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Provost Sona Andrews announced that Chiron Studies will not receive renewed funding from the Office of Academic Affairs. The program, which for more than half a century has allowed students to design and teach for-credit classes, was funded until June 2012, when former Provost Roy Koch discontinued it. Since then, supporters of Chiron Studies have lobbied Portland State’s administration to reinstate funding.
The U.S. embargo against Cuba, which has been in place more than 50 years, won’t be stopping a group of Oregon students from traveling there for a study abroad program this June.
Portland State’s Walk of the Heroines park, located next to the Peter W. Stott Community Recreation Field, will soon undergo a major change—it will be made into a pedestrian-only zone free of bicycles and skateboards.
[portfolio_slideshow id=51233] A fallen tree limb in the South Park Blocks brought Portland Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry staff to campus on Wednesday morning. The limb fell on Tuesday afternoon,…
After a two-year review process, Portland State’s Extended Campus Program in Salem has ended. The Salem site, established about 15 years ago, was the only physical extension of the PSU campus outside Portland. The program offered degrees in social sciences and liberal arts.
With more than 65 percent of the public fundraising needs achieved for an upcoming expansion, the dean of Portland State’s School of Business Administration, Scott Dawson, met with the Vanguard to discuss plans for the school’s new building.
Dr. Judith Ramaley, a professor of public service at Portland State, is teaching a class this term called “Ethical Leadership.” Ramaley said she spent the first few weeks of this term laying the groundwork for what she calls an “ethical toolkit.”
Portland State University’s Center for Student Health and Counseling began offering acupuncture therapy this month. The service was introduced on May 6 and is being offered by appointment on Mondays.
Over the course of spring quarter, multiple security issues came up at Portland State’s Broadway Residence Hall, the most severe of which was an unknown male subject (or subjects) breaking into the rooms of female students.
On Wednesday at the Women’s Resource Center, students of all stripes—male and female, gay and straight, black and white—congregated to speak out against street harassment. The WRC was packed for the “Hollaback!” open mic event that gave students a chance to share their experiences, thoughts and feelings, all in the spirit of showing a united front against the shadow of harassment that hangs over many people on and off campus.
More food carts may soon dot the Portland State campus. On Thursday night, members of the PSU community came together to discuss ideas for a possible new food cart pod to be located on campus.