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Engagement at PSU

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Forms of Engagement

Co-Curricular Service- Civic engagement extends beyond the classroom walls at PSU with Alternative Spring Break trips and Community Engaged Research Scholars' faculty projects.  Click to learn more!

Community-based Learning- Recognized as a national leader in this field, PSU has created an institutional model in which ongoing assessment, class sequencing, hands-on learning, and critical reflection, accompany every student's classroom instruction. Click to learn more about the variety and department-wide integration of community-based learning Capstone classes offered each term.    

Departmental Engagement At Portland State University, engagement is a university-wide, integrated approach to learning that pervades the curriculum.  Please click to learn more about how PSU implements this commitment and to read the Departmental Engagement Rubric!

Faculty Engagement- For more information about Community Engaged Research Scholars, Faculty Fellows, and other opportunities geared towards faculty development, please refer to the Faculty Programs page.

Timeline of Activities

Institutional Data Assessment

Media Profiles and Videoclips of Engagement at PSU:

April-June, 2010- Sustainability at PSU Series: Civic Leadership Awards by videographer Bob Gliner

June 2, 2010- Daily Vanguard: PSU Think Tank on Research: Group to Think on its Research and Community Impact

May 20, 2010- PSU Celebrates 10 Years of Civic Engagement Awards

March 3, 2010- PSU Makes the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction

October 12, 2009- PSU Named in Nation's Top 25 'Best Neighbor' Colleges and Universities

April 2009- PSU Wins the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Partnerships

January 23-26, 2008 AAC&U TV: Portland State University- An Engaged University

June 2008- Community Watershed Stewardship Program Wins the Carter Foundation Award for Campus-Community Collaboration