2004 conference

  • Held leadership roles in Residence Life, Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority, Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society

International Studies

  • South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia), Self guided trekking and travel, Spring 2008

  • Urique, Mexico, Volunteer Work and Cultural Studies, Linfield, January 2004

  • Belize, Natural and Cultural Ecology, School for International Training, Fall 2002

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