Campus Life

CAMPUS LIFE CAMPUS LIFE

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WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK

Your health and wellness are our top priority. We ensure you can engage fully in and out of the classroom. If you face challenges, we back you up with drop-in counseling, legal and financial services. Whatever your identity or background, you will find the support to succeed and the community to belong at Portland State.

RESOURCE CENTERS pdx.edu/student-life/resource-centers CULTURAL RESOURCE CENTERS // The Cultural Resource Centers (CRCs) provide students resources, leadership, employment, and volunteer opportunities. • La Casa Latina Student Center • Middle East, North Africa, South Asia Initiative • Multicultural Student Center • Native American Student and Community Center • Pacific Islander, Asian and Asian American Student Center • Pan-African Commons

DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER // The Disability Resource Center works to make university life accessible to students with disabilities. They identify, evaluate, and reduce or eliminate barriers to student access and equity. They foster community and create opportunities to promote disability culture. QUEER RESOURCE CENTER // The Queer Resource Center provides students along the sexuality and gender spectrum with the support they need to persist to graduation.

RESOURCE CENTER FOR STUDENTS WITH CHILDREN // RCSC offers integrated services that support students’ goals to be effective parents while succeeding in their academic pursuits.

VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER // The Veterans Resource Center serves as a baseline of support for student veterans, active duty service members and dependents in order to meet their unique academic, professional and personal needs.

WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER // We provide meaningful engagement opportunities for students who want to establish collaborative, feminist-centered leadership skills that will help them advance toward graduation and life outside PSU.

Explore all Portland State’s campus life has to offer, from live music and food carts in the tree-lined Park Blocks to student rec activities in the modern Urban Plaza. Our student health and counseling center, 10 cultural and resource centers, 200 student groups, and support services are here to ensure you thrive. You’ll discover a campus with people who’ve traveled a few bus stops or a few airports to get here. As a PSU student, you get to eat, study, play, and learn beside people from 90 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Get together with friends and start exploring all our campus life has to offer. • Jobs and Internships • Student Government • Student Leadership • Student Clubs & Groups • Advising & Career Services • Student Health & Counseling • Campus Recreation • Outdoor Program • Intramural Sports • 15 Division I Sports Teams • Multicultural Retention Services • Cultural & Resource Centers • Diversity & Multicultural Student Services

TRANSPORTATION

Portland is routinely ranked among the best transit cities in the United States. TriMet is Portland’s public transportation system. TriMet consists of bus, MAX train, Streetcar (free with a PSU ID) and WES Commuter Rail.

PSU offers discounted TriMet transit passes through our Transportation and Parking Services. Transportation and Parking Services also sells parking permits for the parking garages on campus and bike parking permits for the bike garages. Pricing can be found at pdx.edu/transportation. Biketown is Portland’s city-wide bikeshare system. PSU students receive free memberships through biketownpdx.com. You will see the orange bike stations around Portland.

STUDENT UNION

As the living room of our urban campus, the Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) brings together students and the campus community by providing a center for ideas, programs, services and engagement that enriches the social, cultural and educational environment of Portland State University. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LIFE

ISSS welcomes the world to PSU by providing advising, programming, and support to international students. Visit our site to learn more about how to get involved with your international community at PSU.

GET INVOLVED

pdx.edu/student-life/involvement-leadership Join a student group, build your leadership skills, volunteer, get a job, or find something to do on campus. PSU offers a variety of ways to stay connected with other students and stay active while you're a student.

ATHLETICS

goviks.com PSU has 15 NCAA Div. I programs that are members of the Big Sky Conference. Students receive FREE admission to all athletic events, including basketball and volleyball inside the state-ofthe-art Viking Pavilion and football at Hillsboro Stadium.