March 16, 2018 – UPDATE

Dear Concordia Community,

In our Open Letter to the Community on Jan. 19, Concordia University Portland reiterated its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and support for all students, including LGBTQ+ students. The following action steps were identified, and CU is making progress on each item outlined below.

Update to club charter renewal process

Concordia University-Portland is currently updating all its student club charters to align with university club and events policies. This follows an Oct. 13, 2017 action by the university’s Board of Regents to ensure that all policies are applied equally to all student clubs.

Concordia University-Portland values and supports diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Lifelong learning and community involvement

Portland’s NBC Affiliate, KGW News Channel 8 featured 3 to PhD as a new model for lifelong education and community involvement on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.

Watch as reporter Joey Harrington tours and talks with Faubion School families about wrap-around services that ensure basic needs are met to help close the opportunity gap so all children in school are ready to learn. Click the image below to watch the video.

College of Education’s new curriculum creates trauma-informed teachers

More than 25 percent of American youth experience a serious traumatic event by their sixteenth birthday, and many children suffer multiple and repeated traumas, according to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This trauma affects children learning in the classroom.