The Clean Air Corridor, a smoke and exhaust-free area stretching from the north end of Lincoln Hall to the south end of Shattuck Hall, has been touted as a success…
BuddyUp at PSU
Finding community and a sense of belonging in college can be a big challenge for students—especially at an urban commuter campus like Portland State. Without peer support, many undergraduate hopefuls…
Harvest for Healthy Kids Receives Walmart Foundation Grant
Exciting advances are on the horizon for Harvest for Healthy Kids, an effort led by both Portland State and Mt. Hood Community College’s Head Start preschool programs that educates low-income…
Diversity in law
On March 14, Portland State’s director of Student Legal Services, Lissa Kaufman, will receive the annual Judge Mercedes Deiz award for promoting diversity in the legal community through her work…
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program
At most schools, research positions with faculty are reserved for graduate students, but at Portland State, that isn’t always the case. The Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Program in the Maseeh…
Campus Rec broadens Healthy U Wellness Challenge
The Healthy U Wellness Challenge kicks off its first event on Jan. 13, one of many in a multifaceted 8 1/2-week promotion put on by Portland State’s Academic and Student…
School of Social Work welcomes new dean
With winter term beginning, a new position starts for Dr. Laura Burney Nissen, who will take on the position of dean of the School of Social Work. Although she is…
On the beat
When Campus Public Safety Officer Peter Ward is on a shift patrolling Portland State’s campus, he tries to greet everyone he meets with a smile and a hello. This was…
Portland Fire Bureau responds to mistaken alarm at Ondine
Six fire engines arrived at Ondine Residence Hall shortly before 5 p.m. on Dec. 30, responding to reports of smoke. Upon arrival, however, firefighters determined that no fire had occurred….
ASPSU tackles institutional memory loss
The Judicial Review Board, a body of the Associated Students of Portland State University, is investigating unsanctioned appointments to a subcommittee of the Student Fee Committee, as well as a…
Omega Delta Phi: PSU’s Multicultural Fraternity
A new addition to Greek Life at Portland State is in the works—a chapter of the Latino men’s fraternity Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc. Founded at Texas Tech University, it…