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Students in the School are pursuing a number of degree programs. Each year, 35-40 students start the 2-year Masters of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program and 6-12 start the Masters of Urban Studies (MUS) program. There are about 70 students pursing the graduate certificate in Real Estate. We have 6-12 students enter the PhD program in Urban Studies each year. In addition, there are about 30-50 undergraduate students majoring in Community Development. Many other PSU students choose to minor in SUSP programs, including Sustainable Urban Development and Real Estate Development.
In the MURP program, all students participate in the Planning Workshop, where students work in small groups to develop a project for a community client of their choice. Past student projects can be seen here. MURP students have an option of completing a field area paper. Some examples of recent FAPs are linked here: http://web.pdx.edu/~jdill/Field_Area_Papers.htm. Students have also competed in the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Pacific Northwest Real Estate Challenge. All MURP students and many other USP students undertake professional internships with public agencies, private firms, and non-profit organizations in the region and beyond.
Several student projects have won local and national awards. For example, three groups of Portland State University faculty members and students were honored for outstanding volunteer service by the Metro Regional Parks and Greenspaces Department (http://www.pdx.edu/usp/news/4508/). Three Planning Workshop projects from 2004 won awards from the Oregon chapter of the American Planning Association (http://www.pdx.edu/usp/news/4431/). In 2003, a team of MURP students working with a team of students from the University of Oregon won a national award from APA on a project developing outreach activities to planning commissioners in the State of Oregon regarding policies and programs to integrate land use and transportation planning (http://web.pdx.edu/~jdill/TGM.htm).
The undergraduate students organize the Community Development Club. The MURP students organize activities through the Planning Club. The Planning Club organizes the MURP orientation, speaker forums, trips to planning conferences, and mentoring programs.
For more information about students in the Toulan School visit the links below:
Student Clubs
The Community Development Student Group is a group of students, supported by PSU Faculty, that develops relationships between future community builders as we seek to serve the University and the community in productive and fun ways. Many of us are majoring in Community Development as undergraduates in the School of Urban Studies and Planning at PSU but we also have students with other majors who are interested in strong communities, citizen participation and positive activism.
This student group is open to any student, but is mainly composed of Community Development majors and people interested in social justice, alternative economics, urban studies and planning, community health, community education and awareness, participatory decision
making/democracy, and facilitation.
Community Development Student Group Community: http://cdsg.groups.pdx.edu/wiki/doku.php/documents
The Planning Club is a student-run organization with in the Master's of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program that encourages and facilitates communication between current PSU students, MURP faculty and staff, MURP alumni and the community at large. We strive to create a forum for discourse on current planning and academic issues, and professional opportunities.
Planning Club: http://planning.groups.pdx.edu
Planning Includes Equity (PIE) is a student-initiated organization, which catalyzes conversation and action to promote equal access to
resources and opportunities as the foundation for strong communities. Initiated by graduate planning students who wanted to supplement their
formal education by learning more about the historical and current relationship between urban planning and social equity, PIE is a
thriving organization that has already began to shape PSU's graduate planning program.
Some of our programmatic initiatives include:
Developing reading and conference on equity-related planning issues lead by Professor Sy Adler. This is part of a longer-term
effort to educate ourselves about ways to apply a triple bottom line (equity, the environment, and economics) in our future endeavors as
planning practioners. Instituting a bi-weekly brown bag series focused on equity issue pertinent to the planning field. Last years speakers included Commissioner Eric Sten and the founders of the Oregon Land Use Stories
Project. Advocating for a greater focus on diversity in the program admissions process. We believe it is important for the PSU MURP
program to activity recruit a planning class that reflects the urban communities planners often serve. Many of PIE's advocacy efforts over
the past year have been focused around this issue.
In the future, PIE members hope to focus on our efforts of building relationships with the larger Portland community. We are considering
offering free planning services to community groups such as neighborhood-based asset mapping or community meeting facilitation.
