An initiative that would require students to enroll in diversity courses to graduate has recently undergone changes in an effort to make sure the diversity requirement would be applied to all students–not just those in University Studies. The Diversity Initiative, created by the NAACP at PSU student group six months ago, has yet to be discussed by the faculty senate, a step that is necessary for it to go into effect.
Although separated by thousands of miles, both the men’s basketball squad and new Portland State recruit Paul Guede are coming off their best seasons ever. While the Vikings were taking the Big Sky Conference by storm, earning their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, Guede was earning his stripes as a solid all-around player at Tallahassee Community College in Florida.
Nearly six months ago, the Vikings concluded their most successful season since joining the Division I rankings, compiling a 21-8 record and winning the team’s first ever Big Sky regular-season title.
Acclaimed director Allison Anders will be the focus of two campus events this week–a visit to a PSU film class and an open event where she will discuss directing for both television and film.
Twice named to the All-Big Sky Conference Second Team, Kayla Morinaga became the first Portland State golfer to win a tournament in three years, when she reigned victorious at the Colorado Memorial earlier this season.
For years kickers and punters have been stereotyped as the most un-athletic members of a football team, but one Portland State player is trying to change that longstanding perception. His name is Danny Urrego.
Playing in their fourth NCAA Regional Tournament this decade, the Portland State women’s golf team finished 20th out of 21 teams at the NCAA West Regional in Sacramento, Calif., this past weekend.
Noted animal and environmental activist Mia MacDonald will speak on campus today about the negative global effects of the animal production industry. The lecture, entitled “Your Burger or Your Car?” will take place in Smith Memorial Student Union, room 229, at 1:30 p.m.
After earning their fourth Big Sky Conference title in six years, the Vikings women’s golf team has already proven themselves as the most dominant athletic team at Portland State this decade.
Several hundred people rallied for immigrants rights and marched in celebration of International Workers’ Day and May Day yesterday afternoon in the South Park Blocks. The event, put on by the Portland Immigrants Rights Coalition, has become an annual tradition on May 1, with many gathering near Park Avenue and Main Street for a rally featuring music and speakers, before engaging in a march around the downtown area.
After Jennifer Dill received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001, she began a job search, and soon after, realized that Portland State was right for her.