Author: Alison Barnwell

A view from the Hawthorne Bridge last Friday showed a crowd drawn to the sounds of the blues along the sparkling Willamette River.

Jackie Balzer appointed VP of new student- success post: Jackie Balzer, former PSU vice provost for Student Affairs, has been appointed as vice president for enrollment management and student affairs, a new position created to energize the recruitment and retention of students.

  The Portland Coalition to Defend Education hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday about the proposed restructuring of the Oregon University System and rising tuition costs.

Alex Lyons, a spry 71-year-old, waited for the MAX train at PSU last Thursday after signing up to audit a linguistics class through the Institute on Aging.

Board of Higher Education leadership changes: The Oregon Board of Higher Education unanimously chose Matthew Donegan of Forest Capital Partners as president in mid-June and Jill Eiland of Intel as vice president.

Portland State’s Queer Resource Center managed a table at the Pride Parade, June 18. The parade and Portland Pride Month aimed to foster joy and equality among various sexual identities.

Smiling and talking animatedly, Ray Lokting looked through Viking yearbooks from his time at Vanport Extension Center, the first incarnation of Portland State.

Less than a year after Portland State President Wim Wiewel launched his Éxito program in October 2011 to promote the success of Latino students on campus, five students staged a sit-in at Wiewel’s office on May 4, claiming that the university doesn’t do enough to support them.

The Portland State Intercollegiate Athletics Board (IAB) decided on Tuesday to create a subcommittee that will review increased allocation of the student fee to the Athletics Department’s budget, concluding a process that began when the Student Senate and the Student Fee Committee recommended a study in early March.