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Ann Fullerton receives PSU Civic Engagement Award
Ann Fullerton is among this year’s PSU Civic Engagement Award winners. She is being recognized for her community-based teaching. She and the other award winners will be honored at the PSU Civic Engagement Awards event on May 24, 2012. Dr. … Continue reading →
Two 2012 PSU commencement speakers chosen from GSE graduates
Emily Coleman and Jacob Sherman are polishing commencement speeches for PSU’s June ceremony at the Rose Garden. Both were chosen for compelling and entirely different success stories at PSU. Ms. Coleman is a graduate of the Visually Impaired Learner program … Continue reading →
PSU Alumna, Sho Shigeoka, wins state diversity award
Sho Shigeoka, IAL ’11, is one of the first two recipients of the Tom Ruhl Leadership for Equity award from the Oregon Leadership Network (OLN). Ms. Shigeoka is the Equity Coordinator for the Beaverton School District and a 2011 PSU … Continue reading →
GSE students and faculty recognized at eighth annual PSU diversity celebration
Hope Yamasake, MS ‘12, is adding the President’s Diversity Award to her list of honors as she graduates this spring from the Leadership for Sustainability Education master’s program. Her vision when she entered the LSE program was to create inclusive … Continue reading →
GSE’s Ruth Murray named 2012 Oregon Librarian of the Year
Ruth Murray, MS ’93, has received the highest honor for librarians in Oregon. At its annual conference in April, the Oregon Library Association (OLA) named her the 2012 Librarian of the Year. She is the first school librarian to ever … Continue reading →
PSU Alumnus and Oregon Middle School Principal of the Year Victor Vergara Shares How PSU Prepared Him for Success
Guest blog by Deborah Peterson, Assistant Professor Portland State University On a typical April school day, I had the chance to visit Principal Victor Vergara at Valor Middle School in Woodburn, Oregon. Principal Vergara does his work with an air … Continue reading →
Alumnus of the Month – Mike Siegel
Mike has over 35 years experience in management and business development. Along the way he’s worked in politics, and been a chef, a restaurant owner, a teacher, and coach. He credits his role as an advisory board/mentor at Sabin Skills … Continue reading →
GSE professor wins coveted Oregon Book Award
Literary Arts will present GSE Professor Emeritus Ulrich Hardt with the 2012 Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award as part of the annual Oregon Book Awards ceremony. The award will be presented to Professor Hardt in recognition of his … Continue reading →
Learning Gardens celebrates Earth Day
The PSU Learning Gardens Laboratory at the Green Thumb Site (6801 SE 60th) will host its third annual Earth Day Celebration on Saturday April 21, from 11am-1pm. The event is free and open to the public. Community members are invited … Continue reading →
Special Education Department chair attains national office
Randall L. De Pry, PhD, professor and chair for the Department of Special Education was recently elected vice-president of the executive board for the Association for Positive Behavior Supports (APBS). APBS is an international organization made up of a diverse … Continue reading →
Helen Gordon Child Development Center celebrates 40 years
A dinner, auction, and open house will take place on May 4-5, 2012, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of PSU’s child care center. The Friday evening auction and dinner is an annual event that raises funds for … Continue reading →
New distance learning classroom dedicated in GSE
Family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Joyce Petrie gathered in the Metropolitan Instructional Support Laboratory (MISL) on March 15, 2012, to celebrate the dedication of a distance education classroom that will be constructed in the facility. The new distance education … Continue reading →
Bilingual Teacher Pathway (BTP) program nationally recognized
Portland State University Professor Esperanza De La Vega and Associate Dean Liza Finkel accepted the AACTE-Southern Poverty Law Center Award for Exemplary Culturally Responsive Teacher Preparation at the annual AACTE conference recently held in Chicago. The award recognizes the GSE’s … Continue reading →
GSE faculty and staff honored at PSU Length of Service Awards
PSU faculty and staff gathered in Smith Ballroom this week for the annual Length of Service Awards event. Honorees included employees across campus from 20 up to and including a 40-year of service award. Among the 53 individuals recognized were … Continue reading →
GSE Academic Hooding Speaker Announced
Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Paulann Petersen, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Graduate School of Education hooding ceremony on June 15, announced Dean Randy Hitz. Paulann Petersen is the sixth Oregon Poet Laureate, having been appointed by Governor Kulongoski … Continue reading →
GSE Open House
Thursday, March 8, 2012 from noon to 2pm Room 333, Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway Portland, OR You are invited to join us and learn about our programs for aspiring teachers, counselors, and adult educators at our 2nd annual … Continue reading →
Alumnus of the Month – Mark Ray
Mark has been working in Vancouver Public Schools for nearly 20 years. During that time, he has served as a teacher librarian, instructional technology facilitator, and “Slayer of Information Ignorance (with a Black Belt in Think Kwon Do).” He has … Continue reading →
GSE program receives national diversity award
The Graduate School of Education (GSE) has been selected as the recipient of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and Southern Poverty Law Center Award for Exemplary Culturally Responsive Teacher Preparation. The award is designed to recognize … Continue reading →
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