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Tag: Student Health and Counseling Center

  • What is the real importance of Education?

    I began my college education at PSU way back in 1975. I had just been released from the Navy and I wanted to begin my education as soon as possible. I felt as though I was now four years behind my contemporaries– as if achieving an education was some kind of race. But as fate…

  • Navigating PSU as a Student of Color

    At one point, I was a freshman, eager to go to my first university class, but not knowing what to expect. Inexperienced and with no siblings who had gone through the college life before, I was all on my own. Class registration, time management, budgeting, making friends, housing, food, finding a job, and numerous more…

  • A Trip to the SHAC Center

    After my investigation a few weeks ago on tuition fees, I decided to step inside the Student Health and Counseling Center (http://www.pdx.edu/shac/) to see what I am helping to fund.  My experience in hospital waiting areas has always been somewhat chaotic with crying children and packed rows of uncomfortable chairs, but The PSU clinic was…