Please contact equity@pdx.edu for more information or with project ideas.
STEP at Portland State University invites you to join us in exploring our website!
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To see more about MURP students studying transportation: http://web.pdx.edu/~jdill/USP_transportation_students.htm
Current Real Estate Graduate Certificate students are listed below.
Real Estate Development Graduate Certificate Program
Fatima Al-Dahwi
Foundation Real Estate Development
BA, University of Virginia, 2004
Cupid Alexander
Washington County Department of Housing Services
BS, Warner Pacific College, 2003
Christopher Alfino
Darough Studio
BS, California State University, 2005
Jeff Anderson
BS, Portland State University, 2004
Peter Andrews
Melvin Mark Companies
BS, Santa Clara University, 2003
Jason Barrett
Oregon Secretary of State, Audits Division
BS, University of Delaware, 1993
GIS Certificate, Pennsylvania State University, 2003
MPA, Portland State University, 2004
Andrew Barsotti
Victorians� Past
BS, Xavier University, 2000
Christopher Bell
Spaulding and Slye Colliers
BA, Williams College, 1998
MS, University of Oregon, expected 2005</>
Sarah Bernhard
Center for Housing Innovation
BA, Wellesley College, 1991
March, University of Oregon, 1995
Christina Berry
Raznocolor
BM, Berklee College of Music, 2001
Bret Biedscheid
Schnitzer Investment Corporation
BS, Oregon State University, 1995
David Biglen
Bean Investment Real Estate
BS, Pacific University, 2003
Lesley Binkley
CB Richard Ellis
BA, University of Mississippi, 2001
Aaron Bourne
Spotlight Properties, LLC
BA, Chapman University, 1997
MBA, George Fox University, 2000
Tod Breslau
Equity Builders Realty
BA, American University, 1985
John Cardenas
Portland Development Commission
BA, Portland State University, 2005
Shawn Carey
Great Northern Beverage
BA, Oregon State University, 1996
Venessa Chavez
BA, Portland State University, 2004
Mark Desbrow
Sunwest Management
BA, Lewis & Clark College, 2000
Janice Dole
City of Portland, Bureau of Development Services
BS, Portland State University, 2003</>
Colleen Duncan
Harsch Investment Properties
BS, San Diego State University, 1991
Destin Ferdun
Lundin Cole Architects, PC
B.Arch., University of Oregon, 1992
Nic Fetter
WebMD
BA, Willamette University, 2003
Erik Floberg
West Hills Development
BA, University of Oregon, 2000
Joshua Fuhrer
Foundation Real Estate Development
BS, Portland State University, 2003
Jessica Gasper
AHA International
BA, Washington State University, 2002
Warren Greaser
The ACRE Company
BS, University of Oregon, 1999
Noah Grodzin
BS, University of Oregon, 1999
Steven Hansen
PB Consulting
BS, Cornell University, 1997
MURP, Portland State University, 2005
Julie Heard
Miller Nash, LLP
BS, Portland State University 1997
Dick Heydet
Ceridian Corporation
BA, St. John�s University 1994
Kellee Jackson
Gerding/Edlen Development Company. LLC
BS, Portland State University, 2001
Marshal Jevning
1000 Friends of Oregon
BS, Portland State University, 1996
JD, University of Oregon, 2003
Marti Johnson
Second Story Interactive Studios
BS, Northwestern University, 1996
Matthew Johnson
Peynet Public Relations
BS, Portland State University, 2003
Melanie Jolliff
Leland Consulting Group
BA, Oregon State University, 2004
Kameron Khazeni
Novin Group, LLC
BS, University of Oregon, 2003
Anil Krishnamurthy
Pacific Security Capital
BS, University of Oregon, 1996
Brad Lawliss
Norris Beggs Simpson
BA, Lehigh University, 1991
Keith Leavitt
<> Port of Portland
BS, Oregon State University, 1988</>
Daniel Ledezma
Portland Bureau of Housing & Community Development
BA, University of Notre Dame, 1998
Keri Levy
Dave's Run Property Management
BS, San Francisco State University, 1994
MS, Michigan State University, 1997
Mike Lillesand
Rawson Realty
BS, University of Wisconsin, 2000
Mike Masat
REACH Community Development, Inc.
