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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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The study of eco-roof efficiency
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PSU students contribute to the community
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As Director for Community-University Partnerships, Kevin helps connect community-based organizations with the university.
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Promote plant ecology and sustainability
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PSU provides faculty and students who assisst with the organization and administration of Stroke Camp. Stroke Camp provides outreach assistance to the American Heart Association, such as annual financial gifts, public relations assistance and other administrative support.
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The Archaeological Institute of America works to bring professional archaeologists to PSU and to spread knowledge of archaeology to the Portland community.
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The Artists Repertory Theatre and the PSU Theater Arts Department collaborate to bring Hungarian and American artists together to share cultural experiences.
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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.
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PSU students serve as tutors/classroom aides in a bilingual Spanish/English dual immersion program. The partnership provides PSU students with a vehicle for using their language skills in a real-world setting while filling a critical need for Spanish-speaking volunteers.
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The Bel Canto Festival allowed PSU music students to learn through public performances with major international performers and composers throughout the Portland area.
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The Blazers Boys and Girls Club serves as a resource center for children ages 7 to 18. Students involved in this partnership gain a deeper awareness of what in means to live in a diverse community.
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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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Campfire USA serves as a practicum site for students pursuing a degree in Child and Family Studies, allowing students to meet practicum objectives through working with teen parents.
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CareOregon provides program evaluation for community-based health promotion programs and serves as an internship and research site for PSU students.
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CORE measures and assesses health care outcomes, quality and satisfaction through the application of research and systematic evaluation. CORE's current programmatic focus is on improving health care services, clinical informatics, and quality and satisfaction reporting.
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The Challenge Program is an opportunity for high school seniors to take college courses and earn college credit while still in high school.
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A partnership between PSU and the Oregon Department of Human Services designed to integrate child welfare research, training and graduate education into a unified, coordinated effort to enhance services for families and children.
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Students participate in a Senior Capstone course designed to fulfill a request by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association to create a history of the Chinese culture in Oregon.
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Child and Family Studies students meet goals and objectives for community-based practicum, focused on domestic violence intervention with children.
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This Oregon Solutions project involves the stakeholders of the Rockwood Triangle collaborating to create a strategic investment plan for the area.
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PSU students involved with counseling and social work collaborate to provide services to at-risk students within the David Douglas School District.
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Criminal Justice students proivde evaluation services for the Department of Community Justice's Cultural Competency Plan.
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This partnership allows PSU students to work directly with probationers and juvenile department staff, providing hands-on experience while challenging assumptions and about the juvenile justice system.
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Child and Family Studies students meet goals and objectives of community-based practicum related to human services and child welfare.
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PSU students serve as mentors to address the needs of Spanish-speaking youth in the juvenile correctional facility.
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The Early Head Start Family Center of Portland is a consortium of local service providers, clients, and other interested parties in the fields of social services, health, and education.
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Students provide program support for medically-indigent, HIV-positive individuals, such as serving and delivering meals, planning day outtings, etc.
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El Programa Hispano provides a comprehensive array of social and mental health services to low-income Latinos who speak little or no English and live in the Portland-area. PSU students use Spanish skills to assist recent immigrants with a variety of social services.
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PSU students participate in a variety of Senior Capstone courses and research projects designed to enhance the air quality in the Portland Metropolitan region.
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Ethos, Inc. seeks to introduce a whole new generation of youth to the magic of music. PSU Capstone students partnered with Ethos to design and deliver an arts education curriculum that used jazz to enhance student learning outcomes in mathematics and reading.
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This partnership between Portland Public Schools and PSU uses choral music to share literature, concerts, and expose high school students to a collegiate music experience while enhancing their music program at Franklin High School.
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This partnership allows PSU to host some of the finest chamber ensembles in the world on campus and provides master classes with these ensembles for PSU students.
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Friends of the Children provides field instruction for an advanced Masters in Social Work student in community-based practice. Social work faculty and doctoral students serve on committees and taskforces, providing research and social service expertise.
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This partnership aims to promote public participation and dialogue on issues relating to ethical aspects of new genetic science.
