It Still Pays Dividends

October 1, 2017 Jacob Sherman

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I was surprised to realize that I haven't posted anything during these past 7 months, but I did want to dust off the blog to share that I am proud to know my previous work at Portland State still pays dividends.

Teamwork: Institute for Sustainable Solutions Impact Report 2016

January 25, 2017 Jacob Sherman

At the beginning of this new year, we at the Institute for Sustainable Solutions would like to reflect on recent accomplishments of our students, faculty, and community partners, and offer inspiration as we look ahead to 2017.

Portland State wins national award for community engagement

December 1, 2016 Jacob Sherman

I'm very excited to announce that some of the programs that I lead contributed to PSU winning a national award for community engagement. Check out more below!

The Organizational Spine: Supporting Community Engagement

October 30, 2016 Jacob Sherman

I presented last week at the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) 2016 national meeting in Washington, D.C.

New book provides toolbox for campus-community collaboration on sustainability efforts

September 23, 2016 Jacob Sherman

Portland State’s motto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City,” speaks to the value the University places on engagement with its community and region. A recently released book by the same name describes the multi-faceted process of building sustainability programs at Portland State University—programs that rely on strong university-community relationships and a two-way pipeline of knowledge development and exchange.

Edited by PSU’s B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Jennifer Allen, and Jacob Sherman, with a foreword by President Wim Wiewel and chapter contributions by more than 25 PSU professors and staff, Let Knowledge Serve the City is the first book in Greenleaf Publishing’s Sustainable Solutions Series. It aims to share the University’s collective successes and challenges to help other colleges and universities develop programs that connect students and faculty with the needs of local communities to advance efforts around social justice, climate change, sustainable economic development, and more.

Read on for a Q&A with the book’s editors.