The Portland State Board of Trustees, established in 2013 with the passage of Oregon Senate Bill 270, is a state-appointed body vested with the authority to govern the university and…
Portland State allowed a rapist to go unpunished and nearly ruined my life
By Eden Paul I was raped and assaulted, then forced to participate in a process that tried to steal my dignity and resulted in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and deprived me…
Student veterans share their stories
Veteran Viking Week continued on Oct. 11 in Smith Memorial Student Union with a three-person panel of student veterans who offered advice and answered questions from students, faculty members and…
Vikings claim championship in local golf tourney
The Vikings’ Women’s Golf team took the title of the Rose City Collegiate Championship at Langdon Farms Golf Club in Aurora, OR on Oct. 2, breaking a nine-year drought of…
Pressure on Board of Trustees to disarm campus police increases
A general assembly of students voted to disband the occupation after Portland State’s Board of Trustees Oct. 4 meeting. The decision came after 10 days of occupying PSU Campus Public…
PSU launches research centers on houselessness, future cities
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler joined Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi on Oct. 1 to announce the launch of a new PSU program, which will establish two research centers focused on…
Meet Portland State
Lina Gomaa Senior Arabic Instructor II World Languages and Literatures Though originally from Egypt’s capital city of Cairo, Lina Gomaa obtained a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing with a…
#DisarmPSU occupies campus public safety office
A group of protesters belonging to Portland State University Student Union’s #DisarmPSU campaign announced an occupation of PSU’s Campus Public Safety Office on Sept. 24 to protest the fatal shooting…
Meet Portland State
Christopher Broderick Associate vice president for communications and marketing, university communications Christopher Broderick is the associate vice president for communications and marketing, overseeing a staff of 20 who work in…
PSU offers a world of languages, degree options
Portland State’s World Languages and Literatures Department offers undergraduate courses in 20 languages, with degree programs for: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish….
Get to know your new provost
Exactly five weeks ago, Portland State welcomed its new Provost Dr. Susan Jeffords. Before PSU, Jeffords was at the University of Washington. She chaired the Women’s Studies Dept., was dean…