Portland State President Stephen Percy announced in a letter to the PSU community on July 30 the university is planning for a mostly remote fall term. “I have heard…
A conversation with the president of Don’t Shoot Portland
Tai Carpenter is the current president of Don’t Shoot Portland, a Black-led and community driven nonprofit known for its bystander intervention work and community advocacy. Carpenter served as Don’t Shoot’s…
PSU community remembers Jason Washington
Jason Washington was shot and killed by two Portland State police officers on the university’s campus on June 29, 2018. Last Monday, on the two-year anniversary of his death, hundreds…
PSU employees enroll in Work Share program
On May 28, Portland State President Stephen Percy announced in an email there would be a reduction in hours for most part-time and full-time 12-month employees at PSU under Oregon’s…
“Temporary workforce reductions”
“I was expecting the layoffs, and suspected I might be on the list because I am a part-time employee,” said Sheri Pitcher, an accountant for Student Activities and Leadership Programs…
On the clock, online
“The closure of campus and its immediate aftermath was a massive adjustment, especially since I was there on the day that we had to close, and it was pretty brutal,”…
Adjunctification
“PSU students would be stunned to learn many of their professors work part-time odd jobs as servers, bartenders, Lyft drivers or anything else that’ll pay the bills,” said Eli Ronick,…
Virtual campus
“Zoom is relatively new for me, so figuring that out was hard at first,” said Justin Hocking, a professor in the creative writing department at Portland State. “The first day…
Policies, COVID-19 on the campaign trail
Albert Lee is a U.S. Army veteran and former dean of business and computing at Portland Community College. He’s running to unseat Earl Blumenauer in Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District primary….