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The big one will hit Portland, earthquake experts say, in only a matter of time. So, for the next two and a half years, Portland’s engineers, a group that includes experts and students within the Portland State community, will work to ensure that the Sellwood Bridge can withstand this natural disaster.
These words were heard throughout the night at the Portland State Vietnamese Student Association’s 13th Annual Tet Show, a celebration of the lunar new year held in the Smith Memorial Student Union ballroom on Saturday.
Last week saw a final push as many student groups fought to secure funding for next year and the appeals process of the Associated Students of Portland State University’s student fee committee wrapped up.
he Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the biggest and most important celebration in the Chinese tradition. To acknowledge this event at Portland State, the Chinese Student and Scholars Association and the Confucius Institute teamed up to coordinate a huge celebration for 600 people on Friday.
The area known as Portland’s Old Town Chinatown looked very different 100 years ago. It was once Portland’s Japantown. Founded in the 1890s, Nihonmachi, as it was then called, was a flourishing Japanese community that existed in the area between Northwest Broadway and the Willamette River.
Time is running out for Portland State seniors to apply to the acclaimed Teach For America program, which provides an opportunity to effect change in the lives of countless children and teens.
New paid parking systems in the Art Building and Shattuck Hall parking lots on campus, installed in September, are getting positive marks from Portland State administration and students alike.
“I am many facets of many things, all to be celebrated,” said CeCe Ridder, the new executive director of PSU’s Diversity and Multicultural Student Services. This philosophy was solidified by her experiences as a multiracial person and is a vision she sees reflected at Portland State.
The Oregon legislature opened for business on Monday, and Gov. John Kitzhaber is expected to implement sweeping educational reforms. The reforms are part of the Oregon 40-40-20 goal to see 40 percent of Oregonians with a four-year degree by 2025. Because of the weighty and unprecedented nature of the reforms, many Portland State and Oregon University System administrators are unsure exactly how this will happen or what the effects will be.
Three graduate mechanical and materials engineering students returned to Portland victorious in the science of sustainability last week. Nicholas Hamilton, Jeff Lauck and Santiago Rodriguez where chosen to compete in CORE 2013, an international design contest held in Mokpo, South Korea.
Portland State graduate Johnnie Ozimkowski remembers when his favorite bar, Paccini, closed, leaving a noticeable hole in the social scene on campus.