| Profiles | Type | |
| "Everybody Reads" PSU partners with Multnomah County Library for the annual "Everybody Reads" program |
Community Partnership | |
| Amy Spring Amy Spring, Associate Director of Community-University Partnerships, works with PSU students, faculty, staff, and community partners to facilitate and support service-learning activities. |
Staff Member | |
| Association of American Colleges and Universities Recognizes PSU Fostering civil, intercultural, and ethical learning |
Resource | |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders Training Graduate School of Education Autism Program |
Research | |
| Ballot Measure Archive Capstone Ballot Measure Archive Capstone |
Community Partnership | |
| Better Business Valuing equity and ecology |
Faculty Member | |
| Business Outreach Capstone Market research that helps local companies |
Community Partnership | |
| Business Outreach Program University involvement with local businesses |
Community Partnership | |
| Cascadia Meteorite Lab Meteorite research and awareness |
Research | |
| Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication Working with local industries to build structures |
Community Partnership | |
| Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Lake management and aquatic issues |
Research | |
| Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices The study of eco-roof efficiency |
Research | |
| Certain Chemistry Cooking up a killer app. TB and malaria, beware! |
Faculty Member | |
| Climate Change Glacier research at Portland State |
Research | |
| Community and Public Health U.S. News and World Report ranks PSU program |
Resource | |
| Community Partnership Community businesses and organizations benefit from PSU |
Community Partnership | |
| Community-Based Learning Courses PSU students contribute to the community |
Community Partnership | |
| Community-University Partnerships PSU students, faculty, and staff |
Community Partnership | |
| Degree Programs Over 120 total programs offered |
Resource | |
| Engineering Star Joining an elite academy. |
Faculty Member | |
| Engineering Students Passing rate of over 90% on exam |
Resource | |
| Eye Solution Priming materials for emerging technologies. |
Faculty Member | |
| Field Experience Teaching tools for a more livable world. |
Faculty Member | |
| Fine-Art Foundry Home of the fine-art foundry |
Location | |
| Food Chain Bringing the freshest ideas to market. |
Faculty Member | |
| Food Industry Leadership Center Leadership and research for Oregon's food industry |
Research | |
| Gardens in the Sky Reaping the facts and weeding the myths about eco-roofs. |
Faculty Member | |
| Global Aging and Health Program Improving the lives of Nicaraguans |
Community Partnership | |
| Graduate School of Education Preparing educators, teachers, and administrators |
Resource | |
| Graduate School of Social Work Only accredited program in Oregon |
Resource | |
| Grand Piano Taking music to the people. |
Faculty Member | |
| Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory Regional transportation challenges |
Research | |
| Jerry Glanville Vikings football |
Faculty Member | |
| Kevin Kecskes As Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, and as Director for Community-University Partnerships, Kevin helps connect community-based organizations with the university. |
Faculty Member | |
| Kiwanis Camp Capstone Students working with others |
Community Partnership | |
| Languages Offered at PSU Offering over 23 languages |
Research | |
| Learning Garden Laboratory Promoting sustainable gardening, growing food and healthy nutrition. |
Community Partnership | |
| Learning Programs and Academics PSU recognized by the Princeton Review's "Colleges with a Conscience" |
Resource | |
| Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute Portland's jazz history |
Community Partnership | |
| Life Stories Teaching the art of memoir |
Faculty Member | |
| MBA+ Program Ranked by U.S. News and World Report |
Resource | |
| Meet Associate Budget Director Deb Janikowski Deb's passion for PSU runs deep. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Budget Director Michael Fung Michael Fung brings a "world of experience" to the challenges of managing budgets at Portland State University. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Cathy LaTourette Supporting the productivity of more than 3,800 employees would challenge the skill of any human resources manager, but Cathy LaTourette does this every day for PSU; with a smile and, of course, the help of her terrific staff. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Crystal Froembling, Assistant to Budget and Planning and Finance and Administration |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Dan Zalkow As the Associate Director for Planning, Transportation and Parking for Housing and Transportation Services, Dan Zalkow spends much of his time planning the future of university housing, parking and alternative transportation options. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Dee Wendler Who are you going to call when it comes to financial matters at Portland State University? Dee Wendler, Associate Vice President for Finance & PSU's Controller. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Eric Blumenthal, Director of Business Affairs With over 20 years of experience in higher education, PSU is fortunate to have Eric Blumenthal managing our Business Affairs. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Jennifer Chambers, Senior Budget Analyst Jennifer has been with Portland State for over 11 years. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Jessica Brodie Big Sky Conference volleyball most valuable player |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet John Eckman John Eckman wears many hats, which seems appropriate for the interim executive director of Housing and Transportation Services (HATS). |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Lindsay Desrochers, Vice President for Finance & Administration Shaping Portland State University and the University District neighborhood are right up Lindsay Desrocher's alley. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Manager, Budget Planning & Analysis, Robin Michell From corporate finance to higher education. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Mark A. Gregory |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Michael Soto Michael Soto is the Director of the Public Safety Office. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Phillip Rodgers One of the signs of an effective administrator is that they are asked by other administrators to share their expertiseas a consultant. This is the role that originally brought Phillip to PSU in 2006. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Professor Jennifer Dill Jennifer Dill understands how your morning commute affects the environment. |
Faculty Member | |
| Meet Professor Loren Lutzenhiser Loren Lutzenhiser understands how the way you live affects the global climate. |
Faculty Member | |
| Meet Professor Vivek Shandas Professor Shandas' teaching and research interests include: environmental policy, geographic information systems, natural resource management, participatory planning, and urban ecology. |
Faculty Member | |
| Meet Robyn Pierce Robyn Pierce's upbeat personality helps keep morale high in a department that must race to keep up with the facilities and planning needs of Oregon's largest university. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Sharon Blanton Overseeing OIT which provides services to the entire PSU campus. |
Staff Member | |
| Meet Student Ambassador Keighty Gallagher Second Year Ambassador |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet Student Ambassador Kirsten Keith First Year Ambassador |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet Student Ambassador Krissy Alexander First Year Ambassador |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet Student Ambassador Lucius Shields First Year Ambassador |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet Student Ambassador Rihana Mungin First Year Ambassador |
Undergraduate Student | |
| Meet Student Associate Andria Johnson Putting PSU's Accounting program to work. |
Staff Member | |
| MESA Program Working with secondary school students |
Community Partnership | |
| National Somali Bantu Project Working with refugees and service providers |
Community Partnership | |
| Native American Students and Community Members A gathering place for students and community members |
Location | |
| Natural Capital Fostering rural-urban connections |
Faculty Member | |
| NEW Leadership Oregon College Women becoming leaders |
Organization | |
| Office of Human Resources Portland State Office of Human Resources |
Website | |
| OHSU Medical and Dental Programs PSU graduates acceptance to OHSU |
Resource | |
| Oregon Geographic Alliance Grants awarded for Oregon teachers |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Axis Performance AXIS Performance Advisors is a management consulting firm specializing in the implementation of sustainable business practices. This partnership is a joint collaboration between PSU and Axis Performance to offer a professional certificate in implementing sustainability practices. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Bureau of Environmental Services The Community Watershed Stewardship Partnership utilizes PSU students in assisting neighborhoods and communities to develop voluntary watershed protection activities and programs. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Geneforum This partnership aims to promote public participation and dialogue on issues relating to ethical aspects of new genetic science. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Nature Conservancy Students worked with Brian Lipinski throughout Spring Term 2003 to design and write a brochure discussing the ecological features and flora and fauna of the Camilla Reserve. The brochure is for the public at large. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Northwest Access Exchange The Northwest Access Exchange, a regional Internet exchange, connects service providers, businesses, and communities throughout the Northwest to improve access, save money and enable the region to attain critical mass on the Internet. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Office of Sustainable Development The Commercial Recycling Project provides education, outreach, research, data collection, and technical assistance services to commercial businesses, the multi-family sector, and public events in the areas of recycling practices and waste prevention. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Oregon Center for Environmental Health OCEH is a non-profit, member-based organization dedicated to reducing and eliminating toxic chemicals that are long-lasting and build up in living tissues, threatening the health and reproductive viability of humans and wildlife. Students use the OCEH as a practicum site for learning about sustainability and environmental health issues. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Oregon Food Bank Student interns conduct research in support of the Fresh Alliance program which seeks to recover perishable food from retailers as it reaches its expiration date. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Oregon Health Sciences University Child and Family Studies students meet goals and objectives for community-based practicum through participating in Child Life Therapy programs with the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center at OHSU. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: Port of Portland PSU faculty and students have conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the port's solid waste and recycling management systems, providing recommendations for improvement, including establishing the only major airport food waste diversion program in the country. |
