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Student Activism At Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, Cynthia Carmina Gómez, Patty Miramontes, Stacie Taniguchi Nov 2017

Student Activism At Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, Cynthia Carmina Gómez, Patty Miramontes, Stacie Taniguchi

University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation documents the progress and results of student activism within the last 2 years at Portland State University.


Centering Diversity & Inclusion Resources And Dialogues In Self-Reflection Practices, Oscar Fernandez Oct 2017

Centering Diversity & Inclusion Resources And Dialogues In Self-Reflection Practices, Oscar Fernandez

University Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this presentation, attendance members learn how cross-cultural communication is one way to self-reflect on diversity and inclusion matters


Development Of The Global-Self Through Collegiate Recreational Sports, Alexander Rocco Accetta Aug 2017

Development Of The Global-Self Through Collegiate Recreational Sports, Alexander Rocco Accetta

Dissertations and Theses

Today's student has more access to global issues than any previous generation. Nearly one million higher education students study abroad worldwide, the workplace reflects a need to be interculturally competent, and students rarely have opportunities to learn how to thrive in the new global environment. This study explored how higher education, and specifically collegiate recreation, is responding to this reality. The development of Killick's global-self is a guiding theme and was used to investigate how students perceive the development of their global-self after experiencing interventions designed to introduce the concepts of internationalization and globalization into a collegiate recreation intramural program. …


Interview With Wim Wiewel, Wim Wiewel, Chris Broderick Aug 2017

Interview With Wim Wiewel, Wim Wiewel, Chris Broderick

Portland State University Oral Histories

Wim Wiewel was interviewed on August 2, 2017, by Chris Broderick, at Portland State University.


Sustainability Of Our Planet And All Species As The Organizing Principle For Slce, Kevin Kecskes, Jennifer Joyalle, Erin Elliott, Jacob D. B. Sherman Jan 2017

Sustainability Of Our Planet And All Species As The Organizing Principle For Slce, Kevin Kecskes, Jennifer Joyalle, Erin Elliott, Jacob D. B. Sherman

Public Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

We may define and prioritize them differently, but few would deny that our human community is facing intractable problems at local, national, and global scales. We call on higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world to work collectively and with strategic intent and action to use sustainability as an organizing principle to focus service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) activities on the flourishing of our planet and its diverse species.

In the United Nations report, Our Common Future, sustainable development (the future-oriented view of “sustainability”) was defined by World Commission on the Environment and Development members as “the kind of development …