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PSU is growing up

Well, actually all or most of the the new buildings (will) offer additional classroom space - even the dorms. The main reason for the classroom shortage right now seem to be the renovation projects. With Lincoln Hall being closed dozens of classrooms won't be available for a year.
 
Five Colleges to Receive 2009 Senator Paul Simon Award for Exemplary Internationalization Efforts

Boston University, Connecticut College, Pacific Lutheran University, :) Portland State University :) , University of Minnesota–Twin Cities to be featured in NAFSA report

http://www.nafsa.org/press_releases.sec/press_releases.pg/itc2009annc

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2009 – NAFSA: Association of International Educators today announced this year’s recipients of the Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Boston University, Connecticut College, Pacific Lutheran University, :D Portland State University :D , and the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities will be featured in the NAFSA report Internationalizing the Campus 2009: Profiles of Success at Colleges and Universities, to be published this fall. The awardees will also be recognized at the Annual International Plenary and Luncheon at the NAFSA annual conference on May 29 in Los Angeles.

Named for the late Senator Paul Simon, (D–Ill.), the award recognizes outstanding and innovative efforts in campus internationalization. Sen. Simon was a strong supporter of international education throughout his life, advocating for exchanges through his position on various Senate committees. His leadership in this area was especially evident in his robust support for the creation of the National Security Education Program, which addresses critical national security deficiencies in language and cultural expertise, and in his vision of a national program to greatly expand Americans’ knowledge of the world, which was the inspiration behind the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act.

The Simon Act, which was one step from passage when the 110th Congress ended in December, was reintroduced in the Senate by Senators Dick Durbin (D – Ill.) and Roger Wicker (R – Miss.) on February 25 and has garnered 26 co-sponsors.

NAFSA’s annual report recognizes institutions that are leaders in the growing effort across higher education to better prepare students for a global economy and an interconnected world. Three additional schools have been selected for specific program “spotlights” in this year’s report. They are Berklee College of Music, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the University of California - Davis.

The NAFSA selection jury included Brian Whalen (jury chair; Dickinson College), Riall Nolan (Purdue University), Paul Primak (Oregon State University System), Ron Roberson (Howard Community College), and Priscilla Stone (Washington University).
 
Portland State rushes state stimulus projects
All of the university’s Go Oregon projects, totaling $29 million, are under contract

http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/04/15/Portland-State-rushes-state-stimulus-projects-All-of-the-universitys-Go-Oregon-projects-totaling-29-



A partnership of global proportions
Portland State teams up with the National Academy of Hanoi, Vietnam, for sustainable leaders

http://www.dailyvanguard.com/a-partnership-of-global-proportions-1.1725299
 
forestgreen said:
Portland State rushes state stimulus projects
All of the university’s Go Oregon projects, totaling $29 million, are under contract

http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2009/04/15/Portland-State-rushes-state-stimulus-projects-All-of-the-universitys-Go-Oregon-projects-totaling-29-



A partnership of global proportions
Portland State teams up with the National Academy of Hanoi, Vietnam, for sustainable leaders

http://www.dailyvanguard.com/a-partnership-of-global-proportions-1.1725299
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Man, improving the hallways in Cramer and Neuberger will result in a very noticeable change.
 
Adams promises to sacrifice a lane of Broadway traffic for cyclists

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2009/04/adams_promises_to_sacrifice_a.html

"Now, the plan is to install the city's first cycletrack through the heart of the PSU campus, from Southwest Clay Street to Jackson Street, by year's end.

'The current conditions for bike commuters on Broadway is substandard,' said Roger Geller, the Bureau of Transportation's bicycle coordinator. 'There's narrow parking, a narrow travelway, a narrow bike lane.'

Geller said the new cycleway would provide 'more space and comfort' for both motorists and cyclists approaching Portland State, one of the city's largest bike destinations."
 
News: Hatfield School Program ranked in Top 50 Nationwide
Author:
Division of Public Administration
Posted:
May 12, 2009

The locally renowned Mark O'Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University is also gaining in national prestige. The Hatfield School is among the top 50 Public Affairs graduate programs, according to 2008 U.S. News and World Report rankings. The Hatfield School Divison of Public Administration offers a professionally oriented program that focuses on the study of government, health, and nonprofit organizations and their management. Degree offerings include an MPA, MPA:HA, EMPA, and MPH:HMP. The U.S. News rankings are based on a survey of more than 250 programs nationwide. Results are based on survey responses from peer institutions and statistical indicators that assess the quality of professors, research, and students. You can read more about the rankings and the methodology used by clicking here.
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http://www.pdx.edu/news/hatfield-school-program-ranked-in-top-50-nationwide

Getting more and more programs. Nice.
 
The MPA program has been ranked as high as 20th in some publications. It should be fun being a part of it next year.
 
Portland State’s sustainability “Umbrella Tour”

http://blog.sustainableindustries.com/2009/05/29/portland-states-sustainability-umbrella-tour/

While the sun began cooking the streets of downtown Portland, I had the good fortune to join local civic, business, community and opinion leaders in an air conditioned room at Portland State University (PSU) Thursday morning for the start of a half-day “Umbrella Tour” of the urban campus. The university hosts Umbrella Tours a few times per year, during which the research and activities of its faculty and students are showcased and explained: This time around, the theme was sustainability.

First up on the tour was a lecture from professor Rudy Barton on his work with his students in post-Katrina New Orleans. Barton took his top students to Louisiana to design new buildings to replace those lost in the flood (although the city currently lacks the funds to implement the designs so they will be put in a master plan to be used when the funds are available). Barton also spoke about the different architectural and cultural considerations that need to be used in a good rebuilding strategy.

The Portland State architectural department just moved into a new building, designed to showcase its own sustainable design and to serve as a learning tool for students.

“When you go through the building, you’ll see that it looks unfinished, but it’s not,” Barton noted as he led the group by some exposed walls and ceiling panels, “we refer to it as being undressed…we wanted to leave the systems of the building exposed so that students could see what’s behind all the stuff they need to incorporate in their buildings.”


Hydronic heating/cooling tubes at PSU
Of particular note was the building’s heating and cooling system, the largest hydronics system in the state, which uses water pipes in a ceiling grid to keep temperatures in control and reduce energy use and expense.

Next up on the tour was professor Mellie Pullman, who spoke on sustainable food supply and purchasing. Pullman focused mainly on an explanation of Country Natural Beef, a company she says is one that employs truly sustainable production methods. The consumer, Pullman says, is becoming increasingly critical of where food comes from. So suppliers, such as Country Natural Beef, need to start asking, “How can we change our practices so that the consumers feel OK about our product?”

The trick may be transparency and communication. Fully understanding what the customer wants and understanding the customer’s expectations can help guide the behavior of a business.

Finally, the tour swung by the Portland State science building for a lecture from professor Carl Wamser on artificial photosynthesis and its applications for solar energy technology. Wamser says he hopes to perfect a way of replicating the operations that plants perform naturally and put the process onto a membrane that can be used to power homes and businesses. While Wamser’s description of artificial photosynthesis involves “polyaniline nanofibers,” “poly-poryphorin” substances and other mysterious electrolytic solutions that went over the heads of many people in the room (or at least mine), the implications and applications of this technology are something anyone can appreciate.

Solar panels currently on the market are inefficient, and the improvement of solar energy technology could lead to an energy independent nation and globe. Wamser has developed a “photovoltaic test facility” on a Portland State rooftop to test nine different brands of solar panels to aid in his research of solar energy efficiency. The solar industry is booming, he says, and has grown 40 percent every year for the past several years.

Portland State has recently been awarded a gift from the Miller Foundation of $25 million (or rather, $2.5 million spread out over the next 10 years) in recognition of its work pushing sustainability education through its departments and in anticipation of the university’s potential to reach out to the community. The university has a $1.5 billion impact on the city of Portland, said Portland State President Wim Wiewel during a discussion at the end of the tour. Portland State has a unique position and opportunity to connect with the city and its residents in a way that can foster interest and appreciation for sustainable living, he says.
 
Open house scheduled on Oregon Sustainability Center

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/06/open_house_scheduled_on_oregon.html

The Portland Development Commission and public partners in the Oregon Sustainability Center will hold an open house about the project from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday to present the feasibility study and answer questions. It will be in the Shattuck Hall Annex at Portland State University, 1914 S.W. Park Ave.

The center is a proposed high-rise office building near Portland State University that would showcase the region's expertise in developing and designing earth-friendly buildings.

The goal would be to meet the highest environmental standard devised in the world, the Cascadia Region Green Building Council's Living Building Challenge, which would mean net-zero energy consumption and no carbon footprint.

Oregon University System is partnering with the city of Portland and more
than a dozen businesses, nonprofits and universities to create the center.
 
Intel Vietnam Scholars Program at Portland State

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwYhZHvNjDs



News: PSU awarded $2 Million Intel Vietnam Scholars Program

http://www.pdx.edu/news/psu-awarded-2-million-intel-vietnam-scholars-program
 
Portland State University Signs


"New signs identifying Portland State University and the building will be installed on a number of buildings throughout campus. Signs will be installed during the months of July and August.

The goal is to provide a building identifier to both vehicles and pedestrians that can be placed on PSU buildings to create a unified and distinct image to reinforce PSU's physical boundaries and to create an image consistent with the overall character of Portland State University. These goals will help to create an identity as well as the "sense of place" that the students and visitors will experience upon entering and leaving the campus and buildings.

For an example go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skomra/3678733389/
 
New PSU venture uncovers secrets of 2,000-year-old sculpture

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/07/new_psu_venture_uncovers_secre.html
 
Yes, now we have the rock!

Multimillion-dollar meteorite heads for Portland State

Thompson, 56, a meteorite hunter and investor, bought his piece of heaven a decade ago from the Argentine engineer. He says he mortgaged his house and convinced four others to put together what he'd only say was "millions" to acquire it. Thompson is set to sell it this summer for up to $3.5 million and a promise to donate it to Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Lab. A Portland businessman who wants to stay anonymous made the commitment.

Over at the meteorite lab, researchers can't wait.

"This will bring us one step closer to being in the big leagues," says Melinda Hutson, who manages the lab with her husband Alex Ruzicka. Both are also assistant professors at PSU. Cascadia has approximately 400 to 475 unique samples, Hutson says. That compares not in quality, but in numbers, to one of the best meteorite labs in the country, in New Mexico.

For the full article: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/multimilliondollar_meteorite_h.html
 
PSU rocks!
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Oregon’s universities launch collaborative research Web site

State's four research institutions envision site will promote interaction between industry and academic scientists

PORTLAND -- (July 20, 2009) -- Oregon's four premier research universities, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon, have launched a new website, to promote interaction between industry and Oregon research universities.
Innovate Collaborate Oregon (http://icoregon.net) incorporates a searchable technology portal allowing visitors to identify and learn more about promising discoveries and collaboration opportunities at Oregon's universities.


http://uonews.uoregon.edu/archive/news-release/2009/7/oregon%E2%80%99s-universities-launch-collaborative-research-web-site
 
http://www.pdx.edu/news/portland-state-named-a-best-in-the-west-college-by-the-princeton-review

News: Portland State Named a "Best in the West" College by the Princeton Review
Author:
Scott Gallagher
Posted:
July 29, 2009

(Portland, Ore.) July 29, 2009 – Portland State is one of the best colleges and universities in the West according to The Princeton Review. The education services company selected the school as one of 123 institutions it recommends in its "Best in the West" review. In the profile on Portland State, The Princeton Review gives Portland State a “Green Rating” of 90 out of 99 based on data concerning Portland State’s environmentally related policies, practices, and course offerings.



Says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's vice president of publishing, "We chose Portland State University and the other terrific schools we recommend as our 'regional best' colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs. We also work to have our roster of 'regional best' colleges feature a range of institutions by size, selectivity, character and locale. We choose the schools based on institutional data we collect from several hundred schools in each region, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of independent and high school-based college advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what each school’s customers – their students – report to us about their campus experiences at them on our 80-question student survey."



The Princeton Review survey for this project asks students to rate their own schools on several issues -- from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food -- and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students, and their campus life. Here is an excerpt of what some of the students had to say about Portland State:



"A lively, urban university that is “very connected to the city and region,” Portland State is an “ideal school to complete an educational program while pursuing a career and a life.” Emphasizing a practical education in addition to traditional academics, the school draws an array of “very talented and passionate instructors with a lot of real-world experience.” On the whole, PSU professors are “concerned, engaged, and easy to meet with.”



The entire Portland State profile is available for free at www.princetonreview.com.
 
Intel's Vietnamese scholars learn more than engineering at PSU

http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2009/08/intels_vietnamese_scholars_lea.html
 
PSU Membership in NANOOS

"NANOOS was formed in 2003 under the regional leadership provided primarily by University of Washington, Oregon State University, Oregon Health Science University, and Humboldt State University, and with participation by federal, state, and local government agencies, tribes, and the private sector. Membership in NANOOS offers PSU a stewardship role in an important ocean science and technology activity that relates to the sustainability of the Pacific Northwest, and which may lead to research, educational, and service opportunities for PSU faculty and students. Because of his long history of prior involvement in IOOS, Chris Mooers, Research Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been designated PSU’s Member Representative to the NANOOS Executive Council."

http://www.pdx.edu/news/psu-membership-in-nanoos
 
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