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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. |
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Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices
The study of eco-roof efficiency |
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Graduate School of Education
Preparing educators, teachers, and administrators |
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Graduate School of Social Work
Only accredited program in Oregon |
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Kevin Kecskes
As Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, and as Director for Community-University Partnerships, Kevin helps connect community-based organizations with the university. |
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MBA+ Program
Ranked by U.S. News and World Report |
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Meet Professor Jennifer Dill
Jennifer Dill understands how your morning commute affects the environment. |
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Meet Professor Loren Lutzenhiser
Loren Lutzenhiser understands how the way you live affects the global climate. |
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Meet Professor Vivek Shandas
Professor Shandas' teaching and research interests include: environmental policy, geographic information systems, natural resource management, participatory planning, and urban ecology. |
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Meet Student Ambassador Keighty Gallagher
Second Year Ambassador |
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Meet Student Ambassador Kirsten Keith
First Year Ambassador |
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Meet Student Ambassador Krissy Alexander
First Year Ambassador |
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Meet Student Ambassador Lucius Shields
First Year Ambassador |
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Meet Student Ambassador Rihana Mungin
First Year Ambassador |
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Natural Capital
Fostering rural-urban connections |
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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. |
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Our Community Partner: Geneforum
This partnership aims to promote public participation and dialogue on issues relating to ethical aspects of new genetic science. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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We've got great references
See how Portland State University ranks in publications by the Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. |
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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. |
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