Portland State Magazine Winter 2008

The award-winning Community Watershed Stewardship program educates students of all ages. Watershed program best in the West STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY members have planted more than 80,000 native plants, enhanced 12,000 feet of streams, and revitalized 2 million square feet of stream banks during the past 12 years in Portland through the Community Watershed Stewardship program. A partnership between Portland State and the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, the program earned the University the C. Peter Magrath/WK. Kellogg Foundation Engagement West Region Award chis fall. PSU is the only university west of the Mississippi to receive the prize. The Community Watershed Stewardship program is run by PSU graduate stu– dents with the help of Barry Messer, adviser and a professor in urban studies and planning. Through the years, the PSU students organized assistance on more than 130 community projects: from restoration, stormwater management and nature– scaping, to educational workshops and creative writing, art, and video projects. Johnson Creek and its Spring Water Corridor Trail is one of Messer's favorite program projects. Over more than a decade of volunteering in the area, students of all ages have learned about native planes, watershed issues, even trail signage. "Johnson Creek is a great example of restoration through multi-layer projects chat affect the life of the community," says Messer. Business School among 'Global 100' THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Administration ranked 22nd on a list of Global Top 100 Schools in the 2007-08 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes for integrating social and environmental issues into its MBA+ program. The report places PSU in the company of Yale, Columbia, and Stanford. Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of busi– ness schools, measures the extent to which schools prepare students for tomorrow's markets while equipping chem to understand the social, envi– ronmental, and economic perspectives required for business success in a competitive global economy. WINTER 2008 PORTLAN D STATE MAGAZINE 3