Portland State University Portland State Universiry serves as a center of opportuniry for more than 27,000 students and a cornerstone for more than 171,000 alumni worldwide. The strength of the Universiry is its world-class faculry who serve the Universiry and the communiry through teaching, research, and public service. Research at Portland State has more than doubled in the past decade, achieving new degrees of excellence through investments such as the $24 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and training grant that will fund the Enhancing Crossdisciplinary Infrastructure Tiaining at Oregon (EXITO) program. Portland State contributes an annual economic impact of $ I .44 billion to the regional economy. Located in Portland, one ofthe nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through internships and classroom proiects wirh communiry Partnefs. The Universityt 50-acre downtown campus exhibits a commitment to sustainabiliry with many Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings, while many of the more than 200 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees incorporate sustainabiliry into the curriculum. PSU's motto, "Let Knowledge Serve the Ciry" inspires the teaching and research of an accomplished faculry whose work and students span the globe. HISTORY Portland State University opened in 1946 as the Vanport Extension Center to meet the educational needs of veterans home from'World \(ar II. The first campus was a portion of Vanport, a wartime housing project that was destroyed in 1948 when a dike broke along the Columbia fuver. The campus was moved to north Portland ln fall 1948, and in 1949 the Oregon Legislature made "Vanport College" permanent. Three years larer rhe campus moved to its presenr location along downtown Portland's South Park Blocks, occupying the former Lincoln High School building. It was then known as the Day Division of the Portland State Extension Center. The Legislature created Portland State College as a Four-year. degree-granring institution ]n 1955. Graduate work was added in 1961, doctoral programs began in 1968. and the institution became Porrland State Universiry in 1969. The Universiry has grown from an initial enrollment of 1 ,41 0 students in 7946 to become Oregon's largest urban research universiry. Our Vision, Mission, and Values OUR VISION Portland State Universiry leads the way to an equitable and sustainable future through academic excellence, urban engagement, and expanding opportunity for all. OUR MISSION . \(e serve and sustain a vibrant urban region through our creariviry, collective knowledge and expertise. . \7e are dedicated to collaborative learning, innovative research, sustainabiliry and communiry engagement. . \(e educate a diverse communiry of lifelong learners. . Our research and teaching have global impact. OUR VALUES . \(e promote access, inclusion and equiry as pillars ofexcellence. . \7e commit to curiosiry collaboration, stewardship and sustainabiiity. . \7e strive for excellence and innovation that solves problems. .'We believe everyone should be treated with integrity and respect.
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