Community & Wellness Resources

Happening Soon   PSU VSA Food Drive SMSU Room 327 May. 6, 12 p.m. Free for Students A food drive collaboration for positive aging, collecting non-perishable and canned foods.  …

Community & Wellness Resources

Happening Soon Socratic discussion over current political topics SMSU 326 Nov. 30, 4 p.m. Free for students Respectful and mediated discussion amongst peers regarding current political issues   Collage night…

Lillyanne Pham co-led a youth centered arts project culminating in a public mural titled Drink the Water, Remember the Source. The mural is in the playground area of Orchards of 82nd, a subsidized housing unit in Portland. Courtesy of Lillyanne Pham.

Artist Spotlight: Lillyanne Pham

Lillyanne Pham—an MFA student in Portland State’s School of Art + Design—is the 2023 recipient of the Andries Deinum Prize for Visionaries and Provocateurs. This $10,000 award will support Pham’s…

Students gathered on Oct. 19 to call on PSU to cut ties with Boeing, given the company's connection to U.S. involvement in international conflicts. Cameron Rodriguez/PSU Vanguard

Students protest PSU partnership with Boeing

On Wednesday, Nov. 8, Portland State students and members of organizations—including Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER), the Resist United-States-Led War Movement and the Jewish Voice for Peace Portland—gathered…

Community & Wellness Resources

Happening Soon ASPSU Women’s Basketball Friendsgiving Viking Pavilion Nov. 25, 1 p.m. Free for students Join ASPSU at the PSU women’s basketball game for a Friendsgiving!   VSA Boba and…

Students gathered on October 19 to call on PSU to cut ties with Boeing given their problematic connection to U.S. involvement in international conflicts. Cameron Rodriguez/ PSU Vanguard

Portland’s mutual relationship with a war profiteer

A growing wave of student resistance against administration actions mirrors broader protests exposing United States military involvement. This involvement is not without profiting, benefiting both those seizing power and those…