[inside student affairs]an insider’s guide for those helping students reach their goals toward optimal health and well-being, engagement with learning, and sense of belonging at PSU
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Bring Your Kids to Campus Day
Bring Your Kids to Campus Day provides a full day of activities in locations all over campus to educate and entertain children. The goal is to give children a glimpse of what parents do at PSU in an approachable and child-friendly way. The event is from 9:30 am - 4:00 pm on April 10, 2023. Bring Your Kids to Campus Day is an opportunity for you to show your children all that PSU has to offer, and to get them excited about university life. This event is FREE for all students, staff, and faculty. Click on the links to review FAQs about the event or check out the schedule. You are welcome to stay for the full day of activities or just an hour. Activities are scheduled in a very flexible, drop-in setting, so feel free to come and go as your schedule allows.
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Queer Students of Color Conference
Queer and Trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color from across the country will be in attendance at PSU's 12th Annual Queer Students of Color Conference (QSoCC) on Saturday, April 15. QSoCC was created in 2011 to foster an inclusive learning environment for marginalized communities of color who are traditionally excluded from mainstream queer and trans conversations. This conference centers the experiences and the voices of queer and trans people of color. This year's conference theme is Tell Me A Story: Reclaiming Our Narratives, and it will be held in person at the Native American Student and Community Center with keynote speakers, workshops, community building, and more. Visit the QSoCC website to learn more. Please note: this year’s conference has reached maximum capacity and is no longer accepting registrants.
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Sexual Assault Awareness and Action Month
In celebration of Sexual Assault Awareness & Action Month (SAAM), the Women’s Resource Center is hosting a series of events in April centering their 2023 theme: “On Our Time: Rooting Our Resistance in Rest & Connection.” Join the WRC in focusing on the value and role of connection, amplifying stories, reclaiming our survivor experiences and healing, and building collective power related to survivors, survival, and world-building. All events are free, open to the public, and have virtual options to attend. For ongoing updates and event registration, check out the SAAM 2023 website and sign up for the WRC newsletter to receive any timely announcements.
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Faculty/Staff Meal Plans
PSU Eats wants to make dining on campus a complementary experience to going to work at Portland State University. With that in mind, faculty and staff now have the option to take advantage of any of the value-driven residential and commuter-style plans. In addition, a faculty-specific plan consists of 25 block meals that can be redeemed at all PSU Eats locations including Victor's all-you-care-to-eat facility and Smith's Kitchen. In addition to your meal plan purchase, PSU Eats will donate 5 meals to food insecure students on your behalf. Learn more on the PSU Eats website.
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[student activities and leadership programs]
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ASPSU Elections
Have you wondered if there’s a way to build on what you’re learning as a student leader to become an advocate for your fellow PSU students? Then ASPSU, PSU’s student government may be the place for you! Positions available include President/Vice President (must run as a ticket), Senator, and Student Fee Committee Member. These positions are student leadership roles which receive a stipend each term, and you can find the current ELSA stipend amounts here. Stay tuned for upcoming elections events on our ASPSU Connect page and email Madeline Frisk, SALP ASPSU & Greek Life Adviser at mfrisk@pdx.edu if you have questions related to the elections process. Students can apply at this link, which will close by April 7 at 11:59 pm unless extended by the ASPSU Elections Committee. PSU students can still run in elections through a write-in campaign if they have interest in doing so.
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[student health and well-being]
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SHAC Mask Mandate Lifted
As of April 3, mask wearing at SHAC is optional for all employees, clients, patients and visitors. This change is in response to the Oregon Health Authority rescinding the Oregon Administrative Rule 333-019-1011. Masks will still be available in the 2nd floor and Dental lobbies. People at higher risk for severe disease, or who live with someone at higher risk, should still consider wearing masks in health care settings to better protect themselves and those most vulnerable around them. The front desk will continue to screen all patients being scheduled. In addition, Health Services will continue to maintain a separate patient care entrance for sick individuals. Patients with illness will be required to wear masks. MERV 13 air filtration will continue throughout the building in addition to individual room air filtration units. Telehealth visits continue to be available for Counseling Services and Health Services.
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Love Your Body Week
Join Campus Rec in promoting inclusion and acceptance of all body types and shapes during PSU's 3rd annual Love Your Body Week April 17-21, 2013. Through educational newsletters, virtual and in-person events, and a culminating celebration, participants will have the opportunity to engage in body-positive wellbeing practices, foster appreciation for all that our bodies do for us, and critically examine the oppressive impacts of diet culture. Free for all PSU students, faculty and staff. No Campus Rec membership required.
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Care. Ask. Connect.
