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In an email circulated to the PSU community on Jan. 9, Portland State President Ann Cudd announced the formation of the Task Force for Building Community and Fighting Hate at PSU.   According to the email, two task force committees will work on improving violence prevention and response, as well as

A sizable crowd spilled from the inside of the room outwards, buzzing with laughter and joyful conversation. Once inside this room, one was greeted with warm lighting, smells of warm meals and lively music. Authentic artwork and furniture were scattered with great intention throughout the space—bits

Students, faculty and community members gathered in room 428 of Cramer Hall on Nov. 3 to celebrate the opening of Portland State’s DREAMer Resource Center. The center is a space dedicated to DREAMers, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) recipients, those who are undocumented or

Portland State University recently received a new national designation for its role in supporting minority students.

Some universities could experiment with workarounds, such as factoring social and economic status into admissions.

In 2020, Stephen Percy took over as the 10th president of Portland State, easily stepping into the role after serving as acting and interim president in spring and summer of 2019 respectively. With the end of this academic year marking the conclusion of his term, it’s time to look back on some of th

Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC) and Portland State University are launching a program that will hire current PSU students of color to work part-time for POIC, with positions open in finance, human resources, development, communications, teaching, counseling, mental health, case management and community safety. They will be paid a livable wage and receive tuition awards – and along the way, be mentored and supported.

She will serve as PSUs Title IX coordinator and will oversee the civil rights complaint resolution process. 

by Katy Swordfisk February 5, 2021 Share For the next several months, representatives from across Portland State University departments will come together to explore personal, cultural and societal issues working toward a more diverse and inclusive community. “It’s a space that allows us to work across our silos and become a community grounded in shared knowledge and lenses,” said Ame Lambert, vice president of Global Diversity and Inclusion.  Intercultural U began in J...

How Portland’s Black history is made share Portland State hosted the last of its three-part series of events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. day on Tues., Jan. 26. The event, “In Conversation: Time Traveling through Portland’s Black Life,” concluded the first MLK series held completely virtually. While other events focused on King’s Legacy and the need for broad racial justice reform, this panel event—featuring faculty members from PSU’s Black Studies department—focused on Bl...