Student Community Engagement Center
Located in SMSU M103 (in the Hub for Service & Sustainability), we are the hub for volunteer opportunities and programs on campus and in the Portland community. We run several programs: The SLS Member Team, Mentor Alder Portland State (MAPS), Alternative Spring Break, large scale Days of Service, Serve Your City/Serve Your Campus projects, and more. By liking this page, you will get notifications
05/18/2026
Sign up to our last conversation project of the term! We are partnering with ASPSU, Menasa, Cultural reasource centers, and oregon humanities to bring students and community members together for an open and engaging conversation about interpersonal conflict, communication, and growth. LINK IN BIO
Interpersonal conflict and disagreement are part of being in relationship with others, but many of us fear conflict. Motivated by many factors, including cultural norms, concern for social consequences, and personal safety, many of us avoid it. What might we learn and how might we grow by making more room for conflict?
05/11/2026
The Student Community Engagement Office is seeking enthusiastic Spanish-speaking applicants for this "Team Lead" position to support and lead a team of peers to continue a new English/Spanish garden/STEM club started by PSU students at Alder Elementary School this past year, helping kids develop science, math, and social-emotional skills through hands on activities in and outside of the garden! LINK IN BIO
05/05/2026
Do you love working with kids? Hang out with the kindergarteners from Alder as they visit PSU and get a feel for "being at college"!
Join us for a morning of fun as 60+ kindergarteners from Alder Elementary descend on the PSU campus for a morning! Students will split into groups to help three classes of kindergarteners "experience college" for day. You'll help kiddos navigate a student activities tabling fair in the morning, sit with them as they eat their lunch and talk to them about what they love to do and what you love about college, and then support them as they rotate through some short hands-on activities designed to get them engaged and excited about the idea of college. LINK IN BIO
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05/03/2026
Apply to be a Student leader for service! $600/term leadership scholarship! LINK IN BIO
Every Monday, Ghazal Alzghoul arrives at Clay Street Table in the South Park Blocks at 10 am. She and other volunteers prepare 160 sack lunches in the large kitchen. At 12:30, they pack brown paper bags containing sandwiches into carts and roll them out to the Park Blocks in increments. Two volunteers run the popular coffee station, while others hand out lunches.
On this rainy February day, there was no time amidst the rush to prepare hot chocolate like she usually does, so she handed out cookies instead. . ....Read more on our new Blog!
https://www.pdx.edu/student-community-engagement/blog-scec-action
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1825 SW Broadway
Portland, OR
97201
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |