Presidential Initiatives Strategic Planning An outstanding university deserves a dynamic strategic plan that affirms its mission, vision and values, and guides it toward a bright, bold future. Learn about strategic planning Portland's Next Premier Performing Arts Venue We believe that Portland can do big things. That's why PSU is proposing the city's new world-class performing arts center be built on our campus. Learn about the project Placemaking at PSU In 2024, PSU — Portland's physical, social, cultural, and economic heart — is holding a national design competition to help better connect our campus to the city we serve. Learn about Placemaking at PSU Building Community Through Dialogue Task Force In January 2024, President Ann Cudd launched the Task Force for Building Community at PSU. Through this task force, PSU is committed to learning about ourselves as well as about others within our diverse, urban-serving institution. Learn about the Task Force Jason Washington Art Committee Guiding the university's charge to remember the life of Jason Washington with an artist-in-residents mural project in 2024. Learn about the committee UPSOC The University Public Safety Oversight Committee (UPSOC) provides insight, counsel and advice to PSU's Campus Public Safety leadership in order to improve campus safety. Learn about the committee