A national poll in 2022 revealed that while the majority of survey respondents would intervene if someone close to them was struggling with their mental health (94%) or struggling with thoughts of suicide (96%), approximately 67% identified multiple barriers that prevent them from discussing suicide with others. In addition, 94% of survey respondents believe suicide is preventable. Everyone can help to prevent suicide by learning about risk factors and warning signs, promoting resiliency and protective factors, as well as being knowledgable about local mental health resources. The Center for Student Health and Counseling, in partnership with PSU students and Aedin Powell Media, developed a suicide prevention training course called “Care. Ask. Connect.” that is available via Canvas. By participating in this 1-hour training, you can become a vital part of PSU’s movement to increase awareness around suicide prevention and mental health.
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Rewear Fair
Celebrate Earth Week at the PSU Rewear Fair on Thursday, April 20 from 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Campus Rec is partnering with the PSU Reuse Room, Campus Sustainability, and Services for Students with Children to give away donated or unclaimed items for free to PSU students, faculty and staff. No Campus Rec membership required. Items will be available on the Second Floor of the Academic & Student Recreation Center in front of the Member Services desk. Stop by to shop sustainably!
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Dr. Aoi Mizushima (middle) with students in the PSU Mariachi
(From left to right: Noe Ramirez Perez, Delicia Arellano, Dr. Aoi Mizushima, Brisa Montes, Isa Bernaola)
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Meet Aoi Mizushima
Aoi Mizushima is a physician who has worked in the Center for Student Health and Counseling since 2014. She received her MD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her residency training in Family Medicine at OHSU. When asked what she would want people to know about her, Aoi shared, “There is no such thing as only having room inside a person for one singular identity… I have a strong identity of being a first gen college grad of immigrant parents, I have strong identities with both my Mexican and Japanese roots, I have an identity as a physician as well as a mom, daughter, sister and spouse. I can be all of these things and I can be all of these things proudly. Something I love about working at PSU and working with students, is that I find it so beautiful to appreciate people in all the different ways they show up and the different ways they find to honor and hold space for their different identities. I’ve always believed that people usually discover their superpower within the intersections of who they are and where they’ve come from.”
Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family, friends, going on walks/hikes, cooking, eating, and currently learning how to play the jarana (a string instrument commonly used to play son Jarocho, a style of music from southern Mexico). To read more about Aoi, including her time as part of PSU Mariachi, visit her full interview here.
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Last Call for Presidential Awards Nominations
Do you know a currently enrolled student leader who has made a significant impact at Portland State or in the community? The General Student Affairs Committee and Office of Student Affairs are seeking nominations for the Presidential Awards. To learn more and submit a nomination, please visit the Presidential Awards website. President Percy will present awards to winners at the annual Leadership Awards Luncheon in May. Each of this year's winners will also receive a $250 award from the President's Office.
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[vice provost for student affairs]
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Faculty Portrait of Mary H. Cumpston from 1978
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2023 Cumpston Award recipient Lynell Spencer
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Earlier this spring, the Mary H. Cumpston Award selection committee, which all former recipients are invited to be part of each year, identified Lynell Spencer as this year's award recipient. I wanted to offer a bit of background on this award. Leadership in the division of Student Affairs created this institutional award for non-teaching faculty and staff in 2004, adding to the list of already existing end-of-year awards designed to recognize faculty with academic rank. We decided that the award should be named in Mary's honor, as we all agreed that Mary and her long career at PSU represented the very best of us. Mary was the Director of the Career Center at PSU when I arrived in 1995. As the website for the award details, Mary graduated from PSU in 1957 and then returned to work at PSU after teaching in the Portland Public Schools system. Mary's career at PSU spanned 35 years from 1964 until her retirement in 1999. She was known across campus to be a quick witted, consummate professional, and someone who simply exuded warmth, grace and authenticity. Mary also was known as someone who demanded of herself and of others that we never forget that service to student success should always be at the center of our work. Lynell, like each of the former recipients, was selected by the committee who found in the nomination materials submitted by her colleagues, that Lynell possesses these same characteristics for which Mary was so well known. Please join us in welcoming Lynell to this august company and take time to thank her for her many years of exemplary service to students at PSU. Especially during these last pandemic years, going above and beyond for our students has required deep commitment and perseverance. Thank you, Lynell, for rising above these challenges to continue to serve our students with such care! Please also take some time to consider others who you work with who exemplify the kind of selfless, compassionate service that this award was designed to recognize. We know there are many worthy candidates in our midst and look forward to next year's process when we receive nominations from all of you, detailing the many ways your amazing colleagues are living up to Mary's legacy of commitment to our students and ensuring their success is at the center of our work.
-Michele
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[office of student affairs]
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[future editions]If you want to include something in an upcoming Inside Student Affairs, please email studentaffairs@pdx.edu. Archives of past issues can be found here.
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