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A Portland State program that helps struggling students graduate is now in its second year.
Founded in February 2010, Last Mile was born out of the University Studies program as part of a campus-wide effort to increase retention and graduation rates.
Asking you how your day is going, jigging to music booming from cars, holding clipboards and pamphlets out to you—PSU students employed as canvassers over the summer will try many different ways to get your attention.
“I thought one guy was going to punch me because his baby was sleeping and I rang the doorbell,” ASPSU Chief of Staff Brandon Harris said. He canvassed for Oregon politician Chuck Riley last year.
Coddy Baken graduated from Portland State in 2010 with a bachelor’s in Liberal Studies.
He’s currently unemployed and faces over $30,000 in student-loan debt.
“I’m using my inheritance to pay rent, and I’m on food stamps,” he said. “Not exactly how I pictured being a college graduate eight years ago when I finished high school.”
Portland-area nonprofit New Avenues for Youth celebrated the grand opening of a Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop on July 7 at Portland State.
“Thanks to New Avenues, I’m good at interviews now,” said 20-year-old Meshel’le Bell, who grew up in foster care and participated in a New Avenues job-training program.
ASPSU will be launching a new website this week—maybe by Friday, according to student government representatives.
Auditions for Season 11 of the TV sensation American Idol arrived last Saturday at the Rose Garden Arena. Students from Portland State joined the masses waiting in line before daylight that morning. The seats inside the arena were packed with Idol hopefuls and their friends and family members.
Kaitlyn McAllister, who graduated in June from Henley High School in Klamath Falls and plans to attend PSU in September, traveled to Portland with her mother.
Portland State students will soon be using renowned Google email and calendar services through Google Apps for Education, joining thousands of university populations worldwide.
By August 3, all PSU email accounts are to be converted.
Jackie Balzer appointed VP of new student- success post, Portland Police Bureau faces less-lethal shotgun controversy, Senate Bill 242 passes final hurdle,
New Avenues for Youth Ben & Jerry’s opens at PSU this Thursday
Oregon will soon join a growing number of states—including Florida, Kentucky and Texas—that offer full tuition waivers to foster kids entering higher education. The idea began as a grass roots caampaign by the very children that the bill is sponsoring.
American Idol visits Portland, Board of Higher Education leadership changes, Vice Provost Melody Rose becomes president of City Club, Lincoln Hall renovation earns LEED Platinum
Casa Latina opened June 8 in Smith Memorial Student Union. Geared toward serving Latino students, the cultural center is a goalpost of Portland State President Wim Wiewel’s Éxito program.