About 400 people of all ages joined this year’s March Against Monsanto on May 23, themed “Food for Justice,” in Downtown Portland. The movement took place in 38 countries and…
Four PSU graduate programs listed among top in nation
Four graduate programs from Portland State made it into the top 25 programs in the nation: Social Work; Urban and Regional Planning; Biology; and Linguistics, according to the spring 2015…
Don’t you P-O-L-L-U-T-E the Earth
As part of an ongoing commitment to promoting sustainability, on May 28, the sustainability programs at Portland State will host their eighth annual Sustainability Celebration. The program will be held…
Kellogg Awards honors English department student writers
Portland State’s English department hosted its 51st annual awards ceremony, giving accolades and cash prizes to both undergraduate and graduate students for collegiate writing. Twenty-one students were honored for their…
Finding common ground
There are roughly 2,100 teaching and non-teaching faculty employed by Portland State: adjunct instructors, senior instructors, associate professors, assistant professors, researchers, librarians, attorneys, advisers, tenure track, non-tenure track, temporary and…
A stable financial future
The Portland State Financial Futures Task Force has adopted a new budget model, Performance Based Budgeting, to support academic missions and align expenditures with institutional strategic priorities. Previously, PSU managed…
Architecture students build urban parklet
Students from the School of Architecture began constructing a parklet near the food carts in the South of Market [SoMa] EcoDistrict on SW 4th on May 24 and 25. The…
Wiewel discusses future plans with Student Media
Portland State President Wim Wiewel held a quarterly student media press conference on May 22. Representatives from the Vanguard and the Rearguard were present. Wiewel discussed commencement, the strategic plan…
AAUP kicks off bargaining with “Imagine”
Portland State’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors kicked off bargaining with a rally on May 6. The rally was a joint action with the PSU Faculty Association,…
It was the best of steins
Oregon brewing mainstay Rogue Ales will celebrate its newest specialty brew, dubbed Rogue Viktory Ale, with a release party entitled “The Dare, Risk, Dream Graduation Party,” held at Rogue Hall…
PSU and Portland Police team up to map crime
A crime analysis team at Portland State collaborated with the Portland Police Bureau to create an accessible database of common crimes in Portland over the past 20 years. The database…