I Support Chiron Studies

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   Name: Julia Cole on Jul 18, 2012

   Comments: I don't even live in Portland, but I know how valuable Chiron Studies is to the educational community at large. In an era of increasingly professionalized programs that focus on training students for their role in the economy, Chiron Studies reminds us about the benefits of education as an unquantifiable, open-ended and transformative exploration. We need Chiron Studies as a salve for the present and as an alternative model for the future, and PSU should be proud to support such bold, nationally recognized, and innovative programming.

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   Name: Judy Fleming on Jul 18, 2012

   Comments: Keep Chiron Studies alive please, it is a wonderful thing.

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   Name: Molly Sherman on Jul 18, 2012

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   Name: Nicole Penoncello on Jul 18, 2012

   Comments: Although I never took or taught a class myself, I know many students who have benefited from this program on different levels.

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   Name: Adam Ciresi on Jul 18, 2012

   Comments: I am a BFA student who once took a Chiron Studies class one time, which focused on contemporary public art. I can safely say I learned more about modern art in that class than any other art class I have taken. DO NOT SUSPEND FUNDING FOR CHIRON, NOR UNDERMINE THE PROFOUND POTENTIAL OF STUDENT TAUGHT CLASSES.

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   Name: Samuel Elder on Jul 18, 2012

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   Name: Dele Balogun on Jul 18, 2012

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   Name: Eva Soto on Jul 18, 2012

   Comments: This program changed my life. This is one of the main reasons why I am proud of having stayed at PSU.

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   Name: Jacqueline Treiber on Jul 18, 2012

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    Name: Sheila Bitts on Jul 18, 2012

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    Name: Jill Campoli on Jul 18, 2012

    Comments: Chiron Studies encourages self empowerment and the development of critical thinking both on the part of the teacher and the students. This program is remarkable and ground breaking. To suspend the efforts of many aspiring students towards making their passions into a shared and educational experience is to cut the arteries of learning, growth and change in our world.

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    Name: Christina K on Jul 18, 2012

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    Name: Amy Ball on Jul 18, 2012

    Comments: Chiron Studies are one of the things that I find so exciting about Portland State University. It adds so much draw to that university and a program that encourages student initiative and peer knowledge sharing is so progressive and positive, it really shouldn't be taken for granted.

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    Name: Adrienne Corso on Jul 18, 2012

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    Name: Ross Khalsa on Jul 18, 2012

    Comments: This program is important and noteworthy and deserves to be funded. Keep this program alive.

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    Name: Lexa Walsh on Jul 19, 2012

    Comments: Chiron studies offers students a chance to teach and learn important subjects in an alternative environment!

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    Name: Delphine Bedient on Jul 19, 2012

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    Name: Eric Robert Wilkinson on Jul 19, 2012

    Comments: Have taught, am teaching, this program rocks!

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    Name: Dan Currin on Jul 19, 2012

    Comments: This program is amazing and is one of the best things about PSU.

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    Name: Meredith Baker on Jul 19, 2012

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    Name: Miguel Soto on Jul 19, 2012

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    Name: Cynthia Medina on Jul 20, 2012

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    Name: Michelle Sager on Jul 20, 2012

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    Name: Carolyn White on Jul 20, 2012

    Comments: Chiron Studies courses offer transformative learning opportunities for both instructors and students through experiential learning and creative instruction. As a former Chiron Studies instructor of Food Affairs: Systems, Society and Sustainability, I can say with confidence that the experience changed the way that I engage within my own academic program, and in my professional and personal life. Designing curriculum, forging community partnerships, and mentoring peers heightened by ability to be an active teacher and learner in and out of the classroom, and afforded me the opportunity to go deeper into my study of food systems. The greatest outcome of Food Affairs has been the formation of Food Action Collective, a fully recognized and funded student organization that raises food literacy on campus and in the community through hands-on workshops and educational forums. Defunding Chiron Studies would be a great disservice to current and future students at Portland State University; thus I offer my full support for the implementation of a sustainable, adaptable funding model.

