Portland State University

Portland State University was established as the Vanport Extension Center in June 1946, founded by Stephen Edward Epler, a native of Iowa. Epler graduated from Cotner College in Lincoln, Nebraska, and later Columbia University in New York City, before joining the army to fight in World War II.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/epler_stephen_e_1909_1997_/#.VfNtMLRtE20|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|title=Stephen E. Epler (1909-1997)|access-date= September 9, 2015|author=White, Charles}} After returning to the United States after serving, Epler became a veterans' counselor in Oregon's General Extension Division in Portland. The Vanport Extension Center was conceived by Epler in order to satisfy the demand for higher education in Portland for returning World War II veterans, taking advantage of the G.I. Bill. The G.I. Bill was passed in 1944 to provide college, high school or vocational education for returning World War II veterans, as well as one year of unemployment compensation.

The first classes were held in the Vanport Junior High School and given its location in the Columbia River floodplain was promptly given the colloquial title, "The U by the Slough."{{cite news | title=PSU at 50: Young PSU perked with vitality of mind (1 of 8 parts) | last=Terry | first=John | date=February 15, 1996 | work=The Oregonian }} This first summer session had 221 students, and tuition and fees were $50. Over 1,410 students registered for the 1946 fall term, which was delayed until October 7, 1946, due to a lack of space. Since the population in Vanport was decreasing after World War II, the extension center was able to use buildings created for other purposes: two childcare centers, a recreation building with three classrooms, and a shopping center, which required substantial modification to house a library, offices, and six classrooms. In addition to Vanport Junior High School,{{cite book | last=Epler | first=Stephen E. | title=Portland State University: The First 25 Years: 1955–1980 | editor=John Eliot Allen | date=February 14, 1980}} Lincoln and Jefferson high schools were used after school hours, as well as the University of Oregon's dental and medical schools, located in Portland.

File:Lincoln High School Portland Oregon 1920.jpgFollowing the May 30 Vanport Flood of 1948, the college became known as "the college that wouldn't die" for refusing to close after the flood.{{cite book | last=Dodds | first=Gordon B | title=The College That Would Not Die | year=2000 | publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press | isbn=0-87595-274-7}} The term was coined by Lois Hennessy, a student who wrote about the college and the flood in the Christian Science Monitor, though students nicknamed the school "The college without a future." (Hennessy was the mother of poet Gary Snyder.) The school occupied Grant High School in the summer of 1948,{{cite book | last=Polich | first=Edward L. | title=A history of Portland's secondary school system with emphasis on the superintendents and the curriculum (Thesis/dissertation) | publisher=University of Portland | year=1950 | page=161 | oclc=232551057}} then to hastily converted buildings at the Oregon Shipyard, known as the Oregon Ship. In 1953, the school moved to downtown Portland and occupied the vacated buildings of Lincoln High School on SW Broadway Street, including Lincoln Hall, then known as "Old Main."

The school changed its name to the Portland State Extension Center between December 1951 and February 1952. In 1955, the Center changed its name to Portland State College to mark its maturation into a four-year degree-granting institution,{{cite web | url = http://www.ous.edu/about/chanoff/files/history.pdf | title = Chronological History of the Institutions of the Oregon University System | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060906200605/http://www.ous.edu/about/chanoff/files/history.pdf | archive-date = September 6, 2006 }} although severe restrictions were placed on the college's curriculum and growth. Epler, who had campaigned for a presidency role at the college, was not elected by the State Board. Without an administrative stake in the college, Epler left and accepted presidency at Reedley College in California. By 1956, the veteran population at the college had subsided, and baby food was no longer stocked in the bookstore.

Architecture at the university was a topic of controversy in its early stages. In 1968, incoming university president Gregory Wolfe commented that the buildings were distressing evidence of Stalinist cubism on campus, although urban renewal chairman Ira Keller found them to be "perfectly lovely."{{Citation

|last = Bartel|first = Frank|title = Beauty questioned: Ideas differ on appearance of buildings at PSC|newspaper = The Oregonian|page = 32|date = February 3, 1969}} Portland State University's growth for the next couple of decades was restricted under the Oregon University System's 1929 ruling that no public university or college in Oregon could duplicate the programs offered by another, with grandfathered exclusions for the University of Oregon and Oregon State University.{{cite web| url = http://www.ous.edu/sites/default/files/about/polipro/files/BoardPolicies11-05.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721233651/http://www.ous.edu/sites/default/files/about/polipro/files/BoardPolicies11-05.pdf| url-status = dead| archive-date = July 21, 2011| title = Oregon State Board of Higher Education Policies| date = November 2005| publisher = Oregon University System| page = 45| access-date = March 24, 2017}}

Nevertheless, graduate programs were added in 1961 and doctoral programs were added in 1972. The institution was granted university status by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education in 1969, becoming Portland State University.

In 1993, PSU did away with the traditional undergraduate distribution system and adopted a new interdisciplinary general education program known as University Studies. The University Studies curriculum consists of one year of required freshman inquiry courses followed by a year of sophomore inquiry, junior cluster courses (which serve as upperclassmen electives) and, finally, a senior capstone; the senior capstone course serves as a "culmination of the University Studies program," and requires students to take part in a community-based project of their choosing, often followed by a public presentation on their experience in the project.{{cite web|url=http://psuvanguard.com/news/controversial-university-studies-program-to-come-under-review/|work=The Vanguard|title=Controversial university studies program to come under review|date=June 7, 2012|access-date=December 30, 2013|author=Hunt, Joshua|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103154431/http://psuvanguard.com/news/controversial-university-studies-program-to-come-under-review/|archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-status=dead}} The program garnered national attention for its learning communities, service-learning, senior capstones, and successful retention of first-year students.{{cite web|url = http://www.pdx.edu/unst/university-studies-awards-recognition|title = University Studies Awards and Recognition|access-date = January 3, 2013|archive-date = May 22, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120522120739/http://pdx.edu/unst/university-studies-awards-recognition|url-status = dead}} U.S. News & World Report has on multiple occasions listed University Studies as a "Program to Look For". In 1995, two years before his death, the university honored Stephen Epler for his contributions to the university's origins.

In 2003 Portland State was approved to award degrees in Black Studies. That same year the university opened a center housed in the Native American Student and Community Center. In 2004 the College of Engineering and Computer Science was renamed the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, after an alumnus Fariborz Maseeh.{{cite web| url = http://www.fap.pdx.edu/floorplans/detail.php?buildingID=11| title = FAP - Facilities & Planning - Building Details: Engineering Building| access-date = March 16, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024742/http://www.fap.pdx.edu/floorplans/detail.php?buildingID=11| archive-date = July 20, 2011}}

In August 2020, citing the George Floyd protests as well as the killing of a Black man by PSU (campus police) officers in 2018, university President Stephen Percy announced that the campus police will no longer carry guns on patrol (though firearms will still be stored in the public safety office for use in case of an active shooter situation). In case of dangerous calls, Portland police will respond instead.{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Meerah |title=PSU to disarm campus police officers this fall |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2020/08/13/psu-to-disarm-campus-police-officers-this-fall/ |access-date=August 16, 2020 |work=Oregon Public Broadcasting |date=August 13, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Reimagining Campus Public Safety |url=https://www.pdx.edu/president/reimagining-campus-public-safety |website=Portland State University |access-date=August 16, 2020}} The policy took effect on September 1, 2021.{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.pdx.edu/campus-safety/who-we-are |website=PSU Campus Public Safety Office |access-date=January 23, 2022}} However, this policy was later reversed, and as of early 2023 campus police have resumed carrying weapons.{{Cite web |title=Portland State University rearms campus police - OPB |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2023/04/11/portland-state-university-campus-police-carrying-guns-again/?outputType=amp |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.opb.org}}

Founders and presidents of the university include:{{Cite web |title=PSU 2020–2021 Bulletin |url=https://pdx-mobile.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2020-2021/Bulletin/Welcome-to-Portland-State-University |access-date=May 13, 2022}}

• Stephen E. Epler (Vanport Extension Center), 1946–1952
• John F. Cramer, 1955–1958
• Brandford P. Millar, 1959–1968
• Gregory B. Wolfe, 1968–1974
• Joseph C. Blumel, 1974–1986
• Natale A. Sicuro, 1986–1988
• Roger N. Edgington (Interim President), 1988–1990
• Judith A. Ramaley, 1990–1997
• Daniel O. Bernstine, 1997–2007
• Michael F. Reardon (Interim President), 2007–2008
• Wim Wiewel, 2008–2017
• Rahmat Shoureshi, 2017–2019 (ousted){{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Betsy |date=2023-08-02 |title=Portland State's new president starts work, cans provost |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/08/portland-states-new-president-starts-work-cans-provost.html |access-date=2023-09-08 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}
• Stephen Percy (Interim President 2019–2020), 2020–2023
• Ann Cudd, 2023–present

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Portland State offers undergraduate degrees in one hundred twenty-three fields, and postgraduate degrees in one hundred and seventeen. The university has increasingly added more doctoral programs as it has grown from its original mission as a liberal arts undergraduate college into a more broad-based research university. Recently added fields where doctorates are awarded are mathematics, biology, chemistry, applied physics, computer science, applied psychology, engineering & technology management, mechanical engineering, and sociology. Graduate education is now offered in more than 70 master's degree programs, more than 30 graduate certificate programs, and 20 doctoral programs.

In 2006, the College of Urban and Public Affairs established Portland State University's first fully online degree.{{cite web| url = http://online.ccj.pdx.edu/| title = Online Criminology and Criminal Justice Degree| work = Portland State University| access-date = April 16, 2013}} The Division of Criminology and Criminal Justice offers an online bachelor's degree in criminology and criminal justice as well as certificates in Advanced Crime Analysis, Criminal Behavior, Leadership in Criminal Justice, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Portland State awarded a total of 6,050 degrees for the 2014–15 academic year, including 4,250 bachelor's degrees, 1,725 master's degrees and 75 doctoral degrees.{{cite news| title = Portland State News| url = http://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/psu-celebrates-class-of-2015| access-date = June 8, 2015}}

According to the U.S. News & World Report and Forbes, the university's acceptance rate was 95% in 2012,{{cite web|url=http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegeprofiles/p/portland-state-university.htm|work=college.about.com|title=Portland State University - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data|author=Grove, Allen|access-date=August 17, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/portland-state-university/|work=Forbes|title=Portland State University|access-date=January 4, 2014}} which was considered selective for a state university. According to Forbes in their 2015 survey, the university's acceptance rate was 61%.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/portland-state-university/|work=Forbes|title=Portland State University|access-date=September 10, 2015|date=2015}} Portland State also has a dual enrollment agreement with Portland Community College and Clackamas Community College that allows students of the two schools to take courses at either school,{{cite news|title=PCC, PSU renew co-admission agreement|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2012/01/23/pccpsu-renew-co-admission-agreement.html|access-date=February 4, 2012|newspaper=Portland Business Journal|date=January 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/admissions/co-admission-partner-institutions |title=Co-Admission Partner Institutions |publisher=Portland State University |access-date=December 8, 2013}} and also complies with the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Degree curriculum (A.A.O.T.), which allows accepted students who have completed two year associate degrees at an Oregon community college to transfer into the university at junior level.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcc.edu/programs/university-transfer/degree.html|work=pcc.edu|title=University Transfer: The Oregon Transfer Degree|access-date=December 30, 2013}}

Portland State University's academic programs are organized into nine major academic units:{{cite web| url = http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.registration/files/media_assets/reg_bulletin_2008_2009.pdf| title = Bulletin 2008-2009| work = Portland State University| access-date = June 22, 2009| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061427/http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.registration/files/media_assets/reg_bulletin_2008_2009.pdf| archive-date = September 27, 2011}}

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• School of Business Administration
• College of Education
• OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
• Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science
• College of the Arts
• School of Social Work
• College of Urban and Public Affairs
• University Honors College

In addition, Portland State University, through the Center for Executive and Professional Education, offers non-credit, short term, professional education programs for the public as well as customized education for organizations.

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In 1993, PSU comprehensively reformed its undergraduate curriculum with a new curriculum called University Studies that is unique to the institution. The curriculum was conceived to address issues of credit distribution which required students in upper-level courses to enroll in classes outside of their majors.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.unst/files/unst_overview_model.pdf|work=Portland State University|title=A Model for Comprehensive Reform in General Education: Portland State University

|author=White, Charles R.|date=1994|access-date=October 17, 2015}} In a 1993 summary report on the reform, it was stated that the University Studies sought to incorporate "'across-the-curriculum' themes including writing, diversity and multiculturalism, ethics, and global studies," as well as form a foundation that "includes the capacity and the propensity to engage in inquiry and critical thinking, to use various forms of communication for learning and expression, to gain an awareness of the broader human experience and its environment, and appreciate the responsibilities of persons to themselves, to each other, and to community."

PSU's University Studies curriculum begins with Freshman Inquiry courses, which are interactive and theme-based, and "explore topics and issues using an interdisciplinary approach to show how they can be understood from different perspectives."{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/unst/university-studies-program-overview|title=University Studies Program Overview|access-date=October 17, 2015|work=Portland State University}}

The Sophomore Inquiry courses are heavily communication-based, and are focused on group dialogue as well as presentations and research projects.

As students transition into junior level, they are required to enroll in Upper Division Cluster Courses which are more in-depth and focused, as they pertain more closely to the students' chosen majors. Unlike the inquiry courses that make up students' freshmen and sophomore years, the upper-division courses do not feature mentor sessions. The "clusters" from which students choose their courses cover a wide range of disciplines and themes.

During their senior year, while still completing upper-division Cluster Courses, students are also required to complete a six-credit senior capstone project in order to graduate. The capstone integrates class work with community-based work. These projects are integrated with local community organizations, and cover a wide range of issues, from social justice to grantwriting, environmental conservation, youth education, and more. Capstone courses often conclude with a public presentation from the students on their experiences with the community organization or cause which they explored.

The university received national recognition for the program from the U.S. News & World Report, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Corporation for National Service, the Atlantic Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trust for the innovative pedagogical approach to undergraduate education.{{cite book|title=Service-Learning Paradigms: Intercommunity, Interdisciplinary and International|editor1=Colburn, Kenneth |editor2=Newmark, Rona|pages=31–43|chapter=Infusing Service Learning into the Curriculum|isbn=978-0880938679|date=2007|publisher=University of Indianapolis}}

{{see also|Branford Price Millar Library}}

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The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education ranks Portland State as a university with "higher research activity." The 1.4 million-volume, six-floor Branford Price Millar Library is located in the center of campus, opposite Fariborz Maseeh Hall on Park Avenue, and has several computer labs, technology and faculty reading rooms, and video viewing rooms. Built in 1966 as a rectangular structure, the library's convex wall of glass facing the campus' park blocks was added in 1989 to surround and preserve a large copper beech tree that was planted in 1890.

The Millar Library houses approximately 1,422,427 volumes, 640 print subscriptions, 97,065 accessible electronic books, 2,592,288 microforms, 69,762 maps, and 133,978 audio-visual materials. It is also a repository for federal documents, housing over 400,000 government documents.{{cite web|url=http://library.pdx.edu/facts.html|work=Portland State University|title=Branford Price Millar Library: Facts & Figures|access-date=December 30, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425090024/http://library.pdx.edu/facts.html|archive-date=April 25, 2012}}[http://library.pdx.edu/govinfoservice.html Government Information and Maps | Portland State Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091154/http://library.pdx.edu/govinfoservice.html |date=July 20, 2011 }} The Millar Library is open to the public, and allows non-students access to their catalogues of PDF files and published online journals.{{cite web|url=http://library.pdx.edu/visitors.html|work=Portland State University|title=Welcome Alumni & Community Members: Portland State University Library|access-date=January 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103141401/http://library.pdx.edu/visitors.html|archive-date=January 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}

{{Infobox US university ranking

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| USNWR_NU = 259

| USNWR_W = 1153

| THE_WSJ = 401-500

| Wamo_NU = 124

| THES_W = 801-1000

| QS_W = 1201-1400

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U.S. News & World Report ranked Portland State as a second tier research university in their 2017 report, but listed it as unranked nationally.{{cite news

| title = Rankings and Reviews: Portland State University| publisher = US News.com| url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/portland-state-3216| access-date = December 9, 2016}}

The university is ranked among The Best 376 Colleges in its 2012 edition, "Best in the West",{{cite web| url = http://www.princetonreview.com/schoollist.aspx?id=763

| title = The Princeton Review Best Regional Colleges| access-date = November 3, 2011}}

and as a "College With a Conscience"{{cite web| url = http://ir.princetonreview.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=168268| title = Princeton Review Colleges with a Conscience| access-date = November 3, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120048/http://ir.princetonreview.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=168268| archive-date = April 25, 2012}}

by The Princeton Review. Portland State's MBA (Master's of Business Administration) was ranked in the top 100 by The Princeton Review,{{cite web| url = http://ir.princetonreview.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=168268| title = Princeton Review Top 100 MBA Rankings| access-date = November 3, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120048/http://ir.princetonreview.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=168268| archive-date = April 25, 2012}} who also named Portland State as one of the best institutions in the country for undergraduate education.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/news/portland-state-university-listed-one-of-the-best-colleges-in-the-united-states|work=Portland State University|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=February 5, 2013|author=Kirkland, John|title=Portland State University listed one of the best colleges in the United States}} In 2015, the university ranked at number 16 as one of the "Most Innovative" colleges in the nation.{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/innovative|work=U.S. News|title=Most Innovative Schools: National Universities|date=2015|access-date=September 10, 2015}}

In 2024, Washington Monthly ranked Portland State124th among 438 national universities in the U.S. based on Portland State's contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.{{Cite web |title=2024 National University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/national/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}

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Portland State University's School of Business Administration is also ranked in surveys, such as The Princeton Review's Best 294 Business Schools.{{cite web

| url = http://www.princetonreview.com/SchoolList.aspx?id=786| title = Princeton Review's 2012 Best 294 Business Schools| access-date =November 3, 2011}} U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Portland State University's graduate Urban & Regional Planning Program as the 14th best in the Nation.{{cite web| url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/portland-state-university-209807/overall-rankings| title = U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings| work = U.S. News & World Report| access-date = June 8, 2012}} Planetizen currently ranks the university's graduate Urban & Regional Planning Program, at the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, within the top 25 best urban planning programs in the nation.{{cite web| url = http://www.planetizen.com/topschools| title = The Top Schools For Urban Planners| work = Planetizen| access-date = June 9, 2010}}

Other top programs/colleges at Portland State University include its graduate College of Urban and Public Affairs which is ranked 46th in the nation, its Rehabilitation Counseling and Social Work graduate degrees ranked 23rd and 33rd respectively, its Speech-Language Pathology program is ranked 62nd, as well as its Graduate School of Education is ranked as being among the "Best" by U.S. News & World Report.{{cite web| url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/portland-state-university-209807/overall-rankings| title = U.S. News Best Colleges Rankings| work = U.S. News & World Report| access-date = June 8, 2012}} The university is listed by U.S. News & World Report as having one of The Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs. The Carnegie Foundation ranked PSU as a Top School in Curricular Engagement, Outreach, and Partnerships, and it is ranked as the ninth Best Neighbor Universities.

{{See also|List of Portland State University buildings}}

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The majority of the PSU campus is located across a {{Convert|50|acre|ha|adj=on}} section of southwest downtown Portland, in an area known as the University District. The campus is situated against the West Hills, and is bound by Clay Street to the north, Fourth Avenue to the east, Interstate 405 to the south, and 12th Avenue to the west. SW Broadway runs through the center of the campus, where the university's central buildings are located: Lincoln Hall, Cramer Hall, Smith Memorial Student Union, Fariborz Maseeh Hall, and Shattuck Hall; Cramer Hall, Smith Memorial, and Fariborz Maseeh Hall are connected by tunnels on the basement levels, as well as by skybridges on the upper levels, which allows students access between buildings without having to use street sidewalks.

The university's South Park Blocks, situated on the opposite side of the central buildings, run parallel to Park Avenue, and begin at Market Street where Lincoln Hall is located, and end at Shattuck Hall. The northern edge of the PSU campus is eight blocks away from Pioneer Courthouse Square, and four blocks from the Portland Art Museum. The Keller Auditorium is located at the northwestern edge of the campus, on 3rd Ave. and Clay St.

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In 2010, the university opened a $62 million Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified Student Rec Center.{{cite web|url=http://ygh.com/projects/education/portland-state-university-academic-and-student-recreation-center/|work=Yost Grube Hall|series=Architecture|title=Portland State University Academic and Student Recreation Center|access-date=December 29, 2013}} The six-story building houses an aquatics center, climbing wall, basketball/volleyball/badminton courts, an indoor soccer court, a large fitness area, and an outdoor program; it is located in the university's Urban Center, a quadrangle which is also home to the College of Urban and Public Affairs, the university bookstore, and several restaurants; the Portland Streetcar runs west through the center.

The student-managed PSU Film Committee operates the 5th Avenue Cinema, one of the only student operated theaters in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.5thavecinema.com|title=OREGON'S ONLY STUDENT–RUN CINEMA!|work=5th Avenue Cinema|access-date=September 10, 2016}} The cinema is open to the public and screens films weekly, with students receiving free admission, and many of the university's film studies courses are held in the screening rooms.

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Although largely a commuter school, PSU houses around 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and has ten residence halls.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/housing/stats|work=Portland State University|title=Housing Statistics|access-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103141756/http://www.pdx.edu/housing/stats|archive-date=January 3, 2014}} Its largest include University Pointe, a sixteen-story apartment building operated by American Campus Communities built in 2011, and Ondine, a fifteen-story high rise.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/housing/buildings|work=Portland State University|title=Housing & Residence Life|access-date=January 4, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110234208/https://www.pdx.edu/housing/buildings|url-status=dead}} Older residence halls, many of which were originally apartment buildings that were purchased by the university, include Blackstone, built in 1930, and Montgomery Court, built in 1916; other older residence halls include St. Helens Court, built in 1927 and soon to be demolished; the art deco Parkway Manor, built in 1931; and Blumel Hall, built in 1986.

Optional residential and social opportunities exist with a small but active Greek system, which includes:{{cite web|title=PSU Greek Life - About Us|url=http://greeklife.pdx.edu/|access-date=July 6, 2021|work=PSU Greek Life}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|Sororities:

• Alpha Chi Omega
• Delta Gamma
• Kappa Delta Chi

Fraternities:

• Omega Delta Phi
• Phi Delta Epsilon
• Phi Delta Theta}}

Portland State University has numerous pieces of public art around campus from renowned local, national and international artists, such as Frederic Littman, Thomas Hardy, Ken MacKintosh & Lillian Pitt, Emily Ginsburg, Harrell Fletcher with Avalon Kalin, Linda Stein, John Aiken, and Ed Carpenter.{{cite web |title=PSU Guide to Art on Campus |url=https://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/sites/www.pdx.edu.insidepsu/files/Portland-State-artoncampus.pdf |website=pdx.edu |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-date=September 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910115704/https://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/sites/www.pdx.edu.insidepsu/files/Portland-State-artoncampus.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=PSU Public Art Guide (2014) |url=https://www.pdx.edu/pcre/sites/www.pdx.edu.pcre/files/PSU_Art_Tour.pdf |website=PDX.EDU |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092134/https://www.pdx.edu/pcre/sites/www.pdx.edu.pcre/files/PSU_Art_Tour.pdf |url-status=dead }}

There are several art galleries and spaces for exhibiting art at PSU: the MK Gallery, AB Gallery and Sugar Cube Gallery within PSU's School of Art + Design; the Broadway Gallery in Lincoln Performance Hall; and the Littman + White Galleries in Smith Memorial Student Union. Littman + White Galleries are among the United States' only student-run contemporary art galleries. In 2018, the Autzen Gallery at Neuberger Hall was closed amid restorations for the building, and will be replaced with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Jake |title=A whole new 'berger |url=https://psuvanguard.com/portland-state-neuberger-hall-jordan-schnitzer-art-museum/ |access-date=August 4, 2018 |publisher=PSU Vanguard |date=July 6, 2017}}

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The university has made great efforts to make its buildings environmentally sustainable, both in its new architecture as well as through renovation of its older buildings. In September 2008 the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation awarded Portland State University a $25 million challenge grant. The grant and the funds raised to match it must be used exclusively for sustainability programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/portland_state_gets_25_million.html|work=Oregon Live|title=Portland State gets $25 million for sustainability|last=Graves|first=Bill|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=January 4, 2014}}

{{as of|2012}}, eight buildings on the PSU campus are LEED-certified, two of which are at Platinum status, and the university announced plans for renovations on Neuberger Hall to bring it to LEED certification as well in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://psuvanguard.com/news/oregon-falls-top-10-leed-states/|work=The Vanguard|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=January 4, 2014|last=Browning|first=Peter|title=Oregon falls out of top 10 LEED states}} Portland State has been named among the most eco-friendly universities in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://psuvanguard.com/news/psu-recognized-for-being-green/|work=The Vanguard|title=PSU recognized for being green|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=January 3, 2013|author= Lobey, Turner}} In addition to the university's eco-conscious architecture and reconstructive work, it has also been recognized for its utilization of mass transit, including light rail, streetcar, and bus systems all central to the campus. It has also been recognized for its abundance of bicycle transportation; in 2013, PSU was ranked one of America's six most bike-friendly universities, third to Stanford University and University of California, Davis.{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/11/portland_state_university_rank.html|work=Oregon Live|title=Portland State University ranked among 6 most bike friendly universities in the US|date=November 18, 2013|access-date=January 4, 2014}}

Outside Shattuck Hall, the university's architecture department constructed the Shattuck Hall Ecological Learning Plaza, a garden featuring green walls, solar panels, and permeable pavement.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/eco-learning-plaza/|work=Portland State University|title=Hosted by the School of Architecture at Portland State University, the Shattuck Hall Ecological Learning Plaza is an innovative outdoor laboratory that also serves as a delightful new public garden|access-date=September 10, 2015}} The university also features its own community garden.

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Portland State differs from the other universities in Oregon partially because, as an urban institution, it attracts a student body older than other universities;{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/wrc/sites/www.pdx.edu.wrc/files/It’s%20never%20too%20late-Portland%20State%20Vanguard.pdf|work=Portland State University|title=It's Never too Late: The Average Age of PSU Students is on the Rise|date=April 8, 2014|author=Harris, Breana|access-date=September 9, 2015}} in the 2010–2011 school year, it was reported that the average age of an attending undergraduate student was 26 years. Some programs only offer night classes. PSU also delayed the development of its campus for decades after its founding. The institution sold land in a neighboring block soon after its move to downtown Portland, and delayed the construction of student housing until the early 1970s.

The student government is the Associated Students of Portland State University (ASPSU). In addition to a student body President and Vice President, there is a Student Fee Committee, a 25-member Student Senate, and a Judicial Board which rules on ASPSU constitutional questions. There are also a number of university committees that have student members appointed by the ASPSU President.{{cite web|url=http://aspsu.pdx.edu|title=ASPSU|access-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224001705/http://aspsu.pdx.edu/|archive-date=February 24, 2014}} Portland State also participates in the Oregon Student Association, the statewide student lobbying non-profit.

The fully student-run newspaper at Portland State is the Portland State Vanguard, established in 1946. Student-run broadcasters run radio station KPSU which is ranked in the Top 20 College Radio Stations by several organizations and is one of only a handful of "Free Format" radio stations in the country, and television station PSU TV. The Portland Review is a literary magazine of poetry, fiction, and art published by PSU's Student Publications Board since 1956.{{cite web| url = http://portlandreview.tumblr.com/aboutus| title = About Us| access-date = March 16, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110426170103/http://portlandreview.tumblr.com/aboutus| archive-date = April 26, 2011}} Additional student newspapers at PSU were The Rearguard, an alternative-monthly newspaper, and The Spectrum.{{cite web |url=https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxspectrum/ |title=Portland Spectrum | University Archives: Campus Publications & Productions | Portland State University |publisher=Pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu |date= |accessdate=April 29, 2022}} Following budget cuts for these publications, they were consolidated into a monthly magazine The Pacific Sentinel in January 2016.{{cite web |last=Lobey |first=Turner |date=January 18, 2016 |title=Introducing 'The Pacific Sentinel' |url=https://psuvanguard.com/introducing-the-pacific-sentinel/ |access-date=February 26, 2022 |website=Vanguard |language=en-US}}

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The university houses a Women's Resources center,{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/wrc/welcome-to-the-womens-resource-center|work=Portland State University|title=WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER|access-date= September 9, 2015}} a Disability Resources center,{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/drc/|work=Portland State University|title=Disability Resource Center|access-date= September 9, 2015}} a Resource Center for Students with Children, a Queer Resource Center for LGBT students,{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/queer/|work=Portland State University|title=Queer Resource Center|access-date= September 9, 2015}} and a Veteran's Resource Center.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/veterans/vrc|work=Portland State University|title=Veterans Resource Center|access-date=July 22, 2017}}

Fraternities and sororities at Portland State University are represented by a student-run group called "Greek Life" or "Greek Council".{{cite web| url = http://greeklife.pdx.edu| title = About Us

| access-date = May 8, 2014}} The council's purpose is to facilitate between the university and the Greek Community on campus, provide a venue for communication between individual Chapters, and to facilitate socials, fundraisers, and other philanthropic events. The council is made up of six executive offices (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Special Events Chair, and Public Relations) and represents the following Greek Organizations to date: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Sigma, Omega Delta Phi and Phi Delta Theta.

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The university contains four parking structures for automobiles: two located on 6th Avenue; one on 12th Street at the northwestern edge of the campus; and one 5th Avenue between Montgomery and Harrison Streets. A guest parking lot is located on the south end of Shattuck Hall.

Portland State University is serviced with mass transit by TriMet, which includes fifteen bus lines as well as the MAX light rail system.{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/transportation/public-transit|work=Portland State University|title=Transportation: Public Transit|access-date= September 9, 2015}}

There are also shuttles available through Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Community College on SW Harrison Street at SW Broadway. In addition to use of mass transit, the university also has a large population of students who travel by bicycle.

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PSU's campus is home to two Christian churches.

St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, which is also home to the Portland State Newman Center, serves Catholic students.{{Cite web |title=PDX Newman Center |url=https://www.pdxcatholic.org/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=PDX Newman Center |language=en-US}} The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates an Institute of Religion which holds Sunday services. Nearby churches are also located nearby off-campus.{{Cite web |title=Christian Church in Portland, OR {{!}} 1025 Southwest Market Street {{!}} Church of Jesus Christ |url=https://local.churchofjesuschrist.org/en/us/or/portland/1025-southwest-market-street |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=local.churchofjesuschrist.org |language=en}}

Hillel International hosts Jewish religious services on campus.{{Cite web |title=Portland State University |url=https://www.hillel.org/college/portland-state-university/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Hillel International |language=en-US}}

Various clubs for Christian, Muslim, and Jewish students also meet on campus.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Find the Perfect Club at Portland State University |url=https://insideportlandstate.pdx.edu/2023/09/11/clubs-at-portland-state-university/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=INSIDE PORTLAND STATE |language=en-US}}

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Portland State competes at the NCAA Division I level in football, basketball, women's volleyball, golf, soccer, tennis, softball, indoor and outdoor track and field, and cross country as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The football team competes in Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision).

Prior to joining Division I, the school won NCAA National Division II championships in women's volleyball and wrestling. The school has also placed second twice nationally in football and once in women's basketball at the Division II level.

Portland State's colors are green and white, and its mascot is the Viking personified as "Victor E. Viking". Among the two more notable former Portland State athletes are Freeman Williams and Neil Lomax. Williams was the NCAA Division I national men's basketball individual scoring leader in 1977 and 1978. Lomax was a record-setting quarterback who went on to star for the St. Louis Cardinals in the NFL in the mid-1980s. Football's "Run & Shoot" offense was first implemented at the college level at PSU by coach Darryl "Mouse" Davis. An assistant coach at Portland State, Davis took over as head coach in 1975 following the departure of Ron Stratten. Behind his revolutionary new "Run-and-Shoot" offense (developed in the late 1960s at Hillsboro (OR) HS) and a strong-armed quarterback named June Jones, Davis led the Viking program to new heights— an 8–3 record, including a perfect 5–0 home mark. Davis' quarterback protégés were Lomax and Jones.

Home games for football are held off-campus at Hillsboro Stadium, and home games for basketball are held on-campus in the Viking Pavilion. In 2008, the men's basketball team earned their first ever bid into the NCAA tournament.

The university has 30 student-managed club sports on campus including the PSU Rugby Club, the PSU Ice Hockey Club and the PSU Lacrosse Club. In addition, the Student Activities and Leadership Program sponsors 120 student clubs including the Tango, Fencing, Medieval and Brewers' clubs.

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{{Main|List of Portland State University alumni}}

The university has several alumni in law and government, including Barbara Roberts, the 34th Governor of Oregon, U.S. Federal Judge Anna J. Brown, and American diplomats Joseph LeBaron and Marisa Lino. Betty Roberts, the first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court, and Margaret Carter, the first African American woman elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, are also graduates of the university. Casten Nemra, the seventh president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Arnold I. Palacios the 12th Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are graduates of Portland State University as well.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/brown-anna-j.|title=Brown, Anna J. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}

Portland State has produced many academics across the sciences and humanities; alumni include: cultural anthropologist and professor at Duke University Lee D. Baker; Michael Kazin, historian and professor at Georgetown University; Dali Yang, professor of political science at the University of Chicago; Thomas Talbott, professor of philosophy at Willamette University; and Hans G. Furth, professor of psychology at The Catholic University of America.

Businessman and engineer Norm Winningstad, United Parcel Service CEO D. Scott Davis, and Judi Hofer, executive CEO of The May Department Stores Company are also graduates. Business magnate and co-founder and chairman of Nike, Inc., Phil Knight was an assistant professor of business at the university, and his son, animator and CEO of Laika, Travis Knight, is an alumnus. Carolyn Davidson, an alumnus of the university's visual arts department, invented the Nike swoosh while she was a student there. Tarah Wheeler, cybersecurity executive and author of Women In Tech, received her MS in Political Science from the Hatfield School.

Writer Francisco Laguna Correa; poets Michael Dickman and John Sibley Williams; and novelists Deborah J. Ross and David James Duncan are among the university's alumni; Mike Richardson, publisher and founder of Dark Horse Comics, is an alumnus as well. In 2007, Dark Horse donated copies of all of its published works to the PSU Library, which maintains both a browsing collection of book titles, in addition to a research collection which also includes every "print, poster, statue, figure, and all other products."{{cite web|date=July 19, 2016|title=Dark Horse Collection Reaches 10,000|url=https://library.pdx.edu/news/dark-horse-collection-reaches-10000/|access-date=July 24, 2020|website=Portland State University Library|language=en-US}}

In the sciences, the university's alumni base include computer scientist and Turing Award winner Ivan Sutherland, theoretical physicist Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil, autism researcher Paul Shattuck, and Antarctic researcher Jill Mikucki. Several social activists are among alumni as well, including British political scientist and peace-building initiative pioneer Harry Anastasiou; Native American activist Robert Robideau; gay rights activist Paul Popham, who founded the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City and social activist and recipient of the Director's Community Leadership Award (DCLA) Musse Olol.

The university's contribution to performing arts and entertainment include actors Mark Dacascos and Terence Knox; four-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Esperanza Spalding; film composer Rob Simonsen; and Jack Ely, guitarist of The Kingsmen. Emmy-winning writer, stand-up comedian, and fantasy draft expert; Ian Karmel. Alternative rock singer and guitarist Courtney Love of Hole also attended the university, but did not graduate.

Sportsmen who attended Portland State include football players Tony Curtis, Super Bowl XLVIII Champion DeShawn Shead, Julius Thomas, two-time Super Bowl Champion (XVII, XXII) Clint Didier, Dave Stief, and Neil Lomax. Freeman Williams, who has the second-highest NCAA score in NBA history, is also an alumnus.

Image:Keynote speaker Margaret Carter (8113364377).jpg|Margaret Carter, politician

Image:ShoDozonoMay7Cropped.JPG|Sho Dozono, entrepreneur

Image:Evan Jager 2016.jpg|Evan Jager, distance runner

Image:Travis Knight (30000495292).jpg|Travis Knight, animator; president and CEO of Laika

Image:Joseph Evan LeBaron.jpg|Joseph LeBaron, former ambassador to the State of Qatar

Image:Life Ball 2014 Courtney Love Crop.png|Courtney Love, singer and musician

Image:Charles Moose.jpg| Charles Moose, police chief in charge of combating 2002 D.C. sniper attacks

Image:Governor Barbara Roberts.jpg|Barbara Roberts, 34th Governor of Oregon

Image:DeShawn Shead 2015.jpg|DeShawn Shead, NFL player (Seattle Seahawks)

Image:Esperanza Spalding July 15, 2009.jpg| Esperanza Spalding, musician

Image:NancyWilsonHeartMay10.jpg|Nancy Wilson, singer and musician

{{see also|Category:Portland State University faculty}}

Image:PeterBoghossian.PNG|Peter Boghossian, professor of philosophy

Image:Paul Collins crop.jpg|Paul Collins, writer and Guggenheim Fellow

Image:2014 Pop Conference - Sarah Dougher 01.jpg|Sarah Dougher, musician and women's studies scholar

Image:Andrew Hill.jpg|Andrew Hill, pianist and composer

Image:Philknightfootball.jpg|Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike

Image:Ivan Sutherland at CHM.jpg|Ivan Sutherland, Turing Award-winning computer scientist

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• Diana Abu-Jaber – professor of English and writer-in-residence
• Peter Boghossian – professor of philosophy
• Thom Bray – professor of television studies and screenwriting
• Johanna Brenner – professor emeritus of sociology and women's studies{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/syndication/psu-salutes-johanna-brenner-distinguished-faculty-achievement-award|work=Portland State University|title=PSU Salutes Johanna Brenner With Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award|date=9 May 2009|access-date=5 October 2015}}
• Paul Collins – writer, editor, Chair of English department{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/authors.paul_collins.html|work=Slate|title=Paul Collins|access-date=July 22, 2017}}
• Sarah Dougher – assistant professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies, musician{{cite web|url=http://www.pdx.edu/ws/sarah-dougher|work=Portland State University|title= Portland State College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Sarah Dougher}}
• Harrell Fletcher – professor of art and social practice{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/profile/harrell-fletcher|work=Portland State University|title=Profile: Harrell Fletcher|access-date=October 5, 2015}}
• Jan Haaken – professor emeritus of psychology, award-winning documentary filmmaker{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/psy/janice-k-haaken-phd-professor-emeritus-community-and-clinical-psychology|title=Janice K. Haaken, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Community and Clinical Psychology|date=July 25, 2016}}
• Robin Hahnel – professor of economics{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/econ/robin-hahnel|work=Portland State University|access-date=July 9, 2017|title=Robin Hahnel|series=Portland State College of Urban & Public Affairs}}
• Rodney Hicks – professor of acting{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/profile/rodney-hicks|work=Portland State University|title=Profile: Rodney Hicks|access-date=October 5, 2015}}
• Andrew Hill – professor of music{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042101064.html|newspaper=Washington Post|title=Andrew Hill; Jazz Composer Stretched Boundaries|last=Schudel|first=Matt|date=April 21, 2007|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
• Marilyn Gayle Hoff - women's studies and women's literature (1973-1974){{cite book |editor1-last=Love |editor1-first=Barbara J. |title=Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975 |date=2006 |isbn=9780252031892 |page=217 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpNarH7t9CkC&dq=%22Marilyn+Gayle+Hoff%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA217|publisher=University of Illinois Press |access-date=November 17, 2022}}
• Phil Knight – former adjunct accounting professor, School of Business;{{cite web|url=https://www.pdx.edu/news/alumni-news-portland-designer-describes-creation-nike-swoosh|title=Alumni in the News: Portland designer describes creation of Nike Swoosh|date=January 24, 2014}} co-founder and Chairman of Nike, Inc.
• David Maier – Maseeh professor of computer science,{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.pdx.edu/people/faculty|title=Portland State University Department of Computer Science Faculty|access-date=January 16, 2011}} ACM Fellow{{cite web|url=http://fellows.acm.org/fellow_citation.cfm?id=1492347&srt=alpha&alpha=M|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818181221/http://fellows.acm.org/fellow_citation.cfm?id=1492347&srt=alpha&alpha=M|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2006|title=ACM: Fellows Award / David Maier|access-date=January 16, 2011}}
• Chet Orloff – professor of Urban Studies and Planning, director emeritus of Oregon Historical Society{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/01/portland_state_prof_takes_on_a.html|title=Portland State prof takes on a new kind of museum: one on the Internet using a Wikipedia model |last=Saker|first=Anne|date=January 11, 2010|work=The Oregonian|access-date=January 12, 2011}}
• Sergio Palleroni – architect and co-founder of BASIC Initiative{{cite web|url=http://www.basicinitiative.org/About/Staff_Fellows.htm|title=BaSiC Initiative / Sergio Palleroni|access-date=May 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413032542/http://www.basicinitiative.org/About/Staff_Fellows.htm|archive-date=April 13, 2011}}
• Gertrude F. Rempfer - Physicist and innovator in electron microscopy{{cite journal |last1=Kőonenkamp |first1=Rolf |last2=Rouvimov |first2=Sergei |title=Introduction to the Special Issue: In Memoriam Professor Gertrude Fleming Rempfer on the Occasion of her 100th Birthday |journal=Ultramicroscopy |date=2012 |volume=119 |pages=1-4 |doi=10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.05.003 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304399112001052 |access-date=8 February 2025}}
• Ivan Sutherland – director, Asynchronous Research Center (ARC),{{cite web|url=http://arc.cecs.pdx.edu/people|title=Asynchronous Research Center|access-date=January 16, 2011}} Turing Award winner{{cite web|url=http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3467412&srt=all&aw=140&ao=AMTURING|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713150917/http://awards.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3467412&srt=all&aw=140&ao=AMTURING|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=ACM Award Citation / Ivan Sutherland|access-date=January 16, 2011}}
• Leni Zumas – novelist and professor of English{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/books/review/red-clocks-leni-zumas.html|work=The New York Times|title=A Novel That Asks, What If Abortion Were Again Illegal?|last=Alderman|first=Naomi|date=January 22, 2018|access-date=April 6, 2018}}

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