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2024 Retiring Faculty
At the end of the 2023-24 academic year, thirteen members of the University of Portland faculty will retire after many years of service to this institution and making a difference in the lives of untold numbers of students. The University gives thanks to our retiring faculty for their dedication and commitment to teaching and learning […]
Carrying the Mission Beyond Campus
The School of Education’s P.A.C.E. program (Pacific Alliance for Catholic Education) at the University of Portland began in partnership with the University of Notre Dame’s A.C.E. initiative in 1994, the two components separating in 1998 with the UP branch acquiring a geographical focus (PACIFIC) by placing PACE participants ‘locally’ in schools in the western-Pacific region […]
Blanchet House: Founders and Perpetuators
Following World War II and the demobilization of the armed forces, The USA went to work. Though opportunities were not uniformly accessible to all, and some people discovered walls and locked doors, unable to find a way into economic gain or stability. Rev. Francis Kennard, a priest of the Cathedral parish, walking the streets of […]
Anchoring to Port
For decades the emblem painted at center court in the Howard Hall basketball arena was an Anchor superimposed on a Pilot’s Wheel. The ship’s wheel comes to us with Wally Pilot, the tug-boat captain who navigates ships to port in the traffic lanes of the Willamette River. The anchor is borrowed from the University Seal, […]
University of Portland Medal
The University of Portland Medal (1972-1983) was established in 1972 by the Board of Regents of the University and awarded to Oregonians of achievement, of selfless community service, as well as to members of the University’s family of friends. The medal was last awarded in 1983. A successor award was established in 1995; The Christus […]
Community-based Nursing
The School of Nursing & Health Innovations was awarded the 2023 Service Award at the Blanchet House annual Lending a Helping Hand Brunch. In addition to the familiar volunteer services of food, shelter, and companionship (helping hands) for the homeless in the city of Portland, the Service Award highlights the added-value difference that only Nursing […]
Mago Hunt Center – 50 Years of the Arts
Performing and fine arts history at University of Portland dates back to the 1930s (with even earlier hints and traces stored in the Archives, such as the fragile photo of posed youthful orchestra members, 1904(?)). In drama, the Columbia Players were formed in 1929 and stage plays became a regular feature of the UP college […]
Corrado Hall at 25 Years
Twenty-five years ago the UP campus lost a parking lot and gained Corrado Hall. Dedicated on September 25, 1998, Corrado was the first new residence hall built since the construction of Shipstad Hall in 1967. Some crowding had occurred during those thirty years, largely due to expansion of student enrollment, which had nearly doubled in […]