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Keaton Belbas is pictured outside wearing sunglasses and holding a football, soccer ball and a volley ball

November 24th 2025

PSU Alumna Keaton Belbas Finds Her Place at Creekside

Keaton Belbas, M.Ed. ‘25, was hired this summer at Creekside Community...

November 21st 2025

Portland State to honor life, service of Native elder and advocate Rose Hill

Portland State University is honoring the life and service of Native elder...

Illustration of a snake, giraffes, and elephant

November 21st 2025

When Grad School is a Zoo

On a crisp fall morning, Laurel Westcott Ph.D. '22 walks the grounds of the...

Apply Now! Alternative Grading Community of Practice

November 5th 2025

Apply now: New Alternative Grading Community of Practice for winter term

Portland State University is launching a new Community of Practice (CoP)...

Student with long dark hair sits in PSU Urban Plaza with a notebook in her lap.

November 4th 2025

New $1 Million Grant Helps PSU Counseling Students Build Careers Serving People with Disabilities

For more than three decades, Portland State University’s Clinical Rehabilitation...

Miniature shoebox classrooms and colorful teacher cutouts line the back of a PSU classroom.

October 27th 2025

PSU Elementary Education Teacher Candidates Design Classrooms, Curriculum and Community through Stories

In a classroom alive with color, laughter and collaboration, teacher candidates...

Alumni Spotlight Banner featuring photo of Samara Carranza holding an award in front of OSCA backdrop.

October 24th 2025

‘PSU set me up for this’: Alumna Samara Carranza named Oregon School Counselor of the Year

College of Education alum Samara Carranza, MA ‘13, was named Oregon School...

October 8th 2025

Connecting Classroom Learning to Career Readiness

As educators, we know that the skills students develop in our courses—critical...

People inside the first floor lobby of Vernier Science Center

October 2nd 2025

Vernier Science Center marks first year of providing spaces that foster connections

On a recent Monday, more than 150 new and returning graduate students filled...

Two adults wearing blindfolds and reflective vests walk with canes down a garden path.

September 8th 2025

Four Weeks Under Blindfold with PSU Orientation and Mobility Students

For people with visual impairments — including deafblindness — the path...

A group photo of backpackers posed on the shore of Timothy Lake.

August 28th 2025

How Adventure Therapy Training is Transforming Future Counselors

At PSU, future counselors trade the classroom for the wilderness in Adventure...

August 28th 2025

From Campus to Orbit: AscendArc and PSU Forge a Path for Portland's Aerospace Future

Recently, spacetech company AscendArc, visited the Portland State Aerospace...