Over the summer and spilling into next year, Portland State’s campus is getting a facelift through the implementation of several capital projects. According to PSU’s Finance and Administration website, here’s what’s…
Fire destroys food carts near PSU campus
A fire broke out early Tuesday morning, damaging and destroying several food carts near the Portland State campus. The fire was reported just after 4:30 a.m. on Southwest 4th Avenue…
Office of Global Diversity & Inclusion hires chief diversity officer Carmen Suarez
Dr. Carmen Suarez, former Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Idaho, has been named new Chief Diversity Officer at Portland State. Beginning on Sept. 8, Suarez will lead PSU’s…
You can’t rock down to Electric Avenue
Portland State’s Electric Avenue, a block-long strip of free charging stations for electric vehicles, has been disassembled to make way for a new School of Business Administration building. The charging…
Board may lower tuition increase based on state funding
The Oregon Legislature recently approved $700 million in funding to be distributed to the seven public universities for the 2015–17 biennium. This is about $30 million more than the expected…
PSU Foundation rep weighs in on fossil fuel divestment
Portland State will spend the summer grappling with the moral implications of fossil fuel investments that benefit the university’s endowment fund. Student groups such as Divest PSU have pressured the…
15 soon
A ballot measure that would create the nation’s first statewide $15 minimum wage has just hit a milestone on its path to the November 2016 ballot. According to a June…
‘Something incredibly fulfilling that I will never do again’
After an unprecedented double election this spring term, Dana Ghazi and Davíd Martinez of the Student Power Coalition slate have just begun their 2015–16 term as president and vice president…
You don’t have to go home, but you can’t smoke here
In light of the recent implementation of Oregon’s legal recreational marijuana measure, Portland State’s Dean of Student Life Michelle Toppe and Associate Vice President of Human Resources Shana Sechrist released…
Three More Years of Wim-ter
After almost a year of deliberation and discussion, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 11 to update President Wim Wiewel’s contract. Wiewel signed the contract after the meeting…
Cleantech Challenge semifinalists advance to develop prototypes
The semifinalists for the Third Annual 2015 Portland State Cleantech Challenge have been announced. These semifinalists are each given $2,500 to fund a prototype over the summer, along with mentorship…