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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"MY HOPE ALWAYS EMERGES FROM DESPAIR, BECAUSE WE ARE RESILIENT, WE ARE CAPABLE, AND WE ARE READY TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTIONS."
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Dandelion Series: Reclaiming our Belonging and Building Bridges
The Queer Resource Center is excited to announce the “Dandelion Series: Reclaiming our Belonging and Building Bridges," which will be facilitated by Erica Bestpitch, director of the Women’s Resource Center. This 3-part workshop series is dedicated to creating a space where students can reclaim a sense of belonging within themselves in order to build bridges with others across differences, through conflict, and in coalition toward social justice. To learn more and sign up, visit the Dandelion Series event page.
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Why Do YOU Mask Up?With a vaccine on the horizon and hope in the air, we’re all looking forward to putting the pandemic behind us. But it’s important to remember that — for now — COVID-19 is still very much with us and spreading widely. Masks are required for those in shared spaces on campus. Help us spread the word! Send a masked photo of yourself and message about why YOU mask up using this submission form to be featured on PSU’s social media.
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Meet Malik Thirdgill
Malik Thirdgill is a senior who is majoring in general science with a marketing focus. He is a student athlete on the Portland State football team and works as a production assistant with a local business. His future aspirations include entering the NFL, working full-time in the production industry, and serving as a fireman: “working together to achieve one goal … to save people, I don’t know what job could be better than that.”
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Drop-In Support for Navigating Current EventsSHAC is increasing support spaces this week given the upcoming national events. On Thursday, January 21 at 1-3 pm and Friday, January 22 at 9-11 am, newly added support groups are here to help students find connection as they navigate current events. To learn more about the support programs and services offered, please visit SHAC's website.
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Coffee Talk Recap: First AmendmentStudent Affairs hosted its second Coffee Talk of the academic year for about 50 colleagues on January 14th. Aimee Shattuck led a conversation on the first amendment and how it applies to the work we do in student affairs. In case any of you missed it and were interested in the content, here is a recording of the discussion. Additionally, visit Portland State's Free Speech Guide website to learn more.
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PSU's First New Student Success Advocate
We are excited to introduce PSU’s first Student Success Advocate, Joe Soto, who is leading a one-year data-driven pilot program to help identify and support students experiencing personal challenges or institutional barriers. This program is part of PSU’s Students First initiative, a campus-wide commitment to helping students succeed and graduate. He is working with about 400 students to supports Viks who may be experiencing personal challenges or institutional barriers. Learn more about Joe and his role in this feature story.
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Written by Gloria Anzaldúa
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Suggested by Joe Soto, Student Success Advocate
"This book was recommended by a friend who teaches in Chicano/Latino Studies. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in learning about the “borderlands” as a geophysical space and as a metaphor relating to the complexities of intersectionality within one's own identities.
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We'd love to know what YOU are reading! Fill out this form to let us know, and we might showcase your suggestion in an upcoming Inside Student Affairs.
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A Guide to Journaling“Finding the right type of journal for you can be a long experience, and may result in a bunch of blank, unfilled journals being carried with you everywhere you go. If you’re looking into beginning another journal, consider checking out the reviews of four journals by two peer health educators…”
Visit the PDX CampusWell to learn more about journal prompts and mood trackers to help support your reflection, goal setting, and processing.
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|  On January 15th, antiracist educator Lasana Hotep delivered the keynote address at "The Silence of Our Friends: The Anti Racist Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr." Sponsored by Global Diversity and Inclusion, this year's events celebrating the legacy of MLK are being held virtually.
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This week I've been in a sort of sophomore slump. On our journey through the Era of COVID, we're not at the beginning--filled with anxiety and fear, but at least fueled by adrenaline--and yet we're too far from the end to really be able to believe in the light at the end of the tunnel. I am incredibly grateful to Ida Lombardozzi and the students, staff and faculty of Services for Students with Children, who allow me to serve as an ex-officio member of their Advisory Board. At last week's meeting, while herding little ones, cooing newborns and talking in hushed voices in order not to interrupt nap times, the folx on the call were highly engaged, very supportive and very very kind to one another. I ended that Zoom call feeling hopeful--both about the incredible importance of the work you all are doing with and for our students, but also in awe of the resilience of our students--who are holding fast to their hopes and dreams, even in the middle of our collective pandemic sophomore slump!
-Michele
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