Portland State students could see a 4.5 percent tuition hike next year if Oregon’s higher education board signs off on a recommendation from its finance committee.
Tweetup event raises diversity and social-media awareness
On Thursday, the Office of University Communications and PSU’s Multicultural Center hosted a Portland State Tweetup and Roots Festival Fair in an effort to spread awareness of PSU’s diversity and social media.
Researchers study active travel attitudes in adolescents
Do teen girls think it’s cool to ride their bikes from place to place? Are boys more comfortable walking to meet up with their friends after school?
Student, faculty ideas earn startup funds
A group of semifinalists were selected to move on in the Cleantech Campus Challenge—an opportunity for students to start innovative businesses that will positively impact the environment, sponsored by Portland State and Wells Fargo—on Thursday.
Media coordinator candidates visit campus
[portfolio_slideshow id=51056] Three finalists for PSU’s student media coordinator position visited campus last week to meet and chat with students, faculty and staff. Jil Freeman, Reaz Mahmood and Natalie Shaak…
American Whistleblower Tour makes a stop at PSU
On Wednesday, students, faculty members and concerned community members gathered at Portland State for a moderated discussion about whistle-blowing and issues of safety at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Site.
Conference to address issues of social advocacy
Portland State will play host to the first-ever Resistance Ecology Conference this weekend, a three-day event that will open with music and introductory presentations on Friday. The event will run through Sunday in the Smith Memorial Student Union.
Social work conference on tap
On Saturday, Portland State’s School of Social Work and the Social Welfare Action Alliance will hold their third annual social work conference. This year, the event is titled “Voices on the Ground: Resistance and Resilience.”
Featured student artwork
Thanks Jann Messer for supplying us with this bleak and beautiful photograph of University Point in its early stages of construction.
Faculty contract talks underway
Collective bargaining between Portland State’s administration and faculty has taken a turn for the worrisome, according to faculty members familiar with the negotiations.
Task force to examine safety on campus
Portland State President Wim Wiewel has assembled a task force that will examine approaches to the question of public safety on campus. In an April 25 memorandum to the campus community, Wiewel outlined his vision for the task force’s work, which will be undertaken in the coming months.