Community Partnership | |
| Our Community Partner: PSU - Urban Studies and Public Health Deteriorating physical features of urban environments can negatively impact public health. Students in Urban Planning and Public Health conduct research to determine relationships between poor living conditions and physcial/mental health. |
Community Partnership | |
| Parasite Prescription Revising solutions, reviving hope |
Faculty Member | |
| Political Pipeline Sending Ms. Smith to Washington—or Salem |
Faculty Member | |
| Pollution Prevention Restoring stream banks with plants and people. |
Faculty Member | |
| Portland State Business Accelerator Running start in promoting commerce |
Community Partnership | |
| Portland State's Facebook Site Keep up with Portland State University via Facebook. |
Website | |
| Portland State's Twitter Site Follow Portland State via Twitter |
Website | |
| Portland State... ...combines involvement and expertise in all things urban with a passion for cultivating all things "green." |
Organization | |
| Portland State... ...provides opportunity to all who demonstrate a genuine commitment to achieve. |
Organization | |
| Portland State... ...attracts creative and motivated students and faculty who teach and learn in a diverse community of all ages, nationalities, and races. |
Organization | |
| Portland State... ...conducts research and service critical to the economic development and quality of life of the region. |
Organization | |
| Portland State... ...embodies and contributes to the vision and character that make Portland a progressive, entrepreneurial city with growing international connections. |
Organization | |
| Portland Trail Blazers Boys and Girls Club Capstone PSU collaborates to build awareness of diverse communities |
Community Partnership | |
| Portland's Watersheds Research and action |
Research | |
| Power of the Pen Advising the nation on executive power |
Faculty Member | |
| Preventive Medicine and Community Health Programs PSU aids emerging countries |
Research | |
| Programs that Lead to Student Success U.S. News and World Report ranks community-based curriculum |
Resource | |
| Project BRAILLE-USA Preparing teachers to serve children with special needs |
Community Partnership | |
| PSU & Intel Talent to Intel |
Resource | |
| PSU Student Contributions Students volunteer services to metro region |
Community Partnership | |
| PSU's Opera Program Opera to the Portland Community |
Community Partnership | |
| Public Administration Program U.S. News and World Report ranking |
Resource | |
| Research for NASA Launching a balloon satellite |
Research | |
| School of Social Work $8 million of collaborative community-based research |
Community Partnership | |
| Senior Adult Learning Center Tuition-free classes for Oregon's elders |
Resource | |
| Senior Capstone Program The program offers many community-based projects |
Community Partnership | |
| Senior Capstone Program Capstone community partners |
Community Partnership | |
| Service Projects in the Portland Community Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
Community Partnership | |
| Shapes of Ideas Forming communities through design |
Faculty Member | |
| Shelf Life Getting from product to profit |
Faculty Member | |
| Snapshot of Portland State A statistical snapshot of Portland State's enrollment, degree programs, employees, and alumni plus several other scintillating facts. |
Organization | |
| Stroke Camp Helping stroke survivors and their caretakers |
Community Partnership | |
| Student Population Over 25,000 students |
Resource | |
| Summer Business Institute Providing a unique opportunity to high school students |
Community Partnership | |
| Sustainable Development The College of Urban and Public Affairs |
Research | |
| The Architecture Program Urban environment and sustainable design |
Resource | |
| The Carnegie Foundation Curricular engagement, outreach, and partnerships |
Resource | |
| The Extended Studies Program Earn degrees at areas across the metropolitan region and Willamette Valley. |
Resource | |
| The MBA+ Program Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranking |
Resource | |
| The MBA+ Program Consultation services to local companies |
Community Partnership | |
| Tough Teens Repairing the past for a better future. |
Faculty Member | |
| Trevor Rollinger 2007 Big Sky Conference champion |
Undergraduate Student | |
| U.S. President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Community service |
Resource | |
| Venezuelan Killifish In partnership with the American Heart Association |
Research | |
| We've got great references See how Portland State University ranks in publications by the Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. |
Organization | |
| What makes Portland State University special What makes our university special is not just what we do, but the way we do it: linking faculty, students, and research to projects in the community. Our urban location, regional connections, and global partnerships provide students with relevant experience while making a difference in neighborhoods and around the globe. |
Organization | |
| Worlds Together Weighing global issues on a human scale. |
Faculty Member | |
| Youth Literacy Capstone Helping out local school districts |
Community Partnership | |
| Youth Literacy Senior Capstone Youth at King Elementary School |
Community Partnership | |
