PSU outstanding student employees
Nomination forms for outstanding student employees are due to the Career Center by Feb. 15 as a part of National Student Employment Week. The week is meant to acknowledge student leaders who contribute to the university in a positive way.
The Office of Student Affairs will have a tribute week during April 9-13 for the students nominated and the student winners, and there will be a reception ceremony for student employees on April 12. Four student employees received an honorable-mention award last year alongside one outstanding student employee.
For additional information visit www.pdx.edu/dos
Recruiting, retaining and welcoming diverse faculty
A team that is part of the president’s Diversity Initiative will hold a session on recruiting, retaining and welcoming diverse faculty to Portland State departments Feb. 28.
The Diversity Action Hiring and Retention Team, faculty who have served on departmental search committees and are engaged in campus diversity work, will lead presentations from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Interested participants may sign up to receive materials by calling 503-725-5919 or e-mailing opdi@pdx.edu, and may also come to the session without signing up. The Diversity Action Team is a project of the Office of the President’s Diversity Initiative.
Two candidates for financial aid director to visit PSU Tuesday, Wednesday
Patty Hoban, the former director of financial aid at Willamette University, will visit campus Tuesday with an open session for students to meet her from 2-2:30 p.m. in Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 333.
Phillip Rodgers, the current interim financial aid director at PSU, will have an open session with students on Wednesday, from 2-2:30 in Smith, Room 333. Rodgers became the interim director last summer after former Director Kenneth McGhee left the position in June.
One of Rodgers’ main goals upon starting at PSU was to make the entire financial aid system paperless, allowing students to submit their documents online. Hoban managed a staff about one-fourth the size of the Portland State financial aid staff, and a budget about one-third the size at Willamette.
Hoban has worked in financial aid since 1988, while Rodgers began working in financial aid in 1991.