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Students participate in a Native Literacy program, enabling them to witness firsthand the challenges faced by schools with large populations of children for whom English is not the main language spoken.
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The Harambee Centre connects the people of the Pacific Northwest with the people and cultures of Africa. The mission of the Harambee Centre is to pull people together for the good of the global community.
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This partnership connects computer forensic experts at PSU with law enforcement officials at the Hillsboro Police Department to assist with criminal investigations.
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The Police Reserve Specialists program involves computer experts, including Portland State faculty, in assisting police investigating high-tech crime. PSU faculty and students help to assess evidence and serve as expert witnesses at trials.
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The mission of IRCO is assist refugees, immigrants and multi-ethnic communities to develop self-sufficiency and cultural awareness while affirming and preserving each culture within an ever-changing global environment.
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The Institute for Judaic Studies collaborates with PSU to offer lectures and cultural events, including co-sponsorship of visiting scholars and writers and professors, to adults interesting in studying Judaic history and Judaism.
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The International SummerStays program links international students attending PSU to American culture and language experiences in the Portland Metropolitan Community.
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PSU students and the Johnson Creek Watershed Council work together to set up a snapshot monitoring event designed to empower individual landowners to learn about the health of Johnson Creek on their property, meeting the goals of the watershed council in the areas of protection, conservation, and restoration of the watershed.
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KBOO allows students to gain firsthand experience putting music and activism together in the Portland area by exploring alternative routes to political activism and community involvement.
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The Jazz Outreach Forum Senior Capstone - PSU Capstone students design and deliver an arts education curriculum that incorporates jazz to enhance student learning outcomes in mathematics and reading.
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PSU Capstone students work in King Elementary classrooms or as one-on-one tutors to enhance the reading and math skills of at-risk students. The goal is to enable more students to reach state benchmarks and meet the guidelines of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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Students survey and obtain data in three locations with different degrees of urbanization in Forest Park. All of the information collected will help in understanding the relationship between ivy and native plants with regard to human impacts/urbanization.
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LISTOS serves high-risk Hispanic and other high school students who have left the public school system. Last year, LISTOS educated over 150 young people in order to improve their skills in language, math, social studies and science.
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Students in Applied Linguistics teach English as a Second Language (ESL) evening classes for adult refugees and immigrants in local public schools. PSU students get teaching practice under supervision; adult ESL students get free classes in survival English.
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PSU students explore literary themes with students using creative media such as art, music, sign language, and poetry.
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The annual Russian Youth Conference is used to encourage high school students to attend Portland State University and take Russian classes for Heritage learners and preserve their language and culture. Participants in the course are able to apply their Russian skills in a community setting.
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The goal of this project is to develop a PSU-housed collection of Metro's Global Imaging System data and planning documents for faculty and student research.
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Metro funds commercial technical assistance projects providing on-site assistance to businesses throughout the region focusing on recovering additional resources from the waste stream, increasing markets for recycled content products, and promoting waste prevention practices.
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The Oregon Federal Executive Board’s Minority Business Opportunity Committee (MBOC) is a partnership that strives to enhance opportunities for women-owned and minority-owned small businesses to earn contracts on public and private sector projects.
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Poder es Salud/Power for Health is a collaborative research project designed to increase the capacity of members of the African-American and Latino communities to identify health issues and address health promotion and disease and injury prevention.
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The ESD Outdoor School is designed to teach field-based science concepts as they relate to natural resources, to extend science instruction beyond the classroom and to implement activities that provide opportunities for participation in cooperative living experiences, performing arts, recreation, and structured events.
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NCNM provides an academic experience focusing on natural medicine, both eastern and western, and integrated medical education, research, and patient care. PSU Students research, develop and write grant proposals to assist the NCNM in its pursuit of funding for program support.
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PSU students participating in the Psychology and Native American Studies programs conduct research with the Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA) that is designed to increase understanding of the mental health needs of the American Indian/Alaskan Native population.
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NAYA works to increase opportunities for healthy activities by promoting family stability, youth camps, support groups, cultural activities, tutoring classes, and special events. PSU students assist in helping the agency grow from a small recreation program staffed by volunteers to a fully sustainable youth community center.
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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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Child and Family Studies students meet goals and objectives of practicum experience in early childhood education by serving at the Nike Child Development Center in a variety of capacities.
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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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This partnership combines the practical filmmaking resources of the NWFC with PSU's academic expertise. Students can take classes at the NWFC for PSU credit, and vice versa. Students are able to pursue a BA or BS at PSU and receive a certificate in Film Studies at NWFC, as well as a Minor in Film from PSU.
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This partnership involves Masters in Business Administration students attempting analyzing new technologies under development at Providence Hospital. The outcomes are student reports on the main applications of this new technology.
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Faculty from OHSU, the VA Medical Center, and PSU's Speech & Hearing Sciences program collaborate on research investigating the impact of communication technology on caregivers of people with the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility provides students with the opportunity to perform community service with a non-profit organization focusing on peace and environment issues.
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Students are involved in conducting research and evaluation regarding access to health care with the Oregon Health Plan.
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Commercial Recycling Project - 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, waste prevention, and recycling practices.
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Environmental Studies students and field staff collect household garbage set-out weights during eight sampling periods for the Single Family Weight Study. This data is used in the city’s residential rate-making process.
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This partnership is designed to develop case studies of green building practices in the City of Portland and to provide assistance to promoting green building within the City of Portland.
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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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The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine serves as both the research site for a National Institute of Homeopathy grant and as a research site for students interested in homeopathic medicine.
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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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The Oregon Geographic Alliance provides professional development for geography teachers regarding course content and pedagogy methods.
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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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PSU students conduct research to understand which brand(s) of cigarettes are the most addictive by measuring the degree of free-base form of nicotine in the smoke particulate matter.
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MESA serves as a practicum site for students pursuing teaching degrees in science-related fields, emphasizing the updating of science curriculum in Oregon high schools.
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This partnership between the PSU Graduate School of Social Work, PSU Continuing Education, the Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center (ORPARC) and the State of Oregon Department of Human Services provides post-graduate education for mental health professionals regarding specialized theories and practices for treating adopted children.
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RAINS is a non-profit, private/public partnership formed to accelerate the development and deployment of technology for homeland security. PSU students perform research and development on a network infrastructure designed to allow first-responders to communicate securely about emergency situations.
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OUV is a non-profit organization founded on the belief that every person can make a positive difference in their community. OUV invites everyone in a neighborhood to Neighborhood Conversations, where they provide facilitation, food, and necessary accommodations for 2 ½ hour-long discussions designed to encourage neighbors to share their hopes and ideas with each other.
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Spanish-speaking adults who have had little opportunity to recieve formal education come to the Adult Native Literacy Program for basic literacy classes. PSU students volunteer as tutors for the Native Literacy Project.
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Students are forming a mini-foundation to research non-profits and their funding needs in Portland. Through a grant from the PGE Foundation, they will disperse $5000 in grant funds to solicited organizations through a competetive process.
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The Courage to Teach program offers a series of seasonal retreats for the personal and professional renewal of educators, particularly K-12 teachers.
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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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The Pacific University School of Professional Psychology serves as a practica site for students from Pacific University and Portland State University specializing in psychotherapy and psychological assessmsent.
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The Collaborative Professional Education Project provides interdisciplinary preparation of graduate students preparing for careers in early intervention, special education, speech-language pathology, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
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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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As the Consulting Curator of Korean Art, Junghee Lee guest curated two exhibitions, In Pursuit of the Tiger in 1995 and Permanent Korean Art Gallery in 1997. PSU Asian Art students are admitted free for classes held at the Portland Art Museum, and the Curator of Asian Art, Mr. Donald Jenkins, gave free lectures showcasing original Japanese prints until his retirement.
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The Portland Art Museum provides space, publicity, a reception and extra prestige for the annual Undergraduate Art History Term Paper Symposium.
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Oaks Bottom Signage Project - Students studied the Oaks Bottom Refuge and created interpretive signs for the public's benefit on proper use and care of the sensitive wetland area.
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Portland Parks and Recreation requested input from Kenton area residents regarding ways to improve Kenton Park using urban renewal funds. PSU Capstone students used surveys and public meetings to gather input.
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Students assist the Portland Police Bureau’s Domestic Violence Unit in developing instruments for screening domestic violence cases for risk factors.
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The mission of the Portland Research and Education Network (PREN) is to promote collaboration and the development of innovative network services and advanced applications to further regional leadership in research, education and health care.
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Students write grant proposals to solicit funding for programmatic support as part of the Grantwriting for Non-profits course curriculum under the Institute for Non-profit Management.
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Portland State students conduct research designed to develop drugs that are effective against multi-drug resistant strains of malaria.
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Students designed, and implemented a training course on "job readiness" for homeless women who were interested in pursuing employment.
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Rosehaven serves as a resource center for homeless women and children. The goal of the Rosehaven-PSU partnership is to increase student awareness of the variety of difficulties and issues surrounding the homeless population.
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Camp Enterprise provides high school juniors with experiences in leadership, business principles, and dealing with challenges of life & business. The objective of the Camp Enterprise Program is to explore, expose, challenge and awaken interest in the concepts of "business" and "private enterprise".
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Self-enhancement, Inc. provides program evaluation, research, and demonstration projects designed to improve services and outcomes for African-American children and families, specifically geared to reducing non-relative placements of children and recurrence of maltreatment.
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Sisters Of the Road Cafè is a non-profit restaurant open to the public. An estimated 250-300 meals are served daily through SOTR’s Hot Meals Program. Meals are given free of charge to all first time visitors to the café and to those who are unable to pay and cannot work because of age, ill health or parenting responsibilities.
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Smith Elementary participates in a Capstone course that addresses the need for the integration of technology into elementary education. The desired outcomes are for students to learn technology skills and for teachers to integrate technology in their pedagogy.
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TWC works with local communities, land trusts, watershed councils, and state resource managers to build local stewardship and acquire lands. TWC and PSU's Geography Department have created a website to disseminate information about the state's important wetlands.
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The aim of this partnership is to analyze data collected by the TriMet Bus Dispatch System to improve transit planning, scheduling, and operations. The desired outcome of the research is to provide better (more reliable) service to passengers in a more cost effective manner.
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This partnership involves the cooperation of the USFWS, the Chinook Tribe and Portland State University and is aimed at archaeological and environmental research, public education and student training.
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PSU students assist in data collection and evaluation for Project Safe Neighborhoods, a multi-agency task force focusing on the reduction of gun crimes in the tri-county area.
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This partnership pairs PSU seniors with 9th-12th grade students from four Portland high schools. PSU students serve as mentors and tutors to groups of first generation high school students in an attempt to facilitate the completion of their high school studies and introduce them to college life.
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Students work with Winners on Wheels of Oregon in order to learn about the needs of people in wheelchairs and what life is like for both the children and their families. Students interact directly with children and also perform fundraising.
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Wolftree and PSU Capstone students attempt to improve science literacy in the schools, with a focus on schools in low-income communities and schools with large populations of at-risk students.
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The World Affairs Council facilitates information exchange with international visitors - scholars, historians, archeologists - on historic preservation, community involvement, civic pride, fundraising, operations and management.
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The YWCA's Yolanda House is an emergency shelter and service program for women survivors of domestic or sexual violence and their children. PSU students partner with the Yolanda House to meet goals and objectives for community-based practicum focusing on domestic violence and supportive services for children.
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Young Audiences (YA)works to bring artists into the Graduate Teacher Education Program at PSU and emphasizes the use of the arts as a tool for reflective thought and other teaching practices.
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The Youth Employment Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides employment, education and training program for high risk youth. The YEI partners with Portland State to provide field learning experiences. All youth are taught life skills, basic employment readiness training, and receive job search assistance.
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Students in the Strategic Management for Non-profits University Studies Capstone course assist with the sustainability and growth needs of p:ear, an organization which uses education, art, and recreation to address homeless youth needs.
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The College of Urban and Public Affairs
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