Coffee and Portland are two words that just go together.
And it’s no wonder: Just walk outside your door and you’ll likely be at a coffee place in a matter of minutes. But where is the best place? And where do you go if you don’t want to spend four or five bucks on a daily drink?
In the midst of candy highs, crazy costumes and haunted houses, 10 Portland State students toured campus to learn about the array of free, nutritious food literally within reach.
With Portland State’s film major exploding in popularity, Amy Borden is happy to be the newest addition to the school.
Specializing in silent films and American cinema, Borden spent the last two years working at Minnesota’s St. Olaf College, helping to design their film program.
With a doctoral degree from the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, and two years of postdoctoral studies at Harvard University, David Stuart, Portland State’s new chemistry professor, brings with him great opportunity for research.
On Monday, Portland State’s Food Action Collective worked together with faculty and community groups to hold the second annual Food Justice Symposium.
Some find it disappointing that Portland State only offers Judaic studies as a minor, but with new faculty member Nina Spiegel, that’s set to change soon.
Sarah Ensor just began her first term at Portland State as an assistant professor in the Department of English.
Ensor received her doctorate from Cornell University and focuses mainly on American literature from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with an emphasis on gender studies and ecocriticism.
Portland State’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government hired Billie Sandberg this year as the new assistant professor of public administration.
Stefan Talke came to Portland two years ago to work with David Jay, a Portland State professor in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. Talke is now a senior research associate, and will be teaching one class per term.
“So much as [Portland State] is the land of untraditional students, I’m the untraditional new faculty person, because I haven’t been in academia for 15 years,” Charles Klein, the new applied medical anthropologist at PSU, said.
In honor of Food Day, Portland State will host a Food Justice Symposium on Monday, Oct. 24.