Portland State Magazine Fall 2014

FALL 2014 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 5 An artful journey PARTICIPATORY ART unbound by gallery, museum or classroom space, took 10 students on a five-day walk from campus to Mt. Hood’s Timberline Lodge this summer. Along the way, each student gave a researched talk about something the group would see. The class, part of the Art and Social Practice MFA degree program, moved beyond creating and looking at artifacts to using experience as artistic expression. Professor Harrell Fletcher and instructor Eric Steen MFA ’09 taught the class. Fletcher led a similar trek in California, going from San Francisco to Mt. Diablo, and Steen led one in Colorado, ending at Pikes Peak. But as either one of them would tell you, the destination is far less important than the journey. Record number of Fulbright scholars FOR AN INCOMPARABLE  opportunity to learn both in and out of the classroom, Portland State alumnus Dylan Waite is headed to the United Kingdom as a Fulbright scholar—one of a record seven PSU students who recently won the grant. “The academic and professional development opportunities that come from this will be nearly endless,” says Waite, who graduated this summer. “But also the opportunity to explore the U.K. will be amazing.” PSU Fulbright scholars will pursue research projects across the globe—from English theater in Mexico to Waite’s study of racism in the U.K. Last year two PSU students received Fulbright grants; the previous record was six in 2011. PA R K B L O C K S