Portland State Magazine, Spring 2021

// contributed $60 to start an athletics scholarship. ˛˝˙ˆ Alumni Advocates launched an all-out initiative to showcase PSU to legislators facing a proposal to dismantle the university. PSU’s national-model University Studies programwas created with grants from the Kellogg Foundation & Pew Charitable Trusts. … ˜°°ˆ ˜°˛˜ A landmark $25 million grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation helped PSU and partners explore sustainable solutions to challenges. …… ˜°°˙ Alumnus Fariborz Maseeh made PSU’s first transformational capital gift to name the Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science. OFCOMMUNITYSUPPORTHELPEDSHAPE PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY ˛˝˝˘ ˛˝ˇˆ After the Vanport flood, the Portland community rallied to find space for the “college that wouldn’t die.” Campaign for PSU Laun ed ˛˝ˆ˝ Y EARS how PSU’S FIRST DONOR ˜°˛˙ ˜°˛˙ ˜°˛˙ ˇ ° ˇ ˜°˛˝˜˙ˆ°ˇ˘ ˝ The transformation of ˆ ˝ˇ ˝ˆ˘˛ ˇ PSU’s largest gift PSU's campus was supporting student made possible by scholarships was David Vernier. private community support for new and renovated facilities. ˜°˛˝ ˜°˛ˆ ˜°˛ˇ ˜ ˛°˜ ˘ ˆ˝˝ ˘ ˇ ˘ °ˇ˘ ˙˘˙ ˝˘ ˜ ˘ ˝˜˘ °˜ ˇ˘ˆ ˇ ˙ ˝˜˘ ˆ˝ ˘° ˘ ˜˙ ˝˙˝˜˘ ˘ˆ˙°˙˙˘ ˝ˇ˙˝˜ ˝ˇ˙˝˜ decades of public and made by Christine and SPRING 2021 41 ˜e Campaign for PSU Count wn ˜°˜˛ ˜°˜° Donors across the region contributed more than $583,000 to emergency funds for students struggling during COVID.… ˇ °˜˙ ˛ ˇ ˜°˜° By the end of this year, more than will have contributed more than to support PSU students, faculty, and programs to serve our city. , DONORS MILLION