Category: Student Life

  • A top 5 guide to PSU football fandom

    A top 5 guide to PSU football fandom

    In the spirit of the return of football season, we pick the top five prime attractions that await Portland State students who attend home games.

  • Admitted Student Questions: Housing

    Admitted Student Questions: Housing

    Moving to college to live on campus is a great decision. It connects you to your university, encourages involvement and helps support your academic success (not to mention being affordable and convenient!) But for many, this will be the first time living away from home. It’s a big step and it can be intimidating. We…

  • You’re not alone at Portland State

    You’re not alone at Portland State

    Mental health can be a challenge for students. Fortunately the Center for Student Health and Counseling is there with a variety of support services as described in this first-hand account.

  • Student Loan Repayment for Dummies

    Student Loan Repayment for Dummies

    For many college students (including myself) the relief of paused payments is short lived, and the cancellation of student debt entirely is wanted. The future of student loans and cancellation is unsure and leaders appear to be indecisive. Will we have to go back to paying our debt eventually, will at least $50,000 of our…

  • ‘We’ve got your back, Earth’ — PSU

    ‘We’ve got your back, Earth’ — PSU

    We like to say that at Portland State, Earth Day is every day. PSU was a pioneer of sustainability and it is a key part of our identity and culture. Centering the needs of the earth and its inhabitants, thinking about the needs of future generations and being smart with the resources we have access to…

  • PSU student becomes U.S. citizen in recent ceremony

    PSU student becomes U.S. citizen in recent ceremony

    Carla Arciniega Henrici, a student in the Executive Master of Public Administration program, recently passed her citizenship test and became a U.S. citizen, participating in the U.S. Oath of Allegiance Ceremony alongside 491 other people in Portland.

  • I’m a PSU student. Here’s my BIKETOWN adventure.

    I’m a PSU student. Here’s my BIKETOWN adventure.

    By Jamie Bartman I decided to check out PSU’s BIKETOWN and see for myself how it works. I decided to go biking on a nice, sunny day. The only problem… I haven’t ridden a bike since fifth grade. But I told myself this was no big deal. If you used to bike a lot as…

  • A night with PSU’s School of Music and Theater

    A night with PSU’s School of Music and Theater

    Picture this: an escape from the typical rainy winter evening in downtown Portland, combined with an entertaining and insightful student performance. I found this (and more) in the PSU School of Music and Theater’s performance of Richard & Jane & Dick & Sally, a play exploring the adult lives of the “Dick and Jane” characters…

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