[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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Save the Date: Fall 2024 Student Affairs Kickoff
Attention Student Affairs staff! Make sure you have the Student Affairs Kickoff meeting on your calendars for October 15 from 2-4 pm in the Ballroom. In addition to some guest speakers and desserts for all to enjoy, we are bringing back the "You Oughta Know" segment from last year. Senior leadership will highlight things that may be new, unfamiliar, or misunderstood in order to ensure our team has the most up-to-date information. Please use this form to submit ideas for topics you want to know more about.
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Join Student Affairs for a Night at the Thorns
On Friday, September 13, join Student Affairs for a Night at the Thorns as the Portland Thorns FC (professional women's soccer team) take on the Chicago Red Stars. Student Affairs staff and campus partners are encouraged to attend and bring their families for a summer night in Providence Park, Section 222. Tickets will be $25 each. If you’re interested in joining, email Alex Miller at atm7@pdx.edu to access the Student Affairs online ticket portal. It is highly recommended that you purchase tickets early to guarantee you can get tickets as this will be a popular game and may sell out soon.
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Join the Student Affairs Connection Crew
New employees already have so much to learn and so many people to meet. To support our new colleagues’ success, the Division of Student Affairs sponsors the Connection Crew. Seasoned PSU employees will be assigned to incoming employees from other departments to help them get acquainted with PSU, be a familiar face, and provide tips and connections along the way. If you are interested in bridging connections for our new employees, please fill out this form to be added to our Connection Crew. We anticipate this will be a popular offering as more new employees get hired this summer.
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The Women's Resource Center Is Hiring
The Women’s Resource Center is hiring for nine student positions in the 2024-2025 academic year. Working at the Women's Resource Center is a wonderful opportunity to work on campus and experience student leadership within a social justice & feminist politic grounded department. We have a tightly-knit professional staff team and are looking for students who are eager to use their talents and learn new skills with us. If you know of students who would be interested, please share the WRC’s most recent newsletter, which includes descriptions of each job. The deadline for applications is August 16.
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Annual QRC Drag Show
Join the Queer Resource Center for PSU’s annual Viking Days Drag show! The show is September 28 from 6-8 pm in the Smith Ballroom. Doors open at 5:45pm and seats are first come, first served. Bring your PSU ID - this show is open to PSU students. Mask wearing is encouraged and appreciated. Reach out to QRC@pdx.edu for any access needs. Check out the Viking Days website for more information as it becomes available.
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[student activities and leadership programs]
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Party in the Park
Hosted by the Student Activities and Leadership Programs and Campus Recreation, Party in the Park is Portland State University's annual fall quarter student engagement fair. Held on Wednesday, October 2 from 11 am-2 pm in the PSU Park Blocks, this event will inform students about PSU’s amazing student organizations, leadership opportunities, jobs, internships, volunteering, and on-campus events. If you are a PSU department or campus partner wanting to request a table for this event, please fill out this form by September 20. For additional event info, visit SALP’s website.
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[student health and well-being]
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New Director of Health ServicesTara Gardner-Brown, FNP, is the new Director of Health Services at the Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC). She brings more than 23 years of experience as a family nurse practitioner and more than 14 years of experience in college health to the position. Tara has been part of the SHAC team since 2012 and served as Health Services Associate Director since 2016. She brings a rare combination of clinical expertise, leadership experience, public health knowledge, and experience working with diverse populations that will serve our campus well. The position was previously held by Mark Bajorek, MD, who retired in June after 28 years of service to Portland State. Learn more about Tara here.
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SHAC Block Party
Join the Center for Student Health & Counseling (SHAC) to celebrate and welcome you to the new school year. Come eat FREE pizza, cotton candy, popcorn and more. Plus - build your own self care kit, play games, listen to music and learn about health and wellness services accessible to PSU students. Interested in meeting our team? This is a great opportunity to meet the SHAC staff and our providers. For details about the event including location and time, visit SHAC’s website.
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Night at the RecCome PLAY at Campus Rec during an action-packed Night at the Rec! Free and open to all PSU students. Meet our 30+ Rec Clubs and check out everything Campus Rec offers including Intramural Sports, Outdoor Programs, Aquatics, Fitness and Inclusive Rec. Join us for music, fun activities, inflatable games, rock climbing and more. Plus, the first 200 students who pose in front of our photobooth backdrop will receive an exclusive Campus Rec t-shirt.
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[university housing and residence life]
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New Residence Life Staff
Throughout the past couple of months, UHRL has been onboarding several new residence hall directors. Newly hired staff include (pictured from left to right) Avery Pflieger, Angela Tinio, Raven Thomas, and Sebastian Juarez Castellanos. Our entire UHRL team is looking forward to welcoming over 1000 students and their families during Fall Move-in weekend, which will take place September 26-29. For more information about this year’s move-in, check out UHRL’s move-in guide.
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Earthquake Preparedness: Get Informed, Plan Ahead, Stay Safe
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Once August arrives it feels like we're at a kind of half way point-- still emerging from all that we learned and experienced over the past academic year, and yet already looking forward to the start of the new one.
We closed last year on a high note. During our Student Affairs End-of-Year Event, we heard from outstanding PSU alumni, Jeremy Emerson. Jeremy inspired us all as he shared the many ways that his experiences inside and outside of the classroom helped him to launch his successful career and ignite his continued commitment to give back to Portland as an entrepreneur and an advocate.
Daryl Pierson, Director of Planning and Sustainability, also joined us and provided an overview of PSU's Place Matters Design Competition, which invited designers from around the world to submit project ideas that would activate outdoor and street-level spaces and increase a sense of belonging for PSU's students, faculty and staff. It is also hoped that the projects will add to the vibrancy of downtown Portland. We've just have recently learned that the winner of the competition is "Constellation of Connections," submitted by Portland-based design firm Walker Macy Collaborative.
In addition to the Walker Macy installment, there are lots of other exciting campus projects underway. We will soon be opening the Vernier Science Center, which is in its final stages of completion, and breaking ground on the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design building. And the City of Portland recently announced a resolution that asks Portland State to work with the city to craft a win-win solution for the development of both the current site of the Keller Auditorium and the site that Portland State proposed for a new state-of-the-art performance venue on our campus. We look forward to these and other projects taking shape in the coming weeks and months and are grateful to our partners who are working hard to help PSU's physical campus to be an optimally beautiful, enriching space for learning and community.
I hope you are finding time to rest and restore this summer and I look forward to seeing all of you soon,
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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