BS, University of Oregon, 2000
Adam Matar
Foundation Real Estate Development
BA, Marquette University, 2004<
Scott Matthews
Oregon Hearing Research Center, OHSU
BA, George Washington University, 1982
PhD, George Washington University, 1992
James McGrath
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, AIA
BA, Middlebury College, 1998
MArch, University of Oregon, 2003
Jeremy McVeety
Chetco Federal Credit Union
BS, Idaho State University, 2001
Tina Mosca
Cascadia Planners
BA, University of Michigan, 1996
Leslie Nathanson
WRG Design
BA, Stanford University, 1989
Brian Nelson
Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
BArch, University of Oregon, 1981
Emillia Noordhoek
ComUnity Lending
BFA, University of Oregon, 1993
Eric Nordling
Centex Homes
BS, Oregon State University, 2001
Alan O�Leary
LandAmerica
BA., Southern Oregon University, 1996
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Peter Perkins
Mahlum Architects
B.Arch., University of Oregon, 1984
Berni Pilip
Portland State University, Office of Graduate Studies & Research
BS, University of Oregon
MS, Portland State University, 1988
Laura Reiersgard
Portland General Electric
BA, Western Washington University, 2001
Jose Alfredo Robles
Compass Realty
BA, Marylhurst University, 1995
MPA, Portland State University, 1998
Anthony Roy
Ecos Consulting
BA, Northwestern University, 1993
MIEL, University of Aberdeen, 1995
Blake Runckel
Corporate Valuations, Inc.
BS, University of Oregon, 2000
Josh Schlesinger
BPM Development LLC
BA, Pitzer College, 2004
Laurel Schweitzer
Portland Development Commission
BA, University, of Oregon, 1999
Ed Shearer
ServiceMaster Building Maintenance
BS, Lewis & Clark College, 1983
Brandi Stamp
Wells Fargo Bank
BS, Portland State University, 2001
Matthew Stein
Green Gables Design & Restoration<>BS, Stanford University, 1997
MEd, Boston College, 2001
Nicholas Stock
ExpoExchange
BS, University of Pittsburgh, 1990
Ben Sturtz
Washington County Department of Housing Services
BA, University of Illinois, 1998
Loriel Stutzman
Northwest Title Company
BA, George Fox University, 2003
Leo Suzuki
Standard Insurance Company
BM, The Julliard School, 1997
MM, The Juilliard School, 1999
Matthew Thorne
Thorne Berry Farms
BS, University of Oregon, 1998
<>Elizabeth Tonsmeire
Buell Properties
BS, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2005</>
<>Cicily Traudt
Residence Life
BA, Portland State University, 2005</> <><>
Lisa Troisi
Phoenix Realty, Inc.
BA, University of Montana, 2002</></>
Timothy Van Wormer
Port of Portland
BLA, University of Washington, 1988
Brian Vanneman
Metro Planning Department
BA, University of Oregon, 1997
Thomas Verheyen
Oregon Golf
BS, Portland State University, 2002</> <>
Jack Wagnon
Builders Media Group
BA, Fort Hays State University, 1993</>
Barbara Warren
First Independent Bank
BA, Washington State University, 2001</>
Stephen Williams
Mt. HoodMeadows Ski Resort
BA, Clark University, 2002</>
Olivia Zirker
Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative
BA, University of Utah, 1998
JD, University of Connecticut, 2004</> <>
Tatyana Zvyagina
Dean Runyan Associates
BA, Moscow State University (Russia), 1999
MCRP, Rutgers University, 2003</><></></>
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