Tag: alumni
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Her Name is LaMoosh: Alum’s memoir book award finalist
Alum Linda Meanus, who is 73, has published her own book, up for an Oregon Book Award. The words in the book are her own — but it was a collaborative storytelling effort with fellow alum Lily Hart ’18 and Prof. Katy Barber that helped bring it to life.
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Shop Alumni-Owned Businesses with the PSU Holiday Gift Guide
As you work through your shopping list this holiday season you can support local small businesses and find unique items with the PSU Alumni Holiday Gift Guide. The fourth-annual gift guide features items and services offered by Portland State University alumni. Many businesses are offering limited-time promotions for PSU alumni, staff and students, and community…
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Taking care of business: how PSU alum Trang Tran launched her career
Trang Tran went from a foster care home in Vietnam to graduating summa cum laude from Portland State. In this Q&A, Tran shares how she put what she learned at PSU to use in launching her business career.
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Portland State Showcase coming November 16
Join us on Thursday, November 16, from 7-8 pm for a special broadcast program sharing stories from Portland State. During the second annual televised PSU Showcase, you’ll meet students, alumni and professors who are making our city a better place. See how incredibly important Portland State is to our city and region through a surprising…
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Alumni share notes of encouragement for new students
Navigating campus for the first time can be a lot! Thankfully there are tens of thousands of PSU graduates (now alumni) who have been in your shoes and have some wisdom to share. “Pursuing higher education can be intimidating, it will be hard, but all the difficulty will be worth it in the long run.…
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Meet Makenzie Lystrup, PSU alum and new director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Portland State alumnus Makenzie Lystrup was appointed director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight. In this Q&A, Lystrup reflects on her time at PSU and her new role.
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We’re thankful for this PSU alum fighting gentrification in Portland
When Randal Wyatt ‘21 sees a need, he tries to fill it. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Randal turned to his community in search of a way to give back. He took inspiration from what he learned while pursuing a degree in Social Science at Portland State to found Taking Ownership PDX. Randal…
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Four Viks honored at Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Portland State faculty, staff and alum were among those honored by the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber this month.
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Moving Portland forward
What started as a Portland State University capstone project has turned into a new way of moving traffic along the Portland waterfront. Gwen Shaw, who graduated from PSU in 2015 with a degree in civil engineering, describes the project, Better Naito, as a transformative part of her life journey as well as an opportunity to…