Portland State's Weekly Student Newsletter
for the week of Oct. 2, 2023

Important Dates

Friday, Oct. 6:
Last day to pay account balance in full or enroll in the payment plan and pay 1st installment to avoid $100 late fee
Last day to add with instructor approval

Sunday, Oct. 8:
Last day to waive health insurance
Last day to drop without a "W" withdraw on academic record
Last day to drop with 70% refund
Last day to adjust enrollment for financial aid purposes

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PSU launches Chicano/Latino Studies degree program

No where else in the Pacific Northwest can you major in Chicano/Latino Studies. The long-awaited bachelor’s degree launches this fall, offering you an opportunity to broaden and deepen your knowledge of the largest ethnic minority in our state and country. No matter your career path, the program prepares you to better serve this demographic in a wide variety of fields, from education and health, to policy and advocacy, to business and industry.

Chicano/Latino Studies Program

Student Groups: Don't miss National Transfer Student Week deadline!

This Wednesday, Oct. 4 is the deadline for student groups to register to participate in National Transfer Student Week (Oct. 16-20). All week long, the Transfer and Returning Student Resource Center (TRSRC) and many other departments across campus will be offering special events, workshops, and community gatherings for transfer students in honor of the nationally-recognized week!

Plan for academic success at the Learning Center

Ready for the beginning of term? Meet with a peer tutor or an academic coach from the Learning Center to discuss study strategies and create a success plan! Tutoring appointments can be made through the Penji app. Meet with an Academic Coach by visiting our website and selecting the coach you feel will be the best fit for your learning needs. Learning Center services are free and available to ALL students, so make your appointment today!

Learning Center

Visit the PSU Food Pantry in its temporary location

The PSU Food Pantry remains in its temporary location at the former Green Zebra Grocery (1704 SW Broadway). Its permanent home in the basement of Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU), is undergoing a full remodel that will feature more space for students to find food, more storage for donations and on-site offices for the food pantry staff. It should reopen in Smith later this term. Check the Food Pantry website for updates and hours.

Free Food Market Mondays

Introducing Peer Wellbeing Coaching!

The Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) has a new program for students who are curious about improving their individual wellbeing. That can mean stress/time management, navigating life transitions, sleep habits, building community, mindfulness, and more! Your coach, Christine or Ellie, will meet you where you’re at and lean into self-compassion, collaboration, and internal/community strengths to guide the creation of a personalized growth plan.

Make an Appointment

Call for Donations: Children's Costume Swap

The Resource Center for Students with Children (RCSC) is accepting donations for its costume swap through October 19. Donations of clean, gently used children's costumes and accessories can be dropped off at the RCSC, located in Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) 462. We are accepting donations for costumes sized for infants to 12 years old. Thank you for your donations! And don't forget to attend the costume swap on October 19 in SMSU 333 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is open to the entire PSU community!

PSU Costume Swap

Meredith Smith joins PSU as Interim Title IX/ADA Coordinator

Global Diversity & Inclusion welcomes Meredith Smith as PSU's Interim Title IX/ADA Coordinator. We thank Rebecca Lawrence, PSU's former Title IX/ADA Coordinator, for her service to the university. Ms. Smith has assumed the role as Title IX/ADA Coordinator while a search for a new Assistant Vice President of Equity and Compliance and Title IX/ADA Coordinator takes place. Ms. Smith comes to PSU with a wealth of experience as a former Title IX Coordinator at other universities. If you have any questions or concerns related to sexual harassment or gender identity/sexual orientation discrimination, please email Ms. Smith at titleixcoordinator@pdx.edu. Other questions regarding other forms of discrimination, please email oeac@pdx.edu.

Learn About Equity at PSU

Check out the Noon Concert Series

The ensemble of "contemporary chamber trailblazers" (Boston Globe), Hub New Music, comes to Portland State to perform a program of new works written for the ensemble. Works by composers Angélica Negrón, Daniel Thomas Davis, Julius Eastman, and Jessica Meyer showcase the rich diversity of music written today. The concert is free and open to the public on Thursday, October 5 at noon in Lincoln Hall 75.

Noon Concerts Schedule

Upcoming Events

All Week
A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Deinum Prize Showcase Exhibition

Monday, Oct. 2
Join a Sorority! Panhellenic In-Person Info Night
Weight Room Orientation

Tuesday, Oct. 3
Live at Lunch Free Concert
Pickup Wheelchair Basketball

Wednesday, Oct. 4
October PSU Technical Communication Meetup

Thursday, Oct. 5
Welcome to Campus Coffee + Donuts at Simon Benson House
SHAC Weekly Online Parent Support Group
Live at Lunch Free Concert
Noon Concert: Hub New Music
Climate Change Policies of India and the U.S.

Friday, Oct. 6
PSU Serve Your City Shorts: Columbia Children's Arboretum Project
ArchiLecture: Pickathon Cherry Hill Stage Design Process & Installation

Saturday, Oct. 7
Burnt Lake Day Hike

Sunday, Oct. 8
Stand Up Paddleboard on the Tualatin

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