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A healthy, happy, engaged Portland State community.

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Campus Rec provides an inclusive environment where recreation and wellness opportunities inspire, empower and educate people to be positive contributors to the global community.

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Community: Cultivate healthy and supportive relationships.
Inclusion: Create environments and experiences that support everyone’s right to participate.
Innovation: Achieve excellence in collegiate recreation through new and more effective methods.
Integrity: Operate with responsibility, honesty and transparency.
Sustainability: Champion sound social, environmental and economic practices.
Wellbeing: Promote the holistic success, safety and vitality of the Portland State community.

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The Cultural Resource Centers are five student spaces that provide resources including computer labs, study and lounge space, leadership opportunities, and programs. All students are welcome in our spaces. Our centers include La Casa Latina Student Center, the Multicultural Student Center, the Native American Student and Community Center, the Pacific Islander, Asian, and Asian American Student Center, and the Pan-African Commons.

For more information please visit tinyurl.com/psucrc

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To be a vibrant center for learning, scholarship, research, creativity, and community engagement, enhancing the intellectual, social, cultural, and economic qualities of urban life

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Our office has a student lounge and staff who are here for you. We run groups and events to help queer and trans students build community, feel empowered, and experience joy.

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Services for Students With Children is building toward a future where all students and their families are celebrated for their unique strengths and needs, and supported with the resources they need to thrive. We recognize that students in various family formations offer care to children and young people – as single and co-parents of children of all ages, as stepparents, foster parents, older siblings, and more. We nurture community, advocate alongside students, and offer tangible resources and spaces that allow students to meet their responsibilities as students and caretakers and make the most out of their experience at Portland State.

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The PSU Food Pantry was established by a group of students in ASPSU in 2012. We started as a small, student-run pantry on a single shelf, in hopes to better serve the ever-growing food insecure population of students at PSU. Over the years, we have become a partner agency of the Oregon Food Bank, received more financial donations, and changed space, but we continue to be an organization led entirely by students, for students.

Today, we provide food for nearly 300 students a day and work to reduce food waste, which is a major contributor to the climate crisis and environmental damage. We work hard to grant access to the human right to nutritious food in the most efficient way possible and provide a safe, inclusive space for PSU's diverse student population.

Hours are subject to change each term based on (student) employee availability. Please see our website or Instagram for current hours: psufp.com

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Student Activities and Leadership Programs (SALP) is the hub for all things student involvement at Portland State. Our programs will help you find and build your community on campus through leadership opportunities, skills training, service work, and student employment. Our mission is to help you level up your leadership skills and integrate them into your academic experience, enabling you to become an ethical, socially just, and civically engaged leader on campus and in your larger community.

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Leadership: Our students are community leaders. Therefore our vision is that all SALP students are capable of being socially just, ethical leaders who will create a better world.

Engagement: Having connection to a campus community fosters student success. Therefore our vision is that all students at Portland State have opportunity to find meaningful connections and community.

For SALP Student Leaders, use this website to access tools and resources: https://pdx.campusgroups.com/salp/resource-center/

The "members" of Student Activities and Leadership Programs are the officers and staff of the SALP groups and programs. The system automatically adds people as members when you become an officer in one of those groups. Staff and students who ask to join SALP, will be added as a contact for our newsletter but will not have access to member resources until they are added as an officer in their group or program portal.

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The Student Community Engagement Center is the hub for student civic engagement at Portland State University.

Through meaningful service opportunities ranging from one-day service events to year-long service commitments, we strive to provide robust and varied co-curricular opportunities for all students at Portland State to engage with the community and become catalysts for change.



Our Service Opportunities Portal, powered by GivePulse, is your go-to resource for finding volunteer opportunities with PSU's many community partners! Whether you are looking for a one-day or ongoing service project, we can help you get connected.



> Visit our group on GivePulse: https://pdx.givepulse.com/group/240053-Student-Community-Engagement-Center



> Find service opportunities from our organization and all of our community partners here: https://pdx.givepulse.com/group/events/185452

Have a few hours and want to lend a hand? Sign up for a short Serve Your City or Service Your Campus volunteer project that matches your interest & availability. These projects are coordinated by the Student Community Engagement Center in partnership with some of our favorite community partners and supported by engaged student leaders. Whether on or off campus, get involved in the community, one service project at a time!

Once per term, join us for one of our Big Days of Service, joining with the PSU community make an impact on a single day! With multiple service projects to choose from and the opportunity to learn, connect, and reflect alongside fellow students, don't miss out on Portland State of Mind Day of Service (October) MLK Day of Service (January) or Earth Day of Service (April).

We also have longer-term service programming that engage students throughout the year.

Student Leaders for Service (SLS) is a year-long program that promotes a culture of community engagement on the PSU campus. SLS members serve weekly with a community partner, participate in Friday leadership classes, facilitate group service projects, and help promote a culture of community engagement at PSU. Each SLS member is responsible for serving 4-6 hours/week for the entire academic year at a community organization.



Mentor: Alder and Portland State is a weekly one-on-one mentoring program focused on creating strong connections between PSU mentors and Alder Elementary students to support learning and create connections to college. Each MAPS mentor serves 2-3 hours/week in winter and spring terms (training takes place in Fall).



Alternative Spring Break gets student out and engaged beyond Portland. Each spring break student teams travel to locations along the West Coast to learn from and work along side various communities during a week-long immersive service experience. ASB teams meet four times in winter and then serve during the entire week of Spring Break.

You can learn more about all of our service programs at https://www.pdx.edu/student-community-engagement/

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The Student Sustainability Center (SSC) connects sustainability and the student experience at PSU. We offer several programs for students to get involved with sustainability: the Emerging Sustainability Leaders program, the Sustainability Volunteer Program, and the Mentorship program. If you're looking to volunteer with us, please fill out our Volunteer Application Form. To be added to our monthly newsletter, email sscleads@pdx.edu. For other inquiries, please visit our website or send us an email at psussc@pdx.edu. Thank you!

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Find the VRC in Smith! The center offers a place for Veterans and Military-Affiliated students to be involved in campus life. Located in the basement of Smith, it has quiet study spaces, a kitchen area with a fridge and mini-food pantry and a wealth of information about Veteran life on campus. Join us for our weekly coffee talk, find out about career opportunities and activities on campus, and get study assistance.

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The Wellness and Health Action Team (WHAT) is a team of seven undergraduate peer health educators in the Health Promotion Department at the Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC). WHAT staff has the opportunity to talk with their peers about health and wellness topics that directly influence their academic and personal success. In Health Promotion, our goals revolve around a special IDEA. Our goals are to:

Inform the Portland State community about relevant health topics and available resources;
Develop engaging programs on campus to promote healthy decision-making;
Empower students to utilize accessible strategies to achieve long-term health;
Advocate for change in campus policies that facilitate student wellness and success.
As peer health educators, we are committed to making Portland State a healthier campus for everyone to enjoy.

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The Women’s Resource Center offers leadership opportunities as well as support services. We provide meaningful engagement opportunities for students who want to establish collaborative, feminist-centered leadership skills that will help them advance toward graduation and prepare them for life outside PSU. We also offer Confidential Advocacy services through our Sexual & Relationship Violence Response Program, where students experiencing sexual assault, sexual harrassment, stalking, dating and domestic violence can get one-on-one support and connect to resources both on and off campus.


The WRC advocates for the best educational and campus experience for all members of our community. We accomplish this by advancing social justice, ensuring access to personal empowerment for students of all genders, and by working toward a safe and healthy campus.

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