INSIDE STUDENT AFFAIRSA weekly 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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ASPSU Election Season Begins Next WeekIt's ASPSU election time. Student government plays a big part in the campus experience and represents the University in dealings with other higher-ed, city and state entities. Learn more at the student government website, and help ASPSU spread the word about key dates this spring:
- Campaigning begins: Monday, April 5
- Presidential, Vice-Presidential Candidate Forum: Monday, April 5
- Polls open (ballots sent via @pdx.edu email): April 12-28
- Results announced: Friday, April 30
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New Date for Winter Symposium
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Campus Interviews for AVP CandidatesThree finalists for the Associate Vice President of Human Resources will give open forum webinars on April 1, 2 and 6 as part of their campus interviews. Additionally, there are four finalists for the Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Multicultural Student Services, and they will give presentations on March 29, March 30, April 1, and April 2. To learn more about how to participate in the interviews for these two positions, visit the HR website and the DMSS AVP Search website.
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Nominations for Excellence in Sustainability AwardsThe Excellence in Sustainability Awards allow us to shine a light on people who inspire us. The awards are presented at the annual Sustainability Celebration each year in May. We’re asking for your help in identifying the students, staff, and faculty stars who are playing key roles in improving social justice, environmental harmony, and our thriving community. Use the links below to access the nomination forms. Nominations are due April 16th.
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Focus Group Opportunity for BIPOC StudentsThe Students for Equitable Access to Mental Health Services (SEAHMS) is a team of engaged undergraduates working with SHAC to assess barriers and find solutions in the pursuit of equitable access of services for BIPOC students at PSU. We're looking for BIPOC student volunteers to join our focus group and help identify these barriers and work through options in addressing them. Feedback from BIPOC students who have direct or indirect experience working with the SHAC team are encouraged to apply and will be instrumental in giving viable feedback that will benefit the entire PSU community in creating a more equitable line of services. Learn more on SHAC's website.
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Foods to Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety“Over the past 12 months, we’ve all gotten pretty stressed out. On top of all the regular pressures … the entire planet has been dealing with uncertainty and trauma. Fortunately, there are a lot of healthy ways to manage stress… [some foods] have the power to positively influence your stress levels, decreasing cortisol and releasing calming hormones in its place… research shows the foods you fill your plate with can affect what’s in your head.”
To learn more about the nine scientifically-proven foods that can help reduce your anxiety levels, visit the PDX CampusWell.
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Cherry blossom trees on the Willamette riverfront are some of the first signs of spring in Portland.
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First thing in the morning, I routinely scroll through the news feeds I somehow seem to have invited into my life. Afterward, I almost always notice an elevated level of generalized anxiety. David Leonhardt's recent piece from the New York Times helped me to put this phenomenon into context. Last year, Bruce Sacerdote, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, noticed that TV coverage of Covid-19 on CNN and PBS almost always seemed to be negative, regardless of what he was seeing in the data or hearing from scientists he knew. Sacerdote did not find that reporters were sharing untrue information; it was more a question of which facts they emphasized. A new study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, titled, “Why is all Covid-19 news bad news?”, calls for some self-reflection by the media and gives us all something to think about. If, as Leonhardt's story concludes and the NBER study confirms, the media is giving the audience what it wants and human beings like negativity in their stories, it begs the question: is the other pandemic we should be concerned about an addiction to reflexive cynicism and negativity, or is this simply a sign of a growing universal healthy skepticism?
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