President Wim Wiewel met with Student Media representatives on Friday, April 21 to discuss recent events on campus. Editorial staff from the Vanguard and the Pacific Sentinel had the opportunity…
GEU hopes unionization will help wounds scab over
Graduate employees of Portland State announced plans to form a union early this month. GEU, along with student allies and PSU union representatives, made their announcement on February 1 by…
Graduate students march toward union formation
PSU graduate students are exercising their right to unionize: no longer will graduate employees be sequestered by mountains of term papers or remote research laboratories. A group of graduate students…
Proposed payroll tax seeks tuition relief for PSU students
You can’t spend the same dollar twice. Portland State President Wim Wiewel pondered this conundrum while discussing a proposed tuition tax he hopes will reduce the cost of attendance for…
Student Speak-Out wins faculty support
Student activists are finding support from faculty members while focusing on social climate issues for underrepresented communities and students of color at Portland State . Activists have called on the…
ASPSU safety forum focuses on armed police
A recent student-hosted campus safety forum trenched into continued debate about last year’s move to introduce a sworn, armed police force to Portland State. Hosted by the Associated Students of…
Strategic Plan draft open for feedback
The Office of Portland State President Wim Wiewel released a draft on Oct. 20 of the university’s Strategic Plan. The draft, “Let Knowledge Serve the City: The Strategic Goals of…
#DisarmPSU rallies in park blocks
Demonstrators opposed armed campus officers at a #DisarmPSU rally in the Park Blocks at Portland State this Wednesday. PSU Student Union and Demilitarize PSU led the assembly at 1:30 p.m….
President Wiewel weighs in on campus issues
Portland State President Wim Wiewel sat down with the Vanguard at a quarterly Student Media Press Conference on Oct. 9. He began by discussing a list of topics, including Campus…
Wiewel responds to questions at press conference
After giving an initial address on topics of interest, Portland State President Wim Wiewel responded to questions at an Oct. 9 press conference with Student Media. Vanguard: How do you…
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…