Portland State Magazine, Spring 2021

- 6 // PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE park blocks SO MIN KANG NEWS BY THE NUMBERS HAPPY 75 th , PSU! PORTLAND STATE’S 75th anniversary kicked of on Founders’ Day, Feb. 14. We’ll celebrate this incredible milestone in our University’s history all year, beginning virtually, with the hope that fall opens up possibilities for in-person activities. Watch the video “Starting from Nothing” at pdx.edu/75th-anniversary . Take a walk through the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State’s exhibit, “Building Community: Past + Present” at pdx.edu/museum-of-art . Tere you can browse the artwork of more than 50 faculty members from across the years. Celebrate the transformational power of a PSU education with friends, faculty, alumni and students at the free online Simon Benson Awards in October. (For date and registration details, see psuf. org/sbad .) You can also get in the spirit by sharing a fond PSU memory and photo.Te frst 25 readers to add theirs at pdx.edu/my-psu-memory will receive anniversary swag featuring this issue’s beautiful cover illustration by Jessica Hische. Piece of Cake Catering and Desserts in Southeast Portland baked this sweet treat to help us celebrate PSU’s big anniversary. After winning the Cooking Channel’s Sugar Showdown competition in 2015, founder Marilyn DeVault MS ’71 used her prize money to create a scholarship for PSU graduate students in special education. OPEN RISING CLIMATE FOR ALL STARS CHANGEMAKERS To make applying for admission a zero- Three Maseeh College of Engineering College Magazine named Portland stress experience for pandemic-impacted and Computer Science faculty— State University the No. 4 university in high schoolers, PSU waived application Ehsan Aryafar, Alex Hunt and Fang the nation—and the top rated school on fees, lowered GPA requirements, extended Song—won the National Science the West Coast—for students who want housing discounts to low-income students Foundation’s CAREER award, the to make a difference in climate change. and is offering a Summer Bridge program most prestigious award in support of to help prepare selected students. early-career faculty. 0 3 No. 4