Portland State Magazine Winter 2019

5 PARK BLOCKS THE NAME Neuberger has been associated with the University since well before 1972, when PSU renamed the former South Park Hall after journalist, politician, and longtime PSU supporter, Richard L. Neuberger. The name has now switched buildings. The Richard and Maurine Neuberger Center is the new name of PSU’s Market Center Building at southwest Fourth and Market, home to many PSU administrative functions, including the President’s office. The new name was chosen by the University as a way of carrying on the Neuberger name while the old Neuberger Hall—which eventually will be called something else—undergoes a massive renovation. Photo by Don Dill/Oregon Historical Society Lot 1007. A DOWNTOWN plan for Umatilla, a small Eastern Oregon town ideally located at the confluence of the Columbia and Umatilla rivers, has earned a team of Portland State students a national award. In collaboration with the town’s residents, “Umatilla Together: A Framework Plan” was created by students in the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program. The plan, which won the 2018 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Student Project Award, creates a vision to revitalize the city’s downtown core and increase community livability. Students have designed more than 30 plans for local cities and neighborhoods in the past five years and have won more national AICP awards than students in any other planning program in the United States. Revitalizing Umatilla Re-honoring the Neubergers