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It’s okay to ask questions—even when you don’t have the answers. And Sona Andrews, Portland State’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs, has plenty of them.
It was a hectic yet festive scene Friday at University Pointe, Portland State’s newest on-campus housing option. Hundreds of students and their families jockeyed for parking and a limited supply of large blue moving carts on official move-in day.
If you’re taking five or more credits this term, listen up.
Unless you’ve opted out, you have already been enrolled in Portland State’s new major medical student health insurance plan.
Take a walk down the Park Blocks near campus, and you’ll notice that something isn’t quite the same. There’s been a dramatic change in the tree canopy between Cramer Hall and Smith Memorial Student Union.
Hungry students craving a healthy, affordable meal or cup of coffee from Food For Thought Café will be disappointed this week.
Instead of espresso, baked goods and sandwiches, students will be met with locked doors and a sign turning them away.
This term, students of PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government will get a rare taste of what it’s like to lead the state of Oregon.
The floor of the Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom rumbled with the force of 200 feet stomping.
The air quivered with 100 young voices chanting a mantra to a cool, steady rhythm—“Change the world! Change the world! Change the world!”
Wim Wiewel declined the full salary offered to him last year. This year may be different. The Oregon State Board of Higher Education has approved a $15,000 annual increase in PSU president Wim Wiewel’s state-funded salary, the first increase since 2008.
Portland State’s portion of the South Park Blocks will be a safer place to sit this fall after three of its century-old elms are removed.
Portland State students who enjoy smoking in the South Park Blocks can take a deep breath and relax…for the time being.