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Date	Title
30 May 2008	US Navy Commander and Astronaut Sunita Williams to accept award from Portland State University United States Navy Commander and Astronaut Sunita Williams and Maseeh College graduate student Diana Laboy-Rush will be inducted into the Denice Dee Denton Women Engineers Hall of Fame
29 May 2008	Kenneth W. and Elsie W. Butler Award for Library Faculty Service Linda Absher receives Kenneth W. and Elsie W. Butler Award for Library Faculty Service.
28 May 2008	Join PSU Art Students as They Create the "Largest Portland Map Ever Drawn," June 5 Join Portland State and Fernwood Middle School students in their quest to draw "the largest map of Portland ever drawn."
23 May 2008	PSU Professor Named to National Suicide Expert Panel Mark Kaplan, PSU professor, appointed to national suicide expert panel.
20 May 2008	PSU Archaeologists Dig-Up Fun for “Indiana Jones” Movie Premier Weekend As part of the opening weekend for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” Portland State archaeologists and locals in the profession are hosting “Archaeology is Here!” events to help promote the field of archaeology at select Lloyd Cinemas’ showings of the movie.
16 May 2008	Vote by May 20th Drop your ballots off on the Portland State campus.
15 May 2008	Dean of Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Steps Down June 30th; Dick Knight named Interim Dean Robert D. Dryden, dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science (MCECS) for the past 13 years, has announced that he will step down, effective June 30, 2008. Dick Knight, a 32-year veteran of the high tech industry, will be the interim dean during the search for Dryden's replacement.
15 May 2008	Portland State Announces Dean's and President's Lists for Winter Term 2008 The Winter 2008 President's and Dean's lists have been released for all of Portland State University's undergraduate academic units.
15 May 2008	Workshop with New York Times-Bestselling Author Phillip Margolin: "How to Write a Novel in Your Spare Time," May 29 Portland State University's Friends of English presents "How to Write a Novel in Your Spare Time," a workshop with New York Times-bestselling author Phillip Margolin.
13 May 2008	Oregon BEST Hires Intel Executive as First Director A new signature research center tasked with making Oregon an international epicenter of sustainable technology development has hired an Intel executive with a broad background in business leadership and fiscal management to be its first executive director, David Kenny.
8 May 2008	Portland State Honors Six at Annual PSU Salutes Ceremony, May 8 Portland State University is honoring six outstanding Portland State alumni, faculty and friends for success in their fields and for their dedication and support of both the University and the Portland community at the 19th Annual PSU Salutes Ceremony.
5 May 2008	Egg Drops and Bridge Design at PSUs Annual MESA Day Event, May 9 Over 350 Middle School and High School Students to Compete
2 May 2008	Board of Higher Ed Announces Wim Wiewel as Next PSU President State Board of Higher Education (the “Board”) president, Kirby Dyess, announced today that Dr. Wim Wiewel (pronounced Vim Vee-vell), provost and senior vice president of the University of Baltimore, has been named the new president of Portland State University.