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    Name: Laura Gleim on Jul 20, 2012

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    Name: Ridhi on Jul 20, 2012

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    Name: Henry Polacek on Jul 20, 2012

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    Name: Lisa Durden on Jul 21, 2012

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    Name: Naomi Dagen Bloom on Jul 21, 2012

    Comments: Too good to last?

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    Name: Kelsey Hoffman on Jul 21, 2012

    Comments: I am incredibly thankful for my experience within Chiron Studies, the resources I have found and utilized, the communication skills that I have gained, the respect and confidence that I feel from this teaching style and the relationships that I have made with fellow students and Chiron professors that have continued long after the 10 week session is over. It is so important that our voices me heard now, so that those in the future will be able to share in this program and say, "yes that's the reason I came to PSU".

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    Name: Erin Jensen on Jul 21, 2012

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    Name: Danielle Grondin on Jul 21, 2012

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    Name: Mackenzie Eiden on Jul 21, 2012

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    Name: Whitney Jacobson on Jul 21, 2012

    Comments: I love the Chiron Studies program and many of its courses are popular amongst PSU students. Losing Chiron Studies would hurt not just the students who gain valuable teaching skills but also a chance to learn something that is found nowhere else in the PSU curriculum!

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    Name: Jason Gray on Jul 21, 2012

    Comments: Word!

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    Name: William Wright on Jul 21, 2012

    Comments: Chrion Studies is one of the programs which differentiates PSU from other colleges and universities. The program is a boon not just for the students already at PSU, but also attracts strong, self-actualized leaders to the university.

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    Name: Anthony Foster on Jul 22, 2012

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    Name: Daniel Blanchard on Jul 23, 2012

    Comments: Students need alternatives. This program creates opportunities.

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    Name: Rob Duren on Jul 23, 2012

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    Name: Bernice Platz on Jul 23, 2012

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    Name: April Mazur on Jul 23, 2012

    Comments: I took the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chiron Studies class last Spring and felt that the class was amazing. It was a wonderful departure from the intense academic classes. I know many students and alumni that have taken these classes and all of them love this department. KEEP CHRION STUDIES! (please)

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    Name: Emily Palmer on Jul 23, 2012

    Comments: The Chiron Studies program empowers students and shows them that we, as students, really can make a difference in our university, our learning, and the structures of power that currently exist. Cutting the funding from this program would be a huge mistake in that it takes away from students realizing their potential to create knowledge and understanding among their peers.

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    Name: Chelsea E. Hunter on Jul 24, 2012

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    Name: Peter Daeges on Jul 24, 2012

    Comments: Chiron studies is an amazing thing. Universities are about learning and spreading knowledge. Chiron studies is a great way for students to spread it amongst themselves and allows for different things to be taught at PSU. I plan on teaching a Chiron course someday too, and I would hate if this opportunity went away. Please don't get rid of the Chiron studies program.

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    Name: Brandon Speck on Jul 24, 2012

    Comments: Chiron Studies is an important part of any academic institution because it provides students the opportunities to nurture an open learning environment. As academic programs outside of research and business are threatened by budget cuts, Chiron Studies is more valuable to students now than it ever was. Chiron Studies is a program that fosters active student participation in the academic community, which is something that is often lacking on the Portland State campus.

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    Name: Erin Schick on Jul 24, 2012

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    Name: Abby Warren on Jul 24, 2012

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    Name: Kirk Rea on Jul 25, 2012

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    Name: Lisa Gresham on Jul 25, 2012

    Comments: Chiron studies is an important program at Portland State because it offers such a unique educational opportunity to student instructors as well as the students who take the courses, and it helps build lasting relationships with community partners. I support Chiron Studies.

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    Name: Jessica Kennedy on Jul 25, 2012

    Comments: I loved Chiron Studies when I attended PSU.

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