Global Diversity & Inclusion

NEWS

Members of the PSU campus community gathered for the Time to Act celebration
March 5th 2025

‘The time to act is always’: PSU celebrates successes of equity plan

In 2020, at the height of a national and local racial reckoning, Portland...
Native graduates wrapped in honor blankets at an Honor Day ceremony
November 20th 2024

PSU gets $1.8M to bolster career pathways for Native communities

Portland State has been awarded $1.8 million for two workforce development...
Ame Lambert on stage talking to audience at symposium
November 7th 2024

PSU leaning into its majority-BIPOC future

Since its founding in 1946, Portland State has been many things: An institution...
Rose Hill seated in center, surrounded by friends, family, community members and city councilors
October 31st 2024

Street outside Native center to be named after beloved Indigenous leader and student advocate

The street outside Portland State’s Native American Student and Community...
Three students sitting on a couch inside the Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian Student Center
October 10th 2024

PSU receives diversity award for third consecutive year

Portland State received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity...
PSU and Latino Network leaders at signing of MOU
July 24th 2024

Portland State, Latino Network formalize partnership to better serve community

Portland State is partnering with Latino Network to create more opportunities...
Students doing homework at the Pacific Islander, Asian and Asian American (PIAAA) Student Center
October 4th 2023

PSU nets $2 million to expand support for Asian American and Pacific Islander students

Portland State has been awarded a nearly $2 million federal grant to expand...
Hacienda CDC's main office in Portland's Cully neighborhood (Courtesy of Hacienda CDC)
April 5th 2023

Teaming up for greater impact: Hacienda CDC and PSU

Since Ernesto Fonseca took the helm of Hacienda CDC in 2017, the Latino community...
Banner that says Portland State University
February 6th 2023

Grant makes exploratory trips to Vietnam, Hawaii possible for PIAA Studies

A multidisciplinary group of Portland State faculty and community partners...
Groups of students sitting or standing on steps of Urban Plaza
January 19th 2023

Time to Act: Progress on making PSU a more equitable campus

ONE YEAR into an ambitious three-year racial justice and equity action plan,...
Participants at convening in group discussion
November 29th 2022

A thriving future for all: PSU, community partners envision what it would take

Portland State President Stephen Percy says that PSU's role as an anchor...
Group photo
November 1st 2022

PSU brings together BIPOC community groups to envision a thriving future

Portland State welcomed its most diverse incoming class